Chris's On-Going Massive Photo TR of Knoebels

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Since I was at Knoebels for 4 days, I will divide this up into sections.

 

Day 1: Back to the North

Well it's been 2 years since I was last in the Elysburg/Danville area and not a lot has changed since. You still pass that building called St. Nicholas Hall (Santa Claus Hall) on Rt. 901 which looks nothing like the North Pole; and you still go up and down tons of hills that take a lifetime to get through.

After stopping at the Cracker Barrel in Hamburg and driving for 2 hours with an RV, we finally arrive at Lake Glory Campground; about 10 minutes away from Knoebels. After my family and me set up camp, we drove to the park to ride. Even though I didn't get any pics from this visit, it still was fun.

The first ride of the night was the Skyride. It's always great riding it since it's very relaxing. I'd give this an 8/10 and I rode it once that night.

 

Next up was a ride on the Paratrooper. To me it's just your basic carnival ride, but I swear I must've had my car at 90 degrees at a few points.

8/10 and only one ride.

I had to try Knoebels' famous pizza. I've never had it before and I wanted to see what the fuss was about. I was going to get the BBQ Chicken, but they didn't sell it on the weekends. So I settled for a plain slice and a Birch Beer. The pizza tasted great, but it tasted like the pizza the place down the street from my house makes. The Birch Beer was good and it somehow reminded me of a liquid Dum Dum pop.

8/10 on the food.

Time to ride my favrite wooden coaster: The Phoenix. After reading through some old trip reports, I wanted to find out which was the best seat. Just about all of them said the 3rd Row, so I decided to try it out.

That had to be the greatest coaster I've ridden! Just about 3/4 of the ride was all airtime. The double-up and double-down, the bunny hops, the hill on to the final turnaround and the final hill into the brake run; all of these were packed with airtime! But since everyone wanted either the front or back seat, The line was always short for that row. I ended up riding in this row all week.

10/10 and I got to ride it twice that night.

 

To cool off, the next ride was the Super RoundUp. This is just your basic Round-Up, but this one was 2 times longer than the one I rode at a carnival a year ago.

7/10 and rode it once.

 

Since it was almost dark at this point, I went to ride the park's other wooden coaster, The Twister.

There's something different with this ride since I rode it 2 years ago, but I can't put my finger on it. It is still a tad rough and a bit jerky around the turns, but it seems more enjoyable. The first drop is still great and the double helix is still powerful, but if that bunny hill before the tunnel wasn't banked, that could provide some airtime.

9/10 and rode it once that night.

 

After my Twister ride, I went back over to ride The Phoenix in the dark and then rode the Pioneer Train. Always get a chance to ride this in the dark, it's awesome. When you're far back in the forest, you hardly see any lights (execpt for the one on the train).

8/10 and rode it once.

 

Since by this time tthe park was about ready to close, I decided to finish off the night with the Auto Skooters. They are still great with all those hard hits and drive great (maybe that's because I have my driver's permit?).

9/10 and rode it twice.

 

 

Next up is Day 2 with a bunch of Knoebels and Flying Turns pictures, but here's a preview.

 

Stay Tuned for more coming soon!

[dragsterfan420]

Nice description of everything. I just wish their was more pictures. I look forward to your next pictures because Knoebles is starting to grow on me.