ragerunner Posted February 14, 2010 Share Posted February 14, 2010 In December my family and I visited Santa's North Pole Workshop (the park is open until the end of the year). The park is located just outside Colorado Springs on a mountain side along the roadway that goes to the top of Pikes Peak. The park is family owned and is very clean and well maintained. I felt like we had stepped back in time, to an era of small roadside parks. The park also gave me a chance to grab a rare coaster credit with their Candy Cane kids coaster. Hope you enjoy the pics. Entrance Sign Our Crew Main shopping and dining area with a boy's toyshop and a girl's toyshop No visit to the North Pole is complete without a visit with Santa Candy Cane Coaster One really fun slide Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidcoaster 2 Posted February 14, 2010 Share Posted February 14, 2010 Great Photos! Curious Is that park only open in the winter? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ragerunner Posted February 14, 2010 Author Share Posted February 14, 2010 Great Photos! Curious Is that park only open in the winter? Â No, the park opens in May and remains open until the end of December. To bad more American parks don't stay open longer. This park is about 7,000 to 8,000 feet up and still manages to successfully stay open through early winter. I might add, the park was packed the day we were there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larrygator Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 ragerunner - I edited your post by uploading all your photos to the TPR server so that I could add it to TPR's Park Index. Â Thanks for showing our members another small family park. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattcj89 Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 Wow I can't believe that place is still in operation. We almost went there about 15 years ago when I was a kid, but we decided not to go because my parents aren't really amusement park people. That's nice to see that it has that charm that you don't typically see in parks anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ragerunner Posted February 15, 2010 Author Share Posted February 15, 2010 Wow I can't believe that place is still in operation. We almost went there about 15 years ago when I was a kid, but we decided not to go because my parents aren't really amusement park people. That's nice to see that it has that charm that you don't typically see in parks anymore. Â It been around since 1956. What was cool about the park is you felt like you really had went back in time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deathbydinn Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 That looks like a really nice park. I've never been crazy about parks themed to Santa and the North Pole but they really pulled it off. The Space Shuttle and Flyers don't really fit in the way they're currently themed though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gisco Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 Wow, these photos look like the ones in the park index! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disneyfan1313 Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 Very cool! Thanks for the photos.. It looks pretty small - does it get busy in the Summer or is it mostly a family tradition in the area to come at Christmas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SharkTums Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 I'm pretty sure I went here as a small child with my family. I'll have to investigate some old photo albums next time I'm at my parents house! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ragerunner Posted February 15, 2010 Author Share Posted February 15, 2010 Very cool! Thanks for the photos.. It looks pretty small - does it get busy in the Summer or is it mostly a family tradition in the area to come at Christmas? Â From my understanding, it stays fairly busy in the summer time. They have annual passes and it captures a lot of the Pikes Peak tourist crowd, which is the most visited mountain in the US. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capitalize Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 Like Elissa I'm fairly certain I went there at least once as a very small child back when we lived outside of Denver. Looks like a nice small park, its always cool to see rides going with some snow on the ground. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larrygator Posted February 16, 2010 Share Posted February 16, 2010 I'm pretty sure I went here as a small child with my family. I'll have to investigate some old photo albums next time I'm at my parents house! Â Are you sure you're not confusing this with Santa's Workshop in Upstate New York? Â http://www.themeparkreview.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=711072#p711072 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SharkTums Posted February 16, 2010 Share Posted February 16, 2010 We used to go out to Colorado a lot. Even almost moved there, so I'm pretty sure it was out there. It was a trip where we also went to the Estes Model Rocket factory place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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