Lake Compounce 10/22/10

[Blind Idiot God]

I had been planning to go after school for some time, and my friend Zach was interested, and so it was. Got there at around ten after five (stupid Mapquest led us to the employee lot; also, we got to experience some horrible Massachusetts drivers, plus a hilarious little incident where some kid in another car on I-84 was staring at Zach, which led to Zach sticking his tongue out at the kid, which resulted in the kid giving us the Interstate Salute, which in turn led me to return the favor. Went on for about a minute before we switched from the bird to invisible gun gestures until the kid's car got on an exit. Cue uproarious laughter.). When we got in, the place was practically empty. Hit the Wildcat first; it was NOWHERE near as rough as I've been led to believe, but it didn't exactly do much either. Still a decent warm-up. Hit the Wipeout after that; not as intense as the one at Canobie, but certainly better than the Joker's Wildcard at SFNE. After that, well... BOULDER DASH! I must say that while it was excellent the first time around, it wasn't #1 material. I figured it'd probably have to warm up. We hit the Enterprise after that; pretty fun, though Zach had quite a bit of trouble figuring out how to get the door open. It ran for a pretty decent amount of time, too. I hit the Rotor after that; not as good as the Turkish Twist at Canobie, but Rotors are always fun nonetheless. After that came Thunder & Lightning; Zach sat that one out. Cycle was damn short, but it was a hell of a lot of fun while it lasted. He also sat out the Zoomerang after that; while it was smoother than the Flashback and had some pretty decent positives in the loop while going backwards, it was just a credit grab in the end. We finished off with Boulder Dash, and holy crap was it an awesome way to end things. It had clearly warmed up a bit, and we rode in the back; as for how it was this time around, well, it overtook S:ROS/Bizarro for my new #1. It absolutely FLEW through the first half, never seeming to lose speed, and it delivered astounding laterals and some excellent air, though the first half seemed to focus more on intensity than anything. The return leg was where the air was, as every hill made me fly up, while the triple-up gave ridiculous ejector. Did I mention that it was friggin' intense? We left after that; while we did get lost for a bit, we managed to make it home, though I did notice a LOT of cops on I-84 East. Not sure what it was about.

[odene497]

Sounds like you had a fun time. Lake Compounce is definitely one of my favorite parks to just walk around and take in. It's such a pretty setting, the rides are fun, it's not usually too busy. Boulder Dash is great during the day, but truly does become a #1 ride at night. I had two days worth of it a few weekends ago, can't wait to return on the Northeast Trip!

 

 

-Nick