SuperShawn Posted August 9, 2011 Share Posted August 9, 2011 Great updates Erik! Canobie really did have the best fliers Of the trip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
printersdevil78 Posted August 9, 2011 Share Posted August 9, 2011 Nice to see the Maine parks getting some TPR love. When I was there earlier this summer, Palace Playland was just installing its new Ferris wheel. It reminded me a lot of our local Jolly Roger at the Pier. It's there, and it has some rides, but if it wasn't right next to the beach, it's nothing anyone would bother going out of their way for. Â I really enjoyed Funtown Splashtown. Excalibur was a nice surprise, and overall the park had a really nice, clean family feel. And go-karts were included with admission! Hopefully I'll have the time to post a TR of my own on these parks eventually. Â I assume the North East Tour also ventured to York's Wild Kingdom for the fifth Maine credit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ernierocker Posted August 9, 2011 Share Posted August 9, 2011 I really like the look and feel of Canobie Lake Park. Enjoying these reports so far, Erik! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoCo Posted August 9, 2011 Share Posted August 9, 2011 ^ Totally agree. I had no idea Canobie was so well put together. Bummed that I never visited the years I lived back East. And all the pinball! Well done, Canobie! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downunder Posted August 10, 2011 Share Posted August 10, 2011 Canobie Lake was a nice park. Untamed was far from unbearable, though a few seats can really sucker punch you. Cannonball was fun. The Corkscrew was mercifully short. It was cool that the 20 minute lake cruise wasn't an upcharge. Â They had some ride names that were rather beguiling like "Policy Pond", and who the hell snapped off the flyers - let that be a cautionary tale to all the snapmasters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erik Johnson Posted August 10, 2011 Author Share Posted August 10, 2011 I assume the North East Tour also ventured to York's Wild Kingdom for the fifth Maine credit? Â Â I honestly think that there would not have been enough time to do it, but you always have to save something for another visit! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toro#1 Posted August 10, 2011 Share Posted August 10, 2011 wow Canobie looks great! Untamed looks like a nice Eurofighter and Yankee looks like a classic woodie, definitely a place I'll have to get up there, these reports are awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jynx242 Posted August 10, 2011 Share Posted August 10, 2011 Thanks for posting these! Canobie was an absolute delight! Far from the best coaster line-up, but one of the best parks on the trip! I had an absolute blast there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supertrooper Posted August 10, 2011 Share Posted August 10, 2011 Canobie was my favorite too. I received a upsetting text and phone call right as we were walking in, so my first couple of hours at the park were spent sitting on a bench...contemplating (ugh). But then, I realized that I was missing out on great park, so I put on a happy face and thoroughly enjoyed everything for the remainder of the day. I didn't get a chance to ride much, but the atmosphere was amazing. I'd definitely go back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larrygator Posted August 10, 2011 Share Posted August 10, 2011 Glad you all had a great time at Canobie Lake. It's amazing how much the crowd you hang with can affect one's view of a park. Canobie Lake has just never done it for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rollin_n_coastin Posted August 10, 2011 Share Posted August 10, 2011 Erik, great TR so far! Great seeing you over the weekend!  It looks like Quassy gave the Little Dipper a bit of a paint job since the last visit. Does it still make that loud clunking "I don't think i can do this" noise trying to get over the top of the lift with TPR in it? lol  Canobie is such a great little park. Almost like you could spend a day there relaxing as well as trying out all the rides. Untamed did give me a good bruise or two. I'm not a huge fan, but the Michael Jackson show was really good. It's with the guy that impersonated him in Scary Movie and in the courtroom re-enactments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rider-x Posted August 10, 2011 Share Posted August 10, 2011 Nice report jiggidy. I am disturbed and a little pissed of about the lack of photo's that have me in them. Especially since I was your qbot homie. I mean we may of only rode 30 coasters together and I gets no love? Please fix this on future updates or I will email TPdave with a complaint Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stitch_101 Posted August 10, 2011 Share Posted August 10, 2011 The Mine of Lost Souls really is a great dark ride. I do wish I still lived near there. I would love to take another trip to Canobie and try Untamed... and get another run at Lost Souls Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larrygator Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 The Mine of Lost Souls really is a great dark ride. I do wish I still lived near there. I would love to take another trip to Canobie and try Untamed... and get another run at Lost Souls  Can you explain how you start in a New Hampshire and end up in Egypt? Yes, the 1st half is pretty good, but in totality it makes no sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erik Johnson Posted August 11, 2011 Author Share Posted August 11, 2011 Nice report jiggidy. I am disturbed and a little pissed of about the lack of photo's that have me in them. Especially since I was your qbot homie. I mean we may of only rode 30 coasters together and I gets no love? Please fix this on future updates or I will email TPdave with a complaint   Sorry about that! I honestly do take very few pictures of people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatdaddy Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 I still have to go through my pictures, but looking at yours brings back some fun memories. So many little things about some of these parks, that I forgot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deguy123 Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 (edited) I loved Canobie Park and it definitely had the most friendly employees, plus I think every employee knew TPR was going to be at the park. Also I hadn't ridden a Rotor since Hersheypark had one and it was nice they keep really good care of it. The coasters were ok but Untamed was good in the back of the car but the front was VERY painful at times. You could hear the people on the ride saying "Ouch" lol Edited August 11, 2011 by deguy123 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rider-x Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 I was joking Eric. The last thing TPR needs is my mug all over the place. Great Trip report Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erik Johnson Posted August 12, 2011 Author Share Posted August 12, 2011 La Ronde  Yes, I am a coaster geek. I finally got to ride the last B&M Hyper and Batman/Clone B&M Inverted coaster that I needed in North America. I guess I really need to finally travel to Europe/Middle East/Japan soon so I can get the others. With that said, I hate to say that I found La Ronde to be one the bottom tier Six Flags parks I have ever visited (It is still better than Six Flags America). While the park is really not bad, the ride operations were some of the worst I have ever experienced. For example, it took us 50 minutes to get on the SLC with a gold Q-bot. The Vekoma corkscrew seemed to dispatch once ever 8-10 minutes. Le Monstre only had one train per side operating with a very full queue. I should say that, for whatever reason, operations were really good for the Intamin standup. With that said, I still had a pretty good time in the park. Both Goliath and Le Vampire were both solid rides. I also found that the indoor coaster, Dragon, to be a real fun surprise. Anyways....onto the photos. Yay! French Canada! The storm totally took out this deck. We parked the bus right next to Le Monstre. Most people know this as the Freecreditreport.com coaster. We know better. Here they go! Exclusive lift hill shot. It really is a modern take on the old out and back coasters. Lots of that floaty airtime. Do you have one of these Larry? It certainly is a different varation of the classic carousel. Adults can not ride it, unless you have a kid. The scariest thing about this ride was the lapbars. This ride looks very familiar. Oh, it is one of those non-official versions. All of these rides kick butt. This version also has mist. Lots of mist! Make sure you get this early, it is not on the Q-bot. I wanted to take the best possible photo of the Vekoma corkscrew. It is called that. I really did LOVE this ride! Indoor coaster....With LOTS of cool dragons. Oh dear God! This really should have been a good warning. Those poor people! They do have a big wheel at this park. Also a wave swinger. They also have one of these! That would be the name. You can get some nice photos of the park from the observation tower. The SLC is pretty much 100% over the water. It really is the only place to get photos of Le Monstre from inside the park. Yes, there are two sides to Le Monstre. Yes, both of them were open that day. Goliath. Le Vampire and Montreal. Dragon! More coasters from above! Broken Condor #1 from above. Oh boy! Hooray! I do like Arrow mini-mine trains, but they have a strict, "must have a kid" policy on this one. A few people got the credit though. Bonjour Cameron! Happy elephant! Happy chicken! We can't forget about the Intamin stand-up.....can we? Those poor people! At least ride operations were really good on this one. You do know that this stand-up has an airtime hill, right? You can see the airtime hill on the far right. No idea. Again...no idea. Air filled bumper cars. Just in case Larry. Funky monorail. Now we leave Montreal, with a random photo of Dolphin Lake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atem122 Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 ^Ah, awesome TR! Did you get to explore Montreal at all? I've heard great things aboot that city. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paiging_jen Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 Realizing now I missed some quirky stuff in the park that day. That day overall was just bizarre. Oh well, not in a rush to get back. Your pictures will be fine! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thrillerman1 Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 WOW at Canobie's pinball room. I spy an Adams Family. I probably would've just spent the whole day in there. Thanks for the awesome photos of the pins! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erik Johnson Posted August 13, 2011 Author Share Posted August 13, 2011 ^Ah, awesome TR! Did you get to explore Montreal at all? I've heard great things aboot that city. Â We did not have any time to explore Montreal. There simply was not enough time since we had a long drive afterwards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erik Johnson Posted August 13, 2011 Author Share Posted August 13, 2011 (edited) The Great Escape! Magic Forest  Easily the most surprising park of the trip. I honestly did not know much about this park other than it is a Six Flags park. You would not know that while you are in the park as it really has a totally different vibe than every other Six Flags park in the chain. It really feels like a family owned park in that it has retained much of that old charm that is missing from every other Six Flags park. While the coaster collection is not the very best, The Comet proved otherwise. Are you ready for a LOT of new photos? Good Morning....The Great Escape! You are greeted by an rather large S&S tower at the front of the park. TPR trip perk #352. You get into parks super early before the regular crowds. Are you sure this is a Six Flags park? Bizzare! Good morning Comet! See....Comet! There is a lot of history behind The Comet. More history. More happy TPR riders. Reverse shot of more happy TPR riders. I thought Comet was really good, especially in the front car. There are lots of nice pops of airtime throughout the ride. Fast happy TPR riders! Easily one of the best coasters on the trip. We got lucky in that the most difficult credit in the park opened today. Go Team Jamaica! The old Looney Tunes area received a new makeover for this season. It says so right here. The old Road Runner Express earned a new name. No matter the name, TPR was there. Many were able to earn this credit. These would be all of the new characters in the area. My guess is that many of the rides received a make over as well. The old walkthrough is still here, minus Looney Tunes. Which way again? Most of the area consists of suspension bridges. This house looks pretty abandoned. Some of the these bridges were are bit tricky to get across. Isn't that right? Hooray! Another Boomerang credit! As far as Boomerangs go, this was one of the better ones. Google maps was here....I wonder if TPR will be all over the next Great Escape update? Canyon Blaster was next! Big mine train! More happy TPR riders. Still teasing riders. The name really is a warning. At least we did not have to wait long for it. Maybe it was my row, but this was the worst coaster on the trip. Even the loop hurt. The log flume was pretty good. You drop out of this box. Then your TPR friends drench you with the water sprayers. I am not sure what Neil said could be printed here. Ha ha ha! Just try to escape. The Swan Boats would be the most classic attraction in the park. Swan Boat! Ready for your ride? You get a nice relaxing tour of the park. Who knew that M&Ms could fly. This would be the park's original name. No idea! Yes, we see you. Look who it is! Dueling Swan Boats! Want to check out The Great Escape from above? You can thank this guy. Bobsled! You start way down there. Team Jamaica is ready! I hope they know about the final bashing turn. Comet! There is one of these here. Giant turn table. So evil! The Great Escape has kept many of the classic areas intact. Giant tree! It is awesome that they have kept some of this stuff. Three Little Kittens. Here they are. This looks meancing. I guess it is the way to the Ghost Town so I have to go! Do I have to go into the scary looking hole? Reverse waterfall shot. You exit out of this tunnel. Looks like we wandered into the middle of a gunfight. They must have a show here. The Great Escape easily has the most charm of any Six Flags park. I mean, does this look like a normal Six Flags park? Pig! Wow, this pig has a lot of history. Look who I found. This sponsor makes sense for this ride. S&S towers are always fun! I always like doing car rides. POV! How was the music? You find out a lot of history of the park while riding the train. Oh no! Another Ghost Town! Looks dead to me. Jungle Land! Looks scary! Watch out for the elephant! Frankie's Mine Train. Which ones look like TPR members? After a great day at The Great Escape we approach a bonus park! Magic Forest! This is why we are here. It took a few attempts to get over the lift hill. Attempt #2 Attempt #3 After four attempts (and unloading the back car) the train makes it over. So fast! We had a few minutes to explore the rest of the park. Spacemen! This was super unique! Pretty amazing collection. Who would have though that this was here at this park. Six Flags Great Adventure is next! Edited August 13, 2011 by Erik Johnson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erik Johnson Posted August 13, 2011 Author Share Posted August 13, 2011 (edited) Six Flags Great Adventure coming soon. Edited August 13, 2011 by Erik Johnson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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