UberBeavis Posted April 19, 2006 Posted April 19, 2006 Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk - LOVE it... Scandia (Ontario, California) - Scandia Screamer is my second favorite steel coaster in California.
edboxer Posted April 19, 2006 Posted April 19, 2006 Coney Island Astroland - its doesn't get much smaller. 2 blocks + The Cyclone
Darien Laker Posted April 19, 2006 Posted April 19, 2006 Martin's Fantasy Island is a great Small Park. Silver Comet is great. There used to be a nice Schwarzkopf Wildcat there too, but that's gone now.
alpengeist04 Posted April 19, 2006 Posted April 19, 2006 I would have to say Silverwood in Athol, ID. I'm sure you can guess the two reasons why.
What Now Posted April 19, 2006 Posted April 19, 2006 SCBB- Nice Coaster and stuff. Â Castle Park- It kinda reminds me of Knott's Fiesta Villiage back in the day.
jamesdillaman Posted April 20, 2006 Posted April 20, 2006 Coney Island Astroland - its doesn't get much smaller. 2 blocks + The Cyclone I forgot about coney completely!!! Deno's Wonderwheel is also awesome at the park next door. Beach access also makes this one of the greatest...
the sound Posted April 20, 2006 Posted April 20, 2006 Oh yeah, well compared to something like SFMM it's pretty small. Â Dreamworld's the biggest in Australia, its not SMall! Luna PArk, now that's small.
BrownStreak Posted April 20, 2006 Posted April 20, 2006 Hands down I would have to say Sea Breeze in Rochester, NY! Â Its got a killer 1920 Woodie, a fairly unique wooden supported wild mouse type coaster, and a cool spinning coaster (plus a kiddie coaster). Â It also has the best Pirate Ship I have ever been on! It swings very VERY high! Higher than I've ever experienced! They also have Flying Scooters, an inverted looping ship thingy, a log flume with rapids, and some fun flat rides. Â As far as that woodie is concerned, it has the best ending of any coaster I have ever been on! Lets put it this way- you get airtime going into the station!
HCOSurfer90 Posted April 20, 2006 Posted April 20, 2006 I have two. One is Rye Playland or Playland Park in Rye, NY. They have a great woodie with some decent airtime, a fun little wild mouse, and some great water rides and flats. Some of their rides can be rough though like their Zamperla Volare, OUCH that thing hurts. Â Another one is Adventureland in Farmingdale, NY. I love their roller coaster, Hurricane, IMO I think it's one of the most intense compact coasters. They have a great log flume and some crazy flats like Frisbee, Pirate Ship, and the Music Express.
philcoaster83 Posted April 20, 2006 Posted April 20, 2006 I quite like Amarillo's Wonderland and Tulsa's Bells. Â Really impressed with Hanayashiki in tokyo, very cute
deguy123 Posted April 20, 2006 Posted April 20, 2006 Dutch Wonderland, because the park pretty much has stayed the same somewhat and reminds me of when I went there when I was a kid. Now I take my daughter there and she loves it!
errtyme Posted April 20, 2006 Posted April 20, 2006 I don't post on here nearly as much as I browse but I love this topic. Â Indiana Beach is AMAZING. Cornball Express and Hoosier Hurricane are out of control and the boardwalk along with the fair-type attractions and things going on on the lake are breathtaking to me...not to mention the food is outstanding! Â My other is Silver Dollar City. I know it has a lot of land, but really does not have many rides but the park is awesome. Everyone dressed up and the food is incredible. They also have Powderkeg which was, for me, the best coaster I rode in 2005. I still need to go back to visit CC.
-Zingo- Posted April 21, 2006 Posted April 21, 2006 Mine has to be Bell's in Tulsa, as my screen name and avatar should give away. Zingo is a great John Allen woodie and the park being family owned gives it that relaxed feeling. It has lost some of it's charm over the past several years though with the loss of the Schwarzkopf mini-coater Wildcat and the remoldeling of Phantasmagoria. I'm not sure what to think of the fact that the park maybe moved. I love the idea of them having more space to expand but I hope it doesn't mean the end of another J. Allen classic. I need to make a trip back to Tulsa this year so I can ride it again just in case.
errtyme Posted April 21, 2006 Posted April 21, 2006 Yeah, even though this is a bit off topic, I've been DYING to ride Zingo..if everything works out this year will be the year! Hope to see it standing tall!
philcoaster83 Posted April 21, 2006 Posted April 21, 2006 Zingo is a great John Allen woodie and the park being family owned gives it that relaxed feeling. Â Amen to that, especiallt the guy that loads the Zingo dressed like the lone ranger who called himself 'Kato'. He seemed very impressed and proud that a Brit had ridden his coaster.
rollermonkey Posted April 21, 2006 Posted April 21, 2006 I'm somewhat meh on Hanayashiki, but I really like Arakwa Yuen. They took out the unique Meisho coaster for a wacky worm, but it still has a delightful atmosphere. How many parks feature a wading stream and a fishing pond? On a weekday it's tranquil, on a Sunday you can't hardly move for all the kids and their young parents.
dougr Posted April 21, 2006 Posted April 21, 2006 Oaks Park in Portland, Oregon. It has a Pinfari 42: Â Â and a KMG Fireball/Afterburner Not the Fireball at Oaks, but it's identical otherwise
Zingo! Posted May 28, 2006 Posted May 28, 2006 Mine has to be Bell's in Tulsa, as my screen name and avatar should give away. Zingo is a great John Allen woodie and the park being family owned gives it that relaxed feeling. It has lost some of it's charm over the past several years though with the loss of the Schwarzkopf mini-coater Wildcat and the remoldeling of Phantasmagoria. I'm not sure what to think of the fact that the park maybe moved. I love the idea of them having more space to expand but I hope it doesn't mean the end of another J. Allen classic. I need to make a trip back to Tulsa this year so I can ride it again just in case. Â Amen Zingo! Wildcat was great until it left. I only wish I was a little older so I could have ridden Mad Mouse-
apollo210 Posted May 31, 2006 Posted May 31, 2006 Its now Canobie Lake. The only thing they need to do with the park is tear down the corkscrew! replace it with a compact steel either looping or non-looping like a wildcat!
coastakid Posted July 2, 2007 Posted July 2, 2007 My favorite small park is my home park, Lake Compounce. The park has an old classic wooden coaster, Wildcat, and of course, the incredible Boulder Dash. The park has a Vekoma Boomerang, Zoomerang, which I have heard, and agreed is the smoothest Vekoma Boomerang. The Lake also has an S&S Power Screamin' Swing, Thunder N' Lightning which is incredibly fun . Uhh, we also have a great little water park with a swimming lake, some nice slides, a log flume, a great rapids ride, a skyride which goes im pretty positive 1,132ft up a mountain, as well as many other great flats! Lake Compounce is officially amazing. Â -Coastakid
gk Posted July 2, 2007 Posted July 2, 2007 ^ Lake Compounce wins for me. Free soft drinks are the kicker.
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