mrceagle

Perhaps. that doesn't sound like the largest. you mentioned Dorney which I have heard great things about. Canobie Lake Park's Screeemfest is 3 haunts(included in admission) one of which takes up the entire back section of the park. no haunt zones bu the park is themed and there are scare actors walking around the entire park. LC has 2 haunts included with admission along with the parks decked out for the haunt. There is then the Haunted graveyard which is 6 haunts and outdoor haunts to connect them. Nightmare New England is a stand along Haunted attraction with 7 Large Haunted houses and a Monster Midway. How big is Madison Scare Gardens? Sounds like they should step up their game get back that crown they still want to boast.

Teh theater was the bigger loss. GASM was dated and rough when I road it in 2001. The Theater was a family attraction well worth your time. I don't get the comments about Fly me to the moon. It's a movie that is not required in the theater. If you don't like it you put in one of the hundred of so movies that can be played in the Motion theater format.

All I can say is I hope SFGAdv Fright Fest is better then SFNE's. Though I'm confused for the term "Northeast's Largest Halloween Party". How many Haunted houses are there, fright zones, shows?

This is really disappointing news. The event was right up TGE alley. with a Hotel across the street and skying in the area it seemed right. I don;t see it coming to SFGAdv. the Safari has a ride through they took out and the park relies heavily on people traveling in. not a great set up for a Holiday winter event.

That time frame sounds like a major project. like GAcaoster mentioned. The character changeover woudl be a mater of a week of so. the character addition are in place of preexisting puppets. they are simply adding a Small world style puppet that looks like a disney character.

Canobie Lake Park PTR July 17th It was ACE day at Canobie and I was eager to visit the park. I have not signed up for the event do to the price(40 with picnic) but figured I'd use one of my holiday tickets to visit the park and hang out with my fellow ACErs. ACE had a good turn out 34 is you include myself. I got to the park at 10:20 and I met up with the ACE group. I basically became the photographer for the ERT event. The day included morning ERT on Corkscrew and Min of Lost Souls, the parks dark ride. The park took over most of the Gift shops this year and in turn they got rehabs. The latest one to open is the store in the Canobie mall. Now the Pink Lady it's a gift show geared towards the female guests. The shop is not open air and the wall to the outside has been removed. The group had a picnic set up for noon so for the first hour of the day I hung out with a few of them and hit the rides on that side of the park. When the group went off to their picnic I took in the Jackpot Casino and its AC. There I ran into A long time employee Anna, She has been working at the park as a casher, and long time information booth employee. She now handles the redemption counter at the jackpot. We talked about park employee past and present as well as talked about the owners of the park. It was pleasure to talk to an employee with such love for the park. I had expected to get a phone call so I walked over to the picnic ground and looked to see if the ACE group was still there. The employee at the entrance was nice enough to let me in so I could check in. I spent some time there talking to the other ACE members that were in attendance and took the opportunity to get a nice shot of cannonballs fist drop on an angle you can't get inside the park. After some time chatting it was back to rides. We kept this up until it was time to see the park headliner show, Michal Jackson. Before the show started there was sort of a commercial/preview video that talked about the other shows, the parks Halloween event Screeemfest, and the recently amounted October fest running form Sept 18th through October. The show is fantastic. The performer has been doing Jackson for 18 years and has portrayed him in performances around the word as well as playing him in Scary Movie 3 and 4. The show covered some of his biggest hits with thriller having the best reaction from the packed ball room. While I didn't plan on it I accompanied other to Portofino's for dinner. Most of then got Spaghetti and meatballs and salads along with soda to drink. One group for one meal, salad, and 2 drinks was around $21 with tax. There was an extra charge for a second package of dressing. After dinner it was off to hit rides and fill the rest of the night. After riding cannonball I split up for a while to get some video of the park rehabbed Ferris wheel. It Know sports LEDs and an amazing light show. The rehab was a great move it was an attraction of its own with many standing around watching it. I hit the Fireworks Hit star blaster and headed back to cannonball. The park was staying open an extra hour so the park didn't close till 11. The Carousel was the last ride of the night. I was happy to see the band organ back up and running. I also noticed the carousel main arms for the Jumpers were either majorly rehabbed or replaced. Glad to see the parks oldest ride getting some love. Now if they can just remove the rug form the platform. Most of the ACErs that started the day meet up at the end of the day at the entrance plaza before leaving. In all it was a great day with heavy but manageable crowds. I had expected it to be much worse. All rides were open and employees were great. Ride count Skater 1, Davinci's Dream 2, Caterpillar 1, PhycoDrome 1, Flume 1, Antique cars 1, Blue Heron Lake Crouse 1, Turkish twist 1, Sky ride 1, Train 1, Star blaster 1, Cannonball 3, Carousel 1.

There was another possible name being polled. I just can't remember right now what it was or wear I read it. Personally I despise the trend at the park of throwing Villains and heroes on rides all over the park. it's tacky! The park was opened at as a theme park. lets bring it back to that.

Thanks for the information.

So the promises to see a rehab never came about? too bad, the ride really needs work.

I think a show woudl be a good move. Given the movie theme a stunt should should have never left. maybe dump the Superhero theme and go with more of a Lights, Motor, action style were the stunts lead up to a final product.

Strange how what was one a record breaking coaster is now out of touch with today. Hate to see it go. Noticed on this site there isn't talk of it moving. everyone seems to understand it's off to the scrap yard for this coaster.

I voted no. it's one thing to have Superheros or villains in the Movie area. but this trend of throwing them all over the park is getting out of hand.

i hate seeing parks cut back on their hours.

How has Houdini been running since it's reopening. has it been open daily or has it only been open hear or there?

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It's hard to say what coarse would be taken. It woudl be cheap and easy to re-brand the area to Gotham City. But An expansion? not as likely. Yes there is room since part of Movie town is shut down. and with the placement of Dark Night havign both a Movie town and a Gotham area is possible but hard to work with.

Many of us closer to SFNE have toyed with this same idea. It is a nice concept and well thought out. I personally woudl prefer to see Movie town stay and get a solid rehab. it has history both regionally and at the park.

if they are removing a Sim theater for another Sim theater with a different mechanism that is just a waist of money. this is really poor planing on their part.

Good to hear they are getting a new show. Nice to see the Stunt Show arena being used again.

Interesting results. I seem to be on par with many of the responses. I was surprised at teh results of the of the fireworks show.

Fantastic news! The ride really needs the rehab.

SFI can sign all the indemnity contracts they want it will not stop them form getting listed in a law suit and they will still have to pay a layer to show a judge the contract. $25-30 seems a bit steep to me. also With your average family at 4 people, a 3 seater ride won't be that appealing. Interesting idea though. doesn't La Ronda already have something like this.

i find Tornado's Fun but not great. I have been on SFNE's and one at Funtown/Splashtown USA in ME. They are not all that Dissimilar to the Half pips that have been around for years. But it's good to see the Water park getting something. I also read in a trip report the park got some new games so it dose seem teh park got some new things and Houdini is coming back which May as well be a new ride after it;s down time.

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Sounds like you had a fun day. Wonder though if opening this early ends up costing them more then they make. Good seeing a trip report form you again Yoshi, been along time.