Tom Posted October 24, 2012 Report Share Posted October 24, 2012 (edited) If you read my 'More Flags More Fun' trip report you'd know I had meant to meet up with someone to go round the park with but she failed. Well this was an unplanned trip that fixed that! Hoorah. Something that I don't have a picture of is the stunning lake that is literally right next to the rides (Canobie Lake Park.. duh). But yeah it was a beautiful setting. Arrived at 4, left at 7:30 after getting on everything we wanted including re-rides. Untamed This Gerstlauer Eurofighter was my second after Saw so I was naturally expecting a rough ride. I think it has the same layout as Rage, if you've ridden that! It was good! There were one or two 'rattley' transitions but I was blown away by how smooth it was. Nice compact layout and I particularly liked the station theming, bear cars, supports themed to trees, and a bear's roar as a train was dispatched. Nice! Untamed gets a 7/10 da Vinci's Dream This gets a note because it's a simple wave swinger but is themed to some extent? It was ffffffuuuuunnn. Equinox Having opened for the first time a day earlier this was the new kid on the block! It was a half painful half fun fully rotating mess. The downfall is probably that you have to 'stand up'. Imagine standing up on Samurai? Yeah it was painful and you couldn't relax and enjoy it. I'm glad I did it but it's not going to be a 'go to' ride in the future! 4/10 My view of the park was totally skewed because half of the rides are just standard amusement park rides plonked into spaces like in RCT, but I had assumed the themed attractions were the newest ie Untamed and Da Vinci's Dream but Equinox is truly just a travelling ride. Yankee Cannonball An oldie wooden coaster that ran one train of 3 cars of 6 seats. I sat once at the back and once at the front. This was definitely the stand out best ride in the park. It wasn't specifically tall or fast but it gave loads of airtime and thrilling surprise drops without being rough it seemed out of control. This was helped by the fact you had a seatbelt and the lap bar was more of a grab bar and didn't go near your lap. Great. Bad picture because of the night. As always! BUT great ride. 8/10 Skater It was just a higher faster spinning griffin's galleon. Was a lot more fun than griffins and had a higher throughput. Xtreme Frisbee A Huss Frisbee. A new flat ride hype I am experiencing. Sorry for the awful picture; wasn't sure if the scaffolding was 'theming' or what but it was just random. Turkish Twist Don't know the name of the model but it spun you around in a sort of building and the floor dropped so just G force pushing you against the side kept you up. It was weird. I mean I understand the concept but in practice it hurts your neck and you feel like you're slipping in and are trying to stop yourself falling so it becomes more of a challenge than a ride. 5/10 for the concept but not the experience! Hats off to all the staff. They got everyone prepped for rides by shouting things like 'ARE YA'LL READY FOR THIS' - I guess it's for an American audience but everyone gets into it. On Equinox they have one staff member check all the 24 seats by running around person by person. The attendant during my ride even spoke to each person individually when they put their harness down. I couldn't help comparing to Samurai where 2 attendants are used and just say 'arms out' and just walk off. Either way this was done efficiently, quickly, and with a smile and conversation so A* for her. Cute night time lights on the Ferris wheel! Thanks for reading. A bit haphazard but just mentioned some firsts for me! Edited October 24, 2012 by Rattlesnake1 Dan9 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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