User:JupiterBruzer/Sandbox/Canobie Lake Park ride list
Ride list: Option A
[edit]Canobie Lake Park features a variety of rides and attractions. The Yankee Cannonball, a 1930s-era wooden roller coaster, is one of the park's best known rides. The park also has a looping, steel roller coaster named the Canobie Corkscrew, designed by Arrow Dynamics.
The park once had a simulator ride named "USA Missile", built early in the Space Age by John Taggart and Sam Daugherty.[1] Passengers sit facing the nose of the rocket, which is then inclined. A movie is shown on a screen at the front as a simulation of space flight. While at Canobie Lake Park, it was repainted to mimic the markings used on such launch vehicles as the Saturn rockets.[2]
Other thrill rides in Canobie Lake Park include Starblaster, an S&S Double Shot, which replaced a ride called the Moon Orbiter in 2002. The park also features a rotor ride named "Turkish Twist", and a shoot-the-chutes ride named "The Boston Tea Party". Canobie has one dark ride, named "Mine of Lost Souls". Passengers board a ride train resembling mine car, and the ride is themed around a fictional mine that is beginning to collapse. Another flat ride at the park is the "Psychodrome", a scrambler ride located in a dome, with lighting, music and special effects. In 2005, the park opened Castaway Island, a small water park consisting of a water play structure. In October 2017, the park announced an expansion to the water ride complex, including a lazy river and a series of water slides.[3]
In 2012, the park added Equinox, a ride that lifted and spun riders on a giant mechanical arm. Despite the ride's popularity, it was shut down in 2014 after persistent mechanical problems left the ride operating "sporadically". The park has stated that safety was not an issue.[4]
Roller coasters
[edit]| Name | Description | Image |
|---|---|---|
| Canobie Corkscrew | A steel roller coaster from Arrow Dynamics with two corkscrew inversions. Originally manufactured in 1975, the Canobie Corkscrew operated at Old Chicago from 1975 to 1980 as the "Chicago Loop",[5] at the Alabama State Fairgrounds as "Corkscrew" from 1982 to 1986, before moving to Canobie Lake in 1987. The Canobie Corkscrew is one of the first steel looping roller coasters manufactured in the world and is part of a series of Arrow corkscrew models produced from 1975-1979. Originally painted with a yellow and blue color scheme, the ride was repainted in 2012. | 
|
| Untamed | Untamed is a Gerstlauer Euro-Fighter, opened at the park in 2011.[6] This is the fourth Euro-Fighter to be added in the United States, the only one in the Northeast, and the first roller coaster to be opened in Canobie Lake Park since the Canobie Corkscrew in 1987. The ride features a 72-foot vertical lift and a beyond vertical drop at a 97 degree angle, as well as three inversions: a vertical loop, an Immelmann loop, and a zero-G roll. | 
|
| Yankee Cannonball | A PTC wooden roller coaster, and the park's oldest roller coaster. The ride was given its name in commemoration of the American Civil War. |
Thrill rides
[edit]| Name | Opened | Manufacturer | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ice Jet | 2017 | Chance Rides | A Flying Bobs ride. |
| Pirata | 1986 | S.D.C. | A pirate ship ride |
| Psychodrome | 1989 | Eli Bridge Company | An indoor scrambler ride with flashing lights and sound effects.[7] |
| Starblaster | 2002 | S&S Power | A Double Shot launch tower ride, opened for the park's centennial. |
| Turkish Twist | 1981[8] | S.D.C. | A Rotor ride. |
| Wipeout | 2004 | Chance Rides | A Wipeout ride |
| Xtreme Frisbee | 2007 | HUSS | A Frisbee ride |
Family rides
[edit]| Name | Ride manufacturer and Type | Description | Year added | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antique Carousel | Looff/Dentzel/Stein & Goldstein carousel | 1902 | |||
| Antique Cars | Arrow car ride | Unknown | |||
| Blue Heron | Boat ride | A boat ride that takes guests for a 20-minute trip on the lake. | 2005 | ||
| Boston Harbor Patrol | 2008 | ||||
| Canobie 500 | Arrow race cars | 1977 | |||
| Canobie Express | Crown Metal train ride | A train that runs through the park, around Castaway Island, and along the lakeshore. It runs on 2 foot narrow gauge tracks. | Unknown | ||
| Caterpillar | Harry Traver caterpillar ride | A family flat ride. | 1963 | ||
| Crazy Cups | PTC teacups | 1958 | |||
| DaVinci's Dream | Swing ride | 2003 | |||
| Dodgems | Bumper car ride | 1930s | |||
| Giant Sky Wheel | Ferris wheel | 1981 | |||
| Mine of Lost Souls | Sally Corporation dark ride | 1987 | |||
| Over the Rainbow | Zamperla balloon ride | 2001[9] | |||
| Rowdy Roosters | Flying Scooters | Unknown | |||
| Skater | Zamperla Disk'O | 2005 | |||
| Sky Ride | SkyTrans chairlift[10] | Unknown | |||
| Twist & Shout | Sellner Tilt-A-Whirl | Unknown | |||
| Wave Blaster | Zamperla | 2009 | |||
| Zero Gravity | Battech Enterprises Round Up | Replaced a similar Round Up ride. | 2008 | ||
| Water rides | |||||
| Boston Tea Party | Hopkins Shoot the Chute | 1998[11] | |||
| Castaway Island | WhiteWater West AquaPlay RainFortress[12] | 2005 | |||
| Policy Pond Log Flume | Hopkins log flume | 1982 | |||
| Tall Timber Splash | WhiteWater West water coaster | 1994 | |||
Children's rides
[edit]| Name | Ride type | Year added | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine Swing | Children's swing ride | 2003 | |
| Autobahn | 2009 | ||
| Boats | Unknown | ||
| Fire Engines | Unknown | ||
| Flower Power | Children's whip ride | 1994 | |
| Helicopters | Unknown | ||
| Jeeps | Unknown | ||
| Jump Around | Children's Wave Blaster | 2009 | |
| Jungle Bounce | 2003 | ||
| Junior Sports Cars | 1958 | ||
| Kiddie Canoes | Unknown | ||
| Kiddie Carousel | Children's carousel | Unknown | |
| Kiddie Dragon Coaster | A Zamperla children's roller coaster with a train designed like a dragon. | 1991 | |
| Mini Dinos | Unknown | ||
| Mini-Skooter | Children's bumper cars | Unknown | |
| Pony Carts | Unknown | ||
| Sea/Land Rescue | 1989[7] | ||
| Sky Fighters | Unknown | ||
| Tanks | Unknown |
Former rides
[edit]| Name | Ride manufacturer | Year added | Year retired | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bowling alley | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | After purchasing the park in the 1960s, the owners burned all the pins from the bowling alley to keep warm during their first winter.[13] |
| Calypso | Mack | Unknown | 1988 | Replaced with the "Moon Orbiter". |
| Equinox | KMG | 2012 | 2014 | A twisting, spinning and flipping ride. Removed due to mechanical issues. |
| Fascination | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Replaced with the "Jackpot Casino". |
| Figure 8 roller coaster | Frederick Ingersoll | 1902 | 1935 | |
| House of Seven Gables | Unknown | 1938 | Unknown | A walk-through haunted house. |
| Jr. Roller Coaster | Unknown | 1970s | 1984 | |
| Kosmojets | SDC | Unknown | Unknown | Replaced with "Wipeout". |
| Matterhorn | SDC | Unknown | 2007 | Replaced with a concession stand "Hotdog Diner". |
| Moon Orbitor | Unknown | 1989[7] | 2002 | Replaced with the "Star Blaster". |
| Ocean Trip | SBF | 2001[9] | 2008 | Replaced with Boston Harbor Patrol |
| Paratroopers | Unknown | Unknown | 2006 | Replaced with "Skater". |
| Petting Zoo | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | |
| Rockin' Rider | SDC | 1970 | 2004 | Originally called Galaxi at Canobie before being rebranded/renamed; Replaced with "Xtreme Frisbee". |
| Round Up | Unknown | 1980 | 2007 | Replaced with "Zero Gravity" (Round Up) |
| Roller skating rink | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Used to house ScrEEEmfest haunts |
| The Swamp | Pretzel | 1954 | Unknown | A dark ride that was replaced with the Can Alley game and employee center building. |
| Swimming pool | Unknown | Unknown | 2007 | Removed during the construction of a larger main entrance. |
| Tiki-Maze | SDC | Unknown | 2016 | Formerly the Crystal Orbiter, on broken motor-driven platform. |
| USA Missile | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | |
| Vertigo Theatre | Unknown | Unknown | 2009 | Replaced with Autobahn to make room for "Wave Blaster". |
| The Whip | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Was replaced with Matterhorn, then Equinox, until the latter ride was removed. |
| Wild Mouse | B. A. Schiff & Associates | 1960s | 1980s | Used wood supports and steel track. The Paratrooper replaced the Wild Mouse, and was later replaced by the Skater attraction. |
- ^ "Coney Island Space Age Icon - will it be destroyed?". Coney Island History Project. Retrieved 2009-01-04.
- ^ "USA Missile (Canobie Lake Park)". ThrillNetwork LLC. Archived from the original on 2008-08-29. Retrieved 2009-01-04.
- ^ "Canobie Lake Park Gets Partial Approval For New Water Park". Patch. October 27, 2017. Retrieved October 30, 2017.
- ^ Ireland, Doug (July 30, 2014). "Equinox shut down at Canobie Lake Park". Newburyport News. Newburyport, MA.
- ^ Cowette, Colleen (June 17, 1990). "Salem's Canobie Lake Park Has Given 80 Years of Fun". New Hampshire Sunday News. Manchester, NH.
- ^ Bullock, Joel (24 November 2010). "Canobie Lake Park adds new roller coaster: Untamed in 2011". Gadling. Retrieved 16 January 2011.
- ^ a b c "CANOBIE SPECIAL", Boston Globe, April 16, 1989.
- ^ Sandy, Adam. "The Flat Joint". Retrieved July 14, 2012.
- ^ a b "More sure signs of spring: Canobie Lake Park opens", New Hampshire Sunday News (Manchester, NH), April 29, 2001
- ^ "Our Clients". SkyTrans Manufacturing, LLC. Retrieved January 12, 2017.
- ^ Miller-Medzon, Karyn (July 5, 1998). "For your amusement - Region's theme parks have a host of new rides to thrill and chill you". Boston Herald.
- ^ "Canobie's new Castaway Island water complex opens", New Hampshire Union Leader, May 26, 2005
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
arcadiawas invoked but never defined (see the help page).