You don’t realize how much you appreciate the shade and maintenance until you go to a park with neither. Been going here since I was in the first grade and it’s always a good time. And even when it changes, it maintains the charm.
Been going to Canobie for 20 years myself. It's one of my favorites and always will be. The charm is what gets me, it's not in your face, it's not dirty, it's not doing too much, it's there and it's amazing. The Policy Pond Log Flume is BY FAR the greatest traditional log flume I've been on, I could ride that all damn day. Think a perfect family coaster would be a junior gravity group. Take a page out of Kentucky Kingdoms book. Put the station at Tall timber splash and have it go across the parking lot. Really love your dedication and effort put into this video.
You really sell this park and I genuinely want to visit now. This looks like a phenomenally maintained park that I would be proud to have as a home park too.
And the crazy thing is that 2020 is the worst it ever looked (and it still looked great), mostly since they lost their off-season to finish refurbing/assembling rides and couldn't open at night for their lights to come on.
You nailed it. The one thing that always remains constant at Canobie is the upkeep. It might not be the biggest place in the world, but they dress it like it is. Halloween is a particularity good time to visit.
You reviewed this park so well! We moved here in 2020 and my now 5 year old and 1 year old LOVE this place and I do too. The review is so accurate. It’s the charm, the nostalgia and the people who work the park that make it amazing. Thank you for the video!
Dang spending 30 years at a park, so since almost the 1990s. That is truly nostalgic. I've only been going to my home park, Canada's Wonderland since 2009, and so only about a decade, but spending that much time at a park must be truly special for you.
Hey, I'm a ride attendant at Canobie and I loved hearing you talk about it. Pretty much everything you said is spot on and working here is just great. Love your videos, keep it up man!
Love that this park is still open. You can't even put a value on the nostalgia if you went here as a kid and can take your own. I grew up as a whalom park pass holder with the park 10 mins from mom's house. So seeing it close and watching condos overtake your memories and never being able to take my kids is heart breaking. I remember the mine log ride at canobie as a young child while my grandparents were visiting though, so I cant wait to take my 3 yr old daughter on it and just feel the generational nostalgia!
I live 5-10 minutes away and my fam goes every year and my first rollercoaster was yankee cannonball because our family tradition is the first ever rollercoaster has to be the yankee cannonball
Super nostalgic watching this, I grew up ~30 minutes from this park and remember taking a school trip here during middle school. I'd love to make a trip back here, and see how everything stacks up to how I remember it
I imagine they will. Their off-season was cut short and they had less time to prep. That's why a few rides opened late this year or had unfinished looks (ex. Crazy Cup's half built tent).
Thanks for posting this video. This gives me flashbacks of when Canobie Lake still had the corkscrew roller coaster. We all probably still miss this coaster. It was so sad seeing it having to go away.
@@CanobieCoaster i remember swimming pool thats gone. And i remember they had roller blateing. With real organ music such fun i think it was old dance hall is now has shows.
This park means so much to me and my family. It's only about 15 minutes from my house; my mom worked there when she was a kid, and my sister's been working there every summer since she was in high school. All throughout college and beyond, I've made an effort to go at least once a year, and every time what I get to do is a little different depending on who I'm with.
I’ve quickly become a big fan of your reviews, I really enjoy that you mix history in with the review, I hope you keep growing and get out to more parks in the future, if you’re ever heading to Canada’s wonderland hit me up, it’s been my home park for the last 35 years.
About 10 years ago my aunt used to work at Conobie in the summer so I went a lot. I was pretty young when she worked there but now I’m in my teens and I love going there every experience I’ve had has been amazing definitely one of my favorite parks. I say this to my friends when we go ( which was today lol) I was a little younger than my aunt when she worked at the park and now a new generation is enjoying the attractions, I don’t see Conobie going anywhere anytime soon and I’m glad because this park is the best. Thank you for giving a review on one of my favorite parks with history.
Nice to hear the park is still hanging in there . I would visit Canobie with other enthusiasts while on north eastern coaster trips during the 80's to the many now lost forever traditional amuse parks such as Whalom , Lincoln , Mountain and Paragon parks in Massachusetts . Like Canobie all had good wooden coasters .
@@CanobieCoaster ITS ONLY ONE LEFT. WE LOST HARF OF SALEM WILLOWS. REVERE BEACH. PARAGON PARK. IN HULL MASS. SALSBURY BEACH. LISTS GOS ON. MASS IS CORUPTED NEED MORE FAMILY PARKS. CANIBE IS ONLY ONE NEAR BOSTON MASS
Thank you for this review. I've seen other tours of Canobie, but this one verified a ride that I've been talking about for years and yet every time I mention it, people say they've never heard of it. I remember decades ago, going on a ride called the Galaxy. Thanks again for removing my doubt that I just mistook it for a ride at Canobie.
my friend wants to take me here when i visit and it looks really fun! its no cedar point, which i live close to, but it looks charming and the rides still look fun and well maintained!
Canobie is my local park, too! The lap bars are so loose on Yankee Cannonball that before the retrack you could stand up during the drops 😂 I’m sad to hear that it’s become more mellow with the retrack, but I’m glad they’re maintaining the historic ride well. Big roller coaster enthusiast, it’s been cool discovering your channel!
This is my park too. Love the history. I never new. My kids and I go every Summer. This year it closed early at 7pm. Can't wait for Screeemfest in October. So excited about the season pass. Its so awesome.
Looks like a beautiful park worthy to drive out of your way to go to. Man, I envy anyone whose home park that they grew up with is still around as you remember it, as I don’t and still lament its loss more than 25 years later. You all are quite fortunate.
I moved from NH to Florida almost a decade ago, and I’m spoiled by our Orlando parks. Even so, I’m taking my husband and daughter back home later this year to visit Canobie. I think that says something about the charm of this park.
It’s weird coming back watching this video because now I work at Canobie. It’s so bizarre seeing the rides and walkways I use almost everyday for the past 4 months being used in this video from years ago. I’m also trying to see if I can find any old supervisors that are in a lower position in this video now that it is a couple years old. You still make some great points and I still love the park to this day
It's a neat little park! Fairly short drive for me as a kid so I went a few times that I remember. Where I'm living now, I realize it's actually probably the closest park to me. I should definitely take my kids this year.
This was also my home park back when I lived in New Hampshire. It is beautiful, especially down towards the lake. I wasn't big into coasters before I moved away but I'll definitely have to get on Corkscrew and Untamed the next time I visit.
Canobie is my home park too! When I was 4 or 5, I would make my nana ride the log ride with me over and over again! As I got older I loved the Psychodrome, the Xtreme Frisbee, the Matterhorn, and DaVinci’s Dream. My mom threw up on the Round Up when she was in high school. This is the most nostalgic park for me. Been going there since the early 90s!
I hope to make it to this park the next time I'm in the area. I appreciate the in-depth review and advice. I don't like it when I have to just run in, grab the coaster credits, and get out as quickly as possible. I am wanting to make this a full-day park, to enjoy everything it has to offer.
I love Canobie. I went there last year. It was a very nice theme park. My home park is Lake Compounce and I think I like it slightly better due to Boulder Dash but Canobie looks very nice and it is better themed. Nice video!
I once timed you much rides I could get on untamed in both lines in an hour for groups and solos, the results were 2 for groups and 10 for solos, solo line is the way to go
If it were up to me, the neighbors would get bought out and the Canobie could really start growing. Old woodies would start being purchased and reassembled/upgraded and a brand spankin' new coaster would debut over the lake, nice and tall.
“And the cons” shows Corkscrew 😂 I have never heard anyone say “yeah I love that ride” haha Did you ever get a chance to go to Kings Castle Land? Canobie Lake reminds me of it!!
This is my home park too and I love living so close to it. For reasons of zoning and space, it can't have huge thrill rides. But it's just such a nice place. The single-rider line for Untamed is the park's best secret. I love the pinball parlor too--today, it's the single best publicly accessible collection of pinballs in New England, beating Funspot (which is, however, the place for classic arcade videogames). There was once a better one: Pinball Wizard in Pelham, NH. But it closed down a few years ago, and Canobie has stepped up its pinball game, perhaps in response. Back when most of the pinballs were at the Palace Arcade on the midway, it seemed like they were always broken. Now they take better care of them, and while they won't all be in perfect working order, at least they'll tape over the coin slots of the non-working ones.
Most of my Canobie days precede a lot of the new rides. Coasters were just the YC and the Galaxy, and then the Corkscrew. I need to try Untamed. In my skinny younger years I could get serious air time on the Yankee Cannonball, Not the brightest thing I've done, but I could grab the head rest in front of me and "stand" for the ride. I also have a scar on my shoulder from the Tall Timber Splash, after flipping the raft in the tube. Don't lean into the turns on the Wetter side too much!
@@CanobieCoaster Too bad. I haven't gone too often since around 2000. And my son is only now getting tall enough for some adult coasters, and that's a work in progress to get him on board.
The Star Blaster was the first ride I’d ever been on in my life. Probably around 2004 funny enough. I remember be scared shitless once the ride started 😂😂 I must revisit one day.
@@CanobieCoaster It messed me up some because I honestly had no idea what to expect at all. Took me like 3 years to get back on any bigger rides (finally broke my fears with the Alpengeist at Busch Gardens) I also strongly remember the Mine Of Dark Souls from that first trip. What an amazing ride it was 😃 Really wanna ride that again. I must’ve been about 9-10 years old at the time so maybe it was even in 2002-2003 when I went. I miss living up North. So many cool places to visit. My plan is to finally return for a few days this year with my girlfriend and show her all of the places I went as a kid. Canobie Lake Park will ABSOLUTELY be part of the adventure!
Just went today, the first day of the 2022 season. It wasn't packed at all and every ride had a short line. I enjoyed the park, Yankee Cannonball being my favorite ride
living only 2 hours away from canobie, it is really a great park! I've been 2 times one time for scream fest for my friends birthday and once with my fam.
Idlewild Park in Ligonier, PA used to have a Caterpillar that had a canopy. Rumor has it, that the canopy was removed because a snake was hiding in the folds of the canopy, and when it was placed over the ride the snake was to have fallen into the ride a bit one of the riders. The canopy was removed, then brought back a few years later.
It looks like a really fun park, I'd love to visit one day but being in Europe I don't know if I will ever get to :( Is there any reason why they can't run the Yankee Cannonball with longer trains? Would seem an easy way to increase throughput
A lot of the early PTC woodies at that time ran 3 car, 3 bench trains. Maybe they could get a 4th car- Wild One at Six Flags America did. But I suspect the cost it would take to do that would be better invested just upgrading the brakes.
@@CanobieCoaster I saw a POV where they had a second train in the station, do they not still have that? If they run 1 train ops it shouldn't be an issue apart from modifying the station?
Canobie is also my home park and one of my favorites. Xtreme frisbee is probably my favorite flat ride I’ve ridden as it is smooth and has tons of airtime. I even worked at Canobie one summer as a technician in the entertainment dept, and it was I think the last summer they had Equinox. The ride’s failsafe sensors were hair-trigger and the ride had tons of downtime as a result. Overall I have been happy with the park’s updates over the years, but personally not a big fan on the focus of the water park expansion.
Goodness, I remember equinox! Almost went on it as a kid, but decided to back out at the last minute. I kind of wish I didn't, but if the rumors of some riders ending upside-down after the ride was done were true, maybe I had the right idea back then, heh heh! It's a good park, overall though. I haven't been there in a few years. I'm thinking about heading back sometime soon, though, if at all possible. It's a great park, even if the turkish twist made me a bit sick the last time I was on it. Probably shouldn't have eaten right before I got on that one time.
I love your channel. However I wouldn’t have said a word about shade. Of course one can find some trees to seek refuge. However if the desire is to ride the two major coasters, the sun is almost totally unobstructed during the walk and most egregiously in the line for Untamed. It’s a shadeless journey through hades on a sunny day.
My home park as well and never had a bad experience here. Once stayed all day and rode all main attractions 9 times each haha. Will admit though, after visiting SFNE for the first time, it made it hard to find an immense amount of thrill here but home park regardless.
Weak coaster lineup, long lines, aggressive pricing.... but, you invested the time to make a 26-minute video about this park, topping your 24-minute Cedar Point review, which is the gold standard of amusement park reviews. Based on that alone I'll give Canobie a shot. Looks friendly with pretty atmosphere and high-quality customers. Hoping it feels like Knoebels. I don't have a home park, but if I did, I'd want to be able to sell it like you sell Canobie Lake Park.
The pricing is better than it looks since it has free parking (and nearly all guests are going to arrive by car). The lines are not worse than at other parks in the region--the park has no skip-the-line passes, but that in itself means the standby lines move a bit faster than they do at Six Flags. Aside from the single-rider line on Untamed, my preferred way to deal with them is to go at lower-volume times. My absolute favorite used to be pre-season weekends in May (as long as it was NOT Mother's Day), but Canobie hasn't opened for most of that period in the post-COVID era. My second favorite is right now, the September post-season in between Labor Day and Screeemfest. The waterpark isn't open, but the weather is more temperate and the crowds are light.
I recently went to Canobie and the Frisbee was actually open, it was fun and I definitely recommend it to anybody interested. I would just hold off on food before going on, you don’t want your vomit flying on the ride!
I had a really cool thing happen at Canobie last time I was there. It was July 2019. They were suppose to close at 9 but they decided to stay open an extra hour because they had a lot of guests. They made an announcement over the loud speakers. No other park would do that. Just personal opinion but I would say that Canobie is the best for families or if you just want to relax. Six Flags is the best for thrill seekers. Compounce is the best if you want scenery and also want the best rollercoaster in New England.
@@CanobieCoaster yeah the last time they added any ride was in 2017, and it was just a very bassic kiddie/family ride, i cant even remember them getting a new ride before that in my lifetime
@@CanobieCoaster there just like indiana beach where they can clear out a bunch of their parking lot over there that never gets used, make a path and use some of the woods and old parking lits space back by jackrabbit for a bunch of rides
@@adventuresbyalex6511 I believe that the reason they close at 11 is due to them hiring seasonal staff and due to the state laws of NH there is some rule where they don’t have to pay overtime if they stay seasonal and they can only be open for a certain number of hours outside of the months June, July and August. That’s why they are only open 1-8 on Sundays. Not all of what I said is completely accurate but it is along those lines.
@@lucasmcfadyen5739 the haunts at Canobie don’t open until 5 or 6pm though. During the school year 16 & 17 year olds are able to work for up to 30 hours per week. However minors are only allowed to work 10 1/4 hours when doing “manual” or “mechanical” labor which means ride operators. However, I doubt that this includes breaks. They could close certain rides at 11pm and keep others open until midnight. Or they could close all rides at 11 and close the haunts at midnight.
I remember long ago, as a high school senior, my buddy wrote in the suggestion box "Busch Gardens gives out free samples of their beer. Why doesn't Cannabis Lake Park do something like this?" We never heard back about that.
When I visit I’m probably gonna count the people in front of me when I’m about to board Yankee Cannonball. I’ll let as many people go in front of me so I can be first in line when it’s my turn to board. I still may not get the back but that’s my best option it seems.
My grandmother use to take the grand kids every year as a big group. Thanks shaws supermarket discount tickets I pre 2020 I was there alot actually did the drive when I was 16.5 yo lol
North Carolinian enthusiast here- I was lucky to have a work-related trip to Portland, Maine in August of 2019 and I used one day to spend the afternoon at Canobie Lake. What an absolute gem and beautiful park. I hope to return some day!
@@CanobieCoaster, but not for Thrill rides? I was told it was better due to the Waterpark and cleanliness. My wants are Waterpark with Thrill rides I enjoy. Love Six Flags due to it's selection both water & otherwise. The foods awful & Waterpark isn't really clean enough walking through, but in the water or on rides it's been 100% adequate. But Canobie seems to be more of a nostalgic attraction? Am I right. I'm in Maine and it's so far!!!
heyo. just a quick question. a new jersey boardwalk just received a frisbee ride this year. can you tell me if this e xd reme frisbee operated at Canobie for the 2020 season?
Hey so I am going there soon and I was wondering if you could give me some tips! I haven’t been there since 2019 because I didn’t go in 2020 because of COVID but I’m going back so can you give me some tips please?
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You don’t realize how much you appreciate the shade and maintenance until you go to a park with neither. Been going here since I was in the first grade and it’s always a good time. And even when it changes, it maintains the charm.
Especially newer parks where the trees haven't grown in.
Been going to Canobie for 20 years myself. It's one of my favorites and always will be. The charm is what gets me, it's not in your face, it's not dirty, it's not doing too much, it's there and it's amazing. The Policy Pond Log Flume is BY FAR the greatest traditional log flume I've been on, I could ride that all damn day. Think a perfect family coaster would be a junior gravity group. Take a page out of Kentucky Kingdoms book. Put the station at Tall timber splash and have it go across the parking lot. Really love your dedication and effort put into this video.
Thank you! I wanted to do my home park justice. A junior Gravity Group would be a great fit too. I wouldn't mind seeing a third in New England.
You really sell this park and I genuinely want to visit now. This looks like a phenomenally maintained park that I would be proud to have as a home park too.
And the crazy thing is that 2020 is the worst it ever looked (and it still looked great), mostly since they lost their off-season to finish refurbing/assembling rides and couldn't open at night for their lights to come on.
You nailed it. The one thing that always remains constant at Canobie is the upkeep. It might not be the biggest place in the world, but they dress it like it is. Halloween is a particularity good time to visit.
Imo it’s very good,although I don’t have much to compare too,the untamed was my first rollercoaster and it was a hell of a time
You reviewed this park so well! We moved here in 2020 and my now 5 year old and 1 year old LOVE this place and I do too. The review is so accurate. It’s the charm, the nostalgia and the people who work the park that make it amazing. Thank you for the video!
You're welcome.
Dang spending 30 years at a park, so since almost the 1990s. That is truly nostalgic. I've only been going to my home park, Canada's Wonderland since 2009, and so only about a decade, but spending that much time at a park must be truly special for you.
It was neat being able to have a new batch of rides I was tall enough to go on each year. The day I hit the magical 48" mark was glorious.
Hey, I'm a ride attendant at Canobie and I loved hearing you talk about it. Pretty much everything you said is spot on and working here is just great. Love your videos, keep it up man!
Thanks! Keep doing a great job like all the staff there!
Love that this park is still open. You can't even put a value on the nostalgia if you went here as a kid and can take your own.
I grew up as a whalom park pass holder with the park 10 mins from mom's house. So seeing it close and watching condos overtake your memories and never being able to take my kids is heart breaking.
I remember the mine log ride at canobie as a young child while my grandparents were visiting though, so I cant wait to take my 3 yr old daughter on it and just feel the generational nostalgia!
I have many fond memories here.
It’s also my home park, my first roller coaster was canobie corkscrew
Started big!
@@CanobieCoaster thanks man, love the content
Same
I live 5-10 minutes away and my fam goes every year and my first rollercoaster was yankee cannonball because our family tradition is the first ever rollercoaster has to be the yankee cannonball
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Super nostalgic watching this, I grew up ~30 minutes from this park and remember taking a school trip here during middle school. I'd love to make a trip back here, and see how everything stacks up to how I remember it
It's a great park.
Looks great! I really want to visit here to ride the Caterpillar since I've never been on one before, and I hope they bring back the canopy.
I imagine they will. Their off-season was cut short and they had less time to prep. That's why a few rides opened late this year or had unfinished looks (ex. Crazy Cup's half built tent).
@@CanobieCoaster I bet that it wasn't operational due to covid
What a beautiful review of a beautiful and classic park! I love it too!
Thanks!
Thanks for posting this video. This gives me flashbacks of when Canobie Lake still had the corkscrew roller coaster. We all probably still miss this coaster. It was so sad seeing it having to go away.
You're welcome.
This park looks beautiful
Agreed!
Never been but it would be a place I would love to visit someday
It's very charming.
Great video - nice park! Good to see my Old Chicago Loop again and those old flats.
I don't know how much longer Corkscrew will be around, but it served the park well!
@@CanobieCoaster i remember swimming pool thats gone. And i remember they had roller blateing. With real organ music such fun i think it was old dance hall is now has shows.
Sounds like a neat place! I'm planning a Northeast trip soon so I'll make it a point to stop by
It's well worth visiting if you love a good atmosphere.
This park means so much to me and my family. It's only about 15 minutes from my house; my mom worked there when she was a kid, and my sister's been working there every summer since she was in high school. All throughout college and beyond, I've made an effort to go at least once a year, and every time what I get to do is a little different depending on who I'm with.
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Great video. Hoping to go tomorrow with my family. We flew all the way from Wisconsin to enjoy the park!
Enjoy!
I’ve quickly become a big fan of your reviews, I really enjoy that you mix history in with the review, I hope you keep growing and get out to more parks in the future, if you’re ever heading to Canada’s wonderland hit me up, it’s been my home park for the last 35 years.
I love Canada's Wonderland. It's one of the best Cedar Fair parks.
To the one person who left a dislike on the video I hope both sides of your pillow are warm tonight
Lol
About 10 years ago my aunt used to work at Conobie in the summer so I went a lot. I was pretty young when she worked there but now I’m in my teens and I love going there every experience I’ve had has been amazing definitely one of my favorite parks. I say this to my friends when we go ( which was today lol) I was a little younger than my aunt when she worked at the park and now a new generation is enjoying the attractions, I don’t see Conobie going anywhere anytime soon and I’m glad because this park is the best. Thank you for giving a review on one of my favorite parks with history.
You're welcome!
I wonder who you are hmmm
@@cygnint same for you. I wonder who this random person is in my comment :3
Nice to hear the park is still hanging in there . I would visit Canobie with other enthusiasts while on north eastern coaster trips during the 80's to the many now lost forever traditional amuse parks such as Whalom , Lincoln , Mountain and Paragon parks in Massachusetts . Like Canobie all had good wooden coasters .
I'm glad Canobie survived and is still thriving.
@@CanobieCoaster ITS ONLY ONE LEFT. WE LOST HARF OF SALEM WILLOWS. REVERE BEACH. PARAGON PARK. IN HULL MASS. SALSBURY BEACH. LISTS GOS ON. MASS IS CORUPTED NEED MORE FAMILY PARKS. CANIBE IS ONLY ONE NEAR BOSTON MASS
Thank you for this review. I've seen other tours of Canobie, but this one verified a ride that I've been talking about for years and yet every time I mention it, people say they've never heard of it. I remember decades ago, going on a ride called the Galaxy. Thanks again for removing my doubt that I just mistook it for a ride at Canobie.
You're welcome.
My wife remembers riding that one. I started going to Canobie just a little too late to experience it.
What a lovely park and great review! I'll be directing the shows for fall and am extremely excited! Freakshow 21 will be crazy!!
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my friend wants to take me here when i visit and it looks really fun! its no cedar point, which i live close to, but it looks charming and the rides still look fun and well maintained!
It's a beautiful park.
Canobie is my local park, too! The lap bars are so loose on Yankee Cannonball that before the retrack you could stand up during the drops 😂 I’m sad to hear that it’s become more mellow with the retrack, but I’m glad they’re maintaining the historic ride well.
Big roller coaster enthusiast, it’s been cool discovering your channel!
I'm glad the ride is smooth at least and it seems just as popular as ever.
This is my park too. Love the history. I never new. My kids and I go every Summer. This year it closed early at 7pm. Can't wait for Screeemfest in October. So excited about the season pass. Its so awesome.
They had some late closes I thought on weekends?
Looks like a beautiful park worthy to drive out of your way to go to. Man, I envy anyone whose home park that they grew up with is still around as you remember it, as I don’t and still lament its loss more than 25 years later. You all are quite fortunate.
It's a charming park. I'm glad they have season passes now.
I moved from NH to Florida almost a decade ago, and I’m spoiled by our Orlando parks. Even so, I’m taking my husband and daughter back home later this year to visit Canobie. I think that says something about the charm of this park.
It is very charming.
I fell in love with canobie lake park! Such a cool little park
Agreed!
Going today! I just moved to mass and I am so excited!
Enjoy!
It’s weird coming back watching this video because now I work at Canobie. It’s so bizarre seeing the rides and walkways I use almost everyday for the past 4 months being used in this video from years ago. I’m also trying to see if I can find any old supervisors that are in a lower position in this video now that it is a couple years old. You still make some great points and I still love the park to this day
Glad you love the park too!
It's a neat little park! Fairly short drive for me as a kid so I went a few times that I remember. Where I'm living now, I realize it's actually probably the closest park to me. I should definitely take my kids this year.
It's still a very nice park.
It’s my home park too, we don’t go very often unfortunately but my brother and I hit it up this past summer and had a good time.
They did a good job with covid precautions.
@@CanobieCoaster they really did, and the staff were doing a good job making sure people were following them
Had so many flashbacks to middle school field trips and scream fest nights... I need to go back
I only went here once for a field trip, but it was my favorite field trip.
My favorite place in the whole world! I've been going my whole life, 18 years now.
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Never been there, but your video certainly makes it look nice so maybe I'll check it out next season.
If you can make it, I recommend it.
Really great video. I'm surprised it doesn't have more views.
Thanks!
Watching this 3 years after upload and your predictions for removed rides was spot on
I could see the writing on the wall for some of them.
I love Canobie, and I love the atmosphere of the park.
My personal favorite ride is Wave Blaster, and nothing could change my mind
That's a hot take!
This was also my home park back when I lived in New Hampshire. It is beautiful, especially down towards the lake. I wasn't big into coasters before I moved away but I'll definitely have to get on Corkscrew and Untamed the next time I visit.
I love how the park is maintaining the beauty with any addition.
Corkscrew got removed in 2021 🥲
Canobie is my home park too! When I was 4 or 5, I would make my nana ride the log ride with me over and over again! As I got older I loved the Psychodrome, the Xtreme Frisbee, the Matterhorn, and DaVinci’s Dream. My mom threw up on the Round Up when she was in high school. This is the most nostalgic park for me. Been going there since the early 90s!
I have a lot of memories riding the flume too.
The fondness you have for this park is the same fondness I have my home park of SFGAm which I have been constantly going to for 25 years ❤️
It's great you love your home park as well!
what an excellent video
Thanks!
Great review! 👍
Thanks!
i’m 19, and i’ve been going to canobie since i was like 4. it’s always gonna be my favorite park
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I hope to make it to this park the next time I'm in the area. I appreciate the in-depth review and advice. I don't like it when I have to just run in, grab the coaster credits, and get out as quickly as possible. I am wanting to make this a full-day park, to enjoy everything it has to offer.
I know a few people that have tried whirlwind day tours of the northern NE parks, but you miss the atmosphere of the parks.
I love Canobie. I went there last year. It was a very nice theme park. My home park is Lake Compounce and I think I like it slightly better due to Boulder Dash but Canobie looks very nice and it is better themed. Nice video!
Boulder Dash is the main reason I visit Lake Compounce, but that park looks nice as well. I just prefer Canobie in that department.
@@CanobieCoaster plus I am probably bias for going to lake compounce for over 15 years!
It’s my home park too!! My favorite ride from there is Psychodrome!!
That's a fun one.
i absolutely love this park and i haven't been in so long, i definitely need to go back
It's amazing.
I once timed you much rides I could get on untamed in both lines in an hour for groups and solos, the results were 2 for groups and 10 for solos, solo line is the way to go
Absolutely!
If it were up to me, the neighbors would get bought out and the Canobie could really start growing. Old woodies would start being purchased and reassembled/upgraded and a brand spankin' new coaster would debut over the lake, nice and tall.
I have a hunch Corkscrew is being replaced by water slides.
“And the cons” shows Corkscrew 😂 I have never heard anyone say “yeah I love that ride” haha Did you ever get a chance to go to Kings Castle Land? Canobie Lake reminds me of it!!
I went to Kings Castle Land when I was 1 so I don't really remember it.
Great park! Were just there for Screamfest ❤️
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This park is a bucket list park for me.
It's very charming.
This is my home park too and I love living so close to it. For reasons of zoning and space, it can't have huge thrill rides. But it's just such a nice place.
The single-rider line for Untamed is the park's best secret.
I love the pinball parlor too--today, it's the single best publicly accessible collection of pinballs in New England, beating Funspot (which is, however, the place for classic arcade videogames). There was once a better one: Pinball Wizard in Pelham, NH. But it closed down a few years ago, and Canobie has stepped up its pinball game, perhaps in response. Back when most of the pinballs were at the Palace Arcade on the midway, it seemed like they were always broken. Now they take better care of them, and while they won't all be in perfect working order, at least they'll tape over the coin slots of the non-working ones.
It has a great atmosphere.
Also, part of me died when I heard that the Matterhorn had been removed. Always one of my favorites. Good to see a similar ride is back.
Except Ice Jet doesn't have the same speed.
@@CanobieCoaster Boo. Hiss.
@@603me. 😶
I remember seeing Matterhorn as a kid but never got to ride it. Years later i wondered if i had imagined it being there lol
Canobie is such an amazing gem
I agree!
they should get a cheap relocated schwarzkopf wildcat (i think one of the MD ones are for sale) or something
and then a nice new thrill
That would be a nice fit for the park too and a nice homage to the old Galaxi. Are you talking about Adventure Park's?
Canobie Coaster yeah i saw it on that used rides site
@@djsugarc1075 Interesting
Most of my Canobie days precede a lot of the new rides. Coasters were just the YC and the Galaxy, and then the Corkscrew. I need to try Untamed.
In my skinny younger years I could get serious air time on the Yankee Cannonball, Not the brightest thing I've done, but I could grab the head rest in front of me and "stand" for the ride.
I also have a scar on my shoulder from the Tall Timber Splash, after flipping the raft in the tube. Don't lean into the turns on the Wetter side too much!
Yankee Cannonball hasn't had the same power over the past few years unfortunately.
@@CanobieCoaster Too bad. I haven't gone too often since around 2000. And my son is only now getting tall enough for some adult coasters, and that's a work in progress to get him on board.
The Star Blaster was the first ride I’d ever been on in my life. Probably around 2004 funny enough. I remember be scared shitless once the ride started 😂😂 I must revisit one day.
What a ride to start with!
@@CanobieCoaster It messed me up some because I honestly had no idea what to expect at all. Took me like 3 years to get back on any bigger rides (finally broke my fears with the Alpengeist at Busch Gardens)
I also strongly remember the Mine Of Dark Souls from that first trip. What an amazing ride it was 😃 Really wanna ride that again. I must’ve been about 9-10 years old at the time so maybe it was even in 2002-2003 when I went. I miss living up North. So many cool places to visit. My plan is to finally return for a few days this year with my girlfriend and show her all of the places I went as a kid. Canobie Lake Park will ABSOLUTELY be part of the adventure!
Just went today, the first day of the 2022 season. It wasn't packed at all and every ride had a short line. I enjoyed the park, Yankee Cannonball being my favorite ride
That's rare to visit on a quiet weekend day.
living only 2 hours away from canobie, it is really a great park! I've been 2 times one time for scream fest for my friends birthday and once with my fam.
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Idlewild Park in Ligonier, PA used to have a Caterpillar that had a canopy. Rumor has it, that the canopy was removed because a snake was hiding in the folds of the canopy, and when it was placed over the ride the snake was to have fallen into the ride a bit one of the riders. The canopy was removed, then brought back a few years later.
That's funny. It's a shame the ride is no longer there.
It looks like a really fun park, I'd love to visit one day but being in Europe I don't know if I will ever get to :(
Is there any reason why they can't run the Yankee Cannonball with longer trains? Would seem an easy way to increase throughput
A lot of the early PTC woodies at that time ran 3 car, 3 bench trains. Maybe they could get a 4th car- Wild One at Six Flags America did. But I suspect the cost it would take to do that would be better invested just upgrading the brakes.
@@CanobieCoaster I saw a POV where they had a second train in the station, do they not still have that? If they run 1 train ops it shouldn't be an issue apart from modifying the station?
I’d like to go here, the coasters look good and I’m a big fan of flat rides, especially classic flats
Their flat ride lineup is great.
Im attending Screemfest next Saturday. Any advice?
I would expect heavy crowds. Use my touring tip here, omitting the water rides since those are closed. Carnivus is their best house by far.
Thank you!
Canobie is also my home park and one of my favorites. Xtreme frisbee is probably my favorite flat ride I’ve ridden as it is smooth and has tons of airtime. I even worked at Canobie one summer as a technician in the entertainment dept, and it was I think the last summer they had Equinox. The ride’s failsafe sensors were hair-trigger and the ride had tons of downtime as a result. Overall I have been happy with the park’s updates over the years, but personally not a big fan on the focus of the water park expansion.
I would prefer more investment on the dry side, but I get why they're investing in the water park.
Goodness, I remember equinox! Almost went on it as a kid, but decided to back out at the last minute. I kind of wish I didn't, but if the rumors of some riders ending upside-down after the ride was done were true, maybe I had the right idea back then, heh heh! It's a good park, overall though. I haven't been there in a few years. I'm thinking about heading back sometime soon, though, if at all possible. It's a great park, even if the turkish twist made me a bit sick the last time I was on it. Probably shouldn't have eaten right before I got on that one time.
When I saw Equinox break down, it would just stop in the air and slowly lower back down. No one ever got stuck upside down from what I could see.
Oh, well, that's good. It's a shame that things turned out that way for equinox, at any rate.
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I love your channel. However I wouldn’t have said a word about shade. Of course one can find some trees to seek refuge. However if the desire is to ride the two major coasters, the sun is almost totally unobstructed during the walk and most egregiously in the line for Untamed. It’s a shadeless journey through hades on a sunny day.
Untamed's queue is rough for shade unfortunately.
Oh, looking forward to this one! A labor of love.
Btw, are you familiar with the longtime youtuber and enthusiast named Canobie Fan?
I've never met him, but I've watched his videos and gotten permission to use a video of his.
Canobie Coaster He lives in Florida now, but I think he’d rival you for the longtime love of and attachment to Canobie .
@@StamfordBridge I'm not surprised. Real Canobie fans name themselves after the park.
An enjoyable and useful review video!
Awesome review!
Thank you!
Love this video I just hope that get some more flat-Rides
Me too. They could really use an inverting one and the old train station plot would be perfect.
My home park as well and never had a bad experience here. Once stayed all day and rode all main attractions 9 times each haha. Will admit though, after visiting SFNE for the first time, it made it hard to find an immense amount of thrill here but home park regardless.
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Weak coaster lineup, long lines, aggressive pricing.... but, you invested the time to make a 26-minute video about this park, topping your 24-minute Cedar Point review, which is the gold standard of amusement park reviews. Based on that alone I'll give Canobie a shot. Looks friendly with pretty atmosphere and high-quality customers. Hoping it feels like Knoebels. I don't have a home park, but if I did, I'd want to be able to sell it like you sell Canobie Lake Park.
It's a place where the atmosphere shines most.
The pricing is better than it looks since it has free parking (and nearly all guests are going to arrive by car).
The lines are not worse than at other parks in the region--the park has no skip-the-line passes, but that in itself means the standby lines move a bit faster than they do at Six Flags. Aside from the single-rider line on Untamed, my preferred way to deal with them is to go at lower-volume times. My absolute favorite used to be pre-season weekends in May (as long as it was NOT Mother's Day), but Canobie hasn't opened for most of that period in the post-COVID era. My second favorite is right now, the September post-season in between Labor Day and Screeemfest. The waterpark isn't open, but the weather is more temperate and the crowds are light.
Love it
Glad you do!
I recently went to Canobie and the Frisbee was actually open, it was fun and I definitely recommend it to anybody interested. I would just hold off on food before going on, you don’t want your vomit flying on the ride!
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I had a really cool thing happen at Canobie last time I was there. It was July 2019. They were suppose to close at 9 but they decided to stay open an extra hour because they had a lot of guests. They made an announcement over the loud speakers. No other park would do that.
Just personal opinion but I would say that Canobie is the best for families or if you just want to relax. Six Flags is the best for thrill seekers. Compounce is the best if you want scenery and also want the best rollercoaster in New England.
I've seen them do that too.
They've done that for me too before.
Fleas
I love going here it’s so close too.
Same for me!
Despite not having anything truly elite this park still looks really fun and I’d love to make it out here sometime
It's geographically the closest park to Boston.
Nice Job!
Thanks!
What’s a Trolley park?
It was an amusement park serviced by a local trolley line. Before cars were widespread these parks relied on the trolleys to get people there.
@@CanobieCoaster ok cool. I remember seeing that on rcdb and not knowing what it meant.
Do you know what year the star cruiser went in?
I do not.
@@CanobieCoaster that was the year I worked there. I remember them putting it together. Lol
I’m going this Sunday ☺️
Enjoy!
Before I worked there, I went there CONSTANTLY, loved it. I havent been back since, it low key gave me trauma
That's one reason why I never want to work at a park.
@@CanobieCoaster i wish they get bubble bounce back.
it seems a lot like my home park, sebreeze, the only difference is that canobie actually adds new rides
Seabreeze definitely gave me vibes of Canobie when I was there, but it has been a long time since they added something significant to the ride side.
@@CanobieCoaster yeah the last time they added any ride was in 2017, and it was just a very bassic kiddie/family ride, i cant even remember them getting a new ride before that in my lifetime
I know that park doesn't have a ton of land though, but if you want a new addition hard enough it can be done. See Indiana Beach or Grona Lund.
@@CanobieCoaster there just like indiana beach where they can clear out a bunch of their parking lot over there that never gets used, make a path and use some of the woods and old parking lits space back by jackrabbit for a bunch of rides
Hey does this park have a Matterhorn rides and bumper cars and music express rides
Yes, they have bumper cars and a Bertazzon matterhorn called Ice Jet.
It doesn't have a siren.
Hey the ice jet Matterhorn ride was slow to me
Is the noise complaints the reason why Screemfest doesn’t go on past 11pm?
Not many parks go past 11 for their haunts anyway. That's pretty late.
@@CanobieCoaster a lot of parks go till midnight
Compounce and Six Flags New England are usually closed by 10 or 11 as well.
@@adventuresbyalex6511 I believe that the reason they close at 11 is due to them hiring seasonal staff and due to the state laws of NH there is some rule where they don’t have to pay overtime if they stay seasonal and they can only be open for a certain number of hours outside of the months June, July and August. That’s why they are only open 1-8 on Sundays. Not all of what I said is completely accurate but it is along those lines.
@@lucasmcfadyen5739 the haunts at Canobie don’t open until 5 or 6pm though. During the school year 16 & 17 year olds are able to work for up to 30 hours per week. However minors are only allowed to work 10 1/4 hours when doing “manual” or “mechanical” labor which means ride operators. However, I doubt that this includes breaks. They could close certain rides at 11pm and keep others open until midnight. Or they could close all rides at 11 and close the haunts at midnight.
I remember long ago, as a high school senior, my buddy wrote in the suggestion box "Busch Gardens gives out free samples of their beer. Why doesn't Cannabis Lake Park do something like this?" We never heard back about that.
Not many parks would do that.
Not to sound mean, but it's Canobie, not Cannabis 🤣
@@missbleach8767 yeah, that's the joke...
When I visit I’m probably gonna count the people in front of me when I’m about to board Yankee Cannonball. I’ll let as many people go in front of me so I can be first in line when it’s my turn to board. I still may not get the back but that’s my best option it seems.
It's the best approach. You have to be precise since the grouper will go person by person down the line to fill the train.
I go there every year!
Me too!
My grandmother use to take the grand kids every year as a big group. Thanks shaws supermarket discount tickets I pre 2020 I was there alot actually did the drive when I was 16.5 yo lol
We always got our discounts at McDonald's.
Didn't they have a Mouse trap at one time?
Miss the matahorn
Yes they used to have a wild mouse.
I can't go onto the Turkish twist because I have asthma,but I wish I could
Understandable.
This is also my home park my family goes every year and also six flags New England is also my home park 😊😊😊
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North Carolinian enthusiast here- I was lucky to have a work-related trip to Portland, Maine in August of 2019 and I used one day to spend the afternoon at Canobie Lake. What an absolute gem and beautiful park. I hope to return some day!
Hopefully you had enough time to hit the main rides.
@@CanobieCoaster Yep! Untamed ended up being my first Gerstlauer and I was lucky enough to get a backseat ride on Yankee Cannonball.
My home town park
It was the closest park I grew up by.
I've been to canobie so many times!
Honestly its better than six flags
For families, I agree.
@@CanobieCoaster, but not for Thrill rides? I was told it was better due to the Waterpark and cleanliness. My wants are Waterpark with Thrill rides I enjoy. Love Six Flags due to it's selection both water & otherwise. The foods awful & Waterpark isn't really clean enough walking through, but in the water or on rides it's been 100% adequate. But Canobie seems to be more of a nostalgic attraction? Am I right. I'm in Maine and it's so far!!!
heyo. just a quick question. a new jersey boardwalk just received a frisbee ride this year. can you tell me if this e xd reme frisbee operated at Canobie for the 2020 season?
Are you talking about the one being installed at Gillian's? It's the same ride model, but both parks have their own.
@@CanobieCoaster Yes I was. I wasn’t sure if it had been relocated. Thanks!
It's probably a good thing you didn't get Canobie's because it has so many issues.
Hey so I am going there soon and I was wondering if you could give me some tips! I haven’t been there since 2019 because I didn’t go in 2020 because of COVID but I’m going back so can you give me some tips please?
I haven't been yet in 2021, but I would recommend visiting on a Friday when they have a late close if possible.
@@CanobieCoaster Thanks