How would you run Canobie?

I think they should either raplace the corkscrew, or keep it - not spend more money on it, same as mrceagle said. However, I find it highly unlikely the park will do this anytime soon as the ride is a park classic and they probably don't want to scrap it. Not sure how easily they could sell it.

The hawk looks like a fun ride and the park has nothing like it, I have never ridden it so don't have any other opinion on the matter. I don't believe it would go over the current height limit. :/

I really wish Huss never stopped making the Enterprise, they have since replaced it with a similar ride where people lye down, correct?

I would LOVE a new Matterhorn... I think they are a pretty cool ride :]
Who else makes them?

PS I've seen similar rides called "Flying Bobs" who makes this one?

even a rehab of the corkscrew could cost a couple million dollars not worth it. yes they do seem to consider it a park classic even though it's only been in the park for 20 years. The park has corkscrew for longer then that. They need to replace it. they need rides that draw a crowed and keep people in line and corkscrew isn't it.

I have not been on a Hawk but know others that have. they all enjoyed the ride. I did not head any complaints about the restraints. If they use the same restraints and the Zamperla Power surge I had no problem with them.

Huss makes the Fly Away which is a modern Enterprise with a flying car. SFNE had one of the only models but removed it do to maintenance problems and general operating costs.

Many Companys make a Matterhorn style ride. Chance Morgan is a popular one but not as good. Mack, Bartizani, and Preston Barbiri make solid models, just to name a few.

Zamperla hawk is a very fun ride. It is just that the head rest are very uncompterable excpecially when your upside down I think it would be a good fit. Its quiet and it really isn't that pricey. I did ask them about corkscrew and they said there is no future ideas or plans of removal. And the roosters will return for screeamfest

I know that this is a long time after people stopped with the thread, but here are a few changes that I would make.

Timber Splash can be moved into the Castaway Island. I would make it a body slide (unless of course that was unsafe, but I'd at least want to get it out of that space). That space I would use to build an indoor Wild Mouse. It would essentially be a generic Wild Mouse which when it went inside would have sound effects and a few lighting effects. More information on that to come.

I would remove the Corkscrew and replace it with either a small roller coaster and a few flat rides or just have a section of more flat rides, both thrill and family rides.

I would either make sure Pirita can reach it's peak height and it's peak speed, or I would replace it and try to theme it more.

I would also try to make the Psycho Drome a bit darker and have a bit more color variation in the lights (although when I went on Sunday, it was a really fun ride).

I like the Mine of Lost Souls ride (except for the Egyptian part, which I feel the vast majority of people feel that way). However, although they (from what I've read) have a lot of the special effects up, I would try to get all of them up (if they're there, why not use them?).

Also, from my Wikipedia readings, I have learned that a lot of the Caterpillar came with air blasters that would shoot air up onto riders while the top was over the ride. I would want to fix that up.

I'm sure that there will be more to come, but that's what I've got so far. I also want to add in a movie attraction (not like the Vertigo Theater). Something with a pre-show and a plot, and that moves and could be fun for the family.

Of course, this would take a few years at least, but that's just some upfront ideas. What does everybody else think?

I enjoyed reading your list and agree with it for the most park.

Only personal dislike woudl be the addition of a wild mouse. Not sure how many you have been on but they are not the most comfortable or offer that great of an experience. also while I think many any coaster indoors can add to the experience. the building height limit is at 45 ft. It took them a lot of arguing to get the steeple on the entrance. it woudl be pretty hard to build a 60ft tall building.

I would first add a new matterhorn to replace or move the hot dog stand.

Install a new brake system to allow two trains to run on cannonball.

Add a hawk in between the wheel and photo booth

More water slides around the area of castaway.(something like what quassy has been doing.)

Put coca cola back into the park and have sml. med. and lrge.

expand in the back of unamed

ADD AN ENTERPRISE!!

add a new boat ride

More theming in the boston area

Remove the corkscrew for either a small b&m or a tango coaster (sidewinder might be up for grabs....)

Clean up boston Tea party, wipeout, tiki maze starblaster, skater and a few others to their original glory.

Try to add on to star blasters tower to make it more thrilling but with the same great blast that it already has.

Renovate portofino

Add season passes to the park

Actually install the frisbee into the ground and make the area around it nice. (like tomahawk but still way faster.)

Renovate MOLS

Expand the log flume to go under timber splash

Replace boston harbor back to another ocean trip

add a proper light show to the drome

expand the sky ride

Why woudl you get rid of Pepsi and go back to coke. Pepsi allows for then to have more coverage with discounted cans, as well as separating them form SFNE which names Coke as the official soft drink of the company.

tango? do you mean Togo? if so no, the company is out of business. Upkeep would be a nightmare.

You really can't do anything with Star blaster.

Sorry typo haha

It wouldn't matter since LC already has free pepsi so either way it wouldn't make a difference to have a different soda comany.
Coke is just better anyway.

I personally prefer Pepsi.

Thing is Canobie dose the discount cans. when they had coke they were only found in NH and ME. Why SFNE had the cans in RI, CT, and MA. by having Pepsi and doing the deal with them they are not throughout New England. only down fall this yea rise Mt Dew is doing a deal with the Batman movie so no coupons on dew cans.

Now that I think about it you are correct, wild mouses are a rough ride. I've been on a few and they throw you around, although maybe it could fit a small indoor coaster, although I don't know how thrilling a ride in a 45 foot building. I remember the matterhorn was fun, though I was a kid at the time it was around. If a rollercoaster wouldn't work (which is looking more true) then it would be cool to put in a matterhorn themed for the area. I have no clue how to theme a matterhorn for a timber themed area, but that's a different story.

The Coke v Pepsi argument, I like Coke more but I'd rather focus on the idea then the stalls for the moment. However, I like thebidea of a small, medium, and large size.

Why is there a hight restriction on building at CLP?

Simply has to do with city ordinances. what can be handles in an emergency by the fire department etc.

A 45ft height isn't horrible but woudl be more family then thrill
oles they opted to get some sort of launched attraction.

Oh yea, that makes sense. Though, kind of random question, are there any rules on building underground? I know Disneyland uses underground space (for instance, at one point Space Mountain goes underground and some random rides do that as well).

Also, why do they have certain rides that are portable models (ie. I noticed last season that the round-up type ride, I know that's not what it's called but I can't remember the name) had wheels. Are they cheaper to have, or is there another reason for the park to have portable models?

Kinda random questions, but I'm just curious lol.

Yes to a point. There are certain requirement for fire exits that would have to be considered. also you have to think about he water table because thy are on top of a lake. anything underground will be more costly. but for say a coaster they could add a small tunnel or dig into the ground a bit to make ti fit better.

Cannonball has a small dug out section next to the station at the start of the ride.

There are a few reasons: Skater was a prototype, the park model was not an option yet. for the most park portable rides are not cheaper but they hold their value better. there is more resale value if they find the ride loosing appeal and opt to replace it.

A huge reason is it's not a permanent structure. Because of that they don't have to deal with the city. This makes expanding easier and much less costly.

No problem I'm happy to be able to help.

Mrceagle is right about the portable rides - that might be white Frisbee is a portable model, or because they seem to like to only keep rides there for a few years and then swap in something new - I remember when Skater was put in there, Im glad they got Frisbee... not a fan of skater :/

Skater is a good family attraction the Frisbee is the next step up. it's similar to the parks kiddie version of a number of adult rides.

I personally like skater. Nice air time in the back and everyone seems to enjoy it. I think it was a great addition.

I hope they put frisbee in the ground and not on a trailer anymore. It will make the whole area nicer looking.

The Skater also has reasonably good capacity and it loads/unloads quickly giving them great throughput.

I would also like to see Frisbee installed into the ground . get rid of the carnival backdrop. they could always recycle it to the back side of cataway.

Canobie is a very clean good looking park. But when I see the frisbee it kinda dissapoints me. I hope canobie reads this haha.

Ya, the ride really needs work. the walls they painted have so much writing on them it's pathetic. It also appears they sanded a few messages or images off which makes them look worse.

I agree that they should just get rid of the wall... it would let you have a better view of the rest of the park (Corkscrew, the lake behind) and make it look a lot cleaner I think... plus it doesn't exactly fit with the rest of the park

I never really mind the park painted walls. maybe that is because i was always focusing on all the other screwy moves like keeping the carnival backdrop, the scaffolding, etc.