fun fact from a former employee: the nightmare building now holds all the prizes for the games. who wants an indoor rollercoaster when you can have a storing place for squid hats?
Oh Rainbow! Did not expect that blast of nostalgia! You forgot to mention how its placement next to the entrance building gave the illusion that you were going to hit the building every counter-clockwise rotation. ;) Good list. Do you know why they chose to take down Nightmare? I feel like it was a fun experience at the very least. Could have made the ride go from a 5, to an 8 if they went to Spencer and got some black lights or something to add some interesting dim lighting at least. Also, have you seen the log flume in operation at all in the last few years? I haven't gotten over there yet in 2022, but like the last 2 years I have been, the log flume has been drained and closed.
I rode the flume last year. As for Nightmare, it had brake issues, which led to them having to run one car on the course half loaded, so it was a capacity...nightmare.
@@CanobieCoaster thats crazy I never knew that about Nightmare's brakes. Makes sense because I remember riding it at darien lake the year before it came to GE and it was 4 people per car and never saw more than 2 people at GE. It's such a shame they haven't put another coaster in that building. I've always thought we would get one of the Dark Night wild mouse coasters relocated in that building.
When I visited the park (2013?) it was pretty empty so we actually got to do about 5 laps back to back on Comet. Still a great ride for the age and history of it.
I live in Iowa. Three Upstate Parks I really want to get to see Sea Breeze, Darien Lake, and Great Escape. I loved visiting Upstate the two times I’ve been.
I actually really liked some of the other slides that share Banshee Plunge’s slide tower, they were quite long and faster than you described. Also, for some reason, the log ride had rapids when I went. Did you have the same experience?
You kmow a place is bad when the #3 ride gets a breakdown warning, but man, do I love your candor. Your honesty makes your channel elite. The scenery of the park looks lovely btw. I love what I see.
Alpine Bobsled, and how many rides and coasters did you know at the park before they removed them? See in RCDB: Nightmare (at Crack Axle Canyon) at Great Escape. If I ask you about that, that ride was closed after 2006, if you visited the park before that, Canobie Coaster would say... A) Awful, but it had decent capacity at best. B) Ok, but it had bad capacity. C) Awful, bad capacity and uncomfortable ride. D) A 4, it was jerky at points but it had some ok force at best. Just bad capacity.
I will miss the Alpine Bobsled, got to ride it before it closed down for good, but I cant wait to right on the new wooden coaster their getting, The Bobcat.
People say Six Flags treat this park like garbage, but I'm not sure I agree with that. It's without a doubt a FAMILY park, not a thrill one. From what I've seen, the park seems to be more about the charm than the rides, and there's nothing wrong with that at all. Sure, it could use a couple more thrilling rides and is in DESPERATE needs of a new coaster, but not a lot if you ask me. You want to see a park Six Flags treats poorly, just head up to Canada for La Ronde.
Hey dude LaRonde has our SLC. They have a B&M hyper and batman clone, I would give my right nut for GE to have LaRonde's lineup and I think it probably would have a couple of their coasters if Six Flags hadn't purchased LaRonde. That SLC would probably be sitting where Steamin Demon or Bobsled is right now as those were always the rumored spots it was supposed to replace although Jungleland was another spot that was rumored to get the SLC. Would have been strange with Looney Tunes/Timbertown
A small park that could benefit from much better coasters. Still a great collection for it's size. Comet is by far the best ride there and a awesome S&S Space Shot in Sasquash but it kinda goes downhill fast from there.
Idk why they didn't upgrade the S&S tower to be a combo when they moved it to GE. Would have been way better. As far as coasters, im still pissed they gave the SLC to LaRonde.
@@CanobieCoaster I like about 25 minutes away, so have been going to great escape since I was a kid. I want a steel coaster so bad, but i don’t think it will ever happen. Six flags will unfortunately never spend the money for the ride, and consequently the cost of creating roads for the town. It’s so disappointing.
Even though this park isn’t like some other Six Flags parks I’d still visit it someday. The Adirondack Outlaw looks to stand out and the Comet will certainly be a fun rollercoaster, plus this park has some other good rides like a log flume and a river rapids. Adirondack Outlaw is actually a ride that might be a Bucket List ride. But the Adirondack Outlaw and The Comet are the reasons I’d enjoy this park a lot but not as much as the other Six Flags Parks
Nice revisit to a charming park with a great setting. It's a unique park name as well. AstroWorld had Condor for one season. Adventure Rivers replaced it. I was glad when they took that out. It spoiled the "in park view of the Texas Cyclone which looked lovely in sun set.
The park's lineup isn't awful, it just really needs a new "headlining" steel coaster. Even a sky rocket II would work (I'd rather see a eurofighter or hyper-gtx but it's six flags we're talking about) Oh also an indoor spinner inside of the old nightmare building would be cool, paying homage in a way to the defunct coaster. The building would probably need to be expanded though
Im going to this park for my birthday, (I've been to it before) and I'm hyped for it! When I was younger I was never really a fan of big hills but I'm still debating whether going on the comet cus I know how the hill is. Anyone whose been on it, can you explain how it feels?
Nice video. I will be visiting with my family in two weeks. We’re not water park people so we’ll probably just be at the dry park. Any suggestions for other things to do in the area to fill out the day? I have a 12 and 14 year old.
There are a lot of arcades in the town. Also there is a great boat ride on Lake George. If you are able to get an "adult" night, go to The Sagamore. I went on my honeymoon there and it is an amazingly beautiful place. Especially the area in the back of the hotel, on the water.
I think I remember the Tornado ride from when I was a kid. Wish the park got a dark ride again. I feel like Six Flags there is kind of lazy do much new though.
Definately agree on the top 3. I'll add that Adirondak Outlaw is one of the best flat rides I've ridden anywhere. It's a shame that Funtime doesn't have the best reputation now, they unquestionably have the best modern flat rides in terms of the actual ride experience in my opinion (hard to compare modern flat rides with rare, classic, gas powered flat rides like the Bushkill Park Scrambler or the Knobles Flyers. Yes I just used this comment as an excuse to talk about a must experience flat ride most enthusiasts don't even know about with Bushkill's Scrambler)
The bunny hill right before you get your picture taken and the main hill that you get your picture taken on both actually give rly good ejector now@@CanobieCoaster
@@CanobieCoaster It is listed as a family coaster, not a thrill ride. I haven't ridden it but from the videos it seems to be designed poorly, needing a second lift to complete the final helix. It compares, unfavorably, to the Trailblazer Mine Train coaster at Hershey Park, also a family coaster, or the Runaway Mine Train at other Six Flags. What I will say is a coaster in this category is needed at Knoebels where the intermediate coaster is currently Flying Turns.
I just recently started getting into theme parks (I mean not that I haven’t always loved them but I mean like real I might travel interest) Holiday World is my close park that I go to all the time. I honestly never knew just how many parks there are in the US lmao seems like something that would be more rare than they are. This one looks pretty mild but still fun, not worth the trip to NY but there’s a bunch that are and now I’m wanting to travel the whole country just for theme parks 😂😂
@@CanobieCoasterI mean it does look fun but as far as not driving more than 10/12 hours there’s better parks closer to me, but I’m saying it’d be cool to make a living traveling to different parks. Wouldn’t matter how big or small you get to hit em all 😂 had the chance to go to OWA Tropic Falls but the people that were with us weren’t interested so we missed out on that one
Sad that the alpine bobsled will be closing,it was so unreliable but it was so unique,I got 2 rides on it like 5 years ago and I’ll never be able to experience it again Rip 1998-2023
@@CanobieCoaster I agree. I rode it years ago and found it slow and I think I still have bruises on my shoulders from the inversions. I don't agree with your assessment of Flashback, which I believe used to be called Boomerang. That one I didn't like either.
So my friend told me this someone went on the nightmare and and didn’t put their hair up and got strangled to death legend has it she haunts the place now.
@@CanobieCoaster I get what you are saying. This park does seem to be more of a park for littler kids and supposed to be a family fun park. Definitely not Six Flags most intense park but more of a less intense one
