Top Amusement Parks in New England | Which Park is the Best? 

2:30 I started laughing so hard when you said that the ferris wheel at York's Wild Kingdom was the fastest you had ever been on. Me and my nephew who was 13 at the time, rode that thing thinking it was going to be a boring little ride and it turned out to be a thrill ride. Man! That thing WAS fast! Lol

Whoa, hold up, Story Land got a coaster?! I never thought I'd see the day that'd happen.

Quassy. It has the charm of an old theme park. And it may not have the thrills, but it has the same charm as Knoebels.

Even though I live in PA and Knoebels is my home park, New England sounds like it has a ton of great classic parks with nice charm. I'll have to take a New England park/coaster trip!

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New England doesn't just love their indoor scramblers, they love their S&S Towers! Dragon's Descent, Starblaster, Scream, Downtime, Sasquatch, Double Shot, and Blast Off (yes, I included New York) are all within a few hours of each other.

I’m partial to Lake Compounce because I worked there in 1999 and 2000, and it’s a really nice park. It was a lot different back then, and my second year there was when Boulderdash opened. I haven’t been there in years, but it’s 3 miles down the road from where I live so I drive past it occasionally and I’ve seen all the new rides they’ve been adding every year. I haven’t been to Six Flags since it used to be Riverside Park lol

I've lived in the area for 30 years now and am finally going to visit Six Flags New England for the first time this summer! Living near Canobie for the past decade and a half, I never prioritized SFNE highly because people keep talking it down, but it's got two bucket-list coasters, and a couple others I'm curious about. As the area's only BIG theme park, I guess I should give it a go. The ones I have been to, repeatedly, are Canobie, Lake Compounce and Story Land, which are all just nice places (and Water Country, which I guess doesn't count for purposes of this list--I am honestly not much of a water park aficionado but I am married to one). I want to rate Canobie and Compounce a tie--they've got different strengths. Compounce has higher highlights (Boulder Dash, Thunder Rapids, a better water park--they used to have that awesome skyride, but it's gone). Canobie is the more charming park overall and is better for families with young kids while also having some good thrill rides. Oh, and a really pretty amazing collection of game arcades. What park that size has multiple arcades? Canobie has, like, 5, in addition to the midway carny sorts of games which it has in abundance. I was looking forward to visiting Funtown Splashtown on a road trip through Maine a couple years back, but the weather got kind of cool and drippy and my companions who would have been mostly interested in the Splashtown aspect nixed it.

I went to ocean park beach last month is was a nightmare!!! I love your videos they bring me back to my childhood in New England!!!

I absolutely love your videos

Great list!

Atlantic beach park was great when I was a kid (late 90s/early 2000s) They would usually have 3-5 flat kiddie rides outside, plus the carousel and bumper cars inside. Also a big arcade, mini golf, and a lot of coin operated baby rides. They were never a big park, but it was a treat to go there every summer. They would also switch up the flat rides every year or two, so it was always exciting to see what would be there.

Edaville Old Orchard Beach Santa's Village Storyland Canabieeee Lake Park SFNE All past ..Thanks for posting

I've only been to Lake Compounce and SFNE. When I was at Lake Compounce, Boulder Dash was actually running 2 trains, but Wildcat was only running 1, and a bunch of other rides were closed.

Great video.

As a New England person this video is top tier 😊😊

Canobie Lake Park in Salem, NH is my favorite amusement park in New England. It’s an easy day trip from Boston.

Thank u so much for your vids. I live in New England and love water and theme parks. I gotta mention for everyone, quassy is really fun now for adults. And idk if it was the conductor that day but the little train ride went slow but then blew fast through the tunnels surprising my bf and I. Lol. Their water rides are def the best with small lines. The boulder dash in lake compounce was the best to me for years. But honestly, as of 2021, the boulder dash has gone so downhill. It's very jerky and in serious need of re-tracking. I remember it used to be fast and smooth. But twice recently it gave my bf and I headaches after such a long wait in line. It's a shame their star attraction is like that and I hope it'll be fixed.

I would put canobie in 3rd place and compounce in 2nd, might just be because i live in CT and went a lot as a kid!

BTW Awesome job done here !

Oh man, those pictures of Atlantic Beach Park are so depressing. I visited when it had the kiddie coaster, and while not a great park, it at least felt full of life and a great spot to grab ice cream and a few rides before hitting the beach. Completely agree with the order of the list. The New England parks have such a quaint and classic feel that's different from most other parks out there.

I'm so glad I'm not the only one who thinks they are gonna fall out of the Ferris Wheel at York's Wild Kingdom

Funtown splash town Maine's largest amusement park

Bruh, Clark’s Bears is NOWHERE in these videos! No matter what video I go to of these, Clark’s NEVER gets mentioned!

for me I live in southern california, so a lot of the major parks are within a few hours of me

12:37 - I've been there once for a school trip, and my favorite ride there was the log flume.

I wouldn't ever name an attraction "Downtime" lol

2:35 - I went with my mother to that park when I was 5. We finished our day there with a ride on that ferris wheel. It was raining and no one else was there, but neither of us seemed to mind. It was a blast!

The funny thing about Wicked Cyclone is that it's voted in the top three RMC made coasters since ot came out. And it's actually one of the smallest. They just have such great pacing on it and once it gets going through the day ( like any coasters usually) it gets better. And Superman is always great. Even with the extra restraints.

I've got a lot of nostalgia for Canobie. I only live like 2 towns away so we'd go almost every summer.

At story land I when on the bamboo thing like 11 times

Good list…but I’d place Lake Compounce, Quassy, and Canobie over Six Flags. Six Flags has some good rides and a nice winter attraction, but is usually overcrowded and filled with riff-raff and troublemakers in the Summer. And yes, it’s too corporate and themed too heavily on superheros. Us locals miss the original Riverside…especially the Saturday night car races when the speedway was still there. Most missed former amusement park is Mountain Park that was on Mt. Tom in Holyoke Mass. Nice shaded old school park with Coney Island-like attractions and an incredible wooden roller coaster…the Mountain Flyer. I know it’s not a true amusement park, but you could possibly include the “Big E” which runs for two weeks every September. More than a traveling carnival due to the sheer size of the midway and all the other attractions of the fair.

did not expect to see pics of paragon park on here omg

I live in old orchard beach so I’m around funtown and palace playland. A funtown season pass was the best 100 dollars I’ve ever spent. I’ve went around 20+ times this summer. The only complaint I have are the prices of food and water. Palace playland is a good once and a whole thing to do while you have the whole downtown old orchard during your time there.

I have only been to Six Flags New England, it was a semi spur of the moment visit, but I really enjoyed the place. Canobie Lake Park is on my radar for it's atmosphere. I do need to get my rear end up to Lake Compounce for Boulder Dash. While I didn't ride anything, Playland in Old Orchard Beach seemed like a nice little park.

i love all the rides at six flags but superman and wicked cyclone are the absolute best rides in new england cant change my mind

Quassy's wild mouse was so intense. I miss it.

any thoughts on canobie getting a s&s spin shot since they removed their major thrilling flat ride equinox

It is a shame that Salisbury Beach Mass closed down its Park. It would have made this list im sure!

I loved all the info you gave on the parks, but you never mentioned what town or city they were in. That added info would be nice in the future.

Whoa retro footage.

Did you hear of the rumour that before SF bought Riverside they were planning to buy a plot of land in the west Greenwich area?

It feels so weird seeing Funtown on here, I went there for years on end and loved the big 3 rides. They replaced the galaxy coaster for wild mouse which was a down grade imo. I know the park is doing well, especially since it's connected to splash town but it could really use a new star attraction.

9:52 - I've been there a few times, last time was last summer, and I want to do it again next summer.

I am planning a 10 day New England coaster road trip for when I graduate high school in 2023. The general idea is to ride all 45 roller coasters between Connecticut, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine (this includes Mountain Coasters)

Canobie Lake Park is my favorite amusement park in New England.

My top 3 favorite rides in New England are Excalibur, untamed, and wicked cyclone

I have a core memory of seeing a big red button as a 4 year old, and hitting that big red button. That big red button was the Emergency Stop button on the raft ride at Story Land. I don't remember it, but I guess my dad got a lot of shit looks from the entire line that day, lmao. Took them half an hour to reset the ride. They were apparently cool about it. Funny enough I ended up as somewhat of an automation engineer, so....in hindsight, keep your emergency stops in smart places where small spaz children can't smack em.

SFNE is definitely number one but all the other parks are more charming

i want to go to lake compounce to ride Boulder Dash but it doesnt seem like it has much else besides that, maybe when i go to SFGAdv i can quickly stop in on the way and get a half day ticket or something since its almost directly on the way there from where i am

Canobie just has that European park feel

Lake compounce has 4 coasters! You left out zoomerang and wild cat zoomerang is a forward and backwards loop coaster so much fun!

Ugh it breaks my heart that The Haunted Graveyard had to leave Lake Compounce. We’re at Quassy now though. Much smaller for now. We’ll see what the next few years bring.

If this Covid stuff keeps happening im really gonna miss funtown. Me and my family went camping there a long time ago and got year passes and went every day for about the whole summer.

You can just go to Six Flags NE. It has everything and more. Insane coasters and you'll spend the same amount or less. These are definitely charming old school types of amusement parks but I mean dam

That first park looks sad

York seemed like heaven to me. I'm all about the walk through dark rides. The lemurs on the poster sold me.

So what 2 roller coasters in New England to you like more than Roarasaurus?

Polar Coaster was my first ever roller coaster

Canobie # 1 for kidde land and thrill rides plus clean and great scream fest

First, also quassy #1

I lived down the roads from ocean beach it’s really nothing the rides are just very small kiddie riders like under 10. Don’t even remember the last time the waterslide was open. The arcade is awesome really outdated but they have a lot of classics give you alot nostalgia

UPDATE (11/26/23): the dormant Kersplash at edaville family theme park is now officially cancelled as the ride has just recently been torn down

This may be the first time I've ever heard anyone mention Six Flags New England and the words "Number One Park" in the same sentence.

So sad that the funhouses and the ferris wheel are gone from york's wild animal kingdom

i thought at first u were gonna be biased by putting canobie at #2 but now i can see why, for what the park is they rly couldnt have done much better

8:24 - I used to go there once every summer until was 10.

Since when is York's free to get in. We had to pay last year

The other reason why I put six flags lower on the list is because they're Platinum pass is not as good as Lake compounds Platinum pass the 2022 get you into all of Palace entertainment parts in the United State's and New England is home to two amusement parks one water park and one aquarium. Not to mention splish splash in New York is also not too far away for a lot of people from Connecticut. And if you're feeling adventurous kennywood's only about 4 to 5 hours away from Connecticut. So if you're balling on a budget Lake compounce or story lands Platinum pass is more worth it then six flags.

It's a shame that Boulder Dash gives distant visitors such poor experiences, with long lines that move at a snail's pace. That does take away from the ride for travelers, causing us to under-rank it. I liked it a lot, but while Superman & Wicked Cyclone are in my top 10, Boulder Dash is far out of my top 50. I only made it to 3 NE parks in June 2019, and I actually liked Quassy more than Lake Compounce. I know I'm being unfair to LC, but it was a bad experience, the only time that I couldn't wait to leave a park. I hurried to SFNE before their 4pm closing, and it felt so awesome walking into that park. I walked onto Superman in the front row. Quite appropriately, Superman saved the day. I totally loved my 2+ days at SFNE, one of my all-time favorite parks.

How does a little park in Mass beat Six Flags for a Thomas area?

I am always thinking of ways to enhance that fun so the experience becomes physically mentally financially spiritually beneficial and rewarding. Example the roller coasters should include some kind of test to see how well a person may keep their composure under high intensity excitement. Like being able to write your name and address before the ride ends. I think would be a fun way to test one's eye hand coordination similar to astronauts and jet fighters. Equally as true all roller coasters today should automatically have an electronic system that is constantly scanning the track for weakness fractures rust and corrosion. And with today's technologies should be no problem to upgrade any and all other roller coasters which will maximize on safety so people may have extreme fun on every ride

You didn’t mention the cork screw at canobie,

Maybe im underestimating Roar-O-Saurus here but.. really? better than at least one of superman, wicked cyclone and boulder dash?

kersplash looks like it could be weird and crazy i love miler for that crazy profiling

Honestly I would have put six flags over on the list not much lower but I don't like the corporate feel of six flags and I personally think they have too much roller coasters. Yes, I said they have too many roller coasters. The last time I was there I brought very young kids and I felt like there wasn't enough to do for them whereas Lake compounce, canopy and storyland were great considering the age of my kids maybe when I have teenagers my opinion will change but as of right now six flags isn't even on my consider to go list.

Only the cool people watch canobie coaster😎

U said Thomas the tank at one point

Quassy solos because I go there every year and my grandma refuses to ride everything except wooden warrior and for those reasons alone, it wins.

I've been going to Canobie Lake since I was a baby! Had you not put Canobie as #2 I would have disliked your video.

Did you ever get to visit Whalom Park or Rocky Point?

Lake Compounce is a nice park. Even though Wildcat looks nice at the front of the park, it's a horrible wooden coaster in my opinion

Best amusement park; Six Flags New England Best theme park? Santa's Village My main man; CANOBIE CANOBIE COOOOOOOOOOASTERRRRRRRRRR!!!!!

The closest park I live near is Santa’s village only 17 miles away

I see y no one goes up there gosh it’s barely any parks worth going to.

I feel as though the Astrosphere is the best flat ride in New England with ELO

Why did I miss the video when it was live?

Six Flags New England looks underrated, come at me.

Hull Ma nantasket beach paragon park

Wait, head on collisions aren't allowed in America?

nah you lost me a six flags being number 1 when i went the park was a absolute dumpster trash everywhere rides were lack luster terrible atmosphere not to mention little care for safety all that alone pushes it to easily number 7 and that's generous

Ocean beach is the best

3:25 Thomas the tank engine

You send me a link to the music you used as the background music I will love to record it on my 3DS and blasted that occasional parties with my self and my plushie yeah I'm 11

storrrryyy laaaand where fan ta sy lives

Those looked so boring