Lake Compounce-POTENTIAL!!!!
Lake Compounce Timeline
1996-Splash Harbor added to water park
1997-Zoomerang, Kiddie Coaster
1998-Sky Coaster or Top Spin(which was it?)
1999-Ghost Hunt
2000-Boulder Dash
---------------------Six Flags New England comes in 2000
2001-Mamooth Falls
2002-Freee sunscreen and sodas throughout the park
It seems as if Lake Compoune has expanded pretty well with multiple major rides for consecutive years. I would never think that the flow would stop. The reason for joining with Kennywood six years ago was to expand on the park while keeping its classic appeal.
It is totally possible for Lake Compounce to retain its small park charm *and* get another major attration. The two concepts are not incompatible. I just think its funny that the moment someone people suggest a new coaster its a "B&M this" or a "Intamin that" and its gotta be big, as if bigger always equals better.
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Vertigo said:
CoasterGuy said:
Why do you people want it to stay a little rinky-dink park? Your'e almost contradicting yourselves. I'm surpirsed you already aren't complaining due to the expansion w/ Zoomerang, Boulder Dash, and the many flat rides they have gotten since Six Flags moved into the area. The park has expanded nicely since 1995 and has still remained a nice, small park, so why can't it after adding something substantial to the park? Also, if this hyper or looper were to be built, their location would be so out-of-the-way from the main midways, it wouldn't matter. Plus, wouldn't a Stengel-drop Intamin junior hyper look absolutely beautiful next to the lake itself? Just my two cents, I see that their expansion from 1995 hasn't ruined the park, and I don't think future expansion would ruin it either.-----------------
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Main midway? Have you been there? The park is so small that there is no main midway unless you'd consider that the front entrance. Since Boulder Dash was built the same year that Riverside became Six Flags New England, so I really don't think it had that much to do with competition. Zoomerang was here before Six Flags New England was even a thought. The only thing they've added since Six Flags New England came was Mamooth Falls, which is in the water park. No flat rides have been added since Six Flags has come, and we still enjoy the classics that Lake Compounce has. Parks like Holiday World, Lake Compounce, and Knobel's Grove are not the places that you want to become a megatropolis, for it's the the classic rides, friendly atmosphere, lush landscape and scenery, thick forest, and terrain woodies.
If an Intiman mega coaster was placed next to the lake, it would tower over Splash Harbor , the classic cable car ride, and one of the park’s most prized attractions, the train ride around the lake. Sitting down in front of the lake to eat lunch or shop, relaxing in the water park and riding the slides into the lake, catching the night show next to the sparkling lake, and Boulder Dash run by the lake to the station are all some of the favorite parts of Lake Compounce. Those would all be over shadowed and ruined by a giant hyper coaster next to the lake.
If this park is such a little rinky-dinky park then don’t bother coming. That will just make it more peaceful for me. The park’s classics have been enjoyed for over a 100 years. People must enjoy how the park is if it’s been able to maintain the record of being the oldest operating park in the country.
Lake Compounce Timeline
1996-Splash Harbor added to water park
1997-Zoomerang, Kiddie Coaster
1998-Sky Coaster or Top Spin(which was it?)
1999-Ghost Hunt
2000-Boulder Dash
---------------------Six Flags New England comes in 2000
2001-Mamooth Falls
2002-Freee sunscreen and sodas throughout the park
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Lake Compounce-So Fresh and So Clean Clean
*** This post was edited by Vertigo on 5/22/2002. ***
I live less than 5 min away from the park and distincly remember Top-spin and Zoomerang being put in the same year.
1997-Zoomerang, Kiddie Coaster, Top Spin
1998-Sky Coaster
Should look like that.
I'm 14 and enjoy going to my neigborhood park and riding boulder dash many times with my friends
I have some more to add to my post.
Don't you guys just love the stairs they added to Zoomerang. Looks like fun to me. Also do you think they will keep their roll for someone dieing every year for the 4th consecutive year? One thing i love about lake compounce is once you go their a few times, the workers know ur face, and become very friendly.
Would it be possible to expand with a coaster on the opposite side of the lake from the trolley and cable cars? A CCI out and back (Shivering Timbers style) would look sweet with the water reflecting the structure. Plus on the other side it would keep down the noise of the coaster.
A Swing Thing would be cool right over the rapids ride. That way you could dump water on the rafters and they could have gysers soak the people on the coaster and rapids at once.
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Knoebels visits in 2002. 4
GregLeg said:
CoasterGuy said:
Kennywood has the money, no?
I don't know Kennywood's finances, but I would wager "no". Kennywood is a small company that tries to keep expenses down -- witness the revamping of the Steel Phantom into Phantom's Revenge, rather than just buying an all-new coaster.
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It's not that Kennywood couldn't afford a new coaster, they didn't have the room. Even if they did "revamp" it, it still costed the same amount of money for the coaster that took Steel Phantom's place, Phantom's Revenge.
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Actually, the "room" argument only partially covers why they'd REMOVE Steel Phantom for a new coaster, and doesn't at all cover why they'd keep part of it in the process. I'm not saying Kennywood is a "poor" chain (they're not), but they're also very careful with their expenses, not dropping millions like mad every year. That said, I repeat my earlier statement that I think Kennywood wouldn't just drop a few multimillion-dollar steel coasters into Compounce in such a short timespan as the original suggestion.
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coasterpunk said:
Would it be possible to expand with a coaster on the opposite side of the lake from the trolley and cable cars? A CCI out and back (Shivering Timbers style) would look sweet with the water reflecting the structure. Plus on the other side it would keep down the noise of the coaster.
A Swing Thing would be cool right over the rapids ride. That way you could dump water on the rafters and they could have gysers soak the people on the coaster and rapids at once.
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Knoebels visits in 2002. 4
Problem again, on the otherside of the lake you got the water park, the Lake Plunge, water slides, boat rides, and the train ride. Plus, why would they build a CCI out and back woodie when they already have one? Boulder Dash is disputable for being the best out and back woodie running today, why woud they need another? They don't need more wood right now.
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Lake Compounce-So Fresh and So Clean Clean
STEELrevenge2 said:
I think that we are in for a surprise at Kennywood
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KENNYWOOD
And that has what to do with Lake Compounce's future?
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Lake Compounce-So Fresh and So Clean Clean
If Kennywood does have something coming (which I will just say that steel revenge's source is probably VERY unreliable) then I would say that virtually rules out something at Compounce just because Kennywood doesn't like to spend in big chunks. It's going to be one or the other.
PittDesigner said:
If Kennywood does have something coming (which I will just say that steel revenge's source is probably VERY unreliable) then I would say that virtually rules out something at Compounce just because Kennywood doesn't like to spend in big chunks. It's going to be one or the other.
We've gotten a new attraction at Compounce every year that Kennywood or Knobel's has gotten something new since 95'. Kennywood may get a coaster but that does not mean we would get nothing. Try Phantom Revenge and Mamooth Falls for instance, or Boulder Dash and Power Dive.
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Lake Compounce-So Fresh and So Clean Clean
Well, I have never been to LC, but will be visiting for the first time on the 4th of July. But I am familiar with the park from talking to various people as well as reading up about it. I can't say for sure that adding a major steel coaster would ruin the atmosphere, but I think that a new steel coaster can be added in a tasteful manner. I look at Hersheypark as a fine example of how to add a steel coaster. Trailblazer, Great Bear, SuperDooperLooper, and Roller Soaker are all coasters that were added and still kept the family/traditional atmosphere that they desire. IMO, a Setpoint water coaster would seem like a great fit for LC. It is a lot of fun and can be enjoyed by the ENTIRE family...even the ones not brave enough to get on the ride. Another neat option would be an Alpengeist-style invert. (Alpie is another great example of a great ride that blends into the surroundings). More specifically, I am thinking that it would be very neat to have an invert where you get the kick-the-tree's sensation (as opposed to the usual invert kick-the-sky sensation). In otherwords, build a mountain-side invert (perhaps behnd the Saw Mill Plunge) where the coaster screams down the mountains, a la Boulder Dash, but does so slightly above the tree line. I think that style coaster could blend in well with this park without hurting the atmosphere. Anyway, those are just my random thoughts, but I may change my opinion after my visit.
BTW, does anyone know what I should expect for crowds on the 4th?
Happy Coastering!!
Sean
--who is really looking forward to Boulder Dash--
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