It’s better known for its Laffland ride, an extremely rare, original Pretzel dark ride. It’s from 1954 and sits virtually untouched with the same vintage cars and stunts it was born with. Lights-off as well as lights-on rides are available on YouTube and you can practically smell the musty interior through the screen, lol. Sylvan sits near the top of my amusement park bucket list for Laffland alone. Sometimes I’m grateful if a small park either misses the chance for or doesn’t have the money for renovations. They’ve (perhaps inadvertently) kept the original experience available and in the meantime they’ve realized what an antique they have.
I’d take a long look at that Chance Rotor and might even pay to climb to the top, but I doubt I’ll get on it. There was a time though…
This park is definitely on my upstate NY tour, if I ever get around to it (delayed by a pandemic, you know).
OTOH, that website rings almost every bell for terrible website design, including a wretched song that autoplays and repeats, even as you navigate from page to page, and lack of a basic navigation menu anywhere except the home page.
Also their season pass is more expensive than Cedar Point's, although in fairness they may not charge for parking.
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