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mrceagle
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 9/4/2007 12:23:04 AM
Funtown Fest is a 1.5 day long ACE New England help event. Funtown Splashtown USA in Maine is were it all takes place. I arrived for my after noon shortly before 7:00 after spending some time at Nearby Palace Playland. Got checked in and meet up with a few friends. The sun was going down ERT was right around the corner.
We did a quick ride on Excalibur before hitting a few other rides. Astrosphere was a top f list ride. We stopped to eat and talk. No one was that worried about rides since we had all day on Sunday.
We got in a night ride on Dragons Descent as it was closing. they shut some of the lights down. It’s a fantastic ride and such a good view from the top. I could see the city lights in the distance. It’s very tranquil until you plummet to the ground.
The end of the day was all about ERT on Excalibur. I did well stopped and babysat so my Friend and his wife could ride a couple times together. In all I got 18 rides in that night. Best of all was last right of the ERT. Already double rides we cam into the station, they slide us through with loud cheering. As we enter after our third Circuit we rolled through the station to Thunderous applause and howls for a fourth and Final ride of the night.
It was Midnight and I said good bye t a couple of Employees I wouldn’t see again this weekend. We walked out the Maintenance exit by Excalibur to get out. Then it was off to my car for a 2.5 hour ride home.
I got 4 hours of sleep and it was time to go back. We got to the park just before morning ERT time. We walked into the Maintenance are by Dragons Descent and walked down to Excalibur. We had ERT for 9-10. I was able to get in another 8 rides in the morning and 12 throughout the day.
Galaxy was out first time for the operating day. We had a good group so the baby pass-off and extra runs got me a couple rides in a row. I hit Galaxy a total of 6 times since it may be gone next year.
The parks Astrosphere was next in line. The ride is easily the best indoor dark ride out there with lights, lasers, projection, strobes, black lights, and a great sound track. One of the best rides in the park I made sure to get a few rides in during the day. I got 5 rides in.
Though it was too cold I took a walk around the water park, Splashtown, to see the new slides I wanted to get<
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Canobie Coaster
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9/4/2007 9:10:58 AM
Glad you had a great time at Funtown. Nice photos. Too bad you had to miss Tornado and Mammoth as they both were very good. Glad you enjoyed Excalibur more than me.
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mrceagle
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9/4/2007 12:38:52 PM
I'll get them next year. If peg was smart she's try and set up Funtown fest earlier in August. weather woudl be better. cold this year rained out last year.
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Canobie Coaster
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9/5/2007 8:09:13 AM
I don't mind doing Splashtown in September because Splashtown heats the water if it's cold out. 
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mrceagle
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9/5/2007 11:38:35 AM
That might be the case there weren't doing it the day I went. If they did I woudl have likely gone on the slides.
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Canobie Coaster
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9/5/2007 3:05:10 PM
That stinks. Maybe it wasn't cold enough for them to do it.
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mrceagle
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9/5/2007 10:08:20 PM
perhaps or they didn't want to run it for one day. it was going to be wormer on monday . so who knows.
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methos
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5/12/2008 7:52:46 PM
Mike just uploaded the video of astrophere to my site.
http://mainelycoasters.890m.com/funtown_pictures.htm
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mrceagle
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11/9/2008 8:39:31 PM
Might be better is it'.s a posted link.
Mainely coasters Astrophere video
It was a really good day.
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