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mrceagle
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 8/7/2010 11:07:59 AM
It was ACE day at Canobie and I was eager to visit the park. I have not signed up for the event do to the price(40 with picnic) but figured I’d use one of my holiday tickets to visit the park and hang out with my fellow ACErs. ACE had a good turn out 34 is you include myself. I got to the park at 10:20 and I met up with the ACE group. I basically became the photographer for the ERT event. The day included morning ERT on Corkscrew and Min of Lost Souls, the parks dark ride.
The park took over most of the Gift shops this year and in turn they got rehabs. The latest one to open is the store in the Canobie mall. Now the Pink Lady it’s a gift show geared towards the female guests. The shop is not open air and the wall to the outside has been removed.
The group had a picnic set up for noon so for the first hour of the day I hung out with a few of them and hit the rides on that side of the park. When the group went off to their picnic I took in the Jackpot Casino and its AC. There I ran into A long time employee Anna, She has been working at the park as a casher, and long time information booth employee. She now handles the redemption counter at the jackpot. We talked about park employee past and present as well as talked about the owners of the park. It was pleasure to talk to an employee with such love for the park.
I had expected to get a phone call so I walked over to the picnic ground and looked to see if the ACE group was still there. The employee at the entrance was nice enough to let me in so I could check in. I spent some time there talking to the other ACE members that were in attendance and took the opportunity to get a nice shot of cannonballs fist drop on an angle you can’t get inside the park.
After some time chatting it was back to rides. We kept this up until it was time to see the park headliner show, Michal Jackson. Before the show started there was sort of a commercial/preview video that talked about the other shows, the parks Halloween event Screeemfest, and the recently amounted October fest running form Sept 18th through October.
The show is fantastic. The performer has been doing Jackson for 18 years and has portrayed him in performances around the word as well as playing him in Scary Movie 3 and 4. The show covered some of his biggest hits with thriller having the best reaction from the packed ball room.
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While I didn’t plan on it I accompanied other to Portofino’s for dinner. Most of then got Spaghetti and meatballs and salads along with soda to drink. One group for one meal, salad, and 2 drinks was around $21 with tax. There was an extra charge for a second package of dressing.
After dinner it was off to hit rides and fill the rest of the night. After riding cannonball I split up for a while to get some video of the park rehabbed Ferris wheel. It Know sports LEDs and an amazing light show. The rehab was a great move it was an attraction of its own with many standing around watching it. I hit the Fireworks Hit star blaster and headed back to cannonball. The park was staying open an extra hour so the park didn’t close till 11.
 
The Carousel was the last ride of the night. I was happy to see the band organ back up and running. I also noticed the carousel main arms for the Jumpers were either majorly rehabbed or replaced. Glad to see the parks oldest ride getting some love. Now if they can just remove the rug form the platform.
Most of the ACErs that started the day meet up at the end of the day at the entrance plaza before leaving. In all it was a great day with heavy but manageable crowds. I had expected it to be much worse. All rides were open and employees were great.
Ride count
Skater 1, Davinci’s Dream 2, Caterpillar 1, PhycoDrome 1, Flume 1, Antique cars 1, Blue Heron Lake Crouse 1, Turkish twist 1, Sky ride 1, Train 1, Star blaster 1, Cannonball 3, Carousel 1.
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Miracles can be made with a rock!
"Get a good idea and stay with it. dog it and work at it until it's done, and done right." Walt Disney
Message updated 8/7/2010 11:10:18 AM by mrceagle
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mrceagle
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8/7/2010 11:12:42 AM
Here is the photo Gallery for the trip. Enlarge the images to get a better look at it get more info.
Canobie Lake Park July 2010 Photo galley
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Ruth Blanda
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4/27/2023 2:36:26 AM
Thanks for this post Google
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