First of all , I mean NO disrespect to anyone with what I have to say . I believe it was a Conspiracy to have Conneaut Lake Park removed ! . Look at all the property that surrounds the Park . Then ask yourself Why ? Would you let Todd Joseph walk right in and literally destroy the Park , and all the memories that each and everyone of us cherish of the Park ? It makes no sense to me at all . The people that dedicated their lives and hard earned money to the park , And all the Fan's that enjoyed the Park for what it was . We understood things were worn out and a little dirty . But that was what we looked forward too. I admit , My heart will always be broken because of this ignorance and planned failure . So when Mr. Joseph places his Condominiums there . I am sure all of you will enjoy counting your money and NOT your Blessings ! Thank You for reading my thoughts , and may God Bless all of Us .
@RobothutКүн бұрын
The screws will be lower cost on line.
@jayducharmeКүн бұрын
@@Robothut Right. But there’s no guarantee I’ll get them in time. I might try that anyway. [Update: I did order the screws online; I'll get them in a few days.]
@Melissa20872 күн бұрын
Six Flags Great Adventure is my home park - only 20 mins from me but I really rather not go to Six Flags parks. I usually just do Dorney Park instead even though it's 2 hours away.. I went to the Six Flags in Atlanta GA last year, in June during a heatwave.. It was 110 degrees. And what did they do? SHUT OFF ALL THE WATER FOUNTAINS TO DRINK FROM SO YOU HAD TO BUY THE $10 WATER. I already didn't like them, but after that... forget it.
@jasonervoes13262 күн бұрын
Great radio station 63 wpro am when it was music oldies. With your hosts Salty Brien and Elliott Abrams. I miss Lincoln Park. It's now low income homes.
@patriciaalvarez30064 күн бұрын
My boyfriend and I just went there this past weekend & we really had a great time it had been many years since we had been there. I was really curious to see changes. This is a great park for scaredy-cat types to begin their amusement park journey. I feel IB is middle school & Cedar Point is gradation. I ❤ both parks total apples & oranges, but they r both awesome.🎉🎉🎉
@robbycastelli64865 күн бұрын
If only these G scale locomotives weren’t so expensive
@robbycastelli64865 күн бұрын
If only these G scale locomotives weren’t so expensive
@CanobieCoaster5 күн бұрын
Great POV! Could I please use this with credit for a review of Thunder Creek Mountain? This is a rare POV showing the waterfall effect in use.
@jayducharme5 күн бұрын
@@CanobieCoaster With credit, that’s fine.
@CanobieCoaster3 күн бұрын
@@jayducharmeThank you!
@RachelJohnson-z4l6 күн бұрын
Hey Jay duchame. I love your videos
@trainandmore7 күн бұрын
Between this and the remaking of mountain park, that 3D printer has saved your life so many times.
@Robothut7 күн бұрын
Not sure I agree that the short problem is solved. I think you have a workaround. Cardboard insulators on a outside layout does not sound like a great Idea in the long run. Making new ties or just the insulators does sound like a good project to work towards over time. The other option is to move away from powered track and go battery and remote control.
@jayducharme7 күн бұрын
Others have suggested battery power, but I'd rather solve this problem once and for all and stick with a powered rail. I have the silicone strips coming in pretty soon and I'll see how that works out. I've figured out a system to speed up the insulator replacement, so it might not be that difficult a job.
@Robothut7 күн бұрын
@@jayducharme Next you need to build a custom track cleaner car to keep the electrical connection to the wheels work well. My Dad had to build one for his garden rail rood.
@jayducharme7 күн бұрын
@@Robothut I'm hoping the NoOx on the track holds up. It both prevents oxidation and increases electrical conductivity. A few coats of that a year should keep things running well. 🤞
@RaySchwarz.9 күн бұрын
They should restore this ride to its original grandeur. Mr. Roger's Neighborhood is such a classic.
@joshuacoldwater9 күн бұрын
So, I’m not sure if you’ve been on The Comet over the past few weeks? They definitely made a few repairs and cleaned the track up a bit. It is running amazingly.
@jayducharme9 күн бұрын
@@joshuacoldwater Good to know.
@ja82729 күн бұрын
nice walk through of an awesome park!
@robbycastelli648611 күн бұрын
I wish these train sets weren’t so expensive and could be much cheaper
@robbycastelli648611 күн бұрын
I wish these train sets weren’t so expensive and could be much cheaper
@patrickfarrell561511 күн бұрын
Lools like the hocomock swamp in the south east part of mass. I dare u to paddle through it lol
@Pondman5812 күн бұрын
I so enjoy your park reviews. I always look forward to hints of Mt. Park in the parks you review.
@devilally12 күн бұрын
My childhood ❤
@manuelduranvelasco857714 күн бұрын
Henry Purcell Te deum and jubilate Deo in D major Z. 232
@trainandmore14 күн бұрын
Honestly I could see six flags/ ceder fair selling this park, from what I can by Google maps, it's only a 30-40 minute drive from Buffalo. But six flags itself doesn't really care for this park, and Darian itself seems really nothing at all, I'm not sure if it's even a whole town? I think it's going to get sold off to another company.
@jayducharme14 күн бұрын
I hope it doesn’t get closed by the new corporation. It’s relatively close to both Great Escape and Cedar Point, so I’m not sure how they’re going to deal with it.
@trainandmore14 күн бұрын
It does somewhat annoy me that PVTA doesn't service six flags New England, but CDTA does service Great escape. Sorry I'm a transit guy, won't call myself an advocate, but I pay attention to these things. Nashua NH bus system doesn't service Canobie like, or Manchester's system even though they go to Salem for the residents to go shopping. New England doesn't like amusement parks and public transit for whatever the reason may be.
@jayducharme14 күн бұрын
@@trainandmore That’s the way it seems now. But it was very different back in the days of the trollies, which was how many of these parks came to be.
@trainandmore14 күн бұрын
@@jayducharmeI wish we could go back to that time, I can't drive and have to wait for family to take me to Canobie lake park, would love for the MBTA to have a express bus there. Boston Express gets close at a park and ride, but it's also $22 one-way, on top of a Uber price tag.
@BBHouseRodent14 күн бұрын
Hey Jay. Fabulous job. Loved the fun facts, especially cool to hear that they had been stashing things away over the years. We move to the Saratoga area in 1982, so this was a regular summer outing in my teens (Mountain Park was the summer outing prior to that). A couple things: Yes, it was Goldilocks and the 3 bears as you surmised, but back in Charlie's days, the 3 bears were live baby bears, that could be viewed in a pit from the top of the hill behind the Giant Elephant. Also, the Pink Whale used to be next to the church that was removed when kiddie area expanded. I remember being a little sad it was gone, because that was such a nice area down by the stream. Honestly don't recall it being moved, just gone, so I was glad to see it in your walkthrough. I was surprised by how low the crowds were. Walk on for the Comet with 2 trains running. My younger self would have been there all day. Was it still early when you did the walk though? It could also be that everyone was in the waterparks. It's been pretty hot and humid this summer. Anyway, Thanks for another great walkthrough!
@jayducharme14 күн бұрын
I remember those live bear cubs! They were still there when we first went to the park. I think the reason that park attendance was light is that there were severe thunderstorms forecast for that day. Fortunately for us, the storms held off until the evening.
@jennifernagy-comstock586115 күн бұрын
So sad about the Predator. Best wooden coaster.
@dananderson307715 күн бұрын
Nice again..so glad Gene Staples makes it moving their parks forward...the merger with Cedar Fair...it be like going to McDonalds in a few years, sad..
@Dinklifeusa-zp6wl15 күн бұрын
This park is terrible-I reviewed it in 2023. We also visited Six Flags Great Adventure this year, and it's a dump as well.
@kingdelbert15 күн бұрын
Just to clarify, Mind Eraser is getting a refurbishment and should be back open by next year. Otherwise......yeah.......compared to your previous walkthrough........not good. Hopefully now that Six Flags is under new management they'll fix things right.
@jayducharme15 күн бұрын
Thanks for the clarification.
@Tomb41315 күн бұрын
this place looks dead lol
@jasonsaville226216 күн бұрын
This is definitely the best ever park for our local community. ❤😂🎉. I'm definitely glad to see that you enjoy this a lot. Especially the Comet. I've gone down to Six Flags New Jersey and got on Kingda Ka four times on June 1st of this year.
@Greg-qy4lm16 күн бұрын
The best...as a Connecticut resident i rode that ride plenty.😢sad its all in the past.
@dr0pk1x16 күн бұрын
Sadly this park seems completely soulless. As you are walking through it I feel zero life, energy, soul. Depressing park. Yikes.
@dananderson307716 күн бұрын
Wow Jay...over the top installment and covered the history..perfect!
@jimmythetrumpster397616 күн бұрын
This was my home park when I lived in NY. It is a shell of itself. Sad. Hopefully, Cedar Point will show it some love. Rebrand it with Snoopy.
@PatrickKendrick198816 күн бұрын
I truly miss the days where the steamin’ demon was orange with yellow supports (this is probably prior to the millennium 😂). Thanks for doing this walkthrough, I sadly haven’t been back to my hometown park since 2008. Amazing memories 🥹
@jamesni449817 күн бұрын
Thank You so much for this little piece of history here.
@09TRUTHHURTS18 күн бұрын
29:40 you see justice league dark knight nitro congo rapids and sky way rides on the sign
@JOURNALS...21 күн бұрын
Cool place❤
@jasonsaville226221 күн бұрын
I definitely remember the old famous Ghost Town Railroad out by the Desperado Plunge.
@treytison144421 күн бұрын
Ireland is a disgrace, without Corkscrew Hill or Castle O'Sullivan there's nothing there to do.
@HieronymusChockvivantvanit22 күн бұрын
I miss those old band organs. The piped in music in modern carousels is not the same. Part of the magic was that as you go around and around the band organ, you hear the same effect you get from Leslie speakers. Cool.
@BBHouseRodent23 күн бұрын
What a cliffhanger! I would have been tempted to carve a tunnel through the tree stumps verses going around.
@jayducharme23 күн бұрын
I did consider going through the stumps. But they’re pine and rotting pretty fast. I didn’t want sap all over the track.
@trainandmore25 күн бұрын
No offense, but I question the track against your shed, the car ran successfully. But is there enough clearance between the edge of the shed to the track and the train?
@jayducharme24 күн бұрын
As I said to @Robothut, I had tested my rolling stock on that stretch of track before locking down the sections. One benefit of the Menards O-27 track is that the ties reach about a half-inch beyond the outside rails. That creates a useful buffer.
@RobertTheHaunter25 күн бұрын
Hope the track won rust overtime! Great layout! Can’t wait to see more of the progress!
@dr0pk1x25 күн бұрын
The car successfully going across the track was so satisfying.
@XtremiTeez25 күн бұрын
Back in the '90s, they had special concerts on the race track and the park was exclusively for the concert and use of the park. My friend and I got in the last car of the Monorail, and I noticed two girls get in another car. As the Monorail started rounding the last curve, I got out of the last car and climbed over into the next car. (I figured if I fell, I would land in the water below and have a good chance of surviving.) Oops! A guy and his girlfriend! So I did it one more time to get to the car with the two girls. They got quite a kick out of it! As we pulled into the station, I was greeted by security who said I was seen "STANDING UP OUT OF THE CAR"! They didn't know I was actually climbing from car to car! I apologized profusely and walked away and my friend and I went back to enjoy the concert on the race track! I also climbed up two of the water slide rides, (which were all closed for the night, but the water was running) and rode them anyway! I use to work there as a ride operator, so I knew the routine. Ahh, the '90s. Good times!
@brandonlangley100925 күн бұрын
I'd be screaming to get on those slides.
@Robothut25 күн бұрын
You have done a lot of work in the heat. So, I guess none of your rolling stock is wider than the trucks as that track seems really close to the building. We will see in the next update video.
@jayducharme25 күн бұрын
Before I began securing the track, I took some of my rolling stock and ran it through the tunnel to make sure it would clear. With the O-27 track, the rolling stock usually isn't wider than the ties.
@Robothut25 күн бұрын
@@jayducharme I knew you had checked it out, it is just that So many different train cars and engines I have seen in different scaled do have over hangs. Had me wondering.