Top 20 Water Slides in New England

[@vkgaming2407]

Wow! For some reason, I am less scared of water slides so there is a chance I would ride these.

[@Mdewey752]

There’s nothing to be afraid of except for water slide wedgies. Those should be respected.

[@CanobieCoaster]

Give them a try if you can.

[@MattMcIrvin]

I find water slides scarier than coasters. It's the combination of water and the lack of restraints. But I'll do some of them.

[@zachcoastercrazy4032]

Gotta say, I have been really liking the thumbnails lately. Your cropping skills are great! It's cool seeing multiple rides in the same photo, in some cases looking very natural. Good work!

[@CanobieCoaster]

Glad you like them!

[@thedashcamkid6175]

Great video, I’m just curious what would be your five honorable mentions?

[@CanobieCoaster]

Hard to say what they would have been at the time. My current list has been shifted based off rerides and a new park opening.

[@mikekelly7862]

Jay Peak is beautiful, really nice little indoor park. Worth visiting! And if you're at all partial to skiing, it's got the best east of the rockies.

[@CanobieCoaster]

I'm not a big skiier, which is why I haven't been up there.

[@hannamaniacrailproductions5082]

The huge grin that came across my face when you mentioned Alberta Falls of Great Wolf in Fitchburg LOL. I gotta say, I go to Aquaboggan a bunch in the summer and Great wolf 4-7 times in the winter. Both are great parks. However, I am a little used to the slides so not much of a thrill for me anymore, but its always fun. The left side Alberta Falls is my number 1 because NOBODY (including myself) on their first time expects that huge drop. One thing I would also mention is, if you go to Great Wolf during the daytime, the slides are lit up enough to see. It depends on the time of day. The tornado otter run is typically the darkest there, however the most slow and boring (sorry otter run!) I do have a question for the people reading this and Canobie Coaster, what do you think of Funtown Splashtown USA in Maine? I have never been due to outrageous prices, is it worth it? Looks pretty thrilling.

[@CanobieCoaster]

Funtown has late night specials for reduced rates that are well worth it. It's a fun park. Excalibur is a good wood coaster and they have an epic scrambler in Astrosphere.

[@hannamaniacrailproductions5082]

@@CanobieCoaster i went on a pretty good wood coaster at 6 flags, was also well worth it however I did not get to go to the water park section because the people I was with were more coaster less water. I’m half and half.

[@moonwillow_6180]

The drop slide at Jay Peak’s is awesome! At the time I rode it I was slightly under the weight limit, and I valleyed and slid back one of the times. It was very fun :D

[@CanobieCoaster]

Oh wow!

[@ScottyMania313]

I love the list, and I want to ride these, but I have never ever been on a water slide before, even an 8-foot one at a friend's swimming pool. I'm a novice swimmer - completed 2 weeks of Swimming class in 10th grade for High School Gym and got an A, but I'm one of them swim by the sides boys. Are there tips for beginning riders. perhaps re-assurances that novices won't fly off the edge? A cool future video idea would be to rank the types of water coasters/slides by styles, scariness and safety levels. (The Lazy River one sounds like a hoot, but I wanna branch out of the comfort zone) Love the video and I'm inspired to try at least one water slide in 2023.

[@CanobieCoaster]

Water slides are very safe. That's why they have rider and weight limits. And even those limits have safety factors built in.

[@mimig6740]

I Love waterparks and your vids

[@CanobieCoaster]

Thanks!

[@micoasters]

I like the thunder falls, I live in Michigan and have been to Mackinac many times but had no clue there was a water park

[@CanobieCoaster]

I'm glad Water Wizz saved some of their slides.

[@rollercoasterheaven2170]

I’ve only ridden one of the Tornado slides at Great Adventure I loved it

[@CanobieCoaster]

Nice!

[@noahkessler5500]

you should do one of these but in either like pa or especially the poconos because of how many slides are in that area and it seems like you've been on most of them

[@CanobieCoaster]

The big ones I'm missing are Camelback's outdoor water park and Sandcastle.

[@JFrombaugh]

Correct me if I’m wrong but Poseidons’s Voyage looks to be identical to Carnivortex @ DreamWorks? I remember Carnivortex felt like it was faster/had a bigger trapdoor drop than Wolf Tail.

[@CanobieCoaster]

Yes, the layouts are similar.

[@360coasters]

What's better, Proslide trapdoor slides or White Water trapdoor slides? And what's the difference between the two?

[@CanobieCoaster]

It depends how smooth they are. ProSlides tend to be better in that department.

[@WCfanboy]

how smooth is Poseidon’s plunge?

[@CanobieCoaster]

Very smooth

[@mitchellries256]

Sadly, Typhoon at Six Flags New England was closed on my visit. My guess is that it broke down, which doesn't surprise me since it was a prototype. But can't they just give that ride an overhaul like what Silverwood did with Idaho so that it doesn't break down consistently? Not only that, but the Venus Slide Trap at Lake Compounce also broke down while I was halfway up the stairs, and they weren't able to fix it in time before the waterpark closed for the day. So my favorite waterslide in New England was probably the Tornado at Six Flags New England if I had to choose one.

[@CanobieCoaster]

Typhoon has barely operated lately. I don't think it ran in 2022 at all.

[@OklahomaCoasterFan]

Typhoon was closed on me during my SFNE visit. The trap door slide was too wild; I didn't do it a 2nd time. Banzai Pipeline looks like Upsurge at Alabama Adventure/Splash Adventure. Upsurge's speed hill doesn't look as sharp though, but it was still my favorite slide in the park.

[@CanobieCoaster]

The drop slides at Six Flags New England are awful. The Splashtacular ones are super rough.

[@clairefunnell8481]

What fun looking slides. I haven't ridden a drop slide before. Looks kinda scary to me. Not sure if Canada's Wonderland has one.

[@CanobieCoaster]

The scariest thing at that water park by far is the cliff jump.

[@clairefunnell8481]

Mountain Bay Cliffs.

[@Funkylittleguy27]

Haven’t been to the hurricane harbor at sfne but it’s summer so I’ll probably be there at least once

[@CanobieCoaster]

Have fun!

[@airtimecinema865]

Funtown doesn't have the back boards anymore as of this year

[@CanobieCoaster]

That stinks!

[@WCfanboy]

what exactly is bad about bonzai pipeline at hurricane harbor

[@CanobieCoaster]

You feel all the joints.

[@TheOfficialSmudgy]

Please bring back the ride and park reviews

[@CanobieCoaster]

I try to prioritize countdowns at the start of the year (to reflect my rankings after a year of new rides). There will be more ride and park reviews starting up again.

[@MattMcIrvin]

You know, I don't think I've ridden any of these! (Not much of a waterslide guy.) The most intense one I've done was probably the old Double Geronimo at Water Country, where Patriot is now. I'm fond of the big family raft slides like Mammoth Falls at Compounce and Wild Canyon at Water Country. The raft slide in the middle of Compounce's Croc-O-Nile lazy river is nice too.

[@CanobieCoaster]

I never rode Geronimo, just the replacement in Patriot that is apparently tamer.

[@MattMcIrvin]

@@CanobieCoaster That was the first big waterslide I ever rode--it was when I was first dating Sam (who is much more keen on water parks than I am) and she took me there on a day when it wasn't that hot, maybe mid-70s, and I just remember standing in all these lines shivering. But starting with Geronimo was really jumping in the deep end, so to speak. It had a close-to-vertical drop. Or at least it felt that way.

[@maxhagenauer24]

You would think the west coast would have way more water park stuff but no, the east coast had them absolutely everywhere.

[@CanobieCoaster]

Especially with their weather.

[@WCfanboy]

From personal experience, I can tell you la chute is NOT smooth, scratched up my back

[@rollercoasterheaven2170]

Yikes

[@hammermk4001]

La chute was actually smooth for me, thankfully. But I was surprised by this because I saw multiple people’s backs scratched from that slide.

[@CanobieCoaster]

That stinks!

[@cliquet3scliquet3s96]

Do you know something called Splashtacular?

[@CanobieCoaster]

Yes, a slide manufacturer.

[@cliquet3scliquet3s96]

Do you know something called Dr. Von Dark? Yes or no? I think it should be on this list.

[@CanobieCoaster]

Yes, but it can be a head slammer.

[@cliquet3scliquet3s96]

Do you like water slides with joints, seams, bumps? Canobie Coaster would say: I prefer...

[@CanobieCoaster]

Smooth ones.

[@cliquet3scliquet3s96]

"Joints", what does that mean?

[@CanobieCoaster]

Connections between slide pieces.