The Great Zo Posted October 15, 2018 Share Posted October 15, 2018 Are the Legoland parks the only other place I can ride one of those water whip rides? In the US, yes? I believe there is still one at Bakken, but that may be it. Movie Park Germany has one too. https://www.movieparkgermany.de/en/in-the-park/attractions/pier-patrol-jet-ski Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prospekt88 Posted October 15, 2018 Share Posted October 15, 2018 Cool to see this park pop up on the first page of the forum! That lady bug coaster has to be one of the first coasters I ever rode, along with their old Dragon Wagon and Hurricane. Interested to see what they put in it's place. It was definitely taking up some very valuable real estate considering the plot of land this park is working with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larrygator Posted October 15, 2018 Share Posted October 15, 2018 Are the Legoland parks the only other place I can ride one of those water whip rides? In the US, yes? I believe there is still one at Bakken, but that may be it. Movie Park Germany has one too. https://www.movieparkgermany.de/en/in-the-park/attractions/pier-patrol-jet-ski Thanks, I forgot about that one. I know I have seen more I just can't remember where I saw them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canobie Coaster Posted October 16, 2018 Share Posted October 16, 2018 Good to know there are other ones out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JordyC Posted October 17, 2018 Share Posted October 17, 2018 Are the Legoland parks the only other place I can ride one of those water whip rides? In the US, yes? I believe there is still one at Bakken, but that may be it. Movie Park Germany has one too. https://www.movieparkgermany.de/en/in-the-park/attractions/pier-patrol-jet-ski Thanks, I forgot about that one. I know I have seen more I just can't remember where I saw them. Plopsaland De Panne has one aswell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coasterbill Posted November 8, 2018 Share Posted November 8, 2018 I actually think they’re replacing the water whip with a new one, but I didn’t know about the Lady Bug Coaster. Evidently they're just changing the train. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canobie Coaster Posted November 8, 2018 Share Posted November 8, 2018 Interesting. Looking at the coaster's age, it looks like it's only 20-25 years old so it makes sense they'd look to keep it around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewEnglandCoasterFan Posted November 17, 2018 Share Posted November 17, 2018 Ladybug Coaster is being rethemed to the Rattle Snake! Any thoughts? New Train! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coasterbill Posted September 18, 2020 Share Posted September 18, 2020 (edited) So Adventureland is apparently tired of being quiet and has gone on a bit of a media and social media crusade trying to get approval from the state to open. [fbvideonew] [/fbvideonew] Newsday has picked up on it and hopefully a few more outlets will too. It's funny, I kind of forgot that New York amusement parks were closed despite living here because our parks aren't really noteworthy and I always go to PA, NJ and CT to go to parks anyway, but I do like this little park and hope they can get the governor's attention. I applaud them for being more vocal. Edited September 18, 2020 by coasterbill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coasterbill Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 Thoughts and prayers to the people who were tasked with marking this floor for Social Distancing. When nobody follows this I can't even be mad at them. Facebook 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SharkTums Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 I'm dying!!! This is too funny!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nrthwnd Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 I some times joke to people, that social distancing can be like a bad chess game. ^^ Sort of verifies it for me, lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canobie Coaster Posted April 19, 2021 Share Posted April 19, 2021 I visited Adventureland yesterday. Some notes and thoughts. General admission for those ages 2-24 was $40. 25 and older were $25. I had to do a double-take when buying my tickets online since that's the first time I've ever seen an adult ticket cost less than a ticket for a younger guest. Because of covid restrictions, everyone needs admission to enter. That's probably why the adult ticket costs what it does. Make sure to book a reservation in advance. I think the park hit capacity yesterday. Adventureland at full capacity was very manageable. The longest line I saw was for Mysterious Mansion (hit it early before the queue built up) and it probably looked to be 20 minutes. Turbulence was running 2 trains and had a 10 minute wait most of the day. The markers in the arcade are comical, but no one followed them. It was just like on their bumper cars when everyone ignored the one way sign and kept causing head-on collisions while the operator sat silent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coasterbill Posted November 20, 2021 Share Posted November 20, 2021 New Coaster Coming to Adventureland new roller coaster called FireBall is coming to Adventureland this spring to help celebrate the park's 60th anniversary. The family ride will be a vertical coaster, with curves that make riders feel they are falling off the edge of a cliff, giving them "a thrilling sensation," says Steve Gentile, co-owner and president of Adventureland in Farmingdale. Its supports are red and yellow, and three gondola cars each seat two pairs of riders back to back. Riders will have to be at least 41 inches tall to ride with an adult, typically 5 to 7 years old, Gentile says. "This is the first one in North America," Gentile says of the FireBall. It was custom made for Adventureland by a company in Switzerland, and its name is trademarked, Gentile says. To make room for the ride, the park is retiring the kiddie carousel and the bungee jump, Gentile says. The new ride, which cost the park $1.5 million, will be included in the park admission fee. It is the third roller coaster at the park, joining the Rattlesnake and Turbulence, which debuted in 2015. Source: Newsday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coasterbill Posted November 20, 2021 Share Posted November 20, 2021 I haven’t been on one of these and haven’t heard great things, but I will say that the fact that this park was able to find space for a third “adult” coaster of ANY size without removing anything of value is an accomplishment since the park is smaller than a Target. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zack44 Posted November 20, 2021 Share Posted November 20, 2021 Never in a million years did I think Adventureland NY would get a 4D coaster, but here we are. Looks like I have a reason to visit this park again. This is a win-win situation for them, TBH. It's a unique & inexpensive roller coaster and it has a small footprint that can fit in the already-compact park. According to RCDB, there are only 3 other coasters with this model on the planet (the others are in Austria, Germany & France) https://rcdb.com/r.htm?ot=2&ml=15978 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coasterbill Posted April 7, 2022 Share Posted April 7, 2022 Raise your hand if you forgot that this was a thing… Source: The park’s Facebook 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KBrylczyk Posted April 7, 2022 Share Posted April 7, 2022 It looks like something you'd build in RCT after ingesting your drug of choice. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coasterbill Posted May 6, 2022 Share Posted May 6, 2022 https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=5127709290600373 Book your flights now... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bert425 Posted May 6, 2022 Share Posted May 6, 2022 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nrthwnd Posted May 6, 2022 Share Posted May 6, 2022 ^^ Really? REALLY? That's like a very (very) extended version of that Screaming Squirrel coaster in Gardaland. (SBNO I read?) But muuuuuuch slower. And no inversions. Only 'swinging.' Ick. No thanks. Whatever the credit it is. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zand Posted May 7, 2022 Share Posted May 7, 2022 On 11/20/2021 at 7:27 AM, coasterbill said: The family ride will be a vertical coaster, with curves that make riders feel they are slowly repelling off the edge of a cliff, giving them "the sensation of that feather from Forrest Gump that takes 2 hours to fall from the sky," says Steve Gentile, co-owner and president of Adventureland in Farmingdale. Fixed the original press release. WTF even is this thing? It's like someone made a bet that a ride worse than Green Lantern could not ever be designed and "Ride Engineers Switzerland" (had to look that one up on RCDB) said "hold my crack pipe." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tndank Posted May 9, 2022 Share Posted May 9, 2022 Ride Engineers Switzerland are the same folks that built the incredibly reliable and smooth running Mystic River Falls at Silver Dollar City. They make some masterpieces. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KBrylczyk Posted May 9, 2022 Share Posted May 9, 2022 I've been on more thrilling see-saws. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coasterbill Posted May 18, 2022 Share Posted May 18, 2022 I don't think they know what a "soft opening" is, but here you go... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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