Elysburg, Pennsylvania – Saturday, July 14th, 2012
Turnaround wheel detail.
Starting the descent back down.
Somewhat vertigo-inducing.
Man, what a dream it would be if Knoebels could build a Beast/Boulder Dash-esque wooden coaster along the side of this mountain. Knoebels is already a near-perfect park, but that would put them way over the top.
Overview of the park from above.
Twister prowling over the Crystal Pool.
Still a long way down.
Twister from the Skyway.
Slightly blurry and obscured Phoenix from the Skyway.
Still further to go...
Clearer shot of the Phoenix.
Getting closer.
Kozmo's Kurves from a different perspective.
Returning to home base.
Prepare to unload. At $3.00 and only about 14 minutes long, I can't say that the Skyride is the best value ticketed attraction on Knoebels property, but if you have the time and the money then by all means give it a try.
Walking back toward the center of the park.
Power Surge, one of Knoebels' more modern flat rides.
The iconic entrance sign which isn't even at the park entrance.
Time to go exploring...
There's a large chunk of Knoebels that doesn't feature many rides that I was curious to check out.
What park would be complete without an Old Mill?
"Old Faceful"
There's a story behind everything at Knoebels, many of them curious non-fiction slices of American history.
The Lost Logger
Metal smithing
Cool to watch.
Nice review. I was there on a really nice Fall Sunday in 2012. Thanks for the photos of the Carousel Museum. I missed that when I was there, I’ll have to make sure I find it next time. I really enjoyed the park also. The sky ride wasn’t as happy as the one at Lake Compounce perhaps because it’s missing a Boulder Dash as you pointed out. My favorite thing was their Fascination, I wouldn’t mind crossing over to the other side mesmerized by the sound of those little rubber balls softly bouncing between the wood and plexiglass. I’m surprised you had no comment on the pricing structure the park uses. It’s fascinating in it’s own right. Free admission but All day wrist band for rides not including roller coasters, hand stamp for roller coasters, tickets for rides that do not accept wrist band or hand stamp, ticket for rides that do not accept the kind of ticket you purchased and cash only for attractions that do not accept either kind of ticket, wristband, or hand stamp. And tickets required for non-riders. I thought that was fun. I didn’t uncover the key for the snap on the flyers either but I did manage to just keep the flyer up flying high along the trees, which I preferred but never have seen anyone else do, I felt like was a defying some law of flyer physics. Those things are fun. I hope to go back there sometime.
Looks like you stayed in something like a Hyatt Place. Very simply put, the cost of consumer goods has fallen enough at this point that rooms like you’ll see at a Springhill Suites or Hyatt Place are actually affordable to the average person travelling. For a more basic room (and probably more chances for hookers/meth labs in adjoining rooms) there’s plenty of non-chain motels off the grid in cities like this who don’t do e-booking and might be cheaper, but they’re pits.
Realistically, if you’re in a position of travelling and can only afford $40 instead of $60, the place that’s charging $40 can be hell on earth and you’re not going to have an alternative.