I would love to go to the border of the United States of America 🇺🇸 with my mom and see the 2027 Royal Canadian mounted police musical ride
@garretheath3891Күн бұрын
Hopefully we both get to ride top thrill 2 soon
@HabsBills11Күн бұрын
Of Darien lake
@jayducharmeКүн бұрын
I’m hoping to get out there this year.
@HabsBills11Күн бұрын
Do 2024
@Melissa20872 күн бұрын
I know its summer when you start posting walk-thrus. Love them!
@garretheath38913 күн бұрын
Top thrill 2 is still down I went on June 5 and 6
@jayducharme3 күн бұрын
Starting June 8, they began testing the modified trains.
@AnthonyRufo-rc1zm3 күн бұрын
The electric bills probably put them out of business, ugh !
@jayducharme3 күн бұрын
The actual reason the park closed can be found here: kzread.info/dash/bejne/l2iF2tSkpbzHfKQ.htmlsi=8j8Q-Zyo6hD3KckO
@AnthonyRufo-rc1zm3 күн бұрын
@@jayducharme Thanks for the link, I found out the insurance company was taking all their money. I think the number of people going to the park decreased too.
@jayducharme3 күн бұрын
@@AnthonyRufo-rc1zm The final year the park was open saw the biggest opening day in decades, with over 3000 people in the park. So it was still doing okay.
@johnnary4 күн бұрын
Always love your videos fyi your overview of idlewild in 2018 on your website has problems whenever I click on it it takes me to something else instead
@yougetagoldstar6 күн бұрын
I've watched all of your walkthroughs once before. Decided to watch them a second time and I'm amazed that I overlooked how wonderful this park is. It might be my favorite.
@maddymoester6 күн бұрын
Top thrills entrance has always been down there
@jayducharme6 күн бұрын
Weird. I thought it was further south.
@door-hulking18237 күн бұрын
Yoo! I was there that day. Too bad that it had a little bit of a rainstorm in the evening, but the lines turned out to be short and it was a great day to go (:
@foxworthhall7268 күн бұрын
This is amazing! I was on this ride when it turned into Six Flags. So much change from up top there!
@kingdelbert10 күн бұрын
Last year I had Cheese on a Stick, and it has to be the unhealthiest thing I've ever eaten. Tasted good, but not good for you
@jayducharme10 күн бұрын
It could be argued that nothing in an amusement park is good for you. But it certainly is tasty. That's why I created my own somewhat healthier version: www.karenandjay.com/CoaSt-in-a-pan.pdf
@Wurlitzer146-A10 күн бұрын
Dang it couldn't hear the tune playing on the Wurlitzer because of the narration 😒.
@bmini37211 күн бұрын
I love when you post walk throughs
@sKid-ez7zn11 күн бұрын
Jay you do the best most informative walk throughs always love the yearly cedar point video. My childhood park. Awesome video!!!
@trainandmore11 күн бұрын
Another thing on my bucket list, it looks like the parks have figured out the staffing issues from the past 2 years. I checked Google, and dispite the city having a small transit system, they don't go to the Cedar point gates strangely. I'm glad seeing national brands leaving though, I said that in one of your walk-thrus last year I didn't like that. So as much as I like Auntie Annes, hopefully they leave soon, and either get a local vendor, or do your own recipe. If I want Auntie Annes, I I'll just go to my local mall.
@sergioscarzella644211 күн бұрын
Hola, por favor, ¿adonde fue esta exposición? Saludos.
@jayducharme11 күн бұрын
West Springfield, Massachusetts
@dr0pk1x11 күн бұрын
Babe wake up, a new Jay Ducharme walk-thru just dropped.
@davidhogue10011 күн бұрын
Why not g scale? And how will you deal with rust on the Lionel track with it out in the weather?
@jayducharme11 күн бұрын
I looked into G scale but it was beyond my budget. I was able to get the Menards track for about a dollar per foot. I’m using No-ox on the track, which will greatly reduce the corrosion problem.
@trainandmore12 күн бұрын
This place is on my bucket list, but it seems very hard to get to by public transit.
@jayducharme11 күн бұрын
Lots of Amish buggies were going by the place. 😊
@Robothut13 күн бұрын
Jay you might enjoy this old YOU ASKED FOR IT video on youtube of Ward Kinballs toys and trains. kzread.info/dash/bejne/onqmp9Ofp8jLZKw.htmlsi=gMh2QdBeT_MUa2a_&t=57
@Joe-iv5ks14 күн бұрын
That's fantastic I think I mentally spent 10 grand. Love the attention to the layouts and the vendors products.
@joerandom25 күн бұрын
What was the name of that big roller coaster that was there?
@jayducharme25 күн бұрын
It was originally called the Wildcat when it was built in 1929. It was renamed Mountain Flyer in 1952.
@amybaybe27 күн бұрын
❤
@avneesh110028 күн бұрын
Jay durchame please go to Tokyo Disneyland to ride on it’s a small world
@RandyOnTheRadioАй бұрын
Here it is, 2024, and I was considering, driving up to Lake Compounce from Pittsburgh, mainly to go on this ride, until I found out, it's gone. Kennywood Park, in Pittsburgh, installed this ride at Compounce back in 1997. They also had a smaller scale version of this, at Kennywood Park in Pittsburgh, and they were using it to get folks from the upper most parking area, right down, to the entrance to the park. I was installed around the same time. Also, guess what is no longer operational. The chair lift at Kennywood. Call me crazy, but I think that Parques Reunidos, that now owns the Kennywood owned parks, is just a money grabbing corporation. I was sad to see when they bought Kennywood's owned parks in 2007. Anytime, you have a corporation buy something, you just know, it's gonna turn into a whore house. I live 5 minutes from Kennywood, and it's been 10 years since I've been there. Last time I was there, was in 2014, and the one thing that I noticed was MONEY. I have no desires to go there, but was thinking, maybe going to Compounce this year for a getaway. NOT NOW.
@janrobinkirchner7060Ай бұрын
Two or one Thunderstorms
@jayducharmeАй бұрын
One
@janrobinkirchner7060Ай бұрын
Ok
@RS51393Ай бұрын
Oh shit the nighmare no way
@1320Buick455Ай бұрын
Thanks for the tour Jay! 😊 🎢🎠 🎡🏟️⛲️
@janrobinkirchner7060Ай бұрын
Amaizing and very big Thunderstorm
@RobothutАй бұрын
I wish I could get into the back of the storage room where all the VHS tapes are, I could show my father's garden railroad "back when he was alive", I think you would enjoy it.
@jayducharmeАй бұрын
I bet I would!
@trainandmoreАй бұрын
I'm jealous that you get to have a garden railroad, can't have that living in a apartment building.
@jayducharmeАй бұрын
Once the garden railway is complete, I'll be tackling another project that might work with your situation: a ceiling railway.
@AbsurdJANGOАй бұрын
I miss that old entrance so much. Felt less barren and hot.
@avliskАй бұрын
I wish I had known about the show. I have my (mostly) USA Trains A scale layout from Arizona now packed up in boxes in a closet in Maine with no place to set it up. Is there a publication or email list that I can subscribe to that will alert me to upcoming train shows in the Northeast? I'm interested in 45mm gauge and in HO scale. Thanks.
@jayducharmeАй бұрын
The show will return even bigger next April. You can find out more here: amherstrail.org
@Rlotpir1972Ай бұрын
Ride should've been more extended and circling around the entire park with at least two stations.
@jayducharmeАй бұрын
I’m just happy it’s still running!
@RobothutАй бұрын
What a wonderful train show. If next year is even bigger that will really be something to see. Thank you for sharing with us.
@yougetagoldstarАй бұрын
Though I was born in the early 80s, I remember one Christmas where I received a model train set as a child. It was perfectly themed for Christmas, painted red with gold decor on it, with a cotton sheet around it for snow. I remember that the lights were dimmed as I watched it run along the tracks. That was a good memory. I guess that sort of developed a sense for nostalgia and delight when I see train sets.
@Aidan_minotiiАй бұрын
Man, the old Hershey with the old entrance😊
@coasternamegenerator5611Ай бұрын
Holy shit!!!!! This is the audio of all the coaster animations you see from parks whenever they announce a new coaster.
@jayducharmeАй бұрын
Where are my royalties?! 😁
@yougetagoldstarАй бұрын
After having gone here for end-of-the-year field trips in grade school, I decided to go again last year, which is around twenty three years later or so. As far as the look of the park, it looks as beautiful as I remembered it. Loved the rides, and I deliberately went late afternoon so that I could see the transition between day and night. I have to say, I loved the look of the park at night. Very enchanting, especially when you look down on it from the top of the ferris wheel. The kind of sight you can only see at an amusement park. As for the rides, the first one I went on was the matterhorn, as I always did when I was a child. I was surprised that I got a little dizzy. It's been so long since I've gone on amusement park rides. But I didn't let that stop me! I decided to go on the round up and loved it (I also learned that you should take your glasses off when you go on centrifuge rides). After that I started to get a little used to the dizzyness. I would have gone on more spinning rides to adjust myself completely, but I forgot that waiting in lines can take a lot of time out of the day, and I wanted to explore the rest of the park... My few complaints are that the moment you enter, you hear distasteful pop music. I will never understand why they think that kind of music fits what would otherwise be a wholesome environment. I wish people could hear the bad spirit of that music. However, the half of the park that is themed after the old rustic time period plays thematic music, which I appreciated. If I recall correctly, there is also a spot at the other end of the park near the untamed coaster that plays thematic music as well. And of course the carousel still plays the classic feel-good band organ tunes. Love those. There may be other pockets in the park where you don't hear pop music but I can't remember them at the moment. Also, I remember eating at the food stand nearest to the untamed coaster and had a burger that was excessively salty. I don't remember eating overly salty food as a youngster, so I wonder if that's a recent development or if I just liked overly salty burgers as a child. I don't know. But I got some soft serve in the old-timey part of the park and it tasted like normal soft serve. Was delicious. Regardless of my complaints this park still has a special place in my heart.
@davidw4781Ай бұрын
This place used to be my after school hangout until I moved out of Maine in 1993.
@AGBDYMАй бұрын
This funhouse scared the shit out of me as a kid
@Ih8koneАй бұрын
I didn't realize that you were a model railroader.
@davidw4781Ай бұрын
I moved out of Maine in 1993; so much has changed since I left. I remember Splashtown used to be miniature golf.
@jayducharmeАй бұрын
I really liked that mini golf course.
@garretheath3891Ай бұрын
What is ur best amusement park my favorite is Cedar Point but I've havnt been to others accept Geaoga lake
@jayducharmeАй бұрын
Geauga was fun and I’m sad it’s gone. My current favorite is Knoebels.
@RailroadEngineer123Ай бұрын
Do they sell any railroadiana like brakeman lanterns?
@jayducharmeАй бұрын
I don’t recall any there. I’ve seen lots of that at the regular show in January. There’s another large scale show in a few weeks, so I’ll see if any of those vendors show up.
@RailroadEngineer123Ай бұрын
@@jayducharme gotcha! Sounds good. Thank you for letting me know. I look forward to watching your future videos.
@SJFPenguin1854Ай бұрын
I heard a few weeks ago that the trolley was returned to the Shore Line Trolley Museum in East Haven after a longtime lease. I haven't ridden any rides at Lake Compounce since the early 2000s, but I did ride the trolley a handful of times. I didn't remember the ride being so short! (I've also been to the trolley museum several times, though not since 2007.)
@Robothut2 ай бұрын
Wow. That would have been so much fun to go too. Loved the guy who set up the visible working displays. Thank you for sharing this with us.
@jayducharme2 ай бұрын
You’re quite welcome. I feel bad that I didn’t get the guy’s name. (I didn’t even show his face in the video.)
@bhubbard4912 ай бұрын
I grew up out in Cheshire, MA in the 60s and 70s. As kids in the 60s, we'd go to Mt. Park about twice a year. It was always a summer highlight.
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I would love to go to the border of the United States of America 🇺🇸 with my mom and see the 2027 Royal Canadian mounted police musical ride
Hopefully we both get to ride top thrill 2 soon
Of Darien lake
I’m hoping to get out there this year.
Do 2024
I know its summer when you start posting walk-thrus. Love them!
Top thrill 2 is still down I went on June 5 and 6
Starting June 8, they began testing the modified trains.
The electric bills probably put them out of business, ugh !
The actual reason the park closed can be found here: kzread.info/dash/bejne/l2iF2tSkpbzHfKQ.htmlsi=8j8Q-Zyo6hD3KckO
@@jayducharme Thanks for the link, I found out the insurance company was taking all their money. I think the number of people going to the park decreased too.
@@AnthonyRufo-rc1zm The final year the park was open saw the biggest opening day in decades, with over 3000 people in the park. So it was still doing okay.
Always love your videos fyi your overview of idlewild in 2018 on your website has problems whenever I click on it it takes me to something else instead
I've watched all of your walkthroughs once before. Decided to watch them a second time and I'm amazed that I overlooked how wonderful this park is. It might be my favorite.
Top thrills entrance has always been down there
Weird. I thought it was further south.
Yoo! I was there that day. Too bad that it had a little bit of a rainstorm in the evening, but the lines turned out to be short and it was a great day to go (:
This is amazing! I was on this ride when it turned into Six Flags. So much change from up top there!
Last year I had Cheese on a Stick, and it has to be the unhealthiest thing I've ever eaten. Tasted good, but not good for you
It could be argued that nothing in an amusement park is good for you. But it certainly is tasty. That's why I created my own somewhat healthier version: www.karenandjay.com/CoaSt-in-a-pan.pdf
Dang it couldn't hear the tune playing on the Wurlitzer because of the narration 😒.
I love when you post walk throughs
Jay you do the best most informative walk throughs always love the yearly cedar point video. My childhood park. Awesome video!!!
Another thing on my bucket list, it looks like the parks have figured out the staffing issues from the past 2 years. I checked Google, and dispite the city having a small transit system, they don't go to the Cedar point gates strangely. I'm glad seeing national brands leaving though, I said that in one of your walk-thrus last year I didn't like that. So as much as I like Auntie Annes, hopefully they leave soon, and either get a local vendor, or do your own recipe. If I want Auntie Annes, I I'll just go to my local mall.
Hola, por favor, ¿adonde fue esta exposición? Saludos.
West Springfield, Massachusetts
Babe wake up, a new Jay Ducharme walk-thru just dropped.
Why not g scale? And how will you deal with rust on the Lionel track with it out in the weather?
I looked into G scale but it was beyond my budget. I was able to get the Menards track for about a dollar per foot. I’m using No-ox on the track, which will greatly reduce the corrosion problem.
This place is on my bucket list, but it seems very hard to get to by public transit.
Lots of Amish buggies were going by the place. 😊
Jay you might enjoy this old YOU ASKED FOR IT video on youtube of Ward Kinballs toys and trains. kzread.info/dash/bejne/onqmp9Ofp8jLZKw.htmlsi=gMh2QdBeT_MUa2a_&t=57
That's fantastic I think I mentally spent 10 grand. Love the attention to the layouts and the vendors products.
What was the name of that big roller coaster that was there?
It was originally called the Wildcat when it was built in 1929. It was renamed Mountain Flyer in 1952.
❤
Jay durchame please go to Tokyo Disneyland to ride on it’s a small world
Here it is, 2024, and I was considering, driving up to Lake Compounce from Pittsburgh, mainly to go on this ride, until I found out, it's gone. Kennywood Park, in Pittsburgh, installed this ride at Compounce back in 1997. They also had a smaller scale version of this, at Kennywood Park in Pittsburgh, and they were using it to get folks from the upper most parking area, right down, to the entrance to the park. I was installed around the same time. Also, guess what is no longer operational. The chair lift at Kennywood. Call me crazy, but I think that Parques Reunidos, that now owns the Kennywood owned parks, is just a money grabbing corporation. I was sad to see when they bought Kennywood's owned parks in 2007. Anytime, you have a corporation buy something, you just know, it's gonna turn into a whore house. I live 5 minutes from Kennywood, and it's been 10 years since I've been there. Last time I was there, was in 2014, and the one thing that I noticed was MONEY. I have no desires to go there, but was thinking, maybe going to Compounce this year for a getaway. NOT NOW.
Two or one Thunderstorms
One
Ok
Oh shit the nighmare no way
Thanks for the tour Jay! 😊 🎢🎠 🎡🏟️⛲️
Amaizing and very big Thunderstorm
I wish I could get into the back of the storage room where all the VHS tapes are, I could show my father's garden railroad "back when he was alive", I think you would enjoy it.
I bet I would!
I'm jealous that you get to have a garden railroad, can't have that living in a apartment building.
Once the garden railway is complete, I'll be tackling another project that might work with your situation: a ceiling railway.
I miss that old entrance so much. Felt less barren and hot.
I wish I had known about the show. I have my (mostly) USA Trains A scale layout from Arizona now packed up in boxes in a closet in Maine with no place to set it up. Is there a publication or email list that I can subscribe to that will alert me to upcoming train shows in the Northeast? I'm interested in 45mm gauge and in HO scale. Thanks.
The show will return even bigger next April. You can find out more here: amherstrail.org
Ride should've been more extended and circling around the entire park with at least two stations.
I’m just happy it’s still running!
What a wonderful train show. If next year is even bigger that will really be something to see. Thank you for sharing with us.
Though I was born in the early 80s, I remember one Christmas where I received a model train set as a child. It was perfectly themed for Christmas, painted red with gold decor on it, with a cotton sheet around it for snow. I remember that the lights were dimmed as I watched it run along the tracks. That was a good memory. I guess that sort of developed a sense for nostalgia and delight when I see train sets.
Man, the old Hershey with the old entrance😊
Holy shit!!!!! This is the audio of all the coaster animations you see from parks whenever they announce a new coaster.
Where are my royalties?! 😁
After having gone here for end-of-the-year field trips in grade school, I decided to go again last year, which is around twenty three years later or so. As far as the look of the park, it looks as beautiful as I remembered it. Loved the rides, and I deliberately went late afternoon so that I could see the transition between day and night. I have to say, I loved the look of the park at night. Very enchanting, especially when you look down on it from the top of the ferris wheel. The kind of sight you can only see at an amusement park. As for the rides, the first one I went on was the matterhorn, as I always did when I was a child. I was surprised that I got a little dizzy. It's been so long since I've gone on amusement park rides. But I didn't let that stop me! I decided to go on the round up and loved it (I also learned that you should take your glasses off when you go on centrifuge rides). After that I started to get a little used to the dizzyness. I would have gone on more spinning rides to adjust myself completely, but I forgot that waiting in lines can take a lot of time out of the day, and I wanted to explore the rest of the park... My few complaints are that the moment you enter, you hear distasteful pop music. I will never understand why they think that kind of music fits what would otherwise be a wholesome environment. I wish people could hear the bad spirit of that music. However, the half of the park that is themed after the old rustic time period plays thematic music, which I appreciated. If I recall correctly, there is also a spot at the other end of the park near the untamed coaster that plays thematic music as well. And of course the carousel still plays the classic feel-good band organ tunes. Love those. There may be other pockets in the park where you don't hear pop music but I can't remember them at the moment. Also, I remember eating at the food stand nearest to the untamed coaster and had a burger that was excessively salty. I don't remember eating overly salty food as a youngster, so I wonder if that's a recent development or if I just liked overly salty burgers as a child. I don't know. But I got some soft serve in the old-timey part of the park and it tasted like normal soft serve. Was delicious. Regardless of my complaints this park still has a special place in my heart.
This place used to be my after school hangout until I moved out of Maine in 1993.
This funhouse scared the shit out of me as a kid
I didn't realize that you were a model railroader.
I moved out of Maine in 1993; so much has changed since I left. I remember Splashtown used to be miniature golf.
I really liked that mini golf course.
What is ur best amusement park my favorite is Cedar Point but I've havnt been to others accept Geaoga lake
Geauga was fun and I’m sad it’s gone. My current favorite is Knoebels.
Do they sell any railroadiana like brakeman lanterns?
I don’t recall any there. I’ve seen lots of that at the regular show in January. There’s another large scale show in a few weeks, so I’ll see if any of those vendors show up.
@@jayducharme gotcha! Sounds good. Thank you for letting me know. I look forward to watching your future videos.
I heard a few weeks ago that the trolley was returned to the Shore Line Trolley Museum in East Haven after a longtime lease. I haven't ridden any rides at Lake Compounce since the early 2000s, but I did ride the trolley a handful of times. I didn't remember the ride being so short! (I've also been to the trolley museum several times, though not since 2007.)
Wow. That would have been so much fun to go too. Loved the guy who set up the visible working displays. Thank you for sharing this with us.
You’re quite welcome. I feel bad that I didn’t get the guy’s name. (I didn’t even show his face in the video.)
I grew up out in Cheshire, MA in the 60s and 70s. As kids in the 60s, we'd go to Mt. Park about twice a year. It was always a summer highlight.