Jay Ducharme

Jay Ducharme

Amusement park wanderings, original music and railroads

Symphony 1 in Bb Minor

Symphony 1 in Bb Minor

Kings Dominion Walk-thru 2024

Kings Dominion Walk-thru 2024

Whispering Pines Hotel

Whispering Pines Hotel

This Is My Delight

This Is My Delight

Mount Tom Suite

Mount Tom Suite

Trim a Train update

Trim a Train update

Slide scanner update

Slide scanner update

iPhone slide scanner

iPhone slide scanner

First snow of the season

First snow of the season

French Onion Soup

French Onion Soup

Red Is Blue

Red Is Blue

The Craft of Composing

The Craft of Composing

Elegy for the Chess Men

Elegy for the Chess Men

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  • @dr0pk1x
    @dr0pk1xСағат бұрын

    Sadly this park seems completely soulless. As you are walking through it I feel zero life, energy, soul. Depressing park. Yikes.

  • @dananderson3077
    @dananderson30772 сағат бұрын

    Wow Jay...over the top installment and covered the history..perfect!

  • @jimmythetrumpster3976
    @jimmythetrumpster39763 сағат 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.

  • @PatrickKendrick1988
    @PatrickKendrick19883 сағат 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 🥹

  • @jamesni4498
    @jamesni4498Күн бұрын

    Thank You so much for this little piece of history here.

  • @09TRUTHHURTS
    @09TRUTHHURTS2 күн бұрын

    29:40 you see justice league dark knight nitro congo rapids and sky way rides on the sign

  • @JOURNALS...
    @JOURNALS...4 күн бұрын

    Cool place❤

  • @jasonsaville2262
    @jasonsaville22625 күн бұрын

    I definitely remember the old famous Ghost Town Railroad out by the Desperado Plunge.

  • @treytison1444
    @treytison14445 күн бұрын

    Ireland is a disgrace, without Corkscrew Hill or Castle O'Sullivan there's nothing there to do.

  • @HieronymusChockvivantvanit
    @HieronymusChockvivantvanit5 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.

  • @BBHouseRodent
    @BBHouseRodent7 күн бұрын

    What a cliffhanger! I would have been tempted to carve a tunnel through the tree stumps verses going around.

  • @jayducharme
    @jayducharme7 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.

  • @trainandmore
    @trainandmore8 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?

  • @jayducharme
    @jayducharme8 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.

  • @RobertTheHaunter
    @RobertTheHaunter8 күн бұрын

    Hope the track won rust overtime! Great layout! Can’t wait to see more of the progress!

  • @dr0pk1x
    @dr0pk1x8 күн бұрын

    The car successfully going across the track was so satisfying.

  • @XtremiTeez
    @XtremiTeez8 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!

  • @brandonlangley1009
    @brandonlangley10098 күн бұрын

    I'd be screaming to get on those slides.

  • @Robothut
    @Robothut9 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.

  • @jayducharme
    @jayducharme9 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.

  • @Robothut
    @Robothut9 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.

  • @Amazingjoy25
    @Amazingjoy259 күн бұрын

    🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉😢🎉

  • @Thatfoxatthebowlinglane
    @Thatfoxatthebowlinglane10 күн бұрын

    0:54 hey look! It’s Boris the spider!

  • @2003gamerflashfungirly
    @2003gamerflashfungirly11 күн бұрын

    da vince cradle closed

  • @hurricaneliam69420
    @hurricaneliam6942012 күн бұрын

    Like this, if you have been to knobeles

  • @lwsadventures5128
    @lwsadventures512815 күн бұрын

    Facinating Tree removal...thanks for adding it. Bet you will have less mosquitos now with more air circulation.

  • @jayducharme
    @jayducharme15 күн бұрын

    @@lwsadventures5128 I sure hope so!

  • @Fearfullyfree
    @Fearfullyfree17 күн бұрын

    I used to go every summer as a kid. What they did to the mine ride broke my heart when I went back about 7 years ago. That was my favorite ride as a kid. I wish they'd restore the original.

  • @rar321blue
    @rar321blue17 күн бұрын

    Great vid but its a Dive bomber/Sidewider not rock o plane, same make though

  • @betsysmall3576
    @betsysmall357618 күн бұрын

    One of my favorite riders! Bringing along this horse just right!!

  • @dustingeurts7649
    @dustingeurts764920 күн бұрын

    It was the 80’s. At around 5 y/o I sat behind the driver and mumbled “I wish I could drive the train”…… The man turned around…. and I got to drive the train! Fond memory 40 years later. Thank you for being so nice guy from all those years ago. This was at Bay Beach.

  • @davel67
    @davel6720 күн бұрын

    Thank you for doing this video. I was born in Sandusky in 1967. My father was a full-time member of the management team at Cedar Point and my mother was a ride operator assigned to the Space Spiral when they met. Almost every day all summer long my sister and I would be let loose in the park while they worked. I'm guessing it was cheaper than babysitting, but it gave me great memories. Thank you for posting this video as I am very unlikely to return to the park anytime soon.

  • @cyrbuzz6615
    @cyrbuzz661522 күн бұрын

    The Jourdan family should buy it back and give it the love it hasn’t had in soo many years. It needs to be a family owned operation again. Maybe that planned hyper coaster would be back in the works.

  • @jayducharme
    @jayducharme22 күн бұрын

    @@cyrbuzz6615 It will be interesting to see if the Cedar Fair merger has an effect (hopefully good) on the park.

  • @Robothut
    @Robothut26 күн бұрын

    Its almost track laying time. If it was not so hot outside I would say SO COOL.

  • @Titanfanmad8-io
    @Titanfanmad8-io26 күн бұрын

    I went on it yesterday

  • @garosetian4428
    @garosetian442826 күн бұрын

    Hey Jay! I'm in town and plan on checking out the model. Is it still there? Would love to say "Hi" if you are in town.

  • @jayducharme
    @jayducharme26 күн бұрын

    Hi! I'm around, but I assume I may have gotten your message too late. At any rate, the model is indeed still at the Visitors Center at Heritage State Park. You can't miss it.

  • @garosetian4428
    @garosetian442824 күн бұрын

    @jayducharme Not too late! I will be able to check it out tomorrow 7/8 in the am. Want to meet up and say hi to a fellow east coast amusement park enthusiast?

  • @jayducharme
    @jayducharme24 күн бұрын

    @@garosetian4428 Unfortunately the Visitors Center doesn’t open until noon.

  • @garosetian4428
    @garosetian442824 күн бұрын

    I can do noon!

  • @jayducharme
    @jayducharme24 күн бұрын

    @@garosetian4428 How about 2:00?

  • @trainandmore
    @trainandmore29 күн бұрын

    It's funny/ironic that this video came out on merger day. I do wonder what will happen with the parks going forward.

  • @jayducharme
    @jayducharme29 күн бұрын

    @@trainandmore I’m glad Cedar Fair is in charge of running the parks and not Six Flags. That gives me a bit of hope.

  • @nicholashilton2514
    @nicholashilton251429 күн бұрын

    This park is so peaceful. What a great vibe. So similar to King’s Island but so so different, as well!

  • @dr0pk1x
    @dr0pk1x29 күн бұрын

    Another walk thru already? Thank you!

  • @melissak2407
    @melissak2407Ай бұрын

    I’m loving all these new walk through videos! Thank you!

  • @trainandmore
    @trainandmoreАй бұрын

    I've never heard of a business lowering prices, unless you use coupons, or business is just really really bad.

  • @Nick_eh
    @Nick_ehАй бұрын

    Omgosh i luv canobie

  • @YourAverageBedwarsLoser-fz7yo
    @YourAverageBedwarsLoser-fz7yoАй бұрын

    im going next week

  • @donnahannahs3916
    @donnahannahs3916Ай бұрын

    Thank you for this walk-through it brought back many memories as I took my children to this park when it was still park fun land and they presented a coke can for their interests. We rode the log ride at that time and I see they still have it but they have developed this into a beautiful park and now I’m excited to take my great grandchildren to this adventure as I live just north of Muskegon in Cadillac Michigan so again, thank you this was very interesting And look forward to the visit there.

  • @nicholashilton2514
    @nicholashilton2514Ай бұрын

    YES!! More rollercoaster tycoon inspo! 😊

  • @NoahsFatFood
    @NoahsFatFoodАй бұрын

    W video. Does The Goat Respond 🐐😂

  • @thefamouseugenekrabs
    @thefamouseugenekrabsАй бұрын

    Do they still have ziplining? What about the old-time photos?

  • @jayducharme
    @jayducharmeАй бұрын

    I didn’t spot those while we were there.

  • @larrypatterson7087
    @larrypatterson7087Ай бұрын

    The sky ride is east to west Lake Erie is north

  • @jayducharme
    @jayducharmeАй бұрын

    Somewhat. The Point runs southeast to northwest.

  • @dananderson3077
    @dananderson3077Ай бұрын

    Nice one Jay....always love your installments!

  • @sKid-ez7zn
    @sKid-ez7znАй бұрын

    I wish cedar point would get another dark ride. I loved the pirate ride and earthquake when I was little

  • @biggestcheezburger
    @biggestcheezburgerАй бұрын

    i have been on the sky ride today!

  • @jamescarey2912
    @jamescarey2912Ай бұрын

    Why even post this? Completely unwatchable.

  • @jayducharme
    @jayducharmeАй бұрын

    It’s the last vestige of an historic ride that’s now lost forever.

  • @Robothut
    @RobothutАй бұрын

    When I was a kid there were drive in theaters everywhere and they had large playground areas up near the screen, all kinds of toys to keep the kids happy until it got dark enough to see the movie. What a great Funtown park, like you said glad to see they are able to make it work "stay open" all these years later.

  • @AMagicProduction
    @AMagicProductionАй бұрын

    What a great little dark ride- between this and mine of lost souls at Canobie, New England has some nice dark rides for regional parks

  • @trainandmore
    @trainandmoreАй бұрын

    This was a nice tour, and makes me want to go even more. But it certainly looks dead, your trolley ride made it look busier then this. Hopefully it's not always as dead as this. It honestly looks like anyone could go into the members only area, because it's not like they're checking, from what I can tell at least.

  • @jayducharme
    @jayducharmeАй бұрын

    It was a rainy day, which is why it wasn’t busy. But I talked with some of the employees there and the museum generally is doing well. After all, it’s been in operation for 85 years. So they must be doing something right.