New England By the Numbers | Amusement Parks
73 years the Frantzis family has owned Quassy Amusement Park in Middlebury, CT 35 mph: top speed of the 80-year-old Yankee Cannonball, oldest roller coaster in the U.S., now at Canobie Lake ParkGet Our FREE Yankee Best New England Vacations Guide! Email(Required) 177,408 cookies devoured each year by reindeer at Santa’s Village in Jefferson, NH […]
By Ian Aldrich|Jun 11 2010|
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73 years the Frantzis family has owned Quassy Amusement Park in Middlebury, CT
35 mph: top speed of the 80-year-old Yankee Cannonball, oldest roller coaster in the U.S., now at Canobie Lake Park
177,408 cookies devoured each year by reindeer at Santa’s Village in Jefferson, NH
1846 year that Lake Compounce in Bristol, CT–first trolley park in the U.S. to include rides–opened
15,000 gallons of slush consumed annually at Canobie Lake Park in Salem, NH
85 mph: top speed of Six Flags New England’s Bizarro roller coaster in Agawam, MA
11 number of amusement parks in New England in 2010
29 number of amusement parks in New England in the 1930s
1,000,000 gallons of water dumped out of the “Pirates Paradise” bucket each week at Funtown Splashtown USA in Saco, ME
