The Annual Lake Compounce.org Off-Season Park tour was held on Saturday 29-March-2008.

Check out the fan forum (click here) for pictures, a report of the afternoon and discussion about the trip, the park’s future, etc.

 Thanks go out to Jerry Brick and his staff for graciously holding the tour and to forum member Sue for organizing the outing!

Steve

Hi Everyone,

Just a quick message…we’ve got the site fully migrated over to it’s new host, so hopefully there won’t be any more downtime. 

As I said on the message boards, I don’t think a whole lot is going to change here, at least in the short term…But I’m open to suggestion.  If you have any ideas on what you’d like to see here drop me a line at jr@theforcums.com or PM Me on the message boards.

I want to thank Josh for all the work he’s done here and I look forward to his continued participation with the site, in whatever form it may be.  I’ve been a member of this site pretty much from the beginning and it’s amazing what Josh has been able to build here.  And I look forward to finding new ways to take this place to the next level. 

I look forward to interacting with you all here and seeing you in the park this summer. 

 Steve

Look what ran in New York’s print magazine and online:

Best Roller Coaster

Published Mar 3, 2008

Boulder Dash, Lake Compounce
271 Enterprise Dr., Bristol, Conn. 860-583-3300
Most of the thrill of a coaster comes during the very first ride, so there’s no point in revisiting the same ones over and over again. That’s why you’ll want to try the heart-pumping Boulder Dash at Lake Compounce, which—even though it’s the nation’s oldest amusement park—is off the radar of many New Yorkers. It got its name because it was built into the side of a mountain. Since its debut in 2000, this tree-canopied ride has quickly become a coaster-junkie favorite, because it is fast (reaching 60 mph), long (two-and-a-half-minutes), and delivers plenty of stomach flips (biggest drop: a solid 115 feet). Whizzing through the foliage, it represents nature’s fury.