Funtown Splashtown USA
Saco, Maine
May 2005

I had herd of this park from a few people and decided to go there for a visit.  The day I went there was opening day of the season, but it was the last week of school.  Since I had a vacation day that day and school was still in session, I had the park to myself (I really mean it). 

Funtown Splashtown has an interesting pricing policy, that I liked.  An adult ride all day pass is $25.00 and a child's ride pass is $17.00.  If you want to just go to the water park, then you can buy just a water park pass for $17.00 adult or $14.00 kids.  There is also a combined pass for $32.00 adult and $23.00 kids.  An interesting option was the walk around pass, which was $10.00.  This pass is great for parents or grandparents that do not want to ride the rides.  No other park in New England has this option, which without it, forces non riding guests to either stay at home or pay the full price which is usually not worth it.  Since the day I was there, not all rides were running (mostly the kids rides) and it was raining, they discounted the full day ride pass that day to only $17.00 for everyone.

Funtown Splashtown consists mostly of rides for younger kids, but there are rides for teens and adults to enjoy.  For me, I spent most of my time on the Dragon's Descent (Free Fall) and Excalibur Coaster.  Since there was no one there that day, I rode the Excalibur about 15 times in a row without getting off.  It was a great wooden In and Out coaster and is the only one in Maine.  Very smooth and a lot fun.

Since this was opening day, and there was no one there, it was really hard to get a good idea of what the atmosphere of the park really was.  It was really clean, but then again it was opening day and empty.  The staff running the rides were really friendly and I did enjoy myself, but I will really need to go visit again to get the full experience.

	The Sea Dragon
	The Story leading up to the Exculibur
	More of the Story
	The walkway toward the Excalibur. The theme is great
	We're getting closer
	Walking up along side of the Excalibur toward the station
	The Entrance to the Excalibur
	A look at the station of the Excalibur from the parking lot.  This is the side the train rolls out from.
	Another shot from the parking lot
	A close up from the parking lot
	The bottom of the lift hill from the parking lot
	I think these were the only two cars in the lot the day I went
	Some of the turns of the Excalibur
	Returning to the station
	The coaster cars.  I rode this about 15 times in a row.  I think the front was the best.
	The specs of the Excalibur
	Rated #10 in the World by Amusement Business
	Leaving the station and heading to the lift hill
	A far off shot from within the park
	The Classic Carousel
	The Classic Carousel
	The Classic Carousel
	The Classic Carousel
	The Grand Prix track
	The Mini-Golf course
	The Mini-Golf course
	The Mini-Golf course
	The Thunder Bolt
	The Thunder Bolt
	Thunder Falls Flume
	Thunder Falls Flume
	Thunder Falls Flume
	Thunder Falls Flume
	Thunder Falls Flume
	Thunder Falls Flume
	The Flying Trapeze
	Casino
	Antique Cars
	Antique Cars
	Antique Cars
	The Arcade
	The Speed Slides in the water park
	The bottom of the Corkscrew water slide
	Splish Slide
	Pirate's Paradise water play area
	Part of the Corkscrew Slide
	Great themeing on this candy store
	Frog Hopper
	Merry-Go-Round
	Helicopters
	The Astrosphere
	The Galaxi Coaster here is the last one remaining in the New England area.  The other two were at Rocky Point in RI (the park closed) and Canobie Lake in NH (they removed it in 2004)
	The Galaxi Coaster
	The Galaxi Coaster
	Tilt-A-Whirl
	Kiddie Boats
	Red Baron Planes
	The Entrance to Dragon's Descent
	Dragon's Descent