Rachel W.
Yelp
Somehow I mixed up Cranmore and Attitash in my mind and we ended up here. I just about left but my family said it looked fine so why should we drive another half hour north without really knowing the difference. The best review would be if somebody has gone to both places - to offer a comparison.
The desk staffer at the ticket counter was a nice girl who said we'd have fun. We got the wrist band day passes even though we really had only planned on riding a few things; because she said if we each rode three things, we'd pay for the pass. So we forked over the $$$ and headed outside.
Maybe this is the kind of place where you could have a super day or a less than stellar day, depending on various factors including the weather, your expectations, the crowd, etc. Luckily for us, we got beautiful fall weather and low crowds. Matching this with my medium-low expectations, it turned out to be an enjoyable family day. Although I planned for us to stay two hours and then go to lunch, we ended up staying from 10:00 am - 2:00 pm. Although we planned to ride a few things, we ended up doing multiple rides on various options.
The alpine slide is a fun ride for everyone in our family. This type of ride has improved greatly over the decades. The new model here has a nifty car with safety features and higher speed capability. We all rode it 6 times. This alone, made the day a success.
My daughter and I tried the eagle zip chair --- it was too much for us. I guess I am not a zip line person, even in this chair format. Certainly, everybody else looked to be enjoying the thrill. It was fun to see people riding on this, and the mountain swing, and the ropes course zip lines. Just not for me.
The summer tubing was simplistic but fun. It seems very low key after the thrill of the other options. It was fun to see the kids sliding down the track multiple times. They were all smiles.
The chair lift was a good ride up the mountain. We saw several hikers. The leaves were beautiful. The weather was perfect. The little hut restaurant on top of the mountain had a nice deck. We didn't plan to eat here ---but the idea of french fries at that point was too tempting. The food tasted good. My photos of the food do not look nearly as appealing in retrospect as that food tasted at the moment. I guess you might not seek this as a destination lunch highlight. But it was enjoyable and gave us energy for more alpine slide rides after lunch.
There were a few other things for the kids, like bouncy houses and trampolines. We grew tired from the overall environment, which is youthful and high energy. By 2 pm, we felt satisfied and ready to head out.
Overall, we all felt happy with the day. Next summer we might try Attitash for the sake of comparison. I guess we'd be happy enough going to this type of place once per year. We don't usually go to "ride" places like amusement parks or water parks. For us, this was a good mix of a few thrills with the backdrop of the calmer, natural, mountain setting.
If not for the alpine slide, (which was excellent), I'd probably not have invested in this experience. That was a key ingredient to my feeling that the day and money were well spent.