Nestled in Bristol and partly stretching in Southington, the Lake Compounce theme park is over 160 years old operating as the oldest theme park in North America. Besides 3 game zones, 3 roller coasters, and more than 10 food outlets, the park also offers a complimentary beach and a water park holding many slides, a cozy river, a wave pool, and an interactive precinct. Further, in October, the Lake Compounce theme park provides a Halloween ambiance as the rides operate in dark of which the famous one is The Haunted Graveyard as a 45-minute tour of crypts, castles, and graveyards with special effects.
Main Rides
- Roller Coasters
- Boulder Dash as a wooden coaster of 4,700 foot utilizing the mountainous landscape of the Lake adorned with trees and operating with 60 mph
- Wildcat as among the ancient wooden coasters on Earth
- Zoomerang as a shuttle coaster with a drop of 120 feet and a reverse run
- Thrill Rides
- American Flyers with a classic tub style, wonderful paint, lightings, and 10 tubs
- Bumper Cars as the favorite ride
- Compounce Cabana Boat to travel across the Lake with children under 12 years in a life jacket
- Carousel adorned with 2 chariots, over 45 horses, and 1 goat
- Down Time as the thrilling turbo drop tower that is 185 feet tall and drives (not free fall) 12 riders in a seated pose vertically down at 50 mph
- Enterprise offering 20 gondolas taking you within a metal cage and rotating at first to shift from its center and then ascending, making it a ride of vertical climb and fall
- Ferris Wheel offering 20 gondolas with wonderful park views
- Ghost Hunt as an interactive eerie ride offering bottomless cars and a ghost blaster to shoot spirits
- Lakeside Trolley for taking you on its 15 bench car to the park end for exploring the cuisine zone and Sky and Thunder Rapids rides
- Pirate Ship as a pendulum ride offering a powerful drive and a theme of a waterfall
- Rotor as a Chance Rotor taking you to a round room that rotates faster
- Saw Mill Plunge as log flume boat ascending a mountainside followed by a great drop
- Sky Coaster that can be ridden alone or with another rider to raise up to 180 feet
- Skyride as a chairlift ascending 750 feet straight utilizing a steepest landscape whose sheerness is felt upon the fall when the views of the lake, park, and the Thunder Rapids at the bottom are possible
- Thunder N' Lightning as Screamin' Swing for swinging above the path at 60 mph
- Thunder Rapids as a raft water ride spinning around and then plunging down to soak in the inward water
- Twister with eight gondolas in front of a routing central wheel and with the riders rotating their gondola in a direction
- Wave Swinger where riders are ascended up some feet as the ride rotates in a clockwise direction
- Kiddieland Rides
- Caterpillar Train
- Drop Zone
- Fantasy Carousel
- Flying Elephants
- Jolly Jester
- Pirate Ship
- Kiddie Coaster
- Kiddie Swinger
- Little Dare Devils
- Rainbow Riders
- Water Rides
- Anchor Bay with a cozy river and water gliding
- Clipper Cove with a pirate ship theme
- Keeper's Cottage Pool & Slides
- Lake Plunge
- Lights Out as a twirl slide surrounding a lighthouse
- Mammoth Falls
- Tunnel Twisters
- Wave Pool
Dining Options
- Funnel Cake Factory offering funnel cakes with fruit and cream
- Harborside Pizza for whole or sliced pizzas
- La Fiesta offering tacos, salads, burritos, and nachos
- Sweet Treats offering cotton candies, snow-cones, and popcorn
- Trolley Stop offering ice cream and pretzels
- Sweet Shoppe offering home-prepared fudge, confections, chocolaty apples, and cotton candies
- Main Gate Snacks for ice creams and milkshakes
Operating Months
- Early May to Early November, but in October; rides at the south end, Kiddieland, and Splash Harbor remain closed
Accommodations
- Clarion Hotel Bristol at 0.87 miles
- Residence Inn Southington at 2.62 miles
- Knights Inn Southington in Southington at 2.73 miles
- Holiday Inn Express Southington at 2.81 miles
- Americas Best Value Inn Suites at 3.98 miles
- Fairfield Inn & Suites Plainville at 4.85 miles
- Comfort Suites Southington at 5.67 miles
- Holiday Inn Waterbury at 7.38 miles
- La Quinta Inn & Suites New Britain Hartford South at 7.61 miles
- Super 8 Waterbury at 8.03 miles
- Homewood Suites by Hilton Hartford Farmington at 8.75 miles
Tickets
A ticket for one-day admission to the Lake Compounce theme park is $34.99 plus 10% tax for people of 52" and above and $25.99 plus 10% tax for those under 52". For senior citizens, the ticket will cost $17.99 plus 10% tax. The Season Pass is also available for $79.99. For more information on the tickets and passes, kindly visit the Web site - http://www.lakecompounce.com/lake-compounce-season-pass.php.
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Verdict:The Lake Compounce theme park meets all the desires that a family expects at an amusement park.
