Retired Attractions
| Name | MFG | Year Added | Year Retired | Notes |
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| Ocean Trip | SBF |
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Replaced with Boston Harbor Patrol |
| Bowling alley | After purchasing the park in the 1960s, the owners burned all the pins from the bowling alley to keep warm during their first winter. | |||
| Calypso | Mack |
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Replaced with the "Moon Orbitor" | |
| The Canobie Brass | N/A |
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A brass band that played three shows daily on the stage directly across from the entrance to the Yankee Cannonball. Members of the band were students from the University of Lowell College of Music, Berklee College of Music and Boston University. Instrumentation fluctuated somewhat, but the typical ensemble was alto sax/clarinet, tenor sax/flute, trumpet, trombone, electric piano, electric bass and drums. |
| Fascination | Replaced with the "Jackpot Casino" | |||
| Figure 8 roller coaster | Frederick Ingersoll |
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| House of Seven Gables |
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Walk-through haunted house | ||
| Jr. Roller Coaster |
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| Kosmojets | SDC | Telecombat, originally purchased from Palisades Amusement Park. Replaced with "Wipeout" | ||
| Matterhorn | SDC |
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Replaced with a concession stand "Hotdog Diner" | |
| Moon Orbitor |
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Replaced with the "Star Blaster" | |
| Paratroopers |
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Originally purchased from Palisades Amusement Park. Replaced with "Skater". | ||
| Petting Zoo | N/A | |||
| Rockin' Rider | S.D.C. |
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Originally called Galaxi at Canobie before being rebranded/renamed; Replaced with "Xtreme Frisbee" |
| Round Up |
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Replaced with "Zero Gravity" (Round Up) | |
| roller skating rink | Used to house ScrEEEmfest haunts | |||
| The Swamp | Pretzel |
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A dark ride that was replaced with the Can Alley game and employee center building |
| Swimming pool |
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Removed to make room for a newer and larger main entrance; was also made redundant by the "Castaway Island" mini-water park. | ||
| USA Missile | SBNO as of mid-1990s. The USA Missile is one of a small number of "space simulator" rides built early in the Space Age to a design by John Taggart and Sam Daugherty. Passengers sit facing the nose of the rocket, which is then inclined. A movie is shown on a screen at the front as a crude simulation of space flight.
This ride was originally built for Palisades Park in 1958 by Todd Shipyard in California. It was then known as the "Ansco Rocket Ship". Once it had been moved to Canobie, it was painted white with an American flag motif and renamed to "USA Missile". Some time later, it was repainted again to mimic the markings used on such launch vehicles as the Saturn rockets. Similar rides include Coney Island's Astroland Star Flyer. |
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| Wild Mouse | B. A. Schiff & Associates |
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Used wood supports and steel track. The Paratrooper replaced the Wild Mouse and later the Skater |
| The Whip | Was replaced with "Matterhorn." Now "Hotdog Diner" resides in that spot | |||
| Vertigo Theatre |
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Replaced with Autobahn to make room for "Wave Blaster" |
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