Castaway Island Water Park Addition at Canobie Lake Park

We love going to Canobie Lake Park in Salem, NH ever year. I have been going since I was a child and what I love about this park is that it is ever expanding. This year the largest expansion is in the water park. Castaway Island just opened on June 15th and is an awesome addition!

It is gorgeous.

The Tidal River was the highlight for us. Who doesn't love floating around in the water?

Lounge in your tube which is free and float around as you listen to tropical music.

I would suggest getting there close to park opening and going straight to Castaway Island first. When we left the line was insanely long to get in as they were at capacity. Here you can see a view of the Tidal River.

I love the Palm Trees.

It is so pretty.

I love this guy. Check him out when you turn around when floating down the Tidal River.

There are also three water slides that the kids enjoyed.

Here is Evan sliding down. You can either do a single tube or double tube with another person.

Here is a little video of Castaway Island.

There is also the original water area. In this area the water is much cooler.

We ate right in the water park. There is an Outrigger Grill with chicken sandwiches, chicken tenders, burgers and more. The only issue is finding a seat to eat. Many people were using the tables there to put their towels. Luckily at one point some employees made them move their stuff as three tables just had towels on them and no people.

I was excited that they have Dole Whip. It is even in a cool pineapple shaped building.

There is pineapple, strawberry, or swirl of both.

There is also Castaway Island's Monkey Bar. We didn't get anything there but it looked like there were some yummy alcoholic beverages.

There is also a cute Lil Squirts Play Pad.

They also have Cabana rentals for an extra fee.

There are also lockers in Castaway Island and changing rooms.

Now we were ready to check out the rest of the park and headed to our favorite rides like the Yankee Cannonball.

Another favorite is Untamed. Be sure to use the Single Rider option around the corner from the entrance if you don't mind not sitting together.

Ice Jet was just added last year and is lots of fun. We especially like it at night when it is all lit up.

Evan loves to take a ride on the train and there are such lovely views.

Love the swings.

The Ferris Wheel is always a blast.

They also have Puzzle Rooms that are new for 2019. There is just a small extra fee.

There is so much to do! Check out some of my previous posts for more coverage around the park. It is such a blast!

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Disclosure:  I was provided four tickets to Canobie Lake Park for this review.  No compensation was received and all opinions are my own.

Can you handle Screeemfest at Canobie Lake Park?

I have been going to Canobie Lake Park in Salem, NH since I was a little kid. Now it is so much fun to take my kids. We recently went for Screeemfest and had so much fun.

It was a perfect fall day. The lines weren't bad throughout the park and at night there is an option to experience scares. If you don't want to go in the haunted houses or be scared that is ok too even if you are there are Screeemfest starts.  You can also buy a necklace to keep spooks away and you can avoid the haunted attractions.  But if you like to be scared it is the perfect place!

We went to the park near opening time at 1 pm to get a jump on all the rides.

 Star Blaster was a big hit.

We also went on one of the newest rides, Ice Jet.  It was so much fun.  It goes forward and backward.

We also rode the Caterpillar which is one of my childhood favorites.

What gorgeous views from the Sky Ride.  You can see all the rides here.

  It may look very quaint and pretty but just wait till the darkness begins.

 There were haunts at every turn.  But don't worry they were all stationary.

 The haunts that don't move are fine with me.

So cool looking.

 

I like this guy.

 
If haunts aren't your thing not to worry, there is also a petting zoo for the kids.  It is tucked in the back corner of the park behind Untamed.  It is open on Saturday and Sunday from 1-5 pm.

I love these two!  They are so adorable!

 There were also some non scary characters hanging around and they did a show.

 Molly the mouse was even dressed up.

But then night fell...da da da!  There were spooks that came out too scaring people.  We mostly saw them at the front of the park and near the haunted attractions.  One guy had a chain saw and it was funny to hear people running as he came near them.  You can buy a glow necklace at the front of the park for $5 so that the spooks won't come up  to you.

There are 5 haunts at night.  You can see the details here of all of them.

 We took a walk around the park at night but the kids were too scared for the haunted houses, and if I am honest so was I! The Village looked like another spooky area that would bring the scare.

So many scares.

They even have a little parade of haunts at night that we saw.

 Here is some video when they made it to the front of the park.

You can have a spooky good time.  If kids are too afraid make sure to buy the necklace and just don't go in the scares.

Enter if you dare!

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Disclosure:  I was provided four tickets to Canobie Lake Park for this review.  No compensation was received and all opinions are my own.