Onto today's park and Santa's Workshop is a small park located in the shadows of Pikes Peak. Judging by the banner I'd make a safe bet that this was celebrating it's 60th birthday! I thought Santa was older than that.
It's not a big park, but is the only one in the area for those who are interested in rollercoasters.
An old style wurlitzer organ.
It was immediately apparent on entering the park that the guys here had put some effort into theming their attractions with Christmas
and another wurlitzer
The children's coaster, another Miler, can be found at the rear of the park. Called "Candy Cane Coaster"
(Photo is Tal's)
Whilst not as wild as the Pueblo City park coaster, this was still enjoyable despite us getting some odd looks from the other visitors who clearly thought a childrens park meant a park for children.
The Big Wheel is apparently the highest in the world. I'm not in any position to say if that's true or not.
Prepare for a climb up a rather steep hill to get there.
There's a Dive Bomber ride at the top which is a lot of fun and they didn't mind us trying to crack the cables. I don't know if this is the highest one of these in the world like the wheel.
A nicely themed Screaming Eagle ride made to look like Santa's Sleigh. It plays Christmas songs too!
I'm not sure what the Snowflake Maze is as it was closed.
A couple of old looking children's rides. I love the rear wheels on the second one.
We did the wheel and it was OK. The view was pretty good. It didn't feel particularly scary though.
Some deer, not overly bothered at the guests watching them.
Their carousel was a little unique. A was chatting to the operator who just stared at me as I spoke and then went "Gee, you have an accent". I got this a lot. A little sign here made me aware of the difference between a Merry Go Round and a Carousel. It's the direction with which they rotate.
Some very nice theming, and plenty of trees made this a quite nice park.
The park is famous for it's North Pole. A solid block of ice that had to be licked. I wonder how often they have to replace it.
We finished our visit with a ride on the out-and-back chairlift. This offered a nicer view than the wheel in my opinion.
For those interested in the history of the park there are some historic photos in the gift shop.
Thomas gets into the Christmas spirit by donning the Elf hat!
The park is pretty good. One weird thing though is that there is no money in the park. You're given a slip of paper on the way in which all the transactions are recorded. You then pay on exit. I've no idea what happens if you lose the paper; I suspect they charge you loads! A very out of the way stop for us with an equally out of the way hobby!
Where was Santa though?
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