Yankee Cannonball at Canobie Lake Park
Single-position lap barwith headrest Climbs 64 ft

Canobie Lake Park, Salem, New Hampshire

Yankee Cannonball

“Sudden airtime and good floater.”

1900192519501975200020251936older than 432 of theother 445 coasters we cover
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Ride it: back row POV
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What riders love
  • Always a fun ride and good for families as it is fairly mild.
  • I have a special fondness for this coaster, as it's at my home park and is the ride that got me back into riding coasters around 2010 or so.
  • The first "big" coaster and first wooden coaster I've ever been on, iconic ride.
  • The airtime is still as intense as I remember from the first time I went on it as a child.
  • Sudden airtime and good floater.
  • I thought it would be another wooden coaster but it is actually very smooth.
  • It's very smooth, and getting a night ride on this was so much fun.
  • This 1930s PTC classic has been pleasingly smooth ever since a major retrack that happened around 2017, though it's not the biggest or most forceful classic woodie in the area.
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Watch POVs and more

Yankee Cannonball - Canobie Lake Park - Front Row (4K HD POV) - August 2025

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Performance

Vs. other coasters at Canobie Lake Park

It has only buzzbars, which makes the airtime that much better, and its all just plain fun.

Waluigi’s Perfect Potato

Yankee Cannonball is definetly a fun ride, it’s got some nice laterals and even a few moments of strong ejector air. I know I put Yankee Cannonball on my [Top 10 Most Underrated Coasters...

Incredible Coasters

Sudden airtime and good floater.

Sam Palermo

The airtime is still as intense as I remember from the first time I went on it as a child.

Lauren Norcross

I miss the buzzbars, that speed hill after the drop had some of the best ejector air in all of New England before the retracking!

@bigc1280

It always had good airtime but depending on the day and conditions the range was everything from small pops to virtual stand-up stuff on the very same hill.

@bodsnvimto

This 1930s PTC classic has been pleasingly smooth ever since a major retrack that happened around 2017, though it’s not the biggest or most forceful classic woodie in the area.

Matt McIrvin

To my surprise, its was pretty smooth, which i really didn’t expect.

Evan Moran

I thought it would be another wooden coaster but it is actually very smooth.

Sam Palermo

It’s very smooth, and getting a night ride on this was so much fun.

Shadow

My neck hurt all day after, like the smoothness of a steel coaster much better

@chrisroberts5747

The tide is also quite rough/bumpy but given its smallish size the bumpiness doesn’t bother me much

Troy M.

Always a fun ride and good for families as it is fairly mild.

Troy M.

Very loud start but it’s a fun ride with some good hills and it paces well.

Alexander Pierce

It’s the most popular ride in the park and has one-train operations, so the lines are often long-ish.

Matt McIrvin

If it wasn’t for the insanely long wait time i would’ve ridden it again.

Evan Moran

Should I ride it?

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Specifications

64 ftHeight
72 Untamed 64 YankeeCannonball
64 ftFirst drop
35 mphTop speed
Untamed44 YankeeCannonball35 044 mph
0Inversions

What riders say

Praised for

FunSmooth rideFloaty airtime

Criticised for

Long waits

To my surprise, its was pretty smooth, which i really didn’t expect.

Evan Moran, Captain Coaster review

It’s very smooth, and getting a night ride on this was so much fun.

Shadow, Captain Coaster review

This 1930s PTC classic has been pleasingly smooth ever since a major retrack that happened around 2017, though it’s not the biggest or most forceful classic woodie in the area.

Matt McIrvin, Captain Coaster review

The airtime is still as intense as I remember from the first time I went on it as a child.

Lauren Norcross, Captain Coaster review

Very loud start but it’s a fun ride with some good hills and it paces well.

Alexander Pierce, Captain Coaster review

Always a fun ride and good for families as it is fairly mild.

Troy M., Captain Coaster review

Photos

Yankee Cannonball at Canobie Lake Park
Jeremy Thompson, CC BY 2.0
Yankee Cannonball at Canobie Lake Park
Jeremy Thompson, CC BY 2.0

2 photographs. Swipe or drag sideways.

Planning your ride

History

1936Opened

Built by Philadelphia Toboggan, designed by Herbert Paul Schmeck.

Past incidents

  1. July 2001On July 27, 2001, two trains collided at the base of the lift hill, injuring five people.
1incident blamed on the ride

Sources

Restraint types: Captain Coaster. History, incidents and awards: Wikipedia. Specifications and status: Coasterpedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. From the park and maker: Canobie Lake Park guide. Also read: Captain Coaster (converted to feet and mph). Rider sentiment and performance scores: rider reviews on Captain Coaster, incrediblecoasters.com, read and scored by AirtimeFever.

Photographs via Wikimedia Commons: Jeremy Thompson (CC BY 2.0). Video thumbnails remain the property of their channels and link back to them.

Quote at the top of the page: Sam Palermo, Captain Coaster review.

What riders love, by theme (themes in the order riders pick them most on Captain Coaster): Alexander Pierce, rider review on Captain Coaster: “Very loud start but it's a fun ride with…”; Troy M., rider review on Captain Coaster: “Always a fun ride and good for families as…”; Matt McIrvin, rider review on Captain Coaster: “I have a special fondness for this coaster, as…”; Lauren Norcross, rider review on Captain Coaster: “The first "big" coaster and first wooden coaster I've…”; Waluigi’s Perfect Potato, rider review on Captain Coaster: “This ride is just nonstop floater. It has only…”; Lauren Norcross, rider review on Captain Coaster: “The airtime is still as intense as I remember…”; Sam Palermo, rider review on Captain Coaster: “Sudden airtime and good floater.”; Evan Moran, rider review on Captain Coaster: “To my surprise, its was pretty smooth, which i…”; Sam Palermo, rider review on Captain Coaster: “I thought it would be another wooden coaster but…”; Shadow, rider review on Captain Coaster: “It's very smooth, and getting a night ride on…”; Matt McIrvin, rider review on Captain Coaster: “This 1930s PTC classic has been pleasingly smooth ever…”.

The photo slider at the top and the fading stills: ThemeParkMark's back row POV, Yankee Cannonball - Canobie Lake Park - Back Row (4K HD POV) - August 2025 (YouTube), and the page's Wikimedia Commons photographs.