Weirs Beach Water Slide

nj2nh · 01-31-2010, 07:22 PM

The thing that I like best about the lake is that there is a little bit of everything for everyone. Wolfeboro and Meredith are definitely upscale. The Weirs is kitschy (I am sure that is spelled wrong), but I love it the way it is. Alton is somewhere in between. Moultonboro, Tuftonboro and Center Harbor are, mostly, "bedroom" communities.

I remember when the Weirs had bowling. You can still see the lanes at the Half Moon. I can see the merit in upgrading and modernizing the Weirs, but I wouldn't mind if it stayed the way it was. Of course, my kids love the Volcano Mini-Golf. Frankly, it was one of the best. I haven't been to the waterslide there since I was a teenager. My kids, oddly, don't want to try the waterslides there, but they did enjoy Surf Coaster a few times. (We go to Water Country now).

It's too bad there isn't a way to make what is there great without destroying the history. I hate to see everything slowly disappear. I see it every summer. I was devastated when Bailey's in Wolfeboro became The Front Porch (even though I know the current owners). I like the new mini-golf in Alton, but we miss the old one terribly. The Pavilion in Alton Bay is a crime. I can't believe that McGrath's is gone finally and forever. If Black's in Wolfeboro or the Old Country Store in Moultonboro ever close, I will simply curl up and die!

I know things change, but that doesn't mean I have to like it.

nj2nh

brk-lnt · 02-01-2010, 09:40 AM

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Originally Posted by nj2nh

It's too bad there isn't a way to make what is there great without destroying the history. I hate to see everything slowly disappear.
nj2nh

By this logic though we should still have motels in the area with no indoor plumbing or 'lectricity.

Sometimes things run their course, customers desires change, and places (like the Lakes Region) that ultimately survive on cash influxes from visitors are best served adapting to the times.

The historic Weirs certainly sounds like it was a great location in its heyday, when it offered the things that people wanted. The Weirs of today is simply leaving money on the table by refusing to adapt to the modern customer.

Nostalgia is nice, but it rarely pays the bills.

01-31-2010, 07:22 PM	#1
nj2nh Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: NJ Posts: 533 Thanks: 81 Thanked 47 Times in 27 Posts	Leave it all alone! The thing that I like best about the lake is that there is a little bit of everything for everyone. Wolfeboro and Meredith are definitely upscale. The Weirs is kitschy (I am sure that is spelled wrong), but I love it the way it is. Alton is somewhere in between. Moultonboro, Tuftonboro and Center Harbor are, mostly, "bedroom" communities. I remember when the Weirs had bowling. You can still see the lanes at the Half Moon. I can see the merit in upgrading and modernizing the Weirs, but I wouldn't mind if it stayed the way it was. Of course, my kids love the Volcano Mini-Golf. Frankly, it was one of the best. I haven't been to the waterslide there since I was a teenager. My kids, oddly, don't want to try the waterslides there, but they did enjoy Surf Coaster a few times. (We go to Water Country now). It's too bad there isn't a way to make what is there great without destroying the history. I hate to see everything slowly disappear. I see it every summer. I was devastated when Bailey's in Wolfeboro became The Front Porch (even though I know the current owners). I like the new mini-golf in Alton, but we miss the old one terribly. The Pavilion in Alton Bay is a crime. I can't believe that McGrath's is gone finally and forever. If Black's in Wolfeboro or the Old Country Store in Moultonboro ever close, I will simply curl up and die! I know things change, but that doesn't mean I have to like it. nj2nh __________________