Highly recommend taking a bobsled and skeleton run. Package deal is about $130 per person. Suggest making reservations so you're not disappointed when they sell out. Safety is paramount. Staff was very friendly and ensure that you have a great time. Tee shirts, pins and photos are provided at the end of the run. Great fun!
could not take a run but we walked up the course, very amazing to see all of the banked corners, good pictures of early competition
If you want to ride a bobsled or luge make reservations before you come to Lake Placid. Plenty of parking, warm viewing area via video. The track can be viewed from a couple of different viewing areas outside. Perfect to hear the sled coming and see how fast they are moving.
We were in Lake Placid during a snowstorm, but that did not deter us from taking a trip up to the bobsled and luge complex, where we found a group of dedicated luge-ers training. We discover that they go much faster in person than when watching the Olympics on TV! Very interesting side trip.
We made reservations, so that was a good thing. You wait in a nice lobby and are shuttled right up to the ride. people are very friendly. The kids loved the ride (ages 11 and 8). I found it a bit rough on the head and neck, but heck, I'm old. I wouldn't pay to do it a second time, but for a once in a lifetime experience, it was fun.
I finally didn't do the bobsled. The young man was not friendly at all and I fell I was bothering him trying to get information. When I did ask more information about the other employee , she couldn't answer anything. I was very disappointed, they were basics questions. I decided to leave and do nothing. To go past the gift shop, you have to pay 9$, it can add up easily if you visit every facility.
My husband and daughter did it together. They loved it, better than any roller coaster. Need to make reservations ahead of time, it fills up fast. Not cheap, I think around $90 per person. My younger daughter (age 8) was scared, and did not want to go. For that price, I really was not going to try to convince her.
This is the main reason we went to visit Lake Placid and the attraction didn't disappoint. VERY smoothly run operation when we went, although we had reservations. They moved our reservations around though because it was -20 below outside and they rescheduled them for when it was a "balmy" -5 below instead! The temps didn't matter because the event was such a rush!
Experience the bob sled with full trained and highly skilled drivers. Safety is a priority. It's fast, it's wild, it's somewhat jarring, but you MUST do it. The fee includes helmet, photo and t-shirt. You'll regret not doing it.
Bobsledding was pricey, but definitely worth it. It was very official, and you got a T-Shirt, pin, and a great experience. There were helmet cameras, and went fast around turns, really felt the force, and what it felt to be an olympic bobsledder