Amusement Parks - Rollercoasters, Theme Parks & Rides

Mother Goose Land was a theme park in Canton, Ohio that opened in 1954. It featured attractions based on storybook characters such as??characters as Humpty Dumpty and the Old Lady Who Lived in a Shoe. In the 1980s, the park fell into disrepair and...

Penny Whistle Park became a favorite Dallas attraction shortly after it opened on 1967. An indoor amusement park, it was located at 10717 E. Northwest Highway and Plano Road. Among its many rides and attractions were an aluminum merry-go-round, a ladybug ride, a ball...

Playland Amusement Park opened in 1930 on Bitter Lake. A popular entertainment spot into the 1950s, it featured a roller coaster, Shute the Shoots, and roller rink among other attractions. It closed in 1961, the land acquired to build a school.

Python, sponsored by a soft drink company for most of its existence was Zyklon-style coaster at Old Coney in Cincinnati. It opened in 1996 at Splash Zone Water Park in Wildwood, NJ.?? After the 1999 season, it was relocated to Cincinnati where it operated...

Chester Park was located at the northwest corner of Spring Grove and Mitchell Avenue in Cincinnati, Ohio. It opened in 1875, its most famous ride was the Tickler until the park closed in 1932.

Rock-A-Hoola was the last of many names this waterpark went by from 1962 until it closed for good in 2004. It now sits abandoned along I-15 in San Bernadino County's section of the Mojave Desert.

Seven Seas Marine Life Park??was a??marine mammal and??animal theme park that opened in Arlington in 1972. Owned by the city, the 35-acre park was close to Arlington Stadium as well as a large theme park. IN 1976, city council of voted to close the...

Shooting Star was the signature roller coaster at Old Coney. Opened in 1937 as the Clipper, it became Shooting Star after a redesign in 1947. It climbed to a height of 88n feet and reached a top speed 43 MPH. It gave it's final...

The World of Sid and Marty Krofft??was an indoor amusement park??in Atlanta, Georgia that was based on the various TV shows??produced by the sibling duo Sid and Marty Krofft. It was located in what is now CNN Center.??

Space Shot was attraction opened at the infamous Action Park in New Jersey in 1996. While the park's reputation for was a bit shady, Space Shot was one of the safer rides, having been designed by a company that specialized in amusement park rides...

Splendid China was a restaurant and theme park in Four Corners, FL, near Kissimmee just off US-192/Irlo Bronson Hwy. It opened in 1993, and it's 75 acres featured??more than 60 one-tenth scale replicas of famous and not-so-famous Chinese buildings and landmarks. Each piece was...

The Storybook Paddle Boats have been plying the waters of Lake Como at Old Coney since 2013 and are one of the few rides kept when the park decided to focus solely on water attractions following the 2019 season.

Surf Cincinnati was a water park located in Forest Park, Ohio, just off of I-275 in suburban Cincinnati. It opened in 1990 and competed with the famous Sunlite Pool, The Beach, and Kings Island's new water park. In 2000, a nightclub called??Caddy's??was added after...

Surf Cincinnati was a water park located in Forest Park, Ohio, just off of I-275 in suburban Cincinnati. It opened in 1990 and competed with the famous Sunlite Pool, The Beach, and Kings Island's new water park. In 2000, a nightclub called??Caddy's??was added after...

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A one-third replica of the original in Paris, the Eiffel Tower at Kings Island was originally going to be constructed at the old Coney Island amusement park in the 1960s. However, knowing the park was moving north, the owners waited to build it at...

Top Spin was a dizzying bit of fun at Old Coney from 2015 through 2019. Manufactured by Italian amusement park ride maker SBF Visa Group, it left more than few riders woozy but wanting more.

Ultra Twister was a steel-pipeline style coaster built by TOGO for Six Flags Great America in Jackson, New Jersey. The ride opened in 1986 but after just five seasons in the Garden State, it was moved to AstroWorld in Houston for the 1991 season....

Vortex operated for 33 years at Kings Island amusement park, located just norh of Cincinnati, beginning in April 1987. When it opened, it set several records including, tallest, full-circuit roller coaster with the longest drop in the world. It was also the first coaster...

A favorite of locals and tourists alike, Wet 'n Wild was America's first water park. Opened in 1977 it welcomed its last visitors on December 31, 2016.