Featured Parks: * Coney Island, Brooklyn * Astroland, Brooklyn * Deno's Wonder Wheel Park, Brooklyn * Seabreeze Amusement Park, Rochester * Sylvan Beach Amusement Park, Sylvan Beach * Midway Park, Maple Springs * Playland, Rye * Santa's Workshop, North Pole * Hoffman's Playland, Latham * The Great Escape and Splashwater Kingdom, Lake George * Enchanted Forest/Water Safari, Old Forge * Martin's Fantasy Island, Grand Island * Adventureland, East Farmingdale * Magic Forest, Lake George * Nellie Bly Amusement Park, Brooklyn * Six Flags Darien Lake, Darien Lake This comprehensive guide profiles 16 major amusement parks in the Empire State and offers information on smaller parks as well, with complete information on rides and attractions, a history of each park, and best times to go. Features vintage photographs and postcards scenes.
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Jim Futrell is a resident of Pittsburgh and historian of the National Amusement Park Historical Association. He is the author of Amusement Parks of Pennsylvania (0-8117-2671-1) and Amusement Parks of New Jersey (0-8117-2973-7).
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Packed with information, but flawed writing,
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This is a great resource for any lover of amusement parks, particularly their history. It has incredible detail - even listing the years individual attractions opened - and great historical photos to complement the text. The writing leaves something to be desired, and is a bit formulaic (he uses phrases like "on the rebound" and "(name of park) is one of the most (adjective) amusement parks around" a little too frequently), but the book is packed with so much information about the parks' current statuses and their histories that this can be easily overlooked.
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Great book but left out some older parks,
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A lot of good info in the book, but I wish they would have spent more time on Olympic Park in Rochester; Willow Point Park in Webster, Gaslight Village in Lake George; Frontier Town in Hudson; Land of Make Believe in Upper Jay and 1000 (or 1001?) Animals, in the Adirondacks.
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WHEN THE NEW YORK TIMES FIRST WROTE ABOUT CONEY ISLAND IN JULY 1866, it was hardly complimentary: "It lies low, is flat and unpicturesque, dreadfully sandy, and next to Jersey, and breeds the most ferocious mosquitoes." Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
ride lineup, storybook displays, kiddie boats, kiddie roller coaster, larger rides, kiddie park, amusement park industry, entitles visitors, kiddie area, spinning ride, kiddie play area, kiddie rides, amusement park business, carousel building, chutes ride, amusement area, dark ride, major rides, swing ride, new roller coaster, bumper car ride, family entertainment centers, log flume, traditional parks, new rides Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Darien Lake, Long Island, Wonder Wheel, Fantasy Island, Enchanted Forest, Sylvan Beach, Magic Forest, Santa's Workshop, Midway Park, Sea Breeze, Labor Day, Lake George, Water Safari, Luna Park, Ghost Town, Jack Rabbit, Splashwater Kingdom, Surf Avenue, United States, Premier Parks, Catskill Game Farm, George Long, World War, Hoffman's Playland New!
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WHEN THE NEW YORK TIMES FIRST WROTE ABOUT CONEY ISLAND IN JULY 1866, it was hardly complimentary: "It lies low, is flat and unpicturesque, dreadfully sandy, and next to Jersey, and breeds the most ferocious mosquitoes." Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
ride lineup, storybook displays, kiddie boats, kiddie roller coaster, larger rides, kiddie park, amusement park industry, entitles visitors, kiddie area, spinning ride, kiddie play area, kiddie rides, amusement park business, carousel building, chutes ride, amusement area, dark ride, major rides, swing ride, new roller coaster, bumper car ride, family entertainment centers, log flume, traditional parks, new rides Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Darien Lake, Long Island, Wonder Wheel, Fantasy Island, Enchanted Forest, Sylvan Beach, Magic Forest, Santa's Workshop, Midway Park, Sea Breeze, Labor Day, Lake George, Water Safari, Luna Park, Ghost Town, Jack Rabbit, Splashwater Kingdom, Surf Avenue, United States, Premier Parks, Catskill Game Farm, George Long, World War, Hoffman's Playland New!
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- Long Island (America and Her People) by Bill Harris in Front Matter, and page 207
- Wild West (See Through History) by Tim Wood in Front Matter, and page 219
- Magic Forest by Stewart E. White on page 177, and page 181
- The Three Bears by Cindy West on page 138
- A Pictorial History of the Carousel by Frederick Fried in Back Matter
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