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The 117-year-old theme park is still families' best bet for an affordable, no-frills good time.
The attached video is Marcus Leshock of the WGN Morning News’ debut ride on Wrath of Rakshasa, the newest roller coaster at Six Flags Great America. Chicagoland roller coaster enthusiasts and ...
Luna Park at Coney Island officially opened for the season Saturday. The amusement park’s reopening coincided with unseasonably warm weather, with sunny skies and highs near 80.
Here’s a little story for summertime, a tale of two seaside amusement parks of days of olde ... to the beach breezes and the Pike’s carnival delights, like the fabled Cyclone Racer roller coaster that ...
Sadly today, there is no trace that those versions of the pier ever existed,' writes an L.A. Times reader. 'Somebody should build a memorial there — not to war, but to a place where people once had a ...
For generations, people from all over the world have flocked to Coney Island, New York, for summer fun. From the boardwalk to the annual hot dog eating contest at Nathan’s, the Mermaid Parade ...
Now, the amusement park can proceed with their plans to construct the 135-foot-5-inch-tall ride. This Oregon-made film from the 70s is getting its own TV series, reports say ...
The Environmental Protection Agency has proposed allowing the weed killer dicamba for genetically engineered soybeans and ...
An employee at Kennywood Amusement Park made the save in a viral video, rescuing several baby ducks from the track of a ride. CBS News reports that a Kennywood operations team employee named Noah ...
This summer, “Ride the Cyclone,” the musical, is coming to Omaha."In this hilarious and outlandish story, the lives of six teenagers from a Canadian chamber choir are cut short in a freak ...
Some at Lagoon Amusement Park experienced an unpleasant thrill when a ride suddenly stopped.A video posted to Facebook showed people taking the high steps down ...
In the early 1950s, Palisades Amusement Park drew millions with its Cyclone, saltwater pool and skyline views.