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Old 03-30-2010, 10:57 AM
 
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It still exists!
Actually, I drove by it this morning.
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Old 03-30-2010, 12:53 PM
 
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Coney Island also had the $4 wristbands (all you can ride) at least during the last four years of its existence.

You are upset because you have to pay the full ride. (g) (You are sounding a lot like my uncles.)
You bring up an excellent point. But it also has to do with an individual's perspective and exposure as to what was or is available. Looking back in time, there weren't any mega-theme parks like we see today. In the 50s, Disneyland was probably the first of its kind, but the chances anyone from Cincinnati during that time period having the opportunity to go there whenever they felt like it was zero to extremely low.

During the 1950s, I don't know if amusement parks like Coney Island had passes or not. But things change over the passage of time. Even if there were park passes, when we went to Coney Island as a family event, we paid full fare in the rides each time. It was something we just expected to do in order to enjoy the rides because there really wasn't any other alternative and prices were reasonable. In a way, you really could get more bang for the buck although the quantity and variety of choices that were available were more limited than they are today. I dunno. What's the average cost to ride a coaster at a mega-park?

There was one exception to paying full fare for the rides though. I lived near an orphanage in the 50s, and many of my best friends were from there. Each year, Coney Island would hold an "Orphans Day", and made the park and all the rides available for all the orphanages around Cincinnati. Kids from all over would be bussed in to spend the day and have a good time. Because of my friendship with the kids I knew, I was invited to go along. When we got back on the bus to leave Coney Island, we made another stop at another amusement park (much smaller) for more rides before finally heading back home about dusk.

Regardless of changes and differences over time, the object was the same for people then as it is for people today. It's all about spending the day at an amusement park with friends or family and sharing the enjoyment and thrills with others. It's a lot of fun.
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Old 03-30-2010, 04:28 PM
 
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Not an amusement park, but I guess Meadowbrook deserves a mention. Great swimming hole!
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Old 03-30-2010, 04:54 PM
 
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Didn't Kissel Brothers have a free standing Amusement Park at one time??
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Old 03-31-2010, 06:51 AM
 
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mike1003 - thanks for all the great video links. Brought back a lot of goo dmemories.
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Old 11-02-2010, 07:12 AM
 
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I remember my Grandparents taking me to Pee Wee Valley in the early 60's. They had these cool little riding railroad cars the you cranked by hand and went around a metal track. They were my favorite. I would like to find one of those.
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Old 11-02-2010, 07:17 AM
 
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Does anyone remember Glen Island in Foster Ohio? It was underneath the SR 22 Bridge. My Aunt and Uncle took me swimming there once. It would have been mid 60's. I was told it was a Big band place in the 40's. The pool was great. It had a snack bar and picnic tables.
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Old 11-02-2010, 08:28 AM
 
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I can agree with the comments about the smaller parks. Glenn Island (though my family referenced it as Glenn Island Casino). Chester Park in Cincinnati which my parents frequented during the depression. I also loved LeSourdsville Lake in the late 50s early 60s. I remember taking my wife to be (we just reached our 48th) there to Stardust Gardens (not to be confused with Coney's Moonlight Gardens) to see Woody Herman and his Thundering Herd. In the same era we would go to Coney quite a bit as a reasonable night out. On occasion Stan Kenton and his big band came to town, though he was more a jazz band than a dance band conductor. I also remember going to Coney in 1964 when Al Hirt set the one-night record at Moonlight Gardens though most came to hear him rather than dance.

To me, Coney was certainly not a theme park, just a damn good old fashioned amusement park. But don't forget, when they made the decision to move to Kings Island, the initial major investor was Taft Broadcasting Co. Also, don't forget Taft had acquired Hanna-Berbera in 1967, basically making them a direct competitor of Disney. When you get big money against big money things will happen.
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