After the years long drama surrounding Coney Island’s seafront real estate with all the closures, controversy, proposals and buyouts, the story has finally been bookended with the opening of the new Luna Park. The park is operated by Zamperla and contains 19 rides including Electro Spin, a Disk-O; Brooklyn Flyer, …
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This is Dreamland?
April 29th, 2009 · No Comments · astroland, coney island, joe sitt, news
Back in the 4/5/09 Coney Island trip report, I included a photo of the Dreamland Park sign that had been put up in front of the former Astroland site. It promised rides, attractions, food, games, and whatever else an amusement park should have. Well, it looks like we were …
Stubby News: 3/11
March 11th, 2009 · No Comments · coney island, joe sitt, news, six flags
Let’s take a little look at some of the big and not so big news happening in and around amusement park-dom this week!
-Six Flags unveils their 2008 financial report showing that they’ve tripled their operating income, netting …
“You’re a Mean One, Mr. Sitt”
December 26th, 2008 · No Comments · coney island, joe sitt, news
“You really are a heel…”
According to the New York Post and many postings over at the Coney Island Message Board, it looks like developer Joe Sitt and …
Coney Island/Astroland Video
October 2nd, 2008 · No Comments · coney island, videos
I haven’t gotten around to making that Astroland trip report since I’ve been busy lately, however, I did manage to whip up this video of my most recent trip to Coney Island. It features a lot of Astroland’s rides and Coney Island attractions in a video set to “Feels Like …
