While visiting my college roommate in San Diego this week, I had the opportunity to visit Belmont Park. The park, which began operating in 1925, sits on just seven acres adjacent to San Diego’s Mission Beach. Given its small size,...
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Vintage Park Photos: Disney World 1983
We’ve got more vintage park photos for you this week. This time we return to Walt Disney World with shots from the Magic Kingdom and Epcot taken in 1983.
Continue reading...Vintage Park Photos: Disneyland 1985
This is the second installment of our vintage park photos series. Last week I shared some great shots of Walt Disney World’s Magic Kingdom taken in 1979. This time we travel to the west coast and flash forward to 1985...
Continue reading...Vintage Park Photos: Walt Disney World 1979
This is the start of a new feature on Coaster101 called Vintage Park Photos! While digging through a bunch of my parents old photo albums I came across a number of old pictures from a bunch of different theme parks....
Continue reading...Kiddieland Coaster to Great America?
According to multiple sources including RCDB, Kiddieland’s Little Dipper wooden family coaster has been sold to Six Flags Great America. I’m at a total loss of words – this is so unlike Six Flags. However, it’s very encouraging – this should...
Continue reading...Lakeside’s Cyclone reopens
From the Denver Post: Carrie Murphy missed the old-school Cyclone roller coaster at Lakeside Amusement Park this summer. She missed the clattering cars, the bone-jarring curves, the breathtaking drops that once made a nephew just tall enough to ride it...
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