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  • Re: Coney Island (Ohio) permanently closing

    From Heather Kendrick@21:1/5 to All on Fri Dec 15 00:29:14 2023
    On Dec 14, 2023, Surf Dance Chris wrote
    (in article<[email protected]>):

    https://local12.com/news/local/coney-island-close-permenantly-holidays-cincinn
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    Glad I got to visit this park for a few hours during the ACE 2007 Con. Played the mini golf and rode the Python coaster (even though I had already ridden it in New Jersey). Nice place with a lot of history.

    I visited it several times over the years, starting in 2003. I am very sad to hear about this, though not surprised. I always admired its scrappiness as a park that somehow failed to die when most of it was moved to Kings Island.

    --
    Heather, the Carousel Rabbit

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  • From Dave Althoff, Jr.@21:1/5 to All on Thu Dec 21 04:45:50 2023
    Surf Dance Chris <[email protected]> wrote: : https://local12.com/news/local/coney-island-close-permenantly-holidays-cincinnati-cso-music-entertainment-venue-symphony-orchestra-memi-riverbend-pool-sunlite?-fbpost&fbclid=IwAR1nYUZOLucTHHfqOPKHqF1tOigta-6GYGTmR0zu5EPR-Nu7KV8dCODc6fo_aem_
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    : Glad I got to visit this park for a few hours during the ACE 2007 Con.
    : Played the mini golf and rode the Python coaster (even though I had
    : already ridden it in New Jersey). Nice place with a lot of history.

    Sigh.

    How about some videos from Coney Island?
    From 2010; I reallly need to remaster this one as there is something wonky going on with the brightness levels that wasn't in the original video...

    https://vimeo.com/79077854

    They had an unusual flat ride called a Moser Flipping Action Arm. Really
    rolls off the tongue, right? That's why they called it the Wipeout. Added
    in 2014, see it here:

    https://vimeo.com/98259614

    Finally, Entertrainment Junction has a model of Coney Island as it appeared
    a few years before Taft all-but destroyed it in favor of Kings Island. My
    video of the model:

    https://vimeo.com/98259614

    No ads in the videos and I won't even ask you to "like and subscribe!"

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