NewsPlusNotes: Coney Island Amusement Park Ohio to Remove All Rides to Focus on Water Park

Monday, September 16, 2019

Coney Island Amusement Park Ohio to Remove All Rides to Focus on Water Park

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Ohio's Coney Island Amusement Park has announced that it has made the tough decision to remove all amusement rides and attractions at the end of the 2019 season in order to focus more on their water park operations.

According to several news stories on the decision the park has found that trying to sustain both the amusement park and water park has become a strain, with limited money and resources available to go into both parks. The public is more interested in the water park, Coney Island has found, so they plan on doubling down on that operation and expanding it in the future.

Over the next five or so years the park will work on a massive renovation that will culminate in a 100th anniversary celebration in 2025. Their hope is to make the park the region's "premier swim and play destination."

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Fans of the park are understandably sad about the news. Coney Island Amusement Park has an interesting collection of fairly classic rides, including a Zyklon coaster named Python, a Rock-O-Plane, Tempest, Scrambler, Tilt-a-Whirl, Carousel, Ferris wheel and a selection of children's rides. Newer additions include the Top Spin, an inverting pendulum ride seen above. Needless to say we hope these rides can find new homes at other parks in coming seasons.

The park's history is well known for the Shooting Star, a classic Herbert Schmeck wooden roller coaster that operated until 1946.

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