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Astroland Bumper Cars Return Home to Coney Island

Posted in Amusement ride, tagged 50th Anniversary, Astroland, Bumper Cars, Deno's Wonder Wheel Park on April 14, 2012 | 1 Comment »

On Coney Island’s Opening Day, while others were lining up for the first ride of 2012 on the landmark Cyclone and Wonder Wheel, we went for our first spin in a long time on Astroland’s Bumper Cars! Last time we drove one of these sparkly cars was on September 7, 2008 when Astroland closed forever. [...]

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Photo Album: Looking Back at Coney Island’s Opening Day

Posted in amusement park, Events, Photo Album, Photography, tagged Blessing of the Rides, Bruce Handy, Cyclone, Deno's Wonder Wheel Park, Luna Park, OPening Day, Wonder Wheel on March 29, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

Coney Island’s traditional Opening Day is Palm Sunday, which also happens to be April 1st this year. We’re celebrating the occasion with a look back at favorite photos of Opening Day beginning with 2008. In that year, Palm Sunday fell early–on March 28th–and State Senator Diane Savino gamely joined the hula-hooping party on West 10th [...]

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In Just-Spring, the Wonder Wheel’s Cars Return

Posted in Amusement ride, Photography, tagged Charles Denson, Coney Island, Deno's Wonder Wheel Park, Ferris wheel, Wonder Wheel on March 19, 2012 | 3 Comments »

The traditional sign of spring in Coney Island is the return of the Wonder Wheel’s cars to the 1920 landmark ride. It happened on Saturday– Here’s freshly-painted car number 2 going up, up and around for the first time this year. The 16 red swinging passenger cars and 8 white stationary cars were taken down [...]

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