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Coney Island Always Returns, Miss Coney Island Gets Dancing ‘Coney’ Rabbit

Posted in Photo of the Day, Photography, tagged Coney, Coney Island Always, Conyne Eylandt, Dancing cat, dancing doll, dancing rabbit, Miss Coney Island, rabbit, Rabbit Island on March 15, 2015| Leave a Comment »

Window detail at Coney Island Always, West 12th St, Coney Island. Photo © Tricia Vita

The famed life-size dancing doll “Miss Coney Island” and the miniature animated rides of “Coney Island Always” are getting spruced up today in anticipation of Coney Island’s official Opening Day. Palm Sunday is just two weeks away on March 29th.

Window washing and replacement of some of the novel items on display are currently underway. The big news is that one of Miss Coney’s dancing cats is retiring and a dancing white rabbit doll is getting the spot. This means that Miss Coney Island will have possibly the only coney in Coney! Coney Island was of course named Conyne Eylandt –Rabbit Island– by the Dutch after the wild rabbits that lived here in the 17th century.

These whimsical, independently owned amusements cost only 25 cents each to enjoy and along with games of skill such as Skin the Wire and Feed the Clown are located on West 12th Street beneath Deno’s Wonder Wheel Park. If you would like to spend the summer with Miss Coney Island and her friends, games operators are needed for the 2015 season. Apply in person or tweet @MissConeyIsland.

Coney Island Always, Miss Coney Island, and Games of Skill on West 12th Street. Photo © Tricia Vita

UPDATE…

First look at Miss #ConeyIsland's dancing bunny. Not dancing yet but hopefully soon! pic.twitter.com/gIHappWWuM

— Miss Coney Island (@MissConeyIsland) March 15, 2015

Last Chance to Dance with “Miss Coney Island” This Year

Posted in Amusement Game, amusement park, Artifacts, tagged automaton, Coney Island, Coney Island Always, dancing doll, Miss Coney Island on November 14, 2014| 1 Comment »

Bring quarters and dance with me! Last weekend for @MissConeyIsland and "Coney Island Always" before we winterize pic.twitter.com/GCf4DDfcwp

— Miss Coney Island (@MissConeyIsland) November 14, 2014

This weekend is your last chance to dance with the life-size dancing doll “Miss Coney Island” and enjoy the miniature animated rides of “Coney Island Always” before they close for the year. These independently owned amusements cost only 25 cents each and are located on West 12th Street off the Boardwalk, beneath Deno’s Wonder Wheel Park.

When ATZ “interviewed” Miss Coney after she moved from Jones Walk in 2012, it was revealed that in a past life she was an Indian princess automaton at Connecticut’s Great Danbury Fair. Though you’d never guess it after her glam makeover, this doll dates back to the 1930s. The shimmying mannequin is a magnet for visiting divas. Catch her at 2:20 in Beyonce’s music vid XO and with Rita Ora in a fashion shoot for Vibe Magazine. Miss Coney Island’s taglines on twitter are “Don’t Postpone Joy” and “25 cents to fall in LOVE.” (more…)