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From The Vault: Take nostalgic look at Coney Island before rides close today
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| Sep 21, 2019
| WCPO staff
Posted on 09/21/2019 4:37:19 PM PDT by ransomnote
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To: ransomnote
Walt Disney was trying to make Disneyland not like Coney Island.
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posted on
09/21/2019 4:39:19 PM PDT
by
ifinnegan
(Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
To: ransomnote
Bring back “Action Park!”
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posted on
09/21/2019 4:40:57 PM PDT
by
2banana
(My common ground with islamic terrorists - they want to die for allah and we want to kill them.)
To: ransomnote
““A lot of people don’t know that Walt Disney came to Coney Island many, many times to get ideas for Disneyland in California,”
Yeah buy WD didn’t think of “Gay Day” when he went to the Coney.
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posted on
09/21/2019 4:45:08 PM PDT
by
max americana
(Fired ONE libtard at work at every election since 2008 because I enjoy it. I hope every lib die.)
To: ransomnote
Just to clarify, this is in Ohio and has nothing to do with the original Coney Island, NY where there will still be all sorts of things to ride for years to come.
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posted on
09/21/2019 4:46:00 PM PDT
by
Junk Silver
("It's a little hard to herd people onto trains when they're shooting at you." SirLurkedalot)
To: Junk Silver
[Just to clarify, this is in Ohio and has nothing to do with the original Coney Island, NY where there will still be all sorts of things to ride for years to come.]
I did a double take when I read “Ohio River landmark”.
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posted on
09/21/2019 4:48:40 PM PDT
by
Zhang Fei
(My dad had a Delta 88. That was a car. It was like driving your living room.)
To: ransomnote
OMG!!! I grew up in the Cincy area, and Coney Island was FABULOUS!!! So sad to see it gone!! It had the WORLD'S largest recirculating pool...it was gorgeous! My mother took me every day of the summer!!
It also had MOONLIGHT GARDENS where people dressed up and went to DANCE on SATURDAY nites! And the rides were GREAT and it was WHOLESOME...
It was also the stop for the PADDLEWHEEL boats that PLIED the OHIO RIVER...….sad ending.....kids have NO idea what they missed....WHOLESOME ENTERTAINMENT!
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posted on
09/21/2019 4:54:10 PM PDT
by
Ann Archy
(Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
To: ransomnote
Whatutalkin’ bout, Willis?
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posted on
09/21/2019 4:59:43 PM PDT
by
stormhill
To: ransomnote
They used to have wonderful concerts there too. I saw Frank Sinatra when I lived there in the early 80’s.
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posted on
09/21/2019 5:00:55 PM PDT
by
wjcsux
(The hyperventilating of the left means we are winning! (Tagline courtesy of Laz.))
To: ransomnote
I remember Coney Island well. I loved the carousel, steeple chase, the wonder wheel, roller coast, and especially the parachute. All gone but not forgotten. I was very young when Luna Park burned to the ground. What will happen to The famous Nathan’s?
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posted on
09/21/2019 5:06:20 PM PDT
by
Doc91678
(Doc91678)
To: 2banana
I remember Action Pk. aka TRACTION Park. Everytime we went we’d be at our chiropractors office the next day with stiff necks and backaches. He made a ton of $$$$ from that crazy place
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posted on
09/21/2019 5:06:41 PM PDT
by
Impala64ssa
(Virtue signalling is no virtue)
To: ransomnote
TAKE a nostalgic look at Coney Island rides in the 1960s and 70s: This is the Coney Island of the 1070s that I remember:
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posted on
09/21/2019 5:12:35 PM PDT
by
Yo-Yo
( is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
To: 2banana
"Bring back “Action Park!”
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posted on
09/21/2019 5:41:13 PM PDT
by
10mm
To: ransomnote
White people were pretty cool
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posted on
09/21/2019 5:49:37 PM PDT
by
old-ager
To: ransomnote
Destroying America brick by brick.
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posted on
09/21/2019 5:55:33 PM PDT
by
Bonemaker
(invictus maneo)
To: Doc91678
There is no Nathan’s at Coney Island in Ohio.
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posted on
09/21/2019 6:10:15 PM PDT
by
GreenLanternCorps
(Hi! I'm the Dread Pirate Roberts! (TM) Ask about franchise opportunities in your area.)
To: Yo-Yo
Wow, you’ve lived a really long time!
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posted on
09/21/2019 6:21:30 PM PDT
by
Disambiguator
(Keepin' it analog.)
To: Yo-Yo
To: Disambiguator
Oops. 1970s.
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posted on
09/21/2019 6:39:17 PM PDT
by
Yo-Yo
( is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
To: Ann Archy
Never been there but some friends of mine from Ohio who moved to Cincinnati have. They posted some pics on FB and it looked very nice.
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