Favorite Closed Amusement Park About This Page:

[Sue W]

My mom and i watched a tape of our favorite park that closed in 1989 tonite and it made me cry. It was Crystal Beach in Fort Erie, Canada. I was wondering if any of you out there also have a fondly remembered closed park? Let's Reminisce!!!! [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img]

[MrsPotts]

I don't remember much from this one, but when I was a kid we used to take my Pop-Pop to Burtrum's Island (spp?) in Lake Hopatcong, NJ.... he was very ill and this brought him a lot of joy at the end of this life. I was five when he passed away, but remember it being a big deal to take him there.... I wish it had been open as I became an adult so that I could appreciate it the way he did!

[minemoz1]

My favorite "tiny" amusement park was Dispensas' Kiddie Kingdom in Oak Brook, IL. It had a HUGE toy store next to it which was Dispensas' Castle of Toys. The building looked like a castle with the entrance being a drawbridge over a moat (too cool for a 6 yr old).

My mom used to take us. She'd sit down and let us run around. The biggest ride was a Mighty Mouse rollercoaster and they had a great little train that would go out into the parking lot. Then, they had the standard rides: Tilt a whirl, Octopus, Ferris Wheel etc.

They tore it down years ago and built the tallest building in the Chicago suburbs on it. [img]images/icons/frown.gif[/img]

I still remember part of the commercial "Every ride a quarter, six for a dollar."

[Brant]

Kid's World: Long Branch, NJ

So you know how old this place is, it was themed to Romper Room (I see Bobby and Laurie, there's Thomas and Barbara [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img]). They had this walkthrough "fun house" with these flashing lights that would leave an image of your shadow on the wall for quite a fee second after the flash. I just remember it being a great huge playground for a 4 year old, unfortunately it burned down many years ago. Anyone recall this one?

-Jose Carioca

My place was not an amusement park, but a beach, at a lake in New Jersey. I was too young to read, but every year my mom took us to McDonalds Beach. It must have been in North Jersey, because I remember taking the Holland Tunnel. I learned to swim there, and they had diving boards and we used to collect tadpoles in the lake....
It was so much fun, and I would love to be able to take my kids to a place like that

[bobwerner]

There was a park in New Jersey <I believe> that had a "jail" escape play everyday. The escapee was "Slippery Sam." The kids at the park had to "catch" him and as he ran away he would throw fake money that had a map to the park on the back of it. I'll be darned if I can remember the name of the park, but after capturing the "criminal," the kids had to swear to obey their parents eat all their vegtables and return to the park soon.
Anyone else out there remember this park?
T minus 12 days and counting.