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They used to have a fun house that had a giant barrel that was positioned horizontally and rotated, so you could try and walk through the barrel (like a tunnel) as it turned. Many fun times were had there! There is still a small amusement park, York's Wild Kingdom in York Beach, ME, that has many of these older rides, like the Scrambler, mirror houses, Ferris wheel, merry go round, bumper cars, etc. They have a huge, crazy old wooden coaster! When we were little, we used to go to Pleasure Island in Wakefield MA- they had all kinds of fun "kid" things to ride and different "lands" to explore, as well as a "whale" in the lake that would surface. We LOVED going to Paragon Park and Lincoln Park! Canobie Lake is still open took DD, the nieces, and nephew many times over the years as it's about an hour from my sister's house. Many younger nuns rode, but I was kind of surprised by the older nun.īut, hey, I’ll be 61 in less than a week and still enjoy many but not all coasters. Rosalind Russell was likely 60 or so in the film. One time I was riding The Alps coaster by myself and at the last second an older nun told me to scoot over. Nuns on roller coasters: In Catholic grammar school every June, we’d go on a class trip to the long defunct Willow Grove Park north of Philadelphia. Hersheypark likewise expanded and became a successful destination theme park, but it always had the advantage of being in a tourist town.
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It was a smallish local amusement park then, but expanded and modernized throughout the 70s and 80s, added a waterpark, and managed to become an actual destination for ride lovers. I begged my parents to take me there after seeing the film. I only ever saw it at Canada’s Wonderland.ĭorney Park: Well, for starters, it received tons of valuable publicity from being featured in the 1968 film “Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows.” I liked this much larger version of the Round Up.