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jack2breeze (August 7, 2008 at 12:23 am)
my dad rode the Cyclone he said, "It went way at the top and then drop down"!
bunkster2000 (July 29, 2008 at 4:07 am)
And that was part of the show. Steeplechase after you got off the ride. The clowns gave you electric shocks and hit you with paddles. All while you were walking across a stage with bouncing stairways, spinning disks on the floor. People today would be suing the hell out of them.
bunkster2000 (July 29, 2008 at 4:04 am)
Coney Island died the day they tore down Steeplechase Park and the Bowery with it's side shows. I have special memories of those places. This clip also shows some of the weirder old rides like the Virginia Reel, the Bobsled and the Giant Gyroscope ( which was a real puker ) it spun you around every which way, including upside down.
bunkster2000 (July 29, 2008 at 4:01 am)
Thanks for posting this. I have great memories of going to Steeplechase Park, all the old fashioned rides. Theres nothing like that anymore. This includes some clips of the older more weird rides. Like the Virginia Reel, the Bobsled and the Giant Gyroscope ( a real puker ). I miss it all.
kes1963 (July 14, 2008 at 11:37 pm)
thanks for posting this. between watching brooklyn dodger stuff and coney island stuff, I'm becoming fascinated with brooklyn
snogmyarse2890 (July 14, 2008 at 2:06 pm)
Spooky.....clowns.This video gave me the jibblees!
Amaranth (July 1, 2008 at 10:50 pm)
what happened to the old rides? why did they get rid of them?
tk0173 (June 28, 2008 at 11:08 am)
This is the stuff that makes YouTube shine. How great it is to see this classic footage! I was thrilled to finally ride the Wonder Wheel in 2003, and of course Cyclone lived up to the hype. But the parachute tower might have been my favorite structure there. It would be a great thing to restore.
NODISCOonkrth (June 20, 2008 at 12:30 pm)
Great Job The World Needs Coney Island not more Condo's Save the Cyclone Save Nathans Remember the Thunderbolt.
kes1963 (June 12, 2008 at 6:28 pm)
I wish I could have been old enough to experience riverview park in chicago, palisades park in New Jersey, and Coney Island before it was mostly knocked down |
