A Report On Coney Island

Long before the Florida Turnpike and the Interstate Highway System ramped up to full speed and swampland in Central Florida was paved over, Florida tourist venues and roadside attractions were an eclectic mix of fun, imagination, intrigue and amazement for everyone. From reptile farms, tropical gardens and aquatic springs to dolphin shows, old west towns and museums of the unique and strange, tourists visiting Florida were able to catch, either by design or on a whim, these venues, as they rolled down US highways 1,19, 41, 301 and all the off-the-beaten-path back roads. But as time marched on, so did the tourist, as they stayed on the interstate and headed for Orlando, to see what all the hub-bub was about in the early 1970s. The venues and attractions may be long gone, but they are not forgotten, as memories of the wonderful tourist and roadside attractions that were a piece of Florida history, are recalled.

One such activity is the immense and thrill evoking Six Flags St. Louis. Six Flags is a giant theme park that allows customers to enjoy roller coasters, ferris wheels, food, drinks, and games. The park has rides that can accommodate any type of interest in rides a person may exhibit. These rides can range from thrilling, adrenaline producing, joy rides to nice, calm, smooth rides that can really make you feel at peace with the world. An example of a thriller ride would be one called Mr. Freeze roller coaster. This exciting ride starts out by getting into the roller

The Pier first opened it's now legendary fun and entertainment venue in June of 1898 and soon become one of the most famously known theme parks and attractions in America, entertaining tens of thousands of visitors daily. Sprawling 1,600 feet into the ocean, The Pier was constructed from wood and steel. With a little stretch of the imagination, one may well yet hear the sunbleached boards creak and groan beneath the footsteps of enraptured crowds while the sounds of seagulls pierced the rolling ocean waves' melodies.

Have you ever wanted to ride the tallest roller coaster there is? Get ready to blast off and have the best thrill of your life! This roller coaster is one of the highest and most interactive roller coaster made. It has an amazing theme, that allows you to encounter all forms of weather. Along the track, riders will encounter fog, a tornado, snow, rain, a storm, and get hit by 35 mph winds. Riders experience all the effects of weather at different points while they are traveling on Sky Dazer. Two carts are always running on the track of Sky Dazer. Each cart hold 20 people at the maximum. In having stated that, Sky Dazer can take 1,000 people throughout the ride in just one hour.

It was a water-themed park which featured sea lions, water races, and other rides. Steeplechase Park founded by George Tilyou, was an amusement park that included a racetrack and other amusements like the “Barrel of Fun” and the “Laughing Gallery”. In this amusement park, visitors had fun looking like a fool to random strangers. It was exhilarating to let loose and just laugh. Luna Park was founded by Frederic Thompson and Eric Dundy, and appeared as “a dream city, a mysterious place of play”. Kasson explains Luna Park as a colorful and magical place provided with the abundant use of string lights, which contrasted with the clatter and chaos of the real world. In addition, there were exotic attractions that were inspired by foreign countries like Japan with the Japanese garden and Ireland with the Irish village. Coney Island was a cultural melting pot that provided immigrants and their families “a means to participate in mainstream American culture on an equal footing”. Not only does Kasson explain how Coney Island’s culture was a purge from American norms, but also how immigrants coming into America could utilize this culture to help them understand American culture. Coney Island provided dual opportunities where Americans could experience a wholesome culture, and where immigrants could learn the ways of American culture in a relaxed atmosphere.

To get on the Island you have to take a ferry to the island and that is part of the experience. The Island is wonderful experience and is in the top ten on the list for tourist attractions in

Mary Helen Bowen History 2110 Ryan Prechter 22 October 2014 Coney Island and The Death of a Victorian America The turn of the nineteenth century brought with it a social and moral revolution that personified itself through the nations amusement parks. Standing along the banks of Brooklyn, Coney Island served as a major hub of culture, a breeding ground of refined morality, and a direct challenge to social norms as America rushed head first into a cultural revolution that thrived on challenging the typical Victorian ideals of American everyday life. The introduction of amusement parks such as Coney Island flooded the country with a new depraved craving for amusement and refined the social perspective on entertainment. Coney island challenged the ideals of America’s Victorian societal perspective in many ways through the complete reform of perspective on gender roles as well as encouraged along the newly industrialized nations perspective on entertainment.

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Roller coasters are driven almost entirely by inertial, gravitational and centripetal forces. Amusement parks keep building faster and more complex roller coasters, but the fundamental principles at work remain the same.

These parks represented an effort to appeal New York City’s middle class, which involved educated and ordinary Protestants to Coney Island. By targeting the middle class, these parks prolonged the possibilities of leisure to them in new ways. While reform efforts were part of a rising desire for transformation and change, these amusement parks offered a feeling of superiority. It showed how commercial enterprise, through the amusement parks, evolved middle class values, outdid the influence of reformers, and basically had set the source for the progress of the twentieth century’s culture of middle class

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To the middle of the large island, a medium sized city the size of Miami will cover the west side of the middle part of the large island. This city will have rivers passing through every block similar to the canals of Venice. The coast of the city, unlike Venice will have many short beaches that are cut off by the rivers flowing into the ocean. Behind the city, a large, towering inactive volcano with the height of 3,000 meters will house the only dessert in the island. Similar to the Teide Volcano in Tenerife, the volcano will have snow at it's apex. In the east coast, next to the volcano, a small city the size of downtown Austin, Texas will be the home to many surfers looking for large open waves coming from the open Atlantic Ocean.

Perhaps the best known historical roller coaster, The Cyclone, was opened at Coney Island in 1927. The Great Depression marked the end of the first golden age of roller coasters, and amusement parks in general went into deterioration.

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