AMUSEMENT TIMES
Your Ticket to Fun
PUBLISHED FOR OUR VALUED PARK MEMBERS & FRIENDS
Cover Story
Closed for the season — back when the leaves fall.
Our operating season runs strictly wintertime. Why? Because in the summer you ought to be at the park, not on a computer. So while the coasters are running out there, we're in here keeping the archive — every trip, every ride, every park we've wandered through, saved for the day we want to remember it. Come by this winter and stay a while.
BROWSE THE PARKS →From the Editors
WHO WE ARE & WHY WE'RE DOING THIS
We're just a couple of folks who like amusement parks a little too much — the old wooden coasters, the trolley parks that barely made it into this century, the ones that closed without much warning. We started keeping a record of every park we visit: the pictures, the rides, the little details you forget after a season or two.
Parks close. Rides get pulled. Seasons end. This is where we keep it all so it doesn't disappear — for us, and for anyone else who wants to remember a place the way it was. See you out there this summer, and see you in here come winter.
Most notably, an amusement park out in Youngstown, Ohio — one I visited as a kid with my Grandpap's company picnic, and one that's sadly no more. That day is where my whole love affair with amusement parks started. Fun and family — that's what it's all about.
In This Issue
FIVE STOPS AROUND THE PARK
PARKS
Every park we've visited, all in one list — click into any one of them for its own page of rides, pictures, and stories from the day.
SEE ALL PARKS →RIDE & PARK HISTORY
From the first carousel to today's midway, a scrapbook of how each park was built, ride by ride, decade by decade.
READ THE STORY →THOUGHTS FROM...
Our honest take after every visit — the best snack stands, the shortest lines, and the rides worth the wait.
READ MORE →GALLERY
Snapshots from the midway — coasters, carousels, and all the little details worth remembering long after the season ends.
VIEW GALLERY →MEMORABILIA
Shirts, models, and collectibles we've come across from other shops that any fan of these parks would appreciate.
SEE THE PICKS →