An entire amusement park. Luna Luna, an “art amusement park” that once operated in the 1980s with rides and attractions designed by legendary artists such as Jean-Michel Basquiat, Salvador Dalí, Keith Haring and Sonia Delaunay, is now on view for the first time in 36 years. The ...
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She also, at the age of 14 years, started working at Lagoon, a family owned and operated amusement park in Farmington. She was working part time then. She couldn’t have guessed, at that time, she would start full-time employment there in three years, the beginning of a 10-year stint...
The ride itself actually came from Rye Playland, and I did ride it when I was a kid during a school trip to that park. Then many years later, I rode it with my kids at Quassy. That being said, the one thing about Quassy is that it still has maintained the feel of an amusement ...
Disneyland’s Haunted Mansion turned 50 recently, giving rise to park celebrations, an artifacts exhibit, souvenirs and a rollicking panel discussion at the popularMidsummer Screamhorror / haunt fan and trade convention in nearby Long Beach (see story, page 37). Opened Aug. 9, 1969, after 15...