The Forgotten History of Coney Island | Rise and Fall of America’s Oldest Theme Park
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- Опубліковано 3 лип 2024
- We take a trip to Brooklyn New York, the birthplace of American Theme Parks, discuss its groundbreaking, bizarre, and EXTREMELY DANGEROUS history. Taste test the world’s most famous hot dog and then watch as I attempt to hold it down on a nearly 100 year old roller coaster. What the history books have referred to as “America’s Playground”, “Electric Eden”, or by some weirdo in the 1880’s “Sodom By the Sea”
This is the legendary Coney Island
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0:00 - Intro
1:18 - Historic Roller Coasters of Coney Island / Riding the Cyclone
4:36 - The Tale of Three Park: Luna, Steeplechase & Dreamland
7:54 - Coney Island Fires
9:45 - History of Nathan’s Hot Dogs
11:33 - Movies Filmed at Coney Island
13:20 - The Wonder Wheel
14:48 - Defunct Attractions
17:44 - The Oldest Dark-ride in the World??
20:41 - Coney Island Review
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Loved this video. I literally laughed out loud when you showed Kristen eating that hot dog towards the end. Brilliant 😂
Aww Thank you so much!! Loved making this one, more to come like this in the future 🙏
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Ooooo, including Coney Island in the Magical Mystery Glizzy Tour is genius! 😯💜🌭
Very nice informative video of Coney Island. I never get tired of going there, regardless the time of year.
for what it was, it was a really fun time! Definitely better than other seaside parks I’ve been to in the past!
Thank you so much for watching 🙏
That place is like a time capsule. Can you imagine if they tried to make a place that looked like that today?
Oh i would be all for having a boardwalk park with the same feel as dreamland! Definitely not the same attractions tho 😬😅
"The cutthroat business of cotton candy and carousels." Peak content Ryan! Fantastic video.
haha had to call it what it was 😂🤷♂️
Thank you so much for watching 🙏
@@ForTheLoveOfThemeParksVlogs Also, Chicagoans who don't like Chicago hotdogs unite! 🤣
Thank you for this one!! 🎢
Amazing video!! That dark scary ride legit looked scary 😂 I thought it would be silly.
Love these videos!! You forgot the ultimate movie that took place at Coney Island….The Warriors!!
Yess! You’re the second person who has mentioned that one! I haven’t seen it, but it has definitely been added to my list 🙌
Thank you so much for watching 🙏
@@ForTheLoveOfThemeParksVlogs be prepared for a 70’s cult classic 😂
Sick video man. Keep it up. 💪🏼😎 you should def have more than 11k subs man. I thought you had like over 1 million. Your content is really good and ur edits are impressive homie👍🏼
Thank you so much for the kind words! Seriously the best compliment I could receive 🙏😭
Great idea for a video!!! Thanks sm
Thank YOU for watching! 🥹🙏
My family and I love your videos. You are the most informative and entertaining content creator. Keep it up.
Aww thank y’all so much! More like this to come! 🙏🥹
😮❤ Loving the Six Flags Great America shoutout!
that was the park that I grew up at! I haven’t been in quite a bit of time, there is so much fun history at that place and I miss it so so much 😭
Thank you so much for watching 🙏
Love the new video. It felt like a documentary and kept my interest throughout, so keep it up, dude!
You did miss out on mentioning one of my fav films though...The Warriors...a classic man!
The content is fresh, funny and not the run of the mill, I'm eating, I'm riding some rides, I mean you did but between you and your sister from another mister it's always great content!
Thank you so much for the kind words!
There have been a few people that have mentioned that movie and I definitely will have to check it out! More videos like this one to come 👀🙏
PIty viewer reporting for duty. Great video!!
Thank you for your pity 🫡
Let me know if you have more suggestions for topics. Would love to hear from the pity nation 🙏
Welcome to NY! I love Coney Island. I have not ridden on Cyclone, but I have been on the Wonder Wheel. It I'd the greatest. It was the inspiration for the Disneyland Mickey Wheel. Built in 1920 . Thanks for mentioning the movie " Brooklyn" . One of my favorites. If you ever comeback to the NYC area, you need to visit Rye Playland in Rye, NY and try the Dragon Coaster. Again, great vlog and thanks for visiting NYC.
Yes! Love Brooklyn! Also, Rye is where the Zoltar scene from the Tom Hanks movie “Big” was filmed. I was hoping that it was at Coney Island because I love that movie but now I know where Rye, New York is 😅
Thank you so much for watching 🙏
My cousin lived blocks away from C I. I was 10 when I went to C I at night. It was the scariest, most fun, no adult supervision experience I ever had...did mention it was 1978🤔😁...Mike
Oh wow! That honestly sounds like a dream haha I guess maybe that wasn’t the best time around Coney Island, I didn’t cover a lot of that. But I know it wasn’t the safest 😬
Thank you so much for watching as always 🙏
Wow! Loved this...interesting history. Feltman is in Green Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn...unfortunately no hotdogs on his mausoleum. Missed opportunity.
Thank you so much! I believe we may have passed there on the train on the way back to manhattan! Maybe we shoulda stopped and dropped off one for him!
Thank you so much for watching 🙏
Despite how long I lived in NYC, I never went to Cony Island so all of this was brand new information™ to me. However, I've gotta mention Cloverfield as another movie filmed there, especially on the Wonder Wheel! Another great and informative video!
Omg i forgot that one! and that’s actually one that I’ve seen!
Thank you so much as always for watching!! I loved making this history video, definitely expect more in this format to come!
For one I’m surprised u didn’t mention the movie big filmed there 😊
Also fun fact Lucy the elephant is still standing in margate nj. I’m from here and we’re also the home of monopoly, there are actual game pieces on the areas like Marvin gardens and all. If u ever head to south jersey I can always show u around. Cape may and Atlantic City have a lot of history ❤
So Big was actually on my list originally, but with further research I found out that it was actually filmed in Rye, New York!
A trip to the Jersey shore is definitely something that I and Kristen have discussed in the past, we just have to make sure we got the right stuff planned before making it happen! 😅
Thank you so much for watching 🙏
Wow I had zero idea about that with big!! I watch u both and Nate religiously but under my husbands profile so I added u on mine so I can comment lol. I live at the bottom of jersey shore and sincerely if u want a
Tour to film or need information and all please reach out!
As a Rockford gal that’s convinced anyone who likes a Chicago dog is lying to themselves, I commend your choice of ketchup.
hahaha happy to hear that i’m not the only one 😂😂
Thank you so much for watching 🙏
Cool, coney island!
It was a really fun video! Hope to make more trips like this down the line 😅🙏
The Warriors used to live there!
Yes! i’ve heard so many people mention that movie and I will definitely have to check it out at some point soon!
Thank you so much for watching 🙏
It was me. I was that weirdo in the 80's
I knew it
Pitty viewer crew check in!
This was fantastic! Now I understand the split between UA-cam and Paetron and I'm loving every bit of it!
Ali!! I’m thrilled with this new split as well! It really allows me to make the most of these bigger videos! Thank you as always 🙏
Spook O’ Rama is scarier than Halloween Horror Nights. I said what I said
NGL i kinda agree 😅
Why you don't have a million subs confuses me. Keep up the amazing work.
haha thank you so much! Hope to get there one day 🤞😅
@@ForTheLoveOfThemeParksVlogs ...dude sooner rather than later.
Also surprised no Annie Hall reference, Woody Allen's character literally grew up in a house under the Cyclone. I'm also a million years old.
Great vlog! Very interesting history on Coney Island. I have never been, but many of those rides look scary. I'll stick to Disney. 😊
Haha i don’t blame you, it’s not for everyone. after a few days we spend in the city, it was really great to make it back to Orlando 😅
Thank you so much for watching 🙏
It's strange the place reminds me a lot of blackpool pleasure beach in the UK both have at least one 100 year old coaster and both have really old ghost trains but blackpool pleasure beach is older and I believe the first in the world since it was opened in 1930
Yess! I’ve seen a few history videos on that place and the ghost trains! Super interesting, maybe i’ll have to cover that soon 👀
@@ForTheLoveOfThemeParksVlogs Valhalla is also amazing so I would cover that two it also still has a steeplechase coaster too
I made executive producers!! 😂😍
How did you not mention The Warriors???
I still have rib pain from the last time I rode the cyclone in 2005 !!!😆😩😩😩
And come monday morning the poor parks dept workers will prob pick up most of that trash. Til then the rats have their own buffet!!
Keep up the great content💪🏆
Hahaha I don’t blame you, i saw somewhere before i got there that they added more padding to the seat, which actually was pretty comfortable! Glad to hear the rats are well fed 😅
Thank you so much for watching! 🙏
I need a Nathan’s hotdog
it was seriously one of the best hotdogs I’ve had in a while, and that’s saying a lot, especially because I’m such a Portillo die hard 😅
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@@ForTheLoveOfThemeParksVlogs Love me some Portillo.
Someone ease get this man a clip on mic.
It’s got a clip, but i like holding it 😅
*Amusement park
See here’s the thing, as of today, it is most definitely an amusement park. But considering the amount of heavy filming and immersive of both Luna Park and dreamland back in the early 1900s. I feel like they definitely would be considered theme parks.
So i tried my best to uses them interchangeably like i did 🤷♂️
Thank you so much for watching 🙏