Coney Island's Game-Changing Dark Ride
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- Опубліковано 26 лют 2023
- Could it be that humans first set foot on the moon in 1901? Well, no, but that was the year a cutting-edge amusement park dark ride premiered at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York. It was such a success that its owners built an entire Coney Island theme park around it, Luna Park. You can still see its influence to the present day in rides like Rise of the Resistance and Avatar: Flight of Passage.
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Loved it! I caught the very last days of Steeplechase, Coney Island, when I was 4. Merry-go-round horses rode a wide track around the main building. I sat on a wooden horse. When I looked down, we were at least one story above ground level. It was scary because if I fell off the horse, I'd end up splattered on the street below. I was so glad when that ride ended! The prospect of splattering onto concrete did not enthrall me. But the rest of Steeplechase was lots of fun!
That ride looked both super-fun and super-dangerous. Was there any kind of seat-belt or anything? Or was it just "hold on for dear life"?
@@meetmeindreamland Hold on for dear life! I am surprised my parents let me ride that! I guess I put up a big fuss to ride it! Biting off more than I can chew is a characteristic of mine.
Fascinating dark ride history. I would love to see someone recreate historic dark rides…especially this one.
Me too!
I'm biased as a dark ride aficionado, but this is my favourite video of yours yet. It's funny I kept thinking of Rise of the Resistance when you were describing it - so cool to see those ideas repurposed for a new audience over 100 years later.
Thanks Mike. It's interesting to me how those basic ideas have remained close to the same over the last century. The desire to go somewhere without actually going there has stayed consistent, even though other entertainment forms like tv, film and video games seem like they should scratch that same itch.
Great stuff. Visiting the moon was a grand achievement, but lunar photography has denied us decades of Batwing lore. Makes me want to pick up a telescope from Dick's Sporting goods and see what they've been up to all these years.
Say hi to the tailless beavers for me!
It was a dark ride at The Pike in Long Beach CA that terrified me when I was five years old. I cannot tell you much about it because the first monster flying at me made me shut my eyes and put my face into my mother's side. At 6 the next year I just shut my eyes and rode it out. I wasn't able to open my eyes through the whole ride until I was 8 years old and I felt stupid when I saw the ropes the monsters were hanging on.
I definitely remember the anticipatory fear of going into a haunted house. It was one of those cheesy trailers that they sometimes have at traveling carnivals, but to me at the time it was incredibly frightening. About the only thing I remember was a severed head rotating beneath a light--Very scary. A child's imagination is a powerful thing.
It’s been many moons, but I immediately thought back to Star Tours; I didn’t even realise they created a new ride.
Rise of the Resistance is pretty incredible. We *also* took Star Tours during our trip last year, which was cool in a 90s way, but also somewhat more nauseating.
@@meetmeindreamland Yeah, we have fond memories of Star Tours. When we went to Disneyland Paris, there was nothing better than hearing BB8 in French - Bebe Huit. It has become a running joke for us.
Beautiful job. Had never heard of any of this. You are entertaining your viewers and educating them. Now, I'm going to have some green cheese.
Thanks, Roland, and enjoy your cheese! But watch out for the dreaded Moon Calf.
This was in my recommended videos and I am so glad I clicked on it. I love Coney Island and ride history!
Well, you came to the right place. Thanks!
Great video! I love Coney Island, and it’s great to explore its history.
Thanks!
A fantastic video. When I was much younger, I went on Disneyland's Rocket to the Moon, Flight to the Moon and Mission to Mars. Those were actually a lot simpler than the one you describe, but there were audio-anamatronic mission control personnel and views both fore and aft inside the "rocket". They were cool and, at the time, wondrous.
Thanks! I went on Mission to Mars back in the 80s. I'm pretty sure it was only a film projected onto a central screen set into the floor, but I was still pretty impressed.
In 2000, I made a trip to California and visited Sea World in San Diego. At that time, they had a modern version of A Trip To The Moon. Theirs was called the Wild Arctic. Guests started by boarding a jet propelled helicopter (simulated of course.) A large screen showed a POV of your flight and the cabin itself tilted as needed to provide the forces one would feel. After landing, guests would disembark... on the opposite site from which they entered... and find themselves in an arctic themed room complete with cold temperatures and a penguin exhibit. The centerpiece of the room was a replica ship wreck meant to recreate a real ship that disappeared while exploring the Arctic (forgot the name.) And like Trip To the Moon, guests would have to walk back to Sea World (through the gift shop if I remember correctly, because... marketing and merchandising.) rather than take another ride in the helicopter. Wild Arctic was the new attraction that year, I think. I think it has been removed. As a long time amusement history enthusiast, I remember thinking of A Trip To the Moon while enjoying Wild Arctic.
That's really cool. I hadn't heard of that. It makes sense that the same simple, effective techniques would reappear from time to time.
Really happy I found your channel. Another great video!
Thank you!
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Quiet man
Worked out a quiet and simple plan
Strolled of a morning, all spick and span
To the Temple of Music
By the Tower of Light
At the Pan-American Exposition
In Buffalo
In Buffalo
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@@meetmeindreamland every time I hear anything about the assassination of William McKinley or the Pan American Exposition, that song from NPH pops in my head. And I've never even seen the Assassins musical that it came from!