The amusement park in Willow Grove, PA? The Disneyland before Disneyland? Learn the history!
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- Опубліковано 3 жов 2024
- Did you know the history of a theme park and amusement park in Willow Grove, PA? This location was a hotspot for entertainment for those in the Northeast. Specifically, it drew crowds from Philadelphia for a weekend of fun. The park had shows from John Philip Sousa, rides, attractions, and even a casino. The park would entertain millions in the Northeast. Some would even say it was the Disneyland of the North. That because of its unique fireworks on Saturday's it became memorable for future parks like that of Walt Disney's. Many called it an amusement park, but others would say it was an original theme park! Did you know this interesting history?
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As a child my family would go to Willow Grove Park on an annual basis because my father’s union had a picnic at the
park. It included some free ride time for us children. For years it was a great place to go and enjoy all the rides and picnic. As noted in the video around the late 1960’s the park began to decline. Less people came and no new or rebuilt rides were added. Eventually the annual picnic ended. We never went back to the park. The build up of the northern suburbs made our drive to the park longer due to traffic since we lived in the western part of Philadelphia. Although you mentioned the growth of Disney Parks I feel the build up of great amusement piers especially at Wildwood, NJ. hurt Willow Grove. The final thing that I feel killed the park was the opening of Great Adventure Amusment Park in Jackson, NJ. It was big and had all new rides and attractions as well as an animal park. The land just became to valuable to sustain an amusement park that could only operate seasonally and big shopping malls were a connivence most local people would rather have. Not to mention the maintenance of the old rides was getting more expensive each year to operate the rides. Willow grove Park will live in my memory for all those fun trips we made to the park. Thanks for the video.
Thank you for sharing your story!
So sad that Philadelphia doesn’t have things like this anymore 😢
Yea so sad! But, hey they still have Hershey Park, Knoebels, and Dorney Park not too far away
@@believabletruths all out of the greater Philadelphia area though Lehigh has dorney Harrisburg area has Hershey and jersey has 6 flags in my opinion jersey does it best with all the mini boardwalk parks it has along with 6 flags it would really help the Philadelphia area if they would bring in an amusement park they have sesame place now but it’s very small and really amid towards little kids I would love guess nothing good stays in Philadelphia
Life is a lark at Willowgrove Park
Great memories!
I'll always remember riding the alps railroad. It had brakemen that rode along.
Was that your favorite ride there?
Never knew this. Pretty cool to see
Thanks so much for watching! A little piece of PA history!