Aug. 31, 2024

Pink Monorail : Manufacturing the Magic Ep 9: The rise of American amusement parks

Pink Monorail : Manufacturing the Magic Ep 9: The rise of American amusement parks

 In the ninth installment of this educational series, Shelly & Noe Valladolid talk about how – as the 19th Century gave way to the 20th – amusement parks as we know them today began to pop up around the country 


Throughout this episode, listeners will learn about:


  • How Lake Compouce sprang up from a failed explosives experiment


  • How Disney’s Boardwalk Resort was originally supposed to feature a selection of classic theme park attractions


  • How a young immigrant went from sleeping under an Atlantic City pier to owning it


  • The precursor to Disney’s Ford Wonder Rotunda at the 1964 New York World’s Fair


  • West Coast amusement parks in Venice and Long Beach, California