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  2. Norumbega Park - Wikipedia

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    The associated Totem Pole Ballroom became a well-known dancing and entertainment venue for big bands touring during the 1940s. [1] The park offered canoeing and pedal boating on the Charles River, a theater, gardens, restaurants and food vendors, a penny arcade, picnic areas, a zoo and amusement rides. Norumbega Park closed on Labor Day 1963 ...

  3. Glen Echo Park (Maryland) - Wikipedia

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    The park hosts several family festivals and special events throughout the year, including Family Day (when the carousel opens for the season), Then & Wow, Labor Day Art Show, Irish Music and Dance Showcase, Washington Folk Festival, [A] Fall Frolic, Contrastock, [B] an extensively-decorated Halloween dance, inaugural balls, and Winter's Eve ...

  4. The Amusement Park - Wikipedia

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    The Amusement Park was originally produced in 1973, between director George A. Romero's films Season of the Witch and The Crazies; The Amusement Park was the only film Romero made on a work-for-hire basis. [5] The film was shot over the course of three days [1] at the now-defunct West View Park in West View, Pennsylvania, [10] on a budget of ...

  5. The Centrifuge Brain Project - Wikipedia

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    [24] They praised the film and its challenging the concept that brain activity would decrease when "riding high-speed, vomit-inducing amusement park rides," [24] and concluded that while they were unable to decide their favorite of the seven, they enjoyed how protagonist Dr. Nick Laslowicz "tries to convince us that 'gravity is a mistake' and ...

  6. Amusement park - Wikipedia

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    An amusement park is a contemporary arrangement, designed to combine components of a fair, carnival, and theme park. An early example of an amusement park is the Bartholomew Fair . [ 9 ] By the 18th and 19th centuries, they had evolved into places of entertainment for the masses, where the public could view freak shows , acrobatics , conjuring ...

  7. Mr. Six (mascot) - Wikipedia

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    Mr. Six is an advertising character since 2004 for an advertising campaign by the American theme park chain Six Flags.Despite appearing as an elderly man wearing a tuxedo and thick-framed glasses, he is able to perform frenetic dance routines, usually to an instrumental version of the Vengaboys song "We Like to Party".

  8. Breakdance (ride) - Wikipedia

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    in operation Breakdance, Frankfurt Main - Germany. Breakdance is an amusement ride designed by Huss Maschinenfabrik GmbH & Co. KG in 1985.. Upon release, the ride design proved to be an instant hit, with HUSS now producing four varying designs, all of which can be acquired in transportable, semi-permanent, or permanent forms.

  9. Cascade Park (amusement park) - Wikipedia

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    Train station Dance pavilion Memorial Big Run Creek. A year after the park opened, its owners added a carousel, baseball field, theater, and dance pavilion. At the time, the dance pavilion was the largest in the state of Pennsylvania. [2] The park's first roller coaster, simply named Roller Coaster, was also installed at this time. [2]