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Ocean View Amusement Park was an amusement park at the end of Granby Street at Ocean View Avenue in Norfolk, Virginia, USA, opened in 1905 [1] and operated by Jack L. Greenspoon and Dudley Cooper The amusement park and its wooden coaster , the Rocket, appeared in the 1977 movie Rollercoaster but closed on 4 September 1978. [ 3 ]
Several real amusement parks were used in the film for the various park and roller coaster scenes. Ocean View Park in Norfolk, Virginia, was used for the first park in the film. [13] Although the park was located on the Chesapeake Bay, it was described as a west coast park in the film. Goldstone chose the park because of its old-fashioned feeling.
Pleasure Island Water Theme Park: Muskegon: 1981–1997 Ramona Park: Grand Rapids: 1897–1955 Riverland Amusement Park Sterling Heights: 1935–2003 It was a private park. [36] Silver Beach Amusement Park: St. Joseph: 1891–1971 Six Flags AutoWorld: Flint: 1984–1994 [37] Tashmoo Park: Algonac: 1897–1951 Toledo Beach Amusement Park: La ...
Seabreeze Amusement Park in Rochester, New York, was removed in the 1970s. Ocean View Amusement Park, "Laff In The Dark", Norfolk, Virginia (closed 1979) Silver Beach Amusement Park and the new Silver Beach Carousel in St. Joseph, Michigan (this figure is a modern replication of the Laffin' Sal that used to be at Silver Beach Park)
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This is a summary of notable incidents that have taken place at various independently owned amusement parks, water parks or theme parks.This list is not intended to be a comprehensive list of every such event, but only those that have a significant impact on the parks or park operations, or are otherwise significantly newsworthy.
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