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Old 10-01-2015, 01:04 PM
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I'm going to say Palisades Amusement Park in Weehawken, New Jersey. Even the name Weeeeeeeeeehawken sounds like an amusement park. I was about 12 and I think they bragged about have the largest wooden [gulp--think rotting wood and drunk nail bangers holding it together] roller coaster and the world's largest salt water pool. Somehow they even made some kind of wave. Unless my imagination manufactured that instead of my memory kicking in.

I could get in for free once a year when the Jersey Journal gave their paper carriers a ticket for a new subscription.
Absolutely a vote for Palisades. It might not have been "the best" by todays standards, but it was the most fun. And they had a great jingle on their TV and radio ads.