[tomwed]

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.

[Mudder]

I'm going with the Steel Pier in Atlantic City, NJ. I would ride the carosel for hours trying to get the brass ring! Loved all the skee ball and other crazy arcade games. And of course loved the horse that jumped off the pier into the ocean.

[Kahuna32162]

Cedar Point, on America's Roller Coast in Sandusky, Ohio

[delima2000]

Bob-Lo island between Canada and Detroit at the mouth of the Detroit river and Lake Erie .

[tomwed]

Originally Posted by Mudder

I'm going with the Steel Pier in Atlantic City, NJ. I would ride the carosel for hours trying to get the brass ring! Loved all the skee ball and other crazy arcade games. And of course loved the horse that jumped off the pier into the ocean.

I saw that horse too. In the poster he looks like he's jumping off and having fun, like Tarzan. If I remember correctly, the bottom drops out and he's doing a "Hail Mary" on the way down. [some of that I made up]

[Sonny39]

Cedar Point in Sandusky Ohio .

[Polar Bear]

Another vote for Cedar Point. One white-knuckle roller coaster after another. And we all know, coasters are all that really matters at an amusement park!!

[Bonny]

Cedar Point for sure. When we lived in Michigan we would go 3-5 times a year.
It was a 2 1/2 - 3 hour drive. Sometimes we would stay over night in a motel. When we had our motorhome, we would go and stay for a few days and visit all the area attractions. Deer Park, Castalia Blue Hole, African Wild Animal Park, Seneca Caverns.

I must say though, in it's day, taking the fun Bob-Lo boat to Bob-lo Island was a definite fun time !!

[cologal]

As a child in the 60's it would have been Bertrand's Island in northern NJ...we would go once a year on nickel night.

Once we moved to Colorado it was Elitch Gardens in Denver, CO.

Sadly neither of these is in operation today....

[justjim]

As a teenager it was Forest Park St. Louis. The wooden Roller Coaster was the thrill ride at that time.

[tomwed]

Originally Posted by cologal

As a child in the 60's it would have been Bertrand's Island in northern NJ...we would go once a year on nickel night.

Once we moved to Colorado it was Elitch Gardens in Denver, CO.

Sadly neither of these is in operation today....

thank-you
We used to go there too on nickel night.

In fact, we had our 8th grade Immaculate Conception in Secaucus NJ field trip there too. On that trip I went in the Tunnel of Love with Kathy Keller. Just when we started kissing it seemed like the ride was about to end. So I stuck my leg out and stopped the boat bracing it against something I could reach. We heard a big snap like some kind of chain broke or something. Very shortly the lights came on and everyone had to evacuate.

ah, the good times
[Sorry Sister Jovita if you are still around]

[Ecuadog]

Steeplechase Park, Coney Island, Brooklyn, NY.

[tomwed]

Does anyone remember Uncle Milty's Kiddie Park in Bayonne New Jersey?

[skip0358]

Knoebels in PA. Might not be the scary type. We loved it and so did my Granddaughter. Every ride was nice,free admission and affordable.

[golfing eagles]

Originally Posted by tomwed

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.