CONEY ISLAND OHIO amusement park, pre-1971 roller coasters

[@jawoody9745]

Thank you!! Thanks so much for posting! This was the best place on earth to visit when I was just a very young kid!!

[@jawoody9745]

The Cuddle-Up, and the Whip! So many memories! The sounds, the smells and the memories! I loved Coney Island!

[@EldoRayEstes]

….you know. I was always so disappointed that only Dodgem and Cuddle Up (which I loved) made the move to Kings Island. I loved The Whip!!!!!

[@mully18]

Thank you, Tim Young, for this great reminder of what it was like back then. Loved every second!

[@domingosantos1292]

Nice old history 👌 great video

[@mhvoivod]

Another masterpiece video compilation from swampfoxer. It must have been a wonderful park, and I've always been intrigued by those coasters. Thanks

[@smcm5]

Wow - this is FANTASTIC! What memories. We went there throughout the 60s until we moved away in 1970. We used to go sit in a park above the river to watch the fireworks at CI on July 4 - reflected in the river.

[@gregoryburton5317]

such great memories, loved the shooting star it was my first "real " rollercoaster. grew up on the teddy bear. cuddle up was another of my faves. there will never be anything like old coney island.

[@ArrowThrills]

Gregory Burton what happened to the wooden rollercoasters

[@bandfromtheband9445]

I rode those very same rides!!! Over and over.......and I loved the Teddy Bear! I also loved the Cuddle Up, the Whip, and 3 incarnations of the same ride;the Spook House, Bat Cave, and finally, Haunted House!

[@ezraleslie1361]

Glad it's fine, waste of a fine property development scheme

[@jenniferbranch3]

I'm so upset I never got to see Coney Island in it's glory days

[@Mike-ky9jz]

What a shame to lose those roller coasters.

[@jamessanders6223]

My dad went on all those rides when he was a kid back in the mid to late 60's early 70's

[@donroberson1027]

James Sanders it was great I went in 71 the year they closed...I was 11 😎

[@ArrowThrills]

What happened to the wooden rollercoasters

[@masterblaster273]

Brings back a lot of memories, used to go there every summer when I ws very young, thanks for posting!

[@NanBayKid1]

Coney Island was one helluva fun place to go. Couple it with the faboulous ride on the ISLAND QUEEN from downtown Cincy and you had a day that will never be forgotten. OH. the fabulous days here in my childhood and the great MUSIC at Moonlight Gardens in the 50`s. NOTHING has been able to replace those good times

[@bandfromtheband9445]

It was a magical place! We only got to go once every summer and I would anticipate the date for weeks. I couldn't sleep the nights before going! It was THAT special to me.

[@mikeklaene4359]

It was a big day for me when I got to be tall enough to go on both the Shooting Star and the Wildcat by myself. Every spring the NKY Catholic schools would have an outing to Coney. The Teddy Bear was OK for little kids but ALL boys looked forward to outgrowing it. I remember when The Rotor was new.

[@ArrowThrills]

mike klaene what happened to the shooting star

[@mikeklaene4359]

I think it was disassembled. Have no idea as to what year. Sorry.

[@abbabeththehamster4320]

The Shooting Star was demolished in 1971.

[@SwankyCub]

GREAT shot of the Cuddle Up. It was SO MUCH more than the teacup ride people describe it as.

[@bubbasouth1969]

I was there last Saturday for the first time since 1971. They really need to have at least one wooden roller coaster and the Shooting Star is the obvious choice to rebuild.

[@davidaltman4710]

amen

[@bender7565]

There were no requirements to ride back then and my parents dragged me on the Shooting Star and Wild Mouse when I was 6. I crawled into the nose of the mouse I was so terrified.......I was pissed at mom & dad back then but just great memories now.

[@gregoryburton5317]

too funny, that's where my mom used to put me......in the nose!!!LOL

[@NightBazaar]

I remember Laugh in the Dark. It was a dark ride with lots of twists and turns and things jumping out at you as your car rolled through it. There was a similar one at the Cincinnati Zoo. I loved seeing the quick view of the Rotor in the video. That was one of my favorites.

[@MsSoundguy]

Well done, swampfoxer. I got a great feel for the place. And the POVs were wonderful. The similarities between Coney Island and the park I grew up in (Rocky Springs near Lancaster, PA) are striking, in some cases...right down to the right colors on the Cuddle Up and the proper cars in Dodgem. Excellent.

[@bandfromtheband9445]

I wasn't alive yet when the Clipper was running. The Wildmouse was only there for 2 more years after my first visit but I was much too young to ride it or Shooting Star. Dodge'Em, Cuddle-Up and The Whip were all next to each other. I still remember that smell of grease mixed with food wafting on the air. I would stay all day long!

[@TheTrackwalker]

Herbert Schmeck of the Philadelphia Toboggan Co. took the Clipper roller coaster's lift hill and final enclosed 360 degree turn and converted it into the Shooting Star. What's missing in the video of the Shooting Star is the final enclosed 360 degree turn which was the most exciting part of the ride. In fact, that enclosed turn was the inspiration for the helix on The Beast at Kings Island. The Shooting Star was also loaded with air time or negative G that kept you out of the seat.

[@Mike-ky9jz]

Love the video ....i return for the music.🤘😎

[@jdavidhawkins]

WOW! Except for the "sky view" from the airplane it looks like movies straight out of my Dad's old 8mm home movies! I grew up in Columbus but my Dad's cousin Marie and her husband Dallas Shelby and my great Aunt Curtis lived in Covington. We'd come down and visit. There's a quick clip of my older brother Steve (RIP) and me riding the log flume in my music video, IF I COULD. FOND memories of Old Coney back in the early 60s.

[@GizmoFromPizmo]

By the time I was old enough to ride roller coasters, the Wild Cat has been shut down but I sure 'nuff rode the Shooting Star! I remember the lines to get on that ride were SO long but it was worth the wait. I think I rode the Wild Mouse once. That was enough for me.

[@TheTrackwalker]

That was a great video of Cinci's Coney Island on Kellogg Ave. swampfoxer. I especially liked to see the Shooting Star roller coaster. Did everybody notice how smooth the camera was when the Shooting Star train went down the first drop and over some of the hills? Why was it so smooth? Here's the reason. The track was made of nine (9) laminations of two (2) inch thick rough cut lumber, making the track a total of eighteen (18) inches thick ... thicker than any other roller coaster then or now.

[@BeanieOakley]

I was a kid riding these rides in mid 60's up to Kings Island.."See you in 72'...." LOL 😆

[@1960glh]

I remember going there with my family during Gibson days? I also remember catching a whitefooted Deermouse under the logs by what was the old Island Queen landing? Also,

[@jjhtr]

My father was a lifeguard at the pool in the late 30's and would give high diving expos off the tower in the pool area. Evil Kneevel used to preform there in the early '60s

[@MestizoFilipino]

That same log flume was at KI since it's opening day, was removed for a while, then put back.

[@fncz]

CLIPPER looks beautiful!!

[@dinaingle9762]

It was 1963. I was 13 and I let my friend talk me into the Roller coaster ride. It was our first time. My Mom freaked when she found out. But hey it was a blast.

[@Glitch969]

We went there when I was a kid. I went nuts when I found out that it was the park where they filmed "The Banana Splits Show" - which was the big thing on Saturday mornings at the time. They had guys wearing the show costumes there to interact with the guests. Every Saturday after that, I watched the show VERY carefully to see if I could see myself somewhere in the show intro.

[@cynthiapickett7403]

The pre-Disneyland era, when virtually every region has a nearby amusement park in reach.

[@callmemarc]

I wish there was still a real amusement park at Coney because I live like 2 minutes away

[@TheTrackwalker]

I have a two by six board from the Shooting Star. It is 1 3/4 inches thick. If you measure the thickness of a two by six board today you'll find that it is 1 5/8 inches thick. Again, the track on the Shooting Star was 18 inches thick, making it the smoothest roller coaster ever built.

[@TheTrackwalker]

In my opinion, the Shooting Star was a much more exciting coaster than the Racer at Kings Island because of the 360 degree tunnel enclosed curve at the end of the ride. It was something you didn't expect from an out and back coaster. Kings Island still has the merry-go-round from Coney, the Monster, the Log Flume, Scrambler, Dogem. Some of the other rides like the Tumble Bug, Flying Scooter and Super Slide, Galaxi 500 coaster, have been removed over the years.

[@sjtom57]

Very nice.

[@beannamated]

Incredible! I never knew there was a Coney Island in Cincinnati. What happened to it? Great video!

[@julioot]

Awesome. u can still ride shooting star in canada's wonderland

[@NtwProductionsNow]

Cool video. Thanks for the footage.

[@sandy1128]

Does anyone else remember dancing to live bands in the 60's in Moonlight Gardens at Coney Island?

[@jamessanders6223]

We all still go to Sunset Pool there this day (that is the name of the pool). The Sunset Pool used to be the biggest pool in the country there, it is so big there is a full size life guard boat in the open section, and the open section only takes up half of the entire pool itself.

[@bcats9115]

Sunlite pool since the 50s.

[@steveboyd2808]

that was great!

[@jeffsites7351]

I just don't understand why, Cincinnati did not and has not past a flood wall levy. Specially now they have a new high svhool that floods out about every year.. Come on Portsmoith and Ironton have flood walls

[@whatsnextrobert]

Was Coney Island the staple for all other theme parks?

[@PeterMayer]

Kings Island had that old airplane ride where you held the fin.

[@TheTrackwalker]

The Shooting Star was not moved to Kings Island. It was torn down about a year after Kings Island opened. The Racer at Kings Island was a brand new roller coaster designed by John Allen of the Philadelphia Toboggan Company. They may have moved two of the PTC Shooting Star trains to Kings Island. But the Racer has four trains so two of the Racers trains had to be new and not from Coney Island. The Racer was constructed with all new wood so none of it was from the Shooting Star.

[@vanseventy]

What is the name of the songs and by who. good instrumentals!

[@MestizoFilipino]

At that time or currently?

[@unclealand]

Does ANYBODY remember the fun house "Laugh in the Dark"? I mean, you'd have to back to pre-history, but there was something that scared me in there, and I can't remember what it was. It was before the mirrors, I think, and it kind of jumped out at you when you pushed a button.

[@jamessanders6223]

The roller coaster back then were probably the biggest in the state and maybe even country. But when you look at them today you're just like "really 😒"

[@AceSoulWolf]

I agree.

[@MsJoyceG]

And the ISLAND QUEEN

[@shelbymarie2249]

I thought Coney had moved all of their rides many years ago to Americana, which they also owned. I was always told that Coney did that due to the damages it would receive through constant flooding.?

[@gregoryburton5317]

tis true. flooded constantly...

[@ArrowThrills]

What happened to the wooden rollercoasters

[@cadettim01]

As the producer and copyright holder of "GREETINGS FROM CONEY ISLAND CINCINNATI", thank you for your acknowledgement of the source of some of your content. Your inclusion of excerpts from my video is an appropriate fair use of the material. Anyone seeking copies of the full program may contact me at [e-mail]. For more information on Coney Island Park itself, please visit their website, coneyislandpark. (.com) Tim Young, Owner & President Tim Young Productions/TYP Distributors

[@ArrowThrills]

Tim Young what happened to the wooden rollercoasters

[@MestizoFilipino]

If Coney Island built a new wooden coaster, they could have another "hey day" a little disappointed I missed the chance to ride these coasters. Pepsi Python is okay.

[@MestizoFilipino]

Oh well, there's also Kings Island now.

[@pollyanna163]

they should have never sold the land to Riverbend. Could have built another coaster in that spot.

[@ezraleslie1361]

Strange melody

[@jimmychickenstrips6878]

Now all they have is that disgrace of a rollercoaster called python

[@jldc072100]

ugh, that looks terrible compared to what its like NOW