Great Old Amusement Parks (1999)

On a Hot Summer day there may be no better place on earth than a traditional amusement park A place where you can hop on a classic wooden coaster reach for the ring as you whirl by on the merrygoround or cool down on the Caterpillar In this documentary you get to visit some of Americas most charming parks from Lake Compounce in Connecticut to Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk in California You get to gallop on the Derby Racer at Playland go with the flow on the Boat Chute at Lake Winnepesaukah and rock on Denos Wonder Wheel at Coney Island And of course there are coasters including the Thunderbolt at Kennywood the Cyclone at Astroland the Raven at Holiday World and San Diegos Giant Dipper