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The Wild Mouse was originally designed for Wiener Prater in Vienna, Austria where it operated as Speedy Gonzalez from 1985 to 1987. [1] Built by Vekoma, it is thus far the only wild mouse coaster designed by this corporation. It was later moved to Alton Towers, an amusement park in Staffordshire, England.
J's Amusement Park. Guerneville, California. Open from 1969 to 2003, the park had such fun items as a roller coaster, a mini race track, and a wild mouse roller coaster.
The park was home to one of the largest and longest roller coasters on the East Coast of the United States. The park also featured over 20 acres (81,000 m 2) of ponds, a theatre, and a merry-go-round. The amusement park was ultimately closed in 1924, due in large part to the rising and continued cost of reconstructing the park following the ...
Erie Beach Amusement Park, Fort Erie, Ontario (1904–1930) Fantasy Gardens, Richmond, British Columbia (1970s–2010) Hanlan's Point Amusement Park, Toronto, Ontario (1885–1936) Happyland Park (1906–1922) King Edward Amusement Park, Ile Grosbois Boucherville, Quebec (1909–1928) Magic Valley Theme Park, Alma, Nova Scotia (1971–2014)
The Mad Mouse roller coaster was moved to Lakemont Park in Altoona, Pennsylvania, but was later sold and removed in 2003. The Galaxi coaster was moved to Joyland Amusement Park in Lubbock, Texas, where it operated until the park's closing after the 2022 season. The last item from the park to be removed was the Giant Slide.
On June 13, 2003, a man was seriously injured in a 30-foot (9.1 m) fall from the Scenic Skyway chairlift ride at Knoebels Amusement Park. The man was a member of a group home for mentally disabled people and was riding alone. He was airlifted to a local hospital and recovered.
Idlewild and Soak Zone is the oldest operating amusement park in Pennsylvania, third oldest in the United States, and twelfth oldest in the world. [46] The park has been recognized by trade magazine Amusement Today with the "Golden Ticket" award for best children's park in the world every year since 2010, through to 2018.