Amusement Parks in New Jersey

Amusement Parks in New Jersey
By:Books, LLC,General Books LLC
Published on 2010-05 by Books LLC, Wiki Series



Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 25. Chapters: Six Flags Great Adventure, Action Park, Palisades Amusement Park, Clementon Amusement Park, Palace Amusements, Casino Pier, Gillians Wonderland Pier and Island Waterpark, Kid's World, Palace of Depression, Morey's Piers, Land of Make Believe, Bowcraft Amusement Park, Storybook land, Bertrand Island Amusement Park. Excerpt: Six Flags Great Adventure is a theme park in Jackson Township, New Jersey owned by Six Flags Entertainment Corp., the world's largest amusement park corporation. Situated between the New York City and Philadelphia regions, the park complex also contains the Six Flags Wild Safari animal park and Hurricane Harbor water park. Originally opened in 1974 under restaurateur Warner LeRoy's vision of a seven park complex named Great Adventure (by which the park is still known as by locals today), it has been continuously operated since then. Six Flags took over ownership of the park in 1977. The park today contains eleven themed areas, four of which are designed for small children. View of Great Adventure from the top of the Ferris wheel, looking southeast In 1972, restaurateur Warner LeRoy developed concept plans for the Great Adventure entertainment complex, proposing seven parks be built within the complex: An amusement park, a safari park, a show park, a floral park, a sports complex, a shopping district and a campground with beach and stables. His proposal also included plans for hotels, which were connected to the parks and could be reached by boats, buses, a sky ride and/or a monorail. LeRoy wanted his parks to flow naturally through the forest and lakes, capitalizing on the back-to-nature movement of the era. He choose a property then owned by the Switlik family, in an area centrally located between the New York City and Philadelphia regions. The property on CR 537 had easy access to the newly cons...

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