History of Amusement Parks

By Nick606
  • Fairs
    1133

    Fairs

    Around this year fairs were very popular
  • Pleasure Gardens
    1500

    Pleasure Gardens

    This was the first ever amusement park. Unfortunately, it was closed down due to political problems.
  • The First Rollercoaster
    1500

    The First Rollercoaster

    In this century the Russians created the first roller coaster. It was made out of lumber.
  • Roller Coaster Cars

    Roller Coaster Cars

    In France two roller coasters where built with cars that had groves that fitted to the cars.
  • First Looping Roller Coaster

    First Looping Roller Coaster

    In England they were testing the first loop in a roller coaster. the loop was 13 feet wide and was tested many times before human use.
  • The First Carousal

    The First Carousal

    This was built on Coney Island in New York.
  • First Ferris Wheel

    First Ferris Wheel

    The World Fair in Chicago introduced the worlds first Ferris wheel. It was 26 feet tall and had 36 carts.
  • The Cyclone

    The Cyclone

    The worldwide known Cyclone marked the start of roller coasters being the most popular attraction at amusement parks.
  • The Great Depression

    The Great Depression

    Due to The Great Depression business went down for amusement parks and some rides even got burned down.
  • Disneyland

    Disneyland

    This was unlike any park before it because it had themed lands and matching attractions.
  • Theme Parks

    Theme Parks

    People started to create full out theme parks. The first theme park was Universal Studios in Hollywood.
  • The Arab Oil Embargo

    The Arab Oil Embargo

    This oil embargo hit the theme parks hard and many plans were scrapped.
  • Expansion

    Expansion

    Since 1980 amusements parks have been growing in popurality and in size. They continue to add knew things and the future looks good.