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       Oftentimes you may sit there and wonder, what ever happened to that ride I loved? Or, what ever happened to that ride that never made it off the drawing boards? Or perhaps, what exactly does all of that jargon translate to? The Special Listings is your place for all of the answers. This is the master section containing listings compiled over the courses of many years covering all of the unique topics such as which rides have been painted which colors and which rides opened on which days of the year. For all of your unique questions, these are your unique answer listings!

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Defunct Parks Listing
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Belmont Park [Montreal Canada] -
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 - Type: Amusement Park
 - Area: Montreal
 - Coasters Standing When Closed: Not sure
 - Debut: Not sure
 - Closure: 1983
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Boardwalk and Baseball [Haines City, FL] -
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 - Type: Amusement Park
 - Area:
 - Coasters Standing When Closed: 2
 - Debut: February, 1974
 - Closure: January 17, 1990
 - Removal:
 - Cause of Removal: In 1989, HBJ (Harcourt Brace and Jovanovich) sold their amusement parks to Busch. Apparently, Busch was not very interested in the Boardwalk and Baseball portion of the purchase and closed the park on 1/17/1990

Boblo Island [Amherstburg, ON, Canada] -
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 - Type: Amusement Park
 - Area:
 - Coasters Standing When Closed: 3
 - Debut: 1949
 - Closure: September 26, 1993
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Buckroe Beach Park [Hampton, VA] -
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 - Type: Amusement Park
 - Area:
 - Coasters Standing When Closed: 1
 - Debut: 1897
 - Closure: 1985
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Busch Gardens Los Angeles [Los Angeles, CA] -
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 - Type: Theme / Animal Park
 - Area:
 - Coasters Standing When Closed: 0
 - Debut: 1966
 - Closure: 1978
 - Removal:
 - Cause of Removal: Low attendance

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Cascade Park [New Castle, PA] -
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 - Type: Amusement Park
 - Area: 183 acres
 - Coasters Standing When Closed: 1
 - Debut: 1897
 - Closure: 1986
 - Removal: 1986
 - Cause of Removal: Lack of funds and attendance

Celebration City [Branson, Missouri] -
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 - Type: Amusement Park
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 - Debut: 5/1999
 - Closure: 10/25/2008
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Chippewa Lake Park [Chippewa Lake, OH] -
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 - Type: Amusement Park
 - Area:
 - Coasters Standing When Closed: 3
 - Debut: 1878
 - Closure: 1978
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Crystal Beac [Crystal Beach, ON, Canada] -
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 - Type: Amusement Park
 - Area:
 - Coasters Standing When Closed: 3
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 - Closure: September 4, 1989
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Crystal Beach Park [Corpus Christi, TX] -
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Dinosaur Beach [Wildwood, NJ] -
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 - Type: Amusement Park
 - Area:
 - Coasters Standing When Closed: 1
 - Debut: 1905
 - Closure: 1998
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Edgewater Park [Detroit, MI] -
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 - Type: Amusement Park
 - Area: 20 acres
 - Coasters Standing When Closed: 2
 - Debut:
 - Closure: September 13, 1981
 - Removal: September 26, 1981
 - Cause of Removal: Lost popularity

Euclid Beach [Cleveland, OH] -
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 - Type: Amusement Park
 - Area: 75 acres
 - Coasters Standing When Closed: 3
 - Debut: 1895
 - Closure: September 28, 1969
 - Removal:
 - Cause of Removal: Rising costs of operation and lack of patrons

Excelsior Amusement Park [Excelsior, MN] -
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 - Type: Amusement Park
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 - Coasters Standing When Closed: 1
 - Debut: 5/1925
 - Closure: 9/1973
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Fontaine Ferry Park [Louisville, KY] -
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 - Type: Amusement Park
 - Area:
 - Coasters Standing When Closed: 2
 - Debut: 1905
 - Closure: 1969
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Forest Park Highlands Amusement Park [St. Louis, MO] -
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 - Type: Amusement Park
 - Area:
 - Coasters Standing When Closed: 2
 - Debut:
 - Closure: July 19, 1963
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 - Cause of Removal: On 7/19/1963 a fire that started in a restaurant put an end to the park

Freedom Land U.S.A. [Bronx, NY] -
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 - Type: Amusement Park
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 - Coasters Standing When Closed: 1
 - Debut: June 19, 1960
 - Closure: 1964
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Frontier Village Amusement Park [San Jose, CA] -
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 - Type: Amusement Park
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 - Coasters Standing When Closed: 1
 - Debut: 1961
 - Closure: September 16, 1980
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Geauga Lake [Aurora, Ohio] -
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 - Type: Amusement Park
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 - Debut: 1888
 - Closure: 2007
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Idora Park [Youngstown, OH] -
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 - Type: Amusement Park
 - Area: 26 acres
 - Coasters Standing When Closed: 3
 - Debut: 1899
 - Closure: 1984
 - Removal:
 - Cause of Removal: The church that currently owns the property is supposed to be building a

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Jantzen Beach Amusement Park [Portland, OR] -
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 - Coasters Standing When Closed: 1
 - Debut: May 26, 1928
 - Closure: 1969
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Jefferson Beach [St. Clair Shores, MI] -
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 - Type: Amusement Park
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 - Coasters Standing When Closed: 1
 - Debut: 1927
 - Closure: 1955
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Lakeside Park [Auburn, NY] -
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 - Type: Amusement Park
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 - Coasters Standing When Closed: 1
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Lakeside Park [Salem, VA] -
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 - Type: Amusement Park
 - Area:
 - Coasters Standing When Closed: 1
 - Debut: July, 1920
 - Closure: October 19, 1986
 - Removal:
 - Cause of Removal: In 1985 a flood damaged or destroyed much of the park. The owners, Mountain Park, Inc. repaired what they could and replaced what they could not. There were plans to further develop the park, but in 1986, a grounds worker was struck and killed by a train

Lincoln Park [Raynham, MA] -
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 - Type: Amusement Park
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 - Coasters Standing When Closed: 1
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Magic Harbor [Surfside Beach, SC] -
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Meyer's Lake Park [Canton, OH] -
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 - Type: Amusement Park
 - Area:
 - Coasters Standing When Closed: 1
 - Debut:
 - Closure: 1974
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MGM Grand Adventures [Las Vegas, NV] -
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 - Type: Amusement Park
 - Area:
 - Coasters Standing When Closed: 1
 - Debut: 1993
 - Closure: September 4, 2000
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Myrtle Beach Grand Prix [Myrtle Beach, SC] -
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 - Type: Amusement Park
 - Area:
 - Coasters Standing When Closed: 2
 - Debut: 2006
 - Closure: 2006
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Myrtle Beach Pavillion [Myrtle Beach, SC] -
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 - Type: Amusement Park
 - Area:
 - Coasters Standing When Closed: 3
 - Debut: 1948
 - Closure: 2006
 - Removal: 2006-2007
 - Cause of Removal:

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Neo Geo World Tokoyo Bayside [Tokoyo, Japan] -
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 - Type: Theme Park
 - Area:
 - Coasters Standing When Closed: 1
 - Debut: 3/19/1999
 - Closure: 3/31/2001
 - Removal:
 - Cause of Removal: This was an indoor theme park devoted to the Neo Geo game system. There were some indoor rides and an outdoor Ferris wheel. The facility still exists, but only as an arcade. The Ferris wheel is the only remaining ride

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Old Chicago [Bolingbrook, IL] -
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 - Type: Amusement Park
 - Area: 500,000 square feet (building included a shopping complex)
 - Coasters Standing When Closed: 0
 - Debut: 1975
 - Closure: 1981
 - Removal: 1986
 - Cause of Removal:

Opryland USA [Nashville, TN] -
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 - Type: Amusement Park
 - Area:
 - Coasters Standing When Closed: 6
 - Debut: 1972
 - Closure: 1997
 - Removal:
 - Cause of Removal: Area converted into a shopping mall

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Palisades Amusement Park [] -
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 - Coasters Standing When Closed: 4
 - Debut: 1898
 - Closure: September 12, 1971
 - Removal:
 - Cause of Removal: In 1935, Jack and Irving Rosenthal bought the park from the Schenck Brothers. Jack died of Parkinson's disease leaving Irving the sole owner of the park. Irving finally sold the park to the Texas based Winston Centex Corporation for over $12 million

Paragon Park [Hull, MA] -
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 - Type: Amusement Park
 - Area:
 - Coasters Standing When Closed: 3
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 - Cause of Removal: Site now home to condominiums

Pleasureland Southport [Merseyside, UK] -
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 - Type: Amusement Park
 - Area:
 - Coasters Standing When Closed: 5
 - Debut: 1912
 - Closure: September 5, 2006
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Puritas Springs [Cleveland, OH] -
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 - Type: Amusement Park
 - Area:
 - Coasters Standing When Closed: 2
 - Debut: 1898
 - Closure: 1958
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 - Cause of Removal: A fire destroyed the ballroom in 1946 and another fire in 1958 forced the park to close

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Queens Park [Long Beach, CA] -
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 - Type: Amusement Park
 - Area:
 - Coasters Standing When Closed: 2
 - Debut: 1902
 - Closure: 1979
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Race World [Pigeon Forge, TN] -
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 - Type: Amusement Park
 - Area:
 - Coasters Standing When Closed: 1
 - Debut:
 - Closure: July, 2001
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Riverland Amusement Park [Sterling Heights, MI] -
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 - Type: Amusement Park
 - Area: 10 acres
 - Coasters Standing When Closed: 1
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 - Closure: 2003
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Riverview Park [Chicago, IL] -
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 - Type: Amusement Park
 - Area:
 - Coasters Standing When Closed: 7
 - Debut: 1904
 - Closure: 1967
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Rockaways' Playland [Far Rockaway, NY] -
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 - Type: Amusement Park
 - Area:
 - Coasters Standing When Closed: 1
 - Debut: 1901
 - Closure: July, 1985
 - Removal: 1987
 - Cause of Removal: The park closed for business in July of 1985 after a botched robbery attempt at a concessions stand left an innocent woman dead. The Park was torn down in 1987 and houses now occupy the site

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Silver Beach Amusement Park [Saint Joseph, MI] -
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 - Type: Amusement Park
 - Area: 22 acres
 - Coasters Standing When Closed: 1
 - Debut: 1891
 - Closure: 1972
 - Removal: 1975
 - Cause of Removal:

Six Flags Astroworld [Houston, TX] -
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 - Type: Amusement Park
 - Area:
 - Coasters Standing When Closed: 9
 - Debut: June 1, 1968
 - Closure: October 30, 2005
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Six Flags New Orleans [New Orleans, Louisiana] -
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 - Type: Theme Park
 - Area:
 - Coasters Standing When Closed: 5
 - Debut: 2000
 - Closure: 2005
 - Removal:
 - Cause of Removal: Hurricane Katrina

Sunset Park [Regina, SK, Canada] -
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 - Type: Amusement Park
 - Area: 2 sq miles
 - Coasters Standing When Closed: 1
 - Debut: 1950's
 - Closure: 1978
 - Removal: 1979
 - Cause of Removal: Urban Development. Park featured old style carousel, roller coaster, boats, mini train, arcade and drive in, originally built on city outskirts, engulfed by residential development

Sunshine Park [San Antonio, TX] -
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 - Type: Amusement Park
 - Area:
 - Coasters Standing When Closed: 1
 - Debut:
 - Closure: mid 1990s
 - Removal:
 - Cause of Removal: Closed in the mid 1990s due to an accident involving a roller coaster named Coaster

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Walled Lake Park [Walled Lake, MI] -
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 - Type: Amusement Park
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 - Coasters Standing When Closed: 1
 - Debut: 1919
 - Closure: 1968
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Waukesha Beach [Pewaukee, WI] -
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 - Debut: 1893
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West View Park [West View, PA] -
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 - Type: Amusement Park
 - Area:
 - Coasters Standing When Closed: 3
 - Debut: 1906
 - Closure: 1977
 - Removal:
 - Cause of Removal: The former site of this amusement park is now occupied by West View Park Plaza

Whalom Park [Whalom, MA] -
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 - Coasters Standing When Closed: 1
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 - Closure: 2000
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Willow Grove Park [Willow Grove, PA] -
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 - Type: Amusement Park
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 - Coasters Standing When Closed: 3
 - Debut: 1896
 - Closure: 1975
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Zygo Park [Nice, France] -
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 - Type: Amusement Park
 - Area:
 - Coasters Standing When Closed: 2
 - Debut: 1987
 - Closure: 1991
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