Amusement Parks
www.oldtimemovies.org - Remember those classic machines that you dropped in a penny, turned a crank, and watched a short silent film clip? Thomas Reverand has put together a great website dedicated to Mutoscopes, and he's a Jersey boy!
Freedomland USA!! - You will want to own this DVD all about the legendary Freedomland
USA park. Narrated by radio host, Bob Mangels, this documentary
takes you right back to this wonderful fun center of the 1960s. Pay
them a visit today!
www.themeparkpage.com - Your online guide to theme parks. Lots of info here!
Canobie Lake Park-This famous New
Hampshire family amusement park features over 35 rides (including 4 coasters!), games,
food, and entertainment, all along the shores of beautiful Canobie Lake.
Lost Amusement Parks of the Hudson Valley - Some of the parks covered include Electric Park at Kinderhook Lake, Woodcliff Pleasure Park in Poughkeepsie, Orange Lake Park in Newburgh, Indian Point Park in Buchanan, and the Fort George Amusement Park in northern Manhattan.
Defunct Parks - a place
to gather information about these lost amusement parks.
Cedar Point - Amusement park / resort with
56 rides, including 12 roller coasters.
Paramount's Kings Dominion - Paramount's Kings
Dominion is a 400-acre family theme park with eight theme areas. New in 1996 is
"OUTER LIMITS" a state of the art roller coaster which guarantees to launch you
into the 21st century.
Of Interest to Everyone
WABC
Musicradio 77 - This is a webpage dedicated to the greatest Top
40 music radio station of all time: WABC New York. Contains lots of
great nostalgia. WABC
Musicradio 77 - This is a webpage dedicated to the greatest Top
40 music radio station of all time: WABC New York. Contains lots of
great nostalgia. WABC
Musicradio 77 - This is a webpage dedicated to the greatest Top
40 music radio station of all time: WABC New York. Contains lots of
great nostalgia.
RoadsideAmerica - RoadsideAmerica.com is a caramel-coated-nutbag-full of odd and hilarious travel destinations -- over 9,000 places -- ready for exploration.
Vacation Idea - VacationIdea is an online travel magazine founded in 1999. They publish new travel articles five days a week and send a Friday newsletter.
Palisades-related
Alan Brennert -
Award-winning author, Alan Brennert, has a new book well worth reading. His new novel, Palisades Park, is a return to his roots. A historical and family saga set at the legendary Palisades Amusement Park in New Jersey, Alan calls it “a love letter to a cherished part of my childhood.” Available now in the Palisades
Amusement Park Book Store!
Mary Jane Clark -
If you haven't read her newest book yet, YOU MUST! "Let ME
Whisper in Your Ear" is a suspense-filled thriller set
around our beloved Palisades AmusementPark. It's great reading...
don't miss it. Available now in the Palisades
Amusement Park Book Store!
Project
Mercury - Marian Mastrorilli's new CD "Light
This Candle" features the new hit "At Palisades". Click here to hear the tune or visit our Sounds page to
download the entire song.
Freddy Cannon's Web Site - A great site
about the rock n roll icon, Freddy "Boom Boom" Cannon. It features bios, concert
schedules, photos and much more!
Local Interest
Baby Boomer Memories from New Jersey - Lots of great memories for anyone who grew up in New Jersey in the 50s and 60s. This Facebook fan page allows you to share your own memories so check it out today!
Palisades Amusement Park was located in three New Jersey towns. All
three have wonderful well-designed sites on the web. Check them out at Cliffside
Park Online, Fort Lee Online,
and Edgewater Online.
New
Jersey Visitors Network - This guide is for people who travel here,
tourists coming here and the residents of this historic state who want to
get around. Lots of great information can be found here about the state,
its counties and communities.
Clubs and Organizations on the Web
Lusse
Auto Scooters - If you have great memories of riding the
bumper cars at Palisades, then you remember riding in a Lusse Auto
Scooter. Here is the official web site of Lusse.
Disneyland and Disney World
Sharing Walt's Dream: An Unofficial
Guide to Disneyland
Of Interest to Roller Coaster Fans
Highs and Lows: The History of Roller Coasters - Here is a well-researched website with lots of excellent fun facts about roller coasters. Special thanks to Diane Fisk and her daughter, Jaclyn, for finding this site and letting me know about it.
Roller Coaster Database - The rcdb is a comprehensive, searchable database with information and statistics on over 2000 roller coasters throughout the world.
Coaster
Compendium