On Whether Hurricanes Shut Down the Amusement Parks of the Southeast.

[I-10east]

559 defunct U.S. parks Stephen, 559....

[I-10east]

Five hundred and fifty nine.

[I-10east]

Whoa! I love the 'subtle' title change of the thread. Hmmm, let me think of who can possibly have done that quick lil' switch-a-roo? Hmmm I dunno...

[I-10east]

^^^I already did prove my theory.

[I-10east]

^^^Okay, first we have to agree on what is an amusement park. I see that you pic'd the Myrtle Beach coastline with the large ferris wheel; It looks nice, but IMO that's more of an entertainment area than an actual 'amusement park'; Ironically Myrtle Beach does have a rare Southeast amusement park near the ocean called Family Kingdom; It has a nice old wooden coaster called Swamp Fox. Ocean Pavillion was definitely a full fledged amusement park in it's prime; some flat rides, a coaster and other adjoining attractions.

[I-10east]

^^^Yup. BTW, my argument is that coastal amusement parks in the Southeast being (IMO rightfully) few and far between because of the weather and other tourism related issues; Of course not inland Southeastern amusement/theme parks. I'll pull up some stuff a lil' bit later. 

[HisBuffPVB]

Jax Beach is not what it used to be. Ocean City MD is more like old Jax Beach, only bigger. Myrtle Beach is still there though a lot of the festival retail has moved out to the west side of the city. As the interests of the public change, so do they board walks. But the old Jacksonville Beach, to the eyes of a child, was the most wonderful place to visit. From the penny arcades to the ferris wheel, it was such a great place to go, and as I remember, very safe for children.

[I-10east]

also all in the southeast and on the coast line?

The 559 number where all of the parks in the US, not coastal parks in the Southeast. There are clearly examples of hurricane stricken parks that never have recovered (primarily in the Southeast) If you don't believe that, then I don't know what to say; Hialeah Park down there in South FL was one of them.

Bottomline, there's no way that I can compile all of the 'hurricane damaged amusement parks' because they are such lil' info known about these parks on the internet. MANY of those parks simply burned down because of awful fire safety, and knowledge back then. Who's to say that Ocean Pavillion was actually 'intentionally set of fire'? Who's to say that wasn't a bad urban legend, like so many in Jax? Any eyewitness here that can truly confirm that info?

If you're still skeptical (like I know you are) then why there aren't hardly any Southeast seaside amusement parks? Answer: Because people are smart, and they don't build anymore parks in a hurricane zone. Upkeep for rides/ coasters etc is more high maintenance keeping a salty atmosphere from corroding away at metal, not to mention the beating from the wind. Here's a site below that shows closed amusements, with a TAD of info, like a said it's virtually impossible to get all of that info that i wanted, but park builders are still smart, remember. *que the obligatory unreasonable Stephendare response, sigh, oh well...*

http://lostamusementparks.napha.org

[I-10east]

^^^ No way that you looked at that site that quickly (hurricanes were listed with some of those parks). Just because no info is available with some of those parks doesn't mean that hurricanes didn't have anything to do with some of those closures.

[I-10east]

^^^I said that TOTAL US defunct park number before you turnt this thread strictly into a 'Southeastern amusement hurricane' thing. Please stop rehashing on that. I get that you are desperately trying to trip me up on an inaccuracy, but that's way too overly-persistent, even for you Stephen.

[ChriswUfGator]

^^^I said that TOTAL US defunct park number before you turnt this thread strictly into a 'Southeastern amusement hurricane' thing. Please stop rehashing on that. I get that you are desperately trying to trip me up on an inaccuracy, but that's way too overly-persistent, even for you Stephen.

[I-10east]

^^^Yup, you're on that troll train.

[I-10east]

Just as a reminder, here is your original post:

There's a reason why they aren't many seaside amusement parks in the Southeast, hurricanes.[/b] Ocean Pavillion was just one of MANY defunct amusement parks during that time period. Most of the notable seaside pier/amusement parks on the Eastern seaboard are in New Jersey/New York and even they aren't safe from storms nowadays. Looking back retrospectively, I don't see any conceivable way that OP would still be here today; I know that isn't popular with the 'save everything' crowd. BTW, I'm a person that absolutely LOVES rollercoasters.

Yup, then as the conversation went along (because you know sometimes things move on) I went on and said a short time later 'amusements closes for a variety of reasons'. If you're gonna dispute me on facts, do that Stephen, instead of trying to trip me up on something I said like twenty posts ago.

[I-10east]

^^^

^^So Hurricane Dora didn't have any affect on OP at it's peak, news to me. What's being sugarcoated? That they weren't MANY parks all over the country during that timeframe that fell to ruin (for a variety of reasons) Palisades, Rockaways' Playland, and the list goes on and on). Because afterall this story is only unique to Jax right Stephen?

That's the fifth post in. I was trying my best to compile that info that you have requested, but since you wanna be on the troll train along with Chris, nevermind.

[Overstreet]

Maybe maybe not.....but I note that most new roller coasters aren't wood structures any more. They are built at large amusement parks like Bush Gardens. There aren't many of those on the beach.

But then again there aren't many board walks. There aren't many peirs with dancing  out over the water either. Times and trends change.  If the market changes and a "business" is barely hanging on and there isn't rebuilding money a storm can have a death blow to the business.