WEEKLY WHINE

Not counting the D train

There now follows a ranking of the top full size rides in Brooklyn’s Coney Island. Criteria included excitingness, notability, cost, and ease of access.

1. Cyclone: Currently operated by Luna Park, the Coney Island Cyclone is a timeless wooden roller coaster that has inspired duplicates all over the world. So famous that they named a baseball team after it.
2. Thunderbolt: Currently operated by Luna Park, the Thunderbolt is a steel roller coaster with four inversions.
3. Wonder Wheel: Currently operated by Deno’s Wonder Wheel Amusement Park, the Wonder Wheel is a Ferris wheel in which some of the cars don’t go all the way up. So famous that they named the park after it.
4. Soarin’ Eagle: Currently operated by Luna Park, the Soarin’ Eagle is a flying steel roller coaster.
5. Tickler: Currently operated by Luna Park, the Tickler is a wild mouse steel roller coaster.
6. Coney Island Raceway: Currently operated by Luna Park, Coney Island Raceway is a go kart track.
7. Sling Shot: Currently operated by Luna Park, the Sling Shot is a catapult bungee ride.
8. Zenobio: Currently operated by Luna Park, the Zenobio is a dual armed vertical rotation ride.
9. Scrambler: Currently operated by Deno’s Wonder Wheel Amusement Park, the Scrambler is a horizontal rotation ride.
10. Bumper cars: Currently operated by Deno’s Wonder Wheel Amusement Park, which promotes them as “Road Rage – LEGAL and SAFE”.
11. Ghost Hole: Currently operated by 12th Street Amusements, Ghost Hole is a haunted house ride. It is larger than Spook-a-Rama, and admission is a dollar less.
12. Spook-a-Rama: Currently operated by Deno’s Wonder Wheel Amusement Park, Spook-a-Rama is a haunted house ride.