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The Thunderbolt ride at Luna Park. (Photo: Luna Park NYC [https://www.facebook.com/LunaParkNYC/photos/a.402822486061.200199.375624901061/10153567621596062/?type=1&theater] / Facebook)One hundred lucky thrill seekers will get to ride Luna Park’s Thunderbolt this weekend completely free of charge. The amusement park is celebrating
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Riders enjoying the Cyclone roller coaster. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)Elected officials gathered in Coney Island Saturday to christen the newly refurbished cyclone at the spring opening ceremony for Luna Park. The celebration had been postponed one week because weather reports predicted a Nor’easter [/luna-parks-march-20-opening-day-postponed-due-noreaster/] on the first
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Fire fighter hosing down a brush fire next to the Cyclone. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)Hours after elected officials christened the Cyclone to celebrate Luna Park’s spring opening [/luna-parks-march-20-opening-day-postponed-due-noreaster/], plumes of smoke began billowing from a parking lot next to the ride. Cyclone riders were treated to a
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I was really hoping to be among the first riders of the new Thunderbolt roller coaster [/thunderbolt-roller-coaster-looks-to-rock-coney-island/], which finally opened to the public after a short delay on Saturday [http://www.sheepsheadbites.com/2014/06/delays-coney-islands-thunderbolt-open-friday-june-6/] . Unfortunately, Father’s Day plans got in the way, dashing my dream of telling
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Source: ZamperlaConey Island’s newest amusement tycoons, Central Amusement International (a.k.a. Zamperla USA), broke ground on the Thunderbolt yesterday, the first roller coaster in more than a century at the People’s Playground to throw riders through a literal loop. The three-car coaster will hold 27 people as
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Sea Serpent Coaster (Source: edenpictures via flickr)A 5-year-old boy and his 7-year-old sister were hurt riding the kiddie Sea Serpent Roller Coaster in Coney Island last night. The New York Daily News is reporting [http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/brooklyn/horror-coney-island-amusement-park-small-child-woman-injured-ride-article-1.1427165] that while the sister’s injuries were
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Here’s a shot of the new Coney Island roller coaster, which we assume is the Soaring Eagle, at the upcoming Zamperla “Scream Zone” park. The Soaring Eagle is one of two new coasters to sit on Zamperla’s newest digs. It’s described by the company as a flying