Coney Island (Ohio)

Coney Island

Location	Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Status	Defunct
Operated	June 21, 1886 to September 21, 2019
Owner	Brenda Walker

Coney Island was an amusement park and waterpark located in Cincinnati, Ohio, and Anderson Township, on the banks of the Ohio River 10 miles (16 km) east of Downtown Cincinnati. The park is currently owned by Brenda Walker and formerly contained an amusement park.

History

Coney Island was purchased by Cincinnati-based media conglomerate Taft Broadcasting in 1969. The company announced plans to shutter the park and build a new one, Kings Island, further from the flood-prone Ohio River. Coney Island closed on September 6, 1971, with most of its rides relocated to the new park. Coney Island eventually began adding back new rides, reclaiming its status as an amusement park.

In 2019, Coney Island announced that it would close the amusement park and focus on the waterpark side of the property. The last day of operation for the amusement park section was September 21.

In December 2023, the park announced that it would permanently close. The site was sold to a subsidiary of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra.

Former roller coasters

Name	Manufacturer	Class	Type	Opened	Closed	Relocated
Dip the Dips	Unknown	Roller	Wood	1911	1918	N/A
Dip the Dips	Unknown	Roller	Wood	1918	1925	N/A
Figure 8	Unknown	Roller	Wood	1900s	1918	N/A
Galaxi	SDC	Roller	Sit-Down	1970	September 6, 1971	Kings Island
Greyhound	Unknown	Roller	Wood	1929 or earlier	1944 or earlier	N/A
Little Dipper	Unknown	Roller	Wood	1912	1918	N/A
Python	D.P.V. Rides	Roller	Sit-Down	1999	September 21, 2019	Travelling USA
Shooting Star	Philadelphia Toboggan Coasters, Inc.	Roller	Wood	1937	September 6, 1971	N/A
Skyrocket	Unknown	Roller	Wood	1921	1944 or earlier	N/A
Teddy Bear	Philadelphia Toboggan Coasters, Inc.	Roller	Wood	1935	September 6, 1971	N/A
Twister	Philadelphia Toboggan Coasters, Inc.	Roller	Wood - Enclosed	1926	1936	N/A
Wild Mouse	B. A. Schiff & Associates	Roller	Hybrid	1958	1969	N/A
Wildcat	Philadelphia Toboggan Coasters, Inc.	Roller	Wood	1926	1964	N/A

Former attractions

This list is incomplete, please expand it if you can.

Name	Manufacturer	Type	Opened	Closed	Fate
Carousel	Philadelphia Toboggan Coasters	Carousel	1926	1971	Relocated to Kings Island
Cloud Nine	Chance Rides	Trabant	1968 or earlier	1968 or later	Unknown
Coney Island and Lake Como Railroad	Chance Rides	Miniature Railway	1968 or earlier	1971	Trains relocated to other parks
Cuddle Up	Philadelphia Toboggan Coasters	Cuddle Up	1968 or earlier	1971	Relocated to Kings Island
Flying Scooter	Bisch-Rocco	Flying Scooters	1940	1971	Relocated to Kings Island
Haunted House	Arrow Development	Tracked Dark Ride	1960	1971	Unknown
Log Flume	Arrow Dynamics	Log Flume	1968	1971	Relocated to Kings Island
Lost River	Philadelphia Toboggan Coasters	Unknown	1969 or earlier	1971	Scrapped
Mystic Mill Chute	George Sinclair and Frank Thomas	Shoot the Chute	1922	1931	Scrapped
Olympic Bobs	Chance Rides	Bayern Kurve	1968	1969	Unknown
Rock-O-Plane	Eyerly Aircraft Company	Rock-O-Plane	2007	2019	Unknown
Sky Ride	Von Roll	Ropeway	1965	1971	Relocated to Kings Island
Tempest	Grover Watkins	Tempest	1998	2019	Unknown
Tilt A Whirl	Sellner Manufacturing	Tilt-A-Whirl	1992	2019	Unknown
Tumble Bug	Traver Engineering Company	Tumble Bug	1925	1971	Relocated to Kings Island
Whip	Unknown	Whip	Unknown	1971	Unknown

External links

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  Coney Island on the Roller Coaster DataBase.