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Luna Park, Coney Island was the first of dozens of Luna Parks. Its success inspired the creation of dozens of Luna Parks, Electric Parks, Wonderlands, and similar amusement parks.
The Main Tower of the first Luna Park at Coney Island, ca. 1905. Many subsequent amusement parks would have their own "towers".


Luna Park is a name shared by dozens of currently operating and defunct amusement parks that have opened on almost every continent except Antarctica since 1903. The first to use the name was the second major amusement park at Coney Island, designed by Charles I.D. Looff, who subsequently designed Seattle, Washington's Luna Park, which opened in 1907. The spaceship in the Pan-American Exposition ride "A Trip to the Moon" gave its name to these parks... and to dozens that followed over the next century.[1][2]

In 1905, Frederick Ingersoll was already making a reputation for his pioneering work in roller coaster construction and design (he also designed scenic railroad rides) when he opened Luna Parks in Pittsburgh and Cleveland, the first two amusement parks to be covered with electric lighting (the former was adorned with 67,000 light bulbs[3]; the Cleveland park had 50,000[4]). Ultimately he opened 44 Luna Parks around the world, the first chain of amusement parks.

Despite the death of Ingersoll in 1927 and the closing of most of his Luna Parks, the name's popularity continued with newer parks with the name opening with regularity. As a result, "Lunapark" now translates into "amusement park" in Dutch, German, Bulgarian, Croatian, Polish, Greek, Italian, Turkish, Hebrew and Macedonian.

List of 81 amusement parks named Luna Park

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Luna Park is the name of numerous amusement parks, from the Coney Island original, to the over 40 Luna Parks designed and constructed by Frederick Ingersoll, to amusement parks which received their names after Ingersoll's death in 1927. For a short time, Ingersoll renamed his parks Ingersoll's Luna Park to distinguish them from the Luna Parks to which he had no connection.[5]


Asia

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Hong Kong

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India

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Iran

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Japan

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Luna Park, Osaka, one of two Japanese Luna Parks, was open to the public from 1912 to 1923. The original Tsutenkaku Tower was completed at the same time as the amusement park.
Night photograph of original Tsutentaku Tower overlooking Luna Park, Osaka in 1912.

Lebanon

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Saudi Arabia

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Singapore

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South Korea

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Turkey

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Africa

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Cameroon

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Egypt

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Tanzania

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Oceania

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Australia

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Australian Capital Territory
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New South Wales
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entrance of Sydney Luna Park
Luna Park, Sydney entrance
  • Luna Park, Sydney (1935–present), currently operating amusement park in Australia originally known as Luna Park Milsons Point[16]
Queensland
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South Australia
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Victoria
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entrance of Melbourne Luna Park
Luna Park, Melbourne entrance
Western Australia
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Tasmania
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New Zealand

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Europe

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Azerbaijan

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Belgium

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Bulgaria

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Cyprus

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England

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Finland

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France

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Germany

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Mountain railroads (also known as Russian mountains were popular in European Luna Parks
Postcard showing mountain railroad at Luna Park, Leipzig.

Greece

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Hungary

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Isle of Man

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Italy

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Netherlands

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Portugal

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Russia

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Spain

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Switzerland

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Ukraine

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Wales

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North America

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Canada

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Mexico

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United States of America

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Alabama
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Arizona
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Arkansas
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California
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Colorado
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Connecticut
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Florida
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Hawai'i
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Illinois
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Indiana
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Iowa
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Kansas
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Kentucky
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Louisiana
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Maryland
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Massachusetts
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Michigan
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Minnesota
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Missouri
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Nebraska
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Nevada
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New Jersey
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New Mexico
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Dreamland tower and lagoon in 1907. Brooklyn, New York, United States of America.
Interior of Luna Park, Coney Island at night, 1905. Electric tower in the foreground. New York, United States of America.
The steeplechase ride, Steeplechase Park, Coney Island, New York, United States of America
New York
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North Carolina
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Ohio
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Oklahoma
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Oregon
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Pennsylvania
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Rhode Island
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South Carolina
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Tennessee
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Texas
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  • Luna Park, Houston, Texas (June 26, 1924-ca. 1934) - The Coney Island of Texas;[77] advertised that it had the "largest and highest" roller coaster in the US
Utah
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Virginia
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Luna Park 1910. In the foreground is part of the Great Figure Eight roller coaster. At right rear is the Zeum carousel, and to its left the natatorium. Seattle, Washington, United States of America.
Washington
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The Seattle Luna Park was designed by the same person who designed the original in Coney Island.
Postcard photo of Luna Park, Seattle entrance bridge.
West Virginia
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Wisconsin
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South America

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Argentina

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Brazil

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References

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  1. ^ Dale Samuelson, AJP Samuelson, and Wendy Yegoiants, The American Amusement Park ISBN 0760309817
  2. ^ Coney Island's success with electronic attractions and rides also inspired a proliferation of parks named Electric Park (Samuelson, Samuelson, Yegoiants, The American Amusement Park).
  3. ^ Jim Futrell, Amusement Parks of Pennsylvania (Flagpole Books, 2002) ISBN 0811726711
  4. ^ Luna Park's luminary: Entrepreneur/roller coaster designer deserves his due - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 1 September 2008
  5. ^ Robet Cartmell, The Incredible Scream Machine (Popular Press 1987) ISBN 0879723424
  6. ^ Luna Park, Hong Kong - Gwulo: Old Hong Kong
  7. ^ Robet Cartmell, The Incredible Scream Machine (Popular Press 1987) ISBN 0879723424
  8. ^ From Kansas to Osaka: The Evolution of the Billiken
  9. ^ History of Shinsekai
  10. ^ Description of Luna Park, Abha from official site
  11. ^ Cameroon:The Centre and East - listing on Columbus World Travel Guide]
  12. ^ Magda Baraka, The Egyptian Upper Class Between Revolutions, 1919-1952 (Garnet & Ithaca Press 1998) ISBN 086372230X
  13. ^ Yasser Elsheshtawy, Planning Middle Eastern Cities: An Urban Kaleidoscope in an Urbanizing World (Routledge 2004) ISBN 0415304008
  14. ^ Peter Rees, Other Anzacs: Nurses at War 1914-1918 (Allen & Unwin 2009) ISBN 1741755492
  15. ^ Casualty Clearance (2) - ANZAC Day Commemoration Committee (Queensland) Incorporated, 2005
  16. ^ Sam Marshall, Luna Park - Just for fun, 2nd edition. Sydney, Australia: Luna Park Sydney Pty Ltd. (2005) ISBN 0-646-44807-2
  17. ^ Redcliffe Historical Timeline - Moreton Bay Regional Council
  18. ^ A Time Line of All You Need to Know in Luna Park Sydney and Everything Else
  19. ^ Luna Park's luminary: Entrepreneur/roller coaster designer deserves his due - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 1 September 2008
  20. ^ A Time Line of All You Need to Know in Luna Park Sydney and Everything Else
  21. ^ Luna Park Baku site
  22. ^ Lucky Star Park site
  23. ^ Official site: Luna Park Cap d'Agde (in French)
  24. ^ Nice Luna Park site
  25. ^ Order - Time (magazine) 16 February 1931
  26. ^ Claudia Puttkammer/ Sacha Szabo: Gruß aus dem Luna-Park. Eine Archäologie des Vergnügens. Freizeit- und Vergnügungsparks Anfang des zwanzigsten Jahrhunderts. WVB, Berlin, 2007, ISBN 978-3-86573-248-4 (in German); also see German Wikipedia article, which shows postcards with one word and two word variants of the name
  27. ^ Regina Dahmen-Ingenhoven and Kristin Feireiss, Animation: Form Follows Fun (Birkhäuser 2004) ISBN 3764366311
  28. ^ German Wikipedia article on Luna Park, Hamburg-Altona
  29. ^ Luna Park Leipzig article in German Wikipedia
  30. ^ Luna Park's luminary: Entrepreneur/roller coaster designer deserves his due - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 1 September 2008
  31. ^ Budapest tra battelli, canali e locali galleggianti - "Budapest between vessels, channels and local floating" (in Italian), Viaggi24, 1 May 2009
  32. ^ Travelling Women: Budapest - (in Italian)
  33. ^ History of Luna Euro Park (in italian)
  34. ^ Robet Cartmell, The Incredible Scream Machine (Popular Press 1987) ISBN 0879723424
  35. ^ Robet Cartmell, The Incredible Scream Machine (Popular Press 1987) ISBN 0879723424
  36. ^ History of Moscow parks - Carrousel.ru (official site)
  37. ^ Russian Wikipedia article for Luna Park, St. Petersburg (in Russian)
  38. ^ Robet Cartmell, The Incredible Scream Machine (Popular Press 1987) ISBN 0879723424
  39. ^ Roland Fuller and Allen Levy, The Bassett-Lowke Story (Taylor & Francis, 1984) ISBN 0904568342
  40. ^ Eaux-Vives (in French), City of Geneva 2007
  41. ^ Luna Park, Hull entry in "Closed Canadian Parks" - Coaster Enthusiasts of Canada
  42. ^ Jim Futrell, Amusement Parks of Pennsylvania (Flagpole Books, 2002) ISBN 0811726711
  43. ^ Luna Park's luminary: Entrepreneur/roller coaster designer deserves his due - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 1 September 2008
  44. ^ Chutes & Luna Park - Venice, California History Site
  45. ^ Wells Drury and Aubrey Drury, California Tourist Guide and Handbook: Authentic Description of Routes of Travel and Points of Interest in California (Western Guidebook 1913)
  46. ^ Wells Drury and Aubrey Drury, California Tourist Guide and Handbook: Authentic Description of Routes of Travel and Points of Interest in California (Western Guidebook 1913)
  47. ^ Minor League Park History - Luna Park - Society for American Baseball Research
  48. ^ Sloan's Lake Century
  49. ^ Robet Cartmell, The Incredible Scream Machine (Popular Press 1987) ISBN 0879723424
  50. ^ Perry Duis, Challenging Chicago: Coping with Everyday Life, 1837-1920 (University of Illinois Press 1998) ISBN 0252023943
  51. ^ Reports of Cases Determined in the Appellate Courts of Illinois: Edwin C. Day vs. Luna Park Company and James O'Leary, Gen. No. 16,480 - Harvard Press, 1913: Ruling of an appeal of a case involving Luna Park, Chicago, and a concessionaire who declared bankruptcy in 1908. Case was filed in 1909, ruled and appealed in 1910, with the ruling of the appeal in 1912... the year after Luna Park itself was shut down.
  52. ^ Jazz Age Chicago - Urban Leisure from 1893 to 1945
  53. ^ Lauren Rabinovitz, For the Love of Pleasure: Women, Movies, and Culture in Turn-of-the-Century Chicago (Rutgers University Press 1998) ISBN 0813525349
  54. ^ Perry Duis, Challenging Chicago: Coping with Everyday Life, 1837-1920 (University of Illinois Press 1998) ISBN 0252023943
  55. ^ Terry Carter, Lara Dunston, Andrew Humphreys, and Damien Simonis, Syria & Lebanon (Lonely Planet 2004) ISBN 1864503335
  56. ^ Robet Cartmell, The Incredible Scream Machine (Popular Press 1987) ISBN 0879723424
  57. ^ "Buffalo Luna Park Damaged by Fire",New York Times 15 July 1909
  58. ^ Jim Futrell, Amusement Parks of New York (Stackpole Books 2006) ISBN 0811732622
  59. ^ Robet Cartmell, The Incredible Scream Machine (Popular Press 1987) ISBN 0879723424
  60. ^ Jim Futrell, Amusement Parks of New York (Stackpole Books 2006) ISBN 0811732622
  61. ^ Ad in 20 July 1906 edition of New York Times
  62. ^ Avis A. Townsend, Newfane and Olcott (Arcadia Publishing 2005) ISBN 0738537225
  63. ^ Some sources refer to it as Luna Park, Clinton Park when not calling it by its longest-used (and most recent) name, Rexford Park
  64. ^ Susan Rosenthal, Schenectady (Arcadia Publishing 1999) ISBN 0738503398
  65. ^ Rexford Ramble page
  66. ^ John L. Scherer, Clifton Park (Arcadia Publishing 1996), ISBN 0738554618
  67. ^ Pictures of Rexford Park (Luna Park) ca. 1906, 1920, 1926 - CDLC Digital Collections
  68. ^ The Way We Were - Town of Clifton Park - Saratoga County (New York) official site
  69. ^ Robet Cartmell, The Incredible Scream Machine (Popular Press 1987) ISBN 0879723424
  70. ^ Diane DeMali Francis, Ohio's Amusement Parks in Vintage Postcards (Arcadia Publishing 2002), ISBN 0738519979
  71. ^ Timothy Brian McKee, Mansfield in Vintage Postcards (Arcadia Publishing 2003), ISBN 0738531723
  72. ^ Summer Parks - New York Clipper, 5 May 1907
  73. ^ Randy G. Whittle, Johnstown, Pennsylvania: A History (History Press) 2005, ISBN 159629051X
  74. ^ Luna Park's luminary: Entrepreneur/roller coaster designer deserves his due - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 1 September 2008
  75. ^ Luna Park, Scranton, Lackawanna County, PA - defunctparks.com
  76. ^ Cheryl A. Kashuba, Darlene Miller-Lanning, and Alan Sweeney, Scranton (Arcadia Publishing 2005) ISBN 0738538590
  77. ^ Luna Park (Houston) - Houstonian
  78. ^ Pictoral History of Arlington, Virginia
  79. ^ Luna Park Arlington entry at NorVAPics
  80. ^ Luna Park-1915 - Arlington Fire Journal
  81. ^ 20th Century Images: Cooling Off at Luna Park - Charleston Gazette, 8 September 2008
  82. ^ Pictures of Charleston WV Luna Park
  83. ^ Annual Report of the State Health Department of West Virginia 1920/21 (State of West Virginia 1921)
  84. ^ Alki Beach Park: former site of Seattle Luna Park - official Seattle Parks and Recreation page
  85. ^ Robet Cartmell, The Incredible Scream Machine (Popular Press 1987) ISBN 0879723424