dougdrummer Posted April 10, 2017 Report Share Posted April 10, 2017 (edited) They don't release figures for each park anywhere. The closest thing are the estimates put out by TEA/AECOM. (but again, just "estimates" by people in the industry) http://www.aecom.com/content/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/2015_Theme_Index__Museum_Index.pdf Interestingly AECOM is a competitor of my engineering company. For individual North American parks in 2015, SFGA ranks 19th with 3.1M visitors, just ahead of Busch Gardens Williamsburg, which is surprising to me. Disney and Universal have 9 of the top 10 parks for attendance. Hurricane Harbor is ranked 16th. Obviously NJ is disadvantaged by having a much shorter season than Florida and California parks. In essence, SFGA has no more visitors now than it did back in the early 1980s, despite all the expansions and additions. I wonder how low attendance sunk in the late 80s and 90s after the Haunted House fire and the period of time when a lot of "undesirables" came to the park? It was during those years that I stopped going - I almost feared for my safety at times. Edited April 10, 2017 by dougdrummer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yankees99 Posted April 16, 2017 Report Share Posted April 16, 2017 Just found this video from 1978. It's got some shots of the Tilt-A-Whirl and other rides in Fun Fair, along with the safari. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scott Posted April 16, 2017 Report Share Posted April 16, 2017 Nice video. Its fun to watch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yankees99 Posted April 16, 2017 Report Share Posted April 16, 2017 Very cool video. They did a great job getting around parts of the park. The Tilt-A-Whirl was always a crowd drawer. You could enter Fun Fair two different ways and you'd see the ride immediately. Like a magnet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Anarchy Posted April 16, 2017 Report Share Posted April 16, 2017 I love the wild rider shots, good find Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yankees99 Posted April 16, 2017 Report Share Posted April 16, 2017 I loved the Wild Rider. One of my favorite rides. I just found another cool video from 1976. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dougdrummer Posted April 17, 2017 Report Share Posted April 17, 2017 Very cool video. They did a great job getting around parts of the park. The Tilt-A-Whirl was always a crowd drawer. You could enter Fun Fair two different ways and you'd see the ride immediately. Like a magnet. I forgot that you could look down upon the Rotor. Cool to see the second ferris wheel from the big one. The movie footage of the safari was great - back in the 70s car air conditioning was not as prevalent as it is today. So to keep your windows up, especially on a really hot day, was a big challenge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dougdrummer Posted April 17, 2017 Report Share Posted April 17, 2017 I loved the Wild Rider. One of my favorite rides. I just found another cool video from 1976. What an awesome stroll down memory lane! Whoever shot this footage, probably on an 8 mm movie camera, had some decent photography skills, because the quality was very good. I loved seeing all the cars, clothes, and hair styles from the mid-70's, which was when I was a teenager. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
29yrswithaGApass Posted March 10, 2020 Author Report Share Posted March 10, 2020 Because images of the Tilt-a-Whirl are so rare, I thought I would add this less than ideal yet unique photo of the ride. This is from the mid 80's when the ride was across the creek from the Fort. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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