Despite a small footprint, new attractions are constantly rotated in for older attractions at Adventureland, and have been since the 1990s. He sold the park to Tony Gentile and Peter Amoruso in 1987, and Adventureland would see its next major growth period. Miller would also shorten the park’s name from Adventureland 110 Playland to just “Adventureland.” Miller would go on to add a number of attractions to the park in his decade of ownership, keeping the park’s lineup fresh. During that decade, Adventureland added multiple attractions, including Chance Toboggan and SDC Galaxi roller coasters in 1973, increasing its ride total to 30 by the middle of the decade.Ĭohen sold the park to ride importer Willy Miller in 1977, who added the park’s Antique Cars attraction, which originally operated at the 1964 World’s Fair, the following season. As other parks in the area closed their gates for good, Adventureland continued to grow, doubling in size to 12 acres when Cohen, by then the primary owner, purchased another six acres behind the park in the early 1970’s. Originally named Adventureland 110 Playland, the park was built at a cost of $1,000,000 (9.57 million in 2022 dollars). In line with other family-focused amusement parks in the area, Cohen and Budin also installed four rides, a carousel, a train, boats, and the park’s first roller coaster, built by the Alan Herschell Co., named Little Dipper. From humble beginnings in 1962, to an all- new for 2022 roller coaster, Fireball, there’s been a lot of theme park history less than 30 miles east of New York City.Īdventureland got its start in 1962 when Alvin Cohen and Herb Budin purchased six acres of land, and installed a restaurant, arcade and mini-golf course.
Situated on 12 acres of of NY-110, Adventureland is known for its strong tradition of creating family memories for the past 60 years. During a recent visit to Long Island, New York, I happened to visit one of these parks for the first time – Adventureland in Farmingdale, N.Y.
One of the best aspects of being a coaster enthusiast is finding parks that you wouldn’t have known about otherwise.
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