This website uses cookies to improve your experience. Ms. Esparza fell 75 feet and onto the roof of the rides Honky Tonk Tunnel, nearly severing her body in two. There had been rumors ever since the property was rezoned in 1967 that each summer might be the last for park, he says. During the next few years, the land was surveyed by a number of builders who made lucrative offers, but Rosenthal tried to postpone the park's inevitable closing and refused to sell. Cyclone (Palisades Amusement Park) Cyclone was the name of two wooden roller coasters which operated at Palisades Amusement Park in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. The 38-acre (15 ha) park operated from 1898 until 1971, remaining one of the most-visited amusement parks in the country until its closure, after which the . That day marked the end of what historian Vince Gargiulo would later call "a century of fun" in the 34-acre amusement park that straddled the Cliffside Park and Fort Lee border atop the. Gargiuloattributes the parks enduring legacy to a desire for simpler times. List price: Previous Price $240.99 . Her daughter said that early in the ride, she looked behind to see her mothers head on the floor and her feet up in the air. Lake Shawnee Amusement Park: Princeton, W.V.