Celebrating the Wonder Wheel's 97th Birthday at Coney Island

The 97-year-old Wonder Wheel at Coney Island celebrates its birthday with joy and nostalgia.

### Celebrating the 97th Birthday of Coney Island's Wonder Wheel
* 🎉 Welcome to Coney Island, where we are celebrating the **97th birthday** of the iconic **Wonder Wheel**, which officially opened in **1920**.
* 🎤 The audio quality is good, and despite the chilly weather, the rides are operational and there are **no lines due to earlier rain**.
* 🌊 The Atlantic Ocean provides a beautiful backdrop as we prepare to ride the Wonder Wheel, which is known for its **swinging cars and stunning views**.
* 🎂 Today also marks the seventh birthday of Luna Park, thanks to the efforts of **Zamperla and Central Amusements International** in revitalizing Coney Island.
* 🎡 The Wonder Wheel, a National Historic Landmark, is made from **400,000 pounds of Bethlehem Steel** and stands **150 feet tall**, with stationary cars reaching a height of **150 feet** and swinging cars going about **100 feet high**.
* 🎶 As we ride, we take a moment to sing "Happy Birthday" to the Wonder Wheel, reflecting on the **joy it has brought to generations of visitors**.
* 📸 After the ride, we explore the rich history of Coney Island, including the original Feldman’s hot dog stand, which **invented the hot dog in 1867**, and the **preserved charm of the area**.
* 🌟 Thank you for joining this celebration, and remember to **cherish your loved ones** while enjoying the **unique experiences** that Coney Island has to offer!

hmmm good to see everybody. Welcome. Oh yeah, and how's my audio? Let me know if my sound is good or not because I do have you guys attached to my microphone. Good to see you, Miss Amy. Can you hear me, Miss Amy? Is the audio good? Let me know. We're gonna ride the Wonder Wheel. We're gonna wish her a happy birthday, 97 years old. She turns today. Beautiful Miss Amy, good to see ya. Little chilly out here, but nonetheless, the rides are running. There are no lines. Welcome to Coney Island. Very chill, relaxed day here on the island. Not too much going on. Let's say hello to the Atlantic Ocean before we hop on the ride. Get some people in the room here. So, the previous broadcast apiece, we saw a ride malfunction. People are freaking out on the ride. Kind of funny. It happens though. Why so empty? Because it's rain. It was raining earlier today, so it hasn't rained since I got here. I got here a few hours ago. So, but it's cold. I'm not gonna lie. It is

cold out here, but everything is open. But yeah, everyone's kind of staying home. Everyone thinks it's going to rain. It's not gonna rain anymore today. But you know how it is. It's a kind of day for the seagulls to chill, huh? Yes, if there is an event at the our clothes right now, some kind of a kind of wig that you got to wear, white kind of music festival to playing lots of soca music in there, lots of Caribbean music going on today at the art walls. But here's your beautiful Atlantic Ocean. Even on a crappy day like this, it's still a beautiful sight. And there's the right day. That was a right. There's a red that was malfunctioning right over there. So you're supposed to spin those people in the air like that. Let's go stop. So welcome to Coney Island. We're going to hop on the Wonder Wheel right now, and we'll take a ride on her for her 97th birthday today. In 1920, the Wonder Wheel officially opens up. We're going to do

swinging cars, of course. It's only, that's the only way I could ride, but the red flags are out, red beach flags are out. Good afternoon, Torrey, good to see ya. No, ya, they didn't get big, didn't get upside-down, didn't get stuck upside-down, but they kind of flapped around a little uncomfortably, if you will. So, it was a little weird, but we caught that off, we caught it on the pro, we caught it on YouTube. But it's one of those days when you just chill out, you know, you either at home. I know a lot of you all at home, hopefully everyone's having a great Memorial Day, nice relaxed, chilled with your family, with your friends, even if you're alone. Hopefully, you're having a great Memorial Day. But the seagulls, me, the seagulls out here chillin', chillin', right, guys? The red flag means that the beach is closed. So, when you see a red flag like that, the beach is closed. So, the lifeguards hopped off duty about an hour ago.

I know the picture though, right? Exactly, sorry, periscope. Yet, a lack of guards are off duty at six o'clock. Six o'clock to go off duty, but just me and the seagulls. This seagull is eating like a no. Nothing's closed yet. Everything's gonna be closing in about an hour. He's like a piece of garbage. Don't eat the garbage, seagull. Don't eat the garbage. Anyway, but all the rides are open. Everything is scheduled to stay open until like nine o'clock. So, I highly doubt devar dude everything is going to stay open till nine o'clock. But there's really very few people out here, but it's nice for me because I get to ride all the rides and not wait in line. So, let's do it, people. Let's hop them in the Wonder Wheel. Let's wish her a happy birthday. 97 years old. Also, today is Luna Park's seventh birthday. Seven years ago, Luna Park Central News was International, and Zamperla came in and revived, to say the least, our beautiful Coney Island. So, I have to

thank the folks over at Zamperla and Central Amusements International for creating Luna Park here in Coney Island. The new Luna Park, of course, here in Coney Island, but Luna Park turned seven years old. But the Wonder Wheel turns 97 years old in a couple of weeks. The Cyclone will officially turn 90 years old also. But today in 1920, Memorial Day, the Wonder Wheel officially opens up four hundred thousand pounds of Bethlehem Steel. That's how you make your Wonder Wheel. Don't forget to give me a thumbs up, smash that like button. Thank you so much, Jay. Smash that like button because we remember, folks, for every like, it's a thousand thumbs, it's a thousand hearts on Periscope. But let's hop on the Wonder Wheel. I'm feeling a ride on it being my therapy for the day. Rode Thunderbolt, rode Cyclone already. I'm going to try to see you guys onto the Cyclone in a little bit later. May have to see you guys in my pocket before we go on the ride, but

We'll see when we get to that chunk, sure, but let me just say hello, YouTube. Awesome. They don't know what YouTube is. Nobody knows what Periscope is. Everybody knows what YouTube is. I was looking at my analytics today, and I really am amazed by the power of a replay. So, replay invaluable compared to a replay on Periscope. Let's go along the Wonder Wheel field. It looks like you're closing it up. It looks like Wonder Wheel Park is closing up to begin to close the defenses here. So, I mean, let me quickly hop in here before they close it up. Let's hop on the Wonder Wheel, folks. Do you need what do you need the glasses to get the shot? I have no idea what you talk about the definitely won't forget a thumbs the best, right? Ah, well, Google Glass. I would look to have Google Glass, but there she is, the Wonder Wheel people, all majestic in her 97 years old of goodness here, 150 feet tall, designed by the Bethlehem Steel Corporation. Oh, the Google Glass. Yeah, I gotta get Google.

glass stick you guys onto the ride. Please feel free to give me a tip at oh no oh no. Hold on quick let me hop on here is these closing the Kate. Thank you so much already up my ticket. All right good we're going to be like the last ones on the ride. So let's do a Casey nice that style. Let's do a Casey nice that style. There we go doing a Casey nice that style. Now let's hop on the Wonder Wheel. All right swinging. All right awesome on we go. Here we go one more time for the birthday. She turns 97 years old today. You have camera glasses not sure which iOS they're compatible with. Okay yeah I don't know how the Google glass works. It's very expensive. You want to donate some Google glass to me please feel free to go to my my paypal and give me some money for Google glass. But welcome it's her birthday today. Here are the statistics of the Wonder Wheel. She was officially a landmark back in 1989. Oh I think it's us he saw us coming.

around right now, kind of amazing. And when she turns a hundred, could it be great when she turns 100? That's what I can't wait for. Let's do this. Welcome. Like, sit empty over here. Like, I look at words. I simply like this, but you got to make money down here, right? [Music] Yeah, okay. As we get ready to ride to 97-year-old Wonder Wheel. [Music] Oh, thanks, man. Blue swinging car number three. We are in. So, it looks like we're going to hit the white car. Let's do it. Let's do swinging cars. And if you ever afraid of doing this, Rika's do it once, you know. Come on out here. You always do the stationary cars. Stationary cars aren't too bad as wheel begins to rotate. Here we go. A ride on the 97-year-old today. 97 years old. The beautiful, majestic Coney Island Wonder Wheel. So, you want to come out here to Dino's Wonder Wheel Park. Stop the zombies, people. Stop the zombies. Only here at Dino's Wonder Wheel Park. And now we'll

begin to do our first swing of the afternoon. Are all officially evening now as she shimmies, as she shakes. Here she goes, people. Oh my god, does this ever get old? I have rode this thing hundreds of times, and this ride never gets old. And we are stopped. We are stopped on the wheel. Let's look at the beautiful Atlantic Ocean. That's where we just came from. There you go, there's your beautiful Atlantic Ocean. As the gimbal figures out its orientation, I'm seeing right now if fun is really fun, seeing a gimbal work. There we go, there's the beautiful view of the Atlantic Ocean. And as the wheel begins to rotate once again, oh yeah, you gotta ride this grip. You gotta ride this grip. It's a classic. You know, I liked it's fun knowing my grandparents wrote this ride and my parents wrote this ride, so it's like to know I get to enjoy it. Thrilled that my grandparents and my parents have both enjoyed with their both in their formative years as we come up and over.

the top so we're oh the swinging cars go about a hundred feet in the air, but if you're under stationary cars, ago about 150 feet in the air, the full height of the wheel. Beautiful day here in Coney Island. Oh, it's, you know, it's actually, it's not cold, but it's not warm either, kind of a raw day, but it's not raining, you know, so, and we have stuff once again. Well, look at New York City. Let's go up in half. Let's look at Manhattan, ladies and gentlemen. Look at that. It's like lost in a cloud, busting a cloud over there. Look at that. That's kind of wild, lost in the clouds, lower Manhattan, number one World Trade Center, some 13 miles away as the crow flies. And that's how I know my distance is how long does a crow fly, people. How long is a crow fluff? But there's lower Manhattan right there. Often is s looked out at Luna Park, seven years old today. Luna Park is there. She is. Here's the beautiful la donna behind the

beautiful cyclone up in the background, and they get the person flyer spinning on up and the tickler and the discos spin or whatever the hell is called an air race with its new lights. And the new lights on the Aries look so cool. Those new lights on the areas are fantastic. But as the wheel begins to rotate again one more time, it's cold up here at the top. I'd say that, but you feel the wind. You definitely feel the wind up here. So we will do two rotations on the Wonder Wheel. And if you've ever seen the movie We Remo Williams, beautiful to be good to see you, Elizabeth. Welcome on in. Welcome one to a ride on a 97-year-old Coney Island Wonder Wheel. Today is our birthday. The second loop around, we will sing the Happy Birthday song. So get ready to sing, folks. Get ready to sing at home. But thanks for watching. Thanks for tuning on in. Whoa, wait, whoa. She's shimmying. She's shaking. And there she goes, ladies and gentlemen. All right, we're swinging.

we are definitely swinging. Wow, look at the white, the where whites events going on art walls. It's packed over there in the art walls. Wow, look at that event. It is packed over there. Wow, that's some kind of event. That's already ticketed, so it's already sold out. So anyway, as we come back down to the realities of our live here on the ground, I will show you the original motor of the Wonder Wheel. Good to see you, Noir from Bangor, Pennsylvania. Welcome on in. And here is the original motor from 1919. Legitimate hurricane sandy survived or right there. There it is. There it is right there. The wheel that rotates the wheel. The motor that rotates the wheel. Because my beer might be the last class run of the day as Dino's Wonder Wheel Park concludes another day operation. And you want to try this. You want to try the zombie exterior but love it. The broadcast. This was. It's a 3D experience, so it won't come across on a live streaming too well, but it's really cool. And if you kill the most Dom bees.

if you eliminate the most obvious, you win a little pin. Joe said, I killed the most office, pretty neat. As the wheel begins to shimmy and shake one more last time [Music], oh, it's like therapy, ladies and gentlemen. It is like therapy riding this ride. And now, once we see the actual good to see you knives, you'll welcome on into the room. Thank you for your service. I'm wishing all the service members, whether they be here in the United States or around the world, thank you for your service. But most importantly, everyone here in the United States in this Memorial Day here in the United States, as we come over the top, there's the axle of the Wonder Wheel. And as we come over the top, let's sing it to you guys. Today is her birthday, 97 years old, people. Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday, dear wonder, happy birthday too, and many more. There we got, ladies and gentlemen, as that sun struggles to try to clear from the clouds off on the horizon, we're going to do our final

swing of the evening. Wow, they're flipping out in the art bowls right now. I got some major music going on over there. All right, Ashley shimmies as she shakes our final swing. Lovely evening. There we go, ladies and gentlemen. Way just like Remo Williams, except we're not riding on the top of the swinging car. I always stopped. I think we're stopped. I think we are stopped. And yes, we are stopped. So let's look one last time at our Manhattan, New York City. We look at that. There's lower Manhattan about 13 miles away as the crow flies, lost in the fog of the clouds. It's not the warmest day down here, but it's not a bad day either. You can still enjoy yourself down here, actually. If you're an alcoholic, it's great drinking weather out here because the sun is not out and it's not hot at all. Well, they're partying over there by the art walls. Wow, I kind of wish I was wearing all white. But as we come down once again to the realities of

our lives another successful ride that's accessible to rotations all the Wonder Wheel. Happy birthday Wonder Wheel and many more Wonder Wheel. Thank you so much for all the happiness you have given me and my viewers across all around the world. I love this stupid thing and thanks to the Bethlehem Steel Corporation. Think Santino's Wonder Wheel are keeping this beautiful National Historic Landmark. Oh and you're more than welcome to H. Oh you're more than welcome Nigel thanks for tuning on. Alright Thank You Man hey alright there we go. I know it's a successful ride on the Wonder Wheel. It's telling me this way out so I guess I got to go this way out but look at his fever see some funny people. What is something funny [Music] come on in we're we're open or we're dead so we're open bro grill. If you wanted you want to check this out this is so cool. You want to check this out this is really cool. If you ever come out here try this ride out and of course

ride the majestic Wonder Wheel, a historic national landmark here in Coney Island. Let's walk around a little bit. Let's walk around a little bit. Good to see a rusty fish plate. That's right, death becomes you. Get to see you, Annette. You're doing great, Annette. Hello, thanks for tuning on in. Here's our beautiful astral and rocket Brooklyn flyer going up [Music]. This one, this right, it can no longer ride. They won't let you bring the phone on there, of course. They have the train here. You can take the F, the Q, the D, or the B train, or the N train here. Oh yeah, Nathan's hot book. Would you want to try? You want to try Feldman's hot dogs? Feldman's officially opened up today, and in 1867, a hundred and fifty years ago, Feltman, yeah, a Charles Veltman invented the hot dog. Let's see some historic pictures of that. Let me show you some historic pictures. I will end the broadcast inside Luna Park, walking down Jones walk right now. This

is the best example of what it was like to get to the beach at the turn-of-the-century. Left concessions, lots of people yelling at you, playing games, and into Luna Park we go now into this suburban, the suburban calmness that is Luna Park. [Music] Oh, thank you so much, grip. I am a tour guide, but that's one thing I do strive for is to entertain you guys with some food for thoughts, some fun little factoids to jiggle around your head. But where I'm standing right now, where I'm walked right now, is where the original Feldman's used to be. This is where we invented the hotdog in 1867. And by the way, Feldman's is better than Nathan. Oh, thank you so much, nature. Look at these pictures here. Visit what this is what it used to look like on this block. Here's the original Feldman's, Vizia, original Kaufman's, right? They're kind of amazing, right? There is where we're actually right there. If we were standing in the picture, we're standing

right there and then. Here's what Surf Avenue used to look like. So that's Luna Park, the original Luna Park on that side. And then down in that direction would be the stadium. Tilt means is right there. Something's actually at one point the world's largest restaurant. And then here's the beautiful gardens that used to be inside a Feltman. They used to sit down, have yourself a little, you know, have yourself a beer, have yourself a hot dog, red-hot if you will. But this is what Feltman is used to look like, kind of amazing. They had a beautiful carousel here, a beautiful double-deck carousel here back in the day also. But now you get Feltman here and one apart, and it's really good. I highly recommend it. It's actually cheaper than Nathan's, and it's better than Nathan's. How funny is that? But there we have it, ladies and gentlemen, another quick tour around Coney Island. Oh yeah, they preserved the history here pretty good actually. Sorry, I'm looking for that sign. There's a really

cool sign. So right here, this right here, this is a trolley. That's what that you see before the trolley that used to run along here. And somebody put a sign up on there. Let me show you the side. There it is. Celebrate the hotdogs anniversary. Coney Island is fun 150 and under for the years of the hotdogs 1867 to 2017. Right here, you could have a hot dog right here where we invented it a hundred and fifty years ago. That's why you want to come out to Coney Island. We still have all this history out here, so we'll have all this goodness out here. So what I'm going to do now is I'm going to see. I'm going to see how many people are waiting in line for the cyclone, and I'm going to sneak you guys onto the rocket. We'll sneak onto the cyclone in a little bit here. Hopefully, I won't get nobody in trouble. I want to get nobody in trouble. That's the deal. Another beautiful day here. Well, somewhat.

beautiful day here in Coney Island. I want to thank everyone for tuning on in. Have a great New York day, whether you live here or not. Hug your loved ones. Have a great Coney Island day, whether you live here or not. And I'll see you later. And good night, Mrs. Calabash, wherever you are. Your mouth is watering. Can hardly wait. That's right, Grip. You're going to want these hot dogs. They're really good. You're more than welcome, Nigel. Dates for tuning on in, folks. I'll see you later, folks. And bye-bye, folks. I'll see you later. Grab Miss Calabash, wherever you are. See you later, folks. [Music] You

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Celebrating Miss Amy's 97th Birthday at Coney Island

The audio is good as the host welcomes everyone and prepares to ride the Wonder Wheel for Miss Amy's 97th birthday.

Coney Island is experiencing a chill, relaxed day with no lines for the rides, following earlier rain.

The host shares interesting facts about the Wonder Wheel's opening in 1920 and mentions that today also marks Luna Park's seventh anniversary.

Celebrating the Wonder Wheel's 97th Birthday

The new Luna Park in Coney Island is celebrating its seventh anniversary, while the iconic Wonder Wheel is turning 97 years old.

The Wonder Wheel, made of 400,000 pounds of Bethlehem Steel, officially opened on Memorial Day in 1920.

The speaker is excited to ride the Wonder Wheel and is also planning to ride the Cyclone later, while encouraging viewers to engage with the livestream.

The narrator is enjoying a ride on the Coney Island Wonder Wheel, reflecting on its timelessness and family history.

The ride offers stunning views of the Atlantic Ocean and New York City, with the narrator pointing out landmarks like lower Manhattan and the World Trade Center.

The narrator plans to do two rotations on the wheel and invites viewers to sing "Happy Birthday" as they celebrate the ride's 97th anniversary.

The Wonder Wheel is bustling with events and has a packed schedule, with some activities already sold out.

The original motor from 1919, which survived Hurricane Sandy, is still in operation.

The wheel's 97th birthday is celebrated with a final swing, offering a view of lower Manhattan as the day concludes.

Celebrating the Wonder Wheel and Coney Island's History

The Wonder Wheel, a National Historic Landmark, has brought happiness to many and is celebrated for its successful rides.

Coney Island offers a variety of attractions, including the iconic hot dog stand, Feldman's, which claims to have invented the hot dog in 1867.

The area is rich in history, with bustling concessions and games, and the tour guide aims to entertain visitors with fun facts and stories.

Coney Island's Surf Avenue has a rich history, with the original Luna Park and the world's largest restaurant, Tilt, nearby.

Feltman's, known for its hot dogs and beautiful carousel, played a significant role in the area's past.

The 150th anniversary of the hot dog is celebrated here, highlighting Coney Island's importance in its invention.