LOST AMUSEMENT PARKS

FLORIDA - AMUSEMENT PARKS

• Atlantic Beach - (near Jacksonville) FL - (1928 - 1950)
• Balast Point – Tampa, FL  - (1906? - ?)
• Bay View Park – Pensacola, FL  -  (Nothing Known)
• Boardwalk Amusement Park - Jacksonville Beach, FL -
• Boardwalk and Baseball - Haines City, FL - (1987 - 1990) [Park sold by publisher HBJ to avert a hostile takeover]
• Circus World – Haines City, FL – (1974 - 1986] [Sucessful park, but offer for park by HJB was too good to pass up]
• Dixieland Park – Jacksonville, FL  - (1906 - 1916)
• Floridaland - Sarasota / Venice, FL - (1964 - 1971) [Couldn't compete with Disney World]
• Florida Ostrich Farm Park & Zoo – S. Jacksonville, FL – (Nothing Known)
• Forest Amusement Park / Ocean Front Park - Daytona Beach, FL - (1955 - 1989 [Site became a Sheraton Hotel]
• Funland Amusement Park - Miami, FL - (1956 or earlier - 1963) (Nothing Known)
• Funway Amusement Park – Fort Walton Beach, FL  - (Nothing Known)
• Griffin Amusement Park - Jacksonville, FL -
• Hialeah Park – Miami, FL  - (1925 - 1926) [Hurricane destroyed roller coaster at amusement park section of race track - not rebuilt]
• Joyland Park - Miami, Fl - (1926 - ?) - (Nothing Known)
• Lincoln Park – Jacksonville, FL  - (Nothing Known) (Blacks only)
• Maderia Beach - St Petersburg, FL (early 1930s) (Nothing Known)
• Marco Polo World - Orlando, FL (1970 - 1975) [Couldn't compete with newly opened Disney World]
• Million Dollar Pier - Miami Beach, FL - (1927 - ? )
• Miracle Strip – Panama City, FL – (1963 - 2004) [Steadily declining tourist interest killed park]
• Ocean View Pavilion – Jacksonville, FL  - (Nothing Known)
• Petticoat Junction - Panama City, FL - (1970 - 1984) [Changing tastes for old-fashion rides, doomed park]
• Pirate’s World – Dania, FL – (1966- 1975) - [Couldn't compete with Disney World - bankruptcy]
• Speedway Casino & Amusement Park - Daytona Beach, FL [Ad for park in 1922 Billboard - did it open?]
• Sulphur Springs Park – Tampa, FL – (1920 - 1933) MAP [Hurricane & flood wrecked park during the Depression]
• Tampa Beach – Tampa, FL  - (Nothing Known)
• Tampete Park – Tampa, FL  - (Nothing Known)
• Winter Garden Park – Miami, FL  - (Nothing Known)
• Whoopee Park - Miami, FL - (1929 - ? ) (Nothing Known)