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playland
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n. An area of free recreation
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Playland, often called Rye Playland and also known as Playland Amusement Park, is an amusement park located in Rye, New York. Run by Westchester County, it is one of the only government owned-and-operated amusement parks in the United States.
Playland is an amusement park in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It is located in Hastings Park and is the oldest amusement park in Canada.
Every year the park will replace one or two rides with new ones and the attendance of the park is always near capacity during the annual fair. For the 2009 season, the Demons of the Dark and House of the Dead haunted houses were replaced with the Haunted Mansion and the arcade was replaced with Command Headquarters (CHQ).
At the end of August, Playland and its renting partner Pacific National Exhibition (PNE) collectively host an annual fair for the local residents of Metro Vancouver. Talent shows, Animal Races, Demolition Derbies, Monster Trucks and many foods/snacks are a few of the many interesting events found at the fair. During this time, rides are brought in from West Coast Amusements nearly doubling the number of rides.
The city of Vancouver has long debated about whether the PNE and Playland will stay at or move from its current location. However, it has been decided that they would stay where they are for some time to come.
Playland's regular season operates from April to the end of September every year. The park reopens for Fright Nights from mid-October to the Halloween weekend.
The 1999 Canadian teen-drama film Rollercoaster, was shot at the park. The opening scenes of the horror film Final Destination 3 were also shot at the park, utilizing the Corkscrew roller coaster, seen in the film as "Devil's Flight". Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days was filmed at Playland (Vancouver) for the boardwalk scene, where the Corkscrew roller coaster and Revelation ('Cranium Shaker' in the movie) rotating arm ride were shown along with many smaller rides. The Nickelodeon original movie Splitting Adam was also filmed at Playland's water park.
Playland may refer to:
In music
- Playland (album), a 2014 album by Johnny Marr
In entertainment venues
- Playland (New York), a former amusement park in Rye, New York
- Playland (Vancouver), an amusement park in Vancouver
- Playland (San Francisco), a former amusement park in San Francisco
- Playland Café, a historic gay bar in Boston
- Dodge Park Playland, a former amusement park in Council Bluffs, Iowa
- Rockaways' Playland, a former amusement park in Queens, New York
Playland (also known as Playland at the Beach and Whitney's Playland beginning in 1928) was a seaside amusement park located next to Ocean Beach, in the Richmond District at the western edge of San Francisco, California along Great Highway where Cabrillo and Balboa streets are now. It began as a collection of amusement rides and concessions in the late 19th century and was known as Chutes At The Beach as early as 1913. It closed Labor Day weekend in 1972.
Playland is the second studio album by English musician Johnny Marr. It was released on 6 October 2014 by New Voodoo Records. Playland was supported by the single " Easy Money". The album debuted at number 9 on the UK Albums Chart.
Usage examples of "playland".
Instead, he went downtown and found some friends at the Playland video game arcade in Times Square.
She must be talking about Playland, the place on Times Square that Lloyd told me about.
Fun House at Playland, an amusement park razed long ago to build condos.
Maybe because it brought back days in the bumper cars of Rye Playland, Coney Island, and Palisades Park.
They found their playland infested with this green-light who sought them at first to play, ostensibly, but whose ultimate purpose was their discomfort.
Then she closed her eyes, took a deep breath, and thought Playland with all her will.
She left the apartment and began walking to Playland quickly, keeping a cautious eye on the brightening sky.
Although the Playland carnival rides were going full-strength, there were few other beachgoers that day to object to a Chinese boy.
Ralph, however, preferred reading to free-form thinking, and he soon became interested in the promise of Pewamo, Tomorrow’s Playland.