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According to the Dispatch, the park rides and attractions were being razed and dismantled in early 1938 and the park did not open for a 1938 season.
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Here is a list of rides that were at Olentangy Park:
 
Here are a list of rides that were at Olentangy Park:
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!Name
!style="min-width: 200px;"|Ride Name
!a.k.a.
!a.k.a.
!Type
!Opened
!Opened
!Closed
!Closed
!style="max-width: 50px;"|Number of Seasons
!Notes
!Notes
|-
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
|[[Aeroplane]]
|[[Airplanes]]
|Airplanes, Airplane Ride
|Aeroplane, Airplane Ride, Circle Swing
|1927
|1937 (park closure)
|style="text-align: center;"|11
|was [[Circle Swing]]
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
|[[Big Eli]]
|Eli, Ferris Wheel
|1927
|
|
|style="text-align: center;"|
|
|
| 1937 (park closure)
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
|
|[[Circle Swing]]
|-
|Giant Circle Swing, Flying Swing, Flying Circle Swing, Circle Ride, Spiral Swing, Airplanes
|[[Cannon Ball Express]]
|Miniature Railway, Miniature Train Ride
|Track
|1904
|1904
|1937 (park closure)
|1926 (renamed)
|style="text-align: center;"|23
|
|
|-
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
|[[Carousel]]
|Caroussel, Carrousel, Merry-Go-Round
|Rotating Ride
|1906
|1937 (park closure)
|Although sometimes described as "a merry-go-round," it is a separate ride
|-
|[[Circle Swing]]
|Giant Circle Swing, Flying Swing, Flying Circle Swing
|Rotating Ride
|1905
|
|
|-
|[[Dodgem]]
|[[Dodgem]]
|
|
|Wheeled Vehicle
|1922
|1922
|1937 (park closure)
|1937 (park closure)
|style="text-align: center;"|16
|
|
|-
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
|[[Double Whirl]]
|[[Double Whirl]]
|
|
|Rotating Ride
|1911
|1911
|
|
|style="text-align: center;"|
|
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
|[[Down and Out]]
|
|
|-
|1904
|1904
|style="text-align: center;"|1
|
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
|[[Electric Autos]]
|[[Electric Autos]]
|Racing Autos
|Racing Autos, Mechanical Autos, Electric Automobile Ride, Custer Car Speedway
|Track
|1911
|1911
|
|
|style="text-align: center;"|
|
|
|-
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
|[[Ferris Wheel]]
|[[Ferris Wheel (1)]]
|
|1903
|1905 (sold)
|style="text-align: center;"|3
|
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
|[[Ferris Wheel (2)]]
|
|
|
|style="text-align: center;"|
|
|
|Rotating Ride
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
|[[Ferris Wheel (4)]]
|
|
| 1937 (park closure)
|1933
|1937 (park closure)
|style="text-align: center;"|5
|
|
|-
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
|[[Figure Eight Toboggan]]
|[[Figure Eight Toboggan]]
|Figure 8 Toboggan Ride
|Figure 8 Toboggan Ride
|Roller Coaster
|1902
|1902
|1928
|style="text-align: center;"|27
|
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
|[[Flight Tutor (1)]]
|Aerotrainer, Orientator, Airplane Instructor
|1931
|1931 (sales company went out of business)
|style="text-align: center;"|1
|Fully functional
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
|[[Flight Tutor (2)]]
|Aerotrainer, Orientator, Airplane Instructor
|1931
|1931 (sales company went out of business)
|style="text-align: center;"|1
|Limited to take off and landing
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
|[[Grand Carousel]]
|Grand Carousel, Caroussel, Carrousel, Merry-Go-Round
|1914
|1937 (park closure)
|1937 (park closure)
|style="text-align: center;"|24
|
|
|-
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
|[[Joy Mill]]
|[[Hey-Dey]]
|
|
|Water Ride
|1931
|
|
|1937 (park closure)
|style="text-align: center;"|
|
|
|-
|-
|[[Kiss Waltz]]
|[[Kiss Waltz]]
|Thurston's Kiss Waltz, Thurston's Waltz Ride, The Tango Waltz
|1913
|1913 (unknown if ever installed)
|style="text-align: center;"|1
|
|
|Track
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
|1913
|[[Lindy-Loop]]
|
|
|1932
|1932
|style="text-align: center;"|1
|
|
|-
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
|[[Loop-the-Loop]]
|[[Loop-the-Loop]]
|
|
|Roller Coaster
|1908
|1908
|1914
|style="text-align: center;"|7
|
|
|
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
|-
|[[Love's Voyage]]
|[[Love's Voyage]]
|
|
|Unknown
|1909
|1909
|1909 (replaced)
|style="text-align: center;"|1
|
|
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
|[[Merry-Go-Round (1)]]
|
|
|-
|1896
|[[Merry-Go-Round]]
|
|style="text-align: center;"|
|
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
|[[Merry-Go-Round (2)]]
|
|1906
|
|
|Rotating Ride
|style="text-align: center;"|
|1896
|
|
|Separate from the actual carousel
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
|-
|[[Merry-Go-Round De Luxe]]
|[[Ocean Wave]]
|
|
|Unknown
|1930
|1937 (park closure)
|style="text-align: center;"|8
|
|
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
|[[Miniature Railway]]
|Cannon Ball Express, Electric Express, Miniature Engine, Miniature Train Ride
|1902
|1937 (park closure)
|style="text-align: center;"|36
|
|
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
|[[Ocean Wave]]
|Witch's Hat
|1909
|1910 (collapsed)
|style="text-align: center;"|2
|
|
|-
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
|[[Ye Olde Mill|Old Mill]]
|data-sort-value="Olde Mill 1"|[[Ye Olde Mill (1)]]
|Ye Olde Mill, The Old Mill, Ye Old Mill, Aquarama
|Ye Olde Mill, The Old Mill, Ye Old Mill, Aquarama
|Water Ride
|1904
|1904 (original),
|1911 (fire)
1912? (rebuilt)
|style="text-align: center;"|8
|1911 (fire),
|Detroyed in the July 1911 fire
1937 (park closure)
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
|Moved more north after the July 1911 fire
|data-sort-value="Olde Mill 2"|[[Ye Olde Mill (2)]]
|-
|Ye Olde Mill, The Old Mill, Ye Old Mill
|[[Over-the-Top]]
|1918
|[[The Racer|Racer]]
|1937 (park closure)
|Roller Coaster
|style="text-align: center;"|20
|
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
|[[Over-the-Top / The Racer|Over-the-Top]]
|
|1918
|
|
|1937 (park closure)
|style="text-align: center;"|
|Listed twice
|Later renamed to [[The Racer]]
|-
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
|[[Pony Rides]]
|[[Pony and Camel Track]]
|Pony and Camel Rides
|Pony Rides, Pony Track, Pony and Camel Rides
|Animal Rides
|1904
|
|
|style="text-align: center;"|
|
|
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
|data-sort-value="Racer"|[[The Racer]]
|
|
|-
|[[The Racer|Racer]]
|[[Over-the-Top]]
|Roller Coaster
|
|
|1937 (park closure)
|1937 (park closure)
|Listed twice
|style="text-align: center;"|
|-
|Renamed from [[Over-the-Top / The Racer|Over-the-Top]]
|[[The Red Devil|Red Devil]]
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
|[[Scenic Coaster]], Scenic Railway
|data-sort-value="Red Devil"|[[The Red Devil]]
|Roller Coaster
|
|1907 (Scenic Railway),
|1922
1909 (Scenic Coaster),
1922 (The Red Devil)
|1937 (park closure)
|1937 (park closure)
| Listed twice
|style="text-align: center;"|16
|-
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
|[[Sea-Land-Whirl]]
|[[Sea-Land-Whirl]]
|
|
|Rotating Ride
|1915
| 1915
|1916? (company dissolved)
|1916? (company dissolved)
|style="text-align: center;"|2
|Sea-Land-Whirl Amusement Device Company dissolved in 1916
|Sea-Land-Whirl Amusement Device Company dissolved in 1916
|-
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
|[[Scenic Coaster]]
|[[Scenic Coaster]]
|[[The Red Devil|Red Devil]], Scenic Railway
|Scenic Railway, Forest Toboggan, Forest Coaster
|Roller Coaster
|1906
|1907 (Scenic Railway),
|1921
1909 (Scenic Coaster),
|style="text-align: center;"|16
1922 (The Red Devil)
|
|1937 (park closure)
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
|Listed twice
|[[Swan]]
|-
|
|1931
|
|style="text-align: center;"|
|For little kids
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
|[[Shoot-the-Chutes]]
|[[Shoot-the-Chutes]]
|Chutes
|Chutes, Shoot-the-Shoots
| Water Ride
|1909
|1909
|1937 (park closure)
|1924
|style="text-align: center;"|16
|
|
|-
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
|[[Tumble Bug]]
|[[Tumble Bug]]
|Bug
|data-sort-value="Bug"|The Bug
|Rotating Ride
|1929
|1929
|1937 (park closure)
|1937 (park closure)
|style="text-align: center;"|9
|
|
|-
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
|[[Water Toboggan]]
|[[Water Toboggan]]
|Toboggan Slide
|Toboggan Slide
|Water Ride
|1900
|1900
|
|
|style="text-align: center;"|
|
|
|-
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
|[[The Whip|Whip]]
|data-sort-value="Whip"|[[The Whip]]
|
|Rotating Ride
|
|
|1918
|1937 (park closure)
|1937 (park closure)
|style="text-align: center;"|22
|
|
|-
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
|[[Whirling Wheel]]
|[[Whirling Wheel]]
|
|
|Rotating Ride
|
|
|1937 (park closure)
|1937 (park closure)
|style="text-align: center;"|
|
|
|-
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
|[[Whirlwind]]
|[[Whirlwind]]
|Whirl Wind, Monster Whirlwind
|Whirl Wind, Whirlwind Racer, Whirlwind Railway, Monster Whirlwind
|Roller Coaster
|1909
|1909
|1937 (park closure)
|1933 (to make room for other areas)
|style="text-align: center;"|25
|
|
|}
|}


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[[Category:Lists|Rides]]
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Latest revision as of 17:11, 22 August 2025

Here is a list of rides that were at Olentangy Park:

Ride Name a.k.a. Opened Closed Number of Seasons Notes
Airplanes Aeroplane, Airplane Ride, Circle Swing 1927 1937 (park closure) 11 was Circle Swing
Big Eli Eli, Ferris Wheel 1927
Circle Swing Giant Circle Swing, Flying Swing, Flying Circle Swing, Circle Ride, Spiral Swing, Airplanes 1904 1926 (renamed) 23
Dodgem 1922 1937 (park closure) 16
Double Whirl 1911
Down and Out 1904 1904 1
Electric Autos Racing Autos, Mechanical Autos, Electric Automobile Ride, Custer Car Speedway 1911
Ferris Wheel (1) 1903 1905 (sold) 3
Ferris Wheel (2)
Ferris Wheel (4) 1933 1937 (park closure) 5
Figure Eight Toboggan Figure 8 Toboggan Ride 1902 1928 27
Flight Tutor (1) Aerotrainer, Orientator, Airplane Instructor 1931 1931 (sales company went out of business) 1 Fully functional
Flight Tutor (2) Aerotrainer, Orientator, Airplane Instructor 1931 1931 (sales company went out of business) 1 Limited to take off and landing
Grand Carousel Grand Carousel, Caroussel, Carrousel, Merry-Go-Round 1914 1937 (park closure) 24
Hey-Dey 1931
Kiss Waltz Thurston's Kiss Waltz, Thurston's Waltz Ride, The Tango Waltz 1913 1913 (unknown if ever installed) 1
Lindy-Loop 1932 1932 1
Loop-the-Loop 1908 1914 7
Love's Voyage 1909 1909 (replaced) 1
Merry-Go-Round (1) 1896
Merry-Go-Round (2) 1906
Merry-Go-Round De Luxe 1930 1937 (park closure) 8
Miniature Railway Cannon Ball Express, Electric Express, Miniature Engine, Miniature Train Ride 1902 1937 (park closure) 36
Ocean Wave Witch's Hat 1909 1910 (collapsed) 2
Ye Olde Mill (1) Ye Olde Mill, The Old Mill, Ye Old Mill, Aquarama 1904 1911 (fire) 8 Detroyed in the July 1911 fire
Ye Olde Mill (2) Ye Olde Mill, The Old Mill, Ye Old Mill 1918 1937 (park closure) 20
Over-the-Top 1918 Later renamed to The Racer
Pony and Camel Track Pony Rides, Pony Track, Pony and Camel Rides 1904
The Racer 1937 (park closure) Renamed from Over-the-Top
The Red Devil 1922 1937 (park closure) 16
Sea-Land-Whirl 1915 1916? (company dissolved) 2 Sea-Land-Whirl Amusement Device Company dissolved in 1916
Scenic Coaster Scenic Railway, Forest Toboggan, Forest Coaster 1906 1921 16
Swan 1931 For little kids
Shoot-the-Chutes Chutes, Shoot-the-Shoots 1909 1924 16
Tumble Bug The Bug 1929 1937 (park closure) 9
Water Toboggan Toboggan Slide 1900
The Whip 1918 1937 (park closure) 22
Whirling Wheel 1937 (park closure)
Whirlwind Whirl Wind, Whirlwind Racer, Whirlwind Railway, Monster Whirlwind 1909 1933 (to make room for other areas) 25


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