fairyland park



At 17th and Prospect Streets, Fairyland amusement park entertained hundreds of thousands of people every year for 50 years. Fairyland opened in 1923 on former farm acreage — 80 acres, as a matter of fact. Shuttered four years after Worlds of Fun opened, Fairyland was home to the Crystal Pool, pictured above, and roller coasters like the Flying Tiger, the Giant Dipper and the Wildcat, the largest steel-constructed coaster in the United States during the park’s heyday. And that’s not all! Patrons could dance in the ballroom, ride the Ferris wheel, visit wild-animal exhibits, hit each other with bumper cars or listen to live music at the bandstand.