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a fenced-off patch of land where physics becomes a form of entertainment.

means a commercially run venue of rides, games, and attractions built to extract screams and cash in equal measure.

from grew out of 19th-century pleasure gardens in europe, then exploded at coney island in the 1890s, where luna park and dreamland turned electric light and centrifugal force into an industry.

for instance

coney islandbrooklyn, 1897, birthplace of the modern amusement park.

cedar pointohio park with 17 roller coasters, more than any place on earth.

tivoli gardenscopenhagen, opened 1843, inspired walt disney's disneyland.

disneyland anaheimopened 1955, first park built around a single narrative universe.

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