[PRCo] Re: Street Cars and Amusement Parks

[Fred Schneider]

Kennywood accepst the food sales they can get, they let you bring  
your own food if you want.   They make wonderful events for the  
school kids all over southwestern Pennsylvania.    Hershey Park on  
the other hand tells you that you must buy food from them and if you  
don't like it, leave.   OK, so I drive 220 miles to go to Kennywood  
and ignore Hershey which is in my own back yard.   Kennywood knew how  
to do it correctly and they still do.   And because of it, they get a  
lot of business.    Don't know if they still do it, but 20 years ago  
they still had a policy of letting you simply pay for the rides in  
the shoulder season (and pay an admission price in the peak season).

On Oct 10, 2005, at 4:15 PM, James B. Holland wrote:

> mtoytrain at bellsouth.net wrote:
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> The Dormont School System had an Annual Picnic at Kennywood.
> Reduced price tickets bought in advance also included a One-Way  
> ride to
> the park on PRCo Charters  --  that meant TrolleyCars as long as they
> operated to the park.
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> We boarded in front of the Mt.Lebanon Presbyterian Church opposite  
> Bower
> Hill Road.       There must have been about 20 trolleycars go outbound
> one right after the other  --  That Was A Sight.       We made a right
> turn onto Carson Street then followed the 77/54 to Craft and then the
> 68-line to the Park.       Don't remember anything about Kennywood  
> that
> day but Do Remember The TrolleyCar Ride  --  parents met us there and
> brought us home!
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> As a Family we often went to Idylwild.       We liked the roller
> coasters at West View Better!
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> Jim__Holland
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> I__Like__Ike.......And__PCCs!!
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> down with pantographs ---- UP___WITH___TROLLEYPOLES!!!!!!!
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>> In my reading I found that in many cities in the early days of Street
>> Car Operations many lines generally ended up at a amusement park,  
>> many
>> of which were "built" by the Street Car companies.
>> In Pittsburgh there was of course the line to Kennywood Park, and  
>> West
>> View Park.
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