As Adventureland celebrates its 50th anniversary, we're taking a look back at past rides from the Iowa amusement park. Adventureland has more than 90 rides and a waterpark. Most recently, the ...
WEBVTT 42:58-"well this afternoon at A- land we met a woman who has turned her love for one specific ride, into an obsession, and i'm not overstaing that in any sense of the word." 29:12 - ahhh!!!! In ...
Amid the park's 50th anniversary, Adventureland's Tornado has officially joined the list of Roller Coaster Landmarks. The Tornado is one of Adventureland's most iconic rides, so it's fitting to get ...
ALTOONA, Iowa -- An 11-year-old boy is dead and three other people have been hospitalized after a raft overturned on a water ride at an amusement park. The incident occurred at approximately 7:35 p.m.
DES MOINES, Iowa — A longtime Iowa resident who loved an amusement park ride so much that she once rode it more than 180 times in one day, has died. Shirley Beeghly, nicknamed “Space Shot Shirley” ...
You’d never know that Adventureland, the state-of-the-art amusement park in Farmingdale, was once a 6-acre chicken and vegetable farm. Since Alvin Cohen and Herb Budin opened the park in 1962, ...
IT’S 1216 NOW. TODAY IS NATIONAL ROLLER COASTER DAY. ON THIS DAY IN 1898, THE FIRST VERTICAL LOOP ROLLER COASTER WAS INTRODUCED HERE IN THE U.S. HISTORIANS DID SAY ROLLER COASTERS EXISTED BEFORE THAT.
ALTOONA, Iowa (KCRG) - A trial date has been set in a lawsuit against Adventureland amusement park in Altoona following the 2021 death of an 11-year-old boy. Michael Jaramillo died when a raft of the ...
Adventureland Inn, the hotel that accompanied Iowa's largest theme park for more than 50 years, will not reopen its doors. The company announced Wednesday that Adventureland Inn in Altoona will close ...