{"id":281116,"date":"2021-06-22T22:34:41","date_gmt":"2021-06-22T19:34:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/new-coney-island-coaster-the-phoenix-to-open-by-july-4\/"},"modified":"2021-06-22T22:34:41","modified_gmt":"2021-06-22T19:34:41","slug":"new-coney-island-coaster-the-phoenix-to-open-by-july-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/new-coney-island-coaster-the-phoenix-to-open-by-july-4\/","title":{"rendered":"#New Coney Island coaster The Phoenix to open by July 4"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#New Coney Island coaster The Phoenix to open by July 4<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

\n

A roller coaster is rising\u00a0from the ashes of a dark and terrible year for the amusement-park industry. <\/p>\n

Coney Island will soon cut the ribbon on its newest attraction for thrill-seekers: The Phoenix, a custom-made 68-foot-high coaster reaching speeds of more than 34 miles per hour, will open by July 4, the theme<\/a> park\u2019s proprietors told Brooklyn Paper<\/a>. The attraction is located at Deno\u2019s Wonder Wheel Amusement Park and sits directly next to its eponymous star attraction, which turned 101 this year.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe got the best of the old and the best of the new,\u201d Dennis Vourderis, a member of the family that owns and operates the park, said of the adjacent rides\u2019 age difference.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Vourderis family has owned and operated the park since 1983, and bought the plot of land that the Phoenix now sits on in 2019. But they weren\u2019t sure what to build on it until they visited Dolly Parton\u2019s Tennessee theme park, Dollywood, and were inspired by a coaster there.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"coney-island\"
The coaster is named for the hope it represents as the amusement industry pulls out of a profoundly difficult year following the coronavirus pandemic.<\/figcaption>
Deno\u2019s Wonder Wheel Amusement<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cWe decided to pull the trigger on\u201d building the Phoenix, Vourderis said. \u201cAnd then unfortunately the pandemic happened.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

The call to build the ride anyway proved to be \u201cthe right decision,\u201d Vourderis said, as the amusement park has been \u201cextremely busy\u201d since reopening on April 9.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The family decided to name the ride for the hope it represents, a shining beacon of fun following a profoundly difficult time meant to herald the \u201croaring \u201920s,\u201d a park representative told Thrillist<\/a> in an email.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not about dollars and cents, it\u2019s about smiles and lifting people up out of a pretty dark time,\u201d Vourderis\u2019 nephew, DJ Vourderis, told the Brooklyn Paper. \u201cIt is the reason why we named it the Phoenix.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"coney-island\"
The new coaster contrasts with the 101-year-old Wonder Wheel.<\/figcaption>
Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. Follow us on\u00a0Google News<\/a><\/span>\u00a0too, click on the star and choose us from your favorites.<\/span><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\n

For forums sites go to Forum.BuradaBiliyorum.Com<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\n

If you want to read more News<\/a> articles, you can visit our News category.<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Source<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“#New Coney Island coaster The Phoenix to open by July 4” A roller coaster is rising\u00a0from the ashes of a dark and terrible year for the amusement-park industry. Coney Island will soon cut the ribbon on its newest attraction for thrill-seekers: The Phoenix, a custom-made 68-foot-high coaster reaching speeds of more than 34 miles per…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":281117,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/06\/coney-phoenix-88.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=1200","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[70897],"tags":[110030,74577,73666,70344,75240],"class_list":["post-281116","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-6-22-21","tag-amusement-parks","tag-coney-island","tag-coronavirus-in-ny","tag-roller-coasters"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281116","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=281116"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281116\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/281117"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=281116"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=281116"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=281116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}