American Amusement Park Museum

American Amusement Park Museum We are a privately owned amusement park museum.We also report on historical and current parks.

The photos on our page are our own and copyrighted property unless noted. We are a privately owned and funded museum located in Newville Pennsylvania. We share information on parks, rides, and manufactures of the past and present though stories, trip reports and a growing collection of artifacts. We give private tours by appointment trough our website (www.AmusementParkHistory.com)

Our goal is to save these pieces and restore them if needed. This one of a kind collection includes ride vehicles, signs, figures, and games from across the country. if you have anything you liked to donate or have any questions about visiting email us at [email protected]

(All photos are ours unless otherwise specified)

Our Chance Old 99 from Dutch Wonderland turned into a ghost train for the Halloween season. (It's just a primer waiting ...
09/23/2026

Our Chance Old 99 from Dutch Wonderland turned into a ghost train for the Halloween season.
(It's just a primer waiting for the next coat of paint)

A look behind the scenes with the lights on of the beginning of Diablo: The Infernal Path at Kings Dominion. This will b...
09/22/2026

A look behind the scenes with the lights on of the beginning of Diablo: The Infernal Path at Kings Dominion. This will be opening this Friday on September 25th. From what we've seen so far this will be a visually impressive maze, seems it will also be easy enough to follow if you aren't familiar with the Diablo video game franchise.
Kings Dominion Six Flags Diablo

Kings Dominion Haunt on opening Friday on September 18th. A look at all 4 shows all 5 scare zones.
09/19/2026

Kings Dominion Haunt on opening Friday on September 18th. A look at all 4 shows all 5 scare zones.

09/18/2026

A song from the new Heads Will Roll at Kings Dominion Halloween Haunt on its first show of the season. Very different than the 2019 and 2021 version of the show.

Kings Dominion Haunt begins tomorrow on September 18th. Let's take a look at a few photos from Haunt 10 years ago in 20...
09/17/2026

Kings Dominion Haunt begins tomorrow on September 18th. Let's take a look at a few photos from Haunt 10 years ago in 2016.
This was the first year for the maze Trick or Treat, it replaced Slaughter House and remain one of the best most detailed mazes in the park.
The next photo shows the Feary Tales scare zone which ran from 2009-2017.
The last two photos show Cleaver Brothers Carnival scare zone, which is their longest running scare zone as it began in 2012, it replaced CarnEvil which had a similar theme.
Kings Dominion

Some of the Tasting Pass options from opening weekend of Dark Nights at Hersheypark. Try some of these and more Friday-S...
09/14/2026

Some of the Tasting Pass options from opening weekend of Dark Nights at Hersheypark. Try some of these and more Friday-Sunday until November 1st.

09/13/2026

Saw the Starfright Orchestra at Busch Gardens Williamsburg yesterday. It has a limited run this year on September 12th and 13th.
Starfright Orchestra is a seasonal spinoff of Starlight Orchestra that ran each year at II Teatro Di San Marco in the park from the 90's until 2008. Starfright Orchestra made a return to Howl-O-Scream in 2016 and 2017.
This has a two day run, but it was unique seeing the nostalgic show in a different venue (Globe Theatre), and fills the venue for the weekend since Monster Stomp starts October 1st.

Opening night at Hersheypark Dark Nights has begun! This event will run through Nov. 1st, with five haunted houses and ...
09/13/2026

Opening night at Hersheypark Dark Nights has begun! This event will run through Nov. 1st, with five haunted houses and five scare zones for five years of fears.

09/12/2026

Walk through the all new Reese‘s Depot of Doom scare zone Hersheypark Dark Nights

Had a wonderful Howl-O-Scream opening night at Busch Gardens Williamsburg . The event features 5 Haunted houses, 5 scar...
09/12/2026

Had a wonderful Howl-O-Scream opening night at Busch Gardens Williamsburg . The event features 5 Haunted houses, 5 scare zones, and 4 shows, with two new houses and two new Scare zones and one new show. Anaconda: Dead on Arrival is one of the new mazes, which is based on the Anaconda movie ip.
Keep in mind the other new maze Fright at the Museum begins on September 25th and the show Monster Stomp begins on October 1st.
Busch Gardens Williamsburg

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