Cedar Point Space Spiral Ad – May 1965

When Cedar Point opened for its 1965 season, in many ways it must have seemed like an all-new park to parkgoers who hadn't been there for a while.

New attractions that year included the San Francisco Earthquake ride, Turnpike Cars, Jungle Larry's Safari Island and the Space Spiral.

Here's the article from the August 1, 1964 Journal announcing the construction of the Space Spiral (here called the Space Tower) for the 1965 season.

The ad at the top of this post, touting $2,200,000 in improvements at the park, ran in the Lorain Journal on May 17, 1965. It also mentions the Cedar Point Playhouse and 'Fascinating Building," which I suspect is the one housing the Fascination game.

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Visit this website to read an article about some of the rides (including all of the ones mentioned above as new in 1965) that are no longer at Cedar Point.

And don't forget to visit some of my old posts about Cedar Point. (There's thirty of them!)