| 词条 | A Trip to the Moon (attraction) |
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A Trip to the Moon was a pioneering early dark ride, best known as the flagship and namesake of Coney Island's Luna Park. History{{See also|Le voyage dans la lune (operetta)|A Trip to the Moon}}A Trip to the Moon was originally designed by Frederic Thompson for the Pan-American Exposition of 1901 in Buffalo, New York. Tickets for the popular ride were US$0.50 (${{formatprice|{{Inflation|US|0.50|1901}}}} in {{Inflation-year|US}} dollars{{inflation-fn|US}}) at the time, twice the price of other attractions at the exposition. It was experienced by over 400,000 people before it closed on November 2, 1901.[1] It was the first electrically powered mechanical "dark ride" and one of the first space rides.[2] After the exposition, Thompson and his partner Elmer Skip Dundy brought the attraction to Tilyou's Steeplechase Park, then later established it as the anchor of their newly opened Luna Park in 1903.[3] ExperienceThe first version of the ride involved a simulated trip for thirty passengers from the fairgrounds to the Moon aboard the airship-ornithopter Luna, with visions displayed of Niagara Falls, the North American continent and the Earth's disc. The passengers then left the craft to walk around a cavernous papier-mâché lunar surface peopled by costumed characters playing Selenites. There they visited the palace of the Man in the Moon and his dancing "Moon maidens", before finally leaving the attraction through a Mooncalf's mouth. After it was brought to Coney Island's Luna Park, the ride was revamped in a new building at a cost of $52,000. The ride's centerpiece was a ship called Luna III, enlarged to accommodate more passengers. Unlike its original Buffalo incarnation, the new version of the ride passed over a panorama of Coney Island and Manhattan's skyscrapers before rising into the clouds. See also
References1. ^{{cite web | url=http://www.westland.net/coneyisland/articles/lunapark.htm | title=Coney Island - Luna Park | date=May 1, 1998 | accessdate=April 24, 2012 | author=Stanton, Jeffrey}} 2. ^{{cite web | url=http://io9.com/5914655/in-1901-you-could-pay-50-cents-to-ride-an-airship-to-the-moon | title=In 1901, you could pay 50 cents to ride an airship to the Moon | publisher=retro futurism | date=31 May 2012 | accessdate=2 February 2015}} 3. ^{{cite web|url=http://gottaloveconeyisland.com/Luna_Park.html |title=Luna Park |publisher=GottaLoveConeyIslandDotCom |accessdate=April 24, 2012 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015142433/http://gottaloveconeyisland.com/Luna_Park.html |archivedate=October 15, 2011 |df= }}
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