Editing 1964 New York World's Fair (section)

=== Amusement ===
In addition to pavilions, the Lake Area included several rides and attractions during 1964.<ref name="Travelers p. 19">{{harvnb|The Travelers Insurance Companies|1965|page=19|ps=.}}</ref> [[John Ringling North]] operated a circus<ref name="nyt-1962-02-07">{{Cite news |date=February 7, 1962 |title=Continental-Style Circus Signed for '64 World's Fair |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1962/02/07/archives/continentalstyle-circus-signed-for-64-worlds-fair.html |access-date=May 26, 2024 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=May 26, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240526005858/https://www.nytimes.com/1962/02/07/archives/continentalstyle-circus-signed-for-64-worlds-fair.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="New York Amsterdam News 1962">{{Cite news |date=February 24, 1962 |title=World's Fair Will Have Circus Acts |work=New York Amsterdam News |page=15 |id={{proQuest|2293396739}}}}</ref> that performed in a 5,000-seat tent.<ref name="nyt-1962-02-07" /> Nearby was a wax museum.<ref name="Samuel p. 21" /><ref name="Kursh 1964" /> The amusement area also included a children's play area, a puppet show, a porpoise show, and other amusements.<ref name="Kursh 1964" /> A lake cruise traveled off the shore of Meadow Lake<ref>{{Cite news |date=February 2, 1963 |title=Fair Lake Area To Have Fla., Hawaii Exhibits |work=New York Amsterdam News |page=26 |id={{proQuest|226822636}}}}</ref> and an early [[Log flume (ride)|log flume]] ride was also installed at the fair.<ref name="Rhoades 2014 k912" /><ref name="Calise 2019 c695">{{cite web | last=Calise | first=Gabrielle | title=Let's revisit Florida's bizarre lost theme parks from before the Disney era | website=Tampa Bay Times | date=March 18, 2019 | url=https://www.tampabay.com/florida/2019/03/18/lets-revisit-floridas-bizarre-lost-theme-parks-from-before-the-disney-era/ | access-date=June 16, 2024}}</ref> A replica of the ship [[Santa María (ship)|''Santa María'']] was displayed in the lake.<ref name="Stern (1995) p. 1054">{{harvnb|Stern|Mellins|Fishman|1995|ps=.|p=1054}}</ref> There was a 10,000-seat outdoor theater in the amusement area as well.<ref name="Newsweek 1964a p. 44" /> Two [[Coney Island]] carousels were combined to form the [[Flushing Meadows Carousel]].<ref name="Queens Gazette w424">{{cite web |date=June 5, 2013 |title=Flushing Meadows-Corona Park Carousel Rides Again |url=https://www.qgazette.com/articles/flushing-meadows-corona-park-carousel-rides-again/ |access-date=May 21, 2024 |website=Queens Gazette |postscript=none |archive-date=May 21, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240521004720/https://www.qgazette.com/articles/flushing-meadows-corona-park-carousel-rides-again/ |url-status=live }}; {{Cite news |date=March 7, 2012 |title=You Spin Me Right Round, Baby, Right Round Like a Carousel&nbsp;... |url=http://www.thirteen.org/metrofocus/2012/03/you-spin-me-right-round-baby-right-round-like-a-carousel/ |access-date=April 3, 2017 |work=[[WNET]] |archive-date=April 7, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210407073856/https://www.thirteen.org/metrofocus/2012/03/you-spin-me-right-round-baby-right-round-like-a-carousel/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

The Florida pavilion took over much of the Lake Area in 1965,<ref name="Samuel pp. 67–68" /><ref name="nyt-1965-03-03">{{Cite news |last=Alden |first=Robert |date=March 3, 1965 |title=Free Water Show Planned at Fair; Florida Will Present Skiing in Amphitheater – Moses Predicts Big Success |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1965/03/03/archives/free-water-show-planned-at-fair-florida-will-present-skiing-in.html |access-date=June 4, 2024 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=June 4, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240604150706/https://www.nytimes.com/1965/03/03/archives/free-water-show-planned-at-fair-florida-will-present-skiing-in.html |url-status=live }}</ref> and two amusement areas called Carnival and Continental Park were added.<ref name="The Wall Street Journal 1965a" /> Outside the Lake Area were the Fiesta Playground<ref name="Kursh 1965" /> and the Sculpture Continuum Playground.<ref name="Weitekamp l955">{{cite web |last=Weitekamp |first=Rossana |date=April 22, 2015 |title=Saviors of the Chunkies |url=https://www.liherald.com/stories/saviors-of-the-chunkies,66293 |access-date=June 1, 2024 |website=Herald Community Newspapers |archive-date=June 1, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240601195400/https://www.liherald.com/stories/saviors-of-the-chunkies,66293 |url-status=live }}</ref>