Editing Amusement park (section)

===Modern amusement parks===
[[File:Tivoligardens2.jpg|thumb|[[Tivoli Gardens]] in [[Copenhagen]], Denmark, opened in 1843. Tivoli is always evolving, Georg Carstensen said in 1844: "Tivoli will never, so to speak, be finished", a sentiment echoed just over a century later when [[Walt Disney]] said of his own Tivoli-inspired theme park, "Disneyland will never be completed. It will continue to grow as long as there is imagination left in the world".<ref>{{cite news |title=Tivoli: Walt's inspiration for Disneyland |url=https://baltimorepostexaminer.com/tivoli-walts-inspiration-disneyland/2018/01/22 |access-date=23 September 2023 |work=Baltimore Post Examiner}}</ref>]]
The first permanent enclosed entertainment area, regulated by a single company, was founded in Coney Island in 1895: [[Sea Lion Park]] at [[Coney Island]] in Brooklyn. This park was one of the first to charge admission fee to get into the park in addition to sell tickets for rides within the park.<ref name="Adams"/>

In 1897, Sea Lion Park was joined by [[Steeplechase Park]], the first of three major amusement parks that opened in the [[Coney Island]] area. George Tilyou designed the park to provide thrills and entertainment. The combination of the nearby population center of [[New York City]] and the ease of access to the area made Coney Island the embodiment of the American amusement park.<ref name="Adams"/> Coney Island also featured [[Luna Park (Coney Island, 1903)|Luna Park]] (1903) and [[Dreamland (Coney Island, 1904)|Dreamland]] (1904). Coney Island was a huge success and by the year 1910 attendance on days could reach a million people.<ref name="Adams"/> Fueled by the efforts of [[Frederick Ingersoll]] who borrowed the name, other "[[Luna Park]]s" were quickly erected worldwide and opened to rave reviews.

The first amusement park in England, [[Blackpool Pleasure Beach]], opened in 1896, developed by W. G. Bean. In 1904, Sir [[Hiram Maxim]]'s Captive Flying Machine was introduced; he had designed an early aircraft powered by steam engines that had been unsuccessful and instead opened up a pleasure ride of flying carriages that revolved around a central pylon. Other rides included the 'Grotto' (a fantasy ride), 'River Caves' (a [[Roller coaster#Scenic railways|scenic railway]]), [[water chute]]s and a [[toboggan]]ing tower.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://entertainmentdesigner.com/history-of-theme-parks/the-history-of-pleasure-beach-blackpool-the-uks-number-one-amusement-park|title=The History of Pleasure Beach Blackpool: The UK's Number One Amusement Park|access-date=7 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131213222256/http://entertainmentdesigner.com/history-of-theme-parks/the-history-of-pleasure-beach-blackpool-the-uks-number-one-amusement-park/|archive-date=13 December 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Fire was a constant threat in those days, as much of the construction within the amusement parks of the era was wooden. In 1911, Dreamland was the first Coney Island amusement park to completely burn down; in 1944, Luna Park also burned to the ground. Most of Ingersoll's Luna Parks were similarly destroyed, usually by [[arson]], before his death in 1927.