Talk:Ocean View Amusement Park

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Have added a few facts about this park - will expand and add proper references when time permits 72.215.148.50 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 23:15, 4 October 2012 (UTC)

Original research/uncited information
Quite a lot of this article currently needs citation or reads like original research. The style is also overly sentimental. I've pruned a bit, but more work needs to be done if someone wants to tend it... Bunnyhugger (talk) 05:08, 27 January 2014 (UTC)
 * This work still needs to be done, but I would need outside resources to be able to edit it down. At least the atmosphere in the 1960s section should be removed, and the discussion of the demolition of the roller coaster needs to be edited down to be less sentimental. Sometimes the end is only the beginning... (talk) 19:42, 31 August 2017 (UTC)

1957 Opening Date of Ocean View Amusement Park Incorrect
Ocean View Amusement Park roots go back to 1896. Sometime before 1901 a ferris wheel was added to the grounds. A charter for Ocean View Amusement Park was granted by the Virginia Corporation Commission on August 18, 1903. The company soon after built a build a switchback railway (an early version of a roller coaster) and a toboggan slide. The May 1957 news article you cited that states Ocean View Amusement Park opened on April 13, 1957 was referring to the annual Spring opening for the 1957 season after being closed during the the previous Fall and Winter. The article was not referring to the Grand Opening of a new amusement park. Sources: "$100,000 Compress Co. Granted Charter," Virginian Pilot, August 19, 1903, page 5. https://www.newspapers.com/image/844502974/?terms=Ocean%20View%20Amusement%20Company&match=1

"Landmark Lost: Death to Ocean View Park" by Nancy Shepphard, WY Daily, August 20, 2021. https://wydaily.com/our-community/series/landmark-lost/2021/08/20/landmark-lost-death-to-ocean-view-park/

"The Life and Death of Ocean View Amusement Park: Norfolk's Bygone Amusement Park," by Alexis, July 11, 2023, Carousel of Chaos website. https://www.carouselofchaos.com/ocean-view-park/ Hendem01 (talk) 17:38, 24 September 2023 (UTC)