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Luna Park is a name shared by dozens of currently operating and defunct amusement parks that have opened on almost every continent except Antarctica since 1903. The first to use the name was the second major amusement park at Coney Island, designed by Charles I.D. Looff, who subsequently designed Seattle, Washington's Luna Park, which opened in 1907. The spaceship in the Pan-American Exposition ride "A Trip to the Moon" gave its name to these parks... and to dozens that followed over the next century.

In 1905, Frederick Ingersoll was already making a reputation for his pioneering work in roller coaster construction and design (he also designed scenic railroad rides) when he opened Luna Parks in Pittsburgh and Cleveland, the first two amusement parks to be covered with electric lighting (the former was adorned with 67,000 light bulbs ; the Cleveland park had 50,000 ). Ultimately he opened 44 Luna Parks around the world, the first chain of amusement parks.

Despite the death of Ingersoll in 1927 and the closing of most of his Luna Parks, the name's popularity continued with newer parks with the name opening with regularity. As a result, "Lunapark" now translates into "amusement park" in Dutch, German, Bulgarian, Croatian, Polish, Greek, Italian, Turkish, Hebrew and Macedonian.

List of 81 amusement parks named Luna Park
Luna Park is the name of numerous amusement parks, from the Coney Island original, to the over 40 Luna Parks designed and constructed by Frederick Ingersoll, to amusement parks which received their names after Ingersoll's death in 1927. For a short time, Ingersoll renamed his parks Ingersoll's Luna Park to distinguish them from the Luna Parks to which he had no connection.

Hong Kong

 * Luna Park, Hong Kong (1949-1954), amusement park, cinema and nightclub complex in North Point, Hong Kong

India

 * Luna Park, Bombay, Ingersoll-designed and -built amusement park in India

Iran

 * Shahr-e Bazi, Tehran (formerly Luna Park, Tehran), closed in 2007 to make room for a new highway

Japan

 * Luna Park, Osaka (1912–1923) Japan amusement park also known as Shinsekai Luna Park
 * Luna Park, Tokyo (1910–1911), Asakusa

Lebanon

 * Luna Park, Beirut, currently operating amusement park in Lebanon

Saudi Arabia

 * Luna Park, Abha, currently operating amusement park in Saudi Arabia that is part of the Abha Palace complex

Turkey

 * Luna Park, Nazilli, currently operating amusement park in Turkey
 * Luna Park, Sincan, currently operating amusement park near Ankara, Turkey

Cameroon

 * Luna Park, Obala, currently operating Cameroon amusement park

Egypt

 * Luna Park, Cairo (1911–1915), amusement park in Heliopolis, Egypt that was the first in Africa and the Middle East . On 19 January 1915, buildings and grounds were converted into Australian Auxiliary Hospital at Luna Park for World War I. ; the hospital was closed 10 July 1916

New South Wales

 * Luna Park, Sydney (1935–present), currently operating amusement park in Australia originally known as Luna Park Milsons Point

Queensland

 * Luna Park, Redcliffe (1944–2005), Australia amusement park (near Brisbane)

South Australia

 * Luna Park Glenelg (1930–1934), amusement park near Adelaide, Australia, closed due to objections of local populace to Sunday operations and expansion plans ; moved to Milsons Point (1935) and became Luna Park Sydney.

Victoria

 * Luna Park, Melbourne (1912–present), Ingersoll-designed and -built, currently operating amusement park in Australia, the oldest Luna Park in existence

Western Australia

 * Luna Park, Scarborough Beach
 * Luna Park, Scarborough (1936–1972), amusement park near Perth, Australia

Azerbaijan

 * Luna Park, Baku (2000–present), currently operating park in Azerbaijan

Cyprus

 * Luna Park, Larnaca, currently operating Cyprus amusement park now known as Lucky Star Park

England

 * Luna Park Funfair, currently operating amusement park near Scarborough, United Kingdom
 * Luna Park, London, England amusement park

France

 * Luna Park, Cap d'Agde, currently operating amusement park in southern France
 * Luna Park, Nice, currently operating amusement park in France - promoted as "The Only Under Cover Indoor Attraction Park in Europe
 * Luna Park, Paris (1909–1931), acquired 25 whales and 100 penguins for its last year of operation France amusement park

Germany

 * Luna Park, Berlin (1909–1933) German park was in its time the largest amusement park in Europe
 * Luna Park, Cologne (1909–1927) Germany amusement park
 * Luna Park, Hamburg-Altona (1913, 1917–1923), amusement park in Germany
 * Luna Park, Leipzig (1911–1932), German amusement park

Greece

 * Luna Park Aidonakia (also known as "Ta Aidonaka" ), Frederick Ingersoll-constructed amusement park currently operating in Athens, Greece

Hungary

 * Luna Park, Budapest - currently operating amusement park in Hungary

Italy

 * Luna Park, Milan (1965–present), currently operating amusement park near Milan, Italy. Name was changed 11 April 2004 to Luna Europark Idroscalo Milano
 * Luna Park, Rome, Ingersoll-designed and -built amusement park in Italy; closed in 1930s

Portugal

 * Luna Park, Lisbon, Ingersoll-designed and -built park in Portugal

Russia

 * Luna Park, Moscow (1993–present), currently operating amusement park in Russia. Officially called "Luna Park Carrousel."
 * Luna Park, St. Petersburg (1916–1924) Russian amusement park

Spain

 * Luna Park, Madrid, Ingersoll-designed and -built amusement park in Spain

Switzerland

 * Luna Park, Geneva (1912–1918), Switzerland amusement park sited at Le Parc des Eaux Vives alongside Lake Geneva

Canada

 * Luna Park, Hull, Quebec amusement park (1925–1928)

Mexico

 * Luna Park, Mexico City (1906-?), Ingersoll-designed Mexico park; currently operating Luna Loca is on the same site

California

 * Luna Park, Los Angeles (1911–1914) Ingersoll-owned; was Chutes Park 1900-1910
 * Luna Park, San Jose (1910–1916), California amusement park whose baseball stadium served as home for the San Jose Prune Pickers and San Jose Bears of the California State League.

Colorado

 * Luna Park, Denver (1908–1914), Colorado amusement park built on the site of the first US amusement park west of the Mississippi River, Manhattan Beach (1881–1908)
 * Manhattan Beach, Edgewater (1890–1908). First amusement park west of the Mississippi River. Burned down 1908 and rebuilt as Luna Park, Denver (1908–1914).

Hawai'i

 * Luna Park, Honolulu, Ingersoll-designed and -built amusement park in Hawaii

Illinois

 * Luna Park, Chicago (1907–1911), amusement park owned by James "Big Jim" O'Leary, boxing promoter who was son of Mrs. O'Leary of Great Chicago Fire fame   , converted into a farmers' market in 1912, a housing subdivision in late 1910s

Maryland

 * Luna Park, Baltimore, Maryland amusement park

Michigan

 * Luna Park, Detroit, Michigan (1906–1927) amusement park that was actually named Electric Park but also called Luna Park, Riverview Park, and Granada Park (Note: Ingersoll Amusement Center was a separate park)

New Mexico

 * President's Park, Carlsbad

New York

 * Luna Park, Buffalo (1904–1920), Ingersoll-designed and -constructed New York amusement park, damaged by fire 14 July 1909 Originally Carnival Court, became Athletic Park before closing
 * Luna Park, Coney Island (1903–1944), first Luna Park and forerunner of amusement park chain
 * Luna Park, Coney Island (2010) Built on the site of the former Astroland. Its entrance looks very much like the original 1903 Luna Park
 * Luna Park, Olcott Beach (1898–1926), New York amusement park destroyed by fire in 1927
 * Luna Park, Schenectady (1901–1933), Ingersoll-designed and -built upstate New York amusement park that was also known as Dolle's Park, Colonnade Park, Palisades Park, and Rexford Park

Ohio

 * Luna Park, Cleveland (1905–1929), Ingersoll-designed Ohio park that was former site of Luna Bowl stadium for American football and Negro League baseball games
 * Luna Park, Mansfield, Ohio amusement park operated by Ingersoll  also known as Casino Park

Oregon

 * Luna Park, Portland, Oregon amusement park

Pennsylvania

 * Luna Park, Johnstown, Pennsylvania - originally Roxbury Park; renamed Luna Park in 1905; sold to Johnstown in 1922; renamed Roxbury Park
 * Luna Park, Pittsburgh (1905–1909), Pennsylvania amusement park that was first of the Ingersoll Luna Parks and first amusement park to be covered with electric lighting
 * Luna Park, Scranton (1906–1916), Frederick Ingersoll-constructed and -owned amusement park in Scranton, Pennsylvania; most of grounds now covered by Interstate 81

Texas

 * Luna Park, Houston, Texas (June 26, 1924-ca. 1934) - The Coney Island of Texas; advertised that it had the "largest and highest" roller coaster in the US

Virginia

 * Luna Park, Arlington (1906–1915), Ingersoll-designed and -built amusement park in Arlington, Virginia (some sources refer to it as Luna Park, Washington or Luna Park, Washington DC)
 * Luna Park, Charleston (1912–1923), West Virginia amusement park

Washington

 * Luna Park, Seattle (1907–1913), the “Greatest Amusement Park on the West Coast" was designed by Charles I.D. Looff, who designed the Coney Island original

West Virginia

 * Luna Park, Charleston, (1912–1923)

Argentina

 * Luna Park, Buenos Aires, Ingersoll-designed and -built Argentina amusement park that became site of a sports arena built 1931-1934

Brazil

 * Luna Park, Rio de Janeiro (closed 2006), Brazil park now used to store portable amusement rides by owner Orlando Orfei; often called Luna Park, Nova Iguaçu