From the late 1950s to the late ‘60s, Angelenos looking for music, dancing and rides, found the party at Pacific Ocean Park. The beachside theme park – that jetted out into the Pacific – sat on 28 ...

It had rides and slides and something for everybody. Chorus: ♪ By the beautiful sea ♪ Ralph: But then, in 1958, a tidal wave of money rolled in, and it became Pacific Ocean Park, 28 acres of ...

The original Sea Dragon has said its farewell Thursday and was retired from Pacific Park on Santa Monica ... rocky storm with two serpents in the ocean. The original ride was displayed for a ...

It’s almost difficult to imagine that, in living memory, Pacific Ocean Park (POP) occupied 87 acres of that span, offering rides, games and midcentury-era thrills of all kinds. The once-fabulous ...

Our perennial fascination with the impressively teethed, stupendously sleek, tremendously jawed ocean denizens that ... "World's First Shark Frenzy" opened at Pacific Park on Santa Monica Pier ...

One music collector discovered the sound effects and narration recorded for Pacific Ocean ... hear ride safety warnings, sound effects and the goony bird — a fan favorite from the park's glory ...

Nu Pike and the Beverly pony rides. Mark Paul Sebar advises that while plans to do Marineland were scrubbed—the owner refused to provide maps—Pacific Ocean Park is finished. "It's about 90 percent ...

From the late 50’s until the late 60’s, if you wanted music, dancing and amusement rides, you could go to Pacific Ocean Park on the beach between Venice and Santa Monica. A new book tells about its ...