Yeah, We Do That

October 10, 2013

Shortly before IAAPA we will open the website of our newest company, Ride Operations Group (ROG), which has been growing for several years. It will be at www.RideOperationsGroup.com. This company is the one that brought two classic carousels back to life.  At Forest Park and Flushing Meadows, both in Queens, we were the partner chosen by the New York Parks Department to operate their classic machines, both of which were shuttered at the time.

Not only did we operate them, we hit a home run with families throughout the borough.  Things went so well in Flushing we expanded the Flushing Meadows Carousel into Fantasy Forest (www.FantasyForestNYC.com), a family amusement park with 5 rides.  At Forest Park (www.ForestParkCarousel.com) the carousel was named a landmark by the city of New York and named the “#2 Most Beautiful Carousel” by Fox News and “One of the 10-Best Carousels in the Country” by USA Today.

In 2014 we also expanded into two new Eastern Seaboard cities, Boston and Baltimore.  In Boston we operate the Greenway Carousel, one of the most beautiful custom carousels to be built in the United States in the past decade.  Further south in Baltimore we run the Charm City Carousel, a ride set adjacent to the city’s Inner Harbor.  Both rides have been extremely popular and run under ROG’s philosophy that combines safety and family fun.

We look forward to sharing new properties we own or manage.  In a few years the next park you visit just might be ours!

-AFS

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