List of Defunct Rides & Attractions
| Ride | Year Opened | Year Closed | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boats | |||
| Dune Buggies | |||
| Ferris Wheel | |||
| Flying Saucers | |||
| Galleon | |||
| German Carousel | |||
| Kiddie Swings | |||
| Lava Run Hand Cars | Now located at Nelis' Dutch Village in Holland, Michigan. | ||
| Little Autos | |||
| Little Dipper | 1950 | 2009 | Designed by Herbert Schmeck and built by the Philadelphia Toboggan Company in 1950. The brakes are operated manually by a wooden handle in the station. The out-and-back coaster is 24 feet (7.3 m) tall and travels a course of 700 feet (210 m). It was awarded the ACE Coaster Classic award by the American Coaster Enthusiasts. Six Flags Great America bought the ride in November 2009 at a Kiddieland auction. The ride cost $33,000. |
| Little Ferris Wheel | |||
| Log Jammer | |||
| Merry-Go-Round | |||
| Pipeline | |||
| Polyp | |||
| Race-A-Bouts | Now located at Santa's Village as the Midge-O-Racers. | ||
| Scooters | |||
| Scrambler | |||
| Sky Fighter | |||
| Tilt-A-Whirl | |||
| Tornado | |||
| Kiddieland Limited (Train) | 1941 | 2009 | Had 2 steam locomotives. One a 4-6-4 Hudson built in 1941, the other a 4-8-4 Northern built in 1949. The Hudson was sold to Hesston Steam Museum in the 1980s. The Northern stayed at Kiddieland until 2009. Also had 2 diesel locomotives built from 1950-53. Both remained at Kiddieland until 2009. The diesels and the Northern were purchased by Bill McEnery of Gas City in 2009. Diesel locomotives are in storage in Homer Glen, IL. The Northern, now reunited with the Hudson, continues to run on most weekends during the summer at Hesston Steam Museum in Hesston, IN. |
| Umbrella Rides | |||
| Volcano Play Center | |||
| Whip | Now located at Santa's Village as the Kiddie Whip Ride. |
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“Shea—they call him Scholar Jack—
Went down the list of the dead.
Officers, seamen, gunners, marines,
The crews of the gig and yawl,
The bearded man and the lad in his teens,
Carpenters, coal-passers—all.”
—Joseph I. C. Clarke (1846–1925)
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—Rutherford Birchard Hayes (1822–1893)
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—Herman Melville (1819–1891)
“He who rides and keeps the beaten track studies the fences chiefly.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
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—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)