Sat 7/23 & Sun 7/24 @ 10AM-4PM
While Euclid Beach amusement park recedes further her back into history — it closed following its 1969 season, so those remembering it are fewer and fewer — one tangible piece remains: the Grand Carousel, now ensconced in a glass-walled circular room at the Western Reserve Historical Society. (The entrance arch remains on the park’s site at Lakeshore and East 156th in the Collinwood neighborhood.) There visitors can ride it anytime and relive the days when going to an amusement park was a low-key day of family fun that didn’t break the bank or scare the wits out of the heights-averse.
WRHS’s Euclid Beach Park Days are nostalgia-fests for the older people and fun for families, including unlimited rides on the carousel, live entertainment, midway games and the kind of cavity-inducing treats your parents only let you have on special outings. Bathe yourself in memories of the old-style amusement parks such as Memphis Kiddie Park, Geauga Lake and Puritas Park as well as Euclid Beach. It’s free with regular admission.