Last weekend we took a day trip to Coney Island, just to see what all the fuss was about. We'd been told that it was like Brighton pier on acid, and we wanted to see evidence! What greeted us at the train station was a maze of run down fast food stalls, amusements, and an abundance of painted and garish signs. Personally, I liked the decaying charm of the place and all the tackiness. The painted signs were gorgeous though and we all took hundreds of photos. We went on the wonder wheel which turned out to be over 90 years old and a terrifying combination of ferris wheel and roller coaster! After soaking up the atmosphere, browsing the market (which sold exclusively gold jewelry, knock off DVDs and Michael Jackson t shirts) and listening to a latin jazz band, we went to the museum which was small and full of old signs, photos of 'freak shows' and archive footage of Coney Island in it's heyday. All in all I would say that Coney Island is worth a visit for the pure spectacle, if not the beautiful and bizarre type.
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