Seabreeze Amusement Park

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**Seabreeze Amusement Park**
Location
Address	4600 Culver Road Rochester, New York 14622
Website	www.seabreeze.com
Owner	Norris family
Opened	August 5, 1879
Previous names	Dreamland
Operating season	May - September
Rides	70 total 4 roller coasters 8 water rides
Slogan	"More Smiles per hour!"

Seabreeze Amusement Park - July 2006

Seabreeze Amusement Park, usually just called Seabreeze locally, is an historic amusement park in Irondequoit, a suburb of Rochester, New York, United States.

Seabreeze is located in the northeast corner of Irondequoit, near where Irondequoit Bay empties into Lake Ontario. It first opened on 5 August 1879, and according to the National Amusement Park Historical Association (NAPHA), it is the twelfth-oldest currently operating amusement park in the world (fourth-oldest in the United States). Its most celebrated ride is the Jack Rabbit, an "out and back" roller coaster, and the fourth-oldest operating roller coaster in the world (opened 1920). It is owned and operated by the Norris family, many of whom lived on the property for years.

Like many historic amusement parks, Seabreeze did not start out with any rides or attractions. With Seabreeze's prime location, though, rides were quickly added, including its centerpiece carousel in 1915. (This carousel was almost completely destroyed by fire on 31 March 1994; a new hand-made carousel, possibly one of the last such to be made, was commissioned to replace it, using four horses that survived the fire.) Its popularity was such that during the early part of the twentieth century, it was often referred to as the "Coney Island of the West."

The park was known as Dreamland for approximately thirty years during the post-World War II era.

Today, in addition to the carousel and the Jack Rabbit, the park includes a spinning coaster called "The Whirlwind", the "Raging Rivers" water park, and several other modern and classic amusement rides. Parkgoers were also saturated with the 2 Unlimited song Twilight Zone for years with each admission into the popular Gyrosphere attraction.[1]^{[citation needed]}