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Article: Oh, what a ride ; Opened 50 years ago, Pleasure Island didn't last long, but the memories live on
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- June 25, 2009
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A solitary sign, "Pleasure Island Road, Exit 42" along
Interstate 95/Route 128 south, and a short road of the same name at
the ramp's end are the only public reminders that remain of the
sprawling theme park once marketed as "Disneyland East." Today,
Edgewater Office Park, nestled among woods and ponds and surrounded
by marshland, claims most of the space.
But there is a wave of nostalgia lately as those who worked at
or visited Pleasure Island mark the anniversary of its opening 50
years ago this week.
"Just the fact that we were in `Disneyland' in Wakefield, who'd
ever envision such a thing?" Ken Saunders asked recently. As park
announcer, Saunders, of Whitinsville, spoke to visitors ...