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Miracle Strip Pier Park – Panama City Beach

One Day of Unlimited Amusement-Park Rides for Two or Four (Up to 56% Off)

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No Longer Available
Sun Sep 16 04:59:59 UTC 2012
Value
$44
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55%
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$24
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In a Nutshell

Flowers and nostalgia abound at a retro amusement park with rides such as the Tilt-a-Whirl and the original Miracle Strip carousel

The Fine Print

  • Expires Mar 13, 2013
  • Limit 1 per person, may buy 4 additional as gifts. Limit 1 per visit.
  • See the rules that apply to all deals.

Riding a carousel is easier than riding real horses, who cannot trot in a perfect circle unless they are first lectured on the concept of pi. Take a whirl away from math class with this Groupon.

Choose Between Two Options

  • $20 for one day of unlimited rides for two (a $44 value)
  • $39 for one day of unlimited rides for four (an $88 value)

An unlimited pass allows guests to hop aboard all eight amusement-park rides, including the carousel, Ferris wheel, and a swinging pirate ship. The armband also covers admission to the butterfly pavilion, where 30 Floridian butterfly species and moths flit between flowers. Certain rides have height restrictions—click here for more information.

Miracle Strip at Pier Park

Although true time travel is still a thing of science fiction, Teddy and Jenny Meeks have captured a similar sensation at Pier Park. In 2009, the couple purchased the 1964 Allan Herschell Carousel that had been an iconic attraction at the now-closed Miracle Strip Amusement Park. The 30 horses and two chariots were immediately swarmed with giddy riders—some children, and some adults who fondly remembered feeding the horses wooden apples at the carousel's former home. The spinning steeds so charmed the locals that Teddy and Jenny began a more comprehensive revival. They bought Miracle Strip's 1985 Balloon Race and 1952 Red Baron rides, and when they couldn't find the park's original 1975 Ferris wheel, they hunted for one of the same make and model.

The Big Eli wheel now awards its guests views over the Gulf of Mexico and several other classic rides, including a Tilt-a-Whirl and train cars that kids crank by hand. Flowers cloak hanging baskets, and topiaries mimicking animal figures accent sandy paths, adding to the venue's picturesque nostalgia. Teddy and Jenny have also installed a butterfly pavilion, about which Bay Life magazine reports that visitors can glimpse 700 flying specimens, hatching cocoons, and caterpillars drawing up blueprints for wings.

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The Groupon Guide to: Signs of Fall

As more and more people abandon the standard 12-month calendar in favor of that new calendar where an entire year is represented by one long day called Brandcandman, it's getting harder to determine when the seasons are changing. Here are some sure-fire ways to tell if fall is here:

  • Leaves changing colors
  • Garbage cans filled with lawn chairs
  • Mothers bringing Thanksgiving turkeys out of storage
  • Sidewalks littered with hibernating birds
  • Streets overrun with wild cows anticipating the return of the salt trucks
  • Department stores selling wet, decaying leaves
  • The airing of the episode of Friends where there's a Halloween party but they all decide not to go because everyone is suffering from a severe case of organ drooping
  • Constant darkness
  • Not being able to sleep
  • Always being able to sleep
  • Increased interest in lying on a cold wood floor
  • Unshakable sadness
  • Football season!

Which epoch of Brandcandman were you born in?

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