 Originally built to entertain American troops returning from World War I, the park was named as a tribute to the famous New York amusement park on Coney Island.Constructed on the town's old ballast tip, the park's roots date back to April 1920, when a "Figure Eight" wooden roller coaster was relocated from West Glamorgan and initially operated from an old World War I aircraft hangar.This particular attraction continued to operate until July 1981, when it was dropped as part of an attempt to modernise the look of the park for contemporary audiences of the 1980s.