By the second half of the century, the park started struggling, and after the 1980s, the park was already way past its prime.
In 1990, Fehnel purchased the park to host company picnics and children's birthday parties.
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The park sits close to the banks of the Bushkill River, however, and a series of three floods damaged the park severely. The first was caused by Hurricane Ivan in 2004.
Some of the vintage attractions still survive, though 14 of 17 of them have been sold.
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"The Bar'l of Fun" is considered by many to be America's oldest fun house. It was featured on a Discovery Channel special in 1997.
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The park's vintage appeal attracted Mike Wolfe and Frank Fritz from the History Channel show "American Pickers".
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They walked away with sideshow banners that were later purchased for $10,000. (They later returned to the park to split the profit with Fehnel).
Fehnel told Lawless he still hopes to someday open the park back up to visitors, but estimates from 2013 said that it would take about $50,000 to make it operational.
Source: Lehigh Valley Live