Welcome to the website for our Rocket Ship Car®. This site will be strictly dedicated to the history of the ride from Euclid Beach Park

known as the "Rocket Ships"®. We would like to thank all of the support we have had from our families, close friends, past employees, and our customers. Through this site, and it's parent site, www.theeuclidbeachboys.com, we will continually keep everyone updated with some of the new and exciting things we have been up to with our Rocket Ship Car®, over the past few months!

The new venture in Florida has taken flight fairly well. Many people down south have relocated here from Cleveland, and there is a lot of "product recognition" with many of the residents in the sunshine state. For us it is all about making people smile...just the way Euclid Beach Park® did for so many generations in Cleveland. For more history on that park be sure to visit the following websites: www.theeuclidbeachboys.com, www.humphreycompany.com, and www.euclidbeach.com. Thanks for visiting our site, and have an "Amusing day"!

Sincerely, "The Euclid Beach Boys"

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT

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Jimmy Malone's "Cleveland Scholarship Fund Raiser"

"The Euclid Beach Boys"® have teamed up with "The Winking Lizard" in Peninsula to help raise some much needed money for Jimmy Malone's "Cleveland Scholarship Fund".  On July 11th & 12th, from 1:00 pm to at least 3:00 pm, (or as long as the crowd lasts), come on out and join us!   A $5.00 donation gets you a ride on the Thriller Car®, July 11th, or the Rocket Ship Car® on July 12th, and receive an original ticket from Euclid Beach Park® as a souvenir, and a token of our appreciation for supporting this worthy cause!

Visit www.winkinglizard.com for more information.

Sincerely,

Joe & John "The Euclid Beach Boys"®

THE NEW "WINERY TOUR" RIDE & DINE Package's HAVE JUST BEEN ADDED!!!  CHECK THEM, AND OUR OTHER NEW PACKAGE'S OUT NOW!   FOR A QUICK LINK CLICK HERE  RIDE & DINE.  DO IT NOW!!!!!  

DON'T WAIT!!!

We are starting to take reservations in Ohio for the cars in 2010!  Don't be left out next year for your special event.  Reserve early like the smart people do!

      Here is only one of our big announcements for the summer of 2009 in Ohio!

To all of our friends that have joined us every other Wednesday in Mentor for the past 2 summer seasons:

By now, most of you probably are aware of changes that have occurred at Weber's Ice Cream store in Mentor.  For those of you that do not know about these changes, I  have copied an e-mail we received from Dave and Linda Fisher below:
 
Greetings,

You are going to see a change at Weber's.
As some of you know, the store is owned by two individuals. I own 49% share of the business, and the fellow who owns the Westside Weber's owns 51% share of the business.

For personal reasons I reluctantly decided to resign my managerial position and turn over the managerial duties to him. Unfortunately, this all came at a time when the holiday pie rush was to begin, but he has declared that he will be able to fill the orders. I apologize for not being able to make your pies anymore.

We sincerely thank you not only for your business, but more importantly for the friendship and joy you have provided. It's people like you who have made the store what it has become. God Bless  and thank you from the bottom of our hearts.
We will miss you! That is the most difficult part for us.
Happy Holidays!

Dave and Linda


After Weber's closed in December, we were contacted by Jim Pollock, the owner of the newly opened Strickland's Ice Cream store in Mentor, and were made an offer that was very hard   for us to refuse.  Strickland's offers a great quality product,  and with a family friendly atmosphere, that we associated  with Euclid Beach Park®, which was very important to us. 
 
"The Euclid Beach Boys"® have teamed up with Strickland's Ice Cream Parlor in Mentor to continue the "Free Ride Nights" for the summer of 2009!  It also gives us the opportunity to stay in the same area we have been in for the past two summer's, where we met, and became friends, with so many people that came out to see us and take a ride in one of our cars -  not to mention you can still have some great ice cream!  

Keeping with the tradition of good quality, old fashion frozen whip, like Euclid Beach Park® used to serve, teaming up with   Strickland's was a "no-brainer" decision for us.  Strickland's ice cream has been around since 1936, and uses reproduced models of the original custard making machine that is still in operation today in their Akron location.

We invite everyone to join us for the Summer of 2009 for a  ride in the cars, view some of our memorabilia that will be on display in the store, and enjoy some great tasting custard!  Hope to see a lot of our old  friends, and make a whole bunch of new ones this year!  John, Howard, Kathy and I hope to see everyone on June 3rd.  This year we  will be kicking off the season with both cars!  Mark your calendars now, and we will see you then! 

Joe & John

"The Euclid Beach Boys"®

Stricklands of Mentor has joined our Ride & Dine® Click here to view that package!

"STEP RIGHT UP"

Hotdogs & Donuts Restaurant

Present:

FREE ride night's in Hudson with "The Euclid Beach Boys"!

The Euclid Beach Boys® are excited to announce a new partnership with an awesome, and unique restaurant that  recently opened in Hudson Ohio, called "Step Right Up".  It is the only amusement themed eatery that specializes in "Buffalo Hotdogs" grilled over a wood charcoal fire  in the store, right in front of your eyes!  They also have a donut making machine  which produces a wide variety of fresh, hot  donuts.  Visit their website at www.steprightupohio.com for more information about this new concept for family fun dining!

Now for the best part!!!  We will be offering free rides on one of our amusement themed cars the Thriller Car® or our Rocket Ship Car® on the dates listed below! 

So come on out and join us, "The Euclid Beach Boys"®, and the fine staff of the "Step Right Up" restaurant for 8 (eight) fun filled Wednesday nights in Hudson Ohio  at 5929 Darrow Rd just south of the square about 1/2 mile next to the Marathon Gas station from 7 pm to 9 pm. (Weather permitting).

The Rocket Ship Car® will be leaving the Clearwater/St. Petersburg area by May 7th.  Hurry and reserve the car for your fun filled ride soon before it's gone for the summer! Contact us at 1-727-216-3770 to reserve the car!

Check out the video's from some of our customers that have enjoyed our cars, and other props from:                           

"The Euclid Beach Boys"®!!

Rocket Ship Car® State Park Event 08

Thriller Car®

Thriller Car® State Park Event 08

Laughing Sal™ State Park Event 08

**"CUSTOMER RIDE NIGHT" AT CRABBY'S BEACHWALK BAR & GRILL HAS BEEN EXTENDED!**

Due to it's HUGE success "Customer Ride Night" has been extended thru May 1st!

Join us, and our Rocket Ship Car® for "Customer Ride Night" at Crabby's Beachwalk Bar & Grill on Friday, April 24th & May 1st. from 6p to 9p.  Located just south of Pier 60 on the newly renovated Beachwalk at 333 South Gulfview Blvd. Clearwater Beach. Enjoy some great food drinks, and great sunsets along with a ride on our Rocket Ship Car®!  For more information contact us, or Crabby's Beachwalk Bar & Grill at 727-608-2065.  Check out this website for future dates...See you there!

Joe & John

"The Rocket Ship Car Guys"

New "Crabby's Beachwalk Bar & Grill Ride & Dine® coming in the fall!  Stay tuned!

BULLETIN, BULLETIN, BULLETIN

CHECK OUT THE LATEST PRESS RELEASE ON THE ROCKET SHIP CAR®!

Rocket Ship Car gives real back-to-the-future rides in Largo - St. Petersburg Times

The above article has been picked up by the following newspapers:

Chicago Sun Times

Dayton Daily News

Star Tribune: Minneapolis-St.Paul Minnesota

Gadling Travel

Columbus Dispatch

The News Herald-Lake County Ohio

Feedback from Euclid Beach Park® patrons!

Chicago Sun Times reader sent:

Help us support Geauga Lake Park®

In our effort to help preserve the history of the old family run amusement parks that used to dot the landscape of northeastern Ohio we, "The Euclid Beach Boys"®, will be doing what we can to support the group "Geauga Lake Today" with their effort to salvage some of the history of the recently closed "Geauga Lake Park"®.  Click here for information about their upcoming meeting.  http://www.geaugalaketoday.com pdf flyer  Although John and I will be in Florida wrapping things up for this year, and will  not be able to attend this first public meeting, we will be attending future meetings.

We encourage anyone that can attend do so.  Thanks so much for all of the support everyone has give us with Euclid Beach Park®, and hope to keep some of Geauga Lake Park® alive  too!

Our collection of Geauga Lake memorabilia is quite considerable, and we are excited to be bringing these things out for public viewing soon!

Thanks again, and have an amusing day!

Sincerely,

Joe & John                                                                     "The Euclid Beach Boys"® 

Our "Thriller Car" on FOX 8's "That's Life" with Robin Swoboda. 

Check out the video at:http://www.fox8.com/lifestyle/thatslife/ and click on April 16, 2009 then click on the "roller Coaster" video.  Enjoy the ride!

*****ATTENTION SMALL BUSINESSES*****

This could be for you!!

As everyone knows, the economy has been very tough on all of us these days - especially small businesses. We, "The Euclid Beach Boys"®, have been self employed for almost 30 years and understand problems that small business owner's face with less and less money available for advertising their business. About three years ago we came up with a plan that has proven to help promote most restaurant retail businesses, and in most instances free, with us.

What you put into our plan is what you can get out of it. For details contact us by email at advertizfree@aol.com, or by phone at 440-460-0565 (Ohio), or 727-216-3770 (Florida).

GIFT CERTIFICATES  NOW AVAILABLE

What a great idea for your family and friends for the coming season.  Our "Gift Certificates" are available in 1 hour increments.  What a great way to spend time with family, friends, and loved ones then to "Take a Trip Back in Time" with them.  Call, or email us now at rocketshipcargiftcertificates for any upcoming occasion!

Mitz's Ice Cream Shop

Starting January 21^rd "Mitz’s Dipsy Ice Cream Shop" will be featuring our ROCKET SHIP CAR® from 7 pm to 8 pm for FREE RIDES!  Come out for some GREAT ICE CREAM and exciting rides every THIRD Wednesday.  On January 21^st our "Rocket Ship Car"® will kick off this winter’s season.   FREE RIDES to all of "Mitz’s Dipsy Ice Cream Shop" customers.  Our winter schedule will be as follows:

The "Rocket Ship Car"® will be at "Mitz's" January 21st, February 18th, March 18th, and April 15th.

(Weather permitting at the above listed events.)

"Mitz's Dipsy's Ice Cream Shop" is located on the southeast corner of East Bay Drive and Highland Roads. in Largo.  In front of "Missing Links" golf shop and driving range.   "Mitz's" boasts 24 scrumptious flavors of soft serve ice cream along with wide variety of hand dipped ice cream from "The Working Cow" creamery.  Couple up the delicious ice cream with some super toppings and you will have a great tasting treat that would please anyone's palate!  

Ride the "Thriller" one more time!

For those of us lucky enough to have ridden the "Thriller" at Euclid Beach Park® here is a chance to ride it again "virtually"!  Just click on this link and hold on!  Keep in mind that you can still ride the infamous wooden coaster from the park by contacting us and reserving our "Thriller Car"®  for your next event big or small!  Here is the link for: 'One Last Ride on the Thriller'!

Customer Comments

Hey Joe, 

 

Once again Thank You!  Everyone thought the rocket ship car was Awesome!!! 

 

Good Luck,

M & L

******Idea Section******

For those of you who are new to our site, and think the car(s) are cool, but do not know what they can be used for here are some ideas:  Birthdays (adults, & children) weddings, anniversary parties, block parties, grand openings , parades , church & city festivals,  reunions, company & corporate events, beach parties, holiday light tours (Florida only), airport pickup and drop off, air show's (the Rocket Ship Car® works well for that) , city and points of interest tours, or view our Ride & Dine® page for even more ideas! 

If you have an idea for something not listed above drop us a note, or better yet call us and we can talk about it! Our contact information is listed below, or in the lower left column on every page. 

Thanks for viewing our site, and please visit our www.euclidbeachpark.com website for a lot of very neat information about Euclid Beach Park!®

Oh by the way...."Have an amusing day!"

FYI

One of the most frequently asked questions we receive is "Does your Rocket Car have a rocket engine in it"?  First of all our car is named after the ride that operated at Euclid Beach Park® from the mid 1930's until it closed in 1969.   The ride was called the "Rocket Ships".  Our car is powered by a bored and stroked big block Chevrolet gas engine.  The cubic inch is 502, and is producing around 500 horsepower.  Because of the weight of the car a large cubic inch engine is needed to create enough torque to adequately move the Rocket Ship Car® down the highway.  The car runs on regular pump gas, usually 87 octane, (not rocket fuel) without a problem.  So technically our car is really not a rocket car, but it is a car that looks like a Rocket Ship!

***NEW*** acquisitions have been made!

Stay tuned here for further details! You will never be able to guess what they are!

First Hint: Our finds have something to do with "Music & a non-produced ride car design! (sort of)

Second Hint: This ride vehicle could be seen and heard throughout the park. (if the wind blew just right) 

Third Hint: Although the park had more than one of these, this particular one was said to have eaten a popcorn ball, and it took ride operators a few hours to clean it out!

On our history page you will find out the real stories about how we acquired some of the parks most recognizable pieces that the amusement park industry was built on. We currently own the largest and most complete collection of Euclid Beach Park® memorabilia in existence. Take a few moments to enjoy a trip back in time to a place that was very special to Northeastern Ohio, a place that was just plain fun, and inexpensive to attend. Euclid Beach Park® set the standard that to this day no other amusement park has come close to duplicating.

On this page you will find tour and dining packages unique to Cleveland, and Clearwater's surrounding areas. Eatery's like Crabby's Beachwalk Bar & Grill on Clearwater Beach, Strickland's old fashion frozen custard in Mentor Ohio, "Sainato's Restaurant Pizza & Catering" in Cleveland Ohio, "Humphrey's Popcorn Factory" in Warrensville Hts. Ohio, the "Old Fire House Winery" in Geneva Ohio, and more. We are always looking for new and exciting restaurants to partner up with us. If you are interested please contact us for more information.

Our calendar of events page will inform you of current and future schedules of the Rocket Ship Car® & Thriller Car® where, when, and for how long they have been reserved. This page is update daily, so check it first for the most current availability of the car(s).  For immediate assistance contact us at: 440-460-0565 (Ohio), 727-216-3770 (Florida) or email @ rocketshipcar@aol.com

Look at our new online photo album filled with pictures from past events that we have produced.

We were proud to be a part of the re-dedication ceremony of the Arch at Euclid Beach Park® along with Councilman Mike Polensek, and Senator Kenny Yuko.

This section is dedicated to our special four legged K-9 friends that also enjoy riding in our cars! The best friend, companion, and traveling partner I've ever had, and she will be remembered by hundreds of people she had met in her lifetime. Those of you that had the pleasure of knowing her have sent me numerous cards and letters after her passing. To everyone she was known as Radar.... to me.....     "The World's Greatest Dog".

For unique gifts and supplies for your special four legged  little K-9 family member please visit this website.  www.pawsareprecious.com

Contact us:

"The Euclid Beach Boys"

533 Bishop Rd.

Highland Hts., Ohio 44143

Phone:

440-460-0565 (Ohio)

727-216-3770 (Florida)

Email: rocketshipcar@aol.com

Rules of our "Rides"

1. Riders must remain seated, and seat belts must be worn snugly across the lap. NO STANDING IS ALLOWED

2. No alcohol consumed by anyone under the age of 21, and a violation WILL result in early termination of ride for that person, and NO REFUNDS will be issued.

3. Clean up fee of $200.00, for alcohol related incidents, in or on the cars, no exceptions.

4. A clean up fee of $100.00 will be charged for excessive material left in, or on the vehicle.

5. In the event that any persons in the group (including the reserving party) becomes disruptive, or refuses to follow the operator’s instructions, they will be dropped off solely at the operators discretion, and at the rider’s expense.  No refunds, or exceptions.

6. Tolls and parking fees are not included and will be charged accordingly.

7. We are not responsible for items left in our cars.

8. Illegal Drug use will not be tolerated.  Any infractions will result in the immediate end of the ride/event, with NO REFUNDS, and NO EXCEPTIONS.

9. Additional charges will be billed in 1/4 hour increments. Be sure to reserve sufficient time for your event in order to avoid any additional charges.

10. Customer’s may provide and will be responsible for the following items; CD’s, DVD’s, and must not be offensive, or abusive to the general public.

11. If inclement weather threatens it is up to the operator’s discretion to continue the ride. Refunds will be prorated depending on each situation.

12. L.E.A.R. Promotions, Inc. does make every effort to make sure that all equipment on the vehicle is in working order at the beginning of each ride, however we cannot guarantee that every TV screen, lighting feature, or radio will operate during time the vehicle is rented for the event.

L.E.A.R. Promotions Inc. and it's associates are not responsible for injury due to negligence of its riders. All riders are expected to conduct themselves in an orderly, and responsible manner at all times. Our vehicles are insured as limousines, open containers of alcohol are allowed, although if the operator deems the conduct to be disruptive, negligent, and/or threatens the safety of others around them, that person will be removed from the ride at the their expense.

Please ride respectively for everyone's safety & enjoyment!