170:. It has 19 rides, as well as family style games, and an arcade. It is located right off the Rehoboth Beach boardwalk. The park opened in 1939 as the Rehoboth Beach Sports Center. It was then purchased by the Fasnacht family in 1962, and was rebranded Funland. Today, it is still owned and operated by the Fasnacht family. Funland operates rides that opened with the park, the oldest being the Boats and the Fire Engines, both of which likely opened in 1946 or 1947. Funland was affected by the
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