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Other major milestones that were celebrated this year included the Pacific Coliseum’s 50th birthday – which was commemorated with 15 live murals – the iconic Those Little Donuts’ 50th anniversary, and the Playland Wooden Coaster’s 60th anniversary. The beloved Wooden Coaster has even been recognized internationally as a landmark and a classic coaster.

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Delicious dishes: 365 cricket caramel apples sold to adventurous eaters

But that doesn’t mean all 365 were eaten, if you get our drift. Another 497 pounds of meat went into making the “Fair-sized Meatball” and 700 gallons of gravy was used at the Fry Guys’ booth. Hunky Bill has been slingin’ perogies for 52 years, while 22,000 pounds of dough was used to produce “those little donuts” this year.

Another 20,000 racks of ribs were sold at RibFest, and 7,200 Diggity Dogs were devoured. Some 775 pounds of potatoes went into making Wiggle Chips, while 7,550 samosas were sold in a hurry at, well, Curry-In-A-Hurry. But we’re not done yet.

Life gave the PNE 13,500 lemons to turn into lemonade, while 92,000 corn dogs were sold – it’s not clear how many were red velvet corn dogs, one of the PNE’s unique food offerings this year – and 30,000 16 oz.-cups of pop was sold. (You don’t want to know how much sugar that amount of pop represents.)

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Games and rides: 9,100 ducks plucked from duck ponds in fairway games

Did you try to hang off a bar to win some cash at Playland while a carnie taunted you? You’re not the only one.

In total, people hung off a bar for 5,500 minutes at the Hangman games this year. About 95,000 people went through the 2018 PNE Prize Home, while Prize Home ticket sellers yelled “win a house, win a car” an average of 2,000 times a day.

The wooden Roller Coaster went around the track 5,880 times this year. A total of 89,000 people rode the coaster this year, a ride that lasts about 90 seconds.

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