Now that we’re back outside on the Midway, I hope you’ll agree that this was a singular experience. For 21st century people, Fred Thompson and Skip Dundy set up this ride at Steeplechase Park at Coney Island in 1902. They will move the ride to their own amusement park, Luna Park , in 1903. The Trip to the Moon at Buffalo attracted such customers as Thomas Edison, Secretary of War Elihu Root, New York Governor O’Dell and, on September 5, President William McKinley