By late 1954, the Long Beach Pike amusement pier (opened in 1902) was the leading amusement attraction in the Los Angeles area and the fifth largest in the United States. The Pike drew tens of thousands of summer visitors to its roller coaster, merry-go-round, bathhouse, two pavilions, band shell, and many other smaller attractions. At its peak, it featured 218 concessions.  Within a few short years, however, the Pike began to succumb to the popularity of the newly opened Disneyland in Anaheim.  In fact, it was said that Walt Disney cited the Pike as an example of the type of sleazy amusement zones Disneyland was meant to replace (ironically, Disney's Paradise Pier in the California Adventure Park is seen as an attempt to replicate the atmosphere of the Pike). The famous Cyclone Racer Roller Coaster (larger than New York's Coney Island Cyclone) closed in 1966. What was left of the original Pike finally closed in 1979. In 2004, after decades of waterfront redevelopment, Long Beach reopened a new (and less exciting) version of the Pike featuring restaurants, shops, movie theaters and a Ferris wheel.