People line up for the Merry Go Round at Lakeside Amusement Park in Lakeside, Colorado on Thursday, June 27, 2024. (Photo by Zachary Spindler-Krage/The Denver Post) Cheerful calliope music blared as the merry-go-round spun at Lakeside Amusement Park, harkening back to the sounds of an old-time carnival at this 116-year-old theme park just off the northwest side of Denver. Screams from teenage thrill-seekers riding the Spider, the Scrambler and the Wild Chipmunk punctuated the music as they whirled, flipped and raced on the same rides their parents and grandparents enjoyed when they were young. On this breezy late-June night, though, the park’s most famous attraction — the landmark wooden Cyclone roller coaster — sat idle.