”Wonder Wheel” är berättelsen om fyra människor vars liv sammanflätas på Coney Islands livliga nöjesfält. Ginny är en känslomässigt bräcklig aktris som numera försörjer sig som servitris på en lokal krog. Hennes grovhuggne man Humpty är karusellskötare, och den stilige unge livräddaren Mickey drömmer om att bli dramatiker. Humptys dotter Carolina har återvänt hem till pappas lägenhet, där hon gömmer sig undan gangsters.

"Love Never Dies" är fortsättningen på "Fantomen på Operan". Året är 1907. Fantomen har flytt till New York, där han lever bland udda existenser på Coney Island.

Hooker and Gondorf pull a con on Macalinski, an especially nasty mob boss with the help of Veronica, a new grifter. They convince this new victim that Hooker is a somewhat dull boxer who is tired of taking dives for Gondorf. There is a ringer. Lonigan, their victim from the first movie, is setting them up to take the fall.

During the last years of World War II, Hermie, Oscy, and Benjie are coming of age. They went their separate ways when they graduated from high school in 1944. Benjie joins the Marines as Hermie and Oscy enter college. There, Hermie falls head over heels for another freshman named Julie, and the two old friends deal with a troublesome fraternity president who is in charge of hazings.

Catherine and Mack and their close friends Chris and Madge graduate from a West Coast college and fly to New York City to find work.

An elderly man is determined to reopen the Coney Island boardwalk hot dog stand he closed twenty-two years earlier for renovation, despite the fact he's recovering from a severe heart attack and it's the middle of February.