Shane's Amusement Attic

[HomerAWESOME-O-SAURUS!!!]

Interesting stuff from Arrow-Huss,

What intrigues me is the Space Race coaster, which looks like Arrow's take on the Bobsled coaster. Too bad that never went around.

Also, the Magic Room ride seems interesting. Is it basically a predecessor to the Vekoma Mad House (Houdini's Great Escape, Hex)?

[montezooma"Can I get clamshells out of this ATM?"]

Here are a couple from two parks on the others side of the country. They don't date back to the 70's but still are fun.

Of course WaterMania is no longer around and if you notice, Cypress Gardens is a Anheuser Busch Theme Park.

[haiderodes"Excuse me, miss, may I pound my large rooster into your donkey?"]

MORMON NIGHT YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME!!!! LDS Standards LOL! WOW!! That must have been a BLAST!!!
That was probably the early days of Nights of Joy.....
Those are amazing! THank you so much for sharing them!!!

I'm thinking these were different than what we now call Nights of Joy. Anyone can buy tickets for NoJ, this was just for the mormon kids.

When I worked at Adventuredome, we had one of these and let me tell you these kids were not the best behaved. We had our hands full.

[haiderodes"Excuse me, miss, may I pound my large rooster into your donkey?"]

Ah, Marineland. It was in my town. I remember visiting it as a kid. The skytower (an Intamin, maybe?) stood for many years after the park closed.

And Battlestar Galactica! I remember thinking it was the coolest thing I had ever seen as a 6 year old.

OMG...Battlestar Galactica that scared the crap out of me when I was a kid. I distinctly remember plugging my ears and putting my head in my mom's lap. It was too much! Ah, the good old days of Universal. They need to bring the intensity back!

[astroworldfan1I poop golden school busses]

Thanks, this is so cool! I didn't catch The Virgnia Wheel? Was it on here?

Once again, thanks!!

[stormrider“Fear can make a donkey attack a lion”]

There actually was a Space Roller prototype. There are pictures of it in a book called "Roller coasters, or, I had so much fun, I almost puked". And the ride looked like it was too compact and not as free flowing as the other realized bobsleds.

[eblTPR's Olden Goldie]

"...do either of you remember a place called 'Japanese Village'?" (montezooma)

Yep, I sure do. In fact, I still use a souvenir that I got during my one and only visit in 1973---one of those day/date things that you flip over and the little metal plate slides down in front of the other one (I should post a picture of this thing).

Our family went one day with a combo ticket to Japanese Village and Movieland Wax Museum. There weren't any rides at Japanese Village; only a few shows, pearl divers, etc. Somewhere, I have a brochure/map of the place. I'll have to dig it out.

That park was located right next to I-5 just across the Orange County line headed south toward Disneyland.

Eric

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I don't remember anything about that park except for the name. I know I went there, just don't remember much about it. It must have not been too exciting.

I would love to see some pictures of it. I will try to google it and see what I can find.

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Well I did a google search and came across some cool stuff. I had completely forgot that it was also a Deer Park. Well when I saw some of the pictures of the place it sparked my memories of going there as a kid.

They sure had some funky amusement attractions back in the 70's

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While googleing Japanese Village I also looked up Marineland and came across these old postcards. Boy this park had probably one of the best locations of any park I have ever been too, Ocean Park in Hong Kong being the once exception.