Inside Sid and Marty Krofft Amusement Park - Rare Photos!

Cool images from inside the famous 70s Krofft Amusement park in Atlanta.
#amusementpark #pufnstuf #1970s #Atlanta #omni

[@SidMartyKrofftPictures]

Memories!!!! 💛💙💜💚🧡❤

[@LetsGoThere]

They were way ahead of their time

[@lisasniadach8612]

Went there in the 70s cool place

[@LetsGoThere]

LUCKY

[@radioman970]

Me and my family were supposed to go. I'll never forgot my mother breaking the news to us that the place had closed down before we could.

[@raypierce5818]

Thanks for the amazing memories. I actually worked there in the puppet show and performing magic up stairs as well!

[@LetsGoThere]

Share pictures if you have any

[@nicholasmoose6574]

Oh crap! What was your show like!? Did you get attacked by any Sleestaks!?

[@raypierce5818]

@@LetsGoThere Sadly we never bothered to document much since we thought it would go on for years. Here are a few anecdotes from our Light Tech that might shed some light on our experience there! vintagetheatrecatalogs.blogspot.com/2020/09/atlanta-world-of-sid-marty-krofft.html

[@raypierce5818]

@@nicholasmoose6574 lol… we managed to survive that attack but it was one of the most amazing shows to exist anywhere!

[@stephenfennell2986]

@@raypierce5818 I went there with my parents and saw the puppet / marionette show. I seem to remember a David Bowie puppet, a Tiny Tim puppet, and a giant shark that "swam" out over the audience. I think the Pinball Machine and Living Island rides were my two favorite things, though.

[@dananderson3077]

Wow....absolutely amazing episode and contribution to the interest!

[@pamelafolger8449]

Cool!! Would Loved To Had Seen It!!!😊💖👍

[@LetsGoThere]

Me too! They were way ahead of their time

[@joanfan6324]

Thanks for sharing this.

[@ImagineerTim]

thanks for upload

[@Talendale]

In the end, even the hasty half-million spent on sound mitigation would end up going away- leaving the escalator as the one lonely remnant of the park. It's a damn shame the rides didn't get salvaged...you'd have thought they'd at least have made it to Six Flags in some form.

[@LetsGoThere]

Can you imagine the dumpster finds when CNN took over the space?

[@spcglider]

I collect souvenirs from the World of Krofft. If anyone watching this has pieces they'd let go, please contact me. I'm not a reseller...just a collector!

[@LetsGoThere]

I would love to see what you have

[@spcglider]

@LetsGoThere its been some time since I've unpacked. I recently got one of the embroidered patches. And I have the park map hung on the wall of my workspace. In storage I have a box of various things, some from the park, some not. I have the felt Pufnstuf figural pennant and a metal pufnstuf belt buckle (not certain if its *actually* from the park, but its marked 1976, so I assume it is). I'm drawing a blank on other significant things...pretty certain I have a ticket book in the box. And I have one of the park postcards. But I'm always looking for other things. I tend to ignore a lot of the plates and mugs. They're more numerous than other pieces. I'm seriously looking for the Mayor ribbon park button. Like the one Amy Carter is wearing in photos from the park.

[@LetsGoThere]

Can you imagine the dumpster finds when everything was thrown out?

[@spcglider]

@LetsGoThere I spoke once with the local contractor who did the final tear-out after the park sat closed for several years. He said a lot of stuff just went into landfill. But he had saved a few things that he had slowly sold off over time. I know there was a bunch of things from the Living Island ride that got into collector hands. The robot from the pinball ride also went to a private collector. Somebody told me the carousel was bought by Disney? Or something like that. But there must have been thousands and thousands of souvenirs that just got dumpstered. I'm pretty sure the Kroffts saved very little. I also collect souvenirs from Flintstones Bedrock City in both South Dakota and Arizona. Those are far easier to acquire. Those parks lasted for 50 years.

[@tomsimpson5317]

I miss georgia

[@jacobtennyson9213]

It's now a CNN WHQ.