Jocco's Mardi Gras Madness - Jazzland Tribute | Sally Dark Rides

[@alisonmcgregor2002]

it’s so sad seeing the park so lively, full of people, and seeing it all lit up at night because this park only lasted 5 years. 5 years of fun. 5 years of people’s laughter, excitement, and screams filling the air with life. it’s been abandoned for longer than how long it was open for. and it’s been rotting away and decaying since 2005. with no more fun, no more laughter, and no more entertainment, like an amusement park is supposed to be. but nope, not this one. it’s now a desolate and vacant land with rides just sitting there and not doing anything anymore

[@Towerofterrorfan21]

Plot twist: The Jocco animatronic didn't just dissapear from Jazzland, it grew legs and tried to make it's way back to Sally Corporation's HQ

[@owivictin4878]

Best comment ever

[@doritosauce6632]

It has to take its revenge

[@SirIkeMedia]

So sad. All that hard work. :( Jocco's looked like an amazing fun ride.

[@christreadaway5197]

It was

[@clevelandshowfan4209]

The jester on the top of the building was controlled by a dude somewhere and it could squirt water at kids. I used to be really scared of it.

[@LawrenceW78]

what was the Jocco animatronic saying? I heard it would talk to people as they walked by

[@clevelandshowfan4209]

@@LawrenceW78 it only laughed

[@Tha90sKid]

Omg yess! I was scared of it too, and the fact that it kept staring at me while turning its head as I was walking by freaked me out 🤣 It was as if it was alive or a person behind it, so THAT explains why lol. I remember the squirting of the water too. Mann I miss Jazzland/Six Flags New Orleans 😭 Last time going was one month before the hurricane. Never thought that would be my last 😓

[@TheGreatHalberd]

Not gonna lie, I would definitely be trying to find those controls and scaring the shit out of people looking at what's left of Six Flags.

[@TheGreatHalberd]

I don't care if I posted that reply almost a year ago, I'd still go take the Jacco animatronic for a spin, although that water either isn't gonna come out, or will be contaminated. There's still security around there, so if I ever get a job as a security guard (considering me talking about both security guards and animatronics, I think you know why. Freddy's not catching me any time soon), I'd just pull out a loudspeaker when a trespasser walks by, and say something along the lines of "*Evil laugh* Someone's wandered into the wrong place, haven't they?". Of course, I'd do it in a Joker voice. Hell, even better, record myself saying a bunch of different lines in the joker voice, editing the audio to sound corrupted, and then playing the lines through some speakers.

[@Trevorocalypse17]

I remember going to Jazzland with my parents and sister in 2001. I was eight at the time, and it is one of my happiest memories of my life. It nearly brings me to tears that this place, even though it was changed to Six Flags, is gone. This ride amazed me even though I didn't get to ride it. Thanks a ton for the video upload!

[@lovinmytunes05]

I am crying my eyes out. My heart is hurting very much. All we want is for Jazzland to be preserved. It is all alone, with no music, fireworks, footsteps, laughter, conversations, memories. Please Lord, revive Jazzland!

[@toxicmanX]

I've never been to new Orleans but that joccos mardi gras madness looked like a fun ride for the whole family

[@wescoast1928]

It was one of the best rides. I live 5 mins for the park tht is now abandoned

[@Christian_Happel]

I'm so happy that this footage exists. I used to go here several times a week on many weeks during the summer, and Jocco's was my favorite ride.

[@walkin2life91]

That was my favorite ride there back in the day! Man I miss it.

[@kydrafraznoir1964]

This ride has a Mardi Gras feel to it, it's a shame it got destroyed by hurricane Katrina, Sally Cooperation should bring this ride back.

[@SiebayPlays]

The park looked so beautiful even before Six Flags took over. I’m fortunate to have gone when I did, but what I wouldn’t give to have it back.

[@roxynano]

Jocco looks like the best dark ride Sally did. Good job!!

[@kellymccollum3511]

It's so sad to see the shape the park is in now. It looked amazing!! Wish i could've gone! My boyfriend is from NOLA and he used to go here when it was Jazzland and after it was Six Flags NewOrleans. His brother worked at Jazzland!

[@The_Huggernaut]

I miss jazzland so much…. Now it’s just sitting there rotting away. A relic of my childhood

[@kingrhythmo9045]

I remember being 5-6 and being too scared to go on this ride. I remember telling my family that I’d go on it next time we went to 6 flags. Then Katrina happened 😅 That was 19 years ago.

[@JimmieP504]

This and a little box car that resembles some sort of gold mining car was my favorite rides. The latter ride may have looked boring, but the corners they hit made you feel like it was gonna fall of the tracks. I miss jazzland

[@otaking3582]

All you need to do is add Dr. Facilier from Princess and the Frog and this can easily be a ride at Disney Land and Disney World

[@lovinmytunes05]

We ALL must join together in love to bring this amusement park back to life. There HAS to be a way!!

[@silverkittenx9763]

I never actually rode this in person, but this seemed like a criminally underrated ride! Jocco had a lot of spirit and heart put into it and I can tell XD The park itself was good, it was just the location that made it rather unsuccessful.

[@RichardM1366]

Bill Tracy had a dark ride called Old New Orleans. The facade was shaped like a Mississippi Riverboat. It had ghosts, pirate skeletons, large fanged beasts, a voodoo priestess, and a gorilla. It was state of the art back in 1962. Now it is just a memory.

[@LeavingForVenus]

Wow, thank you for sharing this video. I'm from La, but I never went to Six Flags. I love that you actually showed us the ride as if we were on it. It's so crazy to see it once full of life and now it's so desolate and creepy.

[@cardaderdention]

my favorite ride at JazzLand / Six Flags when I was a kid. I even remember the fake news broadcast that played while in line.

[@desivega9464]

cardaderdention i wish i could find the video of that. omg

[@cardaderdention]

@@desivega9464 Is this the real Desi Vega? If so love your restaurants

[@Official_Retrospective]

Damn, it looked so cool at night!

[@Amanda-ts1pi]

We will miss you jocco and six flags new orleans

[@grantforbes9342]

I had season passes to that park before Katrina . I was only 5 years old and I remember my favorite ride was Jaccos Mardi Gras Madness

[@icycoolstudios]

i actually rode that too when i was 5! i still remember the doors and stuff and yes i can also assure you that you are correct about iy being air conditioned, my favorite ride at the time (since i was 5) was the spongebob ride lol it was a 4d simulator

[@eliasmertens9313]

Jazzland looked like such a wonderful night time park. : ' (

[@pheosmith]

We love the park ,season pass holders ,sad we have nothing for family's here to do ,took kids off streets that were bored,gave jobs,the park was great,really nice,please bring back

[@NOLAROCKS92]

i miss jazzland / six flaggs i cry everytime i pass the abandoned park :[ NEW ORLEANS MISSES IT SO MUCH

[@jordanpresley5336]

So much nostalgia

[@haydenandersonproductions3676]

I really liked this ride when I was a little kid, I'm sad this had to happen to it.

[@wescoast1928]

My all time favorite ride as a kid i miss jazzland and six flags so much new orleans would be a better place if six flags came back

[@Dano86]

@chany85 I remember that there wasn't much shade over there and the cement just reflected all the heat. It was SUPER hot.

[@Thunderheadfan5]

This was a great ride in a pretty cool park. So glad I got to ride it, but it's too bad that was my last time....

[@639skull]

iam miss that park so much.and now its just sitting there going to wates

[@woodencoasterfan]

Looks like y'all did a great job on that ride SallyCorp. It's unfortunate that Six Flags decided not to rebuild. There are rumors of a new company called Southern Star possibly reopening the former SFNO property. I hope it comes true and they restore all the rides that are left. This one and the Mega Zeph look really fun.

[@lovinmytunes05]

Thank you for your amazing footage. My heart is broken, though this footage needs to be seen!!

[@infectedfelix333]

Rip jazzland six flags new orleans

[@babyfirefly1842]

i know we had the scooby doo ride, but i wish they would bring something like this back as well .

[@TheFunArchivist]

It would be great if you guys rebuilt parts of this ride!

[@MrRageCollector]

that new company might bring this ride back to life.

[@theyoyabois7720]

Jocco looks a little like riddler and he’s so creepy that he can’t get out of my head

[@TheDUDERulez1]

This would've scared the hell outta me when I was a kid!

[@MinkyBoodle44]

i think they actually plan to expand it. when it was open, there were 20 rides, and over time, the company plans to add up to 40 more rides. but that's probably a while. i'm not so sure if they'll keep the coasters, though.

[@MRleashedonlife]

As of reading a new Orleans news article, the mayor is having the park surveyed to figure out the cost for demolition. Such a shame, would have loved to go out and visit the park

[@dayggo1302]

Jazzlands coming back according to there Facebook page !!!

[@NicoleClarkAKPoptart]

5:12 coolest fountain ever.

[@4krome449]

5:12

[@BeauHebert]

@Peaches70380 They fixed this before the second summer by adding colored fabric over all of the walkways. If you look at overhead shots of the park post Katrina you'll see all of the covered walkways.

[@chanyisme]

Loved this park but man was it HOT out there lol.

[@KryptojackJr]

Wow...you are lucky to be in this video.

[@hubertberrum6242]

Zombies skeletons and werewolves jocco sounds like the perfect scooby doo villain

[@larahoffman2044]

I agree!

[@springtrap1796]

@Lara Hoffman No WE agree!

[@grantforbes9342]

The ride was also air conditioned.

[@kayyyyla]

This is genuinely scary😭

[@jalilmuhammad8270]

Sally Dark Rides, that ride was actually open for 5 years, to be exact.

[@sethbower11]

Wow that park looked awesome back when it was open! I hate that it got destroyed by Katrina.

[@EmillioMelendez]

I hate it too they could of repaired the park even though it might take a year or a few years but it could be done

[@ThoosieJP]

+Emillio Melendez it was the cost it would be millions but there repairing the park back to normal

[@krisbies]

They should bring this back, in fact, Six Flags in Baltimore has a New Orleans area already

[@owivictin4878]

Great idea!

[@Sunflower-nc1yi]

Looks scary 😢

[@lawlz01]

UUUGGGGGGHHHHH NOSTALGIAAAAAAAAAAAA

[@looneybirdstudiosandbillyb7337]

The ride vehicle is still in the ride abandoned

[@cocoman2121]

@Peaches70380 Ya, I read somewhere that the City of New Orleans and Six Flags are arguing over who owns the land.

[@Peter_9_9_9]

Am I the only one that is so curious about the animationic at the top of the sign and what happend to it

[@Dylan_-tu7zk]

Jocco eventually disappeared completely.

[@Peter_9_9_9]

@@Dylan_-tu7zk it was probably was took by explorers or it fell off the building during the storm and probably got swept in the lake who knows

[@Dylan_-tu7zk]

@@Peter_9_9_9 From the images available online, it survived the storm, it just disappeared sometime after being abandoned.

[@owivictin4878]

@@Dylan_-tu7zk It was able to survive 6 years after the storm

[@datartisttho1987]

I have never been on this ride, in fact hurricane Katrina happened soon after I was born. I wish I got to go on this ride, though. I bet it was fantastic :(

[@NaughtyGnats]

3:04 did jocco move out of the way or did he die?

[@silverkittenx9763]

He got defeated.

[@muffles12]

long live jazzland long live

[@MinkyBoodle44]

i forgot to say that it's owned by a different amusement park company now. i think it's called southern star or something like that

[@kydrafraznoir1964]

The Paidia Company will be turning the old ride building into a modern take on Laff in the Dark.

[@Dano86]

Mardi Gras Madness was my favorite ride there. I had to ride it over and over while I was there. I was very sad to see another video of the entire ride building completely gutted. I really hope SOMETHING can be done with that park.

[@Amanda-ts1pi]

I'm sorry your ride got destroyed

[@smartguest]

the ending was like ghost blasters 2

[@johsiantorres8495]

Wow all those lights moving rides now dark cold and rotten

[@thedarkknight1357]

Also shattered too. Lucky some of the rides LED signs were saved and were fully repaired by the National Roller Coaster Museum and Archives where they have them.

[@chuggluggins1586]

I like the music.

[@Al-oq5hj]

+Milo Simpson lol

[@jesteling]

At 1:04 and at 2:56 what is he saying?

[@sarahg2991]

At one point I think “come here boy”

[@sarahg2991]

I think I got it? “The quick sand! Hahaha come here boy yeahhh ahahahha!”

[@owivictin4878]

I think at 1:20 he says "Jocco needs more beads and doubloons!"

[@LindsayTVFilm]

I knew this place looked cool at night

[@kydrafraznoir1964]

I just found out today that someone's finally redevelopmenting the park at long last, and that someone is Frank Scurlock of Scurlock Entertainment. The park will be redeveloped into Festival Park, they will add a hotel resort, a water park, a technology park, a shopping Center, a sportsplex, replica of Noah's Ark. It was announced on April 2, 2016.

[@eliasmertens9313]

+Kydra Fraznoir I kind of hopped it would either be Six Flags New Orleans again or Jazzland again. I liked the whole Mardi Gras and Southern theme. And I really like how they park lit up at night with all the neon lighting on both the buildings and the rides.

[@Page57]

It's still sitting abandoned lol

[@nolaadat4615]

Yeah right

[@SnakePit16]

It’s true

[@LeavingForVenus]

@JoaquinandRene It's near the gulf and some lakes, but not the ocean. It's just under sea level so any heavy raining will cause it to hold water and flood. But the city of New Orleans was a happening place so I'm sure at the time they thought it would be a good spot for a park being they have a lot of tourists go there.

[@ryancervelo5448]

Jazz land is coming back

[@PhilUSM]

yeah they are. They are planned to open it with nickolodeon but they dropped out but they do still plan to open it

[@fanofblueshockey107]

I live in St. Louis Missouri we have a six flags and it’s stil open

[@lestatpop]

six flags new orleans very sad place on this earth

[@amydamjanovic9183]

They do a lot of filming at this abandoned park, like “Zombieland,” for example.

[@thedarkknight1357]

They didn't film zombieland here at all. Unless you mean it looking empty like the park in the movie. A few movies were shot in the actual park but most were shot in a studio temporarily built in the parking lot. Now rarely commercials or music videos are shot in the park itself

[@themadhatter1184]

wasn't the animatronic Jocco built to handle rain and wind? SallyCorp Does the Jocco robot still work???

[@TheTechGuy500]

LiveLoud1998 It did mostly withstand the weather but a few months after the hurricane hit, the animatronic disappeared (most likely looters looking to sell the parts and copper).

[@themadhatter1184]

that's a shame Six flags could have used it in another park James M

[@TheTechGuy500]

LiveLoud1998 As it goes this entire ride can be used in another park! The Sally Corporation (the company that designed and built the ride and animatronic) keep all the designs and images so should a ride want to be re-created, it can be. So should six flags want to bring this ride back into another park, that is totally possible!

[@themadhatter1184]

that would be awesome, when i saw the video of inside the ride it made me want to ride it James M do you know if the ride is still the same as it was inside??

[@TheTechGuy500]

LiveLoud1998 At Six Flags New Orleans, it is completely ruined unfortunately. When the Hurricane first hit, New Orleans didn't pay much attention to the resort (mainly because Six Flags backed out of the lease early so it was now government property) so people started breaking in, tagging the walls of almost every ride and stealing copper. Jocco's Mardi Gras Madness suffered quite hard from this and all of the track has been stolen. There is still some paintwork left on the inside but it has mainly turned into rubble now, with only support beams visible. Some great images can be seen on Jason Lanier's KZbin channel. He has been to the park multiple times since the hurricane and taken some amazing pictures that are really worth checking out!

[@MonsterFlame1]

Hopefully the city of New Orleans will let the new company rebuild the park

[@luhjitness]

The gator infestation is just not real, idk why people say that. I've walked through the jester area. It floods when it rains but when i was there it was dry

[@4krome449]

5:30 is that a ride? Looks like a slingshot ride.

[@owivictin4878]

Yeah that was a ride, the skycoaster. Here is a video of it: kzbin.info/www/bejne/sGbHoX6coMp1hqM

[@lestatpop]

Jazzland Park is coming back

[@gerragotheallidile]

All that hard work... gone... All because "Mother" Nature couldn't control her temper.

[@EmmaInCandyland]

it's funny i'm french, and didn't know you were saying mardi gras in french xD

[@johsiantorres8495]

I always wanted to see the ferris wheel

[@joanna7350]

reminds me of captain spauldings murder ride.

[@carlosq1248]

they should have relocated it like some of the other rides

[@owivictin4878]

True, the only problem with this ride is that It was completely destroyed by the hurricane and It could only be rebuild. Also the mardi gras theme of this ride only matched with New Orleans cause the inside was based on the French Quarter of the city and Louisiana's swamps

[@silverkittenx9763]

Unfortunately, it suffered the worse out of all the rides. All of the props and animatronics were either thrown away or seemed to have mysteriously disappeared and the audio equipment was damaged beyond repair. But had it miraculously survived through Katrina with minimal scratches and everything in the ride was still there, it would've most likely been relocated to Six Flags Great America. Great America has a section dedicated to New Orleans and that ride would've been perfect there. I like to imagine it being there even though I know that it's never going to.

[@owivictin4878]

@@silverkittenx9763 True, I wonder what happened to all the stuff from the interior of the ride.

[@silverkittenx9763]

@@owivictin4878 Sorry I'm late! The stuff inside the ride... Yeah it got cleared out back in Summer/Fall of 2008. In fact, all the buildings in the park were gutted out around that time. I don't know exactly what happened to the props themselves, but I would assume they were either kept as someone's collection or they were thrown out in the trash.

[@owivictin4878]

@@silverkittenx9763 Most of the props were probably destroyed due to vandals, others were possibly stolen but saved in someone's personal collection as you said; and finally, I know that a bunch of items from the old park have been stored in the National Roller Coaster Museum and Archives. Here is a link to it if you want to check their collection, you will find plenty of stuff from SFNO: rollercoastermuseum.org/archives-artifacts/

[@patriks3232]

what jocco said? world

[@modelx03]

I heard that Nickelodeon has bought Jazzland and making there own theme park out of it

[@springtrap1796]

I think I’ve just been inspired to draw jocco in a withered five nights at freddy’s animatronic style.

[@larahoffman2044]

I am seeing double :D or a glitch in the matrix rather!

[@MinkyBoodle44]

me too. (even though i live in illinois.)

[@RawrDinosaur34]

@JoaquinandRene lol the whole city of new orleans is under sea level

[@bleeeding4u]

2020?

[@nataliefernandez2437]

i hate to see it like this. I don't understand. they literally built it surrounded by water! it still would have flooded hurricane or not. so stupid of them.

[@p.raven8737]

Well this was six flags phase of buying more parks and expanding too much

[@ChaseGilliatt]

i bet if the people who owned it before and when it was called jazzland they would have reopend it but then six flags took it over then it flooded and six flags abandoned it!

[@thedarkknight1357]

The company that owned Jazzland had financial issues and couldn't keep the park so that's when Six Flags purchased it in 2002 and rebranded it in 2003. After Katrina Six Flags wanted out of their lease after not seeing how much the damages would cost and this was at the time Six Flags was going into bankruptcy themselves after buying and investing millions of dollars into other parks. SF also didn't see any potential left with Jazzland so they gave it back to the city and took what all they wanted in the end.

[@anymouse9129]

this is all abandonded now..

[@Teninee]

@lestatpop when

[@amydamjanovic9183]

What a shame. But when it comes to man vs nature, nature always wins.