The Disappearing Amusement Park

[@davidhibbs6989]

I worked there for the last 15 years of it's operating. I remember every inch of that place! I can still remember the smell, views and faces of this place! It's just a distant memory now.

[@ItsYaGirlMaddy2]

I live near Rocky Point. Me and my dad go for walks here. My dad would always tell me stories about how much he loved it there and his favorite rides. He told me his favorite part of the park was the house of horrors. I love going there and exploring what is left behind.

[@effdonahue6595]

That pool was salt water, my brother and I did flips off the high dive back in the 80’s, good times!! ✌️👍

[@patriciajacobs7957]

Love these videos of what used to be. Many memories for some. Thanks for taking us along.❤

[@jenniferl.devillez5302]

I live in CT and would go here every summer in the 70s and 80s. Always loved this place, great times. Sad to see that it closed down. I'm sure I have pictures stashed somewhere 😁

[@leif-erikanderson8787]

I grew up down the way from there and spent many fun times on the rides. Chowder and clam cakes. Still visit when I visit family off of Palmer Ave

[@ed6850]

The round cement thing in the woods was the remnants of the old water tower. They also used to have a zoo up in the woods. It was really cool. I grew up in Warwick.

[@slkric1724]

It's nice they have plaques to let you know what thet different ride's were and what they use to look like.

[@donseagrave]

i'm 58 and went to rocky point very often for shore dinner hall clam cakes and chowder...also seen all kinds of band and also got to play once in a local band show there...good times...btw clam cakes and chowder and the ride the enterprise are not a good commination. Thanks for posting.

[@brianbloom1799]

I use to go to this park back in the 80's, Road the skyliner lots of times, Great place to talk to girls.

[@SeekerGoOn2013]

I went there once with my (then) fiancée. The fortune teller asked her “Are you going to marry this boy?” To which she said “You’re supposed to tell us!” This was sometime around ‘79 - ‘81? My memory is a little foggy some 40+ years later. I began to drink heavily after she broke up with me. She was “the one” in my eyes, and still is. I was able to put the bottle down in ‘88. Thanks Chris, for another fine video, and to you all and our memories ❤

[@thomasschwarting5108]

Too many things dissappear as we age. Such a shame. Sometimes I think it would be neat to go back in time for a short while to see what things and places AND people were like!!

[@monsterglo]

I so agree ❤

[@shainahullihen1159]

@thomasschwarting5108, I whole heatedly agree.I would love to go back to kindergarten to go to my first school picnic. I got the dreadful stomach flu during story time and threw up on the long mat a few feet away from the toilet area ☹️😢.

[@Thathorrorguy12FU]

The train tracks were the Rocky Point trolley. It did a big circle in the woods and started right next to where the Corkscrew and the other entrance to the park was.

[@sallykohorst8803]

Wow thanks for sharing that old park

[@devonboulden2496]

The heartbreak of Rocky Point. Mismanaged to death by a greedy board.

[@stuffchat]

Seems still fun to hang out there. And now it's free. Not much wild rides but you get what you pay for.

[@SkinnyTrails]

It reminds me of abandoned ski resorts I have stumbled upon while snowshoeing. I like that they leave some of the history.

[@cgimovieman]

Even though I wasn’t alive for it, I’ve been utterly fascinated by the 1964 World’s Fair, watching countless documentaries about it and reading about it. The influences that it had on so many things is so neat, but it also so interesting where countless elements of it ended up across the country, and still are, like the arches. Other is at a strip mall in New York state, serving as a sign. Two more are at a fairly rural excavation company in I believe Ohio, serving as their two business signs. Some of the pole lights ended up in county fairgrounds and that resort in the Pocanos. The huge Uniroyal tire Ferris wheel sits along the interstate near Detroit. Of course It’s a Small World and the Carousel of Progress ended up at the Disney parks. Some of the state pavilion buildings were moved back to their respective states and used for other things. Just fascinating. If you’ve never watched the in-depth documentary called “After The Fair”, it’s a great watch and on KZbin.

[@juliebraden6911]

All the World's Fairs have interesting stories like this. If you ever get bored with the one in 1964, you can pick pretty much any one of the others and get stuck for a long time. I live close to Knoxville and was a little kid when they had theirs but I didn't get to go.

[@bennetts-revenge_2]

Wow I live in Johnston RI, I used to go to Rocky Point all the time. What great fun back then. Cool you were not too far away

[@marks.schwartz8468]

A metal detectorist might have a field day at that old park !!! Thanks for the video !!! :)

[@ninaappelt9001]

I'm a metal detectorist, and I was thinking the same thing.

[@Bradrick_Larney_Sr]

Damn man right in my back yard, literally! And yes it's a damn shame that our kids didn't get to grow up with the amusement park as we did. I can guarantee you that everyone in and around this area completely miss Rocky Point Park! Also, I have 2 unopened packs of tickets for the chowder Hall. Not worth much of anything but cool to have.

[@martinlohstroh]

Your Cadence and Tempo is perfect for the videos you make not too fast not too slow.

[@mf5531]

your videos are always very interesting.

[@carrieann956]

I miss Rocky Point so much 😢

[@robertabray-enhus3198]

I’m from Massachusetts, but we went to Rocky Point often during the summer in the 70s We had our 9 th grade class trip to RP in 1976 We had a blast!

[@monsterglo]

You did an exceptional job Chris we felt like we were exploring all those cool things with you and I could definitely visualize that park in all its Glory ❤🎉

[@valariebedard2164]

Omg! Use to go there every year! Thanks for the memories...😊

[@cosmos7492]

Thanks for showing us this amazing place Chris enjoyed it as always can't wait for the next one

[@beardednomadvanlife6363]

I’d love to metal detect all that area I can imagine a bunch of old relics to be found and saved

[@cds1957]

Just don’t understand why people have to spray paint everything. What a shame.

[@ForkInTheRoad33]

It's usually the transgenders that do it.

[@JohnShinn1960]

I'd be nice if it were banned, I think the world would survive but then again those cave people would just resort to using paint brushes. Oh well 🙄

[@bennetts-revenge_2]

It's ridiculous that they can't keep their hands to themselves. They just like to destroy things

[@russwentz3957]

A sad sign of the age we live in brother.

[@thomasschwarting5108]

Totally agree. My other comment was that it just somehow cheapens the place AND makes it look messy. Not a place I would want to go see!!

[@sw-js6eh]

ALWAYS look forward to your videos, man! It never fails that, after viewing one, I always dig in to try and find more information. Keep'em coming!

[@johnniebravo5985]

Love the amount of work you put into your videos! Showing places many of us have never seen or heard about before. Thanks!

[@dianagallagher3891]

My parents both worked at Rocky Point and got married a few years later. I use to go on all those ride and they had a little kid section too. They had a beer garden but you had to eat the Chower and clam cakes. I would go to Rocky Point almost every other weekend. The house of horror was one of my favorite rides but the added the free fall and i could see the ocean and all of the park and before you knew it you were dropped and i would scream !! I even had a prom there and they had concerts there. My mom told me back in the day they even had animals there. I can remember one day i drove threw to just do something i was about 17 and my boyfrend was in the car with me i had a 86 red firebird and a freaken seagull flew in thres the passenger window as i was driving all i can remember was holy shit this bird is huge and then i was screaming it then flew out my drivers side window i so wish i had a camera or a cell phone back then..lol

[@toadscoper4575]

One thing you forgot to showcase was the remnants of the shore dinner hall, which was once one of the largest food halls in North America for the times. Lots of Rhode Islanders have memories of eating chowder and clam cakes at the massive dining hall.

[@the_gilded_age_phoenix8717]

*chowdah

[@artistic321]

Ya they only put a sign for the old dinner hall not the other one from the 80s and 90s

[@LivingForTMH]

I didn't know they made amusement parks like that in the 1800s! Interesting.

[@fhwolthuis]

Great find! Glad to see you back again, Chris 👍😀

[@briansullivan1927]

i love the content of your channel, never stop posting.

[@TheGregBulls]

Super excited to see you upload again. I hope you're doing good man

[@robbchastain3036]

It is sort of sad that we opt for the new, shiny baubles and leave behind what served as fun family entertainment for decades upon decades. And those rides, like the train and the Skyliner, would still be exciting for little kids with their parents or grandparents--and for those parents and grandparents who enjoyed those rides as little kids themselves.

[@GoodPersonTestWebsite]

They probably wouldn't meet today's safety standards, especially as they aged.

[@robbchastain3036]

@@GoodPersonTestWebsite No argument and it happens, entertainment choices change and evidently people opted for the Disneys and Six-Flags and such for their theme-park dollars. And we all have our preferences and for me, an old coaster is just fine and rickety can be scary enough, lol. And it was more about mellow than anything for me, a day at a theme park, as I got my kicks going fast on bicycles and motorcycles. And who knows, with that land still there, maybe something will be revived at this place and its adjacent beach.

[@janashleymoon1285]

Wouldn't you just love to go back in time in its Heydays!!! Awesome video as usual!!

[@MobileInstinct2]

I wish!

[@Justrandomvideos-2023]

Its sad seeing these parks " gone" before my time on this world and after I can't imagine the younger generation not knowing about these parks as well things they never saw before and never will and to go back in history looking at the fun people used to have when going out to these places with friends and family and having more good fun then what it is today I personally missed a lot of these things such as this parks made in the 30s I was born in the 70s so I never got a chance to see it before and after 😔😔😔😔

[@grace7701]

I grew up going there, so many wonderful memories! My mother used to go there when the pool was open, in my dad it was filled in. I'm so glad my kids got to go there before it was closed. I am glad they kept it as a park though, it pretty to walk.

[@RhondaA]

Have you ever been to Gatlinburg TN? There's an old amusement park site there, the old Fun Mountain, which has an abandoned old sky lift there with the chairs still hanging. It's very spooky.

[@tomy.1846]

Cool Arch! There is one close by in West Hempstaed, NY! This one got farther away!

[@stepps511]

Terrific video, Chris, as always. Thanks so much for taking us along!

[@MobileInstinct2]

Thanks!

[@JulianaBlewett]

We had a small amusement park close to where I live. It was closed in the mid 90s, and they demolished it to build a water park. I drove by there the other day and it's been completely leveled. Enchanted Forest was a fun childhood memory.

[@gregoryclayton8287]

Looks like those were the real fun days.. Thank you for the glace into yesterday Mobile, great channel! G t E.

[@Ganiscol]

Just on the same day I was wondering why Chris hasnt been uploading a video for so relatively long on either channel, here he comes! 😅 The Skyliner was an awkward ride, for it being basically a gondola going to a turn point within shouting distance of the start - I would expect a loop around the park for it to make sense. 🤔

[@Kimberly-dt4ko]

The railroad tracks were a cool discovery. Probably drew the same crowd as the sky liner. Glad to see they kept the land as a place for public recreation. Too many times the old parks become housing developments.

[@the_gilded_age_phoenix8717]

...and that area by the water would be a prime location for a high-end subdivision.

[@JohnShinn1960]

🤫Shhhh! Don't give ideas!

[@thomasschwarting5108]

Yeah, I'd hate to see a housing development when there's so many memories tied to a piece of land!!

[@RJA181]

It almost did become a development. Fortunately the state took over the land to make it a state park

[@dezznutz3743]

Yes, God forbid we build more homes and lower the insane cost of home buying right now.

[@RegularFootisChris]

Awesome!

[@lorraineperry8232]

This would be a great place to do some metal detecting.......

[@MSilva6910]

My brother took me there when I was about 7 years old and I'm 56 now. Fond memories of that day. WHY do people have to deface our wonderful land??? Thank you for sharing your adventure!

[@jontooke846]

Thanks so much Mobile Instinct that was a incredible story. I love your videos

[@cinnaminaaa]

Mrs. Weasley: Where have you BEEN? Check everyday for videos because it's been past 2 weeks. 😂 I know you got things to do, but I look forward to your videos. Thanks for doing the footwork for us.

[@tombaker4586]

Fantastic videos, love you getting really personal about each subject. Keep putting up those walks. Greets, Tom, Belgium.

[@Corgis175]

You certainly were daring walking across that railroad bridge.

[@tyronedelaney2978]

Finally a video!!! Banger video please don't make us wait another 3 months 😂

[@billjeffers2273]

Good spot for metal detecting

[@janmcguire5268]

Sad that it’s gone.

[@dannypat5749]

You did an awesome job. I used to go there as a kid. I have so many memories there

[@Jhihmoac]

I've never was here even when it was still open, but I know a lady friend of mine who had plenty of pictures of her taken all over the park back in 1975 when she was 15... We're both in our 60s now... Long time ago!

[@JohnShinn1960]

1847 to 1995, that has to be the oldest. Could that be an electric recepticle on a tree off to the left at 16:54? Sure looks like one. Facinating explore, one can almost hear the noises of those days. Thanks Chris! 👍👍👍👍

[@timbit72]

You always deliver Chris... you're a good man

[@scotteboy]

Best clam chowder ever. I miss Rocky Point

[@katelynmarie8069]

look up the crazy stuff that has happened at rocky point over the years. people say it’s cursed.. i went there as a kid and it has a dark history lol pretty cool tho and im glad you found the railroad i was like i hope he finds that! lol

[@effdonahue6595]

I saw Bigfoot there 🤪

[@jonsymmonds1120]

Chris, I thank you once again for a wonderful explore! Once again, you are so good with photography and adding history. A place I never knew existed, now exists in my mind!

[@brendakrieger7000]

Thank you🎢🎡🎠

[@thomasschwarting5108]

Thanks for the tour!!

[@medionlvr]

so many memories there. the clam cakes and chowder in the shore hall.

[@zach1810]

Visited there a couple years ago. You did a good job showing everything.

[@kathyriley9276]

You’re back! 😍 this was too cool great video!

[@elizabethrowe7262]

Would have been an amazing place to see when it was still operating. Unfortunately like a lot of amusement parks they stop being a fun place and close down. A lovely big area to enjoy yourself for the day!

[@ericsikma4764]

Wild. Used to go live in Worcester County, MA and went to R.P. a few times. Funny: As soon as the video opened and "Rocky Point" was mentioned, I was like..."E-e-eXSQUEEZE ME?" LOL! I remember getting clam chowder in the food place...It's now an open field. I remember stepping into the arcade...It's now an open field. House of Horrors...Sounds familiar but now an open field. Some of those rides ring bells also. Ironically, there's also mention in the video about the various views and such. The reaction on this end: "Oh, cool! Sure enough. Check it out!" Amazing how things can change in 47 years... Oh...That arch looks familiar as well...

[@adventureawakens]

I 35 now not sure how old I was when I went but I remember the train and rollercoaster (to small to ride) and eating Chowder and clam cakes 😢

[@HORSEYANIME2024]

Pls do more videos on forgotten amusement parks in the USA

[@warrenvalentino5763]

Thank You Very Much for making this video. i remember going to rocky point 3 times when i was a kid. i have always wondered what happened to it. :)

[@michaelmcenery7515]

Glad your back Chris was worried something happened to you, missed your amazing videos looking forward to new adventures from you

[@RJA181]

My neck of the woods. Great video.

[@Ллаула]

Очень интересно! Красиво! 😄👍👍👍👍👏

[@terrirobinson3876]

This place is giving me memories of Chain of Rocks Amusement Park in St. Louis. The Arch really did it.

[@susanfaulkner2304]

Remembering Palisades Park- ooh, I'm old!

[@russwentz3957]

Thank you for another, as usual, great video! I really enjoy checking things out and kinda "hangin with ya"......dude.

[@perstaffanlundgren]

The narrow gDutch rail way was nice how long is the remaining rails?

[@chriswinger7881]

So cool thanks for sharing 😮😊

[@kevincozby]

Awesome video, Chris. I wish I could have checked that park out when it was operating.

[@FurthermoreJack]

Maybe an old railroad was next to the narrow gauge rails used for a novelty ride . There was a wider gauge rail under the nattow gauge rail bridge that sparked my interest

[@thefourseasonsandme4374]

Thanks for posting Chris! I always enjoy watching your videos they’re so interesting

[@dougslittlediesel]

Dogpatch USA is Southwest of Harrison AR. They keep saying it will open up as something or Another. But it's still abandoned and falling apart. And the woods are growing back in it

[@ernestj3081]

A beautiful place Chris! Thank you for this historic day 🙏🏻💙

[@monsterglo]

Chris you must have read my mind, earlier today I told my friend , Mobile Instinct hasn't had anything for us in a few weeks and just a couple hours later my notification shows for this, ❤

[@NaomisAdventures]

Good video. That's a really neat place

[@flyingninja1234]

I can definitely see where Rocky Point gets its name.

[@dennisud]

That was a neat video. Thanks for reviving that legacy!

[@GoodDayforDecay]

Nice job...Love the tracks look like it even was rotted and broke too

[@leif-erikanderson8787]

We smoked weed on the skyliner 😂

[@marks.c4753]

Would be awesome to metal detect just think of all the old coins buried there.

[@dgonthehill]

wow tyvm where you been? haha ty again for videos of info

[@Jodokusable]

Thank you, this was very interesting

[@kellymcgrane2690]

❤❤❤

[@booiedeus8539]

Awesome man👍👍👍👍💯

[@williammcgeehan3424]

2:12 Possibly a changing area ?

[@joycemccammon3646]

Great video😀