Thank you. Man, this brought back so many great memories. I had the best childhood ever. My grandparents had season tickets and took me all the time.
@professormarvelsamusements13602 ай бұрын
The Rocking Roller Coaster at the END! My supervisor Janet operating the panel and my friend Rhonda with the blonde hair is unloading on the platform. This actually made me cry. Thank you for the memory.
@WristwatchAddiction9 ай бұрын
Thanks for posting. I graduated HS in 89 and spent a ton of time in the park that summer. I had worked there in previous years and I was my home away from home most of my youth and teen life all the way through 97 when they shut it down. Miss it everyday.
@stephenbrand56612 жыл бұрын
Moved to Franklin that year, lots of great childhood memories at Opryland as a 90's kid and I remember how horrified everybody was when they turned it into a mall!!
@ColeConquerstheWorld2 жыл бұрын
Been waiting forever to see footage from Grizzly River. Thanks for sharing!
@MiddlePath33 Жыл бұрын
Such a clean fun park. The shade from all the trees and the windy paths made it feel so different than other parks. Dollywood has a similar vibe but nothing really beats Opryland.
@wanderlotstravel Жыл бұрын
I appreciate you posting this! It was so cool to relive Opryland again. I was 7 in '89, and probably went more than once that summer. I miss it so much.
@reneemay7816 ай бұрын
Absolutely love this home movie! It makes me feel like I’m right there again! Amazing place to have grown up at.
@HoustonRunion2 ай бұрын
Thank you so much for posting this video. It brought back a lot of great memories! Kudos on carrying a camcorder on your shoulder throughout the whole park in 1989 too!!
@UNDERWOODTRUTH2 ай бұрын
Love the 1980's
@Jonathanedward20102 жыл бұрын
I worked at the Riverside Plantation Restaurant that summer.
@GT10042 жыл бұрын
Seemed like a beautiful park with lush woodlands. Good thing now most a huge mall parking lot. Precious family Memories
@jessicav-11 ай бұрын
Thanks for sharing. I was born in the 70s and so my parents always found a way to take us to theme parks like this... My best memories. Sorry I didn't get to see Opryland like this.
@jessicav-11 ай бұрын
We need these again for our kids & grand kids ! From Nebraska... Grandma loved Nashville ❤
@hillbill19587 ай бұрын
Loved Opryland! We were season ticket holders! Pathetic that they replaced it with a mall! Thx for sharing!
@cliles67642 жыл бұрын
What a wonderful family time and brings back such wonderful memories for me. It was the first time that my father enjoyed something with us kids. Thank you for posting. By the way, does anyone remember a show that was in "Frontier Land" that had the song, "Yacky hoop hoop hoop yacky yack squon satchee, yacky doodle dee dee, yacky doodle dee doop, Yacky hoop hoop hoop yacky yack squon satchee yacky doodle dee doodle dee HOOP HOOP HOOP! it was hilarious for the time. I'll never forget it. It was the first time I saw my father laugh at a show.
@hwaynecook2 жыл бұрын
The show you are referring to was in 1975, maybe 1974 as well. The theatre was across from the Casa de Linda Restaurant and the Tin Lizzies and was right by the exit from the El Paso Railroad Station. By 1989, the space became the location where you could record your own recordings Karaoke style.
@cliles67642 жыл бұрын
@@hwaynecook Oh yes! And you could buy those beautiful tissue paper flowers on a stick that all the girls wanted. I'm so glad someone else remembers this! Thank you! :)
@jaytoday108 ай бұрын
Thanks for uploading this footage! What a blast of nostalgia! One of my favorite places of my childhood. All the sounds and visuals were blowing my mind in a great way!! This was awesome! From the Flume Zoom to “I will be right here waiting for you” playing by ski ball! Lord, what a great time to be alive!!
@MTRAdmiralty2 жыл бұрын
Great video! I worked in Riverside area that year.
@Jonathanedward20102 жыл бұрын
I worked at the Riverside Plantation Restaurant that summer.
@mikefeltner42162 жыл бұрын
I Love this
@nicholasbivins74014 күн бұрын
I miss people sounding like they were from Tennessee.😢
@jamesmathis3808 ай бұрын
Great memories
@Fit_By_Gods_Grace_Alone7 ай бұрын
I miss Opryland soooo bad. Kids these days would ruin it anyway.
@johnalcock26942 жыл бұрын
That was probably my last year working there!
@AbsurdJANGO2 жыл бұрын
Was there actually a bear in the Grizzly River cave, or was it just a sound effect? I've searching for this for awhile and this is the best footage I've found lol
@jamiefox1045 Жыл бұрын
Yeah there was a huge mechanical bear just inside the cave entrance, this was my favorite ride as a kid
@valecrassus7835 Жыл бұрын
There was a big animatronic bear standing on its hind legs in an alcove recessed into the cave wall. It would turn side-to-side and raise and lower one arm while a strobe light flashed and the sound effect played. Later on, it was very hit and miss if it would move at all or even be lit by the strobe, but the sound effect usually went off regardless.
@bradlitchford4762 жыл бұрын
Pretty sure Chaos had not been thought of yet. It came later.
@popslops21882 жыл бұрын
Chaos was a cool concept but everytime I went it wasn't functioning right. You'd basically just take a roller coaster ride in a dark building. I still enjoyed it and I despise that mall to this day lol
@DangerKennyB Жыл бұрын
@@popslops2188 The very first year everything was running correctly and it was glorious. We were there the day they'd closed the ride off so one of the Coreys (Haim? Feldman? Haim i think) was riding it. Want to say it was near the launch of the ride or perhaps even day 1. At any rate you wore special glasses, both screens were working, the music was intense and ominous, and with the glasses it 'scattered' the images so it looked like you were flying through glass, fire, etc. It was awesome! I didn't find out until many years later, after the park was long gone, that some idiot kid had thrown his drink out on Chaos and hit the bottom screen with it, ruining it. At any rate Chaos was obviously ahead of its time and an inspiration for so many interactive coaster today like Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind, Aerosmit Rock n' Roller Coaster, Escape from Gringot's, and many many more. I will always have a soft spot for Chaos. I remember going to the park every year and thinking, "is this the time they'll have most of the stuff working again? Maybe next time?" I think, on some level, I'm still waiting.
@wanderlotstravel Жыл бұрын
Yeah Chaos was added later.
@WristwatchAddiction9 ай бұрын
@@wanderlotstravel chaos opened in May of 1989
@WristwatchAddiction9 ай бұрын
It opened on the 25th of May 89. The same year this was filmed.
@vinnycamarata49072 жыл бұрын
Part of CHAOS have been shown but no footage found inside or out?
@planetshadow9 ай бұрын
I hate to yell ya this but the log flume broke the camera
@aerickmccullough3502 жыл бұрын
I really thought that there was going to be lots of Chaos footage in this one video, but my luck is not going that great. The search for chaos footage continues.