Opryland USA

Memories of Opryland Theme Park in Nashville, Tennessee. Please visit NASHLINKS.COM

[@lindawall9942]

My Heart Breaks! Our family went every year. SO MANY MEMORIES!

[@skmc6915]

The whole place smelled like fried food cooking and cedar wood. It was the best!

[@Tennessee5006]

I worked at Theater by the Lake in 1995! I miss Opryland!

[@savgal1211]

I went in 73 thru 75, I was 11 and I loved LOVED it!! My hometown is Nashville!!

[@thenomadichistorian9922]

I was so glad to find out this was a real place that I was remembering!!!

[@MarciesWhimsySoaps]

Thank you Chip Curley! I just hate that Opryland is gone. I had so much fun working there!

[@notesleb]

It was a really awesome themepark, great atmosphere. Surprising that it closed at all...even more crazy that little Libertyland in Memphis lasted 8 years longer. Both were special places that will only live on in the memories of those who got to visit them.

[@TATSUFAN]

MY BROTHER AND I MISS THIS PARK ALOT

[@madman37115]

Thanks for sharing. Brings back a lot of memories. I was one of the costume characters in 1974.

[@troyshereforu]

I loved Opryland USA my favorite rides were "The Hangman" and the Screamin Delta Deamon" they were cool rides....

[@amytownsell]

I still reminisce about that place... I MISS IT SO BAD... wish I could take my kids there.... It was a yearly tradition for us.....

[@plrjones]

Wow, I loved this place and loved the show "I Hear America Singing"....really miss it.

[@grasshopper3930]

We lost more than a mall we lost one of the things that Made Nashville special. A place where family's came from over seas. The park was built in the natural trees and landscape. The roller coasters went through the trees, it was amazing. The river where you could eat and watch the riverboats go by. Country music past and present. The mall that replaced it has been sold three times. Looks like a Big Success right? The mall is still not paid for. Gaylord knows they sold IT as soon as it reopened.

[@MrGoodgirl1777]

Listening to this music, I picture that show perfectly. When I was 9, I was pulled from my chair and put on stage to dance with them, thrown in the air, etc. Ah memories. I miss Opryland so bad

[@plrjones]

Wow, I loved this place and loved the show "I Hear America Singing"...miss it so much, thanks for bringing back some great memories of my childhood!!

[@Amicitas]

I worked in Merchandising in the summer of '73, then did caricatures in the park in the summer of '74. The employee parties were great - still have a paddle ball for winning a 50's dance contest back in the day. Thanks for the walk down memory lane.

[@MiamiMaria1]

i live in southern florida and have all my life, but as a child, we used to travel to nashville and visit opryland every year, it was wonderful and I wish my children could have the same experience. I have not been back to nashville since the park closed, we now typically vacation in eastern tennessee in the gatlinburg area. i was so happy to hear that the mall flooded a few years ago! so many tourist dollars lost for a great little city

[@annamarievids]

I miss Opryland. I would go all the time, especially on my birthday when I was a kid. Then, they had to go and make some stupid mall out of it. Like we needed anymore malls in the first place.

[@panache69]

thank you for the memories.. BRING BACK OPRYLAND!!! TEAR THAT GODLESS MALL DOWN!! Jeez I miss the old days!!

[@edibleg]

I saw Men at Work at Opryland. And auditioned for commercials on the Grand ol Opry stage

[@markclark9049]

I performed in "...And the Winner is..." 1990 season! I'm from California but Had such a Great time there!! Went back to visit friends in April 2012 and was completely disgusted with the MALL! Didn't even bother to at least have an OPRYLAND or Grand Ole Opry Theme to it!! Made me extremely Sad!

[@kenntenn]

My sister-in-law found one of the old hand crank cart's (i'm not sure what they were called)they ran on a track like the old train.I think it was $800.00 bucks.We used to love RC Bottle cap day!My father had an old RC machine in his office and we kids would fill a paper sack FULL of caps.We rode all day untill we were sick .

[@MartinDoss-rt6tr]

Are you sure that hand crank car was not from Fair Park? Fair Park also did the bottle caps! I thought the childrens coaster track came from Fair Park at Opryland..

[@MyLibgirl]

I still can't believe they got rid of such a great place for another mall. Yeah, like there were not already a DOZEN in Nashville. So sad

[@kenntenn]

LOL!! Barney Bass How cool is that? Man I miss that place.We grew up in Franklin and My Mother would drop me and a friend off @ the gate 9:30am and pick us up @ 10:30pm.

[@TonyBeazley]

wow what a reminder of that yeah those were cool to ride on...and if your hands came off it was so hard to catch those cranks again lol

[@TonyBeazley]

always the best thing to do in nashville after fair park closed....but money overrules all good.....nothing to do in this town now except go to a bar....but I don't drink or smoke...bring back FAIR PARK!!!!

[@rwk360]

Madman, I was BORN in 1974. 1/14/74. Why do parks have to keep closing? We lost more parks in the past few years like Miracle Strip, Panama City Beach, FL after 2004, Pavilion, Myrtle Beach after 2006,, and now Astroland at Coney closed this year after being in business since the 60's.

[@randyporter3491]

Another video on here finally reveals the massive mistake by one CEO, who decided to close the park, even thought it was profitable. This is beyond sad to those who loved this park and those who worked there. Opryland had "something" that will never be replicated. It was truly a magical place, that was impeccably managed and operated. Everything had to be perfect, from the flowers, to the food and cleanliness. Employees were not allowed to have a bad day and were screened and hand picked, from thousands of applicants. All replaced by a "mall", that no one has ever liked.

[@juneberry1982]

I miss it soooo much!!!!! 😥😥

[@missjaybowen7]

My mom would get us season passes every year. She would take me everyday in the summer time if that was what I wanted to do. They made a HUGE mistake by tearing it down. What thrill does Nashville have now? Nothing.

[@madman37115]

Nah, I was Barney Bass (bass fiddle). There's a new Facebook group for former Opryland Live Entertainment employees. I've posted a couple of pictures there. I have an old 8mm reel I shot at the park that I need to digitize and post here.

[@Engelbird]

danny, i just found a super 8 film my dad took of all the "instrument" characters, including the bass, when we went in '74. i bet you're on it.

[@madman37115]

Great! I’d love to see that. I only worked there in 1975 but the same people on my crew were mostly there in 1974z

[@kenntenn]

Johnny guitar ! is that you ??!?!! LOL i miss it too

[@cbowman61]

god damn mall

[@junngo]

to hell with oprymills,i grew up at opryland...who needs another damn mall

[@whattheheck1000]

I wish I could have gone... I was born in 1992 and live less than 30 mi from where Opryland was located. I like Opry Mills but I wish very much we had Opryland too. My mom worked there as a teenager in the 80s.

[@W0lfB0y1981]

Pisses me off they tore it down to build a stupid mall. No..I don't live in Nashville but damn it some of my best childhood memories are from that park and to know that its gone just really urks me. Tear down that mall and rebuild Opryland...

[@4redniwediS]

I was at the mall and as I stood in the parking lot,I tried to imagine where everything was based on the parling lot. I dont see how they fit Opryland into the space they had to work with?!?

[@bigzach1000]

RIP Yancey Banjo

[@suzie9413]

I hate Gaylord for destroying my childhood memories also. True the roller coasters there were not that intense, but that's not what Opryland was about. There was a certain atmosphere at Opryland that just doesn't exist anywhere else. It makes me sad that my 3 children can't experience that. I got to take my oldest when he was 3, the last year it was open. (on the same day hangman got stuck at the top). He was just barely old enough to remember a little bit about his day at Opryland.

[@randyporter3491]

Suzanne Overbey Well said ! I couldn’t agree more. I was a performer there in the 80s and you’re right, there was something different about Opryland. I’ve been to several other theme parks, but none have Opryland’s intimate feel. There was something very personal about this park, that was noticed by everyone that ever visited. Sad.

[@spacemandudley6237]

Looks like Dolly would duplicate some of these ideas at her own park. Opryland will always be better in my book. I miss the wonderful park.

[@TonyBeazley]

Yes you do ...pleeeeze :)

[@badbobbyhughes]

i dont go there either other than D&B, it's close by but there's more stuff i want at the MaGH that's probably cheaper, plus it's less overrrun by kids/hoods

[@birddoggarton]

God, I miss that place. And...I hate Jim Gaylord for destroying my childhood memories.

[@kevinbeck6419]

Now there's a mall it's losing money big time

[@junngo]

@W0lfB0y1981 damn right!!

[@kevinbeck6419]

When corporate greed takes over that's what happens

[@PrincessZeebee2]

Six Flags theme parks put this one down to shame!If it hadn't already happened, that park should of been demolished instead of Astroworld! Because Opryland boring roller coaster rides and will never amount to Six Flags theme parks!

[@johnhoward3042]

Amy Hewitt You’re drunk.