Rye Playland - Three Amazing Dark Rides! Plus Coasters! and More!

[@QueenArkham]

"OH, a lady with her bra!!" 🤣🤣🤣

[@shon76]

I remember riding these over 40yrs ago.

[@sarawelling5271]

This is fantastic. For those of us who are no longer able to get around as much as we'd like, it's a chance to see something really special as if we were really there. Thank you.

[@mrwest626]

Realistically I'll never be able to travel much due to financial reasons, and I'm mostly okay with that lol except for Meow Wolf....one day I need to go to one of their locations, but yeah, I absolutely love vicariously through these videos.

[@sarawelling5271]

@@mrwest626 That's it exactly. I've been sick for a long time. I may not be able to walk around an amusement park as well as I used to, but I can watch and enjoy. And the quality of these videos is just like being there.

[@johnsimonetti3656]

@@mrwest626 Dissatisfaction Vvvbbvbb f2f gg

[@pika23]

@@mrwest626 I hear omega mart is very very disappointing. Over priced and rude. I know people that went

[@rainaroden2942]

I love this channel so much!

[@carmenm.478]

Haunted ride 😊 I loved it. Reminds me of Coney Island late 70s early 80s. Pizza, funnel cakes and Corn Dogs. Absolutely the best times 😍

[@debraharrison6170]

The babies on the mouse ride with you at the end were adorable!

[@TheCarpetbagger]

Their grandpa asked me to ride with them because he was scared of roller coasters

[@latoyawinston1007]

@@TheCarpetbagger hi what is that deep voice saying @10:27&10:28

[@latoyawinston1007]

@@TheCarpetbaggerwhen did you go how meny years ago when did you go they took this Ride down

[@kevindclimbing]

Gotta love the 'Stock Laugh' track from Vincent Price in the end of Thriller. Its used several times in the first dark ride.

[@annielanier6042]

I thought I was hearing Vincent Price but I believed it was too good to be true! It just makes the ride even more fun!

[@kev8346]

I love the flying witch. Lots of hills

[@Minty_1001]

Anyone else glad when he uploads his videos

[@bg199083]

The Flying Witch exterior. Unbelievable!! For a '70s or '80s dark ride, it looks beautiful. Who's the artist that created that exterior? Also, he should get TONS of recognition. Glad you love those dark rides Jake!

[@tomy.1846]

Anyone remember the previous paintjob on the Flying Witch (Haunted Mansion)? As a kid in the late 70s and early 80s, that paint job and Zombie Castle were AWESOME! I wish I could see them again, cant find any clear pictures of them! Anyone know of any shots of them? 😔

[@Withgreatpowercomesnofuture]

My only guess to aid you both would be to check vids on Coney Island history they might share the same artist, it looks a lil familiar.

[@drinkmilk6024]

The artist goes by the name “The Wizard”. He isn’t very well known, so you probably will not be able to find him by looking him up.

[@bg199083]

@@drinkmilk6024 oh, okay. Thanks for letting us know! 👍🏻👍🏻

[@tomy.1846]

@@drinkmilk6024 Thanks, but I believe The Wizard did the current paint job. I'm thinking way back to the previous paint job which was up until 1993 or 1994 when the current scenes were painted. Thanks again for trying to help! 😃

[@thegerm574]

Riding the old mill ride is like getting on it’s a small world you regret it about halfway through the ride.

[@kevinfestner6126]

I know this place. This channel is a window to the outside for those of us who no longer may travel due to restrictions.

[@suzannemaria5594]

In the Flying Witch, the recording says, "Morons, they're everywhere. They just don't know they're morons". I laugh every time I've gone on that dark ride.🤣

[@jasongonzalez2856]

Yeah,I always loved hearing that all the 100’s of times on this ride as a kid and teen!

[@Charlie-pu9bx]

She ain't wrong! 😂

[@unicorn063]

Love this dark ride ❤

[@elsiegon7118]

Omg, play land reminds me of my childhood! I remember back in 2005 or 06, a little boy got killed in the Ye Old mill ride. He git of the boat and fell under the boat😢. Man I love to see get on the roller coasters! Lol😂

[@singlerider377]

Another win! Thanks CarpetBagger!

[@thewayofjay1577]

I can't believe The Flying Witch got closed down. It was my favorite

[@GregD68]

This ride is suitable for miners! Thanks for talking us on the trip with you, Carpetbagger!

[@MsRedsphere]

This is my kind of amusement park. I so enjoy the variety. I'm not into all the roller coasters trying to out-do each other. This is true amusement.

[@eden3898]

WOW!!! I grew up going here every season since I was a toddler, so happy that you came to visit !! ❤️🤩

[@MisterBigBlunts]

Jacob is out there taking the road trip we have all been saying we're going to take one day. I really appreciate what you do. Your videos are such a relaxing treat after a long, loud, hectic day at work. I discovered your channel during the pandemic and it has really been a pleasure exploring the country through you vicariously. One love, one heart, Carpetbagger!

[@dannykerr7454]

Great Dark Rides! Enjoyed this park…Thanks Jacob!

[@christinedifrisco4301]

Good video . . . enjoyed the rides . . . great narration! Not bored at all.

[@tuberoyful]

This is one of your Best Carpet man🤣

[@stephanieharchar5463]

Thank you so much for this lovely video.

[@zombigurrrl]

One of my favorite places, here in NY. I've been going since I was a kid but haven't gone this year. It was so much fun to see you enjoy it. Thanks for sharing!

[@porcelainthunder2213]

Flying Witch is being relocated to Niagara Amusement Park.

[@lissachocolate]

I think I like the older style parks better than the newer ones. The rides are more interesting. The derby horse race was awesome! The view from the wooden coaster was great! And the gorgeous flowers and garden style welcome sign!

[@miltmarhoffer729]

Dog-gonne Jacob, I wish I knew ahead of time you were going to be here, I'm only about 10 miles from Playland. Lunch would have been on me

[@VinnieBoomBoom]

You're the greatest content creator ever!! I've been too broke and way too tired to travel the last few years but I can "visit" all these amazing places through your videos. Please keep up your awesome work! Cheers!!

[@ryoko65]

I've had mobility issues since 2009 and would not be able to manage getting out to an amusement park, or a museum, or a historical site.... But through you, I can. Thank you for showing us the fun and interesting parts of the contiguous United States. Heard on the Flying Witch 🧹 dark ride: "The morons are all around us... They just don't know they're morons... " (parody of the line in " The Sixth Sense" lol) And Vincent Price's chilling evil laugh! Thank you, Jacob 😊

[@PianoHead26]

I love when you go to these vintage-ish like theme/amusement parks. :)

[@jakeinator2005]

I can't believe you did not just one of my childhood parks, but TWO! Like, holy hell this is awesome. There was a few good rides here, and it was a small little park for me to enjoy. I hope you had a GREAT time!

[@gissneric]

The dark rides in this place are impressive.

[@shon76]

U remember riding this back in the day.

[@2dollarbill650]

Oh man. The memories I have of Playland. The old mill used to be way darker. Had real wood boats that always leaked.

[@tomy.1846]

It used to be so dark! Too bad it's lit so much these days.

[@Gregory......]

The Flying Witch was really cool, probably in the Top 3 Dark Rides so far ! Really cool park !!

[@MisterBigBlunts]

That roller coaster at 13:52 is awesome! I've never seen one like it. Very cool!

[@mason4611]

Hey Jacob! I love your videos. You should come to upstate NY! There is six flags Darien lake, Niagra falls, and the corning museum of glass.

[@malene4609]

The last Dark ride was the best. it had a story and a theme. The two first just seemed they had put in whatever seemed “scary”.

[@danielbagley3679]

Loved this ❤

[@pedrozatravel]

Wow that pony race ride is very old school, I got to ride the one at Cedar Point it is very cool.

[@MasterHavik]

Love love love Playland! The Derby Racer is amazing.

[@charliefuhst6028]

Rye Playland was the first amusement park that I went to as a child. I loved it so much!!!! Thank you for making this video!!!

[@stemikger]

Nothing like an old school dark ride! A old school drive-in would be a strong second. Brings me back to a more innocent time. Born 1964, great time

[@bahaykubo7]

I used to go here every summer but haven't gone since the pandemic. Watching this makes me so happy! The Thunderbolt was one of my favorite rides because of the music haha

[@dmc71366]

wow so glad you liked playland!!i have been coming here my whole life.in the zombie castle that tunnel with the lights used to be a turning barrel you would ride through. the flying witch was always a more favorite over zombie castle but both are amazing dark rides.i also have to ride the derby horses everytime i go to playland an absolute must!! thank you for coming to our childhood home of playland!!

[@TheCarpetbagger]

One of my new favorite parks

[@raisingphoenix3374]

The Dragon rollercoaster looked fun, but it sounded terrifying!! Also, more selfie views on the rides 😁

[@the13throse]

That "I will destroy you!" in the Flying Witch sounded super familiar but I can't quite place it. They also used the Vincent Price laugh from the end of Thriller and a soundbite of Bender from Futurama saying "I'm boned" XD had to rewind a few times to make sure I'd actually heard that voice right 'cause I couldn't believe it at first, but it's definitely him

[@SockmonkeyDan]

"I will Destroy You!" was spoken by the Destructor, also from Futurama ("Raging Bender" episode).

[@olivercanalesgreenwood1974]

welcome to my neck of the woods! i have a friend at Playland and he is the graphic designer for them! glad you had fun!

[@allie4367]

This was so neat. My favorite thing was the horse derby carousel 🎠🎠🎠

[@MHostess999]

I don’t love roller coasters but I could handle the one at the beginning of the video 😹

[@mckayolsen513]

"I thought we were on a Zombie ride, but now we're on Space Mountain" LOL

[@bilhamcobbly2957]

This place is unbelievable.So Grateful Its Still around

[@goryirl]

HOLY CRAP this is in my hometown! i used to go here all the time when i was little and it makes me so happy to see you visit!

[@larryadams9935]

Really appreciate your videos, Jacob! Thanks for all your years of posting and achieving over 400K subs! And, thank you for consistently enabling captions.

[@cindylk11]

I liked The Old Mill dark ride. The flashing tunnel almost reminds me of Maelstrom in EPCOT, before it became Frozen the ride. Amazing that the Dragon Coaster has survived since the 1920’s.

[@kurtporter4796]

That dark ride was so cool thanks Jacob for sharing

[@reapercreepj1535]

Zombie castle was the only ride I rode. , the crazy mouse made me kinda sick but I want to try the dragon coaster 1 day

[@lilowlthrifter911]

So cool! We as a family use to go to playland every yr!

[@dantemickens9897]

I grew up going to this park. I'm super hype that I've made a suggestion that he went to. 🙃🙃😁😁

[@Reinlegen]

I can't handle the kids on the Old Mill ride saying "THOSE LIGHTS ARE BUSSIN" smh

[@scaryboi2897]

Those dark rides were epic I want to ride them so bad! If only they made t-shirts/merch for their dark rides, those shirts would definitely sell out! Thanks for sharing.

[@jordanrobson5302]

After all my years of living in ny ive never been here! Now I really have to go check this out!!

[@vintage_85]

omg i lived in PlayLand as a Kid me and family would go every other weekend this brings back so many memories i have to go back one day haven't been to PlayLand in over 20 yrs can't believe the Flying Witch is still there and looks the same unbelievable

[@gpk1982]

In 2018 I went for the first time in almost 20 years & I was amazed by how much it hadn’t changed. It was a complete time warp & I loved it!

[@KR-sh6rm]

That's a nice park! I've never seen a carousel move that fast! Wow! Thank you for sharing! Stay safe out there!

[@warnegoodman]

its a really cool attraction, you're not strapped into it at all just kind of holding on for dear life

[@jeffeckrich2637]

What fantastic dark rides! I love when you do the amusement parks. I love to see different parks to get ideas on where to travel to. I can never say it enough,another great video!!

[@tiffanypaz8484]

I'm in LOVE with your vids! i feel like I'm traveling and riding with you! thank you Jacob! your Awesome! 😁🥰❤

[@dianevanderlinden3480]

Cool! Don't think we ever made it there when I was a kid. We did go to Storytown USA and Dutch Wonderland. So glad something kitschy and cool is still left.

[@GodsMan500]

I grew up in a house that is right at the edge of the Playland parking lot. Back in the 70s you could freely walk through the park during the off season. We would walk through the Old Mill when the water was drained out and scare ourselves silly. Back then there were paper mache gnomes, monsters snd dragons in there. I once climbed to the top of the Dragon Coaster lift hill. Fortunately, no one saw me up there. My buddy and I used to go to the workshop that was in the upper floor of the skating rink and look at the rides and monsters from the dark rides they were currently working on. I remember seeing a bumper car flipped over on its side and marveling how the shaft of the drive motor was stationary and the body of the motor, had a tire wrapped around it, would spin around the stationary shaft. That same friend and I used to actually STAND while riding the Dragon Coaster. The lap constraints were that loose. We had to duck when we approached the head chopper. That insanity ended when an operator, an older gentleman ordered us to stay seated in the car when the train emptied out. He chewed us out a little for our foolishness and banned us from the coaster for the rest of the day. We agreed that he was right and never did that again. What great memories! Today I have a Whip car in my living room that I’m restoring, and I own the original Peppy the Musical Clown coin-op marionette that I used to love as a little boy in the early 60s. I guess when you grow up right next to an amusement park, you develop a lifelong deep love for them.

[@Tutankhsunamun]

The laugh used in The Flying Witch is Vincent Price from the Thriller track.

[@Corgis175]

What great dark rides.

[@choppertcp1045]

The first dark ride in this video the outside looked like an Ed Hardy painting

[@macanthony6113]

I remember I went to this exact amusement park when I was 7, that stage at the end, I danced on that stage, the performers come choose people from the audience… I loved it

[@SchererProductionServices]

You're finally in my area!! Wish I'd known...would have loved to meet you. You missed the log flume though.

[@FoxTheRad]

You ever thought about going to the Enchanted Forest in Oregon? An amazing little theme park that was basically built all by one family.

[@annielanier6042]

YES! I've been waiting for him to make a visit! Crossing my fingers.

[@FoxTheRad]

Annie Lanier it would be pretty awesome for him to do some Oregon videos, like OMSI and the Oregon vortex maybe, and of course the enchanted forest

[@kenrod4]

The Dark ride was pretty cool. Thanks for sharing your theme park experience with us.

[@barbarablinn5669]

Memories of my childhood!

[@WarriorRockStarWolfGaming]

Loved The Vincent Price Laugh Track

[@cometpingpong8976]

I grew up going to Playland. I now live in Savannah, GA and it’s great to see it again, since it was closed last year and I never made it before I left for Georgia. Excellent park with countless memories attached.

[@lordkeith.4350]

The Carousel you spoke about in England is at Blackpool North Pier, it’s an amazing Carousel with all the old time music.

[@alanmiller7607]

They should slow down the dark rides to enjoy the scares more

[@bromoment1235]

Haha those kids on the troll ride

[@Matty-Ice69]

I miss going to Playland every summer as a kid. Thank you for giving me some kind of joy in one video. I need to go back asap

[@peggyfillmore1971]

Love watching these...I have vertigo so I can't get on roller coasters.please keep it up !!

[@OldMovieRob]

Awesome! I always love your dark ride discoveries Jacob!

[@bartplays3392]

Never heard of this place but cool!

[@endlessmike5846]

So awesome that you were there! One of my favorite places… fun fact the Mariah Carey fantasy video was also filmed there!

[@thewurm9177]

I rode a Crazy Mouse coaster at the LA County Fair years ago and have been traumatized and in traction ever since

[@TheCarpetbagger]

They are more painful then they look

[@PeninaPoison]

Omg, Playland! So happy you came here, I used to come here as a child, have one of my earliest memories of hiding my face in my grandfather's shoulder while we passed the haunted house because I was scared. My mother would go here with her grandparents yearly - such an interesting place!

[@JoeJoyHaveLanded]

This made me so happy that you made it to Playland. It really is my favorite park since I have been going to it my whole life. We got our video up about it seven months ago and have been waiting for years for you to make it there. It was worth the wait.

[@cherylsmith4826]

Each of those dark rides were unique in their own way- really cool

[@patrickfairchild2330]

Nice old park - descendant of Coney Island and Luna Park

[@Dauwis]

Great video ! Thank you for the adventures...

[@nurseydebdeb8539]

Our Ye Old Mill at the Kansas State Fair is 100 years old and I think there is only total of 2 or 3 left. At ours you might get spooked, ours is completely dark. Our state fair starts next Friday in Hutchinson KS. I think you'll like it.

[@weatherwitchandfelinefamiliars]

Loved the dark rides but also loved the slick shift from your watching the horse race carousel to your actual view from being on it 🎠💖

[@SandreabI]

Am I the only one that noticed Vincent Price’s laugh in the first dark ride?

[@annielanier6042]

I noticed it too! Made me smile.

[@DisneyMarkUK]

Omg the Derby Racer, my friend’s amusement park in Blackpool has one of these, they’re incredible

[@chihuahuasarecute123]

This place is awesome. Been going since I was a kid.

[@OffRampAdventures]

The dark rides are the perfect primer for everyone whose ready for Halloween!

[@r.jackson7162]

Welcome back to Westchester county!! Great stuff as always. About the Gnome ride, the reason you can't ride alone is that a few years ago a child died on the ride (even though it was a different themed ride.) when they rode alone and drowned.

[@gpk1982]

I remember that. So sad… They added the green rope light after that because I remember it used to be pitch dark in there. That kid must’ve been so scared. 😔

[@Ramshankles]

Ahaha those kids on the rollercoaster, at least they were brave enough to give it a go, I don't think I'd dare! This place looks fantastic, I hope I can go on that old whip-around ride one day, always love seeing a traditional/wacky carousel too. Nice vlog CB! :D