The Rise & Fall of Astroworld (1968-2005) - The Complete Documentary

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@awesomesauce8083
@awesomesauce8083 9 ай бұрын
As a houstonian we took astroworld for granted and now it's gone and we miss it.
@AirtimeThrills
@AirtimeThrills 9 ай бұрын
It's a real shame nothing has come around to replace it. Houston is such a massive city
@markusdaxamouli5196
@markusdaxamouli5196 7 ай бұрын
Indeed we did and do...
@Tornado1994
@Tornado1994 5 ай бұрын
@@AirtimeThrills As a fellow Houstonian having spent pretty much my entire Adult life in Houston(first came here in 1993 as a 10 year old), I know the FULL Story of Astroworld and why it abruptly closed down and got demolished in October 2005. Astroworld itself was NEVER actually in any real trouble. It made up at least 30% Revenue for The City of Houston and the County of Harris alone. What happened is that Premier themselves and Kieran Burke were absentminded and EXTREMELY Greedy Real Estate Brokers and Investors. When they brought Astroworld from Time Warner, they were planning on Outsourcing its Attractions and rides from the get go. Burke also had lobbyist Pork and Capital with local Crony Neo Con Republicans. Houston's Zoning and Real Estate has been entirely Republican run for over 40 years though our Mayor and City Legislation is Democrat, Burke's Cronies were the ones who pulled the plug on Astroworld. They stood to all personally profit $2 million a piece from destroying it and selling it off. The Plan to do so was already in the pipeline as Early as 1999. Originally, The Cronies wanted it closed in 2001, but Shareholders told Burke that there would be NO kickback on doing so and that he could face Real Estate Fraud Charges if he rushed it. All that happened in '01 is that Burke was able to bide time. I last went to AstroWorld in August 2004, It was still in decent shape and the Texas Cyclone itself still functioned, but obviously was getting old and needed some elbow grease. Attendance was still fairly solid and Morale was still very modest. I did get an uneasy feeling about Premier at the time, I could feel and tell something was amiss, because some of the attractions obviously had budget cuts(very asinine and pointless ones). Regarding Astroworld's Shutting down and Demolishing Post Katrina, The City was IRATE. People TURNED against Burke. In fact, he was RUN out of the City and DISGRACED. Astroworld closing down resulted in a $75 Million Operating Loss from Premier, with Houston suffering the brunt of a Revenue Collapse.
@AmandaKH87
@AmandaKH87 4 ай бұрын
This is true, I am still so sad it's gone
@mahler49
@mahler49 10 ай бұрын
Riding greezed lightnin’ when i was 13 years old. June 1987. That’s where I became a coaster enthusiast. Astroworld was my home park from my birth in 1973 until it closed. Thank you for producing such a great documentary. It was a great trip down memory lane for Christmas! ***fun fact*** to add the “mystique” of the Texas cyclone, the height requirement for the back two cars was a whopping 60 inches! It was rite of passage for we Houstonians to finally conquer the back seat of the cyclone. I’ve never seen another ride in my life with such a high height requirement.
@jeffxgoodman67
@jeffxgoodman67 10 ай бұрын
Same for me, but it was 1988 and I was 9. I cried because my Dad made me go, and when I got off the train, I had changed from being a train enthusiast to a coaster fanatic. I became obsessed with GL, XLR8, and Ultra Twister, my favorites during the early nineties as I was becoming a teenager
@AirtimeThrills
@AirtimeThrills 10 ай бұрын
60 inches is insane. But I like the fact there's a reason for it and wish I coulda experienced that
@theheardtheorem
@theheardtheorem 10 ай бұрын
When I finally conquered my fear of Texas Cyclone, I became a man.
@G_Dawg_OFFICIAL
@G_Dawg_OFFICIAL 10 ай бұрын
Wish it was still open😢
@jeffxgoodman67
@jeffxgoodman67 10 ай бұрын
@@AirtimeThrills I rode it young myself. I was a tall kid... now I'm 6'8" and have to squeeze into every train and skip a lot of family rides. It's a problem 🤣🤣
@coasterdroidgaming3699
@coasterdroidgaming3699 8 ай бұрын
I bet if Six Flags never touched it or bought that park, it'll still be in operation to this day. R.I.P. Astro world 😢.
@impracticallychristopher
@impracticallychristopher 10 ай бұрын
You do such a great job with these documentaries, Chris! Can’t wait to see the next one. Merry Christmas!
@AirtimeThrills
@AirtimeThrills 10 ай бұрын
Thanks Christopher & Merry Christmas!
@jarretstroud1842
@jarretstroud1842 10 ай бұрын
What’s disgusting is that they began dismantling Water World immediately after the announcement of the park’s closure. No one even got to say goodbye to Waterworld.
@DeenaMilkers
@DeenaMilkers 4 ай бұрын
As a culture they did not appreciate what they had. Old is bad, they wanted more parking lots and strip malls
@CharlieAncunin
@CharlieAncunin 10 ай бұрын
I believe it was around 2000 making me around 8 when I went to AstroWorld. I have family in Houston and we visit during school breaks and do fun like the zoo stuff. That trip is so special to me because my dad actually went with us. He has horrible social anxiety and a bad back. But I was still small and not able to everything (and terrified of looping coasters) so my mom convinced him to come and sit with me while everyone else rode the bigger rides. I remember riding cyclone at least 7 times. And I did ride the tube one, that just goes forward and back. I also remember going back to Houston and wanting to go back to AstroWorld to ride the bigger rides cause I could and not scared anymore. I was soooo sad hearing that it was closed. Riding the Tazmanian coaster was a huge goal of mine and I will never get ride it.
@SlipInTheSlideOut
@SlipInTheSlideOut 3 ай бұрын
Great Documentary! Astroworld was hallmark of my youth and some of my best memories.
@wonderINdetail
@wonderINdetail 9 ай бұрын
this was my Theme Park growing up... went several times a year, every year until just a couple of years before it closed. Loved that place, and Water World!!!!
@hillorisartin6129
@hillorisartin6129 9 ай бұрын
I went to astroworld as a kid. My dad and grandpa rode the texas cyclone and my grandpa was almost thrown out while riding. It was 1 week later that someone was thrown from it and killed, which led to it being closed down
@Mononoke18
@Mononoke18 10 ай бұрын
Merry Christmas! Can’t wait to watch!
@AirtimeThrills
@AirtimeThrills 10 ай бұрын
Merry Christmas!
@vicrattlehead3462
@vicrattlehead3462 10 ай бұрын
I love these documentarys
@dadbodgamesquad
@dadbodgamesquad 9 ай бұрын
Crazy when you put these things together it's a legit feature length documentary. Well done as always.
@AirtimeThrills
@AirtimeThrills 9 ай бұрын
Thanks! Yeah it turns into a 90-120 minute movie
@Imthehiway
@Imthehiway 29 күн бұрын
In taking a trip down memory lane recently, I remembered how many times as a kid my grandmother took me to Astroworld between 1982-1990, and was truly missing the park when I discovered of its closure. This series you and the collabs put together was simply fantastic. I never would’ve seen videos again of the Lost River, Greezed Lightnin and my favorite, the Sky Screamer. The red lights on it at night were amazing. Cheers, and thank you kindly!
@AirtimeThrills
@AirtimeThrills 29 күн бұрын
Thanks for watching!
@cypresscustoms
@cypresscustoms 2 ай бұрын
Thank you for all the hard work you have put into this series. Brings back great memories with friends and family. I grew up 30 mins from astroworld and had season passes for most of my childhood until the last years of the park. The one major thing that kept use from the park in the last years was how dirty and run down the entire place was. We could not have cared less about new rides every year, we loved all the old rides. But it felt like every surface in the park was dirty and grime covered. Some kid would puke after a ride and no one would clean it up. It would just bake into the sidewalk in 100* Texas heat. Water fountains didn’t function, bathrooms with sinks that didn’t work, ride que fans that would barely turn. Just tons of neglect. The final straw for my friends and I was Fright fest in 2001, three stabbings and multiple fist fights broke out within the first few hours we were there. We never went back. I really think if they would have just kept the place clean, safe and family friendly then the park would still be thriving today. Even with the old outdated rides like sky screamer or greezed lightning. Would have been nice to be able to pass on some great memories of the park with my kids.
@AirtimeThrills
@AirtimeThrills 2 ай бұрын
Thanks for watching! Much appreciated
@waltersabin8099
@waltersabin8099 9 ай бұрын
My 1st ASTRO World, 1969(cir.) 3rd grade. Spending a week with my father, who worked/lived at White House Inn, Houston. I got a red Captains Hat while at Astroworld.. One evening at the hotel and wearing my new red captains hat: there is a party, with door opening to outside veranda... practicing my manners, I started opening the doors for folks... unexpectedly earned nearly $50 in tips. The next day, we searched for "The Best Chocolate Milk in Houston." Found lots! Thanks for those/my memories! My 1st $'s earned. I have been addicted to Praise, earning $ and chocolate milk ever since. Now retired to a valley in VA, USA, and grateful beyond belief. TYL! ;)
@kaniahankston4310
@kaniahankston4310 9 ай бұрын
Thank you for this! I had my first cheer competition there in 2001 when I was 6 years old! My mom and grandmother had fond memories going there when they were growing up. I’ve heard that Houston may be getting another theme park finally, but this one will always be in our hearts!
@AirtimeThrills
@AirtimeThrills 8 ай бұрын
Thanks for watching!
@christopherdaniello7343
@christopherdaniello7343 2 ай бұрын
Excellent documentary covering park history on a year by year basis. I used to work on one of the tribute sites that you sourced a lot of the video from but we gave up running the thing after so long, nice to see the collection live on in this film. A whole generation of Houstonians were robbed of having a local amusement park - whats sprung up in its wake such as Pleasure Pier in Galveston is a pale imitation of Astroworld which was such a huge cultural touchstone for Houston.
@theamused8705
@theamused8705 2 ай бұрын
Aww man, this brings back memories. Back when I was a kid my friends and I would have season passes and spend all summer hanging out at Astroworld and Waterworld.
@Thelightning1out
@Thelightning1out 10 ай бұрын
Sweet ready for this
@Centurion0419
@Centurion0419 9 ай бұрын
Every time I watch videos like this about amusement parks closing I always get sad and loathe the fact these beautiful, memory making, nostalgic, fun places have to work within a world of money and companies
@fullmetaljackalope8408
@fullmetaljackalope8408 9 ай бұрын
Thank you so much for this great documentary! Brings back so many memories of my childhood. It really made my night. Now I’m going to subscribe and see what else you have because you’re really good at this. ❤
@AirtimeThrills
@AirtimeThrills 9 ай бұрын
Thanks for watching!
@jamieking3062
@jamieking3062 9 ай бұрын
I never even got within 1000 miles of Astro World but you did such a good job with this I miss it.
@Topitopi14
@Topitopi14 9 ай бұрын
Great great job! Amazing documentary, I look forward to see more 👏
@AirtimeThrills
@AirtimeThrills 9 ай бұрын
Thanks for watching!
@BizAsASong
@BizAsASong 4 ай бұрын
This was an AWESOME trip down memory lane. At 62 now, I remember going to Astroworld as a kid. Alpine Sleigh Ride, AstroNeedle, and the Plunge were among my favorites. One of the few things I can remember doing as a family, memories I will treasure forever. Thank you Astroworld.
@AirtimeThrills
@AirtimeThrills 4 ай бұрын
thanks for watching!
@michael7054
@michael7054 10 ай бұрын
Great video! This was a really good watch! Maybe you could do one like this of Cedar Point. Great Adventure will be a fun watch too!
@AirtimeThrills
@AirtimeThrills 9 ай бұрын
Thanks! Great Adventure is my 2025 project for their 50th anniversary
@michael7054
@michael7054 9 ай бұрын
@AirtimeThrills Yeah that definitely makes sense! Maybe Cedar Point someday though.
@Adam_Guidry
@Adam_Guidry 5 ай бұрын
Thank you for this. This was great! I grew up in Austin so my family regularly visited all the Texas themed parks. Astroworld was by far my favorite. Greased Lighting was my favorite ride in the park. The wave pool in Water World was so fun!
@amazonstorm
@amazonstorm 10 ай бұрын
Merry Christmas! I'm going to watch this right now
@AirtimeThrills
@AirtimeThrills 10 ай бұрын
Merry Christmas!
@rayizard5687
@rayizard5687 9 ай бұрын
Seems like the parking issues could have been rectified by replacing some of those atrocious massive surface lots with parking garages
@TheSlipperyNUwUdle
@TheSlipperyNUwUdle 10 ай бұрын
This is a banger Christmas gift. 😎 I’m excited to watch this while I paint tonight
@AirtimeThrills
@AirtimeThrills 10 ай бұрын
You got a hr and 41 min to finish the job
@roberttorres1382
@roberttorres1382 9 ай бұрын
I never been to Astroworld. But being a fan of Rolly Crump, Disney Imagineer who helped with Astroworld, I wanted to learn more about this park. Great documentary.
@christopherenglish3172
@christopherenglish3172 10 ай бұрын
wow not very often I correct you!! but I grew up at boblo ISLAND (not land) and would love it if ya could do a history peice on boblo!! merry Christmas to you and yours keep up the great vids
@AirtimeThrills
@AirtimeThrills 10 ай бұрын
Thanks! And you're right, no idea why I wrote down Boblo Land
@DocDoccus
@DocDoccus 10 ай бұрын
@@AirtimeThrills Man, did my ears perk when I heard "Boblo Land"! Boblo is now a housing development. But still, I love these histories of parks, don't stop.
@angellejones8769
@angellejones8769 7 ай бұрын
Thanks for this! Very great piece of my growing up! From Marvel McFey to the Texas Cyclone.......I still miss it all!
@joshuahollowell95
@joshuahollowell95 5 ай бұрын
Maybe someone will build another one.....MAYBE
@Patrick-fb5tk
@Patrick-fb5tk 8 ай бұрын
Great video hope you continue to grow.
@AirtimeThrills
@AirtimeThrills 8 ай бұрын
Thanks!
@CoasterChamp
@CoasterChamp 10 ай бұрын
Wow I’m here early! I can’t wait to watch this!
@CommanderCoaster
@CommanderCoaster 10 ай бұрын
Merry Christmas! Great video!
@AirtimeThrills
@AirtimeThrills 10 ай бұрын
Merry Christmas!
@ninabeena83
@ninabeena83 7 ай бұрын
This was a really well done history, thank you so much for honoring our beloved Astroworld 😊 I’m not originally from TX but have lived in the Houston area on and off for 20 years, was lucky to get to go to AW for the first time when I first got here, and that’s where I broke my looping coaster 🍒 The thing that irritates me most about its closure is that NOTHINGGGGG has been done with the land since. And I actually parked on the former AW land a few times to attend the rodeo and nothing is more sad than traipsing through the dirt lot that used to be a great amusement park. Smh
@AirtimeThrills
@AirtimeThrills 7 ай бұрын
Thanks for watching! And i definitely think thats the most frustrating part, it was scrapped and left for nothing
@gandalfthegrey
@gandalfthegrey 9 ай бұрын
I have a lot of childhood memories at Astroworld. I miss it.
@markusdaxamouli5196
@markusdaxamouli5196 7 ай бұрын
Growing up in 70-80's in Houston.. Astroworld was wicked fun. Every summer..we would get a Season Pass(with coke can discount) for under $40 and spend every day of the Summer riding rides and learning how to interact with people without a parent. It was looked forward to and a wellcome relief for Milluons if parents. Mom would drop us off as the Astrodome and pick us up after the daily fireworks. Saw the Cure, Bow-Wow-Wow,the Osmands, Chachi(Happy Days fame) and hundreds of other bands free with entry.. it was awesome! When it closed, and was demolished, it felt personal and was felt by generations of Houstonians and Visitors alike.
@invisiblepinkunicorn7626
@invisiblepinkunicorn7626 9 ай бұрын
Thanks for sharing! I’m not from the area, I’m from Philly, PA, but it was very interesting to see this….and it’s sad that they weren’t able to rebuild another amusement park.
@muppetsretrofan8873
@muppetsretrofan8873 10 ай бұрын
Astroworld's story really makes me sad. This park was a HUGE part of my mom's childhood, along with 80s Disneyworld with EPCOT, and she often tells me stories about these parks. She remembers back in the early 80s when they still had Marvel Mcfey. Lester Lion is her favorite character, and after watching the very few shows that are on KZbin, he's also my favorite. He's a lion [my favorite big cat], he's adorable, he's clumsy, funny, and Lester is also relatable as he gets upset because he's clumsy at baseball. I honestly wish Astroworld kept the Marvel Mcfey characters [except for Chiquito Pig], but alas, IP always wins out. Great Adventure also lost some of it's charm when they went from their original characters to IP. At least Knott's brought back Bear-y Tales. My mom also went to Jazzland/Six Flags New Orleans for a while, but stopped before the hurricane hit. I wish I could go to a theme park one day, as I hear so many cool things about theme parks, even defunct ones. But there's a type of theme park that REALLY makes me sad: theme parks that never got made. The biggest and most tragic example in my opinion is Claymation Station. Short story: Will Vinton, responsible for a LOT of claymation characters, was going to make his own theme park, but money problems prevented this from happening. I highly recommend checking out the documentary Claydream, not just for Claymation Station, but for the bittersweet story of Will Vinton's life and how Phill Knight [creator of NIKE] turned his studio into LAIKA.
@AirtimeThrills
@AirtimeThrills 10 ай бұрын
Your mom may want to check out Kenny Ryman's youtube channel, it's chalk full of old shows and history of the park
@BlueJeanBaby
@BlueJeanBaby 10 ай бұрын
Great job, as always! It was very sad in the end. I hope that the new merger doesn't mean the end for other parks.
@AirtimeThrills
@AirtimeThrills 10 ай бұрын
I hope at the very least, those smaller parks get sold to another operator
@Thelightning1out
@Thelightning1out 10 ай бұрын
This park was my home park from 1993 to 2002 I moved to South Carolina in 2002 and have lived ever since, I’ve since had Carowinds, over Georgia, and Dollywood as my home parks ever since
@conorbriggs6107
@conorbriggs6107 9 ай бұрын
I know the views are in as big, but thank you for this documentary it means a lot to me!!
@AirtimeThrills
@AirtimeThrills 9 ай бұрын
Thanks for watching! Just wait, if everything works as it "should" this could have half a million views a year from now.
@robindavis564
@robindavis564 5 ай бұрын
I loved XLR8😍
@edt-ze3ke
@edt-ze3ke 5 ай бұрын
In a alternate universe where AstroWorld didn’t get demolished, Texas Cyclone would’ve been a great RMC candidate. Hypothetically assuming if it did happen, it would have similarities to Twisted Cyclone at SFOG
@jzckvsn
@jzckvsn 10 ай бұрын
Merry Christmas Chris!
@AirtimeThrills
@AirtimeThrills 10 ай бұрын
Merry Christmas!
@stormchaser419
@stormchaser419 10 ай бұрын
I'm sure when Gary Wachs was in his planning stages for Kings Island he probably got some ideas from this park. Kings Island construction would start in 1970. This park would open in 1968. I know Gary had some ideas from Disney and European parks also.
@user-zx8de8op9l
@user-zx8de8op9l 9 ай бұрын
Well done and well research video
@AirtimeThrills
@AirtimeThrills 9 ай бұрын
Thanks!
@jarretstroud1842
@jarretstroud1842 7 ай бұрын
Still love watching this documentary!
@AirtimeThrills
@AirtimeThrills 7 ай бұрын
Thanks!
@mikehenderson631
@mikehenderson631 9 ай бұрын
I'm from Houston and I loved that the world. Was just ashamed that they loved mismanaged it and everything.
@SlimFury
@SlimFury 5 ай бұрын
I enjoyed this documentary. It's ashame what happened to Astroworld. I look forward to your Great Adventure documentary.
@AngelaRichter65
@AngelaRichter65 9 ай бұрын
I first went to Astroworld in 1977. That summer I babysat to earn the money for me and my sister to go and pay my dad for the gas money to drive us there and pick us up. He said to save my money for the park. I hadn't factored food and trinkets, but I learned fast. I spent most of my teens at the park, continuing to go until 1996 just before I loved away from Houston. It was my happiest place. I took my kids there and to Waterworld when it opened. So many happy memories there.
@FAFO4wisdom
@FAFO4wisdom 9 ай бұрын
Good gawd i miss this park. So many many trips and i got to see so much change over the years. I rode cyclone with Kieran Burke and i was convinced, i invested in the parks and ended up losing it all. The demolition of the park still leaves a bad taste in my mouth just like Geauga Lake. Some wounds never heal.
@bbbmw
@bbbmw 9 ай бұрын
There was something different about astroworld it somehow came together in a really magical way compared to other parks. It was uniquely Houston which was always its own world in itself
@deckire
@deckire 7 ай бұрын
man I was a kid when that happened. i remember Mindbender a lot, my uncle and I got scared of the entrance, and he was willing to wait with me outside, and remember looking at my moms glow in the dark watch so I wouldn't get scared in the dark. It was my favorite Theme park. Though last time I was there was in like 04, end of the year with a school band trip, and it was the worst day ever. The entire Park had a Power Outage for hours, and it was super hot and humid. I remember people with their feet dangling on rides, everyone walking around aimlessly because there was nothing to do except non electronic games, people going into Sword and Crown to sit and buy drinks to stop heat strokes but with no AC that place started to turn into a sweat smelling oven. Power was restored just like a hour before we had to leave, and I decided with friends to enter Tidal Wave, just to cool off. The wave we made in the ride didn't really get us wet, so we stood on the splash bridge and I wanted to stand in the dead center. I didn't expect the center of the wave to be super strong, so even though I braced myself I got flung hard. Like arms wrenched from the front railings and slamming into the back railings before I could hit the ground hard. Friends got me up, lost my Glasses and my plastic memorabilia bag full of stuff got ripped off my arm, luckily the attendants were able to find my Eyeglasses floating in the water slightly twisted but not my bag. It was the last time I ever went until I found out they closed the park during the next year candy fundraiser.
@slumpdogyt
@slumpdogyt 9 ай бұрын
The park would still be around if it wasnt for Six Flags.
@stormchaser419
@stormchaser419 10 ай бұрын
Funny how in 1976, Six Flags decided that the less populated St. Flags over Mid America would get the record breaking Screamin Eagle coaster designed by John Allen. Cost 3 million...a full one million more than Texas Cyclone. What is also more interesting is the cost of The Beast came in at 3.2 million. Cost there was kept down by keeping the ride close to the ground and limiting wood structure cost.
@AirtimeThrills
@AirtimeThrills 10 ай бұрын
I think Astroworld did just fine with the Texas Cyclone. Apparently was spectacular
@Yogurt1987
@Yogurt1987 10 ай бұрын
I was lucky enough to ride Ultra Twister in Great Adventure and Astroworld. It was a good ride, not a great ride. Also, you got me excited about riding coasters again. Thank you!
@AirtimeThrills
@AirtimeThrills 10 ай бұрын
Thanks for watching! I would love to ride an Ultra Twister one day. I may have my chance in '25
@thebluetarp
@thebluetarp 9 ай бұрын
When I was a kid in the 80s I was obsessed with theme parks across the country. I would send postcards to theme parks and request information. Sometimes they would send Park maps, stickers, brochures, letters, keychains, all kinds of crazy stuff. I had quite the collection. I sold this entire collection at a garage sale back in the early nineties for like five dollars. I'm still pissed off that I did that. But regarding astral world, I was always so enamored by how they created the little inner tube ride on the island of Thunder river. You would walk across the river on a bridge board the ride and ride the inner tube back across the river. I always found this design just the coolest thing. I never got to go here, but I feel like I did considering how obsessed I was with theme parks as a kid
@JasonWoolridge
@JasonWoolridge 9 ай бұрын
The complex is now Reliant Park 🏞️
@winningfreak1
@winningfreak1 10 ай бұрын
I had been in contact with Joyland about Greezed lightning in 2014. It was never built even though they had plans to because the soil where joyland sat couldn’t support it without massive investment which was out of the question for a mom and pop park. They had the land set aside for it and all ready to start construction to build it. It’s unfortunate and sad the fate of almost all the coasters there. It was a Hail Mary attempt to save his job and backfired is a horrible way.
@AirtimeThrills
@AirtimeThrills 9 ай бұрын
Six Flags was such an ugly mess in the mid-2000s, not everyone was gonna make it out of there alive
@HugeRMCFanBoY-bx3od
@HugeRMCFanBoY-bx3od 10 ай бұрын
Video Idea: Ranking Every SLC I've Been On
@AirtimeThrills
@AirtimeThrills 10 ай бұрын
sounds painful
@lwk4229
@lwk4229 8 ай бұрын
Thorough history!
@londonstorm69
@londonstorm69 7 күн бұрын
Last time we went, the very first ride we got on (Log Flume), My mother lost her brand-new fishing hat on the drop.. She still talks about that hat.🙂
@ieuansymmonds6967
@ieuansymmonds6967 3 ай бұрын
I like these video history of theme parks it’s very cool
@mitchellries256
@mitchellries256 2 ай бұрын
Fun fact. This was technically the very first amusement park I've ever been to in 1995. Unfortunately I wasn't able to ride anything because I was still in my mothers womb at the time.😄😄😄 But in all seriousness, it's a shame that this park is now gone because it looked like a fun place to visit despite not being as good as the other two Six Flags parks in Texas. I also can't help but wonder what this park would be like today if it had never closed.
@Cat3465
@Cat3465 10 ай бұрын
I’m very surprised that one of SFOG’s limited partnerships decided to sue TimeWarner for neglecting the park from not investing the property because they decided to play favorites while SFOG had to keep begging for a Batman clone in their lineup until they got it in 1997
@HOUSTON123A
@HOUSTON123A 9 ай бұрын
If I win the billions dollar lotto bring back Astros world a assument Park that Houston could be proud of Houston is the greatest city Love H-TOWN great people Houston needs a park And a NHL hockey 🏒 team
@SatchPersaud-sm1gc
@SatchPersaud-sm1gc 7 ай бұрын
There's a awesome replica of the cyclone called the Phoenix at an amusement park close to my house called knobles, it's really a hidden gem...
@AirtimeThrills
@AirtimeThrills 7 ай бұрын
Phoenix is consistently voted worlds best wooden coaster
@HugeRMCFanBoY-bx3od
@HugeRMCFanBoY-bx3od 10 ай бұрын
Do A Documentary On Busch Gardens Willamsburg!
@AirtimeThrills
@AirtimeThrills 10 ай бұрын
I'll consider it for 2025 on its 50th. Maybe BGW + KD
@Thelightning1out
@Thelightning1out 10 ай бұрын
What about a documentary on the first ever six flags park? Six flags over texas
@AirtimeThrills
@AirtimeThrills 10 ай бұрын
At some point thatd be a good one. Got some big anniversaries coming up soon
@loganmcgrew2822
@loganmcgrew2822 10 ай бұрын
Merry Christmas🎄🎁
@AirtimeThrills
@AirtimeThrills 10 ай бұрын
Merry Christmas!
@londonstorm69
@londonstorm69 7 күн бұрын
The second park I went to. I miss this place. Even the rapper Travis Scott named his album after it.
@joe2112yt
@joe2112yt 9 ай бұрын
Where did you find the newspaper article at 1:17:10?
@AirtimeThrills
@AirtimeThrills 8 ай бұрын
The Town Talk off Newspapers.com
@katashworth41
@katashworth41 10 ай бұрын
Merry Christmas
@AirtimeThrills
@AirtimeThrills 10 ай бұрын
Merry Christmas!
@bricklord340
@bricklord340 10 ай бұрын
How can I download? I’m going on a plane and I want to watch this :(
@rickytanner3
@rickytanner3 8 ай бұрын
Great question. I’m flying to Vegas next momth
@keithwarner6997
@keithwarner6997 3 ай бұрын
Was at both place in 1985. Great xs
@CoasterCarter09
@CoasterCarter09 10 ай бұрын
Merry Christmas thrills
@AirtimeThrills
@AirtimeThrills 10 ай бұрын
Merry Christmas!
@edvaira6891
@edvaira6891 10 ай бұрын
Are you doing another one of these this year?
@AirtimeThrills
@AirtimeThrills 10 ай бұрын
Yeah for Great Adventure
@theheardtheorem
@theheardtheorem 10 ай бұрын
Pour one out for Marvel McFey tonight, fellow thoosies! Rumor has it that his spirit left his body on the same day Orbit was born and has gone on to be one of the best mascots in MLB
@AirtimeThrills
@AirtimeThrills 10 ай бұрын
What a wild rumor
@alexgeorge501
@alexgeorge501 9 ай бұрын
April 1st 2001: WM-X7 "Houston...we have a problem"
@ChuckE.CheesesIllinois
@ChuckE.CheesesIllinois 29 күн бұрын
AstroWorld should've never closed, out of all defunct parks, i would've loved to visit this one
@danawilliams1202
@danawilliams1202 9 ай бұрын
How did you happen to choose the Corsicana Daily Sun image...my hometown.❤
@AirtimeThrills
@AirtimeThrills 9 ай бұрын
Just whatever useful came up in my newspaper search
@danawilliams1202
@danawilliams1202 9 ай бұрын
@@AirtimeThrills Love it!
@philtll
@philtll 10 ай бұрын
Viper is, of course, an exact match of Silver Bullet at Frontier City, via the Texas State Fair and Jolly Roger in Ocean City MD.
@jarretstroud1842
@jarretstroud1842 7 ай бұрын
I saw this in the comments somewhere that Astroworld was supposed to close in 2001 but idk if it was true.
@michaelsalazar6078
@michaelsalazar6078 5 ай бұрын
I was the Texas Cyclone Ride Attendant from 2003-2005 broke my heart on the last day after everyone left we rode the rides one last time we left around 10pm but going to grab my stuff from my locker and looking at the park it broke my heart to know it wouldn't be there again we also got our last paycheck on the same day didn't get deposited it was handed to us and we got to chose one item of a ride we rode I chose something off the Texas Cyclone a board and it had a gold plate from AstroWorld it should of never had closed. We all had a after party after AstroWorld closed to the public
@chibiesora270
@chibiesora270 9 ай бұрын
Great Adventure will celebrate 50th anniversary soon?
@AirtimeThrills
@AirtimeThrills 9 ай бұрын
This year
@fmphotooffice5513
@fmphotooffice5513 9 ай бұрын
Excellent presentation. I'm reminded of 2 things: Some lyrics in Neil Young's song Pocahontas: And maybe Marlon Brando Will be there by the fire We'll sit and talk of Hollywood And the good things there for hire And the Astrodome and the first tepee Marlon Brando, Pocahontas and me Marlon Brando, Pocahontas and me Pocahontas. Also a little section of the film Raising Arizona: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aqiypJyln9-iaZYsi=znBk5775kl-CzBMk
@WhatAG23
@WhatAG23 10 ай бұрын
It’s a Christmas miracle!
@reteledman
@reteledman 10 ай бұрын
woah
@JennieAndrews-l8j
@JennieAndrews-l8j 4 ай бұрын
Didn't Travis Scott have an astro world concert? Did he copy from this?
@sampson9115
@sampson9115 Ай бұрын
His Astroworld album was based off of this and him being from Houston
@cintarocko5095
@cintarocko5095 Ай бұрын
I missed Jewel ❤ started go n when it 1st opened 3.95 2 get in WOW IM 65 NOW 😢
@StamfordBridge
@StamfordBridge 10 ай бұрын
👏 👏 👏
@JennieAndrews-l8j
@JennieAndrews-l8j 4 ай бұрын
He looks like an Edgbert
@PatrickHausenfleck-zf4lf
@PatrickHausenfleck-zf4lf 9 ай бұрын
🧐🤨3.2 million a day to operate in the late 90s -early 2000s was at least equivalent to what Disneyland was also costing... that's Amazing considering Disney was probably more expensive to visit and had far more foot traffic (Continental/Worldwide).
@thedebaneter
@thedebaneter 9 ай бұрын
thought this was about travis ngl
@Jck9102
@Jck9102 7 ай бұрын
Alicia was a 3.
@pelicanphuucker4life
@pelicanphuucker4life 8 ай бұрын
King Tut wasnt buried in a pyramid Frank....what an american thing to say.
@cameraman655
@cameraman655 9 ай бұрын
Ehhh…It’s Houston, does anyone really care?
@AirtimeThrills
@AirtimeThrills 9 ай бұрын
People live there. A lot actually. Too humid for me
@SuV33358
@SuV33358 8 ай бұрын
​@@AirtimeThrills Amen on that, brother
@busfan9874
@busfan9874 10 ай бұрын
Merry Christmas
@AirtimeThrills
@AirtimeThrills 10 ай бұрын
Merry Christmas!
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