Lake Winnepesaukah -Classic Amusement Park - Opening Day 2023 - Classic Dark Ride and Roller Coaster

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[@Venomoose197]

Hey, I'm one of the middle schoolers you met after you got off the Wacky Factory. It was really cool to meet you, I hope you also had fun.

[@Duckkis]

I love how the kids asked for your KZbin channel. Made me smile. Also that thumbnail, like others have been saying, is glorious. Thanks for another great video!

[@TritonJohnson-yx4ii]

I’m one of the kids

[@Lampebruder]

That’s cute how the kids would ask you for your KZbin 😂 also that not a log log ride reminds me of the sleepy hollow log ride at holiday world.

[@westondaniel]

I noticed that too. They were so nice and respectful.

[@lancerobinson8889]

I love the kids asking you what your channel is. Even more followers Jake! Such nice kids.

[@allensherrill850]

Classic example of an old American amusement park. Thank you for sharing it with us!

[@nickturner6447]

The oldest water chute ride in the USA. Thanks for letting us ride alongside you, Jacob!

[@debbiebaker8489]

Invented and constructed by the original owner.

[@609lawson]

Born a little over 71 yrs ago in Chattanooga and raised 2 hours south and never knew about LAKE WINNEPESAUKAH thanks for showing me something new

[@mikehughes4969]

That idea of finding and riding all the antique carousels you can sounds like a noble quest to me. Also I agree with you about the older, scuffed up horses. To me, that just makes them a veteran, a survivor of decades of a great summer day, and I'm of the age where, if you don't shout "Hi-Yo, Silver! Away!" You're missing out.

[@marchingbandtakemebythehan1887]

Did you know that there’s a national carousel association? they have a map of all the antique carousels in United States.

[@funkyk]

The thumbnail is hilarious!

[@matthewfarmer2520]

Yes it is 😂

[@gstevens6948]

Totally agree… the things Jacob does for us, that’s why we love him.

[@debbiebaker8489]

I live in Chattanooga, but haven't been to Lake Winnie in years. It hurts my heart to see The Castle turned into the Wacky Factory. The Castle was my favorite and two stories. Glad to see the scary elements. Love your videos. Also, the water that the carousel and Wacky Factory is in was the old swimming pool that was used for years.

[@jessicahenley9463]

It used to be my favorite ride there. When it went onto the second floor at one point you came outside and there was a little dip before it turned and went back inside. They've destroyed it. I always loved the horror artwork on the front of the building. At least it still has the original ride carts. The really should try and restore it.

[@jacquelinejanewashere]

I love these smaller non corporate conglomerate owned amusement parks they are unique and beautiful and the way they built this park around the lake and incorporated it as much as they could was genius just gorgeous

[@billydaniel5029]

Sadly about 10 years ago our local owners sold out to six flags was a long ride though

[@discostu5426]

The background noise of the kids having fun is so awesome. CB is the best in the biz. The train ride reminded me of the movie "The Jerk" for some reason.

[@wireeye]

I remember that boat chute. My dad used to earn extra money running it off and on for many years, He ran it before I was born, I am 58 now. He was running it even in his 70s. He is 92 now. There was also a stage behind the haunted house, and My dad would take us to watch some of the country singers that would come to perform, I remember Loretta Lynn was singing one evening, and she swallowed a moth, that choked her up a bit. Yep good times

[@Thomasttime]

Interesting fact for you about the water around the haunted wacky house. That use to be a swimming pool. Many years ago (early 60’s) my Mother was on a school field trip when one of the kids on the trip with her failed to get back on the bus to leave. They went back to look for him and found he had drown in the pool. The pool eventually closed after that incident and ironically, the haunted house was built over it.

[@Thomasttime]

The carousel is built over what use to be the shallow end of the pool.

[@acex8124]

I never knew that. I was there in the 1960's and later. I grew up in Chattanooga and moved to Florida at 16. That is so sad. I wonder if he still visits there. I hope that he went into the light of God, whether he comes back to visit there or not. This is Mrs. Ace X, in Florida.

[@mistybethune9116]

There's never been a death at lake Winnie least that's what they say

[@markzeahammer183]

Good intelligent Kids around there. They're interested in The Carpetbaggers channel.

[@mattlucas3609]

Jacob, because the name of this lake reminds me so much of Lake Winnipesaukee here in New Hampshire, I thought that next time you're in New Hampshire you could visit the world's largest arcade "Fun Spot" in Laconia NH, which is where Lake Winnipesaukee is. It's a beautiful area you'd love it. Very close to the White Mountains where you traveled to before!

[@melanieiwasko6010]

Thank you Jacob!!⭐❤️✔️🤡🎢🎠👏👍🏼

[@diamondbackking4141]

Growing up from the 50's with many trips to Chattanooga, I NEVER got to see that park but always wanted to. Thanks for taking me through it !!!

[@samanthasmith7433]

Thank you for visiting a childhood memory of mine. Lots of fun times feeding popcorn to the carp. The boat chute is definitely unique. My family is from TN, but Lake Winnie was super cheap in the 1980s. They used to have a very cheap gate fee so the parents did not pay much & let their kids buy tickets for the rides. And they let you bring in coolers to eat at the picnic areas. As an adult my husband and kiddos enjoyed living in Rossville for ten years we were close enough to hear the screams from our yard, and also watch the fireworks. Thanks for letting us visit through the video! Your patreon fans, The Smiths!

[@FamousFiveAmos]

The boat chute is our favorite ride glad you did it!

[@Sparty-pi3jq]

What a great classic little amusement park. I love Disney Universal and Cedar Point, but these small amusement parks have this charm, that the big parks cant match. Great video Jacob.

[@MikeWeiner]

Best Carpetbagger thumbnail ever!!!

[@Drambles77]

8:42 That mullet is next level mixed with the shades. Love it. Thanks for the unique theme park video, CB!

[@danfoster7434]

Thank you for this comment! That mullet was glorious

[@unclemetal8774]

It reminds me of when I had one in high school.

[@ConcreteAdventures]

He looks all set for Summer Slam ‘88

[@TritonJohnson-yx4ii]

Hey I’m the kid with the mullet

[@TritonJohnson-yx4ii]

The hair is way longer know

[@lisapratt166]

Canobie lake park has everything you’re looking for jacob. Old timesy wooden roller coaster, antique carousel, a gondola that goes over the park , a little tour train one dark ride a water park and a whole lot more. Free parking also near the NH Stonehenge 😊 sone awesome places to film In my state of New Hampshire

[@markchoma9822]

Thanks for the trip through the amusement park Jacob.

[@dawnbenchley7237]

What a very fun day, Jacob.

[@annaratliff4638]

Your quest for the carousels sounds amazing. I'd love to see more antique carousels

[@paulajarman9314]

So glad to know that they are open. We live In Chattanooga and did not know they had opened yet. Lol

[@1004cheonsagateun]

This park made me so nostalgic! Reminded me of watching old Americn films where the family go to some park on a road trip haha

[@jeannajohnson7503]

I can imagine school out in couple more weeks that park gonna be in full swing of kids of all ages. Jacob you lucky get experience first hand of this old park.

[@OldMovieRob]

I like how the Wacky Factory ride is mostly just a weird, quiet ride with strange displays.

[@paulamartin8392]

I grew up going to this park! Great memories!!! We used to feed the carp popcorn

[@Burke76]

I used to work there in summer of 94. I worked on the kid rides side. It was a crazy 3 months.

[@lissachocolate]

Gem of a park. The grounds are well kept also. I love the older rides still making people happy.

[@mariehendrick7173]

Glad you are back out at the parks.. Take it easy.. XX

[@eddunaway5371]

Nice😊 video looks like a fun team park

[@n8dawg300]

Awesome! I live in Ringgold just down the road from Rossville. Used to go to Lake Winnie a lot as a kid.

[@kru5h1]

YES! Lakeside amusement park in Colorado has been open since 1919. Has a very vintage feel.

[@Coloradogirl515]

Love Lakeside!

[@marchingbandtakemebythehan1887]

It’s actually older! opened in 1908!

[@history_leisure]

Knoebles seems to be a kick on acquiring some of the last of their kind of some retro rides as of late. Bayern Curve should open up soon and they have another one or two flats in storage for the next year or two

[@thartzyfartzystudios6864]

Damn, wish I could have met you man! Your videos are awesome and I thank you for coming to town trying out our amusement park that’s well known around here👍

[@randygyulay5114]

Very nice. Just the right sized park.

[@cameron7966]

My hometown place! Love lake Winnie!

[@alanmiller7607]

You have the worlds best job i really love the log ride that goes in the lake

[@nurseydebdeb8539]

I loved this amusement park it was so cute!!! There was a really sm amusement park in my home town called clown town, it had a merry go round, airplane ride, train, pony rides, push cars, a sm coaster, sm ferris wheel, moon walk, and 8 trampoline that were in the ground. Oh I loved it many people who grew up in Hutchinson loved clown town, sadly it is long gone, but those trash cans you showed they had at clown town. But what is funny if you go to Google earth you can still see were the trampolines were. Then Wichita had Joyland and it is sadly gone, that was a terrific park I think the owners Had troubles with insurance or something. But it was a classic park with a great wooden roller coaster. Love your videos

[@robylove9190]

Feliz Cinco de Mayo, Jacob ❣️

[@karentarr8930]

What fun, Ty for taking me😎

[@robinlevrett9145]

We think you for coming to the park and hope you come back in the summer and have more fun there is so much more to see in the park thank you for coming to the park we all love and have fun a l work behind the scenes I like hearing all the joy people have about the park

[@HikeCacheRepeat]

Up here in New Hampshire, we have a Lake Winnipesaukee, pronounced differently. It's a very popular area in the summer here. No amusement parks though. I'm loving watching your adventures!

[@mattlucas3609]

I live in New Hampshire too! I thought the name of that amusement park was quite interesting! Haha. For a split second I thought Jacob came back to NH but realized he was still in the south. 😅

[@MiaMaven]

So much fun, I'm living vicariously through you while I sit in my office during my daily 9-5. Wishing you safe travels and congratulations on your house!

[@vegasaviation2243]

Grew up in East Tennessee and went there a few times a year. Can’t believe the cannonball is still running after all these years! Fun coaster.

[@MikeWeiner]

That guy who wouldn't take his hand off his hat on the Cannon Ball coaster just cracks me up! LOL!!! Umm...you can take your hat off dude! What do you think you're hiding? LOL!!!!

[@janicewright6375]

Jacob we love watching you riding coasters!!!

[@acex8124]

He gets so scared. I worry about his heart. This is Mrs. Ace X, in Florida.

[@jillcox259]

We are going tomorrow. I almost felt that Canonball roller coaster without going. Thanks for that. 😂 We used to go as children. This is the first time I have taken my children in about 7 or 8 years.

[@malene4609]

You had me at "dark ride", carpetbagger

[@guygrip9634]

AS I WROTE EARLIER IM SO GLAD YOU RIDEN BOAT CHUTE ITS ONLY TUNNELL OF LOVE LEAVES LIGHTS OFF.

[@columbuskirby4064]

One day I'd love to see ya out in the wild like at a theme park. It would be so awesome to see one of my favorite KZbinrs. Safe travels to you Jacob and love and light to ya as well.

[@paboy2727]

Always fun to watch

[@judybackes8164]

Wooden coasters are the Best! Great facials!😮😂

[@unicorn063]

Thankyou for taking us was so fun yea wacky factory make me happy as well 😊heart❤

[@ghosthost100]

Please come to Glen Echo, MD, above Washington DC. We have an antique carousel dating back to the 1920s. It also has a Wurlitzer Band Organ. You will love that place. Unfortunately its the only ride left in that theme park, but still worth a visit.

[@danielbagley3679]

Thanks Carpetbagger don’t get to check out enough parks

[@DesertNebula]

10:00. Just take it off 😅 wow this looked fun and retro! I love that coaster and the dark ride was neat. The log ride was scary. I'm waiting for something to pop out

[@mcwatersd]

What an interesting little park. That was some roller Coaster ride . Finding all the carousels would be awesome . I bet there are so many different formats. Classic Park. Keep Safe ❤Keep Well❤

[@howiesweeney2988]

Your videos are so very entertaining never miss any of them thank you

[@el-shadow71]

Great times buddy!! Love the videos!!

[@SuV33358]

It's a good day when Carpetbagger rides a coaster. He always takes one for the team 😊

[@FamousFiveAmos]

Welcome back to Chattanooga!!! Glad you are here

[@johnrogers6291]

That carousel reminded me of the creepy one on the Ray Bradbury movie “Something Wicked this Way Comes”.

[@caroleroseburgh1344]

Good Morning Jacob 🙋🏽

[@loricarter4175]

This park reminds me of a few parks in Ohio...long gone. Idora park in youngstown ohio had a boat ride, the lost river had drums playing. It was a long dark ride/boat ride. Had animatronics that would scare you. But in its decline in the 80s, it was just dark and smelly water. Had a hill climb that dropped into water. Was cool in its day. A fire , for the most part was the cause of its closure. If you're ever in NYC, Jane's carousel is the merry go round from Idora park. They bought it and restored it. The park had 2 amazing wooden roller coasters. The Wildcat and the Jack Rabbit. After the steel mills closed, economy, the park went into disrepair. It started as a street car park.

[@matthewfarmer2520]

Hi bagger 👋 your adventure for us to enjoy is funny, your rollercoaster 🎢 rides with a screaming 😱 lol thanks for sharing anyway. Take care.😊 Those older or retro amusement park are great to show. They are neat one of a kind.👍

[@itsemmarie27]

Fellow ga native here Fun fact the wacky factory in sitting in the former swimming pool i need to go back this year haven’t been in like 11 years even though its right down the road.

[@hitchedforlyfe]

Love that park, been going there since the 80’s!

[@jeffmorris3343]

Man I wish i knew that you were near Chattanooga! I'm not too far from there! I own an escape room in Chattanooga. It would have been awesome to see you! Love your content

[@kimberlyshalaby1134]

This was really nice!

[@Cognitiveleaper]

This guy a wonderful job, making this video.

[@donnasellers9422]

Thank you for taking us along awesome

[@tippytoes2358]

Nightmare Chambers Mahem is going on at the OWA Parks and Resort Amusement park in Foley, Alabama this weekend. I've heard that OWA ("big water") is a cool park -located on the Gulf Coast and owned and operated by the Creek Indians.

[@lapetitemaison4219]

Have you ever seen the old steam powered merry go round in Mt. Pleasant Iowa at Threshers Reunion during Labor Day weekend? So Cool!

[@adventuresofmoonman]

Rode the dark ride so many times as a kid when it was a haunted themed ride. Haven’t rode it since the change but near the nosferatu guy there used to be a mummy that would lean down and fall when you went around. Also the truck horn was always there and the laser illusion at the end is the same just different colors. Love lake Winnie

[@warnegoodman]

There's a really nice antique carousel at Playland in Rye NY.

[@TD402dd]

Your reaction on the roller coaster was quite real. I can't ride wooden coasters because of my back. Lakewood Park was the location of the Southeastern Fair, but it closed forever.

[@rickbennett7703]

This isn't a classic amusement park but it's really close to the world famous Knoebles Amusement Resort, it's called the pioneer tunnel and stream train plus anthracite museum. It's a nice mine tour and ols fashion steam train ride on the original tacks from the early 1900s through the heart of the anthracite coal region in Pennsylvania. Really great road side attraction in Pennsylvania

[@johnbender-jd1lt]

Jacobe, love the blogs, If you are back Cleveland way, there is a small Kiddie park, it is called Memphis Kiddie Park, It has not changed in 50 years, I use to play put put gulf there as a child there. There is a small roller coaster called the Little dipper you can ride if you can fit in the car, hand crank rides for the small kids, a Train ride around the park you can go on, It is a small interesting park for the kiddies. You can check it out on line too.

[@juanzapata492]

They made the place scary but safe for children

[@mareekatz]

Thanks for making me laugh first thing in the morning ❤️ the thumb nail is awesome ✌️❤️🙂

[@battles.digital]

Man I wish I would have known you were in town for this - would have loved to have joined you!

[@DS-ky9dl]

There is a huge park outside of Cleveland called Cedar Point. They did have a similar log ride there, but the riders and spectators got drenched.

[@joshuairizarry9411]

Thanks for this video! I live here but haven’t been to Lake Winnie in years. I was super bummed out when they closed down the haunted house and changed all the incredible horror art. I used to love it so much as a kid. And even though the boat chute wasn’t a scary ride I always felt like that the long ride through the dark was a little spooky. I should visit someday soon.

[@arrowguy173]

Loved their Fly O Plane, a rare ride these days made by Eyerly who designed vintage, well built, interactive steel rides like Rock O Plane, Spider and Octopus. They are virtually indestructible like most things made in the first half of the 20th century. But you’ll always have riders that ignore rules and safety devices even on rides like those. Kennywood had a Roll O Plane for many years, not he sure if it’s still there.

[@seraphineraevenwulf]

This reminds me of a park I used to go to as a kid that unfortunately is not around anymore. I miss Americana in Ohio and wish it was still around. Adam the Woo tried to see what was left awhile ago but was caught and had to leave. I think it has been torn down now.

[@ellierose9444]

I'm so excited to go to lake winnie!!!!

[@marybmccormick]

Awesome roller coaster and wacky factory haunt love the 🚂 train and the fish 🐠🐟🐠🐟 and the sky lift fun today 😊🤠🙂😄😄

[@chrisaldridge1985]

Not sure if you have ever been but go to Beechbend in Kentucky! It's a small amusement park and it's home to a really interesting old-fashioned dark ride and home to the Kentucky Rumbler wooden rollercoaster.

[@wenonahclarke-smith3728]

Jacob, you might really like Canobie Lake Park in Salem, NH. It is very reminiscent of Lake Winnepesaukah

[@MySmokyMountainHome]

I went with our church back in the 80s as a kid and fell into the lake and trust me, those giant carp were just as big back then lol. I fell in next to the log flume.

[@acex8124]

THAT DANK LITTLE TUNNEL ON THE BOAT SHOOT is where a lot of young people had their first kiss, while on a date or during a school excursion trip. In 1971 they had a shooting gallery where your fella could win a stuffed animal, the cloth hairy fuzzy kind, while shooting at targets of sorts.I grew up in Chattanooga. When I was a child my great grandmothers birthday became a huge family reunion every year, til her passing over, right there. She was 93, I think, or older at her last birthday there. We would have a huge picnic with fried chichen, hamburgers, hot dogs with all that goes well with everything. Add watermellon and birthday cake and churned ice cream. There were many picnic tables there. It had an overhead shelter with the sides having no walls where you sat at your table and nice grills that we used. A grown cousin would give all of us children a bunch of tickerts to go on the rides. Then he would give you more when you came back later to the get together. It was beautiful, wonderful, memorable and a whole lot of excitement and fun. I am in my late 60's now. It has been wonderful sharing your day there with you. It is a little piece of magic there. Thank you darling. This is Mrs. Ace X, in Florida.

[@oregontrailgenxer]

There was once a ride like the Boat Shoot at Wildwood Amusement Park in MN, but it sadly closed in the 1930s. I do believe there were several rides like this back in the day that went into natural bodies of water, but most of them have been removed due to safety issues, probably due to the cleanliness of the water and creepy things that could happen like amoebas getting into your brain (which sadly closed the River Country water park at Disney world in the 1990s)

[@porcelainthunder2213]

The sheer look of terror...always entertaining. Needs new pants after the dark tide.

[@djs2356]

thanks for posting