Flamingo Land History 1959 - 2016

[@lukegreen5341]

0:01 This Music Is So Funky And ROCK AND ROLL. Thanks Mate. X

[@CoastersThrillsAndAirtimeHills]

I miss the old flamingo land. Great video!

[@judithmurray7817]

Brilliant video we've been going to flamingoland every year since 2005 and watching that sure brought back a lot of memories. We stay 5 mins away from Scotland's sorry excuse for a theme park M&D's and wouldn't waste money taking my kids there, thanks for this video I'll be showing it to all the people I know that don't believe how good a park it is, thanks again 😀😀😀

[@spreadthetruth90]

9:20 is eerie, the bird flying past the new Pterodactyl ride looks like a human falling out…

[@unex237]

I live in the village next to the theme park!, for 12 years i have got a free pass xD

[@randomminutesoftheday2069]

Scarborough or Filey ?? My Nanna used to

[@theaussieburwoodboy9943]

Malton...

[@benrimington2747]

Neither the village is Kirby Misperton or summing like that

[@3llie-nn784]

I get free pass since my dad works there

[@skyfury2445]

Can I live with you 😂😂

[@FuliCuddlesFangirl]

i really hope im not the only person who thinks this video is great for depression sessions

[@dmcdonagh6838]

I'm nine years old and so far I have been on 8 holidays and when I went to Flamingo land I cried the most on the way home. GO THERE!!!

[@maxneary7926]

Wot

[@georgefloyd9035]

BIG DOG 15 ?????????

[@justinkirkman2525]

I miss magnum force and Corkscrew. The park has gone such downhill since the removal of thrill coasters

[@stevenm5062]

Makenzie C06 they’re meant to be getting a 10 inversion intamin from Hopi Hari this year that’s why they cleared the land next to velocity

[@masonsmainlineroblox]

And now they have! Sik!

[@masonsmainlineroblox]

10-inversion I’ve been on it it’s crazy

[@alexrennison8070]

I wish Bullet & Waikiki Wave could have stayed. Only got to ride Bullet & Magnum Force once :(

[@charliefrench6193]

Oml the park used to be so much better

[@niamhgarland4112]

I don’t think flip flop opened until the splosh area opened as it’s the same design etc I can remember it not being there and I was very young when I used to go to flamingoland. Was definitely not there before Kumali.

[@crazyscottishhacker1788]

BEST VIDEO OM KZbin! thank you for telling me lots of amazing things about my favourite place in the world

[@saulhashagen8702]

you should do some top tens where you say the best closed rides in each theme park etc: flamingo land-wild mouse, corkscrew, magnum force

[@Jchris26]

I remember there was a scary walk through ride here im sure it was called bloombergs but can't find any info and was very young at the time :( i remember a lift being involved and a cut show of a man telling people not to come down

[@methodmanuk123]

Yea i worked on it, im trying to find more info about it. Was a lot of fun and pretty scary if us actors put the effort in. you were chased out into the pub by a chanisaw man at the end

[@heene]

Very interesting, have never been, some good rides have been and gone.

[@TraceUK]

Haunted House was there in 1999 as that is the last time I’ve been to Flamingo Land and I remember the man in Scream costume jumping into our lift! Is Haunted House still there?

[@daisyvr9325]

No sadly it shut down I think and may be a new ride

[@bensheldonrimington8674]

2019: Many rides in between the entrance and Velocity either closed or relocated

[@JJM003]

2012 was a sad year for me as 2 of my favourite childhood rides closed :(

[@oljaskudabayev6288]

Great video again Callum !

[@ThemeParkCallum]

Thank you very much, I appreciate that!

[@IExertio]

Used to go here back in early 2000

[@gordon2167]

I wast here when all the thing were just made it means a lot to me that u did this and so I could see when it was made

[@hyper2high]

Went here in 2001 or 2002? It was great , we got a big static caravan and stayed for a few days. Went on that triple looper shit load of times. Great days

[@damocoaster8451]

This park is very good for going cheap on coasters, i think this parks next coaster will be a gravity group looping coaster or one vekoma's new coaster designs. (2018 or 2019)

[@scottjones2599]

I'm going fore my bday

[@damocoaster8451]

Lucky, i live too far away 😔

[@coulo999]

Sorry dude it is 2020 almost finished building it tho they need to paint it I think

[@georgefloyd9035]

Coulo999 nope. He commented that 3 year ago , not to mention the new coaster doesn’t Oepn till 2021 now

[@gaylerobinson2891]

Wagon Wheel opened in 2005??? That would have made me 21 and I can clearly remember being sat on them for about 15 minutes as a child thinking this is the most boring ride ever to be made....still interesting tho

[@ThemeParkCallum]

According to the websites I was using, I am not too sure though!

[@ralphylad]

Gayle Robinson I agree I remember going on these as far back as 1997 at least, probably longer. They used to be over near the polar bear and chip enclosures

[@adleyforsythe7425]

if you go to flamingo land now there is a new ride being built, it is a big red and yellow one that dose a few loops and is next to velocity

[@ellabella9673]

Thanks for this video really in joyed it I go to there every year since 2004 so it was kinda sad seeing old rides I remember and liked 😞 thanks soooooo much btw the crazy wagon drive is still there 😂😂

[@madmackemstransportadventu523]

Corkscrew Was actually 1983 as it was originally at Whitley Bay Spainish City from 1980-1982. it was built at Flamingo land a year later.

[@ThemeParkCallum]

According to the information I was looking at, Corkscrew operated at Spanish City between 1983 and 1989 and was moved to Flamingo Land in 1990! I don't know how much of this is true however!

[@madmackemstransportadventu523]

Theme Park Callum RCDB stated it was at flamingo land in 1983. rcdb.com/4804.htm

[@madmackemstransportadventu523]

rcdb.com/4829.htm that is spanish city

[@ThemeParkCallum]

+Chrissy Collins (HST 43367 Dude) Yeah, I was looking at various sources including the Rollercoaster Database. I didn't know which one was true though!

[@madmackemstransportadventu523]

Theme Park Callum its like when i researched about the Taron and Raik at Phantasia Land they had opened 30th june 2016 which was from the database website.

[@rollingcoasters2311]

Flamingo in 2008: So. Corkscrew at Alton towers closes? Well that means our corkscrew is the only one of its kind in the UK! 3 YEARS LATER... R.i.p vekoma corkscrew in UK 1980-2011

[@ralphylad]

Sidney Tilley corkscrew was a rust bucket, one of my first roller coasters I went on but looked an eyesore

[@georgefloyd9035]

ralphylad all it needed was a paint and a referb

[@Gabes1321]

What we learned from this video: 1. Flamingo Land loves removing multiple rides in the same year. They removed Magnum Force and the Bullet in the same year. Two major thrill coasters! 2. Flamingo Land likes to bulk buy from manufacturers. When they worked with Vekoma for Velocity, they also bought Kumali the next year, also by Vekoma. Then I’m 2011 they added 3 Zamperla rides 3 years in a row! 3. Flamingo Land is a great park and we love it

[@checkmate4004]

Always love these Callum, they're surprisingly intriguing, and oh first lmao

[@samanthajob7839]

Exactly what I was going to say

[@ThemeParkCallum]

Thank you, I really appreciate that!

[@Vycter_Real]

I went to Flamingo land last year it was great!

[@ThemeParkCallum]

Glad you enjoyed it, a great park!

[@michaelallen3712]

Tidal wave was originally called Waikiki wave when first opened and changed name a few years later

[@JJM003]

Also I really really liked the sky flyer and remember the rockin tug being next to some slides and being told to stick my hand up so my mum could see me in the que

[@ThemeParkCallum]

Yeah, the Sky Flyer was a great ride at the park. Shame it was removed.

[@kianfox7811]

Wild mouse is gone 😣😣

[@cryolar]

Asmr Dear is it?

[@bensheldonrimington8674]

The dinosaur eggs are a different ride to a wild mouse as it smaller and a spinning coaster not a wild mouse coaster

[@nolanpayne]

There will be a new race track opening in 2017 called the Flamingo Racing 1

[@emmixo]

The first time I went there as a child, I was wanting to go on the wild mouse but when I got there, it was closed and the hero was being built however recently I had the chance to go back to see what replaced that coaster and it’s actually really fricking good

[@georgefloyd9035]

Emmixo wild mouse is at pleasure wood hills now.

[@madmackemstransportadventu523]

Wacky races was actually called Vintage cars at first and were in the area where kumali now stands and originally from 1993 Tidal wave was called waikiki wave it wasnt until 2003 it became tidal wave

[@jennyhorsburgh8283]

I have a caravan here!

[@madmackemstransportadventu523]

was Flamingo Star in the area where Velocitys station and launch track is now?

[@emmalouisexx9092]

Thanks Callum this is awesome! What's the song that starts at 8:10? Is it the kumali song or something😂😂😂

[@ThemeParkCallum]

No problem, thank you for watching. The song at 8:10 is indeed the kumali theme song!

[@madmackemstransportadventu523]

Flip Flop was 2007. When i went flamingo land in 2003 Klondike Creek was still in its place at the time. Splosh wasnt even built yet.

[@ThemeParkCallum]

Again, according to the information I was looking at, Flip Flop opened in 2002!

[@ThemeParkCallum]

But, you're slightly right. It opened in 2008, after Splosh opened. Sorry about that.

[@usernamex8651]

Last time I was there was 2011 and the ride I said I was gonna go on when I went back was wild mouse I loved it well let's just turn back home

[@themeparkalice8033]

the wheel the old style one was from American adventure aswell

[@ThemeParkCallum]

It might of been, yes!

[@snowm3rkz300]

Another awesome video Callum keep up the good work👌🏻

[@ThemeParkCallum]

Thank you, I really do appreciate your positivity on this channel!

[@TransportFan378]

Should've gotten a B&M...

[@BlueTortoise444]

Hi coaster studios fan

[@kylebicker8179]

TransportFan378

[@isabellarodrigues-canning844]

TransportFan378 In

[@Floemp]

Nice video, the park has/had some amazing rides.

[@ThemeParkCallum]

Thank you, it sure has!

[@isaacmccourt2023]

+Theme Park Callum why didn't they just relocate tidal wave to the place that splash battle is half the time it's closed and I have a question is lost river ride getting replaces the last 2 or 3 years I've been there its been closed :'-( nice bid tho!!!

[@samuelsanchezramirez2291]

The bulet was relocated to an mexican park known as selva magica

[@bethanymcteare2795]

Great video !

[@irumamiu]

Isn't runaway mine train, froghopper and corkscrew names of alton tower rides?

[@Couch_potato123-w5g]

Kumali is still my favourite coaster at flamingo land for some reason

[@El_Smeghead]

I remember driving a Sinclair C5 at FlamingoLand in the mid 80s as a teenager.

[@ThemeParkCallum]

Awesome, how times have changed. I can imagine the park would have been quite different in the 80s.

[@El_Smeghead]

The huge wooden fort was there that I spent hours running around (You can see it in the back of one of the rollercoaster scenes in your video!) and there was a Death Slide too. A vertical drop of about 20feet that you just slid down vertically on your arse. Health & Safety probably banned that

[@El_Smeghead]

The song "You Spin Me Round" by Dead or Alive had just got to No1 in the charts that day. It was a sunday in Feb or March 1985 and we listened to it on the way home (head-banging like the Jim Carrey What Is Love viral video lol)

[@ThemeParkCallum]

That's a great song, even to this day!

[@El_Smeghead]

I'm just about to upload a vid to represent what we were doing in the car on the way back from FlamLand... you're gonna love it... Will post the link here if I can (copyright nazis). If not, check my uploads on my channel. Failing that I have a vimeo account under elsmeghead where they're not arsed about copyright ;)

[@theaussieburwoodboy9943]

Happy days ...started going with family in 83.......seen some changes........however who remembers the chimpanzee escaping and terrorizing the caravan park....some pour woman was trapped in a telephone box when the were outside....scary hey....or when the hurricane swept across England.....

[@Oggy3000_]

Another FANTASTIC history video! Flamingo Land is such an under rated theme park! Are you by chance park of RCCGB? If not, I would totally recommend it. It's an online forum that includes a monthly theme park/coaster online newspaper, theme park trips and online forum where you can post anything about theme parks! (E.G: Did you know that Lakeside shopping centre in Essex could be building a Nickelodeon theme park like the one in Mall Of America?) Keep up with the great history videos! Your Thorpe Park history video is now almost 73,000 views! Well done!

[@ThemeParkCallum]

Thank you, I really appreciate that. I'm not in the RCCGB, but I am sure I will give it a look!

[@trexy_vxr]

Flamingo land will not be getting a new ride due to them wanting to expand on the family side of things at the park. This means that they are more than likely to get a family flat or coaster at the park

[@TheGamingSpoon69]

Just went today, it’s a great park!

[@kianharvey9787]

Never been to flamingo land before but I do now! I really like your history series and can you please thinking about doing one about pleasurewood hills

[@ThemeParkCallum]

I have only been once, it is a decent park. Definitely one of the better non-Merlin parks in the UK!

[@yoloman8595]

My favourite coaster at this park is Mumbo jumbo it's so cool

[@jasminejade5023]

Loved that you used Kumali's theme music! Thanks so much for making this!

[@DriverHenryWho3245]

Me in the future: there is no wooden coaster unfortunately, that would have been cool :( but there is an awesome wooden coaster at Alton Towers called Wicker Man and there is now an amazing steel coaster called Sik at Flamingo Land, which I went on for the first time today! I went to a lot of rollercoasters and big rides for the first time today (all of them were at Flamingo Land) :D Also I used to be called "Henry Gray" on a different account and I watched the channel a lot a few years ago when I was a kid. Huge fan of you Callum! I miss you. 🥲🥲🥲

[@Leonibus]

What replaced crazy loop?

[@robertrae3972]

Hey Calum I was wondering if you could do a video on the history of parc asterix

[@ThemeParkCallum]

It's on the "to do" list!

[@vallejomach6721]

6:53 I could've used a little more cowbell!

[@theblockmastermb-minecraft541]

And can you also do a future opinion of Paultons Park please?

[@ThemeParkCallum]

I am sure I will do eventually!

[@korky7775]

Callum looks a lot like a "Gibb" ... Great family, smashing people to work for, loved my time at the park...its in my blood

[@nolanpayne]

R.I.P. Century 2000 1980s-1995

[@tommypalmer4934]

I am going to flamingo land

[@nolanpayne]

R.I.P. Octopus 1987-1994

[@random_tv6393]

great video callum do you remember any 9ld rides from flamingo land

[@random_tv6393]

it's meant to say old not 9ld

[@ThemeParkCallum]

Not really, I only visited the park for the first time in 2013!

[@nolanpayne]

R.I.P. Enterprise 1984-1994

[@kentaft4107]

What are the 3 private videos of Theme Park History you uploaded?

[@McPizzaPerson]

Can You Please Do Lightwater Valley History

[@ThemeParkCallum]

It's on the list!

[@nathanfitzgerald1818]

Can you please do Cedar Point please?

[@omqcupquakex0x98]

YASSSSSS!

[@Picnicl]

Lightwater's will be fairly depressing after 1991, when the last truly great ride of theirs, The Ultimate, was built.

[@fusiondmakerfdm4752]

can u do history of flambards theme park

[@ThemeParkCallum]

I am sure I will do at some point!

[@josh8686]

You don’t happen to have any pictures or footage of “Billy Bob’s Rock-a-fire Show” that was at Flamingo Land in the 90’s and early 2000s do you? Thanks

[@quarterpastblue3688]

I don't know why its so interesting watching these, rest of nights plans ruined!

[@ThemeParkCallum]

Thank you very much, glad you enjoy them. There will be plenty more this year, including updated and new ones to add to the collection.

[@altontowers8054]

You forgot about the play park and the Mercat enclosure. Been to flamingo land 11 times through my whole life and I’m an teenager.

[@xxabsybooxx6044]

I don't even notice the kumali ride had the kumali music playing 😂

[@theblockmastermb-minecraft541]

Please answer the questions I have for you on Paultons Park History.

[@ThemeParkCallum]

I will do!

[@Jennyw315]

Please do a pleasurewood hills one!!

[@themeparkalice8033]

callum thank you ! :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-)

[@ThemeParkCallum]

You're very welcome!

[@theblockmastermb-minecraft541]

What will your next History be on?

[@ThemeParkCallum]

It is currently unknown, but probably Heide Park in Germany!

[@JCallawayTransport_]

Great video

[@ThemeParkCallum]

Thank you very much!

[@callumgraham975]

Flamingo Land need to do a full clean down of the rides and park in general. Kumali, mumbo jumbo and cliffhanger are all examples of what were good looking rides that are now grimy and dirty

[@nolanpayne]

R.I.P. The Bullet 1991-2005

[@nolanpayne]

R.I.P. Razzle Dazzle 1986-1993

[@nolanpayne]

R.I.P. High Flying Jets 1982-2003

[@Finntastic99]

Light water valley please! I know that it’s on the list though!

[@themeparkalice8033]

gravitron and star flyer are both at pleasure island

[@themeparkalice8033]

and circulator

[@ThemeParkCallum]

They sure are!

[@isaacmccourt2023]

+Theme Park Callum where is pleasure island

[@themeparkalice8033]

cleethorpes uk

[@isaacmccourt2023]

Theme Park Alice thx

[@naylindavies]

Please can you do a fantasy island history

[@ThemeParkCallum]

I am sure I will do it eventually!

[@Killerkat198]

flamingo land is getting a racing ride next called flamingo 1 cars

[@jennyhorsburgh8283]

Coo Coo Callum it's shit

[@lilyanimates1281]

I miss the corck screw

[@strongbow549]

I remember getting stuck on a broken down crazyloop in the late 80's. Proper scary.

[@blazingaqua9127]

I have crazy loop at my home park, brean

[@ThemeParkCallum]

Yes!

[@blazingaqua9127]

could you please do a history of brean

[@nolanpayne]

R.I.P. Magnum Force 2000-2005

[@yokaihearts]

Wow it has changed since then. :/ Since 1959

[@jillarmitage5527]

ive been to flamingo land I've been on mumbo jumbo it's gunist wold record

[@ralphylad]

Jill Armitage *Guinness - great ride

[@nolanpayne]

R.I.P. Flying Carpet 1991-1992

[@ralphylad]

No mention of the indoor cinema ride in the dome, dead mans drop slide where the little monsters emporium is now or the walk through terror rooms, which is where the pub was- you would run out into the bar area. As for rides there were the hand glider type ones, I actually thought enterprise closed a lot later than stated. Gutted to hear wikiki wave has gone 😞Great video, lots of memories at this park.

[@ThemeParkCallum]

Unfortunately some things were left out because of the lack of information I had at the time. A new version of this History video will be coming later this year!

[@gemmafinnerty55]

I'm pretty sure enterprise closed in the 2000's as I remember going on it when I was like 12 and I'm 25 so...

[@crashcoaster3852]

Editing error fixed! ;)

[@ThemeParkCallum]

Indeed, I don't know what happened before!

[@crashcoaster3852]

Zooom might be a suspended coaster, but its not that suspended coaster! LOL ;D

[@ThemeParkCallum]

Haha, yeah!

[@crashcoaster3852]

I saw your post on Twitter about the fake Alton towers advert, shame for people who fell for that :(

[@ThemeParkCallum]

+XBCPG Yeah, some people do unfortunately!

[@nothingandmorenmore7678]

I want to flamingo Land on August 1st 2016

[@ThemeParkCallum]

I hope you had a great time!

[@nothingandmorenmore7678]

Theme Park Callum I did

[@yvelneas446]

The pedalos closed because of something growing in the water

[@sahdiaali8474]

😿

[@jennyhorsburgh8283]

all that remain is an abandoned building and water filled with plastic and plants