Beech Bend Amusement Park - With Old School Haunted Dark Ride

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@erikgriffith8857 3 жыл бұрын

The creepy redheaded monster woman painted on the exterior of the haunted house is from the movie, House, with Ricard Moll. I also agree that that dark ride was one of the better ones I've seen.

@vikinggnome 3 жыл бұрын

the "ex" lol. Great movie

@erikgriffith8857 3 жыл бұрын

@@vikinggnome I agree. If you haven't seen it already, I suggest the Japanese movie of the same name. I also love your username. Vikings and gnomes rule.

@vikinggnome 3 жыл бұрын

@@erikgriffith8857 I have! And that one is a whole different kind of of oddly beautiful wild ride

@erikgriffith8857 3 жыл бұрын

@@vikinggnome Yep. I suspect we are kindred spirits. Have a good one!

@Suppitschele21 3 жыл бұрын

Hahaha I knew it! One of my favorite horror movies!

@mikedavies9379 3 жыл бұрын

Love these old school theme parks all the classic rides and more. The dark side looked awesome . Keep them coming great videos🇺🇸🇬🇧😷👍

@KIM-bt7my 3 жыл бұрын

👍🙂👍.

@ronniechoate3086 3 жыл бұрын

@Maci Blackford This place has been around for a while. I have fond memories of my childhood at this place. I've taken my children and grandchildren here. Ronnie Millsap owned it once. He almost put it out of business.

@notjonahhill 3 жыл бұрын

Jacob if you see this I just wanted to say that you probably the best youtuber I've seen so down to earth funny and wholesome I life your videos been watchin for about 3 years now you always cheer me up keep doing what your doing stay safe

@notjonahhill 3 жыл бұрын

@Watermelon Rind I know I'm just saying he should stay that way

@OffRampAdventures 3 жыл бұрын

Glad to see they had some real scares on the dark ride.

@debi1451 3 жыл бұрын

I actually got a bit dizzy watching you on the Wild Mouse ride, I could almost feel it!. Good video Jacob.

@brendakrieger7000 3 жыл бұрын

Same here

@bigjoe7926 3 жыл бұрын

I feel it to.

@SnowflakeHenri 3 жыл бұрын

Same here.

@denvernicholas1270 3 жыл бұрын

I dont mean to be so off topic but does anyone know a way to get back into an Instagram account? I stupidly lost the password. I love any help you can give me!

@jakobaarav7722 3 жыл бұрын

@Denver Nicholas instablaster =)

@freakyfridaylover-xk9xe 3 жыл бұрын

my favorite memory of Beech Bend is the ride operator letting us ride the Wild Mouse literally in the middle of a thunder storm and lightning hitting really close to us! thought I was going to die

@freakyfridaylover-xk9xe 3 жыл бұрын

also the haunted house is honestly scary HAHAH everything is so close to you in it

@_Melody_76 Жыл бұрын

nah bc i remember my sisters riding the wild mouse during that thunderstorm... lol. we go every year, its so fun. im not a big fan of the big rides bc im scared of heights, fast and spinning things so i mostly just ride the "baby" rides with the little ones lol. but the waterpark is also very fun !!

@DC11music 3 жыл бұрын

You are hilarious on the scary rides! Keep on making them.

@m.nic.5080 3 жыл бұрын

Almost all the animatronics in there were from Scarefactory! Very good company but very expensive. Definitely one of the highest budget Ghost Train type rides I’ve seen. I know you primarily do American travel but it would be cool to see you visit the one in Blackpool someday.

@brittnaesimmons5170 Жыл бұрын

Almost

@TheIluvdvds 3 жыл бұрын

Looks like the guy eating a 'rat' might be Bub from Day Of The Dead

@shonseibert48 3 жыл бұрын

Looks like Phantom unmasked

@peedeesanddigger4862 3 жыл бұрын

Sweet, love the old amusement parks. Thanks for sharing.

@Deathbruce 3 жыл бұрын

Jacob back in the 70s this was an amazing place and much different than today. Beech Bend has just about went under a few times due to changes in ownership and most of the original park is gone. I spent many of days at Beech Bend in my youth. They used to hold NHRA drags there and one of the greatest camping areas you could go to. Great vid.

@ToyAddict 3 жыл бұрын

"What Is That!" It's compressed air Jacob! 😆

@johnkaczinski468 3 жыл бұрын

Jacob: I remember the first “Gravatron” I first rode was in Wildwood, NJ. It was called the “Hell Hole” with the guy in the middle dressed as Satan. Still the best! Have you ever visited Del Grosso’s Park near Altoona, PA? Old school park, smattered, but with an amazing water park. They were closed in 2020 because of COVID, but should be open in 2021.

@bribriboy 3 жыл бұрын

I will Forever Love Gravitron.

@cindyrichards1118 3 жыл бұрын

I remember the hell hole then it became planet of the apes then starwars

@robertball611 3 жыл бұрын

I appreciate the fact that you go through the dark rides more than once. We can see more things the second time around

@jaybeatty2182 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Jacob for showing me the changes in a favorite amusement park of my youth. It's been 40 years ago, but the memories of my 16 birthday at beach bend are still alive.

@october1634 3 жыл бұрын

Wasn't expecting the props to look that good, most of the dark rides we've seen look a lot more home made

@the98liner 3 жыл бұрын

I love scary dark rides!! It's a good way to enjoy the horror while feeling safe in a car because I'm too cowardly to walk through haunted houses. Too bad my country doesn't have any. Also Jacob's screams are just so entertaining.

@xmarksthespotmusicchannel5009 3 жыл бұрын

The person who voiced the electrocuted man I want to ask him: How much do you get paid for that?

@ShelaRoxx 3 жыл бұрын

I can't with all the "effort" the voice actor put in! 😂😂

@dawsonsdiary 2 жыл бұрын

I'm 28 now , but I remember my brother and I riding the haunted house ride when I was like 8 and its scared the crap out of us.

@ashbees85 3 жыл бұрын

It’s Screaming Carpetbagger Season! 😄 My favorite time of year lol

@extrawhine2719 3 жыл бұрын

this park is at my home town! The lazar fury ride used to be a petting zoo area when I was a kid.

@lukesigmon9601 3 жыл бұрын

You live in BG? My moms side of the family lives there and we go to Beech Bend like once a year. I love the haunted house ride.

@dareflyers3456 3 жыл бұрын

I really enjoy your vidios

@nathan.2805 3 жыл бұрын

Yo, I live 2 hours away from here! I've been here so many times and I love it

@1958darkstar 3 жыл бұрын

That was a TOTALLY amazing park!

@UweJMeyer 3 жыл бұрын

I'm amused, that americans love dark rides.In Germany they have died out since decades.But Jacob, you do an exellent job as ambessedor for your nation.In the different to your Potus you have style,intelligience, humor and a friendly sympathic speech.You show the world the real US life.Thanks and please more.

@DementedCaver 3 жыл бұрын

I recall staying in the campgrounds there for a night back in the 70's....went to the park in the day....loved it. The Duck ride was awesome.

@englishatheart 3 жыл бұрын

'70s*

@CourtneyEmon 3 жыл бұрын

Finally caught an early upload!!! Love ya Jacob stay safe!! 💪🏾🤩

@smartjrchina 2 жыл бұрын

I love this dark ride. It’s so much fun.

@bomberguy06 3 жыл бұрын

13:15 Jacob's astronaut training.

@amblyn8254 3 жыл бұрын

Love when you do amusement park videos :D they're so cozy

@slimraerae 3 жыл бұрын

That was Michael Jackson’s Sea Dragon!! I thought they had a plaque or something telling about it! Welcome to Kentucky!

@flame7315 3 жыл бұрын

So many fond memories going there every summer back in childhood. That place will always be held in my heart 😊

@caroltumey6800 3 жыл бұрын

I did not know that Beech Bend Park was still open. Thanks for the video.

@LIFEWITHTHEJONESES1 3 жыл бұрын

Living in Nashville as a kid once Opryland closed this was the goto amusement park. Thanks carpetbagger for highlighting Beach Bend

@caroleroseburgh1344 3 жыл бұрын

Hello Jacob 🖐🏼. This is awesome. I really appreciate you for sharing your experience with US. I really wish that I could have met you when you were in Michigan. But anywho no pain, no gain‼️ Enjoy The Rest of your Day ‼️😃🖐️👍.

@jennygray6939 3 жыл бұрын

Hey Jacob! So awesome you visited my town and beech bend! The wild mouse and the haunted house dark ride are my favorite!

@samanderson4166 3 жыл бұрын

Going through the comments it is neat to see so many carpet bagger fans so close to my area. Greetings from G-town!

@juanzapata492 3 жыл бұрын

It’s very scary 😟 old school park ride and even the drawing on the wall looks awesome 😎

@TracyT5150 3 жыл бұрын

I love everytime you go to these places my family went there alot when we were growing up so THANK YOU again your awsome😁

@tiffanymachelleyoung 3 жыл бұрын

I live in Bowling Green now and have always lived nearby. We went to Beech Bend every summer when I was a kid. I think I rode that dark ride once when I was little. Never. Again. I hate jump scares.

@applevalleyhillbillygarden1093 3 жыл бұрын

Cool. My favorite amusement park when I was a kid. Then Six Flags over Mid America came to the mid west. Sure has changed since the late 60s, but somehow has not changed that much.

@lindzlou97 3 жыл бұрын

Hey I'm early Woo Hoo! plus I love Amusement Parks 💚 Hope you are doing well

@SuperRegx 3 жыл бұрын

Good to see you in my home state. I haven’t been back to that park since they updated it. Loved the video. Thanks for doing what you do.

@sunnyflower768 3 жыл бұрын

youre by far my favorite youtuber! i love you dude!💖

@jmorgan5252 3 жыл бұрын

Another great video Jacob. I enjoy your sound effects on the rides lol!

@shonseibert48 3 жыл бұрын

Vintage Haunted Houses are the best, u can smell the wood n history as u go thru

@deathmetalbard 3 жыл бұрын

Starship 4000 was always my favorite ride. It was so cool to try and move your arms and legs as it weighed on you so you couldn't move.

@lilbear8612 3 жыл бұрын

Whoa! I would've never thought you'd come to my hometown. Allow me to welcome you to Bowling Green. It's great to have you!

@kyleh698 3 жыл бұрын

Great content as always!!!!!!!!!!!

@Katreyn_ 3 жыл бұрын

I used to love the Starship like ride as a kid at the local fairs. But I don't think I could handle that as a adult. Thanks for riding some of the rides for us. NIce to see the old classic rides.

@lissachocolate 3 жыл бұрын

What a nice park, I think old school parks are more fun, lines are usually shorter and I like the older rides. The wild mouse looked great! Dark rides are always fun!

@toystorylover5257 3 жыл бұрын

Cool video! I like that dark ride. It was really cool. I also like that roller coaster you went on. Awesome! It spins! But you get dizzy. Thanks for sharing!

@chrisfirth5261 3 жыл бұрын

I’m actually early !!! Love ya vids man !

@scottrousseau496 3 жыл бұрын

That actually looks like a great little amusement park! Some very unique rides. Great video! This one's....... in the bag.

@witnesswithinChrist 3 жыл бұрын

Man wished the rumbler was runnin. Its an experience. Glad you liked it bro!

@lunalynn70 3 жыл бұрын

Used to go to Beech Bend in the 70s gave me my love for amusement parks.

@joshbygosh 3 жыл бұрын

My neck of the woods. This is a fun place to spend a Saturday, done that a few times. Glad you visited.

@ScarrednCharred 3 жыл бұрын

Saw a drunk guy throw up on the gravitron once. It was magical.

@franknowak9305 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for these great videos.

@michaelgayandproud6466 3 жыл бұрын

Love old amusement parks thanks for sharing

@cardinaloflannagancr8929 3 жыл бұрын

It's the closest you'll get to simulated death, excellent quote. Excellent sense of humor and delivery love your videos Carpetbagger.

@rosemary-bn2di 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome amusement park, love it ❤️

@ShewannaCreativeCircle 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the vlog

@bunnymomjulie6719 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, dude. We're too old for the Gravitron. Plus, it stopped being fun when I was too fat for the panel to slide up. LOL! Your POV on the Wild Mouse was very good. It is the very first time I ever felt any motion from a video. A lot of people complain about that all the time, but I didn't think it was possible. Every time you hit a curve, I feared for your life, careening off the track into the abyss below... xoxo

@melisagilbert4486 3 жыл бұрын

Here in New Brunswick Canada we call that space ship ride the gravatron, it is fun, just so much g force

@legowarrior2461 3 жыл бұрын

love this channel

@NurseHensley 3 жыл бұрын

I used to love the Gravatron!! We used to hang upside down and do tricks in the one that came to our county fair when I was a kid!

@amyyoshikawa7698 3 жыл бұрын

Hi Jacob awesome vlog at an old school dark ride amusement park in Bowling Green, KY. Stay safe and happy haunts 👍🏻👻

@stanleystudios5186 3 жыл бұрын

Very interesting place!

@OldMovieRob 3 жыл бұрын

I think it's awesome how you go right for the dark ride first.

@lauraodle5816 3 жыл бұрын

Loved the rides! I definitely WON'T be going on the; "Think I'm going to be sick!" ride! Thanks for a great time!

@roostercrws3x 3 жыл бұрын

Love your vids ❤️❤️❤️

@Cemmccoy0830 Жыл бұрын

I love this ride! I grew up in Bowling Green and went every summer

@stevenchaffin8817 3 жыл бұрын

I used to work here still live 10 minutes away. The original cars they used are in a museum due to the fact they are some of the oldest in the world still in operation and the haunted house animations was updated a few years ago.

@freakysteve5133 3 жыл бұрын

That's a dragstrip next to it, we raced there in the 80's. Looked like they were doing a drift competition. When we raced there in the eighties the park was abandoned. And we explored it late at night, it was very creepy with 2 old school spook house dark rides. In the 80s the dragstrip started doing big bracket races and became pretty popular, the couple that own the track bought the park and fixed it up got it running again.

@rocdocs 3 жыл бұрын

DARK RIDES 4 EVA! Look forward to watching this with Baby Ball this evening.

@suicidebyfema4767 3 жыл бұрын

"What are you doing here tonight?" "Nawt a whole lawt." Just cuz you're in Bowling Green :)

@KelleyRSmokyMThappiness14 3 жыл бұрын

That’s awesome! I live about 45 minutes away from there.

@itsChrisUlmer 3 жыл бұрын

Was surprised to see how high quality the interior characters were compared to those guys on the porch haha. They could’ve at least covered up the giant amps next to the guy getting shocked. 😂 Still great tho!

@dbwwood5236 3 жыл бұрын

Lol funny stuff. Enjoyed watching.

@nicochicago2028 3 жыл бұрын

Nice theme park Jacob.

@natekrieger5741 3 жыл бұрын

My Step Dad & I went on the Crazy Mouse on My Birthday in 2018 @ the fair we visited!!!!!!! We had a Blast!!!!!!!

@Coffeeandghosts1258 3 жыл бұрын

Lady with the Orange hair scary monster looks like the monster from the movie 1989 house

@brandonmooney7334 3 жыл бұрын

She is! Good eye

@stephenpierson2958 3 жыл бұрын

Man do I miss the log ride at Dollywood. Wish that they could bring it back and the flooded mine. Thank you for the video

@ville666sora 3 жыл бұрын

The small, old timey theme parks are always the most fun to visit. My local park keeps removing their old, classic rides and replacing them intense steel coasters and thrill rides that no one is really asking for in the first place. I never ride them because I don't enjoy intense thrill rides that much, and the rare times I'm in the mood for them I just go to like, Six Flags or something instead.

@searcher00211 3 жыл бұрын

Nice eclectic collection for a smaller cart. That haunted house dark ride looked especially interesting. Thanks for sharing your experience. Will you be doing haunts this year? I loved that haunted house style intro for videos!

@MichelleEvans 3 жыл бұрын

searcher00211 most haunted houses are not going to be open this year due to coved-19.

@searcher00211 3 жыл бұрын

Michelle E. Evans most of the haunts in my neck of the woods are open for business with COVID precautions. I won’t be going to them myself, but I was wondering if Jacob might venture into any this year.

@davidstoffel4683 3 жыл бұрын

That is one of my favorite dark rides, love beech bend, you should go to the lost river cave in town

@mick_c_horror_and_pop_culture 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome, awesome video. The Monster/Women is Sandy from House(1986) and The Zombie eating, is Bub from Day of the Dead(1985). The others......Leatherface from Texas Chainsaw Massacre: part 2(1986). The white Ghoul-looking fellar might be Nosferatu. 🎃

@marilynstark4988 10 ай бұрын

Good job! I painted those creatures in the early 80’s Glad they’re still holding up

@bartplays3392 3 жыл бұрын

Yay dark ride

@abadonedexplorers 3 жыл бұрын

I rode the wild mouse and the spaceship ride at the Iowa State Fair 2021. Very fun.

@Warriorfan287 3 жыл бұрын

I live 5 minutes from here! We love Beech Bend

@hannahstahl1857 3 жыл бұрын

I haven’t been to beech bend since I had my first born 3yrs ago. I’m glad you’re going to it because when we went down there we went to the corvette museum first then beech bend and did the go carts, the Kentucky rumbler and the 0 gravity fall thing

@christianalexander579 3 жыл бұрын

That's all you rode ? i rode every ride in the park

@happysavage6660 2 жыл бұрын

The Starship 4000, is giving me vibes, of a washing machine, made to sit in, and ride, for humans! lol

@tammywilliams8199 3 жыл бұрын

My home town! I get season pass to Beech Bend Park every year.

@motorizedmisfit-artist8535 3 жыл бұрын

That reminded me of Capt. Spaulding’s Murder Ride.

@paulfeagans9904 3 жыл бұрын

Sigh...Beech Bend. Went there when it first opened. I was in grade school and we went for a few years. There was a drag strip there also. Later in my high school years we would go to Kings Island and Six Flags over Mid America.

@BOUNCERBABE 3 жыл бұрын

In the UK, during the 80’s and 90’s we used to call them gravity wheels. The little town I grew up, we had an annual charter fair. We had a gravity wheel there. It wasn’t enclosed, it was all open. It would spin you, to get you stuck to the wall and then the arm would lift the wheel. I absolutely loved it back in the day.