Earliest known footage with original sound (and some after-the-fact narration)...
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@nancygulich30344 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for this. I am 57 years old now, and we used to go to Dorney a lot when I was small. This brought tears to my eyes, such great memories. My parents are gone now, and this was so wonderful to remember our good times. Thanks again.
@stevemcclean51397 ай бұрын
Same here!! Tears to my eyes also and I am also 57!! Journey to center of the earth was my favorite ride. God bless you!!
@gentlehum19 жыл бұрын
Thank you thank you thank you! That's the Dorney I remember! Seeing the recent pictures just makes me heartsick for what was.
@stevemcclean51397 ай бұрын
Makes ya cry a little don't it?? It does me.
@theduchess43709 жыл бұрын
Wow, this brings back so many memories of Dad taking us to Dorney Park. Way before they put Wild Water Kingdom there. This is the real Dorney Park and the food was soooooo good!! Thanks so much for Posting it!!! All I can say is WOW!
@aaronmerkel52168 жыл бұрын
The iceberg was so fun. They should bring it back
@richfranck7620Ай бұрын
Thanks so much for posting this! Brought back such great memories of visiting Dorney Park every summer in the 70s & early 80s for my father’s annual company picnic. Loved Dorney before Cedar Fair bought is and removed so many of the classic rides 😢.
@sayhola6 жыл бұрын
I'll have to admit, I was looking for myself in the background! I'd have been THREE! This is a truly fantastic piece of history you have here; thank you SO much for sharing! Even down to the water fountain -- now that I see it in your video, I REMEMBER!!! Love this!
@rikpontician84992 жыл бұрын
Such great memories I have of Dorney. We lived there in the Summer of 79, 80 & 81. Thanks
@darrylgruber88434 жыл бұрын
I miss those days. Still glad they have the whip
@skidawg797 ай бұрын
I was born August 1979, grew up 10 min from Dorney. Cool to see what Dorney looked like the year i was born. So many rides in this video lost to fires over the years....
@TralfazConstruction5 жыл бұрын
Too much. By that I mean I really appreciate this glimpse of your family enjoying Dorney Park as I remember it in that era. I have probably commented on every video that good folks have posted about Dorney Park over the years and I really like going down memory lane through another person's point of view. Well done.
@DZ10able9 жыл бұрын
I was probably a ride operator that summer. I remember the smells, noise and sights. I enjoyed the visits by Alfundo and his tow helpers.
@nycnewzie8 жыл бұрын
Great video -- a trip back in time for me to 1972 when I lived in Allentown. They used to have stock car races at nights and our babysitter would take my brother and I. And no better more exciting sight than that yellow rollercoaster. Thanks.
@jonathanlupo53337 жыл бұрын
Priceless footage!
@elsiegon7118Ай бұрын
I love this video! Thank you so much for posting this! All these kiddie rides were my childhood rides!❤❤
@rwk205010 жыл бұрын
I was there back then so I remember how the park was. I started going in 1976 when I was 2. I was most definitely there in August 1979 and August 1980, the time period when these 2 videos were taken. I rode Bucket O' Blood, Le Grande Carrousel, Zephyr, most of the kiddie rides, Water Skooter, Sky Ride, Rockets, Iceberg, Miniature Coaster, Whale Boats, Show Boat, walked through Gold Mine, etc. I miss the tunnel on the Zephyr, and the crossings before and after the station with old fashioned bells
@ronbear019 жыл бұрын
Old "Family Friendly" Dorney Park, Allentown, PA........ I worked there as a ride operator that summer....I think I still have the yellow shirt....I operated the Bucket of Blood, Merry-go-round. Indy 500, the train, "Journey to the Center of the Earth", Roller Coaster....a few more.... Slave driving supervisors, but it was a lot of fun.
@PatrickWagz7 жыл бұрын
very cool. Do you happen to know the name of the elevated ride at 3:00 time and again at 8:25 time. It has the three larger cars looking like some kinda futuristic space ship kinda thing. I would appreciate the name of this, if you can think of it. Thank You.
@SaraAB877 жыл бұрын
Can you possibly give me any details about the Indy 500 ride that you can, this ride was apparently sold to the Skylon Tower amusement park in Niagara Falls, Ontario after it was at Dorney, specifically when the ride was installed at Dorney and when it was removed. The ride was at the skylon during the 1990's.
@rosskennedy948110 жыл бұрын
Great video! I kept looking for myself as an 11 year old kid somewhere in it!
@zr24X4ROCKS10 жыл бұрын
this is amazing . I remember all those rides , and the ox roast , the homemade ice cream , the comedy shows , the race track, omg. thank you for this flashback.!
@PatrickWagz7 жыл бұрын
Such a great park. Do you happen to know the name of the elevated ride at 3:00 time and again at 8:25 time. It has the three larger cars looking like some kinda futuristic space ship kinda thing. I would appreciate the name of this, if you can think of it. Thank You.
@momster43622 жыл бұрын
I don’t know if they had an official name. We called them the rocket ships.
@stevemcclean51397 ай бұрын
Hi Michael, thank you so much for this video. This brings back so many great memories of my dad bringing me here for the first time in 1977. It brings tears to my eyes and made me feel so emotional. Journey to center of earth was my favorite. Hope little Michael and Mary are well!! God bless you all.
@70goldtop10 жыл бұрын
Off to the beer garden….I remember the operator of that silver space ship ride on wires that went around in circles.Every year I'd go on it just to see that guy with one arm.My brother would always get me worked up and say "one of those cables ripped his arm off" to get me scared.
@ericstevens45635 жыл бұрын
I remember that guy too !
@paulm97066 жыл бұрын
Thank you. Brings back my childhood days!
@destruya2 жыл бұрын
Great video thanks for sharing. Remember the remote control boats? I miss all of this.
@rwk36010 жыл бұрын
The park is a cesspool now compared with back then. I know, I've been going to the park since 1976 when I was 2. The park gets insanely busy some days, 2 hour waits for water park attractions and other rides. It wasn't like that back then. Population wasn't as high then. Wildwater Kingdom opened 1985. Cedar Fair bought Dorney Park July, 1992.
@igvmyslf1000ptss7 жыл бұрын
Wish I could have experienced Dorney back then. Must have been great. More family friendly.
@jeljelbean9 жыл бұрын
Thank you for posting this old footage of Dorney Park. I really enjoyed watching, and it took me back to my childhood years. My children were surprised to see the difference in the way the park looked then as compared to now (much better back then in my opinion). Very nice, thanks!!
@Eleana19819 жыл бұрын
Thank you for posting this! It brings back a lot of wonderful memories for me.
@Zickcermacity2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing with us your family memories. They are also an important documentation of the mostly original Dorney Park. I wonder what the Dorney guests of 1979-1980 would think of a roller coaster nearly three times as tall as the wooden Roller Coaster! 8:27 - It feels strange seeing the wooden Coaster dominating the Dorney backdrop by itself, with no Steel Force hyper in the background
@ElleCee629783 ай бұрын
I was born June 1978. I remember Dorney Park from like 1981 on. I remember Journey to the Center of the Earth, the Zephyr, the Iceberg, these umbrella rides, and the Bucket of Blood most. I remember being on the train and afraid of the tunnel
@maryc144710 жыл бұрын
Nice trip down memory lane. Haven't been to Dorney Park since purchase by the corporation, must be at least 30 years. Spent a lot of time there while growing up and on dates in my teens. Thanks for sharing.
@djavatar6810 жыл бұрын
Wow! Some pretty cool dark rides they had.
@Zickcermacity2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing with us your family memories. They are also an important documentation of the mostly original Dorney Park. I wonder what the Dorney guests of 1979-1980 would think of a roller coaster nearly three times as tall as the wooden Roller Coaster! It feels strange seeing the wooden Coaster dominating the Dorney backdrop by itself, with no Steel Force hyper in the background
@robkrasinski62179 ай бұрын
How about this, today's younger guests born mid-1990's and up have no idea what the old Dorney Park was like and what it was like without Steel Force. At least the park has historical signs along the Zephyr train route and elsewhere in the park showing long gone rides and things. But no sign for Bucket O' Blood or Iceberg, they had signs in 1984 and 2009 but they were taken down and stored again. Bucket was destroyed in the Sept. 28, 1983 fire that also destroyed the PTC Le Grande Carrousel. Iceberg survived the fire because it was mostly concrete on the outside.
@MrLyosea21 күн бұрын
Oooooh dorney park footage from the 70's WITH SOUND! I was here in June 2008 (the 9th I think) on my 8th grade field trip with my mom. I remember they had yummy brownies there and my mom rode a boat ride with my friend Tammy that swung people back and forth.
@michaelbowman646210 жыл бұрын
Dave Smith, yeah, my dad added a narrated sound strip shortly after developing it, but when I had it converted to avi, it sped up the sound, hence the alien-sounding speech;)
@twighlightprincess30034 жыл бұрын
So past the little lazer there was a big area for kids. They had play things kinda set up like Mcyds would with ball pits. They had little scooters we could ride around to different pits... Am i crazy or do you remember any of this?
@markstrausser44437 жыл бұрын
brings back memories
@serf346910 жыл бұрын
Journey to the Center of the Earth
@stevemcclean51397 ай бұрын
My favorite!!
@CoasterCollege2 жыл бұрын
Hello, may I use the section of this video that shows "iceberg" in a video I am making on that ride? I will credit you!
@michaelbowman64622 жыл бұрын
Sure!
@yellowrainyday8 жыл бұрын
I used to work here for two summers as a ride operator! Even back that time in 1979 i wasn't born yet, I would watonna try the cable car and the old zephyr too! And look at thunder hawk! It was once young and standing tall. =)
@RB01.108 жыл бұрын
Yeah. It's a shame that Thunderhawk has lasted over four times as long as Hercules did.
@RB01.108 жыл бұрын
+Ryan Blanche Which at one point was the tallest woodie in the world, but the roughness killed it :(
@PaOsfan10 жыл бұрын
What great old footage! It brought back a lot of memories. I was working there at the time but there is no footage of my Scrambler.
@PatrickWagz7 жыл бұрын
Hello, he has a few other videos like this one the following few years. Search KZfaq for....."Dorney Park August 1980 with sound" title. The scrambler is shown around time of 6:55
@pumpedupone10 жыл бұрын
Cool video! This is the real dorney park with all the cool rides before someone had a stupid idea to take them out!
@danieldobrosky83782 жыл бұрын
The WHIP classic ride
@RyanKCR10 жыл бұрын
rwk2050 I think that was the park I uploaded. I've since updated and redid it. I have not uploaded it. I've been focusing on my own parks and doing other coasters, real and my own design. I've uploaded videos of some of them to youtube.
@RyanKCR10 жыл бұрын
Ah, the Dorney when I was a child. Do you have any footage of the kiddie roller coaster of the time. When I was a kid I loved it. As I got older the "Yellow Roller Coaster" was my first big coaster and I also loved the Flying Dutchman. I've recreated Dorney Park of this era in Roller Coaster Tycoon 3. I uploaded the Coaster to youtube.
@Eagles.Fan.Since.Super.Bowl.526 жыл бұрын
Purposely searched for old footage trying to find Bucket o Blood. Bamn! @0:40 I remember it in the early 80's before it burned down. I was probably 6yo. If my memory is correct it also was called Pirates Cove and Devil's Cave.
@Koide910 жыл бұрын
I don't think i've ever seen a "Paratrooper" ride go quite so fast........or at such an angle!
@RB01.108 жыл бұрын
The Paratrooper I remember was right next to the Ferris Wheel. It was removed after the 2000 season most likely due to high maintenance, and low ridership.
@rwk36010 жыл бұрын
This song played at the Iceberg a lot I remember, Michael Jackson Off the Wall.
@serf346910 жыл бұрын
cool video
@rwk36010 жыл бұрын
Well, Le Grande Carrousel and Bucket O' Blood burned in the Sept. 28, 1983 fire. Iceberg was renamed Metoerite around 1990 and removed after 1993 for Patio Pizza. Journey to the Center of the Earth was removed after 1992. Robert F. Ott owned the park at this time, since 1967 when his wife's brother Steve Plarr passed he became chairman of the board in 1980 and his son Bob became president. They sold the park to Harris Weinstein who took over 1985. Weinstein sold to Cedar Fair, L. P. July, 1992.
@noname-jh3bd3 жыл бұрын
I don't know if this is a good question to ask, but could you send this footage to Cedar Fair, to let them know how much of the Parks Heritage they ruined? I have not been there in almost 13 years... God bless you for posting this though... This is the Dorney Park I remember
@anth999810 жыл бұрын
Crowd looks a little different if you know what I mean.....
@rwk205010 жыл бұрын
Was that your park? The one titled 1970? It just looked out of proportion. I would probably make a lot of changes to it to make it look more like how the park was. I understand there's nothing in RCT3 that is like the rocket ride, Traver Circle Swing, that runs counter clockwise. Not even in CFR's (custom flat rides). So, the airplane ride is the next best thing but it runs clockwise. For the Iceberg you could use the teacups or even the Hershey cups ride and hide the center with a round pole.
@rwk205010 жыл бұрын
Where is your park, Ryan? I downloaded one from an RCT site that was titled 1970 or something and it was supposed to be the old Dorney Park but it was all wrong. Rides missing, landscape (hills) not correct, Journey to the Center of the Earth half-a**, etc. I am working on a current version of the park with the newest rides. I also was going to do an old version as well, pre-fire, meaning before the Sept. 28, 1983 fire when Le Grande Carrousel and Bucket O' Blood were there, and Flying Bobs, etc
@rwk205010 жыл бұрын
Oh, I'm the same person as rwk360, I must have had two youtubes.
@DonKeydick4U210 жыл бұрын
I feel like there was some alien from outer space narrating this video. Maybe there is a subliminal message from this video played in reverse.
@toplaycool212 жыл бұрын
I wonder why Dorney got ride of Sky Ride when Hersheypark kept theirs with no problem?
@stevehoffmaster3361 Жыл бұрын
Anyone else remember the overflowing trash cans covered in bees ?
@burlingtoncoats53653 жыл бұрын
It's still Dorney Park. It won't be dead until they drain the pond and the ducks are gone.
@serf346910 жыл бұрын
if you have pictures from back then, make a cool video with them.
@RB01.108 жыл бұрын
IMHO, I think that when Steel Force came in, it changed the entire landscape of the park for the better.
@mariasmith93499 жыл бұрын
Where is this park located at?
@RB01.108 жыл бұрын
In Allentown, PA.
@KJaneway110 жыл бұрын
Does anyone know when they switched to an admission fee instead of tickets?