Very cool video. Sad how much it seemed like she wanted to make it work and just couldn't.

As someone who lives in Maggie Valley, it’s always so eerie to drive by the parking lot everyday and just see the roller coaster barely peeking out over the mountain. It’s crazy to see a park that I went to as a kid now rotting and lifeless.

I feel so sad for that woman. She believed in and seemed to have an emotional attachment to this park. Very sad end.

I'm 58 years old and can fondly remember visiting Ghost Town as a child with my family. Back in those days every families car displayed bumper stickers of all the tourist places visited and almost every car had a Ghost Town sticker on the rear bumper.

One of my fondest memories with my wife (R.I.P.) was our trip to Ghost Town in the sky. It was a wonderful weekend for sure. Shame it is no longer letting others make memories. -Larry

Funny story... the ghost town entrance is where I began my monthly curse and my mom bought my first sanitary napkin in the gift shop. I was mortified the entire day.

That woman who owned the park had so much determination to bring back Ghost Town in the sky, I'm really sad to see my childhood park in a condition like this :(. I lived in North Carolina from 1988-2003, I moved from Minnesota in 1987 when I was 3, and my parents decided to take a road trip for about six months, exploring the country. I moved into North Carolina around late 1988, two years later (mark we spent a lot more time than six months traveling) and lived in Charlotte for the duration of the time. I lived in Charlotte and visited Maggie Valley during my breaks, where I found that legendary theme park in the sky. I'd always love to take my friends from the city to Maggie Valley to experience the Ghost town in the sky. They loved the park and would always beg me to take them again. As time passed I moved on to high school in 1999, things really changed for me. One, I went on trips less often, and two, my friends didn't ask me to take them anymore. I guess they took their seperate paths. In 2001 I met the love of my life in high school and decided to take her to Ghost town in the sky as one of our trips. Everything was just as how it looked back when I was a child. Unfourtunatly there wern't as many guests as there were when I was a little child. Our first ride was the famous roller coaster that started with a drop at the beginning. the park attendant let us ride Red Devil (or known as the famous looping roller coaster) as much as we could without stopping through the loading zone since there was no line. Best roller coaster experience of my life. I do remember trying to buy another pass for the next year but I forgot to so I never did...

It's funny hearing a British person describe a park in North Carolina.

Oh hey I live here! Theres actually talk of reopening it yet again in April 2019 as ghost town. It was one of my favorite places ever to go as kid, my dream was actually to be a can-can dancer when I grew up because of there.

I went there with my dad back in the summer of 1988 when we were in the area for a family reunion. It made for a fun day. I remember the staff were clearly trained to ask everyone where they were from, and when we said New York state, they'd all make fun of us for being Yankee city slickers, but it was all in good fun. It was all completely functional at that point, and I remember the shoot outs. The old west theme was kitchy even then, but it worked somehow. I remember eating baked beans for lunch and then trying very, very hard not to barf them up after a few rides. The video is spot on - because it was on that ridge, the rides flung you over the edge, which made it scarier/more fun. I feel like there used to be more regional theme parks like that in the US, and at some point in the past 20 years, the industry went through this 'go big or go home' phase where it's fewer bigger parks.

The concept of the rollercoaster on the mountain was a great idea, especially since you didn't have to wait to go up an incline. Great video as always, really enjoy hearing about parks that many people might not know existed.

I live in a town called Asheville about 45 minutes away. Ghost Town in the sky is right near the entrance to a local ski resort called Catalooche and it’s always been sad seeing ghost town and it’s chairlift sit derelict year after year.

I visited Ghost Town many times as a kid. My parents met at ghost town while in high school and have been married since. Even my grandpa worked at ghost town for a season after he had retired. It’s a shame to see the park still abandoned every time I visit.

The idea of a park on top of a hill though... thats awesome, would love to ride the coaster there.

I went to Ghost Town in the Sky as a young child, like maybe 7 or 10. Hard to remember exactly. I rode the chairlift. We saw the cowboy shoot out and I got frightened. This part of North Carolina had a few famous theme parks. The Land of Oz is not far. I went there too, as a child. that place really has some tall tails told about it. Tweetsie Railroad, probably the most successful. Ghost Town in the Sky was unique. It brings memories of my Dad and he was always awesome. The guns were loud and scared me, but Dad got down and we sat on the ground and he reassured me. I was very young but I remember seeing how he was not scared, so I wanted to be strong too. So I faked it, and pretended I was Dad. I just did what he did. I guess it was sort of a life lesson. I was a child. Now I am 50. Dad passed away in Oct. Ghost Town in the Sky is a really happy, great memory for me. Thanks for the video.

I feel like they sealed their fate when they named it ghost town.

As a kid I almost fell out of the coaster as it went through the loop. My dad had to grab me and shove me back into my seat.

I remember visiting as a child in the mid 1960s with my parents and two brothers. Saw the shootout, the can-can dancers, and FRED KIRBY! He had a cowboy show on Sundays in Charlotte back in the day. What a day we had in Ghost Town. This video brought back great memories of my childhood. What a terrible shame I can’t take my grandkids there.

I was blessed to have got to go there forty years ago as a kid great memories wish it would open again it was so cool back in the day.

I went here all the time when I was a kid. The roller coaster was so shoddy it stopped suddenly and my head slammed into the front of the cart. Good times.