The Lost American Adventure Theme Park - Part 2
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11 ай бұрынExploring the remains of the former Theme Park The American Adventure, that stood on this site from 1987 - 2006. A firm childhood favourite of mine. Let's talk a journey into nostalgia and look for any remains today.
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@mattydeathgoon 2 ай бұрын
I had amazing times on school trips when I was a kid. Miss the parks so much
@tonytwokisses5753 11 ай бұрын
I live down by the old entrance now and have been struggling with nostalgia since I moved here earlier this year. This video really helped piece my memories of the place together! Currently sat watching the houses be built from my office window where the Buffalo ride was. Thank you
@AdventureMe 11 ай бұрын
Your house will probably be in the third video then coming this Sunday
@johannbell333 11 ай бұрын
I remember exploring this place alot as a kid after it had shut. Was abandoned for quite a long time before redevelopment so the place turned into a massive jungle. Good simpler times, thanks for the video.
@AdventureMe 11 ай бұрын
Thanks for the info
@dazsin 8 ай бұрын
This video makes me so emotional!! Fantastic stuff, this is what KZfaq is for!
@bishyboy1 11 ай бұрын
Mate thank you so much for that video- found it haunting and almost emotional to watch with the music and the fade ins etc- just imagine all the laughter and joy that once filled that plot of land and now it looks so sad. American Adventure was the first theme park I ever visited as a schoolboy- thanks for the memories x
@AdventureMe 11 ай бұрын
Thanks mate. That's the mood I wanted for the video, how I felt on the day.
@bishyboy1 11 ай бұрын
You nailed it mate ive watched it again since and weirdly it makes me feel sad to think what was - love your videos keep it up
@Brs-od8mx 11 ай бұрын
Had some lovely trips there as a kid. Went with school and the local youth group. Great memores. Such a shame.
@Ellisiswatchingyoutube 11 ай бұрын
Really enjoyed this 👍🏽 brings back memories
@samseptember6404 11 ай бұрын
It’s incredibly ballsy going on The Missile at only 7 years old! Much respect to you
@AdventureMe 11 ай бұрын
I was a fearless child
@leejackson1788 11 ай бұрын
Used to love going there as a kid school used to take us end of every year good times
@ShaneM345 11 ай бұрын
Thank you so much for making these videos. Makes me so sad as I spent many hours at AA in the 80s and 90s. Thankfully, I still have a large collection of park maps to look back on! Look forward to the rest of this series.
@AdventureMe 11 ай бұрын
You're very welcome! All three parts are now released
@martinmarsola6477 11 ай бұрын
Thank you for another walk back in time. Sad to see the place totally gone, but that’s what it is. Thank you for your labors in these videos. See you on the next, Darren. Cheers mate! 🇬🇧🙂👍🇺🇸
@AdventureMe 11 ай бұрын
Our pleasure!
@fatcontrole1 11 ай бұрын
Those pictures of you on the rides really mwde me smile. Innocent kids back then. I wish I had kept all the pictures ive had on rides from the past.
@shirleylynch7529 11 ай бұрын
Must be so nostalgic for you to walk round there with so many memories running through your mind. So sad all gone. Thanks again Darren for such an excellent documentary.
@AdventureMe 11 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it
@waynepaxford7263 11 ай бұрын
Another excellent video Darren some of them rides look amazing i can't wait for part 3 when are you in blackpool are you got any more videos i hope you and your family and friends are well and safe
@CoasterGiant1 11 ай бұрын
Loving this series! Unlocked a memory of standing watching the logs skimming the water at the bottom of that massive drop for ages.
@AdventureMe 11 ай бұрын
Thanks for watching
@user-lz7lc6hr6m 3 ай бұрын
What a fantastic video, you brought back some amazing memories, thank you 👍
@AdventureMe 3 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it
@86wellacre 11 ай бұрын
Oh gosh I remember going here when I was younger
@lindakirk698 11 ай бұрын
Another thanks, just got this after watching part 1. Even now as 70+ OAPs my hubby & I would love a go on that upsold sky flyer. It was the best adrenaline feed we have had. The 2 of us & eldest daughter strapped into the sling, hauled up high & just waited! As it was hubbies 50th birthday we made him pull the release. And then the swing out across the nearby park. The rest of the family think were nuts - so does hubby. Really font know how we hot him into it!!😂 We still talk about it now & and we've been around the world a bit. Wish the AATP was still going. Didnt know about all the previous owners & and we've been on some of the rides since unknowingly after they moved to other parks. Thats what grandchildren make you do! 😂😂 Bring on part 3 !!!
@deborahbrackenbury272 11 ай бұрын
Great video as always 😊
@AdventureMe 11 ай бұрын
Thanks again!
@jamestwells1045 11 ай бұрын
It's depressing as i live in Derby still and used to come here as a kid, 34 now with 2 kids. Always missed it since it closed, last time i went was about 01-02. Just a few years later it was gone. Always remember the Aliens show with moving seats i believe? Been a long time. Sad it's no more.
@AdventureMe 11 ай бұрын
Now at flamingo land
@jamestwells1045 11 ай бұрын
That's crazy, I went past yesterday on the way to Whitby and said to my kids we'll go there soon! Cheers for that mate.
@Clara-ph7my 6 ай бұрын
Fantastic job with mirroring the then and now images. I loved your video on Camelot and this is even better. I hope you are right. I hope they do name that road, reflecting the once wild west show.
@moxymagic 11 ай бұрын
Loved the American adventure, such a shame it closed. Great video brought back some happy memories
@AdventureMe 11 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it
@dwrowley 11 ай бұрын
Great video, the photo fades are brilliant, good to see most of the rides have been sold on and not scrapped
@vincentpilsworth3195 11 ай бұрын
Memories 😢❤
@malcolmrichardson3881 11 ай бұрын
Great video and reconstruction of what was where, wayback when.
@aspieringnerd9073 11 ай бұрын
I can remember going here as a kid in the early 2000s, we'd get 'free' tickets from school! I remember the buffalo rollercoaster being to the left as you went into the park, so that must have been the other entrance you mentioned in the last one. I can clearly remember hating the lift hill for the log flume, it would make me feel like a tortoise on its back (seven year old me's words) and we had a photo of me and my sisters in cowboy clothes from the photo studio there. It was a decent park and I was disappointed when it started going downhill by shutting the good rides and making it more family friendly. Also wasn't there a gold panning bit near the log flume?
@AdventureMe 11 ай бұрын
Yes they had a panning for gold. I know what you mean about the log flume lift hill.
@timredfern1282 11 ай бұрын
I had some great times there
@leedowner2249 9 ай бұрын
Awesome video, so many memories, i had no idea some rides had been moved i assumed they were all pulled down and scrapped
@douglasthompson296 11 ай бұрын
Hey Darren, great to hear you getting uber excited and talking your own personal memories of a place your visiting. ✔️ Now talking Cowboys and Indians as a young kid in the 50's we had an Anderson shelter that had been repurposed as a coal shelter. Well with the addition of the round metal dustbin in the shelters door we had an instant chuck/stage wagon for hours of fun playing C and I simple pleasures back then 😎 Cheers DougT
@AdventureMe 11 ай бұрын
Sounds great!
@douglasthompson296 11 ай бұрын
@@AdventureMe it was Darren, the dustbin had 2 handles which made great stirrups. Those days our mobiles were 2tin cans joined by a piece of string, it really did work as long as the string was pulled tight 😎 Cheers DougT
@TraceUK 11 ай бұрын
This will be Lightwater Valley’s fate in the very near future I expect
@simonbradshaw3708 11 ай бұрын
That's exactly what I have been thinking, a slow death with the demolition of the ultimate.
@BoroMam 11 ай бұрын
Yes, I was thinking the same thing too, especially when mentioned in the last video that American Adventure, not long before the end, changed its focus more towards younger children - exactly what Lightwater Valley has done.
@JD-wn3cc 11 ай бұрын
Sadly, I think it's true too. Parks need to keep investing to keep going. Keep adding something new and better than the ride you just removed. This is why flamingo land manages to keep going.
@stuartleatham2917 11 ай бұрын
You may be right
@danlightfoot6592 11 ай бұрын
Hopefully
@trevorchambers1812 11 ай бұрын
Great memories.....Took my daughter there, she is now nearly the age I was at the time. Still got some photos somewhere of us stood by the school bus.
@AdventureMe 11 ай бұрын
Very cool!
@dianeshepherd7913 11 ай бұрын
What a fabulous theme park it was, really like the wooden wheel ride, the carriagesblook so different. Fab pics to look back on when you were a child. And you still love thene parks 😊
@AdventureMe 11 ай бұрын
Thank you 🤗
@cyberleaderandy1 11 ай бұрын
Remember Lazy Lils and silver city as the main events of the Star Wars day and movie days revolved around these two areas. Crazy things like Stormtroopers in jet boats or on the chuck wagon ride stick in your head and looking at the guide / flyer i still have helps me relate how it looks now to back then. One weird thing sticks in head of a rel rally car "experience" they had that was nothing to do with America but randomly shoved in there at the back of lazy Lil's.
@AdventureMe 11 ай бұрын
I remember the rally car too. And the speedboat rides
@johnbrice2842 11 ай бұрын
great...great ...great
@richardayrton2697 11 ай бұрын
The crossfades at the start - magic - taking the editing to another level. Wonderful videos!
@AdventureMe 11 ай бұрын
Glad you like them! More to come
@75scottbryant 11 ай бұрын
Such a shame this park closed, it was near to where my dad lived and would go on my weekend visits. A good idea for a park and loved the wild west show along with the gun fights in the city.
@anthonyellis987 11 ай бұрын
It's amazing you found some relics of the park considering how much the ground levels have changed. Can't wait until part 3.
@AdventureMe 11 ай бұрын
Me too!
@aligiff17 11 ай бұрын
Remember going to AA one sunday in the early 90's when smash hits roadshow was there, they had a huge tour truck that was also the stage & it was set up on the flat area outside pioneer playground, a very young Ant & Dec were there fresh from biker grove, along with lots of other pop stars of that time, the place was packed out, like I'd never seen in all its history. Tfs Darren, looking forward to part three. 😊
@paulbeesley5743 11 ай бұрын
Great video, brought back some great memories. 👍
@AdventureMe 11 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it. Still one more to come
@andrewmarriott4033 11 ай бұрын
We used to like walking around Shipley park and finding a spot on the hill so we could see into the park great memories 👍
@sukiesparkles116 11 ай бұрын
Omg mate, I'm literally sat here crying watching this! My entire misspent youth just came flooding back. One of these days I'll look in my loft for my pics of the BBC 'Fast Forward' Funday from (I think?) 1992, featuring Chesney Hawkes, Andy Crane, Phillip Schofield, Scott Sherrin from That's Life, andbone of the 1st public appearances of 2 Manchester youths called Gary & Jason, from this new (back then) up & coming band called Take That
@AdventureMe 11 ай бұрын
Happy memories
@Geoffreytomlinson24 11 ай бұрын
Great adventure again. The way things were but now the way things are.
@AdventureMe 11 ай бұрын
You got that right!
@sams30001 11 ай бұрын
Fantastic, loving this series. Brings back so many memories
@AdventureMe 11 ай бұрын
Glad you like them!
@stephenwalsh788 11 ай бұрын
Great photo fades.
@layneinchains848 11 ай бұрын
Outstanding as always, love the fade ins at the beginning ❤️ Youre doing important work, thanks for what you do.
@AdventureMe 11 ай бұрын
Thank you so much!
@jennyrobinson8449 11 ай бұрын
Really enjoyed part 2 thanks Darren and great pics 😊
@AdventureMe 11 ай бұрын
Thanks 👍
@foxysausage6091 11 ай бұрын
Thanks so much for these videos, incredibly made. I just found your channel through part 1 recently and am happy to see part 2 today. It's great to see evidence of the park still there. Your photo fades are amazing! My most vivid memories of going here are going on the then Gladiators themed twin looper. My first time going upside down on a coaster. I was terrified! I do remember the absolutely huge log flume and being amazed at the size and number of drops. So sad it wasnt cared for and ended up closing. NIMBY councils... some things never change.
@AdventureMe 11 ай бұрын
Thanks mate. Part three in a couple of weeks. And a lot more other parks on the channel too. Camelot is a good one and the pleasure beach.
@pietweety7020 11 ай бұрын
Top notch as always 🙏👍
@AdventureMe 11 ай бұрын
🤙
@oddsandwindsocks5905 11 ай бұрын
Loving this series Darren.
@a11csc 11 ай бұрын
superb photofades darren
@AdventureMe 11 ай бұрын
Thanks 👍
@jeffdayman8183 11 ай бұрын
Looked like a lot of fun Darren. Great video, liked both episodes about this park. Cheers!
@AdventureMe 11 ай бұрын
Thanks 👍
@davidnm21 11 ай бұрын
Fascinating as ever Darren. The Missile is now just down the road from me as I live in Great Yarmouth and Pleasurewood Hills just 8 miles or so. Like you I still have my park photo mug shots. I must dig them out from the loft.
@AdventureMe 11 ай бұрын
Still haven't been there yet
@HockeySemp 11 ай бұрын
At 12:36 (though this is not american adventure) you can also see the old headstock by the colliery pump building (big red brick building that still exists). These were protected, however mistakenly demolished in the 90s (I believe) and since replaced by a smaller replica. Because the winding gear, along with the original headstocks were demolished, and now they cannot use them for assistance in their maintenance and the pump now has to be on constantly. I also have a hilarious picture of me on the niagara as a kid scared to death 😅
@AdventureMe 11 ай бұрын
Thanks mate
@shirleysmith1713 11 ай бұрын
Thanks Darren for sharing. Was very interesting, love the fade on photos. 👍🏻😎☀️
@AdventureMe 11 ай бұрын
Thanks 👍
@raymondbudd7355 11 ай бұрын
Great videos, as a kid I went to the 1st day of opening as Britannia Park. Clearly it was rubbish back than but we got to see Concorde which for a 12 year old from Notts in the 80s was awesome. The miniature railway still lives on at Lightwater Valley, I've always make a point when visiting of going on that ride to remind me of the American Adventure.
@AdventureMe 11 ай бұрын
Thanks mate. The railway at Lightwater was there before AA opened, it opened in 1979. I think they had a few of the carriages when it closed, but they got rid eventually. The railway locos and track went to Twinlakes in Melton Mowbray.
@tjweston1 11 ай бұрын
Another fantastic episode, counting down till the next!
@AdventureMe 11 ай бұрын
Thanks mate.
@michellefroggatt8562 11 ай бұрын
Another great video! I remember going here once, must of been the 90’s! Love the old pics of you on the rides! It’s like a boy bands day out! Great memories! 😉 hope to see you soon 😊
@AdventureMe 11 ай бұрын
Thanks Mich. A young Gary Barlow lol
@CosmocraftGaming 11 ай бұрын
I went on my first upsidedown coaster here (Twin looper) but it was called the gladiators when i went on it :) This certainly brought a tear to my eye. This park is such a big loss
@ShaneM345 11 ай бұрын
It was called Iron Wolf opened by the man himself, happy memories!
@davidchance1869 11 ай бұрын
Another great vid. “What was where, way back when” should be your catchphrase.
@AdventureMe 11 ай бұрын
i know, its a good phrase
@mikerogers5043 11 ай бұрын
Loving this series, and never been to that theme park. Your photo mergers are the best.
@AdventureMe 11 ай бұрын
Thanks so much!
@lindseykaine-walley6339 11 ай бұрын
Very emotional video Darren, I only went the once and remembered the saloon very well. I'm sure it was around very early 90's when I went. I always wonder why these places couldn't have been saved. Just seems silly to tear it up after all the planning and building of a dream took place.
@simonbradshaw3708 11 ай бұрын
This has been a very interesting look back in time. I look forward to next weeks installment.
@AdventureMe 11 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it!
@scottjackson1812 11 ай бұрын
Awesome documentary, such a shame this Park closed. I'm sure I went a couple of times but was very young. So tragic that it wasn't developed to its full potential and that it is what is today.
@jetsons101 11 ай бұрын
Darren, at (6:33) you may have stepped on that Paving Brick at one time. The photo fade starting at 12:21 really tells the story. Now I want to go the Knott's Berry Farm and ride Ghostrider..... Thanks to Darren for his time and work......
@AdventureMe 11 ай бұрын
Most probably did yeah.
@derelictCHEESEBURGER 11 ай бұрын
Fantastic! Can’t believe how much it has changed since I last went! Was a nice walk seeing old bits here and there. The pier was still there but it had started sagging to one side into the water. Fished out one of the golf balls on that empty can island bit near the island 😂 bet there’s tons in the lake still! I was very young when it closed but will always remember the buffalo ride & going on the train around the lake. Sad stuff
@AdventureMe 11 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it
@ronnievenhorst9873 11 ай бұрын
Very nice video
@jetsons101 11 ай бұрын
Perfect timing, just got home, will comment after watching........................
@AdventureMe 11 ай бұрын
Enjoy
@danlightfoot6592 11 ай бұрын
What an awesome video Darren. You need to do tv documentaries.
@AdventureMe 11 ай бұрын
I'd have to read a script and have someone telling me what I have to film. I enjoy the freedom lol
@AutoShenanigans 11 ай бұрын
Round 2! Nice one mate.
@AdventureMe 11 ай бұрын
Thanks buddy
@endisforever22 11 ай бұрын
i have definatly been to American Adventure i just really don't remember it like i do the other parks around, i would of only being young i think 10 at the most maybe i thought i went more than i did, but i guess i was too young to remember all of the bigger rides
@Adzcantsing 11 ай бұрын
The theming was really amazing for the park i only went once and loved it. Was mid 90s. Only ride i never experienced was nightmare niagra as the ride was closing for the night and iron wolf.
@markrutter5067 11 ай бұрын
I've just subbed. The work you do is amazing and the before and after shots are amazing. I can really put myself back in time and remember this park. Great work mate. Also thus park is the reason I hate pirate ships rides today 😅
@AdventureMe 11 ай бұрын
Thanks mate. Welcome aboard
@mcmarky1985 11 ай бұрын
Great series this one! I wish I could of gone to this place back in the day such a shame it's gone. I remember when Wipeout (The Missile) was added to my local theme park Pleasurewood Hills. Despite often breaking down it is still today one of their best rides (if not the best)
@AdventureMe 11 ай бұрын
It was knackered at American adventure
@hollimurray8856 11 ай бұрын
Brilliant video 😊
@AdventureMe 11 ай бұрын
Thank you! 😀
@dancoultas4848 11 ай бұрын
These videos are absolute brilliance, the merging of the footage old and new is such a craft and your storytelling really brings it to life. Thank you for making these so enjoyable.
@AdventureMe 11 ай бұрын
Glad you like them!
@KeithHambidge 11 ай бұрын
Another great video credit for the research you done
@AdventureMe 11 ай бұрын
Thanks again!
@alunday1991 11 ай бұрын
You do those before and after transitions so well. It must take you ages!
@AdventureMe 11 ай бұрын
Many hours I tell ya
@ruthbrierley1798 11 ай бұрын
I'm reminiscing and thinking about a ride that I thought used to be here called the Thunder Looper - but maybe that was at Alton Towers instead? Anyone remember? happy days....
@AdventureMe 11 ай бұрын
Yeah that was Alton Towers. Right next to where Nemesis is now.
@SuperForest78 11 ай бұрын
Worked in spaceport usa shop in 89,90 and 91(aged 18,19,20...uni summer hols) , next to the missile....in fact helped put the shop together the nights before Buzz aldrin opened it in my first week of employment 4th july 89
@AdventureMe 11 ай бұрын
We probably crossed paths then. I was there August 89.
@SuperForest78 11 ай бұрын
@@AdventureMe love the videos, I didn't massively enjoy working there, although most did I think...but still found your videos really poignant
@jeremybeck7244 11 ай бұрын
The bmx track looks like its still there!
@jeremybeck7244 11 ай бұрын
Just looked on Google earth... No its not....
@ashleymiskin5284 11 ай бұрын
Great video again, almost as good as Filey !! Lol 😂
@AdventureMe 11 ай бұрын
Thanks 👍
@Falconurbex 11 ай бұрын
Interesting video paul thanks for sharing ive never been to this place its so sad to see a lot of them closing down much like camerlot did,i went around camerlot 3 times and documented it on my channel see you in your next video.
@AdventureMe 11 ай бұрын
So sad
@Neweratourismandevents 11 ай бұрын
Just feels like yesterday. Worst bit about it, I use to go alot with my Sister and she is now gone too 😢 Great memories though
@AdventureMe 11 ай бұрын
Yeah happy times
@JD-wn3cc 11 ай бұрын
Unlike the park itself, Darren hasnt aged since 2002 by the looks of it.
@AdventureMe 11 ай бұрын
I bloody have lol
@paulharvey9149 11 ай бұрын
So then, Darren, are we to deduce from your 2001 photograph that fairground rides are responsible for your mouth-opening, tongue-hanging-out abilities? I was never that into them myself, besides log-flumes; hence I must have learned by other means! Fascinating stuff as ever, my hard-working friend - and an emotional journey for you too, which your voice seems to reveal... I don't think I've ever been to anything on a similar scale that's no longer there - well, if we discount some of Scarborough's former facilities, that is; and of course I'm old enough to remember when the rail network took up a whole lot more space serving many more industries - and when the roads took up a lot less space.
@DisneyMarkUK 11 ай бұрын
Brilliant work Darren. I wonder if it’s new residents know what was there before. I didn’t realise that we rode Mini Mine Rush together at Flamingoland.
@AdventureMe 11 ай бұрын
Yes we did. I did mention it on the day, but you were sat at the front lol
@DisneyMarkUK 11 ай бұрын
@@AdventureMe I was probably too busy “weeeeeing” to hear 😂
@lynnballington8467 11 ай бұрын
Hello Darren how are you thanks for a very interested vidio its a shame that they haven't got the fairground now best wishes take care stay safe ❤😊
@AdventureMe 11 ай бұрын
Thanks 👍
@shauncardy 11 ай бұрын
Hey, loving the videos, i remember going here at some point in the 90's. One thing and i cant be sure, but the timeline is similar. Is that i have a feeling Nightmare Niagara was partly refurbished and reused at Wicksteed Park in Northamptonshire. Which they call Rocky River Falls, now it's no where near the same size if you look on google maps. But it was opened in 2008 and given the time of the refurb and the building at Wicksteed Park. Maybe thats where some of it went ? Worth looking into !!
@AdventureMe 11 ай бұрын
Could well be. Maybe used for parts
@marknorris5269 11 ай бұрын
We had one of the best steaks ever there. I think it was called Diamond lils. The big saloon bar and restuarant. I still have a photo of myself and my as then future sister in law, sat on my shoulders. I went there more because it was nearer to Wakefield than Alton Towers. I though it was a lot better than Flamingo land or lightwater.
@AdventureMe 11 ай бұрын
Yeah it was great in it's day
@PaulSmith-sb3hb 11 ай бұрын
The place was full of happy screams once. Shame it couldnt of become something else that filled people with joy instead of just houses. Happy memories from my dad working there when i was child in silver city and then me working there in my late teens. You can just hear my dads voice at the beginning of the video in the show 😊
@AdventureMe 11 ай бұрын
Thanks for watching
@racheljayne9864 4 ай бұрын
I wonder if the indian structures you mention as being on the little island there, are now at St Nicholas Park Fun Park in Warwick? 🤔 They have a little log boat ride thing with three tee-pee style Indian tents & a lot of other american themed statues etc. I’ve found some photos to prove what I’m trying to describe, but it doesn’t look like I can share them here 🤦🏻♀️
@marshallluddite 9 ай бұрын
Im from thge Midlands and NEVER went, What a shame.
@leedavis1298 11 ай бұрын
Hay mate loving the second part bro really interesting to see how much it's changed I never even got to take my lad there such a shame I miss the place thanks for the great video 😊😊😊😊😊
@AdventureMe 11 ай бұрын
Thanks 👍
@fatlad5090 11 ай бұрын
went here on end of term school trip 1995.
@nikashby6363 11 ай бұрын
Very interesting video. I was looking through some photographs a few days ago from trips to American adventure. I've also got one of those Polaroid photos on the Missile. I can tell how sad you feel about the park no longer being there. It clearly meant alot to you, as it did for many others. Will there be a part 3? Looking forward to more installments
@raymondbudd7355 11 ай бұрын
The Missile coaster is still running at Pleasurewood Hills (Lowestoft)
@AdventureMe 11 ай бұрын
Yes part three on Sunday
@nina_d1989 11 ай бұрын
Fun fact. The wagon wheel is now at flamingoland :)
@AdventureMe 11 ай бұрын
That's not the same one. That was at Flamingo Land at the same time as the one at AA. The AA one went to Billing Aquadrome
@nina_d1989 11 ай бұрын
@@AdventureMe I stand corrected
@cooliuswizard4034 11 ай бұрын
Sad to see these fall but the giants like alton towers, Thorpe park, Chessington amd Legoland will live on for many decades until they will fall maybe (hope not)
@RAFchurchlawford4469 11 ай бұрын
Older person: I can't believe they built a theme park on that lovely coal mine Younger person: I can't believe they built a village on that lovely theme park Future person: I can't believe they built a countryside on that lovely village Older future person: I can't believe they built a coal mine on that lovely countryside
@AdventureMe 11 ай бұрын
So true
@moddenby4525 11 ай бұрын
I always thought High Sierra was Rotatur at flamingo land. Guess i was wrong lol
@AdventureMe 11 ай бұрын
No it wasn't. The one at flamingo was there in the early 90s. It used to be in the zoo where hall is now. I remember riding it.
@mick03leeds22 11 ай бұрын
I remember the Log Flume. I know what you mean about how close the roof felt to your head. Unfortunately for one young lad that came true over in the states at the Schlitterbahn water park. Not good
@AdventureMe 11 ай бұрын
Yes I remember that
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