Shane's Amusement Attic

[SeaWhippet]

Yee Haw! There's parks in them thar hills! Here's a couple commercials from some Hillbilly Parks...

 

Silver Dollar City

 

 

...and here is proof that Dogatch USA was actually more than just a Hillbilly legend. Check out the entertainment lineup the park offered: Alvin, Batman (the cheesy one) and the ever regal BOZO. There is also a quick shot on of a truly unique lost credit

 

Dogpatch USA

 

 

Those Chance Toboggans popped up everywhere! I wish they could've stretched out that final speed bump segment to make it less harsh. They're interesting, though claustrophobic little rides.

[montezooma]

^ here's some info on the Toboggan for those who are not familiar with it...

[montezooma]

Darien Lake

Bob Lo Island

Kentucky Kingdom

[montezooma]

I just saw this advert posted to our exclusive Europe trip thread and thought it was great so I wanted to share. This does not come from the attic so thank you eben for posting it!

 

[RIP Psyclone]

Bob-Lo seems like it was interesting, an amusement park built on an island in the Detroit River, on the Canadian side of the border. Did you have to take a ferry to get to it?

[montezooma]

^ yes, I believe the only way to get there was by ferry. Sadly I never had the chance to visit the park.

[knottslover77]

I love how simple the Darien Lake commercial is.

 

--Jay

[RinkyDink94]

Does anyone have a 2008 Kings Dominion commercial?

[BrownStreak]

Does anyone have those Darien Lake commercials for the Predator with the guy rowing a boat through a swamp?

 

Or the older ones with the Darien Lake song? "...if you've heard more laughter than you've ever heard, it mus be Darien Lake..."

 

Or the truly retro-classic comericials for people in the Buffalo area- the 1970's/1980's commercials for Fantasy Island- "Fun...Wow!"

 

EDIT: Found a funny page in reference to Fun? Wow: http://www.heynorton.org/2006/06/08/fun-wow/

[montezooma]

SFMM PSYCLONE

If you liked the psyclone commercial on page 56 here is another version only much more mysterious...

 

 

Six Flags Magic Mountain

 

Also here is the other version of the "Building a Better Mountain" commercial that is posted on page 60

 

[AllenA07]

^Just making sure I'm right here, the Dolphin show at SFMM was held in Mystic lake correct?

[montezooma]

^no, they had a water ski show on Mystic Lake, the dolphin show was in the aqua theater which is now the Batman stunt show theater. And even before that El Bumpo occupied that space.

[astroworldfan1]

From both of SFMM's Psyclone commercials, it makes it seem like MM was really proud of Psyclone! It even seemed like it was the best coaster of it's time. Even though, we all knew it sucked!

 

-Tatum

[montezooma]

^ the name and the commercials where about the only good things about this ride. Where did they go wrong with Psyclone? All the other replications of the original turned out ok.

[montezooma]

Now lets get back to the Point...Cedar Point that is

 

CEDAR POINT "The Amazement Park"

 

 

The Iron Dragon

 

[signal]

That iron dragon commercial is really cheesy. It's amazing to think that they thought something like that would be cutting-edge technology

[DenDen]

That iron dragon commercial is really cheesy. It's amazing to think that they thought something like that would be cutting-edge technology

 

Well, back then, it WAS cutting edge. But the "speed of fright" reference was WAY off, being probably one of the lamest Arrow suspended coasters ever. (beat out of lameness only by XLR8.)

[montezooma]

Knott's Berry Farm

 

 

[knottslover77]

^Those were great! Do you now what years those where from?

 

--Jay

[Coasterlvr_nc]

I wish I had more commercials from Carowinds, that Drop Zone one is the only one I have.

 

I would've liked to see what commercials from back then looked like. surely they were better than todays commercials are. since when does flight deck, and son of Beast belong at carowinds?!?!?!?

 

Iron dragon: fly at the speed of fright

uhh, 10 mph??

 

600th post

[Nrthwnd]

^^^

 

That first KBF commercial 'sounds' alot to me like it was created during the "Garth Brooks era" of country music, lol.

 

Not that there's anything wrong with that. I have several of Brooks' CDs. He was Big during my squaredancing days.

 

But that might date the commercial, what? Late 80's, into the 90's?

 

Just a guess.

[RIP Psyclone]

I know that Knott's took advantage of the "Urban Cowboy" craze, but that would have been early 80's.

[Nrthwnd]

^ Or that.

[montezooma]

I wish I had more commercials from Carowinds, that Drop Zone one is the only one I have.

 

I would've liked to see what commercials from back then looked like. surely they were better than todays commercials are. since when does flight deck, and son of Beast belong at carowinds?!?!?!?

 

Iron dragon: fly at the speed of fright

uhh, 10 mph??

 

600th post

 

While I think it is wrong to use other coasters that are not in the park that the commercial are for (i.e Flight Deck & Son of Beast for Carowinds) I understand why it happens when the park is part of corporation that owns more than one park. There must be a great amount of savings in only producing one commercial that uses generic shots of rides and then changing the logo at the end of the commercial.

 

I just saw a commercial for Wild Waves in Seattle and they were using shots of the Texas Giant. Now the Texas Giant is not even part of the group that owns Wild Waves. Should a park be able to use just any ride out there in the ads?????

 

I am just saying...

[montezooma]

^Those were great! Do you now what years those where from?

 

--Jay

 

The Ho-Down commercial is from 1982 back when it was cool to listen to TG Sheppard. I am not sure when the other commercial is from.