Geauga Dog Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 Everyone has their opinion but I also don't consider Martin's Fantasy Island ghetto. It's just rather quirky in spots. The front area and the western town are actually rather nice compared to the big midway where much of the thrilling rides are located. If they can get that midway from Silver Comet/Mind Warp down to the Ferris Wheel/Old Mill Scream to match the rest of the park, i.e. a little more landscaping, it would feel a bit more complete. Darien Lake was starting to get a little ghetto in spots until PARC and now Herschend have made some significant improvements to the property. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chetCO Posted March 21, 2013 Share Posted March 21, 2013 Valley Worlds of Fun in Fairmont, West Virginia south of Morgantown. Been there..it IS bad !! The day I went my camera had issues so I didn't get any pics but i did find this...the reviews pretty much says it all. http://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g59052-d896989-Reviews-Valley_Worlds_of_Fun-Fairmont_West_Virginia.html#REVIEWS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DougMJr Posted April 15, 2013 Share Posted April 15, 2013 I've never been here obviously, but this is extremely ghetto! [youtu_be] [/youtu_be] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FreeFaller Posted April 15, 2013 Share Posted April 15, 2013 I don't know if it's really a Ghetto Park, but when I was at Fantasy Island in the UK I felt like being in a Ghetto Park In Germany we would call it a trash park, but the attractions were good! Especially the Vekoma roller coaster! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cfc Posted April 15, 2013 Share Posted April 15, 2013 I've never been here obviously, but this is extremely ghetto![youtu_be] [/youtu_be] Hmm--what could possibly go wrong with something like this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meteornotes Posted April 15, 2013 Share Posted April 15, 2013 ^I'm amazed Movieland has not installed one of these. With flaming torches as a lighting package. dt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerome Posted April 15, 2013 Share Posted April 15, 2013 I've never been here obviously, but this is extremely ghetto![youtu_be] [/youtu_be] I've seen programs about India on PBS. They seem to ride on top of trains and all kinds of things as an everyday thing. Cool video. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TPDave Posted April 15, 2013 Share Posted April 15, 2013 I went to Southport in the UK once it had stopped being a "Park" and become more of a permanent gheto fair. That was pretty bad!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BudtheWeiser Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 Easy a certain Park In Wales Porthcawl to be exact that Tpr visited and Got to ride the coaster before it was condemned a 2 car coaster the back car filled with sandbags for ballast Scariest Coaster I have ever been on thought it was going to collapse on every corner,was far from surprised to find it had been condemned Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FreeFaller Posted May 7, 2013 Share Posted May 7, 2013 I think Didiland in France would be in the list of all the Ghetto Parks as well! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ultradude306 Posted May 9, 2013 Share Posted May 9, 2013 ^That's better. Hmm . . . for me, it might be this park in China. Or maybe this park, also in China. Holly S***! Was that booster-type ride in the second picture on the right able to run?.... if it was, I'm surprised it hasn't tipped over already. As for me, I've been pretty fortunate not to have really visited very many ghetto parks... worst I can think of is probably the carnival that comes to the mall/fairground in my neighborhood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sidra Posted August 19, 2013 Share Posted August 19, 2013 I'm torn on calling this park ghetto... but it kind of was. I have a lot of fond memories of it. Santa's Village in Sky Forest CA. I was reading the Wild Bill post on the really cool looking Ghost House Maze thing and someone linked an ebay listing for an awesome looking Car Themed Merry Go Round and at the bottom of that post was a current post for the pumpkin carriage from Santa's Village in Skyforest. I loved! Loved loved loved riding on this thing. Then again I was only like 4-6 when we went there. Pumpkin Coach from Santa's Village. So somehow that led me to this thread. circa 1982. Me on a white and gray dabbled pony and one of my younger brother's on the brown one. This place was magical for a 4-6 year old in the 80s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanM64 Posted August 19, 2013 Share Posted August 19, 2013 Old Indiana Fun Park was easily the most ghetto park I've ever been to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cfc Posted August 19, 2013 Share Posted August 19, 2013 Or maybe this park, also in China. Holly S***! Was that booster-type ride in the second picture on the right able to run?.... if it was, I'm surprised it hasn't tipped over already. As for me, I've been pretty fortunate not to have really visited very many ghetto parks... worst I can think of is probably the carnival that comes to the mall/fairground in my neighborhood. I don't remember if it was running or not. One ride, however, was definitely not running. "Er, is this going to open today?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
805Andrew Posted August 19, 2013 Share Posted August 19, 2013 The most ghetto park I have visited was Flintstones Bedrock City in Williams, AZ which was barely a park and was mainly a campground. It was a family camping trip in 1996 through Southern Utah and Northern Arizona and we had stayed at two different KOA campgrounds in Utah and in Arizona we stayed at the Flintstones campground about 30 miles south of the Grand Canyon. I remember seeing all the advertisements for this place in the AAA Tour Books and was really looking forward to camping here and was sorely disappointed when we arrived. The place was so dusty and rundown and barely anyone was camping there (mostly old folks in RVs). We there mainly as a hub to visit the Grand Canyon, other National Parks and Monuments in the region, and Sedona. One morning my sisters and I decided to scope the park section, which was supposed to be free to those staying at the campground. Of course the park wasn't open and operating until after we left the campground each morning and was closed by the time we came back in the evening (we were basically at the campground just to crash, cook/eat some dinners and breakfasts, and shower). My sisters and I were able walk around the tiny park (although nothing was operating) and we saw the buildings and what looked like a couple of homemade carnival rides. The train looked like a golf cart that was towing a couple of cars. After about 10-15 minutes walking around, we decided we didn't need to come back when everything was operating. I've been to city park playgrounds that looked more fun. Leaving the park section to go back to the campsite we walk through the restaurant which looks more like a cafeteria with picnic tables and we saw a cook smoking in the kitchen. Gross! I'm glad we didn't eat there. Everything at Flintsones Bedrock City was so dilapidated and depressing and put a shame to the Flintstones TV show which I loved. Almost everything else about the camping trip I enjoyed and a nice surprise was Slide Rock State Park between Sedona and Flagstaff which had a natural water slide on the river and was so fun and ended up being my favorite place in AZ (I shredded a swim suit there). Some pictures/info on Flintstones Bedrock City http://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/11289 http://www.ghosttownaz.info/flintstones-bedrock-city.php Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schrecken Posted August 19, 2013 Share Posted August 19, 2013 I also found that the clientele that tends to patronize Mt. Olympus is indeed extraordinarily ghetto and even more tacky than all but the worst Wal-Mart customers I've ever seen. However, the park itself was clean, had lots of shade, especially around the ride line areas, and wasn't at all low-brow at all in that regard. Many of the ride ops and staff were rather lackadaisical, but I don't know if I'd call them ghetto or not. This ghetto park clientele also spills out into area hotels (so obviously not all were locals) and actually into the whole touristy area. SFA did used to be really ghetto at points in its past, but it has made quite a bit of improvement since those bad times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2012jarrett Posted August 19, 2013 Share Posted August 19, 2013 This is an easy one for me...Smoky Mountain Speedpark in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. I was there a while back with a friend and her family and we were just vacationing in the area, but we swung into this place to let me grab a credit. Six bucks got my friend and I on their little Dragon Wagon (yes, I'm a credit whore, I know ) but the place was literally a parking lot with a few cheapo carnival rides plopped down in it next to a few go kart tracks that were fun, but felt like they were going to just fall apart any second. Didn't enjoy the Dragon Wagon because I felt like it was going to fall apart any second, and I didn't even MESS with the 20$ tiny sling shot without a cage. We did Dollywood two days later and it was a BIT classier... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMaxster Posted August 19, 2013 Share Posted August 19, 2013 Hi Jarret it is nice to see you here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kailisun98 Posted August 20, 2013 Share Posted August 20, 2013 All the parks in China have at least one aspect that makes it ghetto. Happy Valley: the operations. Other parks: little or no maintenance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goatdan Posted August 20, 2013 Share Posted August 20, 2013 The time I went to Mt Olympus, ops were so ghetto I've never been back. It included the ops once sitting and telling us to check our own harnesses, and to raise our hand if we thought there was a problem... Then after about 10 seconds dispatching while checking NOTHING. Another time, we came in and they left the train locked, chatted for a second and started sending it out without changing people with a line. Add the sharpied "must be 18 to ride here" on the back of the train, and it was amazing... However, the creme De la creme (or opposite of that) is a park I can't believe no one mentioned yet - Fun Spot in Indiana. Their claim to fame was they had an Arrow shuttle loop that got stuck upside down. Shortly after hearing that, and afraid I'd miss out riding one, some friends and I went there. They made the Olympus ops look godly. My favorite was that after the Arrow looper launched, they would have you recheck your own harness on the other side, like they expected it could just not be locked. They also has the most pitiful zoo, I clearly remember seeing a bunch of tigers and monkeys in corn silos with basically nothing else. It was so sad. They closed a few months later. Good riddance. The Arrow looper wasn't worth it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angry_Gumball Posted August 21, 2013 Share Posted August 21, 2013 Not that I'd fully call it ghetto but SFMM in 2001. I enjoyed the park but we all had to really keep our eyes peeled (and avoid wearing anything that was red) as some of the locals didn't seem to take kindly to us. A member in our party did happen to wear primarily red and we were getting stared at by local thugs...not pleasant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoBears Posted August 21, 2013 Share Posted August 21, 2013 Little Amerricka. Worst park experience ever. I understand a small owned park full of older classic rides, but the place was a dump when I went. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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