Comments on: Defunct Amusement Park Rides

By: rom hunter

rom hunter — Mon, 17 Apr 2017 20:52:57 +0000

James, the spacehip ride you talked about is called the Astro-Liner.
The man who made the films was John Davis (I bet you’ll love his work and late 70’s special effects).
Here’s one of his Astro-Liner movies:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTGpyVKEguI

By: Cappuccino64

Cappuccino64 — Sat, 15 Apr 2017 06:49:07 +0000

In reply to itscmillertime. I've been watching James's videos since middle school (something like seven years ago; yeesh) and hearing them talk about a park only a couple miles from where I live is just surreal.

By: Joe

Joe — Wed, 05 Apr 2017 18:22:19 +0000

The 20,000 Leagues ride still exists out in Disneyland, it’s just been repurposed as a Finding Nemo ride. I went on the original and it was pretty corny. They’re fake submarines that you ride in, they’re on a rail and go underwater just far enough that the windows are covered, but they’re never totally submerged. Definitely not a good ride to go on if you’re claustrophobic. The scenery was like what you would find in someone’s aquarium, just mostly junk. A very gimmicky ride. When I was last out in Disneyland the Nemo version was closed for a refurb. The interesting thing about that was that the monorail would go over it and you could see the empty pool area and all of the stuff they were re-painting. My understanding is it’s still basically the same ride, but they project the Finding Nemo story from the Epcot ride over the windows so it looks like the characters exist in the pool.

By: Daniel

Daniel — Wed, 05 Apr 2017 11:30:24 +0000

Great list! I remember a lot of those rides. I also remember that rocket ride. Clementon Park was about 20 minutes from my house growing up.

By: giant777squid

giant777squid — Wed, 05 Apr 2017 01:51:15 +0000

Wow great memories! I too remember that Rocket ride. I think it was at a travelling fair or maybe an amusement park in Maine. Perhaps there were several versions of it using the same video. I remembered the spider legs as being more like tentacles. I’ve been dying to see a video of it online. I absolutely loved it!

By: Flintboy

Flintboy — Tue, 04 Apr 2017 22:45:51 +0000

In reply to Xen11. I'm not a sports fan it's just because i want new avgn episode.

By: itscmillertime

itscmillertime — Mon, 03 Apr 2017 23:27:28 +0000

In reply to coolguyhino92. It isn't defunct. Still there.

By: itscmillertime

itscmillertime — Mon, 03 Apr 2017 23:25:52 +0000

Love the shoutout to canobie lake and storyland at the end! I’m from NH and both places are great. That mine ride at canobie is still there and awesome as ever. Also for some strange reason they have 2-3 simpsons arcade games there still operational. Such an awesome park.

By: coolguyhino92

coolguyhino92 — Mon, 03 Apr 2017 04:26:37 +0000

Genuinely surprised they didn’t mention the E.T. bike ride.

By: Kevin Stermer

Kevin Stermer — Mon, 03 Apr 2017 00:09:59 +0000

I can’t believe you guys didn’t talk about the JAWS ride. It was closed in Orlando to make room for Harry Potter world. blah.