APsychoCareBear wrote:
This make's me wonder WTF ever happened to Santa's Village in San Bernardino, CA?
http://www.santasvillage.net/santas.village.history.html
Closed in 1998 due to lack in ticket sales.
Save your local parks!
| skullbrain.org http://skullbrain.org/legacy/ |
|
| My new blog about weird old Kiddie Parks http://skullbrain.org/legacy/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=47891 |
Page 1 of 1 |
| Author: | missy [ Fri Mar 28, 2014 12:36 pm ] |
| Post subject: | My new blog about weird old Kiddie Parks |
Hey, Thought some of you guys might dig this project I've been working on. http://enchantedkiddieland.wordpress.com/ It's my new blog about weird kiddie parks from the 50s & 60s that I've visited. Check it out if you are into that kind of this, and if you aren't- Hi anyway! Long time no talk! |
|
| Author: | psilo110 [ Fri Mar 28, 2014 12:47 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: My new blog about weird old Kiddie Parks |
Nice work! Did you ever make it to The Land of Make Believe in NJ? |
|
| Author: | missy [ Fri Mar 28, 2014 12:55 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: My new blog about weird old Kiddie Parks |
Sadly, not yet! Is it worth a stop? |
|
| Author: | psilo110 [ Fri Mar 28, 2014 1:29 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: My new blog about weird old Kiddie Parks |
I just read its less weird now and more of an amusement park... |
|
| Author: | IronPaw [ Fri Mar 28, 2014 1:46 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: My new blog about weird old Kiddie Parks |
Fun read! |
|
| Author: | 666doll [ Fri Mar 28, 2014 3:39 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: My new blog about weird old Kiddie Parks |
Hmmmmmm, this may be my new favorite site (at least for a while). I embrace the weirdness... |
|
| Author: | APsychoCareBear [ Sat Mar 29, 2014 12:07 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: My new blog about weird old Kiddie Parks |
This make's me wonder WTF ever happened to Santa's Village in San Bernardino, CA? |
|
| Author: | toothaction [ Sat Mar 29, 2014 12:30 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: My new blog about weird old Kiddie Parks |
Ace work, Missy! A true inspiration. |
|
| Author: | missy [ Sat Mar 29, 2014 6:04 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: My new blog about weird old Kiddie Parks |
APsychoCareBear wrote: This make's me wonder WTF ever happened to Santa's Village in San Bernardino, CA? http://www.santasvillage.net/santas.village.history.html Closed in 1998 due to lack in ticket sales. Save your local parks!
|
|
| Author: | Art-Whore [ Sun Mar 30, 2014 7:05 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: My new blog about weird old Kiddie Parks |
MAN huge thanks for sharing the link. Damn damn damn cool. |
|
| Author: | missy [ Mon Mar 31, 2014 10:39 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: My new blog about weird old Kiddie Parks |
Thanks Guys for the great feedback. I hope you'll follow since I have a ton of photos and info that I still want to post! |
|
| Author: | missy [ Tue Apr 01, 2014 6:05 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: My new blog about weird old Kiddie Parks |
Oh, I also set up a facebook page for the site if you want to follow along without checking back on the wordpress site regularly.  https://www.facebook.com/EnchantedKiddieland |
|
| Author: | missy [ Fri Jul 25, 2014 6:32 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: My new blog about weird old Kiddie Parks |
OH, and maybe this belongs on the instagram thread I started a million years ago, but the blog now has an instagram too! http://instagram.com/enchantedkiddieland Lots of updates on the regular site as well for those of you that weren't able to make it to comic-con and are tired of refreshing toy sites.  http://enchantedkiddieland.wordpress.com/
|
|
| Author: | petitetoilonrouge [ Fri Jul 25, 2014 6:53 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: My new blog about weird old Kiddie Parks |
But but but... The blog gives me nightmaaaaares. 
|
|
| Author: | severen [ Fri Jul 25, 2014 7:13 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: My new blog about weird old Kiddie Parks |
Here is a Facebook page dedicated to the fun time park I used to go to when I was a kid. Mother Goose Land!!! https://www.facebook.com/mothergooseland The only thing that's really still there is the whale. I think they have pics on there from when they had to brick up the whale's mouth because some homeless folks were camping in his maw. |
|
| Author: | missy [ Fri Jul 25, 2014 7:39 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: My new blog about weird old Kiddie Parks |
petitetoilonrouge wrote: But but but... The blog gives me nightmaaaaares. wuss. |
|
| Author: | paulk [ Fri Jul 25, 2014 8:14 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: My new blog about weird old Kiddie Parks |
Great blog, Missy! We took our son to StoryLand in NH last month and it was great. He had a blast; and we are sure to go back... although I think that Santa's Village will be our next stop http://www.santasvillage.com/ |
|
| Author: | missy [ Fri Jul 25, 2014 8:44 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: My new blog about weird old Kiddie Parks |
paulk wrote: Great blog, Missy! We took our son to StoryLand in NH last month and it was great. He had a blast; and we are sure to go back... although I think that Santa's Village will be our next stop http://www.santasvillage.com/ Both are great! I hit up both of them on the same trip. Here's a few posts about Santa's Village! http://enchantedkiddieland.wordpress.com/?s=jefferson |
|
| Author: | Dean [ Sun Jul 27, 2014 11:50 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: My new blog about weird old Kiddie Parks |
There was a Santa's Village in Scotts Valley (not far from Santa Cruz) as well. Several of the buildings are still kinda-sorta there in poor condition. If I understand correctly the land was recently sold, although I seriously doubt the new owner will try to revive the park. Among my childhood memories of the park were weird exhibits of chickens that would do tricks if you put a coin into a slot, a refrigerated "North Pole" that kids would lick and get their tongues stuck on, and a Santa/sleigh ride that was sort of odd to see in the middle of summer. There were also bakeries and candy stores that made their goods on site. Even as a child I thought the idea of Christmas all year round was bizarre, but what the heck ... every kid loves a theme park. My favorite by far was the much-missed Frontier Village in San Jose, CA. It was large and really beautiful, a fake Old West town set among fragrant trees with lagoons, islands, candy stores, magic shows, a shooting arcade, spin art shop, fishing pond, burro rides, the works. There were numerous traditional rides including a beautiful carousel, ferris wheel, and amazing scale steam locomotive, but my favorite was the Haunted Mine Ride, a dark ride with black lights, stalagmites, a spinning quicksand pit with a screaming witchy woman eternally circling in it, lots of sharp twists and turns, scary music and a big ghost miner TNT blast at the end. Terrified me when I was about four but after that I couldn't get enough of it. The park fell victim to yuppies moving into the area as it developed who complained about noise ... the owner finally gave up and shut it down, a big loss that people still mourn ... there's even a gathering at the site each year. Anyone remember Japanese Village and Deer Park in Buena Vista? Odd combo of Japanese cultural exhibits, petting zoo, porpoise shows and deer that you could feed. Now the area is nothing more than a bunch of boring business buildings, although one tree from the park survives in the parking lot. Cool blog Missy ... hope you keep it going. |
|
| Author: | Humanoid [ Thu Mar 05, 2015 11:06 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: My new blog about weird old Kiddie Parks |
Just checked out the blog, pretty cool. There use to be this place in Cincinnati called Fantasy Farm. I remember going there as a kid.     
|
|
| Page 1 of 1 | All times are UTC - 8 hours [ DST ] |
| Powered by phpBB © 2000, 2002, 2005, 2007 phpBB Group http://www.phpbb.com/ |
|