First Name : Nadean
URL or Email address : nadeancarter@yahoo.com
Which park are you posting about? : Opryland
How many times did you visit the park : 3 to 4 times a week. My dad work for opryland.
Favorite Ride : ALL RIDES!!
Comments(max 3 lines per box) : When is Opryland comming back? I miss the rides and music. I have been to the mall
only a hand full
Comments cont. : of times.
First Name : Graham
URL or Email address : graham@grahambaker.net
Which park are you posting about? : Opryland
How many times did you visit the park : 75 or so
Favorite Ride : kids loved Tin Lizzies
Comments(max 3 lines per box) : Really, really miss the park. Powers-that-be made a huge mistake.
Shows/atmosphere were great.
Comments cont. : Have been shopping on current site maybe 2 times. Can buy a shirt anywhere...miss theme park.
First Name : Phil
URL or Email address : philipwatson@mac.com
Which park are you posting about? : Oland
How many times did you visit the park : Too many to count- I worked there for many years.
Favorite Ride : Didnt ride much, but I enjoyed the Washbash Cannonball.
Comments(max 3 lines per box) : Too many memories to mention, but it was truly a wonderland for all. I was there,
working as a musician, the last night it was open. We walked out as they were closing the gates for the last time.
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First Name : Scott
URL or Email address : DsBurt99@yahoo.com
Which park are you posting about? : Opryland
How many times did you visit the park : Countless times as a kid and teenager
Favorite Ride : Wabash Cannonball and Grizzly River Rampage
Comments(max 3 lines per box) : I hate that Opryland is gone as I spend many summers there as a kid. Wabash
Cannonball was the
Comments cont. : first coaster I had ever ridden, and now I am a coaster buff. Just sad to see it all gone.
First Name : DARYL
URL or Email address : dpayne@ced9756.com
Which park are you posting about? : OPRYLAND USA
How many times did you visit the park : COUNTLESS FROM 1982-1997
Favorite Ride : HANGMAN, GRIZZLY RIVER RAMPAGE, BARNSTORMER......
Comments(max 3 lines per box) : A BIG piece of me DIED in 1997. Ive said that every year since. Indescribable
heartache as I look
Comments cont. : at this site & ache for those precious memories. As someone said, makes you HATE that mall more &
more
First Name : Ryan
URL or Email address : drpepperdrinker2000@yahoo.com
Which park are you posting about? : Opryland
How many times did you visit the park : Every weekend!
Favorite Ride : Chaos
Comments(max 3 lines per box) : I work at Opryland Hotel right now, and to this day I still have people that ask me
where is Opryland..
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First Name : Tammy
URL or Email address : famlees@bellsouth.net
Which park are you posting about? : Opryland USA
How many times did you visit the park : My entire childhood. Season passes every year since it opened as we lived
nearby. Stopped going regularly around 86, but still went occasionally .
Favorite Ride : Probably the Timber Topper, later named the Rockin Rollercoaster.
Comments(max 3 lines per box) : I feel like my entire childhood was swept away for a stupid mall.
Comments cont. : Thank you for this sight. Its overwhelming.
First Name : Jen
URL or Email address :
Which park are you posting about? : Opryland
How many times did you visit the park : We went several times in the 70s,when we were kids. Last visit was in 96.
Favorite Ride : I loved em all! We had a blast riding them all. Loved the beautiful carousel.
Comments(max 3 lines per box) : I wish Opryland was still there, Id love to take my kids there.
Comments cont. : Greedy people with dollar signs in their eyeballs...thats why Opryland is no more. That sucks!
First Name : Katherine Jones
URL or Email address : fuzzykitty@comcast.net
Which park are you posting about? : Opryland
How many times did you visit the park : Too many to try to think of.
Favorite Ride : Grizzly River Rampage
Comments(max 3 lines per box) : Wish we still had it here.
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First Name : john
URL or Email address : jcausley@gmail.com
Which park are you posting about? : opryland
How many times did you visit the park : many times
Favorite Ride : ole mill scream
Comments(max 3 lines per box) : love it and miss it
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First Name : Angela
URL or Email address : libertybuilders@alltel.net
Which park are you posting about? : Opryland USA
How many times did you visit the park : Lots...I sang in a show there in 1986
Favorite Ride : Wabash Cannonball
Comments(max 3 lines per box) : They made a HUGE mistake when they tore the park down!! What a loss!!
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First Name : David
URL or Email address : david.cartwright@southern-air.com
Which park are you posting about? : opryland
How many times did you visit the park : at least 7 times
Favorite Ride : all of them
Comments(max 3 lines per box) : I really miss the park. It broke my heart when they shut it down to build another stupid
shopping center.
Comments cont. : It was always a beautiful place. We came from Lynchburg, VA just to go there and the Opry.
First Name : Daryl
URL or Email address : darylvegas@yahoo.com
Which park are you posting about? : Libertyland.
How many times did you visit the park : I performed in the Liberty Dance Hall for two summers in 1991-92. Employees
had free admission to the park and I was there after my work hours several times a week riding the rides.
Favorite Ride : Zippin Pippin and Old Hickory Log Flume. I literally rode the Pippin close to a thousand times. Old
Hickory was a great ride to get close and snuggle with your girlfriend as you waited for the big drop. Good times.
Comments(max 3 lines per box) : The summers I spent at Libertyland were probably one of the greatest times in my
life. I looked forward to going to work every day and seeing my friends. And walking through the park between shows.
Libertyland will always have a place in my heart.
Comments cont. : Opryland has many memories for me as well. A big group of us would drive up there on our day off a
couple times every summer. Long live Grizzly River Rampage. Both parks will be forever missed.
First Name : Paul
URL or Email address : gmail.com
Which park are you posting about? : Opryland
How many times did you visit the park : a lot!
Favorite Ride : Screaming Delta Demon and the Angle Inn
Comments(max 3 lines per box) : I spent 2 summers working in Food and Beverages...some of my best childhood
memories are of Opryland.
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First Name : Ron
URL or Email address : rwalker1965@bellsouth.net
Which park are you posting about? : Opryland
How many times did you visit the park : 7, I was there for opening day.
Favorite Ride : Loved them all
Comments(max 3 lines per box) : I porposed to my wife there 21 years ago, and we both miss the park a lot!!!!! We
really wish we could have taken our 3 children there so they could enjoy it as much as we did!
Comments cont. : THANKS A LOT FOR RUINING IT FOR US ALL GAYLORD!!!
First Name : Mike
URL or Email address : www.webdesignsbyme2.com
Which park are you posting about? : Opryland USA
How many times did you visit the park : I had season passes! Several Times during its tenure - it was my first job, i
worked there from 16 to 20 it was the best job ever, the sweepers were absolutely beautiful!
Favorite Ride : The Timber Topper was awesome, then after the Grizzly was opened, i stayed wet all the time.
Comments(max 3 lines per box) : I have a year boof from 1981, tours down memory lane are great!
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First Name : Darrell
URL or Email address :
Which park are you posting about? : Opryland
How many times did you visit the park : 8+
Favorite Ride : kids coaster, Grizzly River Rampage, Thin Lizzy
Comments(max 3 lines per box) : Enjoyed all of the shows. Opryland had a magic all its own and brings back great
memories. Enjoyed the Angle Inn, the theater shaped like a steamboat, the Juke Box Theater
Comments cont. : Nashville isnt Nashville without Opryland. I am sure they would love to have back all of the tourist
dollars that the city lost due to closing the park. Bring back Opryland!
First Name : Meredith
URL or Email address : mhcadena@comcast.net
Which park are you posting about? : Opryland
How many times did you visit the park : I grew up having a Seasons Pass and then worked there for 4 years in Doo Wa
Diddy City.
Favorite Ride : The Rockin Roller Coaster.
Comments(max 3 lines per box) : I hopped the coaster until I was forced to get a real job. Then I just went to the hotel!
Comments cont. : I only wish that my kids had the opportunity to work at such a fun and safe place. I really miss it.
First Name : Hannah, Dennis, Cynthia, Caleb
URL or Email address :
Which park are you posting about? : Opryland
How many times did you visit the park : COUNTLESS! The whole family had season passes from 1990 until the park
closed. Weekends and the summer were spent at the park
Favorite Ride : Hannah - Rock n Roller Coaster Dennis - Rock n Roller Coaster Cynthia - Tennessee Waltz Caleb -
Rock n Roller Coaster
Comments(max 3 lines per box) : That park holds so many wonderful memories to my family. My brother and I grew up
there! My family reminisced just today about the park, food, rides, attractions and shows.
Comments cont. : Thank you so much for creating this site. I want to cry, knowing that I can never go back, but I am so
thankful to have been reminded of something so dear to my childhood.
First Name : Darrin
URL or Email address : D_L_Payne94@yahoo.com
Which park are you posting about? : Opryland
How many times did you visit the park : Twice
Favorite Ride : All of them Id dare to ride.
Comments(max 3 lines per box) : Although I only visited twice it made memories that have lasted. Wish I could share it
with my children but
Comments cont. : unfortunatly GREED is more important than a lifetime of memories to some. Thanks to all employees
for the memories!
First Name : Dara Gouger
URL or Email address : daragouger@bellsouth.net
Which park are you posting about? : Opryland
How many times did you visit the park : numerous
Favorite Ride : Tie between Barnstormer & Grizzly River Rampage
Comments(max 3 lines per box) : We hardly ever went anywhere when I was growing up. I looked forward to our trip to
Opryland & was so sad when it closed!
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First Name : Betsy
URL or Email address : betstro@yahoo.com
Which park are you posting about? : Opryland
How many times did you visit the park : Too many to count. We had season tickets and went at least once a week
during the last summer it was open.
Favorite Ride : Rockn Roller Coaster
Comments(max 3 lines per box) : Opryland was such a family place. I have so many fond memories of that place. Sure
wish they could bring it back. Dont we already have enough shopping malls??
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First Name : Sam
URL or Email address : sag1q@yahoo.com
Which park are you posting about? : Opryland
How many times did you visit the park : I had a season pass several years and worked there also. I Probably visited
over 100 times.
Favorite Ride : Flume Zoom
Comments(max 3 lines per box) : It was a great place to work and visit. I am glad that I had the opportunity to take both
my childern there.
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First Name : Kim
URL or Email address : kdb37029@bellsouth.net
Which park are you posting about? : Opryland
How many times did you visit the park : too many to count
Favorite Ride : choas
Comments(max 3 lines per box) : I always wondered why people would drive so far to visit Opryland....It was not very
fun
Comments cont. : (so I thought in my younger years) But now that it is gone, I miss it very much.
First Name : Joshua
URL or Email address : jsweitzer1@cfl.rr.com
Which park are you posting about? : Opryland USA
How many times did you visit the park : A lot
Favorite Ride : Chaos
Comments(max 3 lines per box) : This was the first theme/ amusement park that I ever went to. It opened up a love for
Comments cont. : parks and roller coasters. I would love to see it return one day!
First Name : TRACIE
URL or Email address : TDYOUNG26@YAHOO.COM
Which park are you posting about? : OPRYLAND USA
How many times did you visit the park : TOO MANY TIMES TO COUNT AT LEAST ONCE A WEEK IN THE SUMMERS
Favorite Ride : CHAOS, OLD MILL SCREAM, SCREAMING DELTA DEMON I LOVED EVERYONE OF THEM
Comments(max 3 lines per box) : I SAY THEY NEED TO BRING BACK OPRYLAND AND TEAR THE MALL DOWN. I
THINK IT WAS A STUPID IDEA ANYWAY. THANKS FOR CREATING THIS SIGHT
Comments cont. : I FELT SICK TO MY STOMACH WHEN I SEEN THE RIDES SITTING IN THE FIELD.
First Name : Krista
URL or Email address : KristaMark@aol.com
Which park are you posting about? : Opryland
How many times did you visit the park : I worked there for 4 years
Favorite Ride :
Comments(max 3 lines per box) : I was part of the opening cast for the General Jackson in 1985.
Comments cont. : It was a great time in my life, and I miss it. Thanx for remembering.
First Name : Tanya
URL or Email address : Dulcinea@digitalreign.us
Which park are you posting about? : Opryland USA
How many times did you visit the park : Too Many times to count between 1989 and 1997. I worked there for the 97
season in the airbrush facepainting booth.
Favorite Ride : Screamin Delta Demon
Comments(max 3 lines per box) : I have to laugh when I think of The Demon. The walk to get to it was always fun, but
what I
Comments cont. : remember most is people asking me where it was. My booth was right across from it. LOOK BEHIND
YOU!!
First Name : Amelia
URL or Email address : ameliaadkisson@hotmail.com
Which park are you posting about? : Opryland
How many times did you visit the park : Atleast 5 times - my family loved this park!
Favorite Ride : Walbash Cannonball and Screamin Delta Demon
Comments(max 3 lines per box) : I was recently in Nashville and stayed at the Gaylord Hotel and started thinking about
how its so sad that the mall replaced such a wonderful place. I made so many memories here. Thanks for the site!!
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First Name : Ashley Clinton
URL or Email address : ac-magic@hotmail.com
Which park are you posting about? : Opryland USA
How many times did you visit the park : Several, several times from age 8-long drive from Birmingham, AL though.
Favorite Ride : The Tin Lizzies til about 12 then, The Walbash rocked until Chaos arrived. Its horrible to see the
remains of the Rampage to make way for MORE shopping centers. The should re-build Opryland and tell the shoppers
to just use Ebay.
Comments(max 3 lines per box) : The American Musical Theater performances is why I began studying musical theater.
I was actually picked to help with the South Pacific number.
Comments cont. : All the performers at Opryland were always encouraging in my endeavors to perform on stage. I wish
them best wishes and who knows, maybe Opryland will sing again.
First Name : Latasha
URL or Email address : aib1997@yahoo.com
Which park are you posting about? : Opryland
How many times did you visit the park : so many I cant count..I lived only 25 minutes away.
Favorite Ride : Rock n Roller coaster
Comments(max 3 lines per box) : I miss Opryland..I have no clue why they would replace a theme park with a mall! Its
never been the same, after the park left it was like Nashville kind of died.
Comments cont. : I have so many memories of Opryland with my friends...I had my first real kiss on the Sky Ride! I miss
those days!
First Name : Julie
URL or Email address : jmharper@scrtc.com
Which park are you posting about? : Opryland
How many times did you visit the park : too many to count
Favorite Ride : Grizzly River Rampage, Old Mill Scream
Comments(max 3 lines per box) : I just found your site today and absolutely love it! It brought tears to my eyes. I miss
Comments cont. : Opryland so much! I still cant believe it was replaced by a mall. I hate Opry Mills!!
First Name : Tom Jeffery
URL or Email address : tom.jeffery@je.jfcom.mil
Which park are you posting about? : Opryland
How many times did you visit the park : I worked there summers while in college
Favorite Ride : Railroad
Comments(max 3 lines per box) : I met my wife, Winette at Opryland.
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First Name : Becky
URL or Email address : beckythebarber@yahoo.com
Which park are you posting about? : Opryland
How many times did you visit the park : 10ish
Favorite Ride : flume
Comments(max 3 lines per box) : ONly been to Opryland and Bush Gardens by age 40! I loved Opryland.
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First Name : Marquies
URL or Email address : bobofeet@bellsouth.net
Which park are you posting about? : Opryland USA
How many times did you visit the park : Visit!! I worked there for three summers. 1991 - 1993 What a fun place to work.
Favorite Ride : Grizzly River Rampage.
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First Name : Lee
URL or Email address : mr.he-lee@hotmail.com
Which park are you posting about? : Opryland
How many times did you visit the park : Numerous, I went as a child and then worked there 5 seasons 85 to 89.
Favorite Ride : Rockin Roller Coster
Comments(max 3 lines per box) : Its a shame they closed it. That is where I met my wife. I wanted to take my kids there
someday and show them.
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First Name : Rita
URL or Email address : thinkpink1971@charter.net
Which park are you posting about? : Opryland
How many times did you visit the park : lots, my mom worked for National Life, so they closed the park one day every
year and had the company picnic there. Later, I worked there.
Favorite Ride : Wabash Cannonball, Tennessee Waltz
Comments(max 3 lines per box) : Love the song, tore down paradice and built a parking lot indeed!
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First Name : sandy
URL or Email address : sandylovestom@hotmail.com
Which park are you posting about? : opryland
How many times did you visit the park : twice a yr for allmost 10yrs
Favorite Ride : my kids loves them all
Comments(max 3 lines per box) : MY HUSBAND AND I HAVE DROVE THROUGH NASHVILLE ON THE WAY TO
FLORIDA,STOP IN 2003 AT THE OPRY.
Comments cont. : DID I CRY? YES. WHY DID THEY REALLY CLOSE?
First Name : Bella
URL or Email address : the_colourful_one@hotmail.com
Which park are you posting about? : Liberty Land
How many times did you visit the park : 0
Favorite Ride : ALL!!!
Comments(max 3 lines per box) : Im soo sad I never got to go to Liberty Land and now that I have seen pics of it, I
WANT TO GO SOOOO BAD!!!!! its not fair WHY DID THEY SHUT IT DOWN!!!!!!!!!
Comments cont. : BRING LIBERTY LAND BACK!!!!!
First Name : Jamie
URL or Email address : jamiepharis@yahoo.com
Which park are you posting about? : Opryland USA
How many times did you visit the park : TOO MANY TO COUNT, OVER 100.
Favorite Ride : Grizzly River Rampage
Comments(max 3 lines per box) : I miss it sooo much, thanks for doing this on the web. I cried when I saw some of the
video. It almost feels like I dreamt about this, but I know its real from video!
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First Name : jeremy
URL or Email address : http://www.burnlikestars.blogdpot.com
Which park are you posting about? : Opryland
How many times did you visit the park : many
Favorite Ride : all of them
Comments(max 3 lines per box) : What can we do to get the park back?!
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First Name : Julia
URL or Email address : jewlesmon@yahoo.com
Which park are you posting about? : Opryland
How many times did you visit the park : 3 or 4 times
Favorite Ride : Chaos
Comments(max 3 lines per box) : This place was part of my childhood. I hate they tore it down. I would have loved for
my children to see it. We went on school trips and skipped school just to go
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First Name : jeffrey
URL or Email address :
Which park are you posting about? : opryland
How many times did you visit the park : at least three times a year when it was opened. i now work at the hotel gaylord
opryland which was connected to the park.
Favorite Ride : almost all of them
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First Name : Jimmy
URL or Email address : kennedy@collins-maury.com
Which park are you posting about? : Libertyland
How many times did you visit the park : countless
Favorite Ride : Log Ride
Comments(max 3 lines per box) : I have a tough time driving by what used to be Libertyland. I have a lot of fun
memories.
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First Name : Bob
URL or Email address : bostil@yahoo.com
Which park are you posting about? : Opryland
How many times did you visit the park : Just one day
Favorite Ride : Going down the rapids. But I enjoyed all of it.
Comments(max 3 lines per box) : I still have one of thoes big green cups that I drink my soda out of.
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First Name : Al
URL or Email address : boscoal@aol.com
Which park are you posting about? : opryland
How many times did you visit the park : 8-10 times a season
Favorite Ride : Rock amd Roll coaster
Comments(max 3 lines per box) : i HOPE i NEVER RUN INTO THE IDIOT THAT CLOSED IT
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First Name : Cayron
URL or Email address : tildend27@bellsouth.net
Which park are you posting about? : Opryland USA
How many times did you visit the park : Who knows? Here in the South, you visited 3-4 times a year.
Favorite Ride : The drop on the Wabash always topped everything. It was also fun to stand in line and watch the track
wobble just prior to the cars shooting down it.
Comments(max 3 lines per box) : Im looking to piece together the script for the Angle Inn. Any memories?
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First Name : butch
URL or Email address : butchp4@hotmail.com
Which park are you posting about? : opryland
How many times did you visit the park : 10 or 12
Favorite Ride : rocking roller coaster
Comments(max 3 lines per box) : this park is soreley missed it was one of my family true family outings we even went
together after my parents seperated as a group if opryland was open i`d go
Comments cont. : back every year and look forward to it with the popularity of country music and all forms of music you
thin that someone would start another park like this it would be a big hit
First Name : jennifer
URL or Email address : ducksjeep@yahoo.com
Which park are you posting about? : opryland
How many times did you visit the park : 3 times
Favorite Ride : loved em all
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