First Name :   T FLANNAGIN URL or Email address :    Which park are you posting about? :   OPRYLAND USA How many times did you visit the park :   TO MANY TO COUNT Favorite Ride :   ALL Comments(max 3 lines per box) :   MISS IT ALOT. THINK OF ALL THE FUN THAT I HAD THERE EVERYTIME MY FAMILY COMES TO NASHVILLE. Comments cont. :   MY FAMILY TRAVELS TO NASHVILLE AT LEAST ONCE A MONTH. WE WOULD HAVE SEASON PASSES. First Name :   Mitch URL or Email address :   abenkc@comcast.net Which park are you posting about? :   Libertyland How many times did you visit the park :   Once Favorite Ride :   Pipen Comments(max 3 lines per box) :   The park was a true gem along with the Pipen. Even though I only visited Libertyland once, I knew how special of a place it was. I will never forget this historic park and will always cherish the memories of visit to Libertyland. Comments cont. :    First Name :   Conn URL or Email address :   acerguy13@yahoo.com Which park are you posting about? :   Libertyland How many times did you visit the park :   Just once with the ACe Preservation Conference Favorite Ride :   Zippin Pippin, probably the most fun I ever had on a roller coaster Comments(max 3 lines per box) :   I will miss Zippin Pippin always. We have lost our Zingo, I know how Memphis feels. Comments cont. :    First Name :   jennifer URL or Email address :   jlsong03@yahoo.com Which park are you posting about? :   opryland How many times did you visit the park :   to many times to count! Favorite Ride :   chaos, the hangman, rock and roll roller coaster,... i loved them all! Comments(max 3 lines per box) :   seeing all the picthures brought back a lot of wonderful memories! thanks for making this site! Comments cont. :    First Name :   Linda Odum URL or Email address :   Dumogirl@aol.com Which park are you posting about? :   Opryland How many times did you visit the park :   Very often especially with the Season Passes. Favorite Ride :   Wallbash & Grizzly River Comments(max 3 lines per box) :   I HOPE WITH THE CELEBRATION YOU ARE CONSIDERING BRING SOMETHING BACK TO THE AREA. I HOPE YOU REALIZE HOW MUCH IT IS MISSED BY SO MANY !!! Comments cont. :    First Name :   CINDY BALLARD URL or Email address :   CINDY.BALLARD@FERGUSON.COM Which park are you posting about? :   OPRYLAND How many times did you visit the park :   SEVERAL TIMES A YEAR Favorite Ride :   CHAOS! Comments(max 3 lines per box) :   THIS WAS MY FAVORITE SUMMER PLACE UNTIL IT CLOSED! MY MOM, SISTER, AND I HAD SEASON PASSES EVERY YEAR, AND ALWAYS HAD A BLAST! Comments cont. :    First Name :   Susan URL or Email address :   susan.meyer9775@yahoo.com Which park are you posting about? :   Opryland How many times did you visit the park :   It was my first job when I was 16 and worked there for 8 seasons. Favorite Ride :   I loved riding the Tin Lizzies. I was sad when they took them away. But now I will have to visit KK in KY with my children to ride them again!!! Comments(max 3 lines per box) :   Thank you so much for this site. I think of Opryland everyday. I tell my husband all the time if Comments cont. :   it were still open today I would probably still be working there. First Name :   scott URL or Email address :   scoobydoo22doo@msn.com Which park are you posting about? :   opry land How many times did you visit the park :   4 over several year period Favorite Ride :   delta screamin demon Comments(max 3 lines per box) :   its sad that gaylord entertaiment chose to close such a beautiful park and put up a freakin mall you can go to any old mall and its still a mall, but opryland was special it was the main reason i came to nashville, so to gaylord enteraiment i now go to br Comments cont. :    First Name :   scott URL or Email address :   scoobydoo22doo@msn.com Which park are you posting about? :   liberty land How many times did you visit the park :   10 over several years Favorite Ride :   zippin pippin Comments(max 3 lines per box) :   its a shame that the so called mayor & city council would let such a wonderful park close, the good people of memphis lost a unique attraction! shame,shame,shame!!!!!!!!! Comments cont. :   thanks to all the employees of liberty land for wonderful memories !!!!!!!!!!! scott harrison pine bluff ark. First Name :   Steve URL or Email address :   steviemac32413@yahoo.com Which park are you posting about? :   Opryland USA How many times did you visit the park :   Every chance I could! Favorite Ride :   Rockin Roller Coaster Comments(max 3 lines per box) :   Blasted Gaylord should have never closed our park! Comments cont. :    First Name :   John URL or Email address :   thurnic@hotmail.com Which park are you posting about? :   Opryland How many times did you visit the park :   maybe 10 Favorite Ride :   Rockin Roller Coater, Flume Zoom Comments(max 3 lines per box) :   I was there the day before it opened to the public ... the paint was new ... the Rudys Farm Buffalo Comments cont. :   next door ... an attraction where a cabin was all anti gravity ... First Name :   Mike URL or Email address :    Which park are you posting about? :   Opryland How many times did you visit the park :   Once a year every year. Favorite Ride :   All of them! Comments(max 3 lines per box) :   I live in Houston, TX and every year I went to Nashville to visit relatives. Of course I went to Opryland every time and loved it! I could just kill those who decided to close it down to make room for a crappy outlet center. Comments cont. :    First Name :   tyrone URL or Email address :   maddoggt33@yahoo.com Which park are you posting about? :   OPRYLAND!! How many times did you visit the park :   too many times! Favorite Ride :   all of them! Comments(max 3 lines per box) :   at 17 i work at the meadowgold ice cream parlore near the w-b cannonball. Comments cont. :   then at chaos consessions-ooh remember dippin dots! we want it back! First Name :   Charlie URL or Email address :   no2gjchief@aol.com Which park are you posting about? :   OPRYLAND U.S.A. How many times did you visit the park :   EVERY DAY THAT I COULD WORK Favorite Ride :   ALL Comments(max 3 lines per box) :   I WAS ONE OF THE LUCKY ONE WHEN THE GENERAL JACKSON COME I WENT TO WORK ON IT AN IM STILL HERE AFTER 32 YEARS AN STILL WORKING EVERY DAY. Comments cont. :   WISH THAT THE CO WOULD SEE THAT WE THE STARS NEED BACK A PARK TO HELP NASHVILLE TN First Name :   John URL or Email address :    Which park are you posting about? :   Opryland... My favorite place on Earth How many times did you visit the park :   Too many to mention Favorite Ride :   Screamin Delta Demon Comments(max 3 lines per box) :   Im glad this site exists to help me relive my fond memories. I wish I had taken more photos and video when I had the chance. Comments cont. :    First Name :   Bill URL or Email address :   Coasterbill@yahoo.com Which park are you posting about? :   Opryland How many times did you visit the park :   I never go to the park. The closes I did was once in opening year I got to Fiesta Texas which my guess is as close at you can get to Opryland. Favorite Ride :    Comments(max 3 lines per box) :   I really enjoyed your sight and it is great to see some of the great park you had in Opryland. Comments cont. :   I so wish I could have been to the park as I know I would have loved it as much as I can see you do. First Name :   Caleb URL or Email address :   dj_rook_727@yahoo.com Which park are you posting about? :   opryland How many times did you visit the park :   too many to count Favorite Ride :   hangman Comments(max 3 lines per box) :   I miss it and want it back!! Comments cont. :    First Name :   Greg URL or Email address :   utgreg27@yahoo.com Which park are you posting about? :   Opryland - The one and only !!! How many times did you visit the park :   a couple times a year. Favorite Ride :   all of them Comments(max 3 lines per box) :   I love your site , brings back so many memories. Our Sunday school class would come every year. It makes me mad everytime i go to Opry Mills Mall.. Comments cont. :   Im now 35 yrs old , and wonder what kids nowadays will look back and have as their memories , it sure wont be THE MALL !!! LOL ! First Name :   Stephanie URL or Email address :   chachadynamite@yahoo.com Which park are you posting about? :   Opryland How many times did you visit the park :   too many to count Favorite Ride :   Angler Inn, Wabash Cannonball Comments(max 3 lines per box) :   Still the best park in my opinion, with Busch Gardens the Olde Country trailing a close second. Comments cont. :   Always wondered where the bear from Grizzly River went, that thing scared the crap out of me everytime First Name :   Dani URL or Email address :    Which park are you posting about? :   OPRYLAND USA How many times did you visit the park :   Too many times to count---also, an employee form 87-89 Favorite Ride :   Chaos, Screaming Delta Demon, all the water rides Comments(max 3 lines per box) :   I went there on my honeymoon--came back to Nashville from New Orleans. We miss it. Comments cont. :    First Name :   Heather URL or Email address :   ciela372@hotmail.com Which park are you posting about? :   Opryland How many times did you visit the park :   once Favorite Ride :   barnstormer Comments(max 3 lines per box) :   I went back in 87 when i was 5. i was shocked to learn that opryland had closed. Comments cont. :   that park held a great memory for me. while i dont remember everything i do know it was fun. First Name :   Cindy URL or Email address :   CSutter@GaylordHotels.com Which park are you posting about? :   Gaylord Opryland How many times did you visit the park :   Too many too count ... I worked there for two seasons ... Favorite Ride :   Hangman Comments(max 3 lines per box) :   They should have never gotten rid of the park! It is missed by both the young and old. Comments cont. :    First Name :   Pugs URL or Email address :   Pugsl3@aol.com Which park are you posting about? :   Posting to Steve and Family How many times did you visit the park :   You Are Great People And It Is A Pleasure To Know And Work With You!! Favorite Ride :   Life Comments(max 3 lines per box) :   God Forgive,Bless, And Keep, Us All! Comments cont. :    First Name :   Jann URL or Email address :   jannski@bellsouth.net Which park are you posting about? :   Opryland How many times did you visit the park :   Over 85 times in the first year alone...1972. Favorite Ride :   Flume Zoom Comments(max 3 lines per box) :   I grew up less than a mile from the park. It was the greatest park I have ever been to...before, during, and after. I had one of Comments cont. :   the 1st season tickets, which cost Saw I Hear America Singing over 100 times. Knew every word and song. First Name :   Julie URL or Email address :    Which park are you posting about? :   Opryland How many times did you visit the park :   Twice Favorite Ride :   Grizzly River Rampage Comments(max 3 lines per box) :   Thanks so much for this site!! I have loved every minute of it. :) Comments cont. :    First Name :   Brandon URL or Email address :   brandon_lunday@bellsouth.net Which park are you posting about? :   Opryland USA. How many times did you visit the park :   I lived a couple of miles away so to many to count. Favorite Ride :   Rock and roller coaster,(Timber Topper). Chaos(when it worked before some idiot threw an Icee on the screen. Bump cars, I worked there for several years. Comments(max 3 lines per box) :   I worked at opryland in the latter half of the 80s and early 90s and the last season for 12 weeks before I found out my wife was pregnant. Bump cars, Waltz, Barnstormer, Old mill scream. and of course the Kiddie rides. We were forced to work there as bein Comments cont. :   I met my wife working there. She worked with me at bump cars where I was a lead. Best memory was the orange salt in the employee cafateria that we would put on fries. Anyone that worked there would remember that. First Name :   ANGIE URL or Email address :   ANGIELTERRY@HOTMAIL.COM Which park are you posting about? :   LIBERTYLAND AND OPRYLAND How many times did you visit the park :   MANY.....MANY TIMES.....WE WENT TO BOTH PARKS EVERY YEAR!!! Favorite Ride :   LIBERTYLAND: ZIPPIN PIPPIN (WE RODE IT OVER AND OVER). I ALMOST CRY WHEN I DRIVE PAST THE FAIRGROUNDS NOW (LAST TIME I DROVE PAST..THE PIPPIN WAS STILL THERE W/TREES GROWING UP BETWEEN IT!) AT OPRYLAND: CHAOS WAS MY FAV......BUT ALSO SCREAMIN DELTA DEM Comments(max 3 lines per box) :   I MISS BOTH PARKS SO MUCH! LOTS OF GREAT MEMORIES OF BOTH PARKS! IT REALLY BREAKS MY HEART B/C OF MY CHILDHOOD MEMORIES HERE!!! THE CLOSEST THEME PARK TO ME IS DOLLYWOOD(WHICH IS 7 HRS) OR MAGIC SPRINGS (I DIDNT CARE FOR THIS PARK TOO MUCH!!!) I MISS LIBE Comments cont. :    First Name :   Greg URL or Email address :    Which park are you posting about? :   Opryland! How many times did you visit the park :   More than I could count. Favorite Ride :   Early days - Timber Topper, Wabash Cannonball; near the end Chaos, Screamin Delta Deamon Comments(max 3 lines per box) :   Thank you for this site! I get sad everytime I go to O Mills... Comments cont. :    First Name :   Evan URL or Email address :    Which park are you posting about? :   OPRYLAND!!! How many times did you visit the park :   Countless times throughout the years Favorite Ride :   Wabash Cannonball Comments(max 3 lines per box) :   Such a great park and it is truly a shame that its gone. Comments cont. :    First Name :   David URL or Email address :   dtrent1701@hotmail.com Which park are you posting about? :   I am posting comments for Opryland USA! Location: Nashville, Tn! How many times did you visit the park :   Probably a total of eight times. My sister and her family lived in the Mt. Juliet and Brentwood area all throughout the 1980s! Favorite Ride :   This is a tough question! I had a sentimental spot for more than one. Chaos and the Screamin Delta Demon were good, but my all time favorite was the Wabash Cannonball! Totally awesome! Comments(max 3 lines per box) :   There were other rides I had a soft spot for such as the Barnstormer, the Flume Zoom (I rode it before they renamed Dulcimer Splash.) and the Tennessee Waltz. Comments cont. :   I remember a few of the shows like I Hear America Singing, Juke Box Theater and Martin Guitar. I wanted to ride The Hangman and never got the chance! I have no idea why Opryland closed. I miss it terribly! First Name :   Barry Amato URL or Email address :   barry@barryamato.com Which park are you posting about? :   Opryland USA How many times did you visit the park :   I performed in the red cast of Country Music USA for 5 years Favorite Ride :    Comments(max 3 lines per box) :   I have tons of photos and video footage from the years of 1985-1989 Comments cont. :    First Name :   Davondre URL or Email address :   SAD100@peoplepc.com Which park are you posting about? :   Libertyland How many times did you visit the park :   10 Favorite Ride :   Revolution Comments(max 3 lines per box) :   I love the stomach turning feeling when you get off the Revolution! Comments cont. :   Revolution RULES! First Name :   Steve s URL or Email address :   Draguntalon@aol.com Which park are you posting about? :   Opryland How many times did you visit the park :   Several worked there from 92 to 97 when it closed Favorite Ride :   Train Comments(max 3 lines per box) :   Wish some place like Opryland would come along in this area again. Comments cont. :   One of the best places I ever worked.I would do it all over again.Thanks for these websites First Name :   Steven Stobart URL or Email address :   Draguntalon@aol.com Which park are you posting about? :   Opryland How many times did you visit the park :   I only visited as a guest maybe 10 12 times. I worked there from 92 until it closed in 97 I helped close the gates. Favorite Ride :   The Train Comments(max 3 lines per box) :   I miss the park so much.It took alot away from the community as a whole when it closed. Young and old worked in the park,I guess is what made working there so special.I made alot of friends working there and I miss seeing them.Sad Sad day on Dec 31,1997 Comments cont. :    First Name :   Bryan URL or Email address :   bryanreiff@insightbb.com Which park are you posting about? :   Opryland How many times did you visit the park :   1 Favorite Ride :    Comments(max 3 lines per box) :   I used to work at a church 3 hours from my home in Louisville and once they took me to Opryland. I remember that day well. Last month I visited Nashville and was very sad to see the park missing. I asked if Opry Mills was on the site of the former park an Comments cont. :    First Name :   Frank URL or Email address :   fhopp@bellsouth.net Which park are you posting about? :   Opryland How many times did you visit the park :   worked at park for 1989 untill the end.One of the best places i ever worked. Still work at the hotel Favorite Ride :    Comments(max 3 lines per box) :    Comments cont. :    First Name :   Linda URL or Email address :   Strawngirl@aol.com Which park are you posting about? :   Liberty Land How many times did you visit the park :   not sure Favorite Ride :   Pippin Comments(max 3 lines per box) :   I grew up in Memphis and remember this ride. Thanks for this site! Comments cont. :    First Name :   Beverely URL or Email address :   BEVERELYK@aol.com Which park are you posting about? :   Opryland USA How many times did you visit the park :   Not sure of the exact number but several. Favorite Ride :   Grizzly River Rampage Comments(max 3 lines per box) :   Loved the theme park, have a lot of very found memories there with family. Really hate it closed would love to have taken my grandkids there. The rides, the music, and the friendly people made it all worth the drive and the heat. I wish someone would find Comments cont. :   Thanks so much for the memories you inspired on this page. First Name :   Ginger URL or Email address :   Idgie29@aol.com Which park are you posting about? :   Opryland How many times did you visit the park :   30 Favorite Ride :   Swings Comments(max 3 lines per box) :   Thanks for this website. It really took me back in time. I will look at it often. Comments cont. :    First Name :   Brandy URL or Email address :   fourbeaner@yahoo.com Which park are you posting about? :   The one and only Opryland How many times did you visit the park :   More times than I can count. Worked there whole summer of 83, and part of summer of 84. Favorite Ride :   that would be hard to say. Comments(max 3 lines per box) :   Love your site! Thanks for your work and all the memories!! Comments cont. :    First Name :   Carolyn URL or Email address :   crkaufman@charter.net Which park are you posting about? :   Opryland How many times did you visit the park :    Favorite Ride :    Comments(max 3 lines per box) :   In the early 70s we visited the park and listened to an outstanding performer named Mark Barnett. Can you tell me anything about him, his career. etc. Comments cont. :   There is a Mark Taylor Barnett listed on the internet, but I dont think that is the same Mark Barnett. He played outstanding banjo and guitar. Thanks. First Name :   Michelle URL or Email address :   snm2@msn.com Which park are you posting about? :   Opryland How many times did you visit the park :   6 or 7 Favorite Ride :   Screamin Delta Demon Comments(max 3 lines per box) :   Great Park with many memorable experiences. Some of the bigger parks dont hold a candle to it. Comments cont. :   It is sadly missed. First Name :   Robert URL or Email address :   robert.stpeters@gmail.com Which park are you posting about? :   Opryland How many times did you visit the park :   2 maybe 3 Favorite Ride :   Log flume Comments(max 3 lines per box) :   I remember visiting as a child in the early 70s, probably right after it opened. It was always a treat since it was for my birthday. Comments cont. :    First Name :   Bob URL or Email address :    Which park are you posting about? :   Opryland How many times did you visit the park :   To many to count. Worked there 1980-1982. Favorite Ride :   All but the Little Deuce Coup. That thing made me sick. Comments(max 3 lines per box) :   Met my wife there. Been married 25 years this year. We worked in the Plaza Cafeteria. Comments cont. :   Hate the mall. First Name :   Michael URL or Email address :   desertman85704@yahoo.com Which park are you posting about? :   Opryland USA How many times did you visit the park :   Unsure Several I Know Favorite Ride :   Log Flume Comments(max 3 lines per box) :   It Was A Great Place. They Should Have Never Closed It. It Will Be Missed Forever. I Loved It. Comments cont. :   Opryland USA Nashville Tennessee There Will Never Be Another Park Exactly Like I Am Afraid It Was Fun. First Name :   Tom URL or Email address :    Which park are you posting about? :   Opryland How many times did you visit the park :   Annually from about 74 to 81, then brought my own family back once while serving in the Navy. Favorite Ride :   Flume Zoom and the skyride. When I was a kid, I loved the Tin Lizzies. I could drive?? Woo-hoo! Comments(max 3 lines per box) :   If theyd ever bring it back, it would be a wonderful place for folks to visit with their families. Comments cont. :   Maybe someday theyll get their senses back and start a new one... First Name :   Wendy URL or Email address :   wendyreyes@hotmail.com Which park are you posting about? :   Opryland How many times did you visit the park :   100s. Worked all season long from 85 to 91. Met my husband Ram there and then left for San Antonio to open Fiesta Texas. Favorite Ride :   The Grizzley River Rampage and Rock n Roller Coaster. Was a Grizzley area hostess and later worked the Rock n Roller Coaster Comments(max 3 lines per box) :   I have such wonderful memories. The first time I visited Opry Mills, I cried. I can remember Comments cont. :   exactly where every ride was located in what now is a parking lot!! First Name :   Erik URL or Email address :   erikjenny@tiscali.de Which park are you posting about? :   Opryland How many times did you visit the park :   Worked there in 1996 Favorite Ride :   Skycoaster Comments(max 3 lines per box) :   Thanks for this site. Comments cont. :    First Name :   Mary Kaye URL or Email address :   simplepages@jaxnet.net Which park are you posting about? :   Opryland How many times did you visit the park :   At least once per summer for my childhood years, Im guessing 15 or more times. As a young married couple wed go in the evenings and saw many of the concerts they did those last years (1992-93?) We saw Sammy Kershaw, Lorrie Morgan, Doug Stone, Patti Lovele Favorite Ride :   Rockin Roller Coaster--my first roller coaster and I was scared to death. Then I got old enough/brave enough to do the Wabash Cannonball Comments(max 3 lines per box) :   I think what I remember the best was that I was usually left to run free here--we didnt worry about things like we do today. Comments cont. :   Thank you for these photos and for the descriptions including the smells! I can smell that pizza right now. First Name :   Michelle URL or Email address :   bijouxkat@aol.com Which park are you posting about? :   OPRYLAND How many times did you visit the park :   daily for many,many years. My mom was the head nurse at firstaid and I went to work with every day during summer. Favorite Ride :   chaos,flume zoom and little deuce coup. Also I looooved the music Comments(max 3 lines per box) :   My time at Opryland was a magical experience.I loved helping lost parents painting murals on thewalls Comments cont. :   and playing with lost kids to relax them while their parents were found. safely wandering the parks with friends