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Legend [15369]
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Taking the kids up to Ghost Town tomorrow. My son plays cowboys and indians
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May 30, 2024, 8:08 AM
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so thought it be cool to show him the wild wild west show. Remember as a kid that I thought the dude really got shot!
They can't wait to ride the roller coaster way up in the sky.
Any of yuns been lately?
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When did it reopen?
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May 30, 2024, 8:12 AM
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I thought it closed in 2016
If it’s up and going again, that’s good news.
If not, you can always swing by Tweetsie.
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Legend [15369]
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Last time I was there was 1993***
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May 30, 2024, 8:16 AM
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Heisman Winner [137988]
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I don't think it did reopen.
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May 30, 2024, 8:26 AM
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At least, there is no active web presence for the property, just a lot of links about it being abandoned. I read that a couple of developers have submitted plans to redevelop the park over the years, and there was even a rumor at one point that Disney was considering buying the property and redeveloping it.
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Lot o points [167698]
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So Ghost Town is a ghost town?***
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May 30, 2024, 8:27 AM
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It seems that way. I think the best idea would be for the Caddie clan to head
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May 30, 2024, 8:29 AM
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for the coast instead of the mountains and take the kids to Freestyle Music Park in Myrtle Beach.
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All-In [47296]
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They could also go to Carowinds and ride Thunder Road.***
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May 30, 2024, 8:30 AM
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Great idea!
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May 30, 2024, 8:40 AM
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They should go early enough to stop in at Outlet Marketplace and stock up at Carolina Pottery before hitting the park!
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Thats by Plaza Fiesta right?***
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May 30, 2024, 8:42 AM
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It became Plaza Fiesta after Carolina Pottery left and the dominoes started
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May 30, 2024, 11:18 AM
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falling after that. The Bass Shoe and Haggar outlets were the only things that survived into the Plaza Fiesta era. The Mexican flea market took up 3/4 of the mall. I especially miss the flea market and the food from Plaza Fiesta. That was actually the best shopping experience since that place opened on day one.
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Lot o points [162126]
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Lost my daughter for about 10-15 mins on that 4 story play structure
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May 30, 2024, 11:33 AM
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When she was 5 or 6. I’m not sure my beehole has fully unpuckered from that moment.
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There is no worst feeling
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May 30, 2024, 11:44 AM
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Had my then 2-ish y.o. daughter at the Steeplechase many years ago (she is 16 now, no pigs). Put her down for a bit and turned around to do something, turned back around and she was gone. It couldn't have been more than 10-15 seconds. She had gotten probably 100 yards away, that quickly. Freaked me thefuck out. She was only missing for maybe a minute but it felt like an eternity.
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After I graduated from Clemson, I came back to Rock Hill and started bartending
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May 30, 2024, 11:49 AM
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at For What It's Worth while searching for a career gig. I got an interview with TC Sports at Outlet Marketplace and got the job there a few months later. TC Sports was a forerunner of the #####/Academy model based out of Myrtle beach and had locations in outlet malls across the Carolinas. Outlet Marketplace hadn't opened yet, and the interview was conducted in a room that was made out of plastic sheeting hanging from the rafters with a folding table and a few folding chairs, no heat and no air. Once hired, we started building the inside of the store from the ground up and then stocking it. Over the 10 months I worked there, I managed the sporting goods, hunting & fishing, shoes, and exercise equipment sections. I sold exercise equipment to Jim and Tammy Bakker in person. They had no issues paying top retail dollar and my commissions selling to Heritage USA were fantastic, LOL. Also had a deal with the Brooks shoe rep that scored me a free pair for every 10 pairs I sold and left there with about 8 or 9 pairs of brand-new shoes in my closet. Also scored a lot of free gimmes from vendors in the hunting & fishing department like rods, reels, and fishing gear. It was a fun job, but I did not want to be in retail and jumped at the first chance at a better-paying 9-5 weekday gig. My manager liked me, and used to call and offer me part-time work when they had big sales or promotions, so I would jump on those opportunities to make some extra cash. I look back fondly on that job, but glad I was able to get out on a decent career path quickly.
Thanks for letting me tread down memory lane for a few minutes this morning.
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Lot o points [162126]
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Youre correct. Keeping tabs on this place has
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May 30, 2024, 8:36 AM
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Become a bizarre hobby of mine. Went there a ton as a kid and I think I have a news alert for the place so I get any article that comes in.
Just eerily defunct now and would take more money (with a smaller ROI) to reopen it as an amusement park than to just develop it. Lots of good urban explorer videos of the place as it sits with lots of drone footage as well.
Cool “moment in time” place that I have great memories from.
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Re: Youre correct. Keeping tabs on this place has
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May 30, 2024, 8:45 AM
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Do you track Land of Oz as well? Saw an interesting story about how some are trying to keep that one alive. I think they open for a few weeks in June, during Halloween and can be rented out as a wedding venue. Kinda neat and creepy at the same time.
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Never heard of that one***
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May 30, 2024, 8:58 AM
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Re: in Beech Mountain.
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May 30, 2024, 9:18 AM
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One of the more intriguing facts is that the "yellow brick road" isn't painted. The yellow coloring was actually fired into the bricks. The guy that built it had a vision. Just not deep enough pockets.
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Heisman Winner [137988]
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Mom & Dad took us there as kids.
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May 30, 2024, 11:21 AM
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I used to see a lot of those 'exploring abandoned theme park' videos shot at Oz before someone (sort of) reopened it. I think it used to be a popular high school drinking spot for a while after it was first abandoned.
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Oculus Spirit [76977]
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I don't think anybody has been to Ghost Town in the sky in a long time.
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May 30, 2024, 8:17 AM
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They don't have a wild west show, but this is between Maggie Valley and the Casino.
https://santaslandnc.net/
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Took the kids there about 20 years ago, and it was pretty cool.
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May 30, 2024, 10:22 AM
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They had some good rides for little kids and they enjoyed the zoo. Youngest daughter who was about 5 at the time got to hold an 8-foot python (yeah, no pics). They put it on her shoulders and it was so big her knees buckled. Wifey, who hates snakes, could not watch and walked away.
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Oculus Spirit [76977]
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I went a couple of times, more than 30 years ago now.
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May 30, 2024, 11:06 AM
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Found out my step-sister also went as a kid so now I'm trying to wrangle her and her brood to go back this summer.
I haven't been to Tweetsie in ages either, but kinda wanna.
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Get ready for disappointment
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May 30, 2024, 8:19 AM
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Since it closed like 15-20 years ago
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Amusement park name checks out***
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You know, y'all really spoiled a potential...
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May 30, 2024, 8:28 AM
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Recreating-the-scene-from-Vacation-at-Wally-World moment here.
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This is why we can't have nice stories***
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Why are we parking way out here Dad?
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May 30, 2024, 8:37 AM
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First ones out Russ
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that was one of the staples of my family's vacation destinations as a kid
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May 30, 2024, 8:54 AM
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when you grow up on the coast, beach vacations kind of suck because you can go to the beach pretty much any day of the week. So our family almost always did mountain vacations. Ghost Town, Ruby Falls, Rock City, Gatlinburg, Santa Land (?).....all up and down the NC and TN hills was our standard fare.
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I remember being genuinely scared of that train ride...
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May 30, 2024, 8:58 AM
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up and down the mountain as a kid. I wonder what kind of drugs the folks were on when they thought up the idea for that place.
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Waitaminute
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May 30, 2024, 9:02 AM
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You didn’t take the chair lift? I always assumed the train was for old ladies and the handicapped.
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All-In [32380]
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Both...I remember going on some kind of group trip there...
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May 30, 2024, 10:28 AM
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and the group had to take the train. The train was a lot scarier than the chair lift...at least in my ~10yo mind.
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Googled Ghost Town since I had never heard of it - seems like
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May 30, 2024, 9:03 AM
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a great opportunity to reopen with friendly robots that cater to all of the guests needs. I think there was a documentary on HBO about a similar western theme park...
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Never heard of it?
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May 30, 2024, 9:05 AM
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Man it hits me hard to hear about those with rough childhoods.
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Orange Blooded [4718]
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We went a few times to the mountains when I was a kid, but I don't remember
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May 30, 2024, 9:07 AM
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where - spent more time at the beach, I guess...
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