Places you went to when you were younger but they are long gone.

[DaffyKD]

Don't know about other places, but Farrell's has returned to Southern CA. The one by me is MUCH smaller than the one I would go to after all the HS football games, and my kids have not been there when someone has ordered a Zoo or eaten a Trough.

I miss the original Knott's Berry Farm. The Ghost Town is the original. It was built to keep the kids entertained while families waited in line for what seemed forever to eat at the Chicken House. It was free, the only ride was the stage coach ride which managed to get robbed every time it went out, there was always a gunfight in the middle of the street. Today, it is just a Western Themed Disneyland.

DaffyKD

[Sister Havana]

Some places I used to frequent in my IU days that are now long gone:

Karma Records
Discount Den/The Den
Garcia's Pizza in a Pan
White Rabbit
Mars
Morgenstern's books (this was my favorite new bookstore)
BW3 (the old Dunnkirk Square location - bought my first legal drink there!)
Aristotle's bookstore
Bookcellar (this was my favorite used bookstore)
Ladyman's Cafe
Mustard's

[Sister Havana]

Originally Posted by irishpipes

Old Chicago. A completely indoor amusement park so it was open year round. They had great commercials.

By the way, you can still ride the Chicago Loop roller coaster from Old Chicago. It's now at Canobie Lake Park in New Hampshire and has been renamed Canobie Corkscrew.

[carnation]

I worked at Astroworld as a teenager on the French Taxis and the Wacky Shack. Good times!

I also feel nostalgic about Peppermint Park, which was over by Gulfgate in southeast Houston.

[summer_gphib]

Originally Posted by ZetaPhi708

Mine would have to be Opryland, USA. Rode my first corkscrew coaster there. I was able to visit in in '96 before it closed down and they built Opry Mills Mall.

I totally miss Opryland--Screamin' Delta Demon, Chaos.... such great rides and a beautifully landscaped park.

[ZetaPhi708]

Originally Posted by summer_gphib

I totally miss Opryland--Screamin' Delta Demon, Chaos.... such great rides and a beautifully landscaped park.

CHAOS was sold to another park after Opryland closed down and according to this site, it has been scrapped.

http://rcdb.com/165.htm

Want to ride CHAOS again, kind of?

Here's a clone of CHAOS that is still operating, in Belgium ( with most of the effects actually working):

http://youtu.be/JqBknDf5-Y0

[AOX81]

Boblo island

[xibair]

Santa's Village Scotts Valley California on your way up to Santa Cruz.

[NutBrnHair]

I, too, have happy memories of Opryland and Astroworld!

I miss Rich's Department stores in Atlanta and Marshall Field's in Chicago!!

[BraveMaroon]

Originally Posted by NutBrnHair

I miss Rich's Department stores in Atlanta

Me too! That's actually my family, way back on my father's side.

Their bakery used to have these delicious smiley face sugar cookies.

[TPA85]

Sea World- Ohio.
Why did they ever think it was a good idea to put a Sea World in northern Ohio where it could only be open 3 months out of the year?!

[xibair]

Originally Posted by TPA85

Sea World- Ohio.
Why did they ever think it was a good idea to put a Sea World in northern Ohio where it could only be open 3 months out of the year?!

I remember that. My husband took me there a year or two before it closed. I thought the same thing why Sea World would be near Cleveland.

[AOX81]

Originally Posted by TPA85

Sea World- Ohio.
Why did they ever think it was a good idea to put a Sea World in northern Ohio where it could only be open 3 months out of the year?!

I grew up in Michigan but my parents took us there on one of our Cedar Point weekends. Not sure who thought SW in Ohio was a good idea! lol

[pinksequins]

Not that I particularly liked it, but does Underground Atlanta still exist?

[DreamfulSpirit]

Originally Posted by pinksequins

Not that I particularly liked it, but does Underground Atlanta still exist?

Yes it does...but it's become kinda shady now. (That's what I've heard...I never went in the 2 years I lived in Atlanta).