"You don't like it, Tommy? Okay, this is the part where we conveniently lose you for a couple of hours while we have fun. I'm sure a nice stranger or someone in a Smurf outfit will bring you to the front office."
He was probably crying in anticipation of the Gargamel section of the ride. I was on the Smurf walk through at Canada’s Wonderland a lot as a kid and I remember feeling nervous at the part where you had to pass Gargamel. I think it was the music and the big animatronic of Gargamel that did it. Does anyone know if Canada’s Wonderland used the same soundtrack for their ride even though it was a walk through and not a boat ride? I can’t find any footage of it unfortunately.
This was me as a kid. That Gargamel freaked me out! All the adults would want to get outta the sun. I would wig out as soon as the ride would start, I couldn't help it.
Before it was smurfs it used to be called hannah barberas enchanted voyage in the 70s and of course it features hannah barbera characters such as the hillbilly bears scooby doo and shaggy top cat the banna splits etc so basically you've probably would like that better however footage and photos are scarce I restored some on my Instagram a few weeks or so ago and our theme park used to have a smurfs land instead of a scary looking gargamale on a ride
I remember this ride too, when I was younger, scarred the absolute shit out of me then. I want to say there was a scene either in the Gargamel to Halloween part, there was a smurf with a hand smacking it's face with black stuff. I was so young I don't really recall that too well. Anyone know or was my imagination going crazy at the time. But that stuck with me the most
Loved that ride! Especially when it was so hot out. Nice cool enjoyable ride. Loved the Smurfs and always got a Smurf ice cream cone after the ride. Miss those days!
There was a section of this ride where the tone def turned sinister, and I hated that part just as much as any other traumatized child who had to experience it too. My memory of the ride as a whole is vague in my mind, but I do remember a Gargamel figure with burning red eyes that terrified me. My parents & siblings never understood it and I was taunted throughout my childhood for having screamed & cried (like the kid in this video) on that ride
@SocialSmurf @KingsIslandPR LOL! Real Cool to see that over 20 years after I last rode it. It opened the year I was born. One of my All-Time Favorite Rides but Gargamel scared me too! Thanks for sharing!!
Poor ol' Tommy was so much terrified that he probably shit his diaper hardcore...He really sounded like he deep down somewhere he really loved the Smurf ride and wanted to go on it again...he looks like he cried crocodile tears because his face was dry as a bone...This ride never was scary infact it was supposed to cool you off as your stomach is calming from riding some of the coasters and getting ready to eat lunch which is overwhelming to your pocketbook. Then you after eat your lunch...then you go on some water rides then you and your little one will act like Tommy but with cramps and he will spend a couple hours at the first aid station until he shots or pukes...then time to go home...then you say as a parent that was a day well spent...and the money spent on souvenirs could have been spent on a motel room but no you spent it on the kid just so he can puke up the expense of the expensive lunch in your car, and you yell at the brat and slam on the brakes and Pray to God that nobody nails your car because you have only clean napkin to your name to clean up the car and the kid...then a second thought comes to mind. Do I make it to a rest area or do I make back the house to clean the kid and the car...then you look at the backseat and you have a little smile across your face seeing the kiddo sleeping and he is clutching that souvenir that you got him and he wakes briefly to tell you he loves you and also thanks you for a fun day...then you aren't mad about anything about him getting sick or scared riding some of the rides...you also make him a promise to take him again next year...and most of all you keep your word by taking him...and history repeats itself. :)
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I hated the Smurfs as a kid...only rode this because it was air conditioned and good to cool off when it was a 90 degree summer day. Enchanted Voyage was 100 times better!
0:21 Dad: "does Tommy wanna ride the boat ride?" Tommy: " NO" DAD: " oh well! We're going to go on anyway and see what your reaction will be, your mom and I want to go on!" Lol
Thank you for posting this. It's been impossible to find a video of this ride in its entirety until now!
This was my fave ride at Kings Island as a kid. Creepy but loved it. Brings back so many memories 💓
"You don't like it, Tommy? Okay, this is the part where we conveniently lose you for a couple of hours while we have fun. I'm sure a nice stranger or someone in a Smurf outfit will bring you to the front office."
He was probably crying in anticipation of the Gargamel section of the ride. I was on the Smurf walk through at Canada’s Wonderland a lot as a kid and I remember feeling nervous at the part where you had to pass Gargamel. I think it was the music and the big animatronic of Gargamel that did it. Does anyone know if Canada’s Wonderland used the same soundtrack for their ride even though it was a walk through and not a boat ride? I can’t find any footage of it unfortunately.
I wish they still had this ride it was soo fun !!
This was me as a kid. That Gargamel freaked me out! All the adults would want to get outta the sun. I would wig out as soon as the ride would start, I couldn't help it.
Before it was smurfs it used to be called hannah barberas enchanted voyage in the 70s and of course it features hannah barbera characters such as the hillbilly bears scooby doo and shaggy top cat the banna splits etc so basically you've probably would like that better however footage and photos are scarce I restored some on my Instagram a few weeks or so ago and our theme park used to have a smurfs land instead of a scary looking gargamale on a ride
I remember this ride too, when I was younger, scarred the absolute shit out of me then. I want to say there was a scene either in the Gargamel to Halloween part, there was a smurf with a hand smacking it's face with black stuff. I was so young I don't really recall that too well. Anyone know or was my imagination going crazy at the time. But that stuck with me the most
Loved that ride! Especially when it was so hot out. Nice cool enjoyable ride. Loved the Smurfs and always got a Smurf ice cream cone after the ride. Miss those days!
10 years since this video got popular
May I use this footage in a video I'm making about the mountain's history? I will give your channel full credit.
Sure. Thanks for asking!
I'm going to subscribe so I can see it
There was a section of this ride where the tone def turned sinister, and I hated that part just as much as any other traumatized child who had to experience it too. My memory of the ride as a whole is vague in my mind, but I do remember a Gargamel figure with burning red eyes that terrified me. My parents & siblings never understood it and I was taunted throughout my childhood for having screamed & cried (like the kid in this video) on that ride
I remember crying like that on the Phantom Theater. It took me a few years to give it a second ride.
I loved this ride when I was little.
Haha this is great! Vintage footage of the classic smurf ride. Post more! Let’s see a video of Tommy and family now talking about it.
Nope! Its lost
It's probably maybe because he never heard of them before, how sad.
I was traumatized just as much as this toddler too when when I was went through this as a kiddo!
That boy is probably going on 40. He's probably loving this video.
Wow, that kid hates the smurfs!
Agreed steve harpster!
This is my reaction to a Hannah Montana concert
"Look at the kitty cat"
Doesn't he watch the show, that cat (Azurial) is fucking evil!
I cried as a kid when I was watching one Smurf episode back in the 1980’s over Gargamel hunting down the smurfs😂😭
@SocialSmurf @KingsIslandPR LOL! Real Cool to see that over 20 years after I last rode it. It opened the year I was born. One of my All-Time Favorite Rides but Gargamel scared me too! Thanks for sharing!!
Fuck that scary ass ride. I’m scarred to this day.
How's Tommy now? Did he ever ride again?
No. He hates smurfs from now on.
Haha my two brothers had the same reaction when they were young
There was a very little tiny lift hill and a shoot-the-chutes drop at the final scene of the ride.
Man how could he cry? That was my favorite ride even as an adult. Plus the king cobra.
The kids probably all had nightmares of evil smurfs attacking them after riding this ....
A good portion of those years, youtube wasn't around. ;)
Poor ol' Tommy was so much terrified that he probably shit his diaper hardcore...He really sounded like he deep down somewhere he really loved the Smurf ride and wanted to go on it again...he looks like he cried crocodile tears because his face was dry as a bone...This ride never was scary infact it was supposed to cool you off as your stomach is calming from riding some of the coasters and getting ready to eat lunch which is overwhelming to your pocketbook. Then you after eat your lunch...then you go on some water rides then you and your little one will act like Tommy but with cramps and he will spend a couple hours at the first aid station until he shots or pukes...then time to go home...then you say as a parent that was a day well spent...and the money spent on souvenirs could have been spent on a motel room but no you spent it on the kid just so he can puke up the expense of the expensive lunch in your car, and you yell at the brat and slam on the brakes and Pray to God that nobody nails your car because you have only clean napkin to your name to clean up the car and the kid...then a second thought comes to mind. Do I make it to a rest area or do I make back the house to clean the kid and the car...then you look at the backseat and you have a little smile across your face seeing the kiddo sleeping and he is clutching that souvenir that you got him and he wakes briefly to tell you he loves you and also thanks you for a fun day...then you aren't mad about anything about him getting sick or scared riding some of the rides...you also make him a promise to take him again next year...and most of all you keep your word by taking him...and history repeats itself. :)
Why was he crying every body loves smurfs
Hello, we are working on a documentary film for Kings Island’s 50th anniversary in 2022 and currently scouring the internet and other places for home video/film if Kings Island. We are working on conjunction with Kings Island representatives on this project. We are interested in using your footage. Could you please contact us at KI50movie@brianlamm.media thank you
Me and Tommy look to have been the same age lol I remember enjoying this ride.
So, did Tommy ever stop crying?
Nope🤣😆
His parents appeared with him at the end, genius trying to calm him down and he seemed fine.
wish someone could find a video of canadas wonderland smurf cave
I hated the Smurfs as a kid...only rode this because it was air conditioned and good to cool off when it was a 90 degree summer day. Enchanted Voyage was 100 times better!
i would cry to
Cuz why not?
Child abuse
but why is it uploaded 29 years after made
Uh...because there was no RUclips in 1984? Maybe that's why?
0:21 Dad: "does Tommy wanna ride the boat ride?"
Tommy: " NO"
DAD: " oh well! We're going to go on anyway and see what your reaction will be, your mom and I want to go on!" Lol
Kings Dominion needs to find Tommy and make him the spokesperson for the park.
its k
Wonder what ever happend to Tommy? Lol
Yeah that's what he gets for he got grounded