Hey everyone! Hope you all enjoyed the video, I had a lot of fun making it over the past couple of months. I know this is a very different video than you’re used to seeing but fear not, expect the usual content to return in a few weeks!
The Charles I D Looff carousel that once operated at Luna Park in Seattle was shipped to Playland in 1911 or 1913 at Ocean Beach in San Francisco when Luna Park was destroyed by fire. That historic Looff carousel was built in 1905 and was originally supposed to operated at Playland in San Francisco, but due to the great 1906 earthquake it was sent up to Luna Park in Seattle. That historic Charles Looff carousel was fully restored in the late 1990's and still operated at Yerba Buena Park in San Francisco
Wow, really well done. You really do your research, I love the old photos. Amazing how much I don't know about my own town. Looking forward to your next project!
Thanks so much! Yes it's amazing how many small amusement parks there used to be in America. I didn't know Seattle had a single amusement park before moving there, let alone three!
Exploring areas where parks once stood has always been an interest of mine. Very recently I went to the West View Park shopping center in Pittsburgh to look around and see where rides once stood. Even by just driving around there, you could tell something was off. It didn't feel like a shopping center at all and felt out of place in its location. An unnecessarily large car park sits on where a once great racing coaster thrilled riders, and an auto shop sits over the plot where their iconic Dips roller coaster flew through a low to the ground banked turn. I'd love to see more videos like these in the community of rediscovering parks lost to time!
Very cool! It's amazing how many small parks once populated America. Case in point, I had never heard of West Lake Park before reading your comment, but I just looked it up and it looks incredible! Two Vettel-designed coasters including a Mobius racing coaster?? Thanks for the comment and glad you liked the video :)
Until I saw this video, I thought your series on the history of rollercoasters was the best video on the history of rollercoasters. Now it's been dethroned by this one
Fascinating video for someone that only briefly went to Seattle in 2009, and mostly commenting to commend using Hollow Knight OST for background music, which was both a surprise and a delight to hear.
I wasn't sure how this video would land for those who aren't too familiar with Seattle, so that's awesome to hear. Thanks for the comment - I was obsessively exploring every corner of Hollownest while making this video, so it was a natural music choice.
Love the in-person documentary style video (found this channel via RCT but stayed for the rest of the content), the extra planning and filming for this video looks great and sets it apart from other roller coaster/theme park themed videos. Niche/often unheard of park history + on-location segments filmed with good video and (esp) audio quality, this deserves much more views!
We have that look carousel operating in spokane to this day. In the last few. Years built a new building around it. I rode it as a kid and my now grown kid rode it as a child. Things 120 years old. The handcrafted horses have some awesome detailing
Oof, I feel you, California to Seattle is a rough move for a coaster fan. Thankfully I was in Seattle over the pandemic so I would've missed out on coasters over those years no matter what
I too used to live in California and dreading the day where I have to cave and go to wild waves to get any sort of fix… dread because I know it’ll be not great.. also People who move from California to Seattle need a name..
This channel is literally just everything I love. Obscure history? Check. Amusement parks? Check. Rollercoaster Tycoon? Check. Music from Hollow Knight, Hades, Celeste, and other indie games I would do anything for? Check.
They closed the Fun Forest right as I reached 48in back then I bet Windstorm was better than Wild thing 😂 it sounded so cool and intimidating for what it was probably the best model made or Seattle tricked it out
Loved the face reveal! Really interesting stuff on a topic I didn't even know was a thing. It's a shame the timing of these parks didn't quite work out, they looked like they had a lot of charm. Do you think that was a side-friction coaster at 5:06? Awesome video as per usual!
Hey man thanks so much! I too didn't know this was a thing until well after I moved to Seattle, it's amazing how many former amusement park sites are scattered across North America. And indeed it was a friction coaster! Nice eye
For a second I thought JNattyBoi was from my hometown, but I'm still super excited to learn about the history of amusement parks in Seattle! I really didn't know anything coming into this video, feel like I'm an expert now! Maybe just behind Noah ;)
It would’ve been so cool to have something more thrilling in Seattle like Luna Park. I live in the puget sound area and the start of the video rings sooooooooo true, it’s an amusement park desert. This video was awesome, keep up the good content m8.
Glad you liked the video! Thankfully I lived in Seattle over the pandemic so I didn't miss out too much on thrill riding, but it really is crazy how few parks are up there
Never knew about any of this stuff before watching this, except for the existence of wild waves 😅 visited that park and spent a day in downtown Seattle last summer and I was thinking to myself, I’d honestly live here although a con being the lack of amusement parks within close proximity (except for wild waves 😂)… little did i know about all this history
Yeah it's really an incredible city/part of the country. Thankfully, the two years I spent in Seattle was during the onset of the pandemic so I don't think I would've been visiting too many theme parks no matter where I was haha
My dream is to hopefully open an indoor/outdoor amusement park somewhere in Washington. WA really is lacking and Wildwaves sucks honestly think there's a hight limit tho
This video was so awesome!!! I loved the IRL approach you took to the topic and it was a surprise way to get a face reveal! Your content is amazing and I can't wait until you hit 10k 😁👍
I really wish the guy behind pier 57 would make a whole park of his own. I really think given how well themed Wings Over Washington is that if he was given the right tools and space he could be Washington’s Walt Disney. Well almost
@@JNattyBoi the problem is lack of space. The wheel was originally going to be a coaster but there wasn't enough room so they settled for the wheel. Also the local businesses would probably complain about the noise. They often complain about the lights on the wheel at night
Seattle is a really beautiful and amazing city. Too bad it's one of many cities that stick out like a sore thumb for not having any major amusement parks. Another one of those cities being Houston, Texas, after Astroworld closed forever in 2005. New Orleans also falls into the category after SFNO was murdered by Hurricane Katrina earlier that same year.
Thankfully most of the time that I lived in Seattle was during the pandemic - would’ve missed out on thrill riding no matter where I was during that time haha. Thanks for the comment and for checking out the video!
You going at the lowest tide was enough, however, the pylons are rapidly disappearing. When I went in 2010 they were like the old photo you show at 14:25, but are simply gone now, with a few exceptions.
Hey everyone! Hope you all enjoyed the video, I had a lot of fun making it over the past couple of months. I know this is a very different video than you’re used to seeing but fear not, expect the usual content to return in a few weeks!
Most underrated RUclips channel. Every single video has left me shocked at how good they were.
The Charles I D Looff carousel that once operated at Luna Park in Seattle was shipped to Playland in 1911 or 1913 at Ocean Beach in San Francisco when Luna Park was destroyed by fire. That historic Looff carousel was built in 1905 and was originally supposed to operated at Playland in San Francisco, but due to the great 1906 earthquake it was sent up to Luna Park in Seattle. That historic Charles Looff carousel was fully restored in the late 1990's and still operated at Yerba Buena Park in San Francisco
Wow, really well done. You really do your research, I love the old photos. Amazing how much I don't know about my own town. Looking forward to your next project!
Thanks so much! All credit goes to RCDB, I didn't know Seattle had a single amusement park before moving there, let alone three!
Another great video. Sometimes the small defunct Amusement parks are the most fascinating. There used to be so many of them!
Thanks so much! Yes it's amazing how many small amusement parks there used to be in America. I didn't know Seattle had a single amusement park before moving there, let alone three!
Agreed! Their were so many reported deaths and dug up bodies
Exploring areas where parks once stood has always been an interest of mine. Very recently I went to the West View Park shopping center in Pittsburgh to look around and see where rides once stood. Even by just driving around there, you could tell something was off. It didn't feel like a shopping center at all and felt out of place in its location. An unnecessarily large car park sits on where a once great racing coaster thrilled riders, and an auto shop sits over the plot where their iconic Dips roller coaster flew through a low to the ground banked turn. I'd love to see more videos like these in the community of rediscovering parks lost to time!
Very cool! It's amazing how many small parks once populated America. Case in point, I had never heard of West Lake Park before reading your comment, but I just looked it up and it looks incredible! Two Vettel-designed coasters including a Mobius racing coaster?? Thanks for the comment and glad you liked the video :)
Until I saw this video, I thought your series on the history of rollercoasters was the best video on the history of rollercoasters. Now it's been dethroned by this one
Haha thanks man. I'll keep trying improve with each video, we'll see what happens!
Fascinating video for someone that only briefly went to Seattle in 2009, and mostly commenting to commend using Hollow Knight OST for background music, which was both a surprise and a delight to hear.
I wasn't sure how this video would land for those who aren't too familiar with Seattle, so that's awesome to hear. Thanks for the comment - I was obsessively exploring every corner of Hollownest while making this video, so it was a natural music choice.
Ah man. I used to go to fun forest and enchanted village/wildwaves back in the day!
Love the in-person documentary style video (found this channel via RCT but stayed for the rest of the content), the extra planning and filming for this video looks great and sets it apart from other roller coaster/theme park themed videos. Niche/often unheard of park history + on-location segments filmed with good video and (esp) audio quality, this deserves much more views!
Thanks for the kind words!
how tf does this have under 1000 views??? these are super nicely done
We have that look carousel operating in spokane to this day. In the last few. Years built a new building around it. I rode it as a kid and my now grown kid rode it as a child. Things 120 years old. The handcrafted horses have some awesome detailing
Very interesting to know these things and now I must go check out that cafe! Well done!
Thanks so much! It’s a great spot, pretty epic sandwiches to go with the great decor
I'm here now waiting for to be seated!
Wish we had something to do in Seattle, I used to live in California and I need my coaster fix
Oof, I feel you, California to Seattle is a rough move for a coaster fan. Thankfully I was in Seattle over the pandemic so I would've missed out on coasters over those years no matter what
I too used to live in California and dreading the day where I have to cave and go to wild waves to get any sort of fix… dread because I know it’ll be not great..
also People who move from California to Seattle need a name..
@@Theb0red317 I really want to go to Wild Waves... Am from the east coast. They have an Arrow looper.
This channel is literally just everything I love.
Obscure history? Check.
Amusement parks? Check.
Rollercoaster Tycoon? Check.
Music from Hollow Knight, Hades, Celeste, and other indie games I would do anything for? Check.
You are way to underrated
Woodland Park Zoo also had amusement rides, and Puyallup Fairgrounds was huge.
Please make more documentaries like this. I love this elusive type of history
Loved this video! Thank you, looking forward to more from you!
Really glad you liked it! Thanks for the support :)
They closed the Fun Forest right as I reached 48in back then I bet Windstorm was better than Wild thing 😂 it sounded so cool and intimidating for what it was probably the best model made or Seattle tricked it out
AAAAAAAAGH! Such a good video, but i REAAAAAAALLY wish we had an amusement park in Seattle, ugh… someday?
again great work keep going !!!
This channel is fantastic man, deserves way more subs
Hey thanks so much!
Loved the face reveal! Really interesting stuff on a topic I didn't even know was a thing. It's a shame the timing of these parks didn't quite work out, they looked like they had a lot of charm. Do you think that was a side-friction coaster at 5:06? Awesome video as per usual!
Hey man thanks so much! I too didn't know this was a thing until well after I moved to Seattle, it's amazing how many former amusement park sites are scattered across North America. And indeed it was a friction coaster! Nice eye
Have to say this is incredible, honestly reminds me of some of bright sun films work. Its criminal that you only have 1k subs
That’s a very flattering comparison :) thanks so much!
For a second I thought JNattyBoi was from my hometown, but I'm still super excited to learn about the history of amusement parks in Seattle! I really didn't know anything coming into this video, feel like I'm an expert now! Maybe just behind Noah ;)
Ha! Noah has us all beat. Glad you enjoyed the video!
Wow. You need more subs. And views.
Thanks so much!
you make awesome content man
Hey thanks so much!
It would’ve been so cool to have something more thrilling in Seattle like Luna Park. I live in the puget sound area and the start of the video rings sooooooooo true, it’s an amusement park desert. This video was awesome, keep up the good content m8.
Glad you liked the video! Thankfully I lived in Seattle over the pandemic so I didn't miss out too much on thrill riding, but it really is crazy how few parks are up there
I'm 42 and remember it in the 90s
Never knew about any of this stuff before watching this, except for the existence of wild waves 😅 visited that park and spent a day in downtown Seattle last summer and I was thinking to myself, I’d honestly live here although a con being the lack of amusement parks within close proximity (except for wild waves 😂)… little did i know about all this history
Yeah it's really an incredible city/part of the country. Thankfully, the two years I spent in Seattle was during the onset of the pandemic so I don't think I would've been visiting too many theme parks no matter where I was haha
Luna Park? Now I know where Futurama got the idea.
My dream is to hopefully open an indoor/outdoor amusement park somewhere in Washington. WA really is lacking and Wildwaves sucks honestly think there's a hight limit tho
i hear that hollow knight music
This video was so awesome!!! I loved the IRL approach you took to the topic and it was a surprise way to get a face reveal! Your content is amazing and I can't wait until you hit 10k 😁👍
Thanks so much! Glad you've been enjoying the content. 10k would be amazing, we'll see how things go!
I really wish the guy behind pier 57 would make a whole park of his own. I really think given how well themed Wings Over Washington is that if he was given the right tools and space he could be Washington’s Walt Disney. Well almost
Wings Over Washington is fantastic. A small thrill coaster like Gale Force at Playland's Castaway Cove would do wonders for the place
@@JNattyBoi the problem is lack of space. The wheel was originally going to be a coaster but there wasn't enough room so they settled for the wheel. Also the local businesses would probably complain about the noise. They often complain about the lights on the wheel at night
Will you ever do vlogs? Like one at your home park Adventureland on Long Island? Or construction updates of Fireball?
I'm not a big fan of straight-up vlogs, but I may do trip reports in the future using this hybrid IRL and voiceover approach, we'll see!
The fun forest was the spot
Seattle is a really beautiful and amazing city. Too bad it's one of many cities that stick out like a sore thumb for not having any major amusement parks.
Another one of those cities being Houston, Texas, after Astroworld closed forever in 2005. New Orleans also falls into the category after SFNO was murdered by Hurricane Katrina earlier that same year.
Thankfully most of the time that I lived in Seattle was during the pandemic - would’ve missed out on thrill riding no matter where I was during that time haha. Thanks for the comment and for checking out the video!
@@JNattyBoi Wild Waves does have an Arrow coaster though... Which are becoming increasingly uncommon.
Wow every work you do is meticulously done……
and who‘s this good looking fella😅
You going at the lowest tide was enough, however, the pylons are rapidly disappearing. When I went in 2010 they were like the old photo you show at 14:25, but are simply gone now, with a few exceptions.
Oh shoot, he's cute!