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  • Опубликовано: 24 июл 2024
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Комментарии • 311

  • @RhettyforHistory
    @RhettyforHistory 5 лет назад +86

    I love this old style theme parks and like this. Too bad it's changing.

    • @karireuter8632
      @karireuter8632 3 года назад +3

      all of this is gone it’s a dinosaur park now i miss the old magic forest

    • @Retromicky82
      @Retromicky82 Год назад

      ​@@karireuter8632😢😢

  • @staceystacey5059
    @staceystacey5059 5 лет назад +49

    Some of those are TERRIFYING !!

  • @mildredchester
    @mildredchester 5 лет назад +14

    OMG I was here over 50 years ago. We didn't have those new fangled push buttons but I remember going through the crooked house and ringing those effing bells on the boat ride.

    • @liambent
      @liambent 5 лет назад +2

      fangled???? there just buttons there not a complete new technology we have never heard of hahahaha

  • @toddwilson8127
    @toddwilson8127 5 лет назад +2

    Jacob is the most humbled,kindness a good sport and just a real wonderful guy....dude Mr.Carpetbagger keep up all 0f the Great work,lvn it All!!!!

  • @niknak4875
    @niknak4875 5 лет назад +48

    Kinda getting the impression the owners often buy job lots of fibreglass models from closed down theme parks and other attractions haha

    • @itsmiahtime
      @itsmiahtime 5 лет назад +10

      Nik Nak they have had the same figures since the 70’s with very little fixing. I worked there. It was awful!

    • @jaybrooks1098
      @jaybrooks1098 5 лет назад +4

      These are hand made.. not mass production..

    • @jaybrooks1098
      @jaybrooks1098 5 лет назад +4

      Adds to the disturbing look..

    • @babalon7778
      @babalon7778 5 лет назад +5

      @@itsmiahtime These places give me weird feelings, like a lost dream.

    • @itsmiahtime
      @itsmiahtime 5 лет назад +2

      babalon 777 it’s what I would assume a bad acid trip is like 😂😂

  • @Bradley0357
    @Bradley0357 5 лет назад +18

    Don't forget to visit the House of Frankenstein wax museum in the village!

  • @bowieaddict3178
    @bowieaddict3178 5 лет назад +2

    I absolutely loves this! The narrator isn't so bad either!

  • @sideshowtink
    @sideshowtink 5 лет назад +15

    I love places like this. They are all but gone now, sadly!

    • @paulsiegfried6337
      @paulsiegfried6337 Год назад +1

      Except for enchanted forest in Turner Oregon. You should check it out. It’s really cool 😎

  • @amusementnow4416
    @amusementnow4416 5 лет назад +8

    Good thing... I thought all of the old Magic Forest stuff was completely gone. Good to see it's still there!

  • @mygiraffe1019
    @mygiraffe1019 3 года назад +1

    I grew up going to Magic Forest every year it was my favorite place. Used to love seeing the diving horse!! Loved this video!

  • @SamanthaNoelCakes
    @SamanthaNoelCakes 5 лет назад +20

    So glad to see you up in my neck of the woods! Curious to see if you checked out the Dino park next door!

    • @williampaoli9057
      @williampaoli9057 Год назад

      Every heard of uncle zips farm. Famous for apple picking

  • @carriesherman775
    @carriesherman775 5 лет назад +5

    Interviewed to work there, wound up taking the summer off and now I missed Carpetbagger!!!

  • @thekaz2289
    @thekaz2289 4 года назад +1

    Great video! I worked there while in college. Not a bad place for a first job. We had to work almost every ride, clean the grounds during down times and the train had to be stopped with our feet if it was going too fast at the end! Jobs that build character.

  • @ceenew2886
    @ceenew2886 5 лет назад +4

    Wow.. it's sort of a sad old park. Probably a good thing it's being revamped. But definitely different and unique! Good little find..thanks for sharing!

  • @dianadelahaye7660
    @dianadelahaye7660 Месяц назад

    I love the animaytronics. I like this place. Lots of old fashion amusements.

  • @rettdssewingstudio4675
    @rettdssewingstudio4675 5 лет назад +5

    Thank You for this!
    This was an adorable little old school place. Loved it!

  • @tomry831
    @tomry831 5 лет назад +6

    I’m from Lake George. That place has been there for ever.

    • @noahsfunchannel2467
      @noahsfunchannel2467 4 года назад

      Hey one of my family members in New York live in lake George

  • @RC1477
    @RC1477 5 лет назад +2

    There is also a chapel at Storyland and Santas Village in NH

    • @charlieg1661
      @charlieg1661 5 лет назад

      I know! He's getting it all wrong!!

  • @TheAstuteTourist
    @TheAstuteTourist 5 лет назад +5

    Jacob you continue to inspire me. We love your videos and the content. Keep doing what you do!

  • @leahwright1738
    @leahwright1738 5 лет назад +7

    Love your videos dude! I watch you everyday. America has so many strange and wonderful attractions. All we have in England is lots of castles and giant mansions 😄

    • @kellyhenderson9972
      @kellyhenderson9972 2 года назад

      That’s all. Lol. So much history. We have attractions like this in Canada. But America is a big continent. There’s a Story Book land here. Plus Canada’s Wonderland which is owned by Cedar Fair Entertainment that owns Knotts Berry Farm in California, I guess it’s the top producing park in their Arsenal. Even more than Knotts. Not too surprised. Because it’s one of the main major theme parks in Canada. And they do a Halloween Haunt thing like Universal Studios and Knotts Scary Farm etc

  • @tomry831
    @tomry831 5 лет назад +7

    If you look up the old story town or go to the great escape that might explain some of the odd figures. They all had the same theme going. Unpredictable for sure.

  • @madebykayla5098
    @madebykayla5098 2 года назад

    just camp rock blasting in the background when he's taking to Smokey the Bear got me

  • @Thomaz654
    @Thomaz654 5 лет назад +1

    Well, Thanks for preserving this attraction forever on video. The French fry and hot dog figures are my favorites. Thanks again....

  • @suicidalclock
    @suicidalclock 5 лет назад +3

    OMG you finally went!!!!!!!!!
    I'm going at the end of the month! Oh I'm so excited for these videos!!! I haven't been at this specific spot since I was little. So sad if they are getting rid of everything ☹ enjoy Lake George

  • @chrisseibert5651
    @chrisseibert5651 5 лет назад +1

    Thanks for another great video! That felt like going back in time. I love your enthusiasm for these attractions. It makes me happy. 😌

    • @sarahdiane359
      @sarahdiane359 5 лет назад

      I think the enthusiasm makes the videos more enjoyable as well ☺️

  • @thevagabondsyoutube
    @thevagabondsyoutube 5 лет назад +3

    You can also go to church at Silver Dollar City.

  • @coreylahey1711
    @coreylahey1711 5 лет назад

    Hey man just wanted to say I really enjoy your videos . Thanks for putting in all the work.. as someone who spends most of my time working .. it's great to come home and enjoy your channel, and see all these cool places.

  • @terrymorgan211
    @terrymorgan211 5 лет назад +1

    Glad you included a clip of Magician Jimmy Brown. He has been with Magic Forest for a long time. He is an excellent Magician and well known in the Northeast.

  • @stevie2.040
    @stevie2.040 2 месяца назад

    Went here as a kid in the late 00s. Glad you didn't focus on how obviously creepy it is as an adult, because as a kid it didn't feel creepy at all. Glad to see all these old attractions again!

  • @elementary9971
    @elementary9971 3 года назад

    Thanks Jakob, I’ve been following your channel for a while now and love the old Mom and Pop attractions that have been around for 60 + years, we’ve had our fair share here in Michigan. I just wanted to tell you I’m a hospital emergency room worker and live alone and since the pandemic started I haven’t been able to travel or even hang out with my friends. Your videos are a great way to unwind after work and have brought me a feeling of normalcy in my otherwise horrible
    life. Thanks again!!

    • @TheCarpetbagger
      @TheCarpetbagger  3 года назад +1

      Thank you for your work!

    • @elementary9971
      @elementary9971 3 года назад +1

      The Carpetbagger sorry I misspelled your name, I have friend with the same name but with a K. I Love that you’ve bee to Marvins Marvelous Mechanical Museum.

  • @domziphone1
    @domziphone1 5 лет назад +1

    I grew up in Saratoga springs. Finally you went somewhere I know lol!

  • @anniematheson426
    @anniematheson426 5 лет назад +6

    Talk about the Island of Misfit No Good Dirty Toys 😂

  • @weatherwitchandfelinefamiliars
    @weatherwitchandfelinefamiliars 5 лет назад +1

    What a lovely quirky old fashioned Park 😊 Let's hope it's not changed too much, currently its being how it is, seriously adds to its appeal for me 😊

  • @celesteraven916
    @celesteraven916 4 года назад

    I swear I have super vauge memories of this place from when I was in kindergarten. It looked a lot different back then

  • @SigGuy320
    @SigGuy320 5 лет назад

    You were in my area!!! I brought my kids to Magic Forest when they were little. Such a great old fashioned attraction.

  • @bountyclaw
    @bountyclaw 5 лет назад

    Wow! Up in my neck of the woods! I'm glad to see you came to this place!

  • @TreadwellJay
    @TreadwellJay 5 лет назад +3

    You just missed a BUNCH of fiberglass figures that they've sold off since early this year. Multiple Muffler Men, Esso Tigers, A&W characters, Sinclair dinos, etc, many of which they originally purchased from the Danbury Fair.

  • @robertball611
    @robertball611 5 лет назад

    Amazing that everything actually worked. I'm impressed.

  • @qte5530
    @qte5530 5 лет назад +4

    Sure this left kids with
    a lot of great memories.

  • @kathleensackmann7284
    @kathleensackmann7284 3 года назад

    WOW, Sir CB! THANKS

  • @IvyCat44
    @IvyCat44 5 лет назад +1

    You can go to church at silver dollar city I believe too!!

  • @lizzsoileau
    @lizzsoileau 4 года назад

    this place is so chaotic and unsettling but i really love it

  • @lynnmmigdail7129
    @lynnmmigdail7129 5 лет назад

    Yes! This was amazing! TY CB! Many of the figures at Magic Forest came from the Danbury Fair in CT. Anyone interested in Magic Forest should definitely read about Danbury Fair!!!

  • @lindawillis1102
    @lindawillis1102 5 лет назад

    Awesome place, thanks for sharing!!

  • @easilydistracted5140
    @easilydistracted5140 5 лет назад

    Love the places you go

  • @josesaavedra2307
    @josesaavedra2307 5 лет назад

    good stuff bro love it!

  • @richardwilliams4322
    @richardwilliams4322 5 лет назад +1

    I love all your videos)))) never boring

  • @Frankie343
    @Frankie343 5 лет назад +1

    Great video 👍😁

  • @charlieg1661
    @charlieg1661 5 лет назад +2

    Storyland and Santas Village in NH both have chapels!!!

  • @babalon7778
    @babalon7778 5 лет назад

    I love the music! I guess chipmunk voices make everything cuter. Looks more relaxing than exciting, too bad it won't last.
    Wait... HORSE DIVER?! Wonder how the horse felt about it's job, never heard of that actually happening in all of my 50 years, only in cartoons and antique footage, wow!

  • @filmedthisvideo
    @filmedthisvideo 5 лет назад

    I spent my childhood there!!!!! Thank you for doing a video there!!!

  • @cherylstorer4112
    @cherylstorer4112 5 лет назад

    Love this ♡Thank you. 😘

  • @sarahnilla9381
    @sarahnilla9381 2 года назад

    Every time I watch this video I always find it funny when he's looking at Snow White and a song from Sleeping Beauty is playing in the background lol. Must be a recording with many songs.

  • @1964LBH
    @1964LBH 5 лет назад

    I live about 30 miles south of here. I used to see the billboard for the diving horse, but never got to see it. Glad you got to document Magic Forest!

  • @cherylsmith4826
    @cherylsmith4826 3 года назад

    That snow white display was pretty nice

  • @conniegoldthwait1463
    @conniegoldthwait1463 5 лет назад

    That's so cute. Thank you!

  • @meganpeveich8407
    @meganpeveich8407 5 лет назад

    The fiberglass animals/people are terrifying. Random Nickelodeon room? What an interesting place.

  • @turkeysandwich123
    @turkeysandwich123 4 года назад

    *I would go there all the time as a kid when I went to new york. Magic forest is nightmare fuel..*

  • @Indiana_Jackie
    @Indiana_Jackie 5 лет назад

    This makes me think of the roadside attraction we went to as kids. It was called Storyland and its in Fresno, California. I think it still exists. You would be given a magic key that is used to unlock stories throughout the land. I'd check it out! One day I'll visit again and see for myself how much has changed.

  • @Victoria-cm7yh
    @Victoria-cm7yh 2 года назад

    Love how they play a song from Disney's "Sleeping Beauty" over dioramas of Disney's "Snow White"!

  • @spike55151
    @spike55151 3 года назад

    Your method of drinking from a fountain cracks me up! You approach the stream straight on instead of from the side! 😅

  • @bonnibellerockatansky9313
    @bonnibellerockatansky9313 5 лет назад +2

    You can go to church at Silver Dollar City, too, Jacob! In their old chapel on the Main Street!

  • @deniseboldea1624
    @deniseboldea1624 5 лет назад

    The boats and the umbrella ride look like the ones that used to be at the old Edgewater Park in Detroit.
    It does not surprise me that many of those old exhibits are going away. Kids today are far more Tech savvy then most of us were at a young age. Years ago when my nieces and nephews were children, thier parents took them to Disneyworld, and none of the special effects impressed them in the least. They even kept yawning through the Haunted Mansion ride.

  • @beckabean1869
    @beckabean1869 5 лет назад

    One of my favorite childhood places! Hope they don't change it too much!!

  • @jakeisamistake576
    @jakeisamistake576 5 лет назад

    Awesome video

  • @Legaltype1963
    @Legaltype1963 5 лет назад

    I loved places like this when I was little. Now everything has to be so technical. Simplicity is the best. I miss times like this.

  • @retrob9346
    @retrob9346 5 лет назад

    I love the throwback style of this theme park classic.

  • @taneeshathomas2090
    @taneeshathomas2090 3 года назад

    Thank u for taking us on this adventure...I have always loved these type of attractions since childhood...sadly the one that was here in Maryland closed down years ago The Enchanted Forest which u also visited the reincarnation at Clark's Eliok Farm...this was awesome I hope it's still just as charming when i visit one day

  • @DNOIP
    @DNOIP 5 лет назад

    YES! Carpetbagger finally in my neck of the woods! Hope you liked upstate new york! Feels more awesome now that youve been here but this place was my entire childhood

  • @jills6565
    @jills6565 5 лет назад

    Love the carpetbagger!

  • @CODstreamz
    @CODstreamz 4 года назад

    The diving horse was really something to see

  • @passthebuckcanuck8574
    @passthebuckcanuck8574 5 лет назад

    FRICKEN LOVE THIS PLACE.... It was packed with people when i was there

  • @cbooc
    @cbooc 5 лет назад

    That would be a nice relaxing day trip for the kids. Sweet.

  • @wendyvasion4828
    @wendyvasion4828 4 года назад

    Ilove these videos!!!

  • @amyyoshikawa7698
    @amyyoshikawa7698 5 лет назад

    Hi Jacob awesome vlog at the magic forest. Like that train ride around the magic forest 👍🏻🙏

  • @carolynblaise802
    @carolynblaise802 5 лет назад

    Thanks for posting this! We live nearby in VT and didn’t know about this place! We’re taking our toddler tomorrow. Hopefully we’ll go again over the years and see the updates.

  • @puke.1393
    @puke.1393 5 лет назад

    Really glad you went here, i used to go here tons when i was younger. Really sad to know its gonna be completely different next year. Loved this place. Wish that you were able to go to it when it had more of the fiberglass figures it used to though

  • @michelleann5348
    @michelleann5348 5 лет назад

    Man this place used to be so full of kitschy goodness! Still some left thankfully but I’m sure it’ll be gone soon. Magic Forrest started my obsession with weird Americana. You missed the last diving horse a few years ago. While it was sad, it was also crazy to see. Thanks for making this vlog though!

  • @bigrudd8746
    @bigrudd8746 5 лет назад

    Awesome work per the norm

  • @tammyf8215
    @tammyf8215 5 лет назад +2

    Didn't know you were in Ny. Omg you plan having a meet up. That would be awesome.🥰 to bad Frontiertown isn't totally abandoned now you would have loved it.

  • @michaelhendrickson1893
    @michaelhendrickson1893 5 лет назад

    Only 3 hr drive from where I live.. nice to see you up in this area..

  • @melissagayheart7716
    @melissagayheart7716 5 лет назад

    Awww I wanna go there so neat! I love those old fashioned kinda parks! Geez now I’m in the mood to decorate my house for Christmas lmao

  • @suntiva1986
    @suntiva1986 5 лет назад +2

    You could have some serious fun here on various “illegal” substances.

  • @lissachocolate
    @lissachocolate 5 лет назад

    Neat place, hope they keep the old timey rides.

  • @soupsnakescollins4873
    @soupsnakescollins4873 5 лет назад +2

    Creepy af stuff lpl.

  • @vintin333
    @vintin333 5 лет назад

    Wow awesome I go to Lake George every summer and I went there this summer and I missed you by a couple weeks and I always watch your vids maybe next time have a good summer

  • @JPFalcononor
    @JPFalcononor 5 лет назад

    When you went through the crooked house, I was reminded of a roadside attraction found in Lancaster PA. It was a small house and when you entered, you paid to go into a living room which had a swinging bench in the middle. After sitting on the bench, the room would start to tumble around you. It only took a few seconds to have the sensation that it was the swing spinning in a stationary room. So there you were, clinging to the bench like a daft bird thinking you would fall off. This was over 40 years ago so I doubt it still is around, but I never forgot that unsettling experience.

  • @baileykful
    @baileykful 5 лет назад

    Loved magic forest...went there in 1st grade and it's still the same

  • @RachelSmith-qu6cv
    @RachelSmith-qu6cv 3 года назад

    The best Christmas movie by far: Paranormal Activity

  • @jamesnewton9670
    @jamesnewton9670 5 лет назад

    I love it

  • @jeenkzk5919
    @jeenkzk5919 5 лет назад

    Reminds me sort of like a park that was in Irving,TX. All I remember was a chicken incubator and my mom taking me and the other kids on the street in the 72 Cutlass. This had to be about 79 or 80

  • @toccaramaskell8530
    @toccaramaskell8530 5 лет назад +1

    Yay! Lake george ny! Upstate ny!

  • @chloejohnson6861
    @chloejohnson6861 5 лет назад +1

    Wow, that place had some blatant intellectual property theft, lol.I also laughed at "I like to blow things up!"

  • @lowlucas1
    @lowlucas1 5 лет назад

    the spinning squirrels in the squirrel house was cool. the dad figure in the night before christmas, bared a striking resemblance to Charles Bronson, lol!

  • @lucyleggs3233
    @lucyleggs3233 5 лет назад

    I love your videos.

    • @lucyleggs3233
      @lucyleggs3233 5 лет назад

      Silver Springs in Florida when it cooLs off a LittLe. Too hot right now.

  • @kristenhastings9308
    @kristenhastings9308 5 лет назад

    My hometown!

  • @jraoul711
    @jraoul711 5 лет назад

    It reminds me of the place l used to go to as a kid, King's Castle Land. Definitely old school. Probably a little too much to appeal to kids today.

  • @glenesis
    @glenesis 5 лет назад

    Hi! You blazed right past me in Rochester, where nothing is very interesting :) Thanks for the tour of this place! I've always wanted to visit it. Lake George will always be one of my favorite tourist traps. Happy trails, 'Bagger!

    • @BlueFoxAwesome
      @BlueFoxAwesome 5 лет назад

      I’m surprised he didn’t stop at the George Eastman House.

    • @glenesis
      @glenesis 5 лет назад

      @@BlueFoxAwesome True! I almost visited today. The Museum of Play is cool too, and the Science Museum!

  • @whitewitch1105
    @whitewitch1105 5 лет назад

    That was fun

  • @IrishVR-
    @IrishVR- 2 года назад

    I am gonna miss this place