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As someone who grew up in Las Vegas in the 1990s, I’m glad all of these family attractions existed. They may not have attracted the tourists they were meant to, but they sure made being a kid in Las Vegas at that time something special.
All that and...I miss the cheap drinks, cheap rooms, emphasis on gambling and adult entertainment. Now it's just all about charging top dollar for minimum accommodations, luxury shopping, too family friendly.
@@youtuber9991 you can still get free drinks if youre gambling, or you do the trick us locals do and play 1 dollar and pretend to gamble (tip your waitress though!)
I LOVED the pirate show! Growing up, we stayed at Circus Circus so my brother and I had stuff to do (including all-day passes at the adventure dome), but we would pester our parents to go see the pirate show. The Siren show was good (more comedic), but I was a little heartbroken to see it's no more.
@@ghosthardware9050 True, but on the strip they don't make it to the cheap slots very often and the tables are like $5-10 minimum. I miss the days where you could get drinks for like $1-3 all around the strip.
Honestly as someone who grew up and Vegas and Adventure Dome was a relatively affordable option for a special fun day out with friends, this place was my Disneyland. Sure, it isn't much, but it'll always be close to me. Still so sad about the Rim Runner being gone, I was too chicken to ride El Loco and it's interesting that a lot of track from Rim inner had been left untouched (the lift hill is still there!)
@@johngriswold4303 for Houston, I really think they should bring back Astroworld. I mean, definitely not right now, but once things have calmed down definitely. Traffic would be hell though
My twin and I received free all access passes to the Luxor Grand opening and including all the rides and arcades for scholastic achievement in 6th grade,,unfortunately we moved to Denver and got them well after the event ool
From what I understand, the event was put on by an outside producer who paid Circus Circus a fee or did a profit split and there were issues between the two entities.
Fright domes closure was actually really interesting. The owner was basically kicked out for taking alot of money for a saw themed escape room. Fright domes budget became zero, so the guy moved on. Last year he did fright ride, which was his storage facility, and all the old props. It was fun but short, but definitely over priced
Tbh growing up in Vegas adventure some was the most amazing thing we would wear the wristbands until they fell off so then we could flex on other kids. God I love Adventure/Fright Dome
@@internetkurator9256 Vegas in my opinion is an awesome city. I don't go to the strip until friends come visit. (So it doesn't get old). Infrastructure is new. Winter and spring are great. Summer sucks. Lol. I just would recommend getting a job that doesn't revolve solely on tourism. So you don't have to worry about recessions, etc. Vegas is a normal city outside the major tourist areas. Also have a reliable car. AC is a must during June/July/August.
I wasn’t aware that Circus Circus was originally built in the 1960s! I thought the building that is there now and which was built in the 1990s was the original one.
@@AbandonedMines11 ooo 2 of some of my 2 favorite channels in one comments section, anywho, would you explore some abandoned shaft in the Midwest, like coal mines?
Sad news for everyone watching this, they’ve finally torn down part of the boathouse that has stayed up even after they got rid of Rim Runner, and they’re taking down Miner Mike as well, but we’re getting a new family coaster and teacups!
As a born & raised Nevadan, I really appreciate these videos. I’m not a super nostalgic person or anything but this made me realize how much I miss 90s-00s Vegas.
Please do more Vegas videos! It's one of my favorite places--it's entertainment and amusement made manifest--and I love learning about its history. I had been four times in four years but the pandemic ruined my streak. Videos like this are like a vacation and time machine all in one!
This upcoming trip in December will be my 8th trip in 6 years 9th trip total. I didn't let the pandemic ruin my streak lol. I went for July 4th, 2020, and twice in 2021
Adventure Dome has one of the last Chance Inverters & Chaos' still in operation. All rides are kept in pretty good condition. Canyon Blaster is still very smooth especially for it being an Arrow coaster. El Loco is being neglected.
@@ExpeditionThemePark for the Luxor video, you can be like "you know who has a show at the Luxor? Chris Angel. He's a magician/illusionist. You know who else is? Lance Burton. He's in this clip..."
Adventuredome is very underrated, and is not a failure. El Loco took it to a new level! The unique thrill rides helped to round out the experience. Canyon Blaster is actually still as smooth as my first ride in 2007. My first visit to Circus Circus was in 1986. Then, I visited in 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016, 2017, 2019, and 2020. Each of those visits were quite special.
As a vegas local, the Star Trek experience and Adventure Dome will always hold special places in my heart. There was something so cool about eating in the Star Trek Experience's themed resturant, and walking through the halls of a starship in the borg ride. I miss it a lot. I'm glad I can still go to the Adventure Dome when I go home. Also, Area 15 is really cool now
I went to Vegas in 2015 and stayed at Circus Circus. My friends and I spent an afternoon in AdventureDome and had a lot of fun! I hope they can keep it going and keep upgrading it. Please do more videos on Vegas attractions, I loved this one!
I first visited Las Vegas in 1996, when I was 8 years old. My family only went to check out the casinos, specifically Fremont Street. However, we did visit Circus Circus and watched the trapeze show and hung out in the arcade area. I lived in Las Vegas two times during the 2000's and returned to Sin City in 2018 for the 3rd time. I haven't had time to visit The Adventuredome, work and trying to pay the bills. I remember going on the Rim Runner back in 2004, the park removed it for El Loco in 2014. During 2008, I created a record by riding Canyon Blaster 16 times in 2 hours before the park closed. After almost 10 years, now is the time for the park to expand the dome to add a new themed area and put in a new roller coaster.
It's fairly well kept, but I wish they could somehow squeeze one more roller coaster in it and have it be a launched coaster that goes throughout the dome.
I love these Vegas videos because I remember this era so so well I was a kid and my parents were going to Vegas during this period this is the Vegas I remember. Now I know another one
The last time i was there. My brother, cousin, and myself decide to ride Rim Runner before the park closed and we got stuck right before the drop for 10 minutes. Fun times.
grew up in Las Vegas had so many birthdays at adventure dome .it’s still a favorite of mine to bring memories in.it’s something my grandparents got married out way back in the 90s . It’s where I had many birthdays. Where next year I’ll be taking my son. Adventure dome truly has years of memories on Las Vegas that can’t be forgotten
I was obsessed with the Adventuredome when I was a kid. I wanted to go so bad, but I remember the attractions being way too expensive so we couldn't do it.
Same here! I was always jealous of the other kids who were able to go, especially since it felt like there wasnt much else to do growing up out here back then
BRO, this is my childhood, we went for field trips in school. Where the fun was to all these places. Thank you so much for this trip down nostalgia lane. I dont live in Vegas anymore, but i did for 25 years. This just made my day. Thank you so much!
Looking at the footage of circus circus, couldn't help but think of this quote: A drug person can learn to cope with things like seeing their dead grandmother crawling up their leg with a knife in her teeth. But no one should be asked to handle this trip.
Oh my god! I went there as a child so many years ago, and cried the entire time because it was so overwhelming, haha! As an adult the memories from that place feels more like a fever dream than something that actually happened
i remember when they introduced El Loco, there were soooo many commercials. Funny enough that they tried to draw in family friendly crowds with the adventure dome. i always thought circus circus looked kinda seedy and grodey. i've only been in there a few times. the halloween thing didn't help my willingness to go either haha, i'm a bit of a fraidy cat. i'm definitely going once the pandemic is over though. also had NO idea that the same company built the Luxor.
You scared me with this title. I haven't been to Vegas in 11 years and I was worried The Adventuredome was gone before I had a chance to go again. I moved away from that part of the country and want to take my husband to see my favorite childhood theme park. Also, I really miss the fun house IMAX ride that had like 15 or so years ago.
Growing up we went there often and adventure dome and the midway games were the best kid friendly entertainment available on the strip. Do the defunct merlin show at Excalibur!!
Bruh the drone in the intro is above my hotel treasure island. I can tell by the mirage and how my my view is directly looking at that hotel. Pretty cool tho!
I need an episode on Fright Dome. Never been, but I’ve really connected with my kids over those Five Nights at Freddy’s games, and turns out Fright Dome has a maze in 2016. Hadn’t heard of it before then. Love the content, always watch as soon as I can when you post.
I went to fright dome that year and honestly? fnaf was easily the worst haunted house we went in that night. We followed our guide in a straight line the entire way and.... nothing happened? we would walk into the different rooms and things would be moving and there was a bunch going on and then it would all just turn off abruptly, intentionally, and that was about it? I was in the back of the line and the only remotely scary thing that happened was I felt something hit the back of my foot and i glanced back and saw an actor dressed up as a chicken? (I'm not familiar with the games idk what it was) but that was it. I got startled obviously but they paused in their step since they got too close to me and started shuffling behind me once there was enough distance between us but that was it. Allegedly it was supposed to be an interactive house but the guides stress that you have to stick with them the entire time and follow in a straight line because they would not turn back for you. And they meant it. There was no mention beforehand that we could touch anything, and it was a big no no to touch anything in the other houses so naturally we assumed the same rules applied. So yeah... unfortunately it was not a good maze. Absolutely nothing happened. It sets and costumes looked pretty spot on from what I've seen of the game so maybe fans would've appreciated it but yeah.... not a very good haunted house.
I was a kid in the 90s visiting my dad every summer and we went to all these places. I have a ton of photos and videos from MGM's little theme park and plenty of nights spent at the Adventuredome with a friend who lived here. The nostalgia is REAL.
Believe it or not, a lot of people are mad about that. Also that change happened two years ago now, and they always had the unlimited rides deal, the price for it was actually raised lol, used to be cheaper for the same deal
Good lord when I was a kid growing up in Vegas I went to adventure dome alllll the time. It was $24 dollars for an all day unlimited pass aka the wristband lol
It’s been that way for a few years now. Fright dome is more crazy expensive-but regular adventuredome has been $40 for some years now which always surprises people.
Ooh a multi-part EXPEDITION!! Awesome!! The adventures continue!! I recall visiting the Dome/Canyon in 96. It was a pretty big deal at the time but yes, not many attractions, as much as I truly admire their effort!
Word from the casino staff is that the update plans include a third coaster. I saw engineering walling off taking measurements near the lift hill of the old plume ride, so there may be something to this.
I recognize an epidemic sound sub when I hear one. Good choice of music. I loved Adventuredome, I used to spend days there as a kid and the roller coaster is still one of my all time favorites. The crowds were so tolerable there, it always had this feel that you had the park to yourself. I remember riding the roller coaster 10 to 15 times in a row with no wait time. Playing "Mad Dog" in the arcade. And then dominating some laser tag. As a SoCal resident, this place gives me almost as much nostalgia as Disneyland or Knotts.
It's because Las Vegas never really had the local population to sustain a theme park until 2010. Honestly, locals don't want to go to the Strip in order to enjoy a day out with the family. If they had built it in the suburbs away from the strip, locals would go. It would be like Disneyland in the way that more locals than tourists would be there on the regular. That's how it works with the 2 water Parks we have. Wetn Wild 2.0 on the Westside and Cowabunga Bay on the east side. Annual passes and locals all season long. I just wish those waterparks were indoors so they could be year round. One thing they got right with Adventure Dome was it being indoors.
Canyon Blaster was the first looping roller coaster I rode as a kid during a family vacation to Vegas in 1999... It inspired a new love for coasters within me that I still have. It will forever hold a special place in my heart. I remember those old Circus Circus promo videos would play in the hotel rooms... nothing pumped you more as kid to see that playing in your hotel room and know that it was just down the hall.
Please do an episode on Gilroy Gardens! It has a very unique history. With it starting with a Disney like drive towards an amusement park, by the owner of a Local grocery store chain (Nob Hill Foods) Bonfonte was the man who the park was named after (before basing changed to Gilroy Gardens. Plus in the works is a full on amusement park!
i loved going to Circus Circus back in the 90's. I remember each hotel having some sort of Arcade room to entertain the kids. My personal favorites back then were Excalibur's own carnival themed play room, MGM had a nice arcade floor, as well as Luxor, New York New York and Treasure Island. Nowadays, you really can't find a hotel with a decent arcade room. Circus Circus stayed with this theme though. And as ghetto as it was to visit, nostalgia was always welcomed. At the Adventure dome i LOVED the Laser Tag arena.
That dome is covered with so much soot now, you can’t tell the color. Can’t imagine what it’s like looking up. Everything is still from there that era. Nothings opened in 15+ years, on the strip.
As always I love seeing the history behind all of these Vegas attractions that I would frequent when I lived there for a short time as a kid. It unlocks so many different memories I wasn’t sure were real! 🤣
I’ve been living in Las Vegas for 14 years and Adventuredome always gets me excited when I first go in. Every time I go, it feels like I’m back in my 8th grade field trip to this place, my first time going before I moved to Vegas, and when I tried to get my fear of loops. I’m actually gonna go tomorrow. I also remember fright dome. That was dope asf
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When I went to Vegas when I was five, we ALMOST stayed at the Circus Circus. When we got there, we didn't have a resort to stay at yet so we just walked around until we picked one. My mom and I liked Circus Circus because I loved the arcade games and she liked how family-friendly it was. My dad wanted to stay at the now demolished Frontier...we ended up at the Frontier. And boy did it smell bad. The Frontier saw better days. Circus Circus thought of the box, they wanted to re-invent Vegas. And they did it. It reminds me of how Times Square was transformed from a rundown place ridden with crime and whatnot to a family-friendly tourist mecca.
Avery, when we were 8, Ben and I experienced Vegas during a family road trip. I remember seeing a fist fight with bloody noses outside the 4 Queens casino and having silver dollar pancakes for breakfast at the now defunct Silver Slipper casino. I also remember everything there smelling of cigarette smoke.
So many great memories. I came here with my grandparents as a child and now I take my own children. I totally forgot it was called Grand Slam Canyon. Thanks for the trip down memory lane. Looking forward to the Luxor video.
I honestly think the Adventure Dome really was a good idea in concept. I think it's only major flaw (and indeed, the main thing that has prevented it from having any serious expansion) is the simple fact that they really don't have much space to work with... Even if they weren't bound by the glass dome, 5 acres is still a pretty small footprint for a full-scale amusement park, so it's pretty much impossible to add anything other than more flat rides without taking some stuff out. Maybe if they built a parking structure next to the dome specifically so they could get rid of the parking lot that currently sits under it, they could potentially expand the park *vertically* by building some new stuff below "floor level"... Like, maybe a dark ride or a 3rd roller coaster (4th if you count Miner Mike), perhaps?
Whenever I am in Vegas I always stay at Circus Circus. After the demolition d Sahara's it is the last place on the Strip with the old campy feel. I was last there 10 years ago and had fun on the rides, but it did feel a bit cramped in there.
I’ve been to Circus Circus since the early 2000s, and I really enjoyed it. I liked the outlook of carnival rides and games, circus entertainment, and the video arcade, while literally having the casino games all around. Didn’t know this started in the 1960s!
Extremely well done. You always do a good job but this one was especially impressive. I stayed here with the family once in the late 70's and the way you described it was correct. It tried to be everything to everyone. As a kid in his single-digits, I liked it. The adults played, I ran off and did my own things, no one got hurt. ( ...that my parents ever found out about . ) On that same token, we also didn't go back. Gambling is gambling, and theme parks are theme parks, they don't always mix. The adults did their gambling at slot machines, I did my gambling every time I bought something from the snack bar. ( ...and lost. Thank you under-cooked corn dog. )
Thanks for doing this, I have a lot of nostalgia for that place. I had hoped you would cover more about the Frightdome in particular, as it did have a couple good years. That place was a blast, completely fogged out and crawling with actors, Tons of haunts/mazes, overpriced drinks. It was a great time with the exception of the final year i attended. Just a complete letdown from previous years I have a lot of good memories of this place. The casino was one of the only ones that had newer cabinets for fighting games I played, although I'm pretty sure they moved them all to the Orleans eventually
Not sure if you’d be up for it, but Caesars used to have a Really nice attraction during this period called CAESARS MAGICAL EMPIRE which combined so many great elements together, including an above-average dinner show, some really good close-up and traditional theatrical magic performances, some surprisingly good audio animatronics and some large scale special effects, as well...Very similar to the fabled but doomed Adventurers Club at Pleasure Island in Walt Disney World
“Hey kids. For just a dollar you can take a chance at knocking down all of these milk bottles. If you do, you can win one of these huge prizes” “Hey folks. For just $1.00 a spin, you can try to get the matching symbols on the screen, if you do, you could win our jackpot” Casinos don’t want to admit that they are just the arcade for adults, even though now you can actually play Plants vs Zombies or Candy Crush themed slot machines.
My family (we live in California) absolutely fell for the kid-friendly advertising. We went twice in the 90s and once in like 2006. I get nostalgic for Excalibur and the pirate show.
I use to love shrooming or frying at circus circus... As a teen.... It was a awesome time in Vegas....in the late 80s early 90s. Fear and loathing style.
Next Sunday Would you do the History of Incredicoaster/California Screamin Disney California Adventure and Look for Davidjellis, Sean Flaherty and Pixar Fan327 Expedition Theme Park
I was born and raised in Las Vegas, and I remember when the city was more kid-friendly. I miss those days a lot. The Adventuredome will always hold a special place in my heart.
I'd love to see you cover the Vegas haunt scene. They don't have a -lot- of stuff (esp. now that Frightdome is done.) but what they have/had was pretty unique.
I was at Circus Circus in '92 before any building began and had no idea back then it was going to be built. Years after built I wanted ti go see it but never have had the chance.
Ok, I swear, when I went here one time, they had a VR version of the arcade game CarnEvil, I’m hoping people who go to the adventure dome can confirm or deny this, maybe I just saw it in the arcade and confused it with one of the VR ride thingies, I just need to put this to rest
They might have had that, but I haven't played any arcade games there yet. They have a huge arcade section, along with laser tag and like a secret agent-like laser room you have to navigate through.
It wasnt based off the game carnevil but it was very similar with evil clowns... It later became themed after the tv show reboot but i havent been in years and dont know if its still there
Circus Circus is still a decent property in Vegas. The rooms are cheap and the table minimums are lower than other places on the strip. The last time I went into the Adventure Dome, it wasn't bad either, and well kept up. They still have the Midway circus acts and boardwalk games too. The biggest gripe with Circus Circus is the area surrounding the property. Slots a Fun is next to the CC, and used to be a great place to gamble. It appears to be going under, as there are no table games and just a few slots as of my last visit. The Riviera was across the street, but it is gone. The streets between Circus and Circus and downtown are not safe for pedestrians. Arrive and leave by vehicle and you will be fine. PRO TIP: The Peppermill restaurant is directly across the street from the CC, and it is an old school Vegas landmark. Great food, especially breakfast.
As a vegas native, I love all of these. Thank you for bringing back my childhood with these vegas videos. You have no idea how much these mean to me. Thank you.
Wow the adventure dome... Born and raised Vegas local here... I remember riding my first roller coaster there and fright dome was the best during my middle school/high school days! Now adventure dome is very different I heard there’s like mini golf there now haha
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As someone who grew up in Las Vegas in the 1990s, I’m glad all of these family attractions existed. They may not have attracted the tourists they were meant to, but they sure made being a kid in Las Vegas at that time something special.
I miss a lot about 90s & 2000s Vegas. Sinking ship at treasure island and Star Trek Experience being at the top of the list of things I miss most.
Agreed
All that and...I miss the cheap drinks, cheap rooms, emphasis on gambling and adult entertainment. Now it's just all about charging top dollar for minimum accommodations, luxury shopping, too family friendly.
@@youtuber9991 you can still get free drinks if youre gambling, or you do the trick us locals do and play 1 dollar and pretend to gamble (tip your waitress though!)
I LOVED the pirate show! Growing up, we stayed at Circus Circus so my brother and I had stuff to do (including all-day passes at the adventure dome), but we would pester our parents to go see the pirate show. The Siren show was good (more comedic), but I was a little heartbroken to see it's no more.
@@ghosthardware9050 True, but on the strip they don't make it to the cheap slots very often and the tables are like $5-10 minimum. I miss the days where you could get drinks for like $1-3 all around the strip.
I live in Vegas and even though Adventuredome isn't something I go to often, I do feel nostalgic when I go and it'll always be my home park
It deff has the nostalgia feeling
Same
Honestly as someone who grew up and Vegas and Adventure Dome was a relatively affordable option for a special fun day out with friends, this place was my Disneyland. Sure, it isn't much, but it'll always be close to me. Still so sad about the Rim Runner being gone, I was too chicken to ride El Loco and it's interesting that a lot of track from Rim inner had been left untouched (the lift hill is still there!)
Same, Adventure dome was my Disneyland. I would ask to go there at least once a week, and I love El Loco, but also sad about rim runner 😪
How do you resist the urge to go to the buffets?
You’d imagine Vegas would be the obvious place for a huge theme/amusement park and water park complex, but for some reason there isn’t one.
Exactly
There are 2 wet n wilds on each side of the valley.
It seems they don’t like to put much that won’t lead back to the hotels and casinos on the strip.
Right!
@@johngriswold4303 for Houston, I really think they should bring back Astroworld. I mean, definitely not right now, but once things have calmed down definitely. Traffic would be hell though
Gotta do an episode on the Las Vegas wet and wild! Stoked for the Luxor episode haha
I will 😚
My twin and I received free all access passes to the Luxor Grand opening and including all the rides and arcades for scholastic achievement in 6th grade,,unfortunately we moved to Denver and got them well after the event ool
I had a lot of fun at the wet and wild on the Strip. We moved out of Vegas right before GSC opened.
Loved that place.
Wet n wild was awesome. The new one isn’t even close.
“Fright dome” single handedly saved circus circus. Not sure why they scrapped it
It didn't "save" anything, it just gave them a great boost in October every year.
From what I understand, the event was put on by an outside producer who paid Circus Circus a fee or did a profit split and there were issues between the two entities.
@@trevler yes, and last year, that producer did a separate event at a nearby venue “Fright Ride”
Fright domes closure was actually really interesting. The owner was basically kicked out for taking alot of money for a saw themed escape room. Fright domes budget became zero, so the guy moved on.
Last year he did fright ride, which was his storage facility, and all the old props. It was fun but short, but definitely over priced
Oh man I didnt know Frightdome closed. I really wanted to do that one year!
Tbh growing up in Vegas adventure some was the most amazing thing we would wear the wristbands until they fell off so then we could flex on other kids. God I love Adventure/Fright Dome
The dream ha
Ad someone who was born and raised in Vegas, Adventure Dome was my entire childhood. I was really happy to see this come across my page.
same here dude
How is it like to regulary life in Vegas?
I've been in Vegas since 97
@@internetkurator9256 Vegas in my opinion is an awesome city. I don't go to the strip until friends come visit. (So it doesn't get old). Infrastructure is new. Winter and spring are great. Summer sucks. Lol. I just would recommend getting a job that doesn't revolve solely on tourism. So you don't have to worry about recessions, etc. Vegas is a normal city outside the major tourist areas. Also have a reliable car. AC is a must during June/July/August.
I wasn’t aware that Circus Circus was originally built in the 1960s! I thought the building that is there now and which was built in the 1990s was the original one.
Yep! One of the few remaining old locations. Thanks for watching!
That's wildly dumb of you to think.
@@clvrswine Your RUclips channel only has four subscribers. Mine has over 368,000. LOL
Hunter S. Thompson mentioned it in his book
@@AbandonedMines11 ooo 2 of some of my 2 favorite channels in one comments section, anywho, would you explore some abandoned shaft in the Midwest, like coal mines?
Sad news for everyone watching this, they’ve finally torn down part of the boathouse that has stayed up even after they got rid of Rim Runner, and they’re taking down Miner Mike as well, but we’re getting a new family coaster and teacups!
I think Rim Runner was cool but WAY too big for that small space. I could have seen a long flume though!
that is yet to arrive isn’t it?
As a born & raised Nevadan, I really appreciate these videos. I’m not a super nostalgic person or anything but this made me realize how much I miss 90s-00s Vegas.
9:25 So you're telling me... they built a Southwest themed theme park in the already Southwest themed Southwest?
Exactly! Makes perfect sense
It's like building a California themed park in California
Please do more Vegas videos! It's one of my favorite places--it's entertainment and amusement made manifest--and I love learning about its history. I had been four times in four years but the pandemic ruined my streak. Videos like this are like a vacation and time machine all in one!
I will for sure!
This upcoming trip in December will be my 8th trip in 6 years 9th trip total. I didn't let the pandemic ruin my streak lol. I went for July 4th, 2020, and twice in 2021
Canyon blaster is smooth as glass btw, just it has typical arrow transitions. Still a fun ride 28 years later
I can't believe it's been 28 years I first rode it in 1996
I love how you put in old commercials. I wish there was a place that just showed old Vegas commercials.
a few RUclips channels have a good amount.
as someone who lives in las vegas, this video has brought back many memories of visits to the Adventuredome. Thank you!
Ooh try doing the shark reef aquarium at the Mandalay Bay hotel and casino.
Good idea
In addition try The Mirage "Siegfried and Roy's Secret Garden and Dolphin Habitat.
This Las Vegas series has been so good!!!
That closed???
Temporary closed.
Adventure Dome has one of the last Chance Inverters & Chaos' still in operation. All rides are kept in pretty good condition. Canyon Blaster is still very smooth especially for it being an Arrow coaster. El Loco is being neglected.
yes, i was there back in the day when MGM Grand had their Amusement park.
The good ole days
I really loved that one, too. One summer my family got to do the MGM and Adventuredome and it was great.
I had no idea mom had that
omg that MGM park was THE BEST!!! i miss it so much D; i still have photos of me and my aunt on the roller coaster ride D; good times
The Adventure-Dome. "The bored may enter, only the fun may leave."
“Who needs a Velocicoaster?” Me, I need to ride it right now
Well me too, just kidding :D
Nothing to do with Vegas 🤔💭
I genuinely miss MGM Grand Adventures so much. It was an amazing little theme park.
It was - I worked there from opening in 93 through various times during the following years
Yet another smooth transition to that Desperado clip. Impressive how much use you're getting out of it. :')
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@@ExpeditionThemePark for the Luxor video, you can be like "you know who has a show at the Luxor? Chris Angel. He's a magician/illusionist. You know who else is? Lance Burton. He's in this clip..."
@@ATalkingBadger saving that for later ,😆
Can’t wait for Luxor and would love to see Excalibur!
Coming soon! :)
Oh the memories!
I’m from Las Vegas! My dad also works here, This was like THE place Every birthday party for me growing up, that water ride tho stank like poopoo
Adventuredome is very underrated, and is not a failure. El Loco took it to a new level! The unique thrill rides helped to round out the experience. Canyon Blaster is actually still as smooth as my first ride in 2007.
My first visit to Circus Circus was in 1986. Then, I visited in 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016, 2017, 2019, and 2020. Each of those visits were quite special.
As a vegas local, the Star Trek experience and Adventure Dome will always hold special places in my heart. There was something so cool about eating in the Star Trek Experience's themed resturant, and walking through the halls of a starship in the borg ride. I miss it a lot. I'm glad I can still go to the Adventure Dome when I go home. Also, Area 15 is really cool now
I went to Vegas in 2015 and stayed at Circus Circus. My friends and I spent an afternoon in AdventureDome and had a lot of fun! I hope they can keep it going and keep upgrading it.
Please do more videos on Vegas attractions, I loved this one!
I first visited Las Vegas in 1996, when I was 8 years old. My family only went to check out the casinos, specifically Fremont Street. However, we did visit Circus Circus and watched the trapeze show and hung out in the arcade area. I lived in Las Vegas two times during the 2000's and returned to Sin City in 2018 for the 3rd time. I haven't had time to visit The Adventuredome, work and trying to pay the bills. I remember going on the Rim Runner back in 2004, the park removed it for El Loco in 2014. During 2008, I created a record by riding Canyon Blaster 16 times in 2 hours before the park closed. After almost 10 years, now is the time for the park to expand the dome to add a new themed area and put in a new roller coaster.
I think they need to do a renovation on it.
agreed!
It's fairly well kept, but I wish they could somehow squeeze one more roller coaster in it and have it be a launched coaster that goes throughout the dome.
As long as they keep Canyon Blaster and El Loco, I'd be okay with that.
I love these Vegas videos because I remember this era so so well I was a kid and my parents were going to Vegas during this period this is the Vegas I remember. Now I know another one
The last time i was there. My brother, cousin, and myself decide to ride Rim Runner before the park closed and we got stuck right before the drop for 10 minutes. Fun times.
Good times! now it is gone
grew up in Las Vegas had so many birthdays at adventure dome .it’s still a favorite of mine to bring memories in.it’s something my grandparents got married out way back in the 90s . It’s where I had many birthdays. Where next year I’ll be taking my son. Adventure dome truly has years of memories on Las Vegas that can’t be forgotten
I was obsessed with the Adventuredome when I was a kid. I wanted to go so bad, but I remember the attractions being way too expensive so we couldn't do it.
Yeah, and there was not many!
Same here! I was always jealous of the other kids who were able to go, especially since it felt like there wasnt much else to do growing up out here back then
Don’t know how it’s too expensive-at least recently an all day pass is only $30 from what I remember
The prices now are $60 a person!!
BRO, this is my childhood, we went for field trips in school. Where the fun was to all these places. Thank you so much for this trip down nostalgia lane. I dont live in Vegas anymore, but i did for 25 years. This just made my day. Thank you so much!
Looking at the footage of circus circus, couldn't help but think of this quote:
A drug person can learn to cope with things like seeing their dead grandmother crawling up their leg with a knife in her teeth. But no one should be asked to handle this trip.
Huh
Hunter S. Thompson. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas .
Oh my god! I went there as a child so many years ago, and cried the entire time because it was so overwhelming, haha! As an adult the memories from that place feels more like a fever dream than something that actually happened
Hahah sounds right
i remember when they introduced El Loco, there were soooo many commercials.
Funny enough that they tried to draw in family friendly crowds with the adventure dome. i always thought circus circus looked kinda seedy and grodey. i've only been in there a few times. the halloween thing didn't help my willingness to go either haha, i'm a bit of a fraidy cat.
i'm definitely going once the pandemic is over though.
also had NO idea that the same company built the Luxor.
ahh I love a Halloween event!
You scared me with this title. I haven't been to Vegas in 11 years and I was worried The Adventuredome was gone before I had a chance to go again. I moved away from that part of the country and want to take my husband to see my favorite childhood theme park. Also, I really miss the fun house IMAX ride that had like 15 or so years ago.
Growing up we went there often and adventure dome and the midway games were the best kid friendly entertainment available on the strip. Do the defunct merlin show at Excalibur!!
It's on my list!
yes please, let us know more about the history of Las Vegas resorts!
Deal!
Honestly as a millennial that has no interest in gambling I am surprised I have never heard of The Adventure Dome. It looks very fun.
Yeah! Time to go
I loved that place as a kid and teen. Especially during October in the first few years they started doing fright dome.
Bruh the drone in the intro is above my hotel treasure island. I can tell by the mirage and how my my view is directly looking at that hotel. Pretty cool tho!
"It's getting pinker by the day" was that really a selling point?
Haha no during the construction
It would be for me!
The pink is iconic too me.
I love Grandslam canyon! This was part of my childhood, goodtimes 😀
I need an episode on Fright Dome. Never been, but I’ve really connected with my kids over those Five Nights at Freddy’s games, and turns out Fright Dome has a maze in 2016. Hadn’t heard of it before then. Love the content, always watch as soon as I can when you post.
I went to fright dome that year and honestly? fnaf was easily the worst haunted house we went in that night. We followed our guide in a straight line the entire way and.... nothing happened? we would walk into the different rooms and things would be moving and there was a bunch going on and then it would all just turn off abruptly, intentionally, and that was about it? I was in the back of the line and the only remotely scary thing that happened was I felt something hit the back of my foot and i glanced back and saw an actor dressed up as a chicken? (I'm not familiar with the games idk what it was) but that was it. I got startled obviously but they paused in their step since they got too close to me and started shuffling behind me once there was enough distance between us but that was it. Allegedly it was supposed to be an interactive house but the guides stress that you have to stick with them the entire time and follow in a straight line because they would not turn back for you. And they meant it. There was no mention beforehand that we could touch anything, and it was a big no no to touch anything in the other houses so naturally we assumed the same rules applied. So yeah... unfortunately it was not a good maze. Absolutely nothing happened. It sets and costumes looked pretty spot on from what I've seen of the game so maybe fans would've appreciated it but yeah.... not a very good haunted house.
I was a kid in the 90s visiting my dad every summer and we went to all these places. I have a ton of photos and videos from MGM's little theme park and plenty of nights spent at the Adventuredome with a friend who lived here. The nostalgia is REAL.
i went here 2 days ago and they actually JUST changed it so it's $40 for unlimited rides. No more paying per individual rides!
oh that is awesome! Need to get that deal
Believe it or not, a lot of people are mad about that. Also that change happened two years ago now, and they always had the unlimited rides deal, the price for it was actually raised lol, used to be cheaper for the same deal
Good lord when I was a kid growing up in Vegas I went to adventure dome alllll the time. It was $24 dollars for an all day unlimited pass aka the wristband lol
It’s been that way for a few years now.
Fright dome is more crazy expensive-but regular adventuredome has been $40 for some years now which always surprises people.
@@lexi4booksilovebenji Well if it's been any amount of time since you were a kid sounds like it's about the same price considering inflation.
Ooh a multi-part EXPEDITION!! Awesome!! The adventures continue!! I recall visiting the Dome/Canyon in 96. It was a pretty big deal at the time but yes, not many attractions, as much as I truly admire their effort!
It does!!
Word from the casino staff is that the update plans include a third coaster. I saw engineering walling off taking measurements near the lift hill of the old plume ride, so there may be something to this.
Hope so!!
@@ExpeditionThemePark i did see some tools near the flume lift
From what I've read well doing my research on supposedly chance rides made a video for Minecart roller coaster
i’m hopefully going easter weekend, i’ll let y’all know if i see anything!
@@lorraine7474 went yesterday April 2 for my birthday and saw cranes in the area they added a new ride called nebula or something like that
Canyon blaster still holds up to this day in my opinion. Fun ride
I am a fan
Of the park?
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I'm also a fan
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I loved Adventuredome, I used to spend days there as a kid and the roller coaster is still one of my all time favorites. The crowds were so tolerable there, it always had this feel that you had the park to yourself. I remember riding the roller coaster 10 to 15 times in a row with no wait time. Playing "Mad Dog" in the arcade. And then dominating some laser tag. As a SoCal resident, this place gives me almost as much nostalgia as Disneyland or Knotts.
La Vegas seems to have some worst record for theme parks. It’s blows my mind.
So bad! haha
I grew up in Vegas and I wholeheartedly agree. It was almost depressing. Luckily Magic Mountain is like four hours away.
Awful record just awful
It's because Las Vegas never really had the local population to sustain a theme park until 2010. Honestly, locals don't want to go to the Strip in order to enjoy a day out with the family. If they had built it in the suburbs away from the strip, locals would go. It would be like Disneyland in the way that more locals than tourists would be there on the regular. That's how it works with the 2 water Parks we have. Wetn Wild 2.0 on the Westside and Cowabunga Bay on the east side. Annual passes and locals all season long. I just wish those waterparks were indoors so they could be year round. One thing they got right with Adventure Dome was it being indoors.
Maybe it's time to change that 🤔
Canyon Blaster was the first looping roller coaster I rode as a kid during a family vacation to Vegas in 1999... It inspired a new love for coasters within me that I still have. It will forever hold a special place in my heart. I remember those old Circus Circus promo videos would play in the hotel rooms... nothing pumped you more as kid to see that playing in your hotel room and know that it was just down the hall.
A good first coaster !
The history of Fright Dome needs its own episode!
Could be a cool haunts episode !
I agree with that
@@ExpeditionThemePark agreed! There needs to be a Fright Dome history video. It'd be a great watch
I was a actor at frightdome the last 2 years of you want to any info
Please make a fright dome video!!!! Best haunted attraction ever! I miss it 😭
“With each day, Grand Slam Canyon gets even Pinker!” LOLOL
Please do an episode on Gilroy Gardens! It has a very unique history. With it starting with a Disney like drive towards an amusement park, by the owner of a Local grocery store chain (Nob Hill Foods) Bonfonte was the man who the park was named after (before basing changed to Gilroy Gardens. Plus in the works is a full on amusement park!
Awwww my childhood!!! I grew up in Vegas and this was a go to place even in the "decline" of the late 00s.
i loved going to Circus Circus back in the 90's. I remember each hotel having some sort of Arcade room to entertain the kids. My personal favorites back then were Excalibur's own carnival themed play room, MGM had a nice arcade floor, as well as Luxor, New York New York and Treasure Island. Nowadays, you really can't find a hotel with a decent arcade room. Circus Circus stayed with this theme though. And as ghetto as it was to visit, nostalgia was always welcomed. At the Adventure dome i LOVED the Laser Tag arena.
That dome is covered with so much soot now, you can’t tell the color. Can’t imagine what it’s like looking up.
Everything is still from there that era. Nothings opened in 15+ years, on the strip.
As always I love seeing the history behind all of these Vegas attractions that I would frequent when I lived there for a short time as a kid. It unlocks so many different memories I wasn’t sure were real! 🤣
Thank you so much for watching!
Cannot wait for the Luxor episode. And yes, Excalibur deserves an episode too!
It's coming...
Please cover more Vegas!! I live here ❤️
I will!
Oh he will... just so he can play that Desperado video again...
i remember staying at circus circus in 2015, good memories with that 90 degrees drop
I’ve been living in Las Vegas for 14 years and Adventuredome always gets me excited when I first go in. Every time I go, it feels like I’m back in my 8th grade field trip to this place, my first time going before I moved to Vegas, and when I tried to get my fear of loops. I’m actually gonna go tomorrow. I also remember fright dome. That was dope asf
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When I went to Vegas when I was five, we ALMOST stayed at the Circus Circus. When we got there, we didn't have a resort to stay at yet so we just walked around until we picked one. My mom and I liked Circus Circus because I loved the arcade games and she liked how family-friendly it was. My dad wanted to stay at the now demolished Frontier...we ended up at the Frontier. And boy did it smell bad. The Frontier saw better days.
Circus Circus thought of the box, they wanted to re-invent Vegas. And they did it. It reminds me of how Times Square was transformed from a rundown place ridden with crime and whatnot to a family-friendly tourist mecca.
Exactly! At least it still exists today
Avery, when we were 8, Ben and I experienced Vegas during a family road trip. I remember seeing a fist fight with bloody noses outside the 4 Queens casino and having silver dollar pancakes for breakfast at the now defunct Silver Slipper casino. I also remember everything there smelling of cigarette smoke.
I’m pretty sure Times Square is run down and crime ridden again
I loved this place. The midway too. I have wonderful memories at circus circus.
Desperado oh here we go agian. Can’t complain it still funny
Always ha
So many great memories. I came here with my grandparents as a child and now I take my own children. I totally forgot it was called Grand Slam Canyon. Thanks for the trip down memory lane. Looking forward to the Luxor video.
I love Adventuredome! So many great memories there.
A classic
I honestly think the Adventure Dome really was a good idea in concept.
I think it's only major flaw (and indeed, the main thing that has prevented it from having any serious expansion) is the simple fact that they really don't have much space to work with... Even if they weren't bound by the glass dome, 5 acres is still a pretty small footprint for a full-scale amusement park, so it's pretty much impossible to add anything other than more flat rides without taking some stuff out.
Maybe if they built a parking structure next to the dome specifically so they could get rid of the parking lot that currently sits under it, they could potentially expand the park *vertically* by building some new stuff below "floor level"... Like, maybe a dark ride or a 3rd roller coaster (4th if you count Miner Mike), perhaps?
Whenever I am in Vegas I always stay at Circus Circus. After the demolition d Sahara's it is the last place on the Strip with the old campy feel. I was last there 10 years ago and had fun on the rides, but it did feel a bit cramped in there.
Hey at least it's back also they didn't demolish it they just renovated it
I’ve been to Circus Circus since the early 2000s, and I really enjoyed it. I liked the outlook of carnival rides and games, circus entertainment, and the video arcade, while literally having the casino games all around. Didn’t know this started in the 1960s!
Where's the video on the Luxor?
Extremely well done. You always do a good job but this one was especially impressive. I stayed here with the family once in the late 70's and the way you described it was correct. It tried to be everything to everyone. As a kid in his single-digits, I liked it. The adults played, I ran off and did my own things, no one got hurt. ( ...that my parents ever found out about . ) On that same token, we also didn't go back. Gambling is gambling, and theme parks are theme parks, they don't always mix. The adults did their gambling at slot machines, I did my gambling every time I bought something from the snack bar. ( ...and lost. Thank you under-cooked corn dog. )
Thank you so much.
Thanks for doing this, I have a lot of nostalgia for that place. I had hoped you would cover more about the Frightdome in particular, as it did have a couple good years. That place was a blast, completely fogged out and crawling with actors, Tons of haunts/mazes, overpriced drinks. It was a great time with the exception of the final year i attended. Just a complete letdown from previous years
I have a lot of good memories of this place. The casino was one of the only ones that had newer cabinets for fighting games I played, although I'm pretty sure they moved them all to the Orleans eventually
I actually didn't cover much about the Frightdome to leave the optipn open for a dedicated Expedition Haunts in the future
Not sure if you’d be up for it, but Caesars used to have a Really nice attraction during this period called CAESARS MAGICAL EMPIRE which combined so many great elements together, including an above-average dinner show, some really good close-up and traditional theatrical magic performances, some surprisingly good audio animatronics and some large scale special effects, as well...Very similar to the fabled but doomed Adventurers Club at Pleasure Island in Walt Disney World
It is something I hope to do in the future!
"Kids & gambling don't really mix."
We keep telling this to video game publishers, but they won't listen.
“Hey kids. For just a dollar you can take a chance at knocking down all of these milk bottles. If you do, you can win one of these huge prizes”
“Hey folks. For just $1.00 a spin, you can try to get the matching symbols on the screen, if you do, you could win our jackpot”
Casinos don’t want to admit that they are just the arcade for adults, even though now you can actually play Plants vs Zombies or Candy Crush themed slot machines.
My family (we live in California) absolutely fell for the kid-friendly advertising. We went twice in the 90s and once in like 2006. I get nostalgic for Excalibur and the pirate show.
I use to love shrooming or frying at circus circus... As a teen....
It was a awesome time in Vegas....in the late 80s early 90s.
Fear and loathing style.
Haha sounds right
OK, sad druggie.
I LOVES VEGAS! And I would love to see you review more Vegas Resorts. I think you'd have plenty of material. Each resort is like its own little world.
Exactly!!
Really good episode! Could you go over the recent drama between Egan Entertainment (who produced the fright dome) and MGM in a future episode?
I hope to cover it in a stand alone episode one day
Great video I’d love to see more videos on the history of the hotels and resorts in Vegas please keep them coming
Thank you so much! I will do
Next Sunday Would you do the History of Incredicoaster/California Screamin Disney California Adventure and Look for Davidjellis, Sean Flaherty and Pixar Fan327 Expedition Theme Park
One day but not anytime soon. Maybe later this year
I worked there as a teenager. It was a fun job and I even helped setup some of the games.
Born and raised in Vegas. My parents worked at circus circus for more than 30 years. I worked at the midway games for 2 years
As soon as I saw a video by you AND about vegas... I got snack, sat back and enjoyed the video.
hope you enjoyed it.
I was born and raised in Las Vegas, and I remember when the city was more kid-friendly. I miss those days a lot. The Adventuredome will always hold a special place in my heart.
The Drifter Balloon Ferris Wheel was our favorte! My BFF and I rode it several times! I just wish the carousel hadn't been closed for repairs! :'(
I'd love to see you cover the Vegas haunt scene. They don't have a -lot- of stuff (esp. now that Frightdome is done.) but what they have/had was pretty unique.
In the future I will
I was at Circus Circus in '92 before any building began and had no idea back then it was going to be built. Years after built I wanted ti go see it but never have had the chance.
Ok, I swear, when I went here one time, they had a VR version of the arcade game CarnEvil, I’m hoping people who go to the adventure dome can confirm or deny this, maybe I just saw it in the arcade and confused it with one of the VR ride thingies, I just need to put this to rest
I'm not sure about that sorry!
They might have had that, but I haven't played any arcade games there yet. They have a huge arcade section, along with laser tag and like a secret agent-like laser room you have to navigate through.
Carnevil is a standard light gun arcade game from Midway. More than likely it's there.
It wasnt based off the game carnevil but it was very similar with evil clowns... It later became themed after the tv show reboot but i havent been in years and dont know if its still there
Circus Circus is still a decent property in Vegas. The rooms are cheap and the table minimums are lower than other places on the strip. The last time I went into the Adventure Dome, it wasn't bad either, and well kept up. They still have the Midway circus acts and boardwalk games too. The biggest gripe with Circus Circus is the area surrounding the property. Slots a Fun is next to the CC, and used to be a great place to gamble. It appears to be going under, as there are no table games and just a few slots as of my last visit. The Riviera was across the street, but it is gone. The streets between Circus and Circus and downtown are not safe for pedestrians. Arrive and leave by vehicle and you will be fine. PRO TIP: The Peppermill restaurant is directly across the street from the CC, and it is an old school Vegas landmark. Great food, especially breakfast.
As a vegas native, I love all of these. Thank you for bringing back my childhood with these vegas videos. You have no idea how much these mean to me. Thank you.
Thank you so much for watching.
same here
As a longtime vacationer there, I remember this..:) Nopty my childhood but my adulthood!
Wow the adventure dome... Born and raised Vegas local here... I remember riding my first roller coaster there and fright dome was the best during my middle school/high school days! Now adventure dome is very different I heard there’s like mini golf there now haha