Astroworld Rare Raw Footage October 29, 2005
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- Astroworld Raw Footage October 29, 2005 filmed on the second to last day of operations with Casio point and shoot camera.
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I miss Astroworld!!! Most of my summers were spent there with friends! Running around to catch the shortest line, eating everything and anything, and jumping in to Waterworrld to cool down! Takes me back to good time
same here that was Houston go to park right there I did not live to far from there either but everybody got stores who been there that park made a lot of great memories for a lot of people
MARESTOR
You and me both....😢😢😢
Some of my fondest memories are of Astroworld and no park has come close not even Disneyland.
Astroworld was the perfect size park and designed so you didn’t roast in the heat. I loved the rainy days best!
i live in Switzerland and on my summer vacations wei visited Texas (moms from Beaumont Texas) and we would go to astro and waterworld i have so many beautiful memories from that time late 1980s to late 1990s
Such a charming park that would’ve done fine on its own. There really was no reason to close this. Six Flags could’ve easily sold the park instead of clearing the land, and still made a profit. Parking couldn’t have been too hard of an issue to fix.
SiebayRoo Ik
I've said the same thing repeatedly and I've never BEEN to Astroworld. I get six flags was in or near bankruptcy around this time but they could have just sold it and the rides or I don't know Fixed the parking and got rid of La Ronde? Seriously they could have ended the lease with the Montreal Government and gotten out of La Ronde. I mean don't your year round or may to feb parks kind of keep you in liquidity when your other may to october parks can't operate? Or do I not understand the amusement park industry.
Agreed
Did you even see the reason why they shut it down?. The reason why is because there was a lot of crime around the area
They made bad decisions. They are probably killing themselves for letting go of Six Flags Elitch gardens in Denver right about now. The city is forcing the amusement park out because the land is so valuable now.
I went as a kid the first or second month it was open, then each year at least once after that. I told my parents I was going to work there when I was older after that first visit, and a few years later, I did. It was the job that taught me the most about working, and I treasure every friend I made there to this day.
Oh my GAHHHHH!!! I worked at Astroworld from 1996 to 1999. Some of my happiest memories are from going there as a kid and then getting to work there. Thank you for this video!
Your welcome. I was born one year before Astroworld was built and went pretty much every year it operated. I had season passes during my high school days in the 80s and went practically every week. Houston really needs another major amusement park. They should just rebuild Astroworld in the Astrodome. It would save the Dome and we would have an amusement park with AC.
@@johnychen YASSSSSS!!!! I am totally down to go on opening day!!!! What is happening in the Astrodome anyway??? I think I might STILL have my "work track suit" from Astroworld. It was forest green and gold!
I worked there in 1997 for a few months, but I lived in Pearland so it was a bit much.
@@johnychen Thank you for all the amazing memories you brought back through these Astroworld videos. I went every weekend in 92/93 season. I agree! They should bring Astroworld along with Greezed Lighting and Sky Screamer.
My childhood and my second job. I did rides the 2005 season Barnstormer, Grease lightning, Astroway and the train. I’d give anything to walk around again and go on one last ride! Thank you Kieran Burke🤬
I was born and raised in the DFW area so I grew up going to Six Flags Over Texas. I discovered this place through my fascination of abandoned places. It seems like such a fun and beautiful place, I wish I could have had the chance to go here!
What a shame,Astroworld had to close! This was my favorite go to place for fun as a kid.I spent many summers there.This video brings back memories.Wish they would make another amusement park in Houston,miss it.
The are suppose to build one in North Houston, grand Texas, but it is taking forever.. I just wish some rich person would rebuild Astroworld in the Astrodome. It wouldsolve two problems for Houston.
@@johnychen the Astrodome isn't big enough for a theme park
Look mom I can fly
Wrong video.
This was the real Astro world not that bs
I still have my uncles six flags Astro world season passes from 2004 and 2005 the 2004 one has bugs bunny on it
It’s lit!!
The 80's best times ever in the summer.
Brings me back some good memories, I just want to say MOM and DAD Thank you for this! for taking me there when I was a little kid when we use to live in Houston (1990-1998) ... Now im Mexico and last year I was told that it was demolished and seeing this video puts me Nostalgic and some tears in my eyes...
Who ever you are thank you for sharing this video I enjoy it if I was there like a little kid :)
La flame
WiLL2WAVY oooooooooo
It’s litt!!
Boi_If_You_Dont THE SCOTTS OUT NOW 🤯🤯🔥
Littttt
I spent every summer here as a kid. Thank you so much for the memories
No prob. It was my high school hang out in the 80s. Went several times a week.
I remember my parents taking us to Astroworld as kids my Mom and I would ride that train. What wonderful memories. Ty so much for posting. I’m now 62. ❤
Brought back so many memories. I really miss this place.
Me to
I do, too! My parents and I went to AstroWorld a LOT in the late '90s/Early 2000's. Dad's favorite ride was the Texas Cyclone! Plus, we'd go to their waterpark called WaterWorld, and we had a LOT of fun! However, today there's Six Flags Hurricane Harbor Splashtown, which is located in Spring, TX.
OH HOW I WISH THAT I COULD'VE GONE TO THIS PLACE!!!!!
Great footage
Jr Meuth So let me guess: there is STILL nothing in that spot where Astroworld once stood, huh?
It was a bunch of corporate BS. They ended up getting much less for the property and with the cost of dismantling the park they made little money on the deal. Six Flags should have sold it to another company if they didn't want it.
Texas still has 2 six flags San Antonio and Arlington
I have to drive 3+ hrs 😑
Sean Lewis Premier Parks and Six Flags did well enough on their own honestly. Yeah, Premier was a lesser known company, but that’s because of their marketing strategy. The two companies were similar and worked in the past which is why they felt combining wouldn’t be an issue. It wouldn’t have been if they didn’t overspend. Not to mention, they had way too many parks to oversee. (30+ parks in 2003)
I agree. By no means did AstroWorld have a reason to close. Every other park they sold off, they could’ve done the same for this one.
SiebayToo I agree
thanks for the memories!!!!! i actually shed a tear...or two....
i shed like three ... your welcome!
It's almost like being there. Thank you for this! Please don't ever take this down.
That laughing was absolutely pure joy. I miss Astroworld…
Absolute gold! Thank you so much for sharing this..gave me a feeling of nostalgia reminiscing on my visits in the 90s
I remember anytime the park would lose power for whatever reason, the only ride that could still operate was greased lightning or the train because they were steam operated. On the greased lightning we would leave a pretty good gap in the lap bar so when you get to each peak you would literally float for a few seconds! Aww the memories like riding the dungeon drop or sky screamer and putting change on your knee and watch a quarter float as your falling, that's why every car on the sky screamer had change stuck inside of it.
Just like most people living in Houston tx when Astroworld was open my sister's and cousin's and our friends all got season passes every year and pretty much lived there every summer. My parents would drop us off and give us 10 bucks each and we would be there from the time they opened until right before they closed, a lot of great memories there growing up.
I live in Montreal and during the summer, I go to Laronde and while riding the monster, I can see the old blue and red Texas cyclone cars. I don’t know why exactly they’re there but it’s cool.
We also have the old serial thriller named Ednör.
I think it’s cool to have old relics from an old park but it’s also sad that I never got the chance to go. Looking at your footage, it looks so awesome and I wished I could have gone there but I was only 4 when it closed for good in 2005.
I remember those memories. It was very fun.
Everytime I see these videos of Astroworld I get sad. Astroworld was so much fun and I'm glad it was around when I was a kid.I think closing this park was the WORST IDEAL EVER!! Astroworld gave kids and families somewhere to go during holidays,spring break and summers.Kept kids out of trouble.Then middle schools and high schools had physics day at Astroworld.Astroworld location was perfect and it gave our city a certain appeal,now we got a horrible eye sore and if we want to go to a theme park we have to go to Galveston for those sorry and minimal rides or we have to wait til the rodeo carnival or leave the city.I don't think that's fair at all.We need Astroworld back.
Christopher Clark Travis just might revive it.
you know whats crazy? our parents(if you lived in htown texas) have probably rode the same rides. and possibly they are in this video somewhere
So many good memories of this place. XL-R8 was easily my favorite as a youngling. Wish i could go back now and face the twister and a couple others i never made it onto.
Man these were the good ole days. Miss them.
Can’t wait for Travis’s album
Alex Neal lmfao the o y reason I checked this place
Straight up
Alex Neal what if watch started playing in this video lmao
Could I please use some of this footage on an upcoming video I plan to make on indoor scramblers? I will give you full credit for this footage and provide a link back to the video in the description.
I wish I could have checked this park out!
you sure can.... as long as you pay three hamburgers today, and everyday after that..!
Had season passes and spent many summer days here in the 80s and early 90s. This brings back a lot of memories. Thanks for sharing!
Just so sad and depressing 😢
Agree . Wish it was open
This was a great childhood memory. Back in the day traveling deep in suburban and family vans with sega and Nintendo for the road trip lol
Ice chest full because we were there at astroworld all day long
I absolutely LOVE these videos!! I miss Astroworld so much, I hate that my kids will never be able to experience it. The park closed on the day I delivered my first born😭
Thanks for putting this up! This was almost the order I rode everything on my last visit to Astroworld... started with the Texas Cyclone, after that was Ultra Twister, and my last ride at the end was Looping Starship!
Hey, I was there that day. Came back the last day to try and get back in to buy some merch. All the stores along the entrance had lines streaming out of them, but a security who was about about our same age let us in, marched us up to the front of the line and told the cashier to let us through to get whatever we wanted. When we turned around to thank him-he was gone. I got latte mug with all the Astroworld roller coasters on it. I still have it. I have never forgotten that ask of kindness on such a sad day for me.
I miss Astroworld/Waterworld ❤️ thanks for sharing
Great memories at Astro world .Also worked there in '84 Chicken shack.
Wow looking back I never thought of getting a job there at Astroworld. Sad to drive by where Astroworld and waterworld was actually at and see them just not there any longer so many nice memorible experiences we all shared through out the years now gone forever thank you Astroworld and waterworld thank you
Man the memories I have of Astroworld😅. This was truly a place for teens to have loads of fun and no parental oversight. Back then most of us knew how to act in public so we didn't get too out of hand. My sister and I had season passes from about 1985-89. My parents would drop us off around 2 and we would stay there all day. Fright Night was the most fun of all the themes 👍🏽. It's sad that they closed it down but later on there were so many fights and bad actors that it probably affected turnout. Thanks for this awesome video!
I miss it so much,why did they take this place from H.Town.I lived walking dissonance.We just went when ever.We would have a season pass every year.I wish my kids could have had the same experience.😥😥It's sad.
This video is a gem!!...thank you so much for sharing. I had an opportunity to go to astroworld the last week it was open and I passed on it. I'm kicking myself now. I will never forget the great memories I had as a kid and teenager. 😞
Why couldn't they just temporarily close the park whenever a special event is going on at the stadium?
I know right six flags is retarted
WowwZeeGaming So there is still no amusement parks in the Houston area, ever since the closure of Astroworld?
nothing as of April 2018. apparently the land was worth more than keeping the park open. it was All about money.
Their were three reasons why the park close.
1. Parking Issues
2. Gang problems
3. The lot the park was sitting on was valuable.
It WAS valuable. Now it's just another empty lot used for side shows.
Another question though, why didn't they just build a separate parking lot?
Nice walk down memory lane. Astroworld was awesome, so much fun for kids in the 80's. I'm glad I went one last time in 2004. Being from Louisiana it wasn't around the corner. Had no idea it was closing in 2005 or I would have made the effort to go that year too.
That park looked so awesome! I would've loved to go if I had the chance.
I miss Astroworld! 💜
those good old days love it
Texas Cyclone, Ultra Twister, XLR-8, Grease Lightening, Raceway, The Space Shuttle, Alpine Airway, The Viper, The Excalibur, River Rapids, The Bamboo Shoot, The Tidal Wave, and so many others. God I miss this park!
Houston really needs a major amusement park. I am still shocked why no one with a lot of money invests in building one here. It's a no brainer that it will make a ton of money here. Fourth largest city in the US with a young population with lots of families.
Watching this was like traveling through time. As a child my siblings and I lived in this humongous apartment complex that was called Braesbrook Landing which was on Fannin. We were a 5 minute bus ride and almost every summer, our parents got us season passes, so there was a point in my childhood where we were going to Astroworld literally 2-3 times per week. Fond memories, but it breaks my heart to now see little more than a desolate lot where all these memories were made.
I had a season pass back in the 80s and went several times a week also. It was my high school hang out.
This brings back some good memories!!! I miss this place.
I was there that day! While it looks like it could've been my then boyfriend and I in the white sky lift at 9:50 I can't tell for sure. The main thing I remember is just feeling sad walking out knowing I'd be doing so for the last time. Great footage, thanks for sharing!
Baby Travis use to ride this KRAZY!
I've had so many great memories of that place. I hated to see it go to the graveyard.
RIP Astroworld😭
What you talking bout it’s back it’s lit
who else came from the netflix travis scott film ??
Zyonx huh? I didn’t, I just looked it up rn cuz I wanted to see how It was when I was a kid
no
Thanks for filming this 🙏🏽
Awesome video. So many memories. It was my first job in 1995.
Good ol days thanks so much for sharing😃😃😃
Texas Cyclone was so awesome!!!
Hi candysmith I don't think I rode that one when I last went there back in the year 2000 it sure does look like an interesting ride such a shame they closed this park down I never rode the dungeon drop but another ride I never got to ride was the ultra twister it had a very long waiting line but I did ride the viper lol short ride but fun for me at 13 years old😁
Season pass holder for many summers! Miss ya, Astroworld!!!❤️
Me too, I use to go several times a week back in the 80s.
Trip down memory lane :. (
Is this the Astro world that travis Scott went to as a kid
Yes it is.
Wow so two rides that must have come from Six Flags Great America, Grease Lighting(formerly TIDAL WAVE), and the Space Shuttle ride(formerly POWER DIVE)!!
This like almost has me in tears. They tore it down when I was in sixth grade and we always had season passes. This place was a significant part of my childhood.
I miss it :( there's literally not much to do or visit in Houston smh
Houston really needs a major amusement park. They should just convert the Astrodome into an aversion of Astroworld with AC.
When you were born 4 years before it closed🙄🥲
Thanks for taking me back to my childhood.. miss that place
I really wish this park was still open. I was a year old when it closed so I never got to come here, such a horrible decision by six flags to demolish it for nothing
At the time this vid was shot. That old wooden coaster Texas Cyclone had been standing for 30 years. I remember waiting in line to ride and there'd be screws fallin off the thing hitting the ground and brush around the entrance.
So happy to have experienced it myself.
Hey John, I see you have some awesome old Astroworld footage on here. I'm thinking of doing a documentary on this park next year and would love to use some of your footage (will full credit of course) if I have your permission. Please let me know, thanks!
Sure, just give credit to the channel and a link to the original video in the description.
@@johnychen Will do, thanks!
Loves the out of school summer trip to astroworld and waterworld
Twister, tidal wave, bamboo shoot was my favorite ride
We use to travel to Houston every other summer as a family ( extended family included with all my cousins) to enjoy a day at astroworld! Good ol days . When I moved to Houston near Buffalo speedway
I kept thinking this area looks familiar.. well that’s because astroworld use to be right off 610 loop
I miss Astroworld we went there every summer for family vacation
Loved it! Couldn’t wait til summer to go n da early 90’s. I was like ten and had my coke can!😎
Haha. That discount when you brought an empty coke can to Astroworld. Good times.
Do you think you might be able to list the rides in order in the video or edit the names into it, perhaps? Thank you so much for this!! I was crying five minutes in...still am heh
0:04 Texas Cyclone
3:12 Ultra Twister
4:31 XLR-8
6:44 Greezed Lightnin
7:48 Antique Taxies(off ride)
8:07 Looping Starship(off ride)
8:39 Ultra Twister (off ride)
9:35 Astro Way Sky Tram(off ride)
12:58 Astro Way Sky Tram(on ride)
15:18 Bamboo Chute(off ride)
15:55 Viper/Runaway Rickshaw(off ride)
16:31 XLR-8(off ride)
17:51 Greezed Lightnin (off ride)
21:02 610 Limited Railroad(off ride)
23:11 610 Limited Railroad (on ride)
27:25 Serial Thriller(off ride)
28:45 Ancient temple which houses the indoor rollercoaster, Mayan Mindbender
29:40 the closed water park, Waterworld
40:23 Looping Starship (on ride)
Great footage, Remarkable for 2005! Do you mind if I use some of it for a video I am producing about the history of Astroworld? Full credit would be given! EDIT: I see that you have other great videos from Astroworld available on your channel. Is it ok if I use any of this footage? Have a great day!
Sure just give credit to the channel and a link to the original video in the description.
@@johnychen thanks so much! I appreciate it 🙂
A day after I was born
Yo u got some classic video.
Such a waste, the management poured so much effort into this park only to recieve a closure and loss of their jobs. Everyone worked so hard to spruce the park up and decorate really good for the closing weekend when us old employees would be there. I miss this place so much I spent 5 summers working there and I wish it was there for me to share with my grandson.
Breaks my heart everytime I see something to do with Astroworld. I went there from the time I was a little girl...till they closed it. 😭
Susie Wells Do you know what they're doing with the lot, now that Astroworld is gone?
@@seanlewis1148 Nothing that I know of. They claimed it would be used for parking but Idk if they even do that...😢
Susie Wells I just found out that Astroworld might be replaced with an new event center, mainly dealing with agriculture, and also host fund raisers and other events.
@@seanlewis1148 so sad. Doesnt matter what they do with it at this point. They took away the only fun thing(im my opinion) here in Houston.
Susie Wells Exactly. Have you heard anything about what's going on with Grand Texas?
My parents took me here when I was a baby. Wish I could have ridden on these rides, but those memories were robbed along with so many other Houstonians who were too young at the time.
It’s back and it’s lit!
Sometimes I wonder what Astroworld would be like if it were still around.
In my opinion a whole successful theme park is better and more important then a parking space smh
25:17
Second to last day and they're still talking about next year's season pass, yes, I know, that's the recording they've used for years, I'm saying that it's sad that there will never be another season again, it makes me feel melancholy
P.S. That horn is as annoying as fuck, we used the whistle and the bell.
I cannot believe they got rid of it!
Hi guys! Can we use some parts of this footage in our next video? With full credits, of course. Thanks!!
Sure, just make sure to give credit in the video with a link to the original video in the description.
What was that angular looking building at the start?
That loud ass fucking chain lift on the ultra twister! 😆
Greased Lightning! 💥
ITS LITT
I always heard about this place but sadly I was too young to ever visit it
I was at the De Light Concert I think it was called the Southern star amp theater! (groove is in the....? somebody finish the bar...
This was on the last day it was open right?
That's the Astroworld I remember!
Houston really needs a new theme park. Someone should just build one in the Astrodome. Imagine an amusement park in Houston with AC.
Memories...thanks
49:16 Holy shit look Travis in the orange shirt!
YOOO
7:37 I wonder what song is this
To think many people in this video have children that are over 18! Crazy
46:56 Amerie - 1 Thing playing in the background