The last time I was at Frontier Village was in the summer of 1978. My parents took us there on occasion since the late 1960's. I forgot about that stage coach ride! No way would any amusement park have that today because of all the silly safety regulations, lawsuits, insurance etc. If they did, all the people would require seat belts and the kids helmets! The good old days when you could enjoy yourselves without the safety "overkill"!
Thank you to you tube for allowing people to relive memories and share it...this place was a cut above Santa Cruz boardwalk but not qu para pints great America
Aw that looks fun. I would be there with my kids. Of course now there would be a bunch of wannabe gangster types skulking around ruining it for everyone.
We would love to clean and properly digitize this film and any other films from Santa Clara County you may have. And we will do it for free. Please contact Bill Foley at California Pioneers of Santa Clara County at (408) 317-8249
Next time your un-greatful snotty nosed brat kid asks you how you ever survived without computers and video games....Show em this film!!! We actually got up off of our asses and pursued a good time. But that was before they outsourced all fun to China!!!...Bastids!!..This is AmeriKa....Stop smiling!!! No Fun Allowed!! No smiling...NO SMILING!!! Just sIt on your ass and let the government take care of you fatty!!! It's called "Hope and Change" Dammit!! All fun must be approved by dear leader...
I went to Frontier Village for the first time in 1970 with numerous visits after that, but thankfully I didn't let the experience make me bitter as I grew older. Things change, but if you start your kids off early in life with an outdoors experience, they generally will continue that way of life, even these days. Problem is, most parents are either "too busy" or simply ignore their kids, so is it a surprise when kids gravitate to video games? On a side-note, "dear leader?" Really?
Super 8? You can tell from the video noise between scenes that this is video tape, not super 8mm film. Very likely shot with a Sony cam connected to a beta "back-pack" VTR. Just about all that was available to the amateur back then.
hi,my name is Kim,im 16,have brown hair and no eyes.if you dont repost this to at least 5 videos,i will appear beside your bed at 9:00 P.M and kill you *DIDNT STARTT*
What great memories! My next door neighbor was a manager at the park and we used to get the all ride day passes from him quite a few times each summer. A little piece of magic that gone, but not forgotten.
A few years ago, two parents went out for dinner. A few hours later, the babysitter was calling to ask if she could cover up the clown statue in the kids' room, the father said,"Take the kids and get out of the house. We'll call the police, we don't have a clown statue." The "clown statue" is really a killer that escaped from jail. If you don't post this letter on to 10 videos tonight, the clown will be in your bed at 3:00 am with a chainsaw in his hand(SORRY BOUT SPAM THIS REALLY FREAKS ME
OMG! i love the train it is so cool! they hada replica of that one at the great escape fun park in new york and i loved it but it closed cuz they put in a crappy roller coaster I LOVE THE TRAIN TOOT TOOT
Great memories of FV. . I still remember the haunted house/cave?? They played the recording while you were in line. It said, something, something, something (can't remember the specifics)...But you don't have nothing to be worried about...laugh, laugh, laugh.... I HOPE...
@chucke1963 It was called "The Lost Dutchman Mine Ride". And speaking of it, I'd love to see some video footage of it. When I went on it it with my uncle (he and my aunt took me to the park for a belated 8th birthday present), I was so scared, I kept my eyes closed for most of the ride.
I loved the airplanes and the canoes. Even though we were quite little, our parents let us run wild in this place. Those were different times! I wish Frontier Village was still there. It was perfect for kids.
This was a great park and it should have never left us. I was just a little kid at the time but love driving the cars and going in the mine cave. Thanks for posting I found this by mistake.
I have quite a few FV memories, including one that involved the 'Roundup' ride. About halfway through the ride I felt queezy and turned my head to the side, since I knew that I was gonna hurl, and as I blew my chunks...the last image I saw was the 'goods' heading directly toward the face of a woman who was standing next to the railing.
I tried the 'Roundup' one last time the next year...boy, was that a mistake! Rode it twice, got sick twice. Enuff said!!!
The last time I was at Frontier Village was in the summer of 1978. My parents took us there on occasion since the late 1960's. I forgot about that stage coach ride! No way would any amusement park have that today because of all the silly safety regulations, lawsuits, insurance etc. If they did, all the people would require seat belts and the kids helmets! The good old days when you could enjoy yourselves without the safety "overkill"!
newalm 4 months ago
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newalm 4 months ago
Thank you to you tube for allowing people to relive memories and share it...this place was a cut above Santa Cruz boardwalk but not qu para pints great America
UNDERGROUND2000 5 months ago
Thank's for sharing i was probably there that day!!!
aydencamdyn 5 months ago
Aw that looks fun. I would be there with my kids. Of course now there would be a bunch of wannabe gangster types skulking around ruining it for everyone.
lilSnubby 6 months ago
Yeah so many memories of this place.
Enamoured501 6 months ago in playlist Americana
Yeah! So many good kid memories are flooding back. The stunt show was where it was at!
btwentwo 7 months ago
This brings back amazing memories for me thanks for sharing this. AZ Native
climbon74 1 year ago
I used to go there a lot when I was a kid. For some reason, I kept calling it "Frontier Chicken"!
RK831 1 year ago
It's a park now! The trees only remain!
mentalstatusunknown 1 year ago
Rainbow Falls was a place where you just drop a line and ALWAYS caught a fish! HA!
jetskidrummer 1 year ago
We would love to clean and properly digitize this film and any other films from Santa Clara County you may have. And we will do it for free. Please contact Bill Foley at California Pioneers of Santa Clara County at (408) 317-8249
KailuaKid 1 year ago
i have fun everyday asshole-bitter much
randog69 1 year ago
All was right with the world at Frontier Village.
56BUICKRiviera 1 year ago 2
Wow, I was six in79' and can barely remember frontier village... Thanks for this video tape... YouTube is my new memory bank.
nocafeine 2 years ago
Ahhh the Apache Whirlwind coaster!
fairfielder 2 years ago
O_O!!!! i live 5 mins away from where the park used too stand o.o
Schizophrenia222 2 years ago
Next time your un-greatful snotty nosed brat kid asks you how you ever survived without computers and video games....Show em this film!!! We actually got up off of our asses and pursued a good time. But that was before they outsourced all fun to China!!!...Bastids!!..This is AmeriKa....Stop smiling!!! No Fun Allowed!! No smiling...NO SMILING!!! Just sIt on your ass and let the government take care of you fatty!!! It's called "Hope and Change" Dammit!! All fun must be approved by dear leader...
Audioforge 2 years ago 7
@Audioforge
You can definately say the same from me!
nikonmn 2 years ago
@Audioforge
I went to Frontier Village for the first time in 1970 with numerous visits after that, but thankfully I didn't let the experience make me bitter as I grew older. Things change, but if you start your kids off early in life with an outdoors experience, they generally will continue that way of life, even these days. Problem is, most parents are either "too busy" or simply ignore their kids, so is it a surprise when kids gravitate to video games? On a side-note, "dear leader?" Really?
danig0985 8 months ago
I spent my childhood here...Then they went and closed it....Bastids!!!!
Audioforge 2 years ago
Super 8? You can tell from the video noise between scenes that this is video tape, not super 8mm film. Very likely shot with a Sony cam connected to a beta "back-pack" VTR. Just about all that was available to the amateur back then.
tonysqqkq 2 years ago
"Video"? From 1979? Probably Super8.
Eriogonum 2 years ago
thats video for sure
phlizmo 2 years ago
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DON'T READ THIS I'M SOOOO SORRY EVERY1!!! If you do not copy and paste this onto 10 videos your mom will die in 4 hours
hannahmileyfan018 3 years ago
I remember that place! We used to go there all the time when I was a kid! It closed on my 9th birthday So Sad
nagaempress 3 years ago
My history teacher used to work there
zfirer 3 years ago
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srry...
But i love my mom deeply...
And i don't want to take any chances.
Sorry.
If you do not copy and paste this onto 10 videos your mom will die in 4 hours
hannahmileyfan018 3 years ago
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hi,my name is Kim,im 16,have brown hair and no eyes.if you dont repost this to at least 5 videos,i will appear beside your bed at 9:00 P.M and kill you *DIDNT STARTT*
hannahmileyfan018 3 years ago
really what was your neighbor's name?
panaflex 3 years ago
What great memories! My next door neighbor was a manager at the park and we used to get the all ride day passes from him quite a few times each summer. A little piece of magic that gone, but not forgotten.
majarichie 3 years ago
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A few years ago, two parents went out for dinner. A few hours later, the babysitter was calling to ask if she could cover up the clown statue in the kids' room, the father said,"Take the kids and get out of the house. We'll call the police, we don't have a clown statue." The "clown statue" is really a killer that escaped from jail. If you don't post this letter on to 10 videos tonight, the clown will be in your bed at 3:00 am with a chainsaw in his hand(SORRY BOUT SPAM THIS REALLY FREAKS ME
hannahmileyfan018 3 years ago
OMG! i love the train it is so cool! they hada replica of that one at the great escape fun park in new york and i loved it but it closed cuz they put in a crappy roller coaster I LOVE THE TRAIN TOOT TOOT
hannahmileyfan018 3 years ago
Great memories of FV. . I still remember the haunted house/cave?? They played the recording while you were in line. It said, something, something, something (can't remember the specifics)...But you don't have nothing to be worried about...laugh, laugh, laugh.... I HOPE...
chucke1963 3 years ago
@chucke1963 It was called "The Lost Dutchman Mine Ride". And speaking of it, I'd love to see some video footage of it. When I went on it it with my uncle (he and my aunt took me to the park for a belated 8th birthday present), I was so scared, I kept my eyes closed for most of the ride.
disneyfan81 1 year ago
I loved the airplanes and the canoes. Even though we were quite little, our parents let us run wild in this place. Those were different times! I wish Frontier Village was still there. It was perfect for kids.
antiwarmom 3 years ago
This was a great park and it should have never left us. I was just a little kid at the time but love driving the cars and going in the mine cave. Thanks for posting I found this by mistake.
bosswall 3 years ago
I have quite a few FV memories, including one that involved the 'Roundup' ride. About halfway through the ride I felt queezy and turned my head to the side, since I knew that I was gonna hurl, and as I blew my chunks...the last image I saw was the 'goods' heading directly toward the face of a woman who was standing next to the railing.
I tried the 'Roundup' one last time the next year...boy, was that a mistake! Rode it twice, got sick twice. Enuff said!!!
mrfunderful 3 years ago
@mrfunderful I remember someone puking ping popcorn after they got off the roundup. I will never forget that image........
chucke1963 1 year ago
Great video!
Richardlopez34 4 years ago
Wow, all of my frontier village movies are film. lol
hiwatt25 4 years ago
I lost so many jackets at FV
schenker4 4 years ago