RIP Moody blues hard rock park ride nights in white satin the tr

[dalenkwint]

This ride was one of the best strangely awesome moments of my life. I had no idea what I was in for. What a shame it's gone forever. These awesome attractions were too good to go away. Myrtle Beach wasn't the right place obviously...

[vocoloidfreak11]

dont sing along with it.

[Richardthenight]

this is what the world looks and sounds like when ur on acid. ;D

[LEEKYLE99]

Wow, hearing about this ride for the first time today i was hyped to see how they did it. Now i know it wasnt much to see much like its a small world at disney only with cooler music!

[12petergriffin]

im really not that suprised that hard rock park closed all they had was led zepplin the ride

[asskakakaka]

when i first heard the song Nights in White Satin, theres no explaining to it. i just really liked it and when i found out there was a ride i knew i had to ride it. then today i found out they replaced it with some gay monster mash ride every emotion went through me. it just really sucks that such a good looking ride was taken out. what were they thinking?

[Djcarolina18]

They weren't thinking. Granted- Freestyle Music Park only lasted 1 season. They're a few days away from declaring bankrupcy and who knows what'll happen after that.

[inwoodliver]

love hearing all three moodies voices...especially John

[normynull]

I never did reach the end of this ride. It broke down and we had to walk off of it after about a ten minute delay. Ironic? I'm not sure.

[ButterBear22]

how could they get rid of a cool ride like that and turn it into something stupid!

[rockinangel0212]

That was one of the many awesome rides at that park! i cant believe they got rid of all those awesome rides! including the never forgetable led zeppelin ride!

[DCRockerGuy]

they turned it into a gay monster thing. the monsters play musical instruments. its soooo gay.

[leixhelix]

and they are made of CARDBOARD!

It's like they got lazy and just wanted a space filler!

[DCRockerGuy]

i was expecting better

[Richilly]

Great video! NIWS will be missed! -Sally

[EffieHollow]

i about died when i heard that they got rid of this ride... I'm from myrtly beach... don't think i'm gonna ever go to the park again

[vespabeachsc]

have you seen what has happened to this ride now, they totally destroyed it, the monstars of rock, oh my god it is horrible!!! i dont know why they could not keep this one and just rename it, damn i am sure the moody blues would not mind. that damn steve goodwin for being so damn sneaky and not allowing them to keep the rides named the same. what an ahole!

[MeIancholyMan]

Just a bad time in the economy to open the park.. sure.. they couldn't foresee what happened in 2008.. no one at HR is at fault necessarily.. just bad timing..

[woodencoasterfan]

It's a shame the park ran in the such a huge money problem. What happened?

[yurfacedrumm]

whoever had the idea to retheme this ride was an idiot. this ride was awesome. it wouldn't put out a bad influence if parents were parenting right. i hear and see more drug related thing at my high school

[EnglishPsycho]

What a weird ride =S

[gardencitystud2008]

well its gone now. its not coming back.

[thornebush5]

Which really sucks given that it was the best attraction there. Even if the park reopens, I might not go back if Nights in White Satin is gone.

[Mojomanmadness1971]

If they have to re-open under a new name they won't be allowed to sell Hard Rock Park Merch...

[gardencitystud2008]

I know that.

[Mojomanmadness1971]

I was refering to the memorabilia such as the magical mystery tour bus, Waylon's guitar, elvis's blue jean outfit. quadraphinia bike etc...

[gardencitystud2008]

the tour bus has been moved for 3 weeks now it was picked up on a trailer. and as far as i have heard almost all of that stuff has been returned already. The parks new management is trying to just get to be able to use the name this year to get them time to come up with a new theme or to better establish the name.

[Mojomanmadness1971]

I wish them luck with that. Its more of a financial thing with the cafe. They lost too much money in merch last year because of the park's gift shops not to mention the bad press...

[gardencitystud2008]

It is gonna cause them a lot of trouble to re open the park without the name and the merchandising they have.

[Mojomanmadness1971]

Having said that, They will be hard pressed to get it renamed, Remerchandised, Re-themed and restaffed by Memorial day.

[Mojomanmadness1971]

The new owners have 60 days to remove all hard Rock Park references and return all the memorabilia. If I was the new owner I would be looking for a way out of buying it. And I would imagine that is exactly what they are trying to do.

[gardencitystud2008]

They do not hav to return it they just have to burn it. You need to read the court papers more closely.

[ACDCwarmachine]

idc what anyone says this was my favorite ride and it smelled like an old timey record store/kinda like incense but i cant wait to ride this when they reopen on memorial day weekend 2009

[yoursignalisbuster]

But the ride and song is cool. Maybe they will bring it to Six Flags America.

[ACDCwarmachine]

yea cause that makes sense

put a hard rock song in a cartoon themed theme park

good luck with that

[luvcntsaveyou]

awe i miss my ride

[Mojomanmadness1971]

The park is chapter 7. Liquidation. it will never re-open.

[ACDCwarmachine]

fuck you they are reopening on memorial day weekend of 2009

wtf are you talkin bout

[oscarboy94]

That was my favorite ride there! Isn't that park bankrupt now?

[gardencitystud2008]

yep it sure is. im so sad i had a season pass.

[thornebush5]

Cheer up mate, the park's going to re-open in spring of 2009 after they get everything in order.

[teheitsjessica]

No, they're not. They're selling the park ride by ride.

[thornebush5]

Yeah... I heard that 30 seconds after posting...

[thornebush5]

They just got bought the other day! Memorial Day 2009 is the Grand Re-Opening!

[teheitsjessica]

I know. Problem is, they won't have the moddy blues song, the led zeppelin song, or the eagles.

[gardencitystud2008]

actually you are wrong they will have it too. bc they have bought the licensing for the songs on the rides. and names. they just havent worked out a deal with the hard rock name. so they only have to probably rename the park and buy new mercahndise.

[Abennett9508]

I wonder where this ride is going!?!

[joeyhair2]

The park has a new buyer! I will reopen for the 2009 season.

[oscarboy94]

Yeah! I might be going back in a year or two! Maybe Disney!!!!

[ACDCwarmachine]

oh shit so you are saying that they will not be owned by hrp any more

on there website it says its just under new management and they just had to think it over kinda and that they will still own it and ticket prices will be cheaper

[oscarboy94]

No, i meant I might be going to Disney. They are under new management, dont know who, though.

[wanderingjew2008]

I'd like to take a ride through Gnarl's Barkley's Crazy

[guitarkd93]

That ride brings out another side of me. I can't even explain it, its kinda like when your on acid, you have a whole diff perspective on everything, its kinda like that.

[kurtkicksass173]

tht ride was awesome

[guitarplayermike]

haha me and my friend loved this ride

it was never as good till now

[sychokilla]

lol the smoke ring room smells bad but other than that its a awsome ride i rode it high so i mean it made it that much better i smoked 3 j's of headies before we got to the park so i was still high when i rode it

[Jeremywheeler2007]

420 nuggs

[nycgrl74]

I love the ride too...don't think it smells so much like incense anymore when you enter the hall with candles.

Sucks that the park is only open on the weekends now.

[DjizzyC]

yea i luved that ride, smelled great

[slipknotslipknot666]

thats ride is awesome in 3d. it isn't the same when it's on a camera and you can't smell the inscense

[luvcntsaveyou]

i worked on that ride

haha it was amazing

and i miss it

[panicbabe12]

yeah, just went today, it was a freaky ass ride!

[austintothekram]

this ride was fucking awesome. i wanna try it when im high.

[Lineridazinc]

:D

This was awesome.

[joe41991]

i always thought i was high on that ride

[Lineridazinc]

Yeah,

"You must be this high (tall) to ride"

XD

[DaSCOhana]

this ride was a trip, you had to be born in the late 60's to 70's to really try and understand, u see back in those days, you had the freedom to do anything you want, it was nothing but sex, drugs and rock & roll, I loved this ride,to each as own,you have to experience the ride to have your own opinion I guess, so in that case this is mine, but I tell you one thing,I will never go to that Hard Rock Park ever again, it was fun while it lasted.

[beatles519]

i rode that i love when is goes totally black then it sprites u with water but there is a chicken by-pass before the ride only if ur a chicken u go through there but there is this thing where is turns and ur on a ramp and it feels like ur going upside down i ride that ride like 3 or 4 times =] IT ROCKS

[BlackMagic2908]

You don't appreciate the song at all do you and you don't appreciate the park itself well i enjoyed the park went i went there because i live near the area were the park is so be it>

[soccorchick45]

wow that song makes me feel like im high or something like that. this song rocks and i love it but its kinda depressing but i luv it

[halligan2591]

is this ride just straight or is it like bumpy n with hills nd shit?

[mtsublueraiders]

it's straight, and kinda boring

[xhxcrobx]

yeah i agree with nick on that, the ride is WAAYYYY different with the glasses

with the glasses you feel like yer trippin balls, but without them it's just stupid lol

[nick747474]

Also the ride doesn't actually work without the glasses. This is a ride which shouldn't have been video taped because you can't video tape this kind of thing. No offense.

[nick747474]

It's amazing how the ride changes each day. It's always different. It's also cool that this is the only ride of it's kind.

[Twitchman24]

That would be trippin smart one.

[ashhsoflyy]

imagine being stoned on this lol

[yo5879]

wat kind of ride is this?

[slipknotslipknot666]

you sit down and ride through. but you have to be there to understand. it's smells like insense and it's all 3d

[AeroArtist]

didn't like this. it started out cool, but it was just kinda empty... i mean, it never really got into anything. idk i wasn't impressed.

[drummercanyon]

try it with the glasses

[disneypiano]

This ride is AMAZING. <3

I just rode it last week; actually I rode it 3 times and it was amazing each and every time.

By far the best ride in the park.

[drummercanyon]

dont forget Led

[disneypiano]

Nope, the Led Zeppelin coaster isn't that good. Completely disappointed me.

Let's just say I have high standards for coasters after being on 260 different ones...

[drummercanyon]

well, i liked  them both

[slipknotslipknot666]

it's really trippy

[xproxmetalxheadx]

im going here in august. i cant wait..

is this ride kind of like the spiderman ride at islands of adventure?

[gardencitystud2008]

kind of but not in the extreme way that spiderman has all the effects and everything but they are doing a complete overhaul of the ride in a few weeks and redoing it completely to make it different

[fatallove]

I was there yesterday night.we rode it three times!!!

i loved it!one of my favi songs!

[sychokilla]

lol i went on that 2 days ago trippy as hell 3d glasses and the guy i met when we got off was high as hell best part is smoke rings and the magic shroom garden ride is awsome as well

[dragon319896]

i went through there and it looks way better with 3d glasses

[AZBelle]

Uh...I can't see hardly anything in this video...maybe it's because I don't have my 3D glasses on lmao! That's ok, I wuz there, it ROCKED!

[manutdtreble7]

do they still have this? i am soooo smoking a blunt and going on this if they do..it looks so badasss

[gardencitystud2008]

Yes they do. This park just opened. So they do still have it.

[KillerZewt]

Music has so much potential as a theme park subject, seriously. This furthers my thought. British Invasion needs some Beatles love, for real.

[gardencitystud2008]

They do. There is a band called the FAB 2. That plays on top of the red bus. They have the bus used in the beatles movie there in front of roadies stunt show. They also have a mural of abbey road on a wall you can take pics in front of.

[KillerZewt]

As in a ride. I'm sure you could make a hellava dark ride out of any Beatles song.

[RoundTableGroup]

I wish they would get some beatles too. However, they declined because they are waiting for a beatles themed park or something. I foudn that out from hard rock park blog,

[chriselementkid]

i like the tunnel you walk in and u get all dizzy and also like the part were you get wet

[gardencitystud2008]

I know. when were you down. And did you see the girl floating in air before you go into candles.

[chriselementkid]

this past saturday and no i didnt

[gardencitystud2008]

too bad bc that was such a cool part and sorry it is right b4 you go into the huge room where he talks and you see all the stuff moving like a movie.

[defygravity1000]

I'm gonna ride dis ride when I go 2 Myrtle beach in September

[benymac]

that ride was the trippy shit of my life u need to go on this shit

[gardencitystud2008]

WHEN DID U RIDE IT did u see all the new artwork when you get on and at the end. they have painted the dico balls and addded color lights at last pattern on wall.

[HRProadie]

I'm not a huge Moody Blues fan but I thought this song went well w/ the ride. I really like this ride! (=

[svlrwolf]

lol, this ride is great, i helped set up for the kid rock and charlie daniels band last week that was there, and got to ride the rides later that day. the led zepelin was neat except for having to stand in the line and watch video, its ok the fist time, but after the third time its to much..

[CoasterKid2007]

Whats the point of this!? Is it like an acid trip or something? And Where is it in the park?

[gardencitystud2008]

It is in the british invasion part of the park near the taxis.

[inwoodliver]

nice re recording by the remaining moodies love hearing John's wonderful speaking voice! thanks!

[drbob217]

I went on tht! it wuz so awesome with the 3 - D Glasses!!!!!

[gardencitystud2008]

they are not 3d glasses they are prism glasses.

[RoundTableGroup]

baby I am in love..

[Ice101Productions]

Actully it doesn't seem that bad, IMO. I think all of HRP is genius, except for those stupid carnival rides of course.

[slicknixon420]

What the hell were they thinking putting in those portable rides?? I did some research a while ago based on what i heard and yes it is true; the "racing" coaster they bought from Reithoffer Shows was the flitzer coaster at the York Fair that killed a 7-year old boy in 2001. Very bad move on HRP's part.

[virtualgamesco]

The rides are only temporary. They're currently exploring options for new, more permanent attractions at the moment.

[gardencitystud2008]

that ride was never operational and it is down now. They just had to have so many rides up and running before opening and they got slippery when wet up so they took it down.

[slicknixon420]

What i don't get, is this ride was made by Sally Corp. who usually include too much scenery in their dark rides to see in one ride. Less scenery is important for a ride like this to complete the atmosphere they were shooting for and compliment the projection & lighting effects that are there BUT i had no idea that Sally Corp. even did lighting and projection. I always figured that was something that was done in-house. This attraction is nothing but projection & lighting. Still can't wait to ride

[virtualgamesco]

This has to be the strangest dark ride I've ever ridden... exactly like an acid trip. Dark, not much scenery, and tons of stuff that doesn't seem to make sense. Yep.

[thedirector1]

"look I see a girl...I have never seen that before" LOL LOL i'm sure you havent but give it time man it will be awesome once you get to "see" one lol.

[vaboxrboy]

OMG! That was the funniest comment I've ever read! But folks, this ride is super lame. I rode it on Friday and it's a whole lot of suck and my thought is that it won't last or they will redesign it. The intent was great, but the execution was poor.

[moodylicious]

Def hope to.

But did a few Moodies shows this Spring and have another trip in late May.

Are you doing the Big Opening with Eagles & Moodies?

[gardencitystud2008]

no it is too much what about you

[moodylicious]

ditto

[moodylicious]

WOW!!!

Thank You for doing that!!!

Justin Hayward has got one sets of 'pipes' that keep getting better.

Awesome performance, brilliant orchestration.

Couldn't see much visually but who cares??!!!

Moody Blues Forever!!!

[gardencitystud2008]

will you be able to come to the park