Gaylord was the one who sold it and let it be torn down. He never wanted the park. They tied the purchase of the hotel to the park. So sad. I always hoped my daughters would get to perform there like I did...
I think Opryland would be so successful now,because of American Idol. American Idol could have had a tie-in with the park. They could have contestants perform there and give concerts.
AWESOME PARK, what a shame such a unique place was replaced with a damn Shopping Mall! Malls are a Dime a Dozen, a Great Theme Park is Priceless. It all comes down to the CEO's Greed... At least we have the memories. Gaylord will never make a dime off of me in that Shopping Mall...
I agree. I went several times a year with my family growing up, I've went to the stupid mall two times since it's been open. Folks in North Bama miss Opryland too.
This was a great family park! I have so many cherished memories. Growing up, we went several times every summer. Loved the rides as well as the shows! So sad it's gone! A shopping mall was the worst reason to ever get rid of it.
God, the memories.Living 2 hours away in Clay Co. I spent many a fun day at Opryland, Mom would fry up some chicken, we'd pack a cooler, and spend the whole day. We also had season passes, One summer, Mom's factory job slowed down, so we went at least once a week with my aunt and her son. I also went there on many a school trip,I even auditioned as a singer there once, didn't get the gig, but no regrets. Maybe they'll bring it back since the mall was washed out, BRING BACK OPRYLAND !!!
I was planning a trip to nashville back in the 90's to visit Opryland, only to find out that they had torn it down to build a crappy old mall. We went to Branson, MO instead. We havn't been to Nashville since. Thanks Gaylord for destroying my summer fun and ruining Nashville Tourism. All you care about is your stupid hotel. You don't even care about WSM 650 AM. Your just using the station to promote your hotel. People who visit Opryland stayed at your hotel. No Opryland, no stay!
yes i had great family times ...here real sad they tore down this theam park to build a crapy mall...it wasnt like it was a run down theam park that was never full ...everytime we went it was packed
Bring this park back. I liked it over the other southern parks I've been to. Disney World had great atmosphere but no real thrill rides, and Six Flags over Georgia has plenty of rides, but a watered down Six Flags cookie cutter theme. Dollywood may be better now, but it wasn't much to brag about in the late 80s when I went. To me Nashville and Opryland just went hand in hand. I really don't even want to visit there anymore without it.
Let me add, Does anyone remember Magic World in Pigeon-Forge, TN? It too, had the Antique Car ride...in the back of the park. Sadly, it's gone now since back in the mid 90's when someone obviously got Tired of it. I remember i'd go to Magic World TONS of times versus going to Dollywood. I loved to ride that Spider ride in the front of the park and the tall Ferris Wheel. Opryland and Magic World need to make a HUGE-ass come back! LOL
I went just once when i was young in the mid 80's, not long after that ' 83 advertisement. I remember riding a small red coaster with a yellow stripe down the sides of it. I almost got on the Grizzly River Rampage, but chickened out. I think my parents got on it though. I did ride the Old Mill Scream at 5 years old. LOL But i was very scared of the Barnstormer planes, they went so high! But now?, i'll ride most anything that i see. When you're little, you're a 'frady cat of big stuff...i was.
We had season passes and my dad would take us on Tuesdays after school when the park was empty and we got to stay on the rides over and over. My dad would never get wet on the Grizzlie River Rampage but we kids would always get soaked. I only rode the Barnstormer a few times because it was always closed due to high winds. My favorite was CHAOS. It's sad to see the remains of Grizzlie near the hotel.
it's a shame that the few remaining building from opryland were torn down after the flood however in an ironic twist the expansion to the hotel meant to tear down the remains of the grizzly river rampage has been canceled (for now ) so it's still there to preserve the memory if i worked in politics in nashville i would fight to make it a historical sight....i only got to go once with my family in 1997 at seven years old and it was the only big ride i could get on and still my fav. raft ride
OpryLand! Wow i am not a nashvillian but have memories of going to the park. I didnt remember it having big rides that will keep it competitive with Cedar Point, Great America and Six Flags theme parks. The thrill wasnt there to keep people coming.
My family have always vacationed in Missouri, and tennessee(were from Texas!). Getting to go to Opryland,and Dollywood in the same year was a huge treat for us! Thanks for getting rid of the Chaos for a mall! WTF?
I certainly share the same opinion as everybody else here! Opryland was to Tennessee what Disneyland is to California it was an American Institution and because of the greedy few namely Gaylord it is no more.it is a shame our kids and future generations will never get to experience it and to think it was built by a generation that intended to pass it on to future generations and I guess they would turn over in their graves and would be disgraced if they knew about it.
Gaylord Entertainment, what WERE you thinking? Obviously, they wasn't thinking at all. I mean REALLY?? I only got to go maybe, 3 or 4 times in my life but, what memories they were. The first time I remember it being SO cold. The last time was about a year or 2 before it closed. One of my greatest memories was going to the Nashville Now show & got to meet Minnie Pearl.
I absolutely adored Opryland!!! Every year my mom would buy us season passes and we would go daily during the summer when I was a kid,I miss it dearly...
I get teary-eyed watchin this. Opry Land was my childhood! It was like losing a friend when they closed the park. Now, when you walk from Opry Mills (now flooded) to the Opry Land Hotel (also flooded), you can see the dried up Grizzly River Rampage course. It's like a graveyard. So heartbreaking.
At least Rock-n-Rollercoaster is still in existence. It's now called "Canyon Blaster" and is at a park somewhere in New York....
Thank you so much for this video, it brought back all of the fond memories of my childhood. Not to mention enabled me to share with my son, videos are much better than pictures.
GAYlord can kiss my ass. I used to go to opryland when I was a kid when my family would go on vacation. I always LOVED it. I couldnt wait to bring my son there on a family vacation......Untill I got there and couldnt find it. I had NO IDEA they closed it down. I didnt see anything about it on the news which is useally something they would cover. I was SOOO pissed off. That was my childhood they just closed and sold!! I guess to some people money is more important then memories n happiness
Man, I miss this park! The Screamin Delta Demon, The Wabash Cannonball, Grizzly River Rampage, The Flume Zoom, The Rock 'n Rollercoaster, the Antique Carousel..this was what I looked forward to when the folks and I went to Nashville.
Stupid Gaylord Entertainment went and closed it....Gaylord Entertainment SUCKS!!!
OMG! I miss Opryland soooo much! We had season tickets and would invite every friend I knew. It was such a great family time! It's sad that Gaylord took it for granted. The only other good, non-Disney theme park is Cedar Point, but that's really far away. I remember that awesome buffet with the amazing strawberry pie! I used to make-out in the Skylift. I saw Lorrie Morgan for the first time there! Too many good memories... Too bad it's gone.
Seeing this makes me a little teary-eyed. If I had the opportunity to go back in time for one day, I think I would go to Opryland. It was the best theme-park EVER! Some of the best days of my life were spent with my friends in the park. Please tear down that Mall and put OpryLand back up!
I miss Opryland soooo much! I never got to experience the whole thrill of the park because they closed it right when I was getting to the age when I wasn't afriad of the upside-down roller coasters. :(
I say they made a HUGE mistake with changing it to a mall. Don't get me wrong, I love shopping there, but you can't miss what you never had so they should have just left it how it was!
Its hard to believe there is no more Opryland usa,me favorite was the walbash cannon ball,log ride. I've been away from home for 20 yrs and being back its hard to believe how evrything is changed.
I am devastated about the floods in Nashville, BUT I am happy that the waters flooded that dam mall HAHAHA....thats what happens when you remove are beloved themepark...Thats natures way of saying, "Hey wheres my themepark that I loved"
@tseay29 - They should tear down the damaged mall...give their employees first crack at operations for the rebuilt Opryland...maybe even put some of it indoors to allow for year-round operations...
Its sad they turned that into a mall that SUCKS!!! they have nothing! and its always so bust u cant walk! But i will say the hotel is amazing! Its sad it flooded tho. Iy was almost like a part of me.
I'm from Mississippi and I loved opryland. Its a shame the greed folks a Gaylord tore it down to build a mall. They don't appreciate the history and heritage behind country music and Opryland. They even discussed changing the format of legendary WSM 650 AM from country to sports a few years ago, and would have gotten away with it, if it weren't for the stations fans, mainly George Jones. Gaylord doen't care anything about music and entertainment, they are now just a hotel company
nashville is not the same as it used to be the hotel and mall are great but they should have build it somewhere else this is what put nashville on the map
I have so many precious memories of my childhood and that video brought tears to my eyes. It breaks my heart that I never had the chance to take my kids to that wonderful place!! Whoever decided to close it and replace it w/ a horrible mall should be taken out & beat!!!
Oh wow, I remember going here when I was like six years old! I'm not from Tennessee, but I have a lot of relatives down there, and Opryland was one of the first theme parks I went to. I remember the chaos, that was so much fun. Good times. The park is a mall now.
Employed from 1991-1993 with the theme park and hotel..Graduating from HS (1991) in West TN, I met alot of wonderful people there while going to college....You really cant get the same thrill traveling over a parking lot...I guess an IMAX theater was created to counter balance family fun
I wonder if Dolly Parton had anything to do with taking away a lot of this parks buisness for Dollywood. I realize its about 200 miles away, but its just a curiousity. Mabye Opryland took notice to a decline in annual ticket sales, and all of a sudden a new company named Gaylord bought the property. Maybe the place would still be there if it was never sold. Hmph, I hear theres a freaking shopping center or mall on the grounds now. As if we need another dam shoppin center or mall.
I find it soooo sad when they close these memorable places! Honestly, Kristin Chenoweth (broadway legend) used to work there, and she says she loved it so much her parents literally had to come and drag her back to OCU. :D
i loved opryland...it was one of the few vacation places my parents were able to take me to when i was growing up...watching this brings back so many good memories of how things use to be....now a mall sits in place of what was in my mind one of the best theme parks ever...how sad that it's gone
I miss Opryland so much. I would have season tickets and go all the time when I was a kid. Until they decided to make a stupid mall out of it. As if we needed another mall.
I grew up going to this park every summer. Now I live about 5 minutes from where it used to be and it depresses me that my daughter will never experience having a park this nice so close to home. Now we have to drive three hours to Holiday World or Dollywood for anything even close. Thanks Gaylord! Just what Nashville needed...another mall. Yawn!
We used to have season tickets and would go several times a year, even during the holidays when it was too cold for most of the rides, in fact for halloween they used to drain the grizzly river rampage and make a haunted trail, I can still taste the mulled apple cider with a cinnamon stir stick...if I ever meet the fellow that decided to close it down I believe I would have to shoot his pinky toe off just for being such a douche.
I'm 22 yrs old and my mom and dad used to take us kids to Opryland EVERY SINGLE YEAR since I was about 4 til they tore it down and built Opry Mills. Such a disappointment. I was truly heartbroken and I think everyone was that went every year. Nashville really screwed up when they took this wonderful park away from Tennessee.
i worked there for 19 years, no place like it, great place to work, then get off work and then go back and play in the park...i miss it, but moving on has been great too!
This video special is living proof that tearing down Opryland for a mall is the dumbest thing Nashville has had happen in a long long time. Thanks assholes for tearing it down. I'm sure we all hate you for it. (not directed at video or anyone here of course). Build a damn mall somewhere else idiots.
I just got back from Nashville yesterday. We were at the Opryland resort for the North American Irish Dance championships. I noticed several years ago, when we were there for the same event, that there is an area between the corner of the Opry Mills center and the resort that looked like it used to be a water ride. Is that what is left of the Grizzly River Rampage? I never even knew there once was a theme park as part of the resort.
Is the old shooting gallery still in Dave and Busters? I wasted many quarters on it as a kid when it was in Opryland. I was in there about 3 years ago and put a quarter or two in it just for old times sake. The rifle sights were still way crooked!! LOL
jholttn, you said it! I miss Opryland so much, what I wouldn't give for another summer there. I wish I could meet the person whose idea it was to tear down the park and build a mall so I could kick 'em in the pants.
I grew up across the river from Opryland and went every summer as a kid. Funny later on I worked for a crane company and we helped with the disassembly of the Rockin Roller Coaster. Man I miss those hot summer nights making out with my girl on the cable cars.
i agree. don't get me wrong, i love east tn, but this was nice to travel to for a day visit. it was fun and wasn't too terribly expensive either. i always enjoyed getting away from Memphis for a visit (but getting anywhere out of Memphis is always nice!)
Thank you Gaylord Entertainment for screwing over Nashville and dropping tourisim down in Nashville to build a F**CKING MALL!!! Gaylord Entertainment, I hope your comany falls flat on your face for tearing down something that Nashville had one of, to build something that Nashville already had 9 of.. Just what we needed, another damn mall. YEAH RIGHT!!!! Screw you Gaylord Entertainment
@jholttn I second this, Gaylord Inc. are nothing but a bunch of money hungry dumbasses. They even admitted that the park was indeed profitable, but they thought they could make even MORE money with a mall. So it was GREED that led to my beloved park's demise, I used to go at least once a month to Opryland, I now go to Opry Mills maybe once or twice every couple YEARS. Thanks Gaylord for burying my childhood underneath a fucking parking lot and a bass pro shop.
@jholttn Well put! I had a season pass, too. When it first opened, I was 11 yrs old and would go daily in Summer and the Fall. I loved the timber topper and Flume Zoom. I found A 50 dollar bill there and bought my first rock and roll album with it, Edgar Winter' Album!! ( hah)!
Gaylord was the one who sold it and let it be torn down. He never wanted the park. They tied the purchase of the hotel to the park. So sad. I always hoped my daughters would get to perform there like I did...
melissawilson777 2 weeks ago
I think Opryland would be so successful now,because of American Idol. American Idol could have had a tie-in with the park. They could have contestants perform there and give concerts.
beckigreen 1 month ago
A cheaper less fun version is coming back now. Thank you Dolly Parton.
m31ee 1 month ago
Opry Mills isn't even a good mall.
SyluxLockjaw 2 months ago
@SyluxLockjaw its a good mall anddolly parton announced today its opening back up by the mall
lanegjones 1 month ago
i worked at opryland in the summer of '91. it was fun job.i miss that place
ELLDEE321 2 months ago
TOO MANY GREAT MEMORIES MISS IT ALOT WANT IT BACK!!!!!
stacia03demarco98 4 months ago
@stacia03demarco98 Your wish was granted today by Dolly Parton
lanegjones 1 month ago
AWESOME PARK, what a shame such a unique place was replaced with a damn Shopping Mall! Malls are a Dime a Dozen, a Great Theme Park is Priceless. It all comes down to the CEO's Greed... At least we have the memories. Gaylord will never make a dime off of me in that Shopping Mall...
KuyaBillRomjue 6 months ago
I agree. I went several times a year with my family growing up, I've went to the stupid mall two times since it's been open. Folks in North Bama miss Opryland too.
15Muleskinner 6 months ago
This was a great family park! I have so many cherished memories. Growing up, we went several times every summer. Loved the rides as well as the shows! So sad it's gone! A shopping mall was the worst reason to ever get rid of it.
skatetoday1000 7 months ago
@skatetoday1000 I had a good times pass. Opry mills was A big mistake.
scrowfan41 7 months ago 2
@scrowfan41 No it wasnt they just said Dolly is opening another one soon
lanegjones 1 month ago
God, the memories.Living 2 hours away in Clay Co. I spent many a fun day at Opryland, Mom would fry up some chicken, we'd pack a cooler, and spend the whole day. We also had season passes, One summer, Mom's factory job slowed down, so we went at least once a week with my aunt and her son. I also went there on many a school trip,I even auditioned as a singer there once, didn't get the gig, but no regrets. Maybe they'll bring it back since the mall was washed out, BRING BACK OPRYLAND !!!
TWMAN454 8 months ago
I was planning a trip to nashville back in the 90's to visit Opryland, only to find out that they had torn it down to build a crappy old mall. We went to Branson, MO instead. We havn't been to Nashville since. Thanks Gaylord for destroying my summer fun and ruining Nashville Tourism. All you care about is your stupid hotel. You don't even care about WSM 650 AM. Your just using the station to promote your hotel. People who visit Opryland stayed at your hotel. No Opryland, no stay!
patrick9648 8 months ago
yes i had great family times ...here real sad they tore down this theam park to build a crapy mall...it wasnt like it was a run down theam park that was never full ...everytime we went it was packed
tuckinuts10 8 months ago 2
Bring this park back. I liked it over the other southern parks I've been to. Disney World had great atmosphere but no real thrill rides, and Six Flags over Georgia has plenty of rides, but a watered down Six Flags cookie cutter theme. Dollywood may be better now, but it wasn't much to brag about in the late 80s when I went. To me Nashville and Opryland just went hand in hand. I really don't even want to visit there anymore without it.
Gamebox27 10 months ago
I think the Gaylord people are retards!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Give me back my opryland
MJGURL33 11 months ago
Let me add, Does anyone remember Magic World in Pigeon-Forge, TN? It too, had the Antique Car ride...in the back of the park. Sadly, it's gone now since back in the mid 90's when someone obviously got Tired of it. I remember i'd go to Magic World TONS of times versus going to Dollywood. I loved to ride that Spider ride in the front of the park and the tall Ferris Wheel. Opryland and Magic World need to make a HUGE-ass come back! LOL
001GenLee 1 year ago
I went just once when i was young in the mid 80's, not long after that ' 83 advertisement. I remember riding a small red coaster with a yellow stripe down the sides of it. I almost got on the Grizzly River Rampage, but chickened out. I think my parents got on it though. I did ride the Old Mill Scream at 5 years old. LOL But i was very scared of the Barnstormer planes, they went so high! But now?, i'll ride most anything that i see. When you're little, you're a 'frady cat of big stuff...i was.
001GenLee 1 year ago
We had season passes and my dad would take us on Tuesdays after school when the park was empty and we got to stay on the rides over and over. My dad would never get wet on the Grizzlie River Rampage but we kids would always get soaked. I only rode the Barnstormer a few times because it was always closed due to high winds. My favorite was CHAOS. It's sad to see the remains of Grizzlie near the hotel.
danasuperstar 1 year ago
The old mill scream!!!!!
jpence80 1 year ago
it's a shame that the few remaining building from opryland were torn down after the flood however in an ironic twist the expansion to the hotel meant to tear down the remains of the grizzly river rampage has been canceled (for now ) so it's still there to preserve the memory if i worked in politics in nashville i would fight to make it a historical sight....i only got to go once with my family in 1997 at seven years old and it was the only big ride i could get on and still my fav. raft ride
funkmaster4life 1 year ago 2
OpryLand! Wow i am not a nashvillian but have memories of going to the park. I didnt remember it having big rides that will keep it competitive with Cedar Point, Great America and Six Flags theme parks. The thrill wasnt there to keep people coming.
jaytoakpark 1 year ago
My family have always vacationed in Missouri, and tennessee(were from Texas!). Getting to go to Opryland,and Dollywood in the same year was a huge treat for us! Thanks for getting rid of the Chaos for a mall! WTF?
blueciviclover 1 year ago
I certainly share the same opinion as everybody else here! Opryland was to Tennessee what Disneyland is to California it was an American Institution and because of the greedy few namely Gaylord it is no more.it is a shame our kids and future generations will never get to experience it and to think it was built by a generation that intended to pass it on to future generations and I guess they would turn over in their graves and would be disgraced if they knew about it.
dn196842 1 year ago 2
Gaylord Entertainment, what WERE you thinking? Obviously, they wasn't thinking at all. I mean REALLY?? I only got to go maybe, 3 or 4 times in my life but, what memories they were. The first time I remember it being SO cold. The last time was about a year or 2 before it closed. One of my greatest memories was going to the Nashville Now show & got to meet Minnie Pearl.
CadillacL 1 year ago
I absolutely adored Opryland!!! Every year my mom would buy us season passes and we would go daily during the summer when I was a kid,I miss it dearly...
Staroth999 1 year ago
I get teary-eyed watchin this. Opry Land was my childhood! It was like losing a friend when they closed the park. Now, when you walk from Opry Mills (now flooded) to the Opry Land Hotel (also flooded), you can see the dried up Grizzly River Rampage course. It's like a graveyard. So heartbreaking.
At least Rock-n-Rollercoaster is still in existence. It's now called "Canyon Blaster" and is at a park somewhere in New York....
FreeFallin1976 1 year ago
God, I miss this place. Too bad the flood didn't wash the F*ckin' mall down the river for good, along with Gaylord's office building!
TNRRBEAR 1 year ago
Thank you so much for this video, it brought back all of the fond memories of my childhood. Not to mention enabled me to share with my son, videos are much better than pictures.
boeremeisie1 1 year ago
GAYlord can kiss my ass. I used to go to opryland when I was a kid when my family would go on vacation. I always LOVED it. I couldnt wait to bring my son there on a family vacation......Untill I got there and couldnt find it. I had NO IDEA they closed it down. I didnt see anything about it on the news which is useally something they would cover. I was SOOO pissed off. That was my childhood they just closed and sold!! I guess to some people money is more important then memories n happiness
1xxXRaptorXxx1 1 year ago 2
Man, I miss this park! The Screamin Delta Demon, The Wabash Cannonball, Grizzly River Rampage, The Flume Zoom, The Rock 'n Rollercoaster, the Antique Carousel..this was what I looked forward to when the folks and I went to Nashville.
Stupid Gaylord Entertainment went and closed it....Gaylord Entertainment SUCKS!!!
BRING BACK OPRYLAND USA!!!
wsbtam 1 year ago 2
man I loved that place....I was so proud of myself the first time I got the courage to ride the screamin delta demon
paratroop82504 1 year ago 2
Exactly they were morons when they got rid of this place , they really messed up the culture and heritage of nashville WE WANT OPRYLAND BACK !
ballenberkley 1 year ago 9
Looks like Gaylord got what you all wanted.....screwed over.
micman1 1 year ago 2
It's just like what happened in NYC to CBGB's. Why does it have to be the foolish American way to tear down and pave over our own culture.
TheSuperofficerdown 1 year ago
OMG! I miss Opryland soooo much! We had season tickets and would invite every friend I knew. It was such a great family time! It's sad that Gaylord took it for granted. The only other good, non-Disney theme park is Cedar Point, but that's really far away. I remember that awesome buffet with the amazing strawberry pie! I used to make-out in the Skylift. I saw Lorrie Morgan for the first time there! Too many good memories... Too bad it's gone.
t1smiller 1 year ago
Oh I miss the hell out of Opryland. Now I live in Nashville, and unfortunately, its just a flooded mall now.
phishinvan 1 year ago
REALY MISS OPRYLAND
1208lonnie 1 year ago
How could you replace this with a mall shesh
scotclansmen 1 year ago
Seeing this makes me a little teary-eyed. If I had the opportunity to go back in time for one day, I think I would go to Opryland. It was the best theme-park EVER! Some of the best days of my life were spent with my friends in the park. Please tear down that Mall and put OpryLand back up!
garyr6273 1 year ago
It looks like it was a lot of fun. I moved to middle TN in summer of '98 so I missed all this :(
Elephunktabulous 1 year ago
I miss Opryland soooo much! I never got to experience the whole thrill of the park because they closed it right when I was getting to the age when I wasn't afriad of the upside-down roller coasters. :(
I say they made a HUGE mistake with changing it to a mall. Don't get me wrong, I love shopping there, but you can't miss what you never had so they should have just left it how it was!
missjaybowen7 1 year ago
That place looks fun to go.
I hop one day, they'll remake it somewhere nere the holtel and mall.
sucks now that the mall and holtel are flooded :(
GeneralsAlert 1 year ago
Wonderful, clean park.. Too bad Gaylord ruined it for a stupid mall and hotel.. I hope you go broke..
456muddy 1 year ago 2
Its hard to believe there is no more Opryland usa,me favorite was the walbash cannon ball,log ride. I've been away from home for 20 yrs and being back its hard to believe how evrything is changed.
Bamagirl24able 1 year ago
I am devastated about the floods in Nashville, BUT I am happy that the waters flooded that dam mall HAHAHA....thats what happens when you remove are beloved themepark...Thats natures way of saying, "Hey wheres my themepark that I loved"
tseay29 1 year ago 2
@tseay29 - They should tear down the damaged mall...give their employees first crack at operations for the rebuilt Opryland...maybe even put some of it indoors to allow for year-round operations...
itsalleternal 1 year ago 2
Its sad they turned that into a mall that SUCKS!!! they have nothing! and its always so bust u cant walk! But i will say the hotel is amazing! Its sad it flooded tho. Iy was almost like a part of me.
Bella24745 1 year ago
I'm from Mississippi and I loved opryland. Its a shame the greed folks a Gaylord tore it down to build a mall. They don't appreciate the history and heritage behind country music and Opryland. They even discussed changing the format of legendary WSM 650 AM from country to sports a few years ago, and would have gotten away with it, if it weren't for the stations fans, mainly George Jones. Gaylord doen't care anything about music and entertainment, they are now just a hotel company
patrick9648 1 year ago
nashville is not the same as it used to be the hotel and mall are great but they should have build it somewhere else this is what put nashville on the map
jackthePS3GAMER 1 year ago
i meet roy acuff at opryland
TheDreamlander 2 years ago
What a flashback, thanks!
Scorpion1054 2 years ago
I remember going there a few years ago and was planning on going back, now that I found out that it's closed, I'm changing my plans
Gibsonburgman 2 years ago
I have so many precious memories of my childhood and that video brought tears to my eyes. It breaks my heart that I never had the chance to take my kids to that wonderful place!! Whoever decided to close it and replace it w/ a horrible mall should be taken out & beat!!!
tealdawn89 2 years ago
Oh wow, I remember going here when I was like six years old! I'm not from Tennessee, but I have a lot of relatives down there, and Opryland was one of the first theme parks I went to. I remember the chaos, that was so much fun. Good times. The park is a mall now.
fidget68 2 years ago
I'm 29 and actually started crying watching this.
brachphotos 2 years ago
Thanks Jim Gaylord. For killing my childhood memories. Dangit.
birddoggarton 2 years ago 2
I know i crry everytime i go by opry mills is that crazy?
liloperachick 2 years ago
Awesome video, but I can't believe they didn't cover CHAOS! What a crime!
KodeLiMe 2 years ago 3
@KodeLiMe yes it is a crime! haha...that was my favorite. it really blew my mind!
TheRocketOwl 2 years ago
Employed from 1991-1993 with the theme park and hotel..Graduating from HS (1991) in West TN, I met alot of wonderful people there while going to college....You really cant get the same thrill traveling over a parking lot...I guess an IMAX theater was created to counter balance family fun
tnronniemay72 2 years ago
I wonder if Dolly Parton had anything to do with taking away a lot of this parks buisness for Dollywood. I realize its about 200 miles away, but its just a curiousity. Mabye Opryland took notice to a decline in annual ticket sales, and all of a sudden a new company named Gaylord bought the property. Maybe the place would still be there if it was never sold. Hmph, I hear theres a freaking shopping center or mall on the grounds now. As if we need another dam shoppin center or mall.
GatorsNation 2 years ago
I find it soooo sad when they close these memorable places! Honestly, Kristin Chenoweth (broadway legend) used to work there, and she says she loved it so much her parents literally had to come and drag her back to OCU. :D
sugar4585 2 years ago
i loved opryland...it was one of the few vacation places my parents were able to take me to when i was growing up...watching this brings back so many good memories of how things use to be....now a mall sits in place of what was in my mind one of the best theme parks ever...how sad that it's gone
jrvbamafan 2 years ago
I miss Opryland so much. I would have season tickets and go all the time when I was a kid. Until they decided to make a stupid mall out of it. As if we needed another mall.
Hangman,
Grizzly Ride.
Log Ride
Rockin Roller Coaster.
etc.
Brings back memories. =)
annamarievids 2 years ago 2
Replaced by a mall/greed :(
CL121076 2 years ago 2
This comment has received too many negative votes show
No one was going to the park and that's a main reason why it closed. Amusement park revenue has gone down a lot all over USA
Havic366 2 years ago
I grew up going to this park every summer. Now I live about 5 minutes from where it used to be and it depresses me that my daughter will never experience having a park this nice so close to home. Now we have to drive three hours to Holiday World or Dollywood for anything even close. Thanks Gaylord! Just what Nashville needed...another mall. Yawn!
cpudoktr 2 years ago 2
I'm from Nashville - this brings back a lot of memories, thanks for posting!
Scorpion1054 2 years ago
We used to have season tickets and would go several times a year, even during the holidays when it was too cold for most of the rides, in fact for halloween they used to drain the grizzly river rampage and make a haunted trail, I can still taste the mulled apple cider with a cinnamon stir stick...if I ever meet the fellow that decided to close it down I believe I would have to shoot his pinky toe off just for being such a douche.
AmericaN8marE 2 years ago 16
I'm 22 yrs old and my mom and dad used to take us kids to Opryland EVERY SINGLE YEAR since I was about 4 til they tore it down and built Opry Mills. Such a disappointment. I was truly heartbroken and I think everyone was that went every year. Nashville really screwed up when they took this wonderful park away from Tennessee.
jacks1bonnielass 2 years ago 3
i worked there for 19 years, no place like it, great place to work, then get off work and then go back and play in the park...i miss it, but moving on has been great too!
redjan1963 2 years ago
This video special is living proof that tearing down Opryland for a mall is the dumbest thing Nashville has had happen in a long long time. Thanks assholes for tearing it down. I'm sure we all hate you for it. (not directed at video or anyone here of course). Build a damn mall somewhere else idiots.
granvillimus 2 years ago 4
I just got back from Nashville yesterday. We were at the Opryland resort for the North American Irish Dance championships. I noticed several years ago, when we were there for the same event, that there is an area between the corner of the Opry Mills center and the resort that looked like it used to be a water ride. Is that what is left of the Grizzly River Rampage? I never even knew there once was a theme park as part of the resort.
ecurbsedlog 2 years ago
yes behind the mall is the remains of the grilly rampage
I miss it so much :(
tseay29 2 years ago
Is the old shooting gallery still in Dave and Busters? I wasted many quarters on it as a kid when it was in Opryland. I was in there about 3 years ago and put a quarter or two in it just for old times sake. The rifle sights were still way crooked!! LOL
raistlin072 2 years ago
jholttn, you said it! I miss Opryland so much, what I wouldn't give for another summer there. I wish I could meet the person whose idea it was to tear down the park and build a mall so I could kick 'em in the pants.
chachadynamite 2 years ago 4
Good Lord, I miss Opryland.
vols7381 2 years ago
I grew up across the river from Opryland and went every summer as a kid. Funny later on I worked for a crane company and we helped with the disassembly of the Rockin Roller Coaster. Man I miss those hot summer nights making out with my girl on the cable cars.
atom2009 2 years ago
I bet that hurt. I get sick thinking about the disassembly of that place.
I miss the heck out of it.
revolution83 2 years ago
i agree. don't get me wrong, i love east tn, but this was nice to travel to for a day visit. it was fun and wasn't too terribly expensive either. i always enjoyed getting away from Memphis for a visit (but getting anywhere out of Memphis is always nice!)
scsomike 2 years ago
I agree!
2agray 2 years ago
Thank you Gaylord Entertainment for screwing over Nashville and dropping tourisim down in Nashville to build a F**CKING MALL!!! Gaylord Entertainment, I hope your comany falls flat on your face for tearing down something that Nashville had one of, to build something that Nashville already had 9 of.. Just what we needed, another damn mall. YEAH RIGHT!!!! Screw you Gaylord Entertainment
jholttn 2 years ago 33
@jholttn I second this, Gaylord Inc. are nothing but a bunch of money hungry dumbasses. They even admitted that the park was indeed profitable, but they thought they could make even MORE money with a mall. So it was GREED that led to my beloved park's demise, I used to go at least once a month to Opryland, I now go to Opry Mills maybe once or twice every couple YEARS. Thanks Gaylord for burying my childhood underneath a fucking parking lot and a bass pro shop.
IHAVENOPANTS 1 year ago
@jholttn look what happened your wish came true. aka the flood 2010. i have heard they are planning on building another theme park in 2011
jata1212 1 year ago
@jholttn Well, their mall was waterlogged. I agree, though. Opryland was my favorite place on the planet. I'm still bitter about it's absence.
drummercali 1 year ago 2
@jholttn I Totally agree . too many malls in this sorry city anyway.
scrowfan41 1 year ago
@jholttn I could not agree with you more. Another dam mall. LOL.
scrowfan41 1 year ago
@jholttn Well put! I had a season pass, too. When it first opened, I was 11 yrs old and would go daily in Summer and the Fall. I loved the timber topper and Flume Zoom. I found A 50 dollar bill there and bought my first rock and roll album with it, Edgar Winter' Album!! ( hah)!
savgal1211 11 months ago
@jholttn WELL SAID!!! i grew up in that park...
junngo 9 months ago