Thursday, October 12, 2017

Animated Places part 1-- Theme Parks

A while ago I talked about the Popeye town in Illinois. Here is a sequel to that: animated places. Part 1 is theme parks and tourist spots. This is not about Disney or Universal Studios. This is about forgotten or rarely mentioned or needed to be mentioned parks that are both closed and are not. Note: Six Flags and Jellystone Park are not included.

1. Bedrock City----This was the first park by Hanna-Barbera. I believer they're all closed but the first one that opened was in Custer City South Dakota near the Black Hills. It only closed in 2015 but it opened during the Flintstones 6th season in 1966. There was then one in Arkansas and that remains open. In these parks you got (or get depending on which one) to watch cartoons at the Bedrock Theater, eat Bronto Ribs and Bronto Burgers, see Fred and Barney's house as well as the slates and Gruesomes, play golf (mini), go bowling, and all sorts of other fun things.
Youtube video of home movies of a family Bedrock City in 1968



2. Hanna Barbera Theme Parks--- Hanna Barbera had many theme parks including King's Island and Hanna-Barbera Land. There is none now but they were very popular at one time.

Another video but of HB Land


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