This is for the stairs that you were curious about at Rocky point in Warren Rhode island. There were actually two fun houses side by side but they were separated by those stairs which would lead up to banquet Hall. At one point it was the largest banquet Hall in the country. Yes I grew up riding on both of those house of horror rides and they were definitely great memory makers. So sad to see the park no longer exist. However back in 1996 or 97 the park did reopen for about a year but then closed after lack of patrons.
I'm 70 years old and I remember as a kid taking the bus from downtown Providence to go to the pool at Rocky Point. I remember the fireworks on the 4th of July, going to my prom which was held at the Paladium with my first boyfriend. It all seems like such a long time ago, which it was. Thank God they didn't let people build condos and kept it as a place for people to walk or jog. Memories!!!
Thank you for sharing your memories 😊 I love preserving these type of place so in case something (like building condos) happens, at least there will be video footage to enjoy :)
Excellent video, but as a former RP employee, now a 48 year old father, this was difficult to watch. I cannot put into words how much fun this place was for children, teenagers and adults.
I actually teared up. It was such a fun time, I can’t even put into words how free you felt getting dropped off by your parents and spent the whole day raising hell. we’d go every weekend when I was a teenager… 🩷
My uncle lived in the old 4 story house in the parking lot . It had tunnels in the basement to go down to the water. Bootleggers would unload booze in prohibition. My uncle worked at the dinner hall with carmine ferla who ran it . Clamcakes and chowder ! Good stuff. I saw blue oster cult , boston, fog hat, good stuff while working on the flume in 84. Memories!!!
Most of the others did too. Whalom Park, Lincoln Park (amusements in MA not dog track in RI) and Riverside Park (now Six Flags NE) all had a wrist band pay one price for all day rides.
I loved Rocky Point. I went to Rocky Point all the time. We loved going to the Shore dinner hall for clam cakes and chowder. They even had miniture golf. I loved going with all my friends. They would even have fireworks on the 4 of July. And bands would play there. They had concerts. My favorite ride was the music express.
@Tony Martini. I loved Rocky Point in my younger years. I went there with my family when I was a kid. I went there while dating my husband. And we took our own kids to Rocky Point. It was an affordable place to go to spend the day and have some clam cakes and chowder. They made the best of anywhere around. Missing the days at Rocky Point.
Grew up in Warwick, worked at Rocky Point in the early 90's. Lots of people would jump off the sky liner when the bucket would turn around in the woods to return to the platform, sprained my ankle really bad doing that, and coming back to the platform at night was really cool, all the lights from the rides and the bay reflecting the moonlight, great memories. If you went into the woods a little deeper you might be able to find the train tracks, from the train that went around the park. Great job with the video, definitely going to subscribe to your channel.
Thanks for sharing your story man! I heard about people jumping out of the buckets 😆 Oh man I can imagine, it must have looked awesome at night. We were pressed for time on this trip but I want to go back to look for the train tracks, they must still be out there.
I’m from RI and spent a lot of time at Rocky Point growing up. My first roller coaster ride was on the Cork Screw, threw up in a trash can after getting off of the Spider and went loop after loop rolling upside down on the Rock n’ Roll. Wish my kids could have seen it in all its glory.
I liked the spider it was yellow and black and it had a bunch of lights on it, and if didn't have tight jeans with tight pockets, all your change would fall out onto the ground and all the people on the ground. I remember there was a popular band there to do a show and a bunch of people standing in line for the bumper cars , a long hot line and these band members ran ahead of these park customers who were waiting a good long time in line got angry, they didn't care if this band was singing that day they were just so upset.
I think you should go down to the east side of Providence where the old nightclub is down near India Point Park. It seems like every Friday night people are drag racing. With those little Japanese cars. I think the Providence police watch them and make sure no trouble comes. You should check it out.
This is literally the best video I've ever seen. I grew up in Coventry & graduated high school in 1984~ so I was going to Rocky Point during it's heyday. I am SO happy that you started with The Skyliner~ that was where we went just to take a break & enjoy the view. I think it went over The Flume water ride & it was fun to watch people get soaked. I LOVED the gondola ride up into the woods over those huge rocks & I'm glad it's possible to hike up there. Another favorite was the House Of Horrors~ the really creepy thing about it was that they air conditioned the hell out of it, so on a hot day you were put into a very cold dark place. I wish you had been able to show The Enterprise location, but i'm sure it's there. I went a lot in 1979~ the height of the disco years. At 12 yrs old I was too young to go out & enjoy that scene, but Rocky Point would blast disco music out of The Musical Express attraction (right next to The Enterprise). WHAT A TREAT that you can still get Rocky Point food!!! I had no idea. I left RI in 1988 & now live in Las Vegas, but I get back to RI every so often & that food shack will be my first stop. I LOVE that they have one of the Rockets from The Rocket Ride~ it was the only attraction that I've ever been on where you had a 'rudder' to continuously adjust the height of your rocket~ thanks for all this great info. I actually heard that they built condos on those grounds, but I guess I heard wrong~
Pretty neat to see someone your age with such enthusiasm about a place where so many memories were made for Rhode Islanders, including myself. Thanks for all you do, and I'm a new sub. looking forward to more of your content.
Thanks Steven!!! I don’t really do videos like this one as much as I use to but I definitely want to go back and check out Rocky Point again for a future video
As a kid in the late 70s, early 80s, the park seemed enormous. I walked that field a couple years back and could not believe how small the land area actually was.
Ben Laurence, in all actuality, the park was taken over by the US Small Business Administration because the group of investors that owned it, used the park (it was profitable until it finally closed) as collateral for other ventures that went bankrupt.
As a kid, from the 70's and up until 1984 this was my fave place to go. The last ride I rode was the Skyline ride., so I could see the bay one last time. It was that summer my family moved away. This park was such a great memory for me, and my family.. my grandparents frequented this park when they were courting, and then later took their children, who then took us and all the cousins! Sometimes our mom would take us there but not into the park but to the water, where we got doughboys and clam cakes from the vendors outside. We would sit on the rocks and just look out to the water. This was so helpful to us all due to stress at home. I also remember baseball fields nearby and sometimes we would sit in the station wagon and watch them play. I have had first dates there, and last dates sadly. Some of us high schoolers got our first jobs there. All in all Rocky Point Park is in my heart forever. TY for vlogging this amazing place of the past.. and it was really awesome seeing Leo again lol
Ruth Metcalf I wonder if the pool is still under the ground 🤔 I was very tempted to start digging haha. Yeah I that was cool that it was used in the Olympics! So much good history here, I love it haha! Thanks Ruth 😁
I walked around the grass there a few years ago. Great memories, but it was sad to see what was left of all that was there. I was 7 years old when the House of Horrors opened in 1963, and experienced it for the first time. It was great! and the only one of its kind with two floors. About those concrete stairs at the House of Horrors: They were not inside the house, but rather next to it, on the right. They led to a section of higher ground above the midway, and without them, you would have to walk up a good-sized hill to get there. Up and behind the House of Horrors was the beer garden, an outdoor bar area. To the right, there was the Cliff House, a more traditional restaurant, an alternative to the shore dinner hall. Next to that was the administration building and park offices. Without using the stairs, one would have to walk all the way around to the parking lot to get up there.
My wife and I worked there for several years in the 80s. The park was originally served by a trolley line that ran from Providence to the park. Although long gone by the time I worked there, some of the support systems for the track could still be found in the woods behind the houses near the park. The park was closed due to non-payment of property taxes, and the city hoped to cash in by selling the prime real estate to developers. Their timing was terrible though, the housing market crashed a short time after the park was closed. Today the city of Warwick has abandoned plans to develop it, and it remains the empty open space you see in the video. Warwick Neck, where the park sits, has a fascinating history itself. Many of the older area houses have underground chambers (and the occasional concealed tunnel) used by rum runners during prohibition. The Aldrich Estate to the north of Rocky Point has a few such secrets. :)
Thanks for all your information! I want to do another video and hit the things I missed like the train tracks. Cool info about the prohibition stuff. I’d love to find those tunnels!!
Awesome job Ben, this brought back memories. I remember eating in the dinning hall and the rockets. I thought it was always weird that we were eating food that literally just came from the ocean! Well done man!
Mickeyearsfl thanks man!!! This video was for you! Lol yeah that must have been kinda weird, eating food that came from the water that you are looking at haha. I bet it was delicious though!
I grew up in my family home just a walk down the road from Rocky point! This video brings up so many memories of living in that neighborhood and growing up, & of course, of going to Rocky point as a child, while it was still open. My parents took us every chance they could get! I remember this place very well! My parents both have memories of going there from when they were both growing up too! 😊 Thanks for creating this video! I loved it!!
As a pre teen and teen I lived close by and would go A LOT!!!!!!! We lived at that pool... We would jump off the top diving board!!! Good days and wonderful memories!! Of course the mid way also and all those rides!!! I loved the penny arcade too!!! Many years later I cried walking through.. it was so empty I remember it being so full with people having such fun. Hey I can’t forget the shore dinner hall!!!
I am almost 90 years old and, as an excited 12 year old 8th grader graduate, I was thrilled to take a bus all the way to Rocky Point with Paula Shunney, my best friend then. Wish I had photo…..I miss Rhode Island, but have great memories of many travels during my long life here on the beautiful west coast.😊Janet balshaw. Hey…I just remembered I have a Paula photo with her sitting on my new bicycle! thrilled
I went here to rocky point for my birthday in 1986 and 1987. I lived just across state line in Conn. I rode that sky line many times. My favorite was the corkscrew roller coaster, the cyclone roller coaster, and the log ride. House of horrors was a little overated, but fun. Was an awesome place to go as a child! Thanks for the memories!
I started going there in the 60s and frankly you did President well. The “tower tank” was water storage (cistern) which among other things maintained water pressure. You missed some of the best rides that were sold off. The Shore Dinner Hall was great and the limited menu at the clam shack doesn’t really come close to the the large meals and the extra long tables that seated a ton of people if they were lucky enough to buy tickets. There were bands and shows at the park and actually had you checked with the library (records, books, photos and documents) you might have nailed it. The historical society has some things too. I am also aware that there are other period UA-cam videos of the park when it was open. Good quality for a UA-cam video but if you were in one of my Communications Classes you might have made a “D” because there was way too much conjecture when actual facts were available. This kind of work doesn’t preserve history, it loses it because of poor research and prep. Spend a little bit less time on your presentation, you have that down and try some traditional research. It isn’t that it wasn’t available, it is the you relied on the internet alone. It was a great fun place and you really didn’t do it justice. It was a shame to watch it decline and fail and the city went to a lot of expense and work to bring it back to what it is. I sincerely doubt that Disney even saw that particular arch at the World’s Fair but you don’t have a clue how little an impression they made. After viewing some of the many videos posted prior to this one, this was badly researched and possibly the worst of the lot.
The water storage tank you found might be for the Flume, a log ride that ended with a big splash which was great if it was 90 degrees out but not if it was 70 degrees at night. Also nearby the Skyliner was the Musical express a ride that would rotate backwards while they played music from the local radio station. I went to Rocky Point more than a few times, but my family moved to Riverside in 1974. and we went to Crescent Park for one year before it closed. Near the End of Rocky Point they installed two rides, first the Corkscrew a roller coaster with three loops and next to the Flume, a ride that would go straight up to a certain height and then drop straight down.
Thank you so much for the video. I used to spend summers at Rocky Point ever since I was a little girl in the 80's but lived in Massachusetts. I have pictures of my family at the park, then we move to Rhode Island and the park actually closed I actually still live in Rhode Island & have gone back once or twice to see what it is now but I leave with tears..... I really wished they would have been able to keep the park open so I could bring my children.
In 1865 Byron Sprague purchased the property for $60,000. Among his many improvements was a 10 story (250 ft tall) observatory much like a “watch tower” . There’s a documentary about the park called “You must be this talk: The story of Rocky Point”
I worked at the park for a few different seasons. I was with MRB, who ran the games. (Ogden Foods did the concessions, and Rock Point Park under the Ferlas ran the rides and managed the land) There was a line of the game stands that stretched from an Ogden concession stand next to the Castle of Horrors down to the Palm Reader's concession Booth. It held a variety of game stands, from the break-a-dish stand to a chance wheel,, and eventually the "how-fast-can you-throw stand that featured a radar gun. In the back of those stands, there were some serious-sized rooms that were cut into the hillside behind. We used to store the endless boxes of "plush" (prizes). Somewhere in the '60s, they had apparently been used as Party Rooms: They were decorated in Day-Glo paint and were a perfect microcosm of the mid to late '60s culture. I often wondered whether anyone documented that piece of history?
this place was so cool i remember going for school trips, the factory my mother work used to have the company picnic here where we had lobsters. so many memories
@@BenLaurence i believe that foundation you found was the original 200 ft observation tower.it can be seen in the black and white photos.it was gone by the time i started going there in the 70s
Spent an unforgettable day there in may of 1987 spring fling as I was a graduate of Johnson and wales 1987. The dining hall was cavernous. The best chowder I’ve ever had in my life as well as the clam fitters Ipswich clams❤ we were caught on the roller coaster as it got stuck we were stuck for quite sometime , very high up . The views were spectacular. Thank you for this memory . We were a bit under the influence so my memory is cloudy😂
I'm pretty sure the stairs near where the House of Horrors used to lead to a house on the park grounds. I'm pretty sure the stone building remains were part of a storage unit used by the Shore Dinner Hall.
Kyle Bertulli Thank you for the info!! I never knew about the house. I figured the stairs were some how part of the House of Horrors facade. Are you talking about the stone structures that I though were part of a water tank?
This was so interesting!! I hate it was never reopened. I’m so glad to cut the ladder off that tower. They were smart. You aren’t the only that doesn’t follow the rules 😂😂😂 Walt probably did walk under that archway, Ben!!
I know they definitely should have tried to save if :( lmao yeah they’re pretty smart 😂 they knew I was coming! There is a 1/11 chance he walked through the arch on his way into the ‘64 worlds fair
I went to college in Providence and every year my college would have a events at Rocky Point at the beginning of the year and the end of the year. I still have a teddy bear that I won at Rocky Point on like my 4th day of my first year of college. I remember one year the school have a clam bake at the dining hall and I can tell you the seafood was awesome!!
I remember!!!! My brother and I loved that place. :') Wow... All the memories of this place and it's amazing to see it so bare! This was one of the old local parks/fairs that you would see on nostalgic post cards. The arch was there before my time - my dad remembers it. It was part of a Worlds Fair display for Foods Market (if I remember him telling me right). Fair food! The ridiculous music. :-) The rides were so much fun... ones you would never see today for all the fears about safety! They have all gone to the same place that metal monkey bars and cement playgrounds have. The rock n' roll was basically a bunch of metal barrels, seats welded in, bars for holding yourself in place, and one seatbelt across the seat. They would spin around flipping you upside down. My brother and I used to be allowed to go ride to ride on our own and that was such a big deal! No one just releases their kids into an amusement park anymore, lol. Oh, and there are tons of caves around that area. We also used to explore around the shore areas too, even though we weren't supposed to!
Used to go to this place all the time when I lived with my aunt and uncle in West Warwick. It brought back some seriously great memories! I don't remember the swings and the Scrabler being within proximity of each other. The Horror House was one of the few that you could ride through, which made me brave enough because I didn't have to walk through it. My two fondest memories are the clam cakes and the Rock N Roll. It was a ride shaped like a drum. All you did was listen to rock music and roll around . It was over 30 years ago and fuzzy, but grateful to have memories of this place!
Candice Jones so awesome! One of the reason I make these videos is so people who visited these places can still see them today. The house of horrors seemed so cool. I wish I was able to go to this park
How cool it would of been to go there when it was open! A theme park right near the water.....how great that would of been! I am glad they kept the property kind of like a historic site. Unlike Circus world/boardwalk and baseball near Orlando is now a shopping center! Thanks for sharing this video! I like these kind of abandoned places!
I know right!!! It must have been such a nice place, great location! It’s kinda sad when places like that get turned in to a shopping mall or something. I guess I’m just old school and like preserving history. My favorite places to explore are ones like this! Thanks for watching Janet, hope you had a great birthday!
Look into a documentary called "You must be this tall". its about the history and local impact of R.P. from its beginnings to when it closed. Great documentary, lots of interesting things. Especially in the very early days, like the first presidential phone call was made from Rocky Point.
They had a ton of big acts come through there way back in the day, with tours passing through from NY to Boston. The beastie boys and Blue oyster cult to name a couple
@@laurensecero3795 not sure Joan Jett. I too went to J&W and saw Carlin and a year later Joe Pisccapo from SNL. The Carlin jokes he was working on became a HBO show called What am I doing in New Jersey. One routine was was People i can do without.
Me and my sister were there the last day! We rode the floom and haunted house multiple times. I went back when it was abandoned in 2010... it was creepy, all the grass growing through the pavement. Saw a cop car and screwed off, haha
Anyone remember the flea market in shore dinner hall. On the off season I would look forward to going there. I thought it was a great flea market you could find anything there. Including ninja stars. It would be awesome if warwick held flea markets on the grounds of the park.
Back in the days when meeting women at an amusement park, probably meant spending the rest of your life together! Meeting a girl back in the 1980s and 1990s was awesome. A nice warm Saturday evening together in the park, holding hands on the sky ride, while the sounds of the rides and people screaming out of thrill down below, with that beautiful oceanic smelling air hits you in the face with a slight breeze, with the lights on the rides flashing! I wonder if there is anybody here who will read this, that had their first kiss atop the ferris wheel here. If so, shoot me a reply, with the year and are you both still together to this day?
All those metal pieces and rocks in that staircase, you’re talking about for the house of horrors, I can tell you with 100% certainty from working there, those are actual pieces from the house of horrors. That staircase you’re talking about when upstairs to the second level in case people got stuck.
Nice job guys! I appreciate the research and entertaining format. We just visited and walked there today and I was fixated getting a little history of this once magnificent amusement park.
Thank you so much! We always try to make the videos entertaining and educational 😃 Hope you enjoy your trip to Rocky Point, it was definitely a nice day to walk around there!
It was an awesome day to hike and explore! Thanks again fo taking time to make your vlogs. You remind me of my nephew, you’re a natural entertainer and seem passionate about discovering stuff! Keep up the good work! If you know anyone interested in discovering more about guitar and music send them to my UA-cam series @ Neil Clapp Guitar ua-cam.com/play/PLtBLWX5ElMOrpYYnxJvtAMBPBNhhUTiBw.html
Jay you are the man... I remember going there for Summer Camp thru yrs 87-90. IF SOMEONE CAN INVEST IN THIS RHODY RELIC IT WOULD BE A CHERRY ON TOP OF OUR ALREADY BEAUTIFUL STATE. Jay showing love to Rhody so we got love for you my guy...
WOW... we went there as a family occasionally and it always was a big special day for us. So many great memories as a kid. Even went to several concerts there as a young adult. The food was phenomenal !!!!
I used to work at Rocky Point and my family did for years, that cave you’re talking about 6:14 That cave on top of the hill is actually natural. It was like that before they put the left on top of the rocks.
Thanks for sharing all the info man!! I needed a guide while I was out here haha. I was going off old photos and really grainy videos from back in the day 🤣
I visit this place all the time. The seaside is great and it’s so amazing to learn the history. I walk here with my dogs and thank you. Even though living here, I learned more because of you. 👍🏻
I saw ACDC there on the midway place was packed and the Ramones gabba gabba hay,hat, after the park closed I built that yellow railing and painted it working for prov.welding co. Every Friday night my friends and I would pack the car and cooler with brew, live band every Friday Blushing Brides a Rolling Stones cover band packed the roads for miles, we were a rocky point security guards nightmare lol. Welding up the old skyliner railing was a real bummer, the rocket ride was right across from the midway stage and the house of horrors. Still can't believe it's gone.
I'll never forget parents and grandparents taking us to rp. What a treat. Worked there for 4 summers. 2 in foods 2 in games. Games was cool. We stole lots of money. Always had new air Jordan's. Never needed to pickup paycheck.
If those stairs went all the way up to the top of the hill, then they brought you to the shore dinner hall that was in back of the house of horrors or as we called it when we were kids, the "Haunted House". If I remember correctly that concrete foundation was the transfer of the power to the park. I am very surprised you knew the history of the arch. Congratulations. As a side note the man who caused the downfall of Rocky Point was a customer on a mail route I delivered to. According to the rumors, he had plans to build Condos on the land and allowed the park to go into bankruptcy. Because of money owed to the Small Business Administration he lost everything and never could build Condos. Again these are rumors from his neighbors in Providence. I had heard the original owner wanted to purchase the closed park from the city of Warwick however the City refused because they wanted the purchaser to pay the old owners BACK TAXES which made it not feasible. Now we have a big empty piece of history. Those plaques will decay and everything will soon be lost. What a shame!!!!
That was really cool, even if there was hardly anything left in the park. I wonder what will become of the piece of land in the future? Also, it's funny how it closed in 1995 and I was born that year.
ray dude yeah even thought there wasn’t really anything there it was still cool to hunt down the remnants that were left. I’m honestly surprised that they haven’t done anything with the land yet. Haha thats too funny!
It's a park, the property wasn't open like it was when he went, it used to be private property and the city bought it. They were going to turn it into condos at one point I guess.
In truth, it's no longer an "abandoned" park. It's now owned partially by the city of Warwick, but mainly by the state of Rhode Island and is a public park. Improvements are under way, including a new pier and a picnic area.
I kind of remember the park and being there once in the early 90's once when I was a kid when my parents to me my bro and sis to see our aunt and uncle. I some how remember a flume ride there by the ocean side.
Well done Ben. I've been to Rocky Point many times in the 80's and 90's. Those steps were nothing. I think they were just for employees to get to the back of rides. My friend and probably alot of peoples friends actually jumped off the Skyliner at the turn around to creep through the woods and wind back onto the midway. Me and one of my friends went on the Skyliner and his brother had gone on like 5 or 10 minutes before. So we are going up expecting to see Mark. We didn't see him, so after the turnaround I look down and end up seeing him on the midway. I said "He jumped off!". lol
The family used to pack into the 71 Country Squire wagon and drive from Fall River, Ma to Rocky Point! It was a really big deal and always stayed for the day into the night. If my parents were to tired to go to Rocky Point we would go to Lincoln Park in No. Dartmouth, Ma. Right Karl, was good times!
I used to live in Warwick RI when I was a kid back in the 80's. I remember the Rock n Roll, a suspended swing that lifted you off the ground and then spun in circles, and a handful of other rides. It was such a great place back in the day. Sad to see it didn't last.
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On Friday nights my Dad would take the family to Rocky Point for dinner at "The Rocky Point Chowder House" and then a full evening of fun until closing! I saw so many 70's Rock Star's it is difficult to remember. Closing,1995. At least my kids got to enjoy it!
@@BenLaurence there are a few videos here on UA-cam if you look around. I’ve seen at least 5 plus there are like 3 videos of the TV commercials, and the movie “You Must Be This Tall” all about the Park is here on UA-cam too, you should find it and watch it!
Wow, cool vid guys!! Brought back memories for sure! I think Leo the lion from the Haunted House wasn't inside but probably outside on the second level, on the front of the building. There was a lion, maybe a dinosaur, monsters, a few other creepy things that were "looming above you" while you were outside waiting in the line. I wish you could have enjoyed the park. With the excitement you have in your video, it was surprising to hear you hadn't ever been lol But you do look too young once I thought about it lol There's nothing like growing up in Rhode Island for sure! (lil' Rhody)😉 The biggest little state in the union!! Great memories, great video! Thanks:) 👍👍😎
Thanks for sharing your memories of rocky point! The house of horrors still intrigues me, I wish I was able to experience it or just see some video footage. Thanks for watching 🤘
Nice to see! We went there last year to walk around and reminisce for our 26th anniversary ...we got married in the palladium and had some wedding pictures taken on the carousel 🎠.
Lots of history! used to go there as a teenager in the 80's what a time to be a teen. Then in the early 90's me and friends would go all the time and the park was almost empty its like not many people used to go anymore for whatever reason. Sucks was a great place. Loved the arcade to. its very spooky at night to.
I live in a Caribbean & Latino country and sometimes they open cool places like theme parks or whatever, and after a few years or decades, they get closed. It's sad. I always think like "why do this always happen in my country? Why do some cool things close? Wish we were like USA, Canada, Australia, Europe, where things are opened forever", but now that I see, even in the most powerful countries like USA, it happens. Cool parks get closed & abandoned. The cruelty of life. Our favorite places where we had good memories, don't exist anymore. Everything is about money 😢
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Love this video bro...brings back a lot of memories
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This is for the stairs that you were curious about at Rocky point in Warren Rhode island. There were actually two fun houses side by side but they were separated by those stairs which would lead up to banquet Hall. At one point it was the largest banquet Hall in the country. Yes I grew up riding on both of those house of horror rides and they were definitely great memory makers. So sad to see the park no longer exist. However back in 1996 or 97 the park did reopen for about a year but then closed after lack of patrons.
I'm 70 years old and I remember as a kid taking the bus from downtown Providence to go to the pool at Rocky Point. I remember the fireworks on the 4th of July, going to my prom which was held at the Paladium with my first boyfriend. It all seems like such a long time ago, which it was. Thank God they didn't let people build condos and kept it as a place for people to walk or jog. Memories!!!
Thank you for sharing your memories 😊 I love preserving these type of place so in case something (like building condos) happens, at least there will be video footage to enjoy :)
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I was 15 in 1992 and w my first bf we had our first real date by ourselves at Rocky Point we had so much fun!
Excellent video, but as a former RP employee, now a 48 year old father, this was difficult to watch. I cannot put into words how much fun this place was for children, teenagers and adults.
I bet..must be sad seeing it like this!
I actually teared up. It was such a fun time, I can’t even put into words how free you felt getting dropped off by your parents and spent the whole day raising hell. we’d go every weekend when I was a teenager… 🩷
former ride operator here ;)
My uncle lived in the old 4 story house in the parking lot . It had tunnels in the basement to go down to the water. Bootleggers would unload booze in prohibition. My uncle worked at the dinner hall with carmine ferla who ran it . Clamcakes and chowder ! Good stuff. I saw blue oster cult , boston, fog hat, good stuff while working on the flume in 84. Memories!!!
That’s sick!! I wonder if it’s still there!!
rocky point a local legend and still loved by the locals.
Oh yeah!! I can tell the locals really have a passion for the old place
I went there twice in the early 70's. Unlike other parks of the day, RP had a pay one price as opposed to buying tickets per ride. I loved this place.
Most of the others did too. Whalom Park, Lincoln Park (amusements in MA not dog track in RI) and Riverside Park (now Six Flags NE) all had a wrist band pay one price for all day rides.
I remember the string bracelet that clinched with a tiny cowbell looking device and I think the strings came in pink, orange and green.
I loved Rocky Point. I went to Rocky Point all the time. We loved going to the Shore dinner hall for clam cakes and chowder. They even had miniture golf. I loved going with all my friends. They would even have fireworks on the 4 of July. And bands would play there. They had concerts. My favorite ride was the music express.
The place was great. Went there many many times. Does anybody remember the musical Express ? Backwards was the best
OMG YESSS!!! Loved it!!!
GOOD GOOD GOOD, GOOD VIBRATIONS!
My favorite ride!
@Tony Martini. I loved Rocky Point in my younger years. I went there with my family when I was a kid. I went there while dating my husband. And we took our own kids to Rocky Point. It was an affordable place to go to spend the day and have some clam cakes and chowder. They made the best of anywhere around. Missing the days at Rocky Point.
Grew up in Warwick, worked at Rocky Point in the early 90's. Lots of people would jump off the sky liner when the bucket would turn around in the woods to return to the platform, sprained my ankle really bad doing that, and coming back to the platform at night was really cool, all the lights from the rides and the bay reflecting the moonlight, great memories. If you went into the woods a little deeper you might be able to find the train tracks, from the train that went around the park. Great job with the video, definitely going to subscribe to your channel.
Thanks for sharing your story man! I heard about people jumping out of the buckets 😆 Oh man I can imagine, it must have looked awesome at night. We were pressed for time on this trip but I want to go back to look for the train tracks, they must still be out there.
Was it Bucket style? Or benches?
@@patriciahaigh3073 They were bucket style seats.
I’m from RI and spent a lot of time at Rocky Point growing up. My first roller coaster ride was on the Cork Screw, threw up in a trash can after getting off of the Spider and went loop after loop rolling upside down on the Rock n’ Roll. Wish my kids could have seen it in all its glory.
Some of my greatest childhood memories come from rocky point....my fav was the flume the swing and the bumper cars
I liked the spider it was yellow and black and it had a bunch of lights on it, and if didn't have tight jeans with tight pockets, all your change would fall out onto the ground and all the people on the ground. I remember there was a popular band there to do a show and a bunch of people standing in line for the bumper cars , a long hot line and these band members ran ahead of these park customers who were waiting a good long time in line got angry, they didn't care if this band was singing that day they were just so upset.
I think you should go down to the east side of Providence where the old nightclub is down near India Point Park. It seems like every Friday night people are drag racing. With those little Japanese cars. I think the Providence police watch them and make sure no trouble comes. You should check it out.
This is literally the best video I've ever seen. I grew up in Coventry & graduated high school in 1984~ so I was going to Rocky Point during it's heyday. I am SO happy that you started with The Skyliner~ that was where we went just to take a break & enjoy the view. I think it went over The Flume water ride & it was fun to watch people get soaked. I LOVED the gondola ride up into the woods over those huge rocks & I'm glad it's possible to hike up there. Another favorite was the House Of Horrors~ the really creepy thing about it was that they air conditioned the hell out of it, so on a hot day you were put into a very cold dark place. I wish you had been able to show The Enterprise location, but i'm sure it's there. I went a lot in 1979~ the height of the disco years. At 12 yrs old I was too young to go out & enjoy that scene, but Rocky Point would blast disco music out of The Musical Express attraction (right next to The Enterprise). WHAT A TREAT that you can still get Rocky Point food!!! I had no idea. I left RI in 1988 & now live in Las Vegas, but I get back to RI every so often & that food shack will be my first stop. I LOVE that they have one of the Rockets from The Rocket Ride~ it was the only attraction that I've ever been on where you had a 'rudder' to continuously adjust the height of your rocket~ thanks for all this great info. I actually heard that they built condos on those grounds, but I guess I heard wrong~
Man I was so lucky to live out my childhood at Rocky Point. Was very incredible. Lots of amazing concerts
Pretty neat to see someone your age with such enthusiasm about a place where so many memories were made for Rhode Islanders, including myself. Thanks for all you do, and I'm a new sub. looking forward to more of your content.
Thanks Steven!!! I don’t really do videos like this one as much as I use to but I definitely want to go back and check out Rocky Point again for a future video
As a kid in the late 70s, early 80s, the park seemed enormous. I walked that field a couple years back and could not believe how small the land area actually was.
Ben Laurence, in all actuality, the park was taken over by the US Small Business Administration because the group of investors that owned it, used the park (it was profitable until it finally closed) as collateral for other ventures that went bankrupt.
Omg ! This used to be my moms favorite theme park!! She would go here all the time!!😊😊
Little Piggy Nursery that’s awesome! I wish I was able to go here back in the day
She's lucky to see that park
Little Piggy Nursery wow
Little Piggy Nursery same
My mom also used to go all the time
Miss This place. I’m 38 now and have a lot of memories. Thank you.
Glad I could share this video with you!
As a kid, from the 70's and up until 1984 this was my fave place to go. The last ride I rode was the Skyline ride., so I could see the bay one last time. It was that summer my family moved away. This park was such a great memory for me, and my family.. my grandparents frequented this park when they were courting, and then later took their children, who then took us and all the cousins! Sometimes our mom would take us there but not into the park but to the water, where we got doughboys and clam cakes from the vendors outside. We would sit on the rocks and just look out to the water. This was so helpful to us all due to stress at home. I also remember baseball fields nearby and sometimes we would sit in the station wagon and watch them play. I have had first dates there, and last dates sadly. Some of us high schoolers got our first jobs there. All in all Rocky Point Park is in my heart forever. TY for vlogging this amazing place of the past.. and it was really awesome seeing Leo again lol
Thanks for sharing your Rocky Point memories!! Glad I could share the experience :)
That salt water pool where they filled with water from Narragansett Bay was cool! And it was used in the 1936 Olympics! Awesome job Ben!
Ruth Metcalf I wonder if the pool is still under the ground 🤔 I was very tempted to start digging haha. Yeah I that was cool that it was used in the Olympics! So much good history here, I love it haha! Thanks Ruth 😁
I walked around the grass there a few years ago. Great memories, but it was sad to see what was left of all that was there.
I was 7 years old when the House of Horrors opened in 1963, and experienced it for the first time. It was great! and the only one of its kind with two floors.
About those concrete stairs at the House of Horrors: They were not inside the house, but rather next to it, on the right. They led to a section of higher ground above the midway, and without them, you would have to walk up a good-sized hill to get there. Up and behind the House of Horrors was the beer garden, an outdoor bar area. To the right, there was the Cliff House, a more traditional restaurant, an alternative to the shore dinner hall. Next to that was the administration building and park offices. Without using the stairs, one would have to walk all the way around to the parking lot to get up there.
My wife and I worked there for several years in the 80s. The park was originally served by a trolley line that ran from Providence to the park. Although long gone by the time I worked there, some of the support systems for the track could still be found in the woods behind the houses near the park. The park was closed due to non-payment of property taxes, and the city hoped to cash in by selling the prime real estate to developers. Their timing was terrible though, the housing market crashed a short time after the park was closed. Today the city of Warwick has abandoned plans to develop it, and it remains the empty open space you see in the video. Warwick Neck, where the park sits, has a fascinating history itself. Many of the older area houses have underground chambers (and the occasional concealed tunnel) used by rum runners during prohibition. The Aldrich Estate to the north of Rocky Point has a few such secrets. :)
Thanks for all your information! I want to do another video and hit the things I missed like the train tracks. Cool info about the prohibition stuff. I’d love to find those tunnels!!
Awesome job Ben, this brought back memories. I remember eating in the dinning hall and the rockets. I thought it was always weird that we were eating food that literally just came from the ocean! Well done man!
Mickeyearsfl thanks man!!! This video was for you! Lol yeah that must have been kinda weird, eating food that came from the water that you are looking at haha. I bet it was delicious though!
We went the dinner hall one day and I saw lurch and Uncle fester from the addams family I was about 10 yrs old.
I grew up in my family home just a walk down the road from Rocky point! This video brings up so many memories of living in that neighborhood and growing up, & of course, of going to Rocky point as a child, while it was still open. My parents took us every chance they could get! I remember this place very well! My parents both have memories of going there from when they were both growing up too! 😊 Thanks for creating this video! I loved it!!
Ok glad I could share this with you 😃
As a pre teen and teen I lived close by and would go A LOT!!!!!!! We lived at that pool... We would jump off the top diving board!!! Good days and wonderful memories!! Of course the mid way also and all those rides!!! I loved the penny arcade too!!! Many years later I cried walking through.. it was so empty I remember it being so full with people having such fun. Hey I can’t forget the shore dinner hall!!!
I'm at rocky point right now definitely miss the amusement park good ol times
I am almost 90 years old and, as an excited 12 year old 8th grader graduate, I was thrilled to take a bus all the way to Rocky Point with Paula Shunney, my best friend then. Wish I had photo…..I miss Rhode Island, but have great memories of many travels during my long life here on the beautiful west coast.😊Janet balshaw. Hey…I just remembered I have a Paula photo with her sitting on my new bicycle!
thrilled
Sounds like a good time!
I went here to rocky point for my birthday in 1986 and 1987. I lived just across state line in Conn. I rode that sky line many times. My favorite was the corkscrew roller coaster, the cyclone roller coaster, and the log ride. House of horrors was a little overated, but fun. Was an awesome place to go as a child! Thanks for the memories!
Had been there many times,best Clam Cakes and Chowder I ever had
The smaller the Clamcake the better., just my opinion.
Same
I started going there in the 60s and frankly you did President well. The “tower tank” was water storage (cistern) which among other things maintained water pressure. You missed some of the best rides that were sold off. The Shore Dinner Hall was great and the limited menu at the clam shack doesn’t really come close to the the large meals and the extra long tables that seated a ton of people if they were lucky enough to buy tickets. There were bands and shows at the park and actually had you checked with the library (records, books, photos and documents) you might have nailed it. The historical society has some things too. I am also aware that there are other period UA-cam videos of the park when it was open. Good quality for a UA-cam video but if you were in one of my Communications Classes you might have made a “D” because there was way too much conjecture when actual facts were available. This kind of work doesn’t preserve history, it loses it because of poor research and prep. Spend a little bit less time on your presentation, you have that down and try some traditional research. It isn’t that it wasn’t available, it is the you relied on the internet alone. It was a great fun place and you really didn’t do it justice. It was a shame to watch it decline and fail and the city went to a lot of expense and work to bring it back to what it is. I sincerely doubt that Disney even saw that particular arch at the World’s Fair but you don’t have a clue how little an impression they made. After viewing some of the many videos posted prior to this one, this was badly researched and possibly the worst of the lot.
The water storage tank you found might be for the Flume, a log ride that ended with a big splash which was great if it was 90 degrees out but not if it was 70 degrees at night. Also nearby the Skyliner was the Musical express a ride that would rotate backwards while they played music from the local radio station. I went to Rocky Point more than a few times, but my family moved to Riverside in 1974.
and we went to Crescent Park for one year before it closed. Near the End of Rocky Point they installed two rides, first the Corkscrew a roller coaster with three loops and next to the Flume, a ride that would go straight up to a certain height and then drop straight down.
LMFAO WHAT
@@raymondbergeron2853
I believe it was called the 'Free Fall'
omg thank you for this video. i went to Rocky Point every weekend as a child. Miss that place.. watching made me relive my childhood again
That’s so awesome!! I’m glad I could help bring back some memories 😃 Rocky Point seemed like an awesome place. Shame it’s gone now :(
My family had kid bliers show boat in Coventry Rhode Island.
Thank you so much for the video. I used to spend summers at Rocky Point ever since I was a little girl in the 80's but lived in Massachusetts. I have pictures of my family at the park, then we move to Rhode Island and the park actually closed I actually still live in Rhode Island & have gone back once or twice to see what it is now but I leave with tears..... I really wished they would have been able to keep the park open so I could bring my children.
In 1865 Byron Sprague purchased the property for $60,000. Among his many improvements was a 10 story (250 ft tall) observatory much like a “watch tower” . There’s a documentary about the park called “You must be this talk: The story of Rocky Point”
I worked at the park for a few different seasons. I was with MRB, who ran the games. (Ogden Foods did the concessions, and Rock Point Park under the Ferlas ran the rides and managed the land) There was a line of the game stands that stretched from an Ogden concession stand next to the Castle of Horrors down to the Palm Reader's concession Booth. It held a variety of game stands, from the break-a-dish stand to a chance wheel,, and eventually the "how-fast-can you-throw stand that featured a radar gun. In the back of those stands, there were some serious-sized rooms that were cut into the hillside behind. We used to store the endless boxes of "plush" (prizes). Somewhere in the '60s, they had apparently been used as Party Rooms: They were decorated in Day-Glo paint and were a perfect microcosm of the mid to late '60s culture. I often wondered whether anyone documented that piece of history?
That’s awesome!! It sucks that there is very little footage of the park from back in the day. Would love to see it in its prime
Rhode Island never gets any attention smh
But this video was filmed in Rhode Island 🤔
this place was so cool i remember going for school trips, the factory my mother work used to have the company picnic here where we had lobsters. so many memories
That’s awesome! Thanks for sharing your memories :)
1:01 the couple in the back suddenly became very interested in what you were doing aha
Tresh Marie lmao the genuinely look concerned by us 😂 they were probably wondering why we were standing in the ROAD 😂😂
Lol there like what the heck is he doing
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lol I thought I was the only one who saw that
Lol
Cool video! I love abandoned theme parks. Still so much left of the park. I just searched the internet for photo's of back in the day.
Thank you! So little yet so much left here at the park. There are some great photos online
@@BenLaurence i believe that foundation you found was the original 200 ft observation tower.it can be seen in the black and white photos.it was gone by the time i started going there in the 70s
Spent an unforgettable day there in may of 1987 spring fling as I was a graduate of Johnson and wales 1987. The dining hall was cavernous. The best chowder I’ve ever had in my life as well as the clam fitters Ipswich clams❤ we were caught on the roller coaster as it got stuck we were stuck for quite sometime , very high up . The views were spectacular. Thank you for this memory . We were a bit under the influence so my memory is cloudy😂
Haha thanks for sharing your memories! I bet it was awesome back in the day
so sad, loved rocky point as a kid
They should build a drag strip in Rhode island. Place where people go and have fun again
you mean teens, as most people wouldn't go there
I'm pretty sure the stairs near where the House of Horrors used to lead to a house on the park grounds. I'm pretty sure the stone building remains were part of a storage unit used by the Shore Dinner Hall.
Kyle Bertulli Thank you for the info!! I never knew about the house. I figured the stairs were some how part of the House of Horrors facade. Are you talking about the stone structures that I though were part of a water tank?
This was so interesting!! I hate it was never reopened. I’m so glad to cut the ladder off that tower. They were smart. You aren’t the only that doesn’t follow the rules 😂😂😂 Walt probably did walk under that archway, Ben!!
I know they definitely should have tried to save if :( lmao yeah they’re pretty smart 😂 they knew I was coming! There is a 1/11 chance he walked through the arch on his way into the ‘64 worlds fair
I went to college in Providence and every year my college would have a events at Rocky Point at the beginning of the year and the end of the year. I still have a teddy bear that I won at Rocky Point on like my 4th day of my first year of college. I remember one year the school have a clam bake at the dining hall and I can tell you the seafood was awesome!!
Thanks for sharing your memories! Now I want seafood lol
Johnson and Wales by chance?
I remember!!!! My brother and I loved that place. :') Wow... All the memories of this place and it's amazing to see it so bare! This was one of the old local parks/fairs that you would see on nostalgic post cards. The arch was there before my time - my dad remembers it. It was part of a Worlds Fair display for Foods Market (if I remember him telling me right). Fair food! The ridiculous music. :-) The rides were so much fun... ones you would never see today for all the fears about safety! They have all gone to the same place that metal monkey bars and cement playgrounds have. The rock n' roll was basically a bunch of metal barrels, seats welded in, bars for holding yourself in place, and one seatbelt across the seat. They would spin around flipping you upside down. My brother and I used to be allowed to go ride to ride on our own and that was such a big deal! No one just releases their kids into an amusement park anymore, lol.
Oh, and there are tons of caves around that area. We also used to explore around the shore areas too, even though we weren't supposed to!
Used to go to this place all the time when I lived with my aunt and uncle in West Warwick. It brought back some seriously great memories! I don't remember the swings and the Scrabler being within proximity of each other. The Horror House was one of the few that you could ride through, which made me brave enough because I didn't have to walk through it. My two fondest memories are the clam cakes and the Rock N Roll. It was a ride shaped like a drum. All you did was listen to rock music and roll around . It was over 30 years ago and fuzzy, but grateful to have memories of this place!
Candice Jones so awesome! One of the reason I make these videos is so people who visited these places can still see them today. The house of horrors seemed so cool. I wish I was able to go to this park
The tower for the swing ride was the first rendition of Rocky Point. The Original Rocky Point Park was destroyed in the 1938 hurricane.
How cool it would of been to go there when it was open! A theme park right near the water.....how great that would of been! I am glad they kept the property kind of like a historic site. Unlike Circus world/boardwalk and baseball near Orlando is now a shopping center! Thanks for sharing this video! I like these kind of abandoned places!
I know right!!! It must have been such a nice place, great location! It’s kinda sad when places like that get turned in to a shopping mall or something. I guess I’m just old school and like preserving history. My favorite places to explore are ones like this! Thanks for watching Janet, hope you had a great birthday!
Ben Laurence I agree! I like preserving history too! Thanks birthday was good!
Found you just searching rocky point . Like your style , gives me Adam the Woo vibes . Subbed . Would like to see you explore more places
Thanks man!!! Haven’t been exploring in a long time but might get back into it next season 🤔
Look into a documentary called "You must be this tall". its about the history and local impact of R.P. from its beginnings to when it closed. Great documentary, lots of interesting things. Especially in the very early days, like the first presidential phone call was made from Rocky Point.
Fantastic documentary! I came across it shortly after making this video :)
Had many good times at Rocky Point as a kid.
Sad to see what’s left.
BTW we ate later in the day after the rides. lol
Glad you have some good memories! Lol good plan 😂
I saw George Carlin perform at Rocky Point in 1987 in the Palladium ballroom.
That’s awesome!!!
They had a ton of big acts come through there way back in the day, with tours passing through from NY to Boston. The beastie boys and Blue oyster cult to name a couple
Was Joan Jett ever there in 83,84,86,87? I went to j&w you rocked my memory with the name palladium
@@laurensecero3795 not sure Joan Jett. I too went to J&W and saw Carlin and a year later Joe Pisccapo from SNL. The Carlin jokes he was working on became a HBO show called What am I doing in New Jersey. One routine was was People i can do without.
I went 83-87 to j&w I feel like I was at one of those shows but I know I see jj somewhere in providence
That round building at the top of the hill? That is actually our old water tower. We used to store water in there for the park.
Nice!
Me and my sister were there the last day! We rode the floom and haunted house multiple times.
I went back when it was abandoned in 2010... it was creepy, all the grass growing through the pavement. Saw a cop car and screwed off, haha
Paulo Gomes that’s awesome! At least you have some good memories.
I wish I was able to go before everything was demolished. Lol that’s too funny 😆
Great memories going to this park back in the 80's
I bet this place was awesome back then!!
I loved this amusement park!
Very cool! Rocky point was my favorite.
It's good to see Rocky Point it's a shame to see it like that though I was a ride operator there for 2 years
Anyone remember the flea market in shore dinner hall. On the off season I would look forward to going there. I thought it was a great flea market you could find anything there. Including ninja stars. It would be awesome if warwick held flea markets on the grounds of the park.
If you know The Warwick mall i know someone who works there at The Little Tokyo
Little Tokyo is my favorite! I was there the other day!
Back in the days when meeting women at an amusement park, probably meant spending the rest of your life together! Meeting a girl back in the 1980s and 1990s was awesome. A nice warm Saturday evening together in the park, holding hands on the sky ride, while the sounds of the rides and people screaming out of thrill down below, with that beautiful oceanic smelling air hits you in the face with a slight breeze, with the lights on the rides flashing!
I wonder if there is anybody here who will read this, that had their first kiss atop the ferris wheel here. If so, shoot me a reply, with the year and are you both still together to this day?
All those metal pieces and rocks in that staircase, you’re talking about for the house of horrors, I can tell you with 100% certainty from working there, those are actual pieces from the house of horrors. That staircase you’re talking about when upstairs to the second level in case people got stuck.
Aaaah I thought so! I don’t know if I would have wanted to walk around inside the house of horrors 😳
Nice job guys! I appreciate the research and entertaining format. We just visited and walked there today and I was fixated getting a little history of this once magnificent amusement park.
Thank you so much! We always try to make the videos entertaining and educational 😃 Hope you enjoy your trip to Rocky Point, it was definitely a nice day to walk around there!
It was an awesome day to hike and explore! Thanks again fo taking time to make your vlogs. You remind me of my nephew, you’re a natural entertainer and seem passionate about discovering stuff! Keep up the good work! If you know anyone interested in discovering more about guitar and music send them to my UA-cam series @ Neil Clapp Guitar ua-cam.com/play/PLtBLWX5ElMOrpYYnxJvtAMBPBNhhUTiBw.html
Jay you are the man... I remember going there for Summer Camp thru yrs 87-90. IF SOMEONE CAN INVEST IN THIS RHODY RELIC IT WOULD BE A CHERRY ON TOP OF OUR ALREADY BEAUTIFUL STATE. Jay showing love to Rhody so we got love for you my guy...
WOW... we went there as a family occasionally and it always was a big special day for us. So many great memories as a kid. Even went to several concerts there as a young adult. The food was phenomenal !!!!
I used to work at Rocky Point and my family did for years, that cave you’re talking about 6:14 That cave on top of the hill is actually natural. It was like that before they put the left on top of the rocks.
Oh cool, I’m glad they left it up there!
I’ve walked this place once before it’s a beautiful place to go on an urban exploration adventure
11:28 that piece of cement is 100% our old scrambler ride, are used to operate that ride as well as the house of ours
Thanks for sharing all the info man!! I needed a guide while I was out here haha. I was going off old photos and really grainy videos from back in the day 🤣
I visit this place all the time. The seaside is great and it’s so amazing to learn the history. I walk here with my dogs and thank you. Even though living here, I learned more because of you. 👍🏻
Awesome!!! I love this place! Definitely a cool place to walk around :) I’m glad you learned a thing or two from this video!
I was so young I did not get to go here but it is still cool to see the places
Cool place to walk around and check out
I saw ACDC there on the midway place was packed and the Ramones gabba gabba hay,hat, after the park closed I built that yellow railing and painted it working for prov.welding co. Every Friday night my friends and I would pack the car and cooler with brew, live band every Friday Blushing Brides a Rolling Stones cover band packed the roads for miles, we were a rocky point security guards nightmare lol. Welding up the old skyliner railing was a real bummer, the rocket ride was right across from the midway stage and the house of horrors. Still can't believe it's gone.
Went here on a high school class field trip back in 1985, never would've recognized this place as it sits now.
I'll never forget parents and grandparents taking us to rp. What a treat. Worked there for 4 summers. 2 in foods 2 in games. Games was cool. We stole lots of money. Always had new air Jordan's. Never needed to pickup paycheck.
Haha that’s badass
Let's not forget about rocky point in Warwick Rhode island let's bring it back I miss my old play ground.
If those stairs went all the way up to the top of the hill, then they brought you to the shore dinner hall that was in back of the house of horrors or as we called it when we were kids, the "Haunted House". If I remember correctly that concrete foundation was the transfer of the power to the park. I am very surprised you knew the history of the arch. Congratulations. As a side note the man who caused the downfall of Rocky Point was a customer on a mail route I delivered to. According to the rumors, he had plans to build Condos on the land and allowed the park to go into bankruptcy. Because of money owed to the Small Business Administration he lost everything and never could build Condos. Again these are rumors from his neighbors in Providence. I had heard the original owner wanted to purchase the closed park from the city of Warwick however the City refused because they wanted the purchaser to pay the old owners BACK TAXES which made it not feasible. Now we have a big empty piece of history. Those plaques will decay and everything will soon be lost. What a shame!!!!
Thanks for sharing this information Ron! I still can’t believe they closed this place and let it rot away :(
That was really cool, even if there was hardly anything left in the park. I wonder what will become of the piece of land in the future? Also, it's funny how it closed in 1995 and I was born that year.
ray dude yeah even thought there wasn’t really anything there it was still cool to hunt down the remnants that were left. I’m honestly surprised that they haven’t done anything with the land yet. Haha thats too funny!
It's a park, the property wasn't open like it was when he went, it used to be private property and the city bought it. They were going to turn it into condos at one point I guess.
In truth, it's no longer an "abandoned" park. It's now owned partially by the city of Warwick, but mainly by the state of Rhode Island and is a public park. Improvements are under way, including a new pier and a picnic area.
I kind of remember the park and being there once in the early 90's once when I was a kid when my parents to me my bro and sis to see our aunt and uncle. I some how remember a flume ride there by the ocean side.
I used to go there with my friends in the 80s.what stories.
Well done Ben. I've been to Rocky Point many times in the 80's and 90's. Those steps were nothing. I think they were just for employees to get to the back of rides. My friend and probably alot of peoples friends actually jumped off the Skyliner at the turn around to creep through the woods and wind back onto the midway. Me and one of my friends went on the Skyliner and his brother had gone on like 5 or 10 minutes before. So we are going up expecting to see Mark. We didn't see him, so after the turnaround I look down and end up seeing him on the midway. I said "He jumped off!". lol
Awesome! Thanks for sharing your memories! I definitely would have jumped off the skyline 😅 those caves back there are awesome!
This made me cry. Rocky Point forever!
Rip 😭😭
Looks like an interesting place to visit!
It was probably one of the coolest places we have been!!
Those old skyline remnants are really cool. They defiantly have lead paint on them. lol
Mike Karschti I was going crazy over the skyliner cause it reminded me of the one at Magic Kingdom! Lmao it probably did have lead paint 😳
this is only my second video and I'm already a fan. I subbed and hit the bell
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your welcome! :)
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The family used to pack into the 71 Country Squire wagon and drive from Fall River, Ma to Rocky Point! It was a really big deal and always stayed for the day into the night. If my parents were to tired to go to Rocky Point we would go to Lincoln Park in No. Dartmouth, Ma. Right Karl, was good times!
I used to live in Warwick RI when I was a kid back in the 80's. I remember the Rock n Roll, a suspended swing that lifted you off the ground and then spun in circles, and a handful of other rides. It was such a great place back in the day. Sad to see it didn't last.
Man Rocky Point seemed like an awesome place!!! Shame it had to close :( Hey I don’t know if you’re interested in more of my videos but feel free to check out my latest vid if you have the time 😃 thanks!
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Yea the rock and roll! The musical express was a staple ride too. When they added the free fall that was the best
On Friday nights my Dad would take the family to Rocky Point for dinner at "The Rocky Point Chowder House" and then a full evening of fun until closing! I saw so many 70's Rock Star's it is difficult to remember. Closing,1995. At least my kids got to enjoy it!
Thanks for sharing your Rocky Point memories :)
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I grew up going to Rocky Point Park!!! I love seeing the remnants!
Omg rocky point miss it so much
It was so cool back in the day!!
Back in 1990. I had. The pleasure of playing rocky point with my rock n roll band ! Totally cool!
Wow i had many dates in the park when i was a teenager ,THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES 😁🥰
I miss rocky point , my best childhood memories are of summers spent there , practically every damn day , rocky point was legendary!!
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Doge Nerfing thank you, they will come eventually :)
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My parents would drive us here from Pomfret Ct for the Shore Dinner and rides I loved going !
Sad It got knocked Down.
PanAm707N415PA I know it sucks! I would have loved to have seen it back in the day!
It mostly just rotted away or was torched.
@@BenLaurence there are a few videos here on UA-cam if you look around. I’ve seen at least 5 plus there are like 3 videos of the TV commercials, and the movie “You Must Be This Tall” all about the Park is here on UA-cam too, you should find it and watch it!
Wow, cool vid guys!! Brought back memories for sure! I think Leo the lion from the Haunted House wasn't inside but probably outside on the second level, on the front of the building. There was a lion, maybe a dinosaur, monsters, a few other creepy things that were "looming above you" while you were outside waiting in the line. I wish you could have enjoyed the park. With the excitement you have in your video, it was surprising to hear you hadn't ever been lol But you do look too young once I thought about it lol There's nothing like growing up in Rhode Island for sure!
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The biggest little state in the union!!
Great memories, great video! Thanks:)
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Thanks for sharing your memories of rocky point! The house of horrors still intrigues me, I wish I was able to experience it or just see some video footage. Thanks for watching 🤘
Nice to see! We went there last year to walk around and reminisce for our 26th anniversary ...we got married in the palladium and had some wedding pictures taken on the carousel 🎠.
Lots of history! used to go there as a teenager in the 80's what a time to be a teen. Then in the early 90's me and friends would go all the time and the park was almost empty its like not many people used to go anymore for whatever reason. Sucks was a great place. Loved the arcade to. its very spooky at night to.
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I live in a Caribbean & Latino country and sometimes they open cool places like theme parks or whatever, and after a few years or decades, they get closed. It's sad. I always think like "why do this always happen in my country? Why do some cool things close? Wish we were like USA, Canada, Australia, Europe, where things are opened forever", but now that I see, even in the most powerful countries like USA, it happens. Cool parks get closed & abandoned. The cruelty of life. Our favorite places where we had good memories, don't exist anymore. Everything is about money 😢
S.M.A. Omar it’s sucks, all cool places always close :(