Tops in the Myer centre (1992)
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- Опубліковано 5 вер 2024
- Back in the 80's and early 90's there was a small theme park in the Myer centre, Brisbane QLD, Australia.
It was called 'Tops' and featured a dragon roller coaster, merry go round, ferris wheel, swinging ship, tree-hours/playground and more...
It will be missed!
I miss the sound of the Dragon Coaster. It was a highlight of going to the city. I was never allowed to go to TOPS till I was 10 years old. On my 10th Birthday I found out it was closing.
Too many Brisbane Attractions closed and we lost our personality.
Amen, brother.
God bless you to whoever uploaded this. So many childhood memories flooding back. So loved seeing Tops. The pirate ship and the roller coaster. And Queen St mall at night - such a wonderful atmosphere. And during a peak time in history - the 90s. I was 10 years old in 92. We lived in West End and Highgate Hill. We left in 1999. Fondest memories of that place. All my aunties and uncles and my mum now all deceased. But they collectively made our childhoods magic ❤
Oh the nostalgia. Thanks for the memories.
It is surprising how much activity there is in the mall in this video, even at night. I haven't seen anything like this over the past decade. It really shows how the mall's role in society has changed.
Talk about a blast from the past! I almost forgot what that old Roller Coaster sounded like...
Brisbane had something then...miss those days
So nice to see! People are watching where they are going and enjoying being where they are because they are not glued to mobile phones!!
Wow... I just remembered this dragon coaster... That noise... As a kid it was the BEST ride ever! I read it's being restored... It was rusting in the backyard of a man near Brisbane...
The sound of that roller coaster brings back memories. Thanks for the footage.
UA-cam really is the closest thing we have to having a time machine
I used to work at the Myer centre. Tops didnt disappear. Its still there, they just boarded everything up until future expansion. It sits above the cinemas level. Everything is in original condition, except for the Dragon coaster. The track is still, but the cars are gone. The dragonboat is missing as well.
Was it just shops and the dragon ride upstairs? I don't remember.
OMG WOW thanks for the nostalgia trip!! The year you filmed this I was in grade 12 and used to come here every weekend with mates to hang out and ride the rides all day with the really cheap day passes they had!! We used to deliberately scream as loud as we could on the roller coaster to annoy everyone below us LMFAO!!
That's still a very familiar sound to me, the sound of that dragon coaster. I never went on it as I was quite reluctant to being so high up off the ground, but I did go on quite a few of the smaller rides. The glass elevators in the Myer Centre might still be there (although since refurbished), but very much *everything* in and around the Queen Street Mall has changed since then.
I worked on the demolition at the Tops site and have fluro lights in my shed from there, as well as heaps of building materials I used in my house when I first became a home owner!!!!
That's awesome!!
James Simpson hey how did the dragon coaster end up down in Sydney man?
22 years later and they still have that same style of elevator. This is really neat, I had no idea this existed.
Neither did I til I rummaged around my old videos and found the footage!
This elevators are slowly being replaced as of this year. They really did last a long time!
espieespie
Any idea if they are gonna be the same style or not?
+segaofmyhouse I seriously thought my memories of that rollercoaster were just a dream until recently.
+cryptik
No, they have Dewhurst buttons now: www.dewhurst.co.uk/product/us95/
when I wagged school 😊 I use to hit tops 👍👍👍that roller coaster was pretty awesome back then 😃
BAHHAAHHAHA. SAME!!! 😂 1992-1994 (Macgregor High)
I miss this ride so much. I used to love going on it all the time as a kid 😍😀
Wow, thanks for uploading this... I've been looking for some evidence of Top's Theme Park's existence for ages! I mean, it's one thing to find out it existed but another matter all together to show people it in action.
Oh wow the valley in the 90s it was way better then , thank you for sharing the footage it was so good to remember
It is just filthy now
Back when the Myer centre had character, now it's very Westfield like
This is where i went when i wagged school ..
Oh the nostalgia! I love the scream of the dragon coaster, thanks uploader
Thank you for sharing this. It brought back great memories.
The Tops Rollercoaster was very loud and i can remember hearing the screeming and the rollercoaster.
I miss it so much ..ile never forget that sound...I plan on building a replacement for our private kiddy coaster.
Miss those days!
oh I miss those days. the Dragon coaster! !
Felt like there was a time when every multi-storey shopping plaza in Australia had glass elevators. No doubt this would've been a great alternative for Brisbaneans who couldn't afford to go to the theme parks on the GC. This looks much better than the indoor theme park they had in Adelaide during the 90s, when did Tops fold?
I'd guess around 2000?
Ohhh the memories!
what the hell happened to this world?..... look at how colourful everything was, how alive everything was.... we live in a dead world now
that's the year the Brisbane Broncos won their first grand final
Can't beleive they had horses there!! Clearly I went to top on the bad days haha
Thank you so much for uploading this! I miss the dragon coaster!
+Rei Ailuros If only that poor child hadn't snuck onboard, we'd still have it today.
+chicken livers what? What happened? I don't know this story
A young boy climbed on board unsupervised and fell out as the coaster crossed the gap.
chicken livers wasn't that a rumor tho?
What was the cost of a video recorder in 1992! Live in Brisbane and have never suspected this glorious past!
You prepaired verywell for youtube ahead of it's time before UA-cam was even thought of. You should link your video with a google adsence. This video should have over a million views by now.
Security guard caught me spitting gum off the dragon ride and escorted me back to my grandparents. Oh the memories...
Wow that sound haha so weird and nostalgic
What a blast from the past. Hey, where are all the mobile phones?
Ahhh good times
Hahaha those krishnas are still getting around.
This footage is awesome! I'm making an upcoming episode of my series Beautiful Brisbane about Tops would I be able to use this footage?
Absolutely!
Thank you very much. I'll make sure it links back to the original footage is credit appropriately. Thanks again.
Wish I could still turn left tho.
1992,, I was 7 years old but I remember tops in the 90s, why did they replace it with a 💩 shit cinema?
Is that a WRX?
Completely different city. Don't get me wrong, racism/ignorance still existed, but was less open/acted upon - as in, I don't care if you hate someone, you don't need to punch them or abuse them. Booze was legal, drugs were around, but king hits/coward punches were practically unheard of. What went wrong? Evil has always existed. But the safety levels have gotten worse and worse since the new millennium.
You sound like a homosexual.
Osama Bin Laden and Facebook ruined everything
Stephen Brook ... a year an no reply. So rude ...
Well look, if you're stuck and still need one, let me know. 😂
Blame social media and political culture
Can you please get in contact with me, I think my late father is in this video
Can't help but notice how un "woke" everyone is... You can see by the marching band how miserable everyone was... Gotta feel sorry for them all... Rip Myers centre and rip childhood
Haha look at those harry kryshnas