Visiting The Real Life Wizard Of Oz | Autumn At Land Of Oz 2017 | Defunct Theme Park
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- Опубліковано 5 вер 2024
- We head to Beech Mountain, NC for a very limited annual event, Autumn at Oz, which takes place at a defunct theme park based on the Wizard of Oz called Land of Oz. Land of Oz was in business 1970 to 1980 and being able to experience the park with the Wizard of Oz being reenacted was amazing.
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The actress playing Dorothy is brilliant! (& the Scarecrow). Oh My! ;-)
I know right?!
I Agree with you!
Her name is Judy Garland
The scarecrow was really good lol
+Jonathan Spearman He was awesome. I just wish I could remember more lines. LOL
He plays the scarecrow at the 3-day Midwest Wizard of Oz fest in Tinley Park, IL. He is part of a group called the "Spirit of Oz" which I believe the lion in your video is part of too, though his lion costume looks different.
midwestozfest.com/?page_id=1955
I would've loved this as a kid.
The scarecrow was the best. How dare the wicked witch ruin her line :p
Christina Berg wicked witch had a bit of stage fright it seems and stumbled over her own words.
The paint was all coming off too. Just looked unprofessional and messy
@@rachiebbybby yes
@@rachiebbybbywell it’s not DisneyWorld for cryin out loud! at least the costumes were movie accurate and they had good actors and good impressions of all the movie characters. i’d still love to go tho
Perfect Dorothy. Even Judy herself would be proud
Must be a magical place to visit, actors seemed to be sincerely happy, must be a very different experience than visiting Universal Studios
The opening sepia prologue with the "CBS SPECIAL PRESENTATION" animation is perfect!!
Thank you!
iam a huge Wizard of oz fan and i would have loved to see this.. Looks like fun
I agree LOL
Why Warner Bros. Doesn’t buy this place and remodel it into an actual theme park again and reopen it is anyone’s guess
I've heard of this park but never actually seen any photos of it I'm surprised no one has tried to re-do it and open it back up sounds like it would make a great park today
+Theme park Lunatic It was a really cool experience. I'd love to see it open on a more regular basis.
There’s actually one here in Tennessee!
I think the park is open like once a year or something
That's cool! Dorothy has a good singing voice!
« And my- uh your little dog too » 😂😂
Oof I bet if she watched this vid o she’d just slowly click away in horror
That was really magical. So happy to see you made it and it made me so happy!!! Thank you Kyle!
Judi Flemate a
Your filming is terrible. Your filming as though you're about to miss your flight. SLOW DOWN so people can see what you're filming.
This made my day.....thanks. I do love the costumes.....just amazing
That scarecrow is spot on!
I have to go to this next year. I had no idea it'd be so fun and I'm just a few hours away.
My favorite movie of all time!
Greatest intro ever
Ha! Thanks! There's a storm coming!
Thanks for posting this Kyle. (I watched this film everyday, several times a day when I was a kid. Means so much to me!)
We went last year and it was nothing like it is this year! All that extra stuff outside the park definitely wasn't there. All they had was a small booth at the very end with a handful of souvenirs to choose from. We certainly didn't have to take a shuttle! Lol! I have a couple videos up of what it was like before it grew into this this year. I told them that it was neat enough that they should make it bigger. Thanks for showing what it's like now!
I've made it even further into the video now. It's waaaaaay different! I thought it was good before. It's even better now.
I would love to go there! I'm a huge fan of the Wizard of Oz if not the biggest fan!
"We know James Franco..."
Now THAT was funny lol
Good job guys. The Wicked Witch was a bit uncomfortable to watch lol.
I was the greeter at the beginning of the theme park in this video (you can hear me talking while you’re looking at the ‘please let others enjoy OZ’ sign)!! So cool seeing this through a visitors eye!!
Thank you so much for sharing this wonderful video. It brought back so many magical memories of when I visited the original theme park in 1975 and 1976. I loved it so much and was so sad to hear they closed it. It would be so cool if they could re-open it so a new generation could enjoy it's magic. But I'm glad they do this annually. I definitely will go one year.
This took me back to when I was a kid. When it was actually up and running in 1977. What beautiful memories it gives me. Thank u.❤
My older sister and one of her friends (since they live in NC) went there one time during the Autumn of Oz!
Acting, graphics and mood music....ohhh my!!! Good job!!
Excellent video Kyle. Great pics, great characters, great theming and great atmosphere. A+ Loved it.
Remember this place. Thanks for this very much.
That's a pretty cool place I love how you've made your own wizard of oz story lol
I am now also remembering my trip to Raleigh North Carolina which is almost 4 hours away from Oz.... huh... maybe one day I'll take a trip to NC again & spend time with my friends from NC so that we can have fun and visit this place.
that was definitely pretty cool, I only heard of this park a few hours ago thanks to a link on fb but now I want to go to The Land of OZ
Sees thermostat, "Dorothy's house is modern!" Ha ha. I want to go to this some day. The wizard of Oz was such an influence in my childhood. Ah, now we know what is wrong with me! Ha ha
This was actually very emotional to me im a huge Wizard of oz fan... Thank you.
Universal Studios should recreate it
Glad to see y'all are online :) Mountain top amusement parks were a thing in North Carolina in the early 70's for some reason. About 30 miles away from OS is Tweetsie Railroad
+sgtmayhem Power from a hotel. No power at home still.
You are a nutter Kyle, but that's a compliment! Brilliant video and an incredible attraction! Loved Dorothy especially. Cheered us up after a long work day.
I would LOVE to visit this place!
THE LAND OF OZ! FOLLOW THE YELLOW BRICK ROAD!!!
I wanna go there just like you did, I loved the movie as well
awsom ,all acters are verry talanted and good and thats a good park thank you for that beautifal jrnnny
Love your acting, Kyle! That was really fun. And worth the wait! Hope all is well (or at least decent) at home. Thinking of you and your clan!
Went there several times when I was a kid back in the 70s! The park map that’s in the Oz museum was hanging on my bedroom wall for years.
I saw the news about this place being re-opened to the public, but I never knew this place existed! I live in Charlotte, NC, so I'm not sure how long the drive to that place really is. Glad you got to go and enjoyed it. ^^
+ReccaWolf Based on the time it took for me to get there/home, I think it's about 2 hours from Charlotte to Beech Mountain. It was really cool.
ViewFromTheCheapSeats Well worth the trip, I see. Thanks. ;)
Kyle, Thanks for taking us along and all you're awesome footage as always
To get to the Yellow Brick Road you have to climb the Grey Road of Gravel.
15:27 Dorothy’s House has been leveled!
That hotel looks epic lol
+Edward Reed It was pretty cool!
Just found out about this place!!! Definitely BUCKET LIST worthy. Thnx for time, details & sharing. The Wizard of Oz has always been an all all time fav!
Thanks so much for visiting and and filming this. I'd heard about this place for years, and I'm absolutely amazed and tickled that they have kept in in such good shape. (as much as they have put into it to keep it up I'm kinda surprised that this is only open one weekend/yr)
Also, GREAT JOB on your intro and finale performances...you're a natural, Kyle!!!
And a side note: Dorothy was excellent both in looks, singing, and acting, but do you think she has arm tattoos? I mean was it cold there? So why the flesh-tone long sleeves? I think it's cool since most artsy folks have ink (self included), I'm just a little OCD and notice details
Thanks again for another great video!!!
It was most likely cold because it was in september, and also not trying to be mean but that's not what ocd means!!
James Franco comment. lol 😂😂
pochakila I only just remembered after reading your comment that he was the wizard at one point LMAO
I really enjoyed this. Thank you!
I loved the lion and scarecrow! Of course everyone else was amazing too!
THE TIN MAN IS MY # 1 FAVORITE CHARACTER, from the WIZARD OF OZ MOVIE, and FROM THIS VIDEO!!!😃😄😍❤ *SINGS* 🎤"IF I ONLY HAD A HEART!"🎤 😁💓❤ (Watching from Buckeye, Arizona, USA.🇺🇸)
Ski lifts did not have balloons on them. The balloon ride was a circular ride that started in Emerald City and gave you an aerial view of the park. The ski lifts, pod-like gondolas, and busses took people to and from "Kansas." I went each summer for years.
Jarrell Dickey there are photos of the ski lifts with the balloons on them! Fake air balloons clearly but they are there. When did you go, maybe by that point they had taken the balloons off for some reason.
I went as a child too when the park was open. Jarrell is correct. The balloons were separate front the ski lifts. The balloons were more of a ride. There’s a website that I found once with lots of old pics. It was a great place to go as a kid! My family has some cool pics of us with Dorothy. Obviously the storm cellar is an updated bonus but I wish this would be a regular theme park again.
Love the "Ease On Down The Road" usage at the end!
Loved this. Thank you for sharing
Thank you for this! ❤
The Scarecrow was great!
Anybody remember the abandoned Oz Land? It's still there today!
Rman Nayr this is the same Land of Oz
She’s a perfect Dorothy 💕
DarkBubblePenguin you’re right. I was like wow.. perfect.
@@royaltyJkash 😃
Great! Vid. I actually really enjoyed it. I will probably never be able to go in person, so I'm glad I was able to enjoy it vicariously through you.
I loved it! felt like I was there my favorite was the scarecrow amazing character and Judy😍😍😍
So awesome! I need to go there!
I keep watching the cowardly lion part. It is s funny and tell the witch I don’t have a dog
Omg I also love the guard
Great video! Love the character meets!
I live 1 county over from this park.,it's truly a gem
Awesome and cool!
Couldn't help but think of the Twister queue when you were walking through Dorthy's house after the tornado :)
These guys/girls are awesome, wish it was open more often!😊
Great video Kyle , wizard of oz is one of my favourite childhood films , I live in England and we travel to Orlando every other year and this is something I would of loved to of experienced , great to see though
The bad witch (cant remember her name) was pretty crap but besides from her, pretty good😏
Duuudee! welcome back...love that place, so nostalgic place...awesome video bro, thanks for the tour to the land of oz, love it
That was an amazing place. I hope they have more open weekends so I can plan a trip!! Thanks for the awesome video!
I loved this!!!!! Great work !!!
Thank you!!
I'm such a huge fan of wizard of oz. I would love to see the scarecrow ❤
THAT'S IT ... 'just started a bucket-list & This is #1 - - - TNX 4 this awaking !
Wait this just reminded me that yesterday was Judy garlands birthday but she died😢
That looked like so much fun!! Thanks for sharing!
Wonder why he built the park there instead of in Kansas?
Mountains and better natural land formations is my bet. Probably cheaper construction space as well.
Actually, there is a wizard of oz museum in Kansas and there is a wizard of oz winery. Plus there is a taco place called “ Toto’s Tacoz “
There was a HUGE Oz theme park planned for Kansas.
Because we're not in Kansas anymore, Toto.
Living in KS, this would have shut down even sooner if it were built here. We HATE being associated with, The Wizard of Oz, Dorthy and Toto. Once my old school orchestra went to Atlanta and that’s literally all they would talk to us about. 🙄
"I'm the Cowardly Lion, not the Rationally-Afraid-of-Reasonable-Things Lion"
We’re off to see the wonderful wizard of OZ
They should have a park based on the books rather than the movie because there is more to offer.
Jake Rutigliano this park was based on the book more in the past. The re openning has made it more movie like.
The movie is more sellable to the mass public however.
The 1939 movie is based on the 1925 movie, which is based on the 1914 movie, which is based on the 1910 movie, which is based on the 1903 Broadway musical, which is based on the 1900 book. OZ has a complex history!
Nope. The 1939 movie is based on the book. The 1925 movie is based on the book. 1914 movie is based on the book. The movies have now tie to each other.
The only vague link between any is that the 1939 movie used the idea of snow to break the poppies spell, which was an idea taken from the 1903 musical. That's all.
+Ian Smith That's hardly all! OZ adaptations build upon, and borrow elements from, their predecessors! All films incorporated elements from the 1903 musical--- not the least of which being Fred Stone's iconic portrayal of the Scarecrow, which even Ray Bolger cites as his inspiration. Dorothy's surname "Gale" is taken from the 1903 musical. The tornado special effects, a famous sequence of the 1903 musical and 1925 film, were developed to perfection in the 1939 film. When the Scarecrow, Tin Woodman, and Cowardly Lion disguise themselves as Winkies in the 1939 film, this hearkens back not to the book, but to the many disguises donned by the characters in the 1903 musical.
Imogen the Cow, something of a substitute for Toto the Dog as Dorothy's animal sidekick, was first introduced in the 1903 musical, and then appeared in the 1910 film. The non-speaking, pantomime Cowardly Lion, who first appeared in the 1903 musical, also appeared in the 1910 and 1914 films.
The plot element of farmhands transforming into Oz characters originated in the 1925 film, and indeed, the extended Kansas sequence of the 1939 film owes a debt to the 1925 film. The "magic tricks" performed by the Wizard in the 1925 film are taken directly from the 1903 stage show. Notably, the "it was all a dream" ending of the 1939 film can be traced back to the 1925 film.
Interestingly, L. Frank Baum's (sadly lost) "Fairylogue & Radio Plays" multimedia show from 1908 featured each character on the page of a book in black and white, who then transformed into color when they stepped off the page. From black and white to full-color, hmm... where have we seen that motif before? :)
Dorothy's age fluctuates in each subsequent production--- in the book and 1910 film, she is about 6; in the 1903 musical and 1925 film, she is about 18, to facilitate a love interest; as a direct result, the 1939 film compromises her age at 12, in-between childhood and adulthood.
Of course, the fact that the 1939 film is a musical, and not a cartoon or a straight fantasy-adventure, was due to the success and fond public memory of the famous 1903 stage production (which ran professionally from 1902-1909, and then for many years later under amateur companies). After L. Frank Baum himself, we must thank Montgomery and Stone, whose wild and unforgettable antics as the Tin Woodman and Scarecrow in the 1903 musical kept OZ very much alive in the imagination of the American public for decades, paving the way for the MGM classic.
😍WoW!!!BRINGS BK MEMORIES...NOW I WANT TO WATCH WIZARD OF OZ📺 The CAST was wonderful..👏 I WAS SO WISHING TO SEE MY LIL TOTO🐕🐕🐕...it would have been super perfect...but still i enjoyed this review!!!🤗🤗🤗🤗TFS!!!!💕#EASEONDOWN🎼💃🕺🛣️
This is great!! Lol
I would love this in California!
I love wizard of oz
Cool video!
:)
By the way, just curious, do those "Wizard of Oz" Characters do Meet-and-Greets over there?
You can interact with all of the characters as you walk the yellow brick road.
That was FUN!!
We went last year too and loved it! Too bad it is not open all year!
I like it when she play drothoy
Those are FANS!!!
the actress playing Scarecrow is Zoe from the Spirit of oz
23:06 did dorthy say “shhhh” lol that was funny
I was actually there in 1973. It was fun. I think I have pictures somewhere.
thank you
I was born 1981 wow!!!! I would of loved to been at amusement part
Thank you, this video & you , were great.
No Toto?
23:21 I always wanted to know what would happen if you knocked instead of ringing the bell first.
I love oz! I wish I was there