Thanks everyone for an amazing season! Full episodes will be back in early 2018, and look forward to some minisodes soon. Also, there will be a podcast episode next week discussing the future of Defunctland!
Congratulations on your first season, Kevin! Looking forward to more great stories about these great attractions. Oh, and more Michael Eisner jokes as well.
I am so happy I found this channel and these videos. It's been truly memorable and the content's been very informative. Looking forward to next season!
I was the art director for this ride, the later Jimmy Neutron ride and parts of Jetsons The Movie. You’ve left out a lot of really interesting history for this ride. If you are interested in doing an update, I’d be happy to share my experiences of the key contributors, the trials and tribulations and the animation milestones that made this an historical attraction. Also I have a digital master from the original negative.
Now imagine how they actually sounded all day since no kid was stepping to the melody of Flintstones or any other song. Just a constant, chaotic cacophony of BWAE BWAAEBWAA BBBBWWABWAE BWWWWBWWBWAAAAEE
In a lot of ways, the Hanna-Barbera ride was like HB's cartoons: serviceable, consistent, comfortable enough for anyone to enjoy, and widely distributed.
This was a great one to end on. Not plagued by breakdowns, lawsuits, money issues, etc. Just a beloved attraction that was showing its age and given a retirement where it could travel the country.
Me too; I went to Universal when it was Jimmy Neutron. I did kind of like Nick, but I always loved Cartoon Network/Boomerang and Hanna-Barbera, and so did my parents (they grew up on the Japanese dub of Scooby Doo.) That's why I always watched this ride on UA-cam in like 2008.
I'm honestly a little offended, because the Hanna Barbera cartoons are much better in my opinion. Though the mismanagement, micromanagement and bad workplace conditions that the Crash Bandicoot team had to endure probably makes me a bit biased here.
Because this attraction was so close to the entrance I'll bet 80% - 90% of guests made this their first ride. I'm sure this was the first ride I rode back in '91 when my girlfriend and I visited. Great first impression and was a favorite til they closed it. Hard to believe it's still delivering fun as Despicable Me and still puts smiles on faces 30 years later.
HA. I actually got an ad for Universal Studios in the middle of this with the main tagline being "You won't believe how much we've changed". Well congratulations UA-cam ad algorithm, you finally got something right! That was the most fitting ad ever.
Gotta say, this is perhaps some of the best quality content on UA-cam. Your videos just keep getting better and better. I'm really glad to have been a subscriber to this channel almost since the beginning, and I'm really looking forward to the next season.
Watched this season in 2 sittings. My dad took us on an east coast tour of amusement parks in 01/02. Lots of arguments between the 4 siblings...but this brought me back. Calling my dad now to thank him. Thanks for this!
I’m so excited that you specified this to be the season finale, not the finale of the series!! Thank you for the first season of intricately produced and infinitely engaging Defunctland episodes and podcasts! I can’t wait to see more ;)
I just binged your entire 1st season today, what a great use of my time :) I know since this is late, no 1 will probably see this, but I love this ride because my parents took my family on vacation to Orlando, and we went to Universal Studios 1st, when we walked in the park, this was the 1st ride we saw so we got on. I've always loved Hanna-Barbera so I loved this ride, plus it was my 1st ride at a major theme park so it really holds a special place in my heart
I grew up in Minnesota and went to the Mall of America fairly often. I remember going on this ride when I was in middle school, when the ride was briefly there. The theme park at the time was called "The Park at MOA," in between the times of "Camp Snoopy" and "Nickelodeon Universe"s operations. You should do a video or podcast on the history of the theme park space in Mall of America!
Batman And Robin: The Chiller. Premiere launch coasters everywhere, including 4 complete circuit types similar to one and other, all got the same change out of shoulder harness to lap bar, work great. Later 2 mr. freeze reverse blasts, work just fine, and way bigger. Now they use a different launch with all the sky rocket II clones and full throttle, but what was the issue and why couldn't it have been fixed? I miss it, liked it better than Kingda Ka, had more than one element (or as some argue, more than 2), went backwards, and two sides.
OneAndOnlySound The issue was with the launch tech. BM&R used Linear Induction Motors (LIMs) to launch the trains which are essentially giant versions of what heats the toast in your toaster. The issue is that LIMs need a ton of power to work and since this coaster dualed it used twice the amount of power as the other Premier clones (this is why they only ran the Robin side along with staffing issues). Also these LIMs where prone to overheating and breaking as well which resulted in lots of down time. The final nail in the coffin for this ride was a derail in 2006 which caused the removal of the zero g rolls however this didn't fix it and the coaster derailed again in 2007 and SF decided to cut losses and remove it. This ride along with it's Mr Freeze sisters are why manufacturers no longer use LIMs for launch coasters instead relying on Linear Synchronous Motors (LSMs) and Hydraulic launches which use a lot less power and don't suffer as much down time. Also BM&R actually hasn't been scrapped, it's now in Brazil however it has yet to be reassembled.
I really appreciate every single video you make KP. You’ve helped me relive a lot of attractions that have disappeared since I last got to see them when I was a child.
I remember liking this ride so much I went on it multiple times. But yeah, that promotional video. I don't think I've ever seen something fun delivered in such an unfun way. Guy sounds like he's explaining cartoons as part of a parole deal.
There was one guy who did an incredible documentation of the entire history of the ride. I think his name was Vernon Wilmer and the documentary was called Star Trek: My Experience. Sadly, he hosted his documentary on Blip, and when that site shut down the documentary has been gone for years now. I’m hoping he re-releases it on a service that will not shut down a week later.
Sullivan-Bluth Studios would not “go on” to make An American Tail. They were making their fifth movie, Rock-A-Doodle, at the time of making the ride. An American Tail was their second movie.
Man, this was my favorite ride at Universal, hands down, as a kid. Rode it probably countless times, and I loved seeing the original animators at the beginning. Subsequently, I've probably done Jimmy Neutron once, and Minions never. Putting in a suggestion for Alfred Hitchcock: The Art of Making Movies, if it's in the cards for 2018!
orlendatube Minions is basically in the same spirit as this thing, just a wacky chase through some chaotic environments. It's not bad for that sort of ride.
I remember seeing this at the Mall of America location! It was shown on their Mystery Mine Ride when the park was still called Camp Snoopy. Eventually, the film was switched over to Spongebob Squarepants 3D before the ride itself was removed from the park. After the Peanuts license ended, the park changed to the Park at MOA for a time, before becoming Nickelodeon Universe. The 4d theater was removed, and now has Spongebob Rock bottom plunge in its place. I only saw the film once in its runtime, but hearing about it again makes me so happy. Love the video!
It was less loss of license than loss of operation. Ceder fair dropped the park due to the mall not advertising out of state enough. With that park dropped the snoopy characters could finally make it to valley fair one of the first parks to join ceder fair.
This was one of the 3 parks that Ceder fair closed after buying from Viacom the Paramount Parks and assumed there debt. that was not helped by being so soon after gerugia lake being bought from six flags that had to be scrubbed of WB/DC branding late in the parks summer break and half the park had to be shuttered year one as CF did not run zoo's and did not reopen until they decided to clone Dorney parks Wildwater kingdom water park on the seaworld side. the purge of unprofitable parks ended up being Knott's Camp Snoopy in MOA [2005 closed to be renovated the contract dissolved in 2006], Geauga Lake (Closed ride side in 2007, the water park, Wildwater Kingdom, closed on September 5, 2016), and Star Trek: The Experience ( closed in 2006 to low attendance, Cedar Fair lost rights to reopen the attraction from CBS Studios in 2010) they also had to sell off two Knott's Soak City water parks before recovering.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR DOING THIS RIDE!! I went on it a few times,way back when and it was just SO MUCH FUN! Great gift store at the end. When the Scooby Doo theme came on full blast during his scenes...so cool!
A great video to watch before bed. I really enjoy this series, and I hope this rides successor jimmy neutrons nicktoons blast ends up here one day, it was the first ride I ever rode at universal and I’m very nostalgic for it as I was a huge jimmy neutron and nicktoon fan as a kid
Oh I totally saw this at Canada's Wonderland!! It was there for a brief time, replacing the second theatre of the Spongebob simulator, which used to be in both theatres. My friends always wanted to do Spongebob, but I was a massive Hanna Barbara fan and loooooved this ride, so we'd end up doing both. Sadly I think it left only after a year or two, because Paramount lost the park.
Universal Studios Florida opened in the Summer of '89. At the time it opened, The Jetsons Movie was in production, so Funtastic World of HB was also a red herring to promote it as well as MCA/Universal's ambitious to buy out HB. They were wrestling Turner Entertainment in a War to obtain Hanna Barbera from Worldvision/TAFT Spelling,Inc. Turner Ultimately Won.
This is one of the stand-out memories of the park when I recall my memories of it as a kid, and also an old 50s style diner that I don't recall seeing on a recent visit.
Nice review of a ride that lasted a long time and was mostly operated with few issues. Very true it shared the same technology with Back to the Future when the park originally opened - biggest difference is that the animation was much easier to put together than the short film needed for Back to the Future to work (using models and other effects to make it work). Growing up in Florida in the late 1980s this park (Universal Studios: Florida) was an interesting alternative to Disney World. Today, with the modernization of the park it is a far more formidable competitor to those earlier days (notwithstanding the continued existence of ET the ride). When that goes, the oldest ride left I believe will be Terminator 2.
Dude, just wanted to let you know that you inspired me to do a lot of my final exams based on defunct roller coaster attractions, and I know the amount of hard work but immense amount of fun you put into researching these topics. I can't wait for defunctland to open next season! Maybe with a few Soda Based attractions next time?
This is such an amazing channel with such a passionate creator. I subscribed when you posted your jaws ride video and your channel has become my favorite out of all of the channels I subscribe to! You can just see the passion that goes into these videos! Thank you so so much for this first season, and I’m really looking forward to the next!
I rode this ride back in 91 when I was 8 years old, on the same trip through Florida we went to Universal, Magic Kingdom, Disney-MGM Studios, Epcot Center, Sea World and Six Flags in Tampa, riding Back to the Future, Body Wars, Star Tours, The Muppets 3D and many others. So sad it is gone now but hopefully I go to Florida in the near future and go on Despicable Me: Minion Mayhem, the ride's spiritual sequel.
I've been to Florida twice in my life (I'm not from that continent) and this is a ride I remember us going on. I don't know if it was closed the second time (was the early 2000's), but I still recall it being a very enjoyable family ride regardless. I had no idea this series was supposed to have seasons though; the other episodes don't have numbers in their titles.
Man this took me back. I remember going through this so clearly, it still pops in my head from time to time. I remember wanting to go back on it so badly, especially with how interested I was in animation back then (and still am!) This was super cool to get to see again. Thanks for sharing it
I remember that ride vaguely. Only went to Universal the one time in the early 90's. I think my parents got free tickets for sitting through a condo spill at the time.
9:56 for what it's worth, i heard somewhere that steven spielberg threatened to never work with universal again if they took down the ET ride, so if that's true the ride should be safe for at least as long as steven is alive
Not gonna lie, when I was a kid Hanna-Barbara Land at Canada's Wonderland (the only theme park I've ever been able to go to) was one of my favourite places.
My family and I went to Florida in 1995. I remember going on this ride, I must've only been 9 at the time and I loved it. I remember a lot of the rides mentioned in this brilliant series, so many happy memories. This is the series/channel I didn't realised I needed
Its because Universal and Turner were in a Tug-o-War to obtain Hanna Barbera and its Properties from TAFT/Worldvision Spelling. Turner Won the War and on November 16,1990, he officially purchased HB.
Turner also started the Cartoon Network cable TV channel in 1992. And speaking of Cartoon Network, there used to be a Cartoon Network-themed kids area at Six Flags Great America called "Camp Cartoon Network". It was renamed "Camp Cartoon" sometime in the late 2000s.
I've seen a direct feed of the ride film on UA-cam a long time ago, and I couldn't help but smile all the way through. The animation is just phenomenal! This is officially my favorite UA-cam series now. I'll be looking forward to more of these videos in the future, Kevin. Thanks for taking us on this ride. :3 Also, StormRider?
Thought this was about Hanna Barberaland and King's Island at first (if you need ideas for an episode, that'd be cool). Still a great show thank you. Cant wait for season 2
Ceder fair picked that up when they took over Knott's Berry Farm 's park business there mascot was Snoopy and used that theme for there mall of America park. Before the kids areas were themed after the bearstine bears. Almost all.of.those were quickly redone as camp snoopy after Knott's was acquired so some locations had the peanuts art next to background art left over from the bears art style.
I worked at King Island for 2 years! So when the park opened in 1972, Hanna-Barbera was part of the park I still had guests asking questions on when yogi bear was going to come out and if the smurf ride was up and running. I worked from late 2014-2016 so those were long gone. In 2002 Nickelodeon took over with attractions like blues clues and sponge bob. Then in 2010 The peanuts gang took over!
I rode this at Universal in 1999. I loved (and still love) simulator rides to this day because of this and Star Tours. I remember, vaguely I might add, the after ride game room where you had the computer screens that let you animate, add sound to, and control various scenes from classic Hanna-Barbera cartoons. Until around 10 years ago I was able to ride this again at Dollywood, another favorite theme park. It was still fun, but didn't contain any of the interactive animated studio for the after ride entertainment.
The Funtastic High Quality Rip World of Siivagunner Cast: Nico Nico Nii, Fred Flintstone, Inspector Gadget, PSY, Metal Knight, PETER GRIFFIN FUNNY MOMENTS, Robbie Rotten, Tito Dickman, WOOD MAN >:], Joseph Joestar, Flandre Scarlet, Snoop Dogg, Homer Simpson, Vinny and Joel, Robert Paulson, CIA, Dr. Pavel, Bane, HUGH MUNGUS, The Undertaker, Shrek, Biggie Cheese, BIG SHAQ and John Cena.
I actually remember this ride as the very first ride I ever went on at Universal Studios (Fl) when I was a kid. I am so glad I am just old enough to have experienced it and remember it. It was one of my favorites :)
Kevin I've been here since the beginning and I wanted to say thank you so much for all your hard work. It's been fun watching and can't wait until the next season.
Oh yeah! Thank you for that 👍 I have always loved the ride. I used to ride on that attraction when I went to universal long time ago. Boy, it sure brings me back great memories 😊😊
Defunctland makes my day every single time a new episode is out, excited for 2018's new batch of defunct rides! Season 2 can we get Haunted Castle in Great Adventure, N.J? there's a huge story of internal incompetence and hazard ending in tragedy the likes of which are bordering on Action Park levels of criminal negligence- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haunted_Castle_(Six_Flags_Great_Adventure)
If next season any of the original Hanna-Barbera land stuff comes up from kings island... Smurfs (killer dark ride), the yogi bear anamorphic animals and flinstones I remember as a kid. Crazy to see that they ended up back at kings island during a time period where I didn’t visit the park, also to add crazy connections, Hanna-Barbera land was replaced by Nickelodeon at Kings Island in the paramount years. Looking forward to defunct land in 2018
I just came here to mention the Hanna Barbera/Kings Island connection. I never liked roller coasters but when you live 2 hrs away, you went to KI. The Smurfs ride had been one of my faves and honestly I was sad when it went. There's not even a Wiki entry on it, which blows my mind. I'm old enough to remember attending what was then called "Water Works" when it was newly opened...well before KI started changing names and animated properties.
Great to see one of my favorite UA-cam channels finishing their first year and on the road to 100K! Also I will probably be picking up one of the shirts soon. Always gotta support your favorite channels.
I remember this ride, I was 5 or 6...I have a VHS recording of it but only see the beginning and the end, plus photos with the Flintstones car and bench. Love these videos bring back lots of memories!
Guessing he recently come with this concept, as a content creator you do need your breaks so i guess he will take it easy over the next few weeks before pumping out new content again
I found this channel yesterday, and just finished marathoning all the episodes!! So great!!! I was going to comment how I'm bummed I'll have to wait for more, but a new video was just uploaded 20 minutes ago! This channel is really fantastic!
I think there are other reasons to why the ride eventually closed down ,some of them being these (although two are just theories of mine): 1-According to its Wikipedia article, some Universal representatives saw that,around 1998,the ride was becoming less popular, (supposedly) of guests not caring about Hanna Barbera cartoons anymore , and Universal saw this as a sign to reimagine the theme and brand of the attraction with a more contemporary animated IP ; thus entering conversations with Nickelodeon and leading to the creation of Jimmy Neutrons Nicktoon Blast. 2-The fact that,in 1996 ,Time Warner and Turner (wich at the time owned Hanna Barbera,and in essence it would later be passed to Warner Bros) merged together might could've been an indicator to Universal that they had to pay extra fees to license the brand in their park,and they probably saw it as just not worth it. 3-The passing of William Hanna in 2001,just one year before the ride close ; it could've been done to respect him or....just because he died,I dunno. As always ,great video and I hope I see more of Defunctland in 2018! Keep on with the amazing work!
Turner and Time Warner Merged on January 13,1997. Universal had been trying to strengthen its relationship with Ted Turner and Joe Barbera and Bill Hanna for years. The Early 1992 launch of Cartoon Network as well as Turner's SUCCESSFUL Bid of Hanna Barbera from dying Worldvision/TAFT Spelling,Inc in 1990 shocked them to the core. Universal and Time Warner's relationships with each other had begun to sour by late '97 anyway.
Yogi Bear: So folks, thanks for joining in the Ride! I’ll see You on the outside! Hey Hey Hey! (Ceiling lamp comes down, and yogi pulls the lamp cord turning the screen to black) MAN I love this ride, even if I never got a chance to experience it 😂😂😂😃
Maybe you could do jimmy neutrons nicktoon blast next time, and possibly even get butch Hartman since he is a youtuber and I'm pretty sure he had a part in making the fairly odd parents part
I spent almost this whole video with a mix of nostalgia and confusion because I distinctly remember some of these images but didn't visit Universal before it closed down but after you said it, I remembered that I had saw it at Kentucky Kingdom. Great video as always!
blackfox1320 at least for the location of this ride, it all has to do with appealing to what's popular with kids, hannabarbara in the 90's, nick in the early 2000's, and minions in 2010's plus it's not like they ever changed the ride system,
They had a Falling out with Turner. After all, Time Warner Merged with Turner in 1997 and launched Cartoon Network into Open Circuited Basic Cable land on July 1,1997.
This is easily my best remembered ride and area of all the parks I have been in my life. I went here weekly for years with my pass, and never ever missed stopping here.
Thanks everyone for an amazing season! Full episodes will be back in early 2018, and look forward to some minisodes soon. Also, there will be a podcast episode next week discussing the future of Defunctland!
Defunctland Can’t wait Kevin!!!!!
Love the episodes so far, can't wait for the next ones!
Congratulations on your first season, Kevin! Looking forward to more great stories about these great attractions. Oh, and more Michael Eisner jokes as well.
Thank you for the all videos you've made. I look forward to season two!
I am so happy I found this channel and these videos. It's been truly memorable and the content's been very informative. Looking forward to next season!
I was the art director for this ride, the later Jimmy Neutron ride and parts of Jetsons The Movie. You’ve left out a lot of really interesting history for this ride. If you are interested in doing an update, I’d be happy to share my experiences of the key contributors, the trials and tribulations and the animation milestones that made this an historical attraction. Also I have a digital master from the original negative.
Share all of this, whether he wants it or not!
This would be really cool to see.
I wish I wasn’t so late but reaching out through UA-cam comments is hard and you’d probably better luck DMing him through Twitter
Woah I wish we had gotten to see this!
Please share your story & experience!
OMG those birds singing the Flinstones theme song would've driven me crazy
I thought kevin slipped a Grand Dad reference in there.
Now imagine how they actually sounded all day since no kid was stepping to the melody of Flintstones or any other song. Just a constant, chaotic cacophony of BWAE BWAAEBWAA BBBBWWABWAE BWWWWBWWBWAAAAEE
I think thats the WOAH meme sound.
GRAND DAD
Try working at Disneyland with your office is next to "Small World". That damn music ran 24/7.
I'd describe it as a ride that was allowed to live out its life and die gracefully, rather than being killed off prematurely.
True!
agreed
In a lot of ways, the Hanna-Barbera ride was like HB's cartoons: serviceable, consistent, comfortable enough for anyone to enjoy, and widely distributed.
This was a great one to end on. Not plagued by breakdowns, lawsuits, money issues, etc. Just a beloved attraction that was showing its age and given a retirement where it could travel the country.
As a huge animation junkie, this ride looks really fun. I wish I could have experienced it.
Same
Me too; I went to Universal when it was Jimmy Neutron. I did kind of like Nick, but I always loved Cartoon Network/Boomerang and Hanna-Barbera, and so did my parents (they grew up on the Japanese dub of Scooby Doo.) That's why I always watched this ride on UA-cam in like 2008.
same
Me too! And I’m 15
It seems to be on the planned docket for Defunctland’s VR park project so I have hope
Did anyone else think the birds "singing" the flintstone's theme sound like slowed down Crash Bandicoot going Whoaaa?
Archangel Jt Man they sound like Chris O Neal’s. Crash bandicoot
@@psychologysoldier3458 thats why they sounded so familiar
I'm seeing this for the first time four years later, and I thought the EXACT same thing as well. There's no way that's not the Whoa meme.
I'm honestly a little offended, because the Hanna Barbera cartoons are much better in my opinion.
Though the mismanagement, micromanagement and bad workplace conditions that the Crash Bandicoot team had to endure probably makes me a bit biased here.
Hanna Barbera and Crash Bandicoot?
The blend of CGI and animation on this ride looks gorgeous for the time. I wish the Simpsons ride looked like this instead of just being full cgi
Probably was cheaper to do it that way, though. (shrugs)
Because this attraction was so close to the entrance I'll bet 80% - 90% of guests made this their first ride. I'm sure this was the first ride I rode back in '91 when my girlfriend and I visited. Great first impression and was a favorite til they closed it. Hard to believe it's still delivering fun as Despicable Me and still puts smiles on faces 30 years later.
HA. I actually got an ad for Universal Studios in the middle of this with the main tagline being "You won't believe how much we've changed". Well congratulations UA-cam ad algorithm, you finally got something right! That was the most fitting ad ever.
Infinity War is the most ambitious crossover event in history.
Defunctland: (talks about The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera.)
Scoob tried to be like that, but failed. I would have wanted to see a Space Ghost movie in the HBCU.
J e l l y s t o n e
Gotta say, this is perhaps some of the best quality content on UA-cam. Your videos just keep getting better and better. I'm really glad to have been a subscriber to this channel almost since the beginning, and I'm really looking forward to the next season.
At 5:51 a little kid grabs Fred Flintstone's arm, but Fred ignores him and keeps walking. Lmao!
not only that, he grabs the kids arm and moves it away lol fred is not in the fuckin mood i guess
Kevin, tbh Defunctland has gotten me thru my first semester at college. Thanks for the great videos!
Let's get you through the next one as well! Thanks for watching!
@@Defunctland Still sad that this didn't last long.
I really would've had the chance to see this ride.
Watched this season in 2 sittings. My dad took us on an east coast tour of amusement parks in 01/02. Lots of arguments between the 4 siblings...but this brought me back. Calling my dad now to thank him. Thanks for this!
I’m so excited that you specified this to be the season finale, not the finale of the series!!
Thank you for the first season of intricately produced and infinitely engaging Defunctland episodes and podcasts! I can’t wait to see more ;)
I heard him wrong the first time and had to rewind and listen again. Had me in a panic for a moment, there.
6:05 "Become a rock age, rockstar!"....that while the sound of the animatronics birds it's the sound of impending doom...
I just binged your entire 1st season today, what a great use of my time :) I know since this is late, no 1 will probably see this, but I love this ride because my parents took my family on vacation to Orlando, and we went to Universal Studios 1st, when we walked in the park, this was the 1st ride we saw so we got on. I've always loved Hanna-Barbera so I loved this ride, plus it was my 1st ride at a major theme park so it really holds a special place in my heart
I grew up in Minnesota and went to the Mall of America fairly often. I remember going on this ride when I was in middle school, when the ride was briefly there. The theme park at the time was called "The Park at MOA," in between the times of "Camp Snoopy" and "Nickelodeon Universe"s operations. You should do a video or podcast on the history of the theme park space in Mall of America!
That sounds awesome. I’m lucky enough to have grown up in Florida and gone to the WDW parks all my life
Rip Camp Snoopy
As someone who's only ever been there for the Nickelodeon Universe stuff, I'd like to see what was there beforehand!
I think Six Flags needs some love in Season 2, they have some interesting stories.........and failures
Like the Intamin Space Diver :/
Batman And Robin: The Chiller. Premiere launch coasters everywhere, including 4 complete circuit types similar to one and other, all got the same change out of shoulder harness to lap bar, work great. Later 2 mr. freeze reverse blasts, work just fine, and way bigger. Now they use a different launch with all the sky rocket II clones and full throttle, but what was the issue and why couldn't it have been fixed? I miss it, liked it better than Kingda Ka, had more than one element (or as some argue, more than 2), went backwards, and two sides.
agreed, dont know if this was just local but i would love to see one done on the roar
Shark Man Like say rides from Six Flags New Orleans. Because I would like to see him cover Spongebob The Ride.
OneAndOnlySound The issue was with the launch tech. BM&R used Linear Induction Motors (LIMs) to launch the trains which are essentially giant versions of what heats the toast in your toaster. The issue is that LIMs need a ton of power to work and since this coaster dualed it used twice the amount of power as the other Premier clones (this is why they only ran the Robin side along with staffing issues). Also these LIMs where prone to overheating and breaking as well which resulted in lots of down time. The final nail in the coffin for this ride was a derail in 2006 which caused the removal of the zero g rolls however this didn't fix it and the coaster derailed again in 2007 and SF decided to cut losses and remove it. This ride along with it's Mr Freeze sisters are why manufacturers no longer use LIMs for launch coasters instead relying on Linear Synchronous Motors (LSMs) and Hydraulic launches which use a lot less power and don't suffer as much down time. Also BM&R actually hasn't been scrapped, it's now in Brazil however it has yet to be reassembled.
I really appreciate every single video you make KP. You’ve helped me relive a lot of attractions that have disappeared since I last got to see them when I was a child.
5:55 is that
A crash Bandicoot remix of flinstones (woah * no pun intended * it's been that long I've been watching since the second episode )
SilvaGunner?
Yeah thought this was the meme, but all memes have some basis in reality. This is it.
Granddad
Flinstones?
Awww granddad
Whoa.
Idk I would be so unsettled if I heard that as a kid
Let's get Defunctland 100k subs by early 2018.
Just Subbed
Just unsubbed then resubbed, you're welcome
I will if he stops pitching his voice down. It sounds weird.
Ultra Experience ok
Mission accomplished! AND, THEN SOME!!! Congrats to the folks behind this awesome channel!
I remember liking this ride so much I went on it multiple times. But yeah, that promotional video. I don't think I've ever seen something fun delivered in such an unfun way. Guy sounds like he's explaining cartoons as part of a parole deal.
Star Trek The Experience would be perfect for a Defunctland episode in the future as it would be its own part of the park.
YAAAASSSSS! This is a MUST do!!! actually there were a few other star trek related attractions that could all make up their own section.....
Tyler Ayala yes!!! Sadly as a Trekkie I never got to experience that experience
There was one guy who did an incredible documentation of the entire history of the ride. I think his name was Vernon Wilmer and the documentary was called Star Trek: My Experience. Sadly, he hosted his documentary on Blip, and when that site shut down the documentary has been gone for years now. I’m hoping he re-releases it on a service that will not shut down a week later.
Sullivan-Bluth Studios would not “go on” to make An American Tail. They were making their fifth movie, Rock-A-Doodle, at the time of making the ride. An American Tail was their second movie.
It’s possible that Kevin overlooked the error when he was making this video.
This was MY ride back in like 1989/1990 when I could barely speak. This brought back a really warm feeling and happy memories, thank you.
Man, this was my favorite ride at Universal, hands down, as a kid. Rode it probably countless times, and I loved seeing the original animators at the beginning. Subsequently, I've probably done Jimmy Neutron once, and Minions never.
Putting in a suggestion for Alfred Hitchcock: The Art of Making Movies, if it's in the cards for 2018!
I think the minions ride looks like crap from what I have seen....just a lot of nonesense....
orlendatube to be fair that's all the rides in this location were, a lot of nonsense
I only got to ride on this ride once, but I loved it. I thought the ride was going to childish so I didn't go on it the first time I went.
orlendatube Minions is basically in the same spirit as this thing, just a wacky chase through some chaotic environments. It's not bad for that sort of ride.
Matt McIrvin exactly
I remember seeing this at the Mall of America location!
It was shown on their Mystery Mine Ride when the park was still called Camp Snoopy. Eventually, the film was switched over to Spongebob Squarepants 3D before the ride itself was removed from the park.
After the Peanuts license ended, the park changed to the Park at MOA for a time, before becoming Nickelodeon Universe. The 4d theater was removed, and now has Spongebob Rock bottom plunge in its place.
I only saw the film once in its runtime, but hearing about it again makes me so happy. Love the video!
Doesn't surprise me it was easy to keep the ride film alive outside one park like that.
It was less loss of license than loss of operation. Ceder fair dropped the park due to the mall not advertising out of state enough. With that park dropped the snoopy characters could finally make it to valley fair one of the first parks to join ceder fair.
I suppose Cedar Fair worked better with outdoor theme parks than with shopping malls. Interesting if the Mall of America has became that unimportant.
This was one of the 3 parks that Ceder fair closed after buying from Viacom the Paramount Parks and assumed there debt. that was not helped by being so soon after gerugia lake being bought from six flags that had to be scrubbed of WB/DC branding late in the parks summer break and half the park had to be shuttered year one as CF did not run zoo's and did not reopen until they decided to clone Dorney parks Wildwater kingdom water park on the seaworld side. the purge of unprofitable parks ended up being Knott's Camp Snoopy in MOA [2005 closed to be renovated the contract dissolved in 2006], Geauga Lake (Closed ride side in 2007, the water park, Wildwater Kingdom, closed on September 5, 2016), and Star Trek: The Experience ( closed in 2006 to low attendance, Cedar Fair lost rights to reopen the attraction from CBS Studios in 2010) they also had to sell off two Knott's Soak City water parks before recovering.
Jeffrey Piatt Well, thank goodness Kings Island wasn't on the chopping block then.
I feel I must request the Great Movie Ride for next season!! Pretty please?
orlendatube might as well add Ellen's universe of energy.
"Stupid Judy, Stupid Energy"
orlendatube thank you love that ride!
I'm still in shock it's gone. It was one of my favorite rides to date
go old school and do universe of energy
Yes
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR DOING THIS RIDE!! I went on it a few times,way back when and it was just SO MUCH FUN! Great gift store at the end. When the Scooby Doo theme came on full blast during his scenes...so cool!
9:53 E.T.'s response to Universal trying to shut down his ride (2017, colorized)
"Bye James, bye Mike, bye Fuck You"
I remember going to Hanna Barbers Land when I was a kid in 1984 in Spring,TX! One of the few memories I remember from my childhood!!!
A great video to watch before bed. I really enjoy this series, and I hope this rides successor jimmy neutrons nicktoons blast ends up here one day, it was the first ride I ever rode at universal and I’m very nostalgic for it as I was a huge jimmy neutron and nicktoon fan as a kid
A defunctland video is like a miniature Christmas! If not, the only Christmas!
Oh I totally saw this at Canada's Wonderland!! It was there for a brief time, replacing the second theatre of the Spongebob simulator, which used to be in both theatres. My friends always wanted to do Spongebob, but I was a massive Hanna Barbara fan and loooooved this ride, so we'd end up doing both. Sadly I think it left only after a year or two, because Paramount lost the park.
Also Six Flags in 2004 got theme park rights for Hanna Barbera cartoons.
After a full season, I just want to say thank you Kevin for all the hard work you put in! Love, a proud subscriber
6:00 Yeaaaaah! Shake dat, Yogi!
Do the Yogi Shake! (Harlem Shake music plays in background)
+Brian Quezada Rivas sorry, I couldn’t think of any other joke for that clip 😰😰😰 can you forgive me?
Don't be sorry, bro. Dab on the haters.
Universal Studios Florida opened in the Summer of '89. At the time it opened, The Jetsons Movie was in production, so Funtastic World of HB was also a red herring to promote it as well as MCA/Universal's ambitious to buy out HB. They were wrestling Turner Entertainment in a War to obtain Hanna Barbera from Worldvision/TAFT Spelling,Inc.
Turner Ultimately Won.
It takes a lot a picanic baskets to make it shake like dat
This is one of the stand-out memories of the park when I recall my memories of it as a kid, and also an old 50s style diner that I don't recall seeing on a recent visit.
I remember that diner!! I went in 2006, and alot of the old stuff were still there.
Nice review of a ride that lasted a long time and was mostly operated with few issues. Very true it shared the same technology with Back to the Future when the park originally opened - biggest difference is that the animation was much easier to put together than the short film needed for Back to the Future to work (using models and other effects to make it work). Growing up in Florida in the late 1980s this park (Universal Studios: Florida) was an interesting alternative to Disney World. Today, with the modernization of the park it is a far more formidable competitor to those earlier days (notwithstanding the continued existence of ET the ride). When that goes, the oldest ride left I believe will be Terminator 2.
Dude, just wanted to let you know that you inspired me to do a lot of my final exams based on defunct roller coaster attractions, and I know the amount of hard work but immense amount of fun you put into researching these topics. I can't wait for defunctland to open next season!
Maybe with a few Soda Based attractions next time?
This is such an amazing channel with such a passionate creator. I subscribed when you posted your jaws ride video and your channel has become my favorite out of all of the channels I subscribe to! You can just see the passion that goes into these videos! Thank you so so much for this first season, and I’m really looking forward to the next!
I rode this ride back in 91 when I was 8 years old, on the same trip through Florida we went to Universal, Magic Kingdom, Disney-MGM Studios, Epcot Center, Sea World and Six Flags in Tampa, riding Back to the Future, Body Wars, Star Tours, The Muppets 3D and many others.
So sad it is gone now but hopefully I go to Florida in the near future and go on Despicable Me: Minion Mayhem, the ride's spiritual sequel.
Body Wars was awesome.
"It's a Small World" Composer: I have made the most annoying some ever!
Flintstones theme singing birds: I'm about to ruin this guy's career.
I've been to Florida twice in my life (I'm not from that continent) and this is a ride I remember us going on. I don't know if it was closed the second time (was the early 2000's), but I still recall it being a very enjoyable family ride regardless.
I had no idea this series was supposed to have seasons though; the other episodes don't have numbers in their titles.
While not my favorite ride in Universal, it is certainly one I fondly remember... Man, those were the days! Great stuff, man.
Man this took me back. I remember going through this so clearly, it still pops in my head from time to time. I remember wanting to go back on it so badly, especially with how interested I was in animation back then (and still am!)
This was super cool to get to see again. Thanks for sharing it
I wish Universal would create a park just for old rides to get a second life
Awesome series Kevin. Can't wait for Season 2.
I remember this being my favorite theater ride at Kentucky Kingdom when I was a kid!
Please keep this on so i won’t get a few minutes in and then it disappears! Lol love your work man!
I remember that ride vaguely. Only went to Universal the one time in the early 90's. I think my parents got free tickets for sitting through a condo spill at the time.
I swear that canned screaming from the commercial is the same one used in RollerCoaster Tycoon 1's intro
9:56 for what it's worth, i heard somewhere that steven spielberg threatened to never work with universal again if they took down the ET ride, so if that's true the ride should be safe for at least as long as steven is alive
Not gonna lie, when I was a kid Hanna-Barbara Land at Canada's Wonderland (the only theme park I've ever been able to go to) was one of my favourite places.
My family and I went to Florida in 1995. I remember going on this ride, I must've only been 9 at the time and I loved it. I remember a lot of the rides mentioned in this brilliant series, so many happy memories. This is the series/channel I didn't realised I needed
Hm, there was a time where Don Bluth’s studio animated Hanna-Barbera characters. Pretty interesting
Not that you'd be able to tell the difference - they got the original styling down pretty well in that movie.
Its because Universal and Turner were in a Tug-o-War to obtain Hanna Barbera and its Properties from TAFT/Worldvision Spelling.
Turner Won the War and on November 16,1990, he officially purchased HB.
Turner also started the Cartoon Network cable TV channel in 1992. And speaking of Cartoon Network, there used to be a Cartoon Network-themed kids area at Six Flags Great America called "Camp Cartoon Network". It was renamed "Camp Cartoon" sometime in the late 2000s.
WB now has the rights to HB and Filmation as well
@@martinyarbrough1609 Universal has Filmation because it was part of Classic Media.
I've seen a direct feed of the ride film on UA-cam a long time ago, and I couldn't help but smile all the way through. The animation is just phenomenal!
This is officially my favorite UA-cam series now. I'll be looking forward to more of these videos in the future, Kevin. Thanks for taking us on this ride. :3
Also, StormRider?
Thought this was about Hanna Barberaland and King's Island at first (if you need ideas for an episode, that'd be cool). Still a great show thank you. Cant wait for season 2
That's what I thought at first too since they touched on the weird Snoopy Cedar Parks theming in one of the previous podcasts
Ceder fair picked that up when they took over Knott's Berry Farm 's park business there mascot was Snoopy and used that theme for there mall of America park. Before the kids areas were themed after the bearstine bears. Almost all.of.those were quickly redone as camp snoopy after Knott's was acquired so some locations had the peanuts art next to background art left over from the bears art style.
I worked at King Island for 2 years! So when the park opened in 1972, Hanna-Barbera was part of the park I still had guests asking questions on when yogi bear was going to come out and if the smurf ride was up and running. I worked from late 2014-2016 so those were long gone. In 2002 Nickelodeon took over with attractions like blues clues and sponge bob. Then in 2010 The peanuts gang took over!
Kings dominion as well the sister park has some good ones
I rode this at Universal in 1999. I loved (and still love) simulator rides to this day because of this and Star Tours. I remember, vaguely I might add, the after ride game room where you had the computer screens that let you animate, add sound to, and control various scenes from classic Hanna-Barbera cartoons. Until around 10 years ago I was able to ride this again at Dollywood, another favorite theme park. It was still fun, but didn't contain any of the interactive animated studio for the after ride entertainment.
Since no one has made the reference yet, I will.
GRAND DAD!!!
FLINTSTONES?!
DrScaphandre the memetastic world of silva gunner
DrScaphandre The High Quality World of Snow Halation
Oooooohhhhhhhhh....
DrScaphandre gotta love vinesauce joel
The Funtastic High Quality Rip World of Siivagunner
Cast: Nico Nico Nii, Fred Flintstone, Inspector Gadget, PSY, Metal Knight, PETER GRIFFIN FUNNY MOMENTS, Robbie Rotten, Tito Dickman, WOOD MAN >:], Joseph Joestar, Flandre Scarlet, Snoop Dogg, Homer Simpson, Vinny and Joel, Robert Paulson, CIA, Dr. Pavel, Bane, HUGH MUNGUS, The Undertaker, Shrek, Biggie Cheese, BIG SHAQ and John Cena.
I actually remember this ride as the very first ride I ever went on at Universal Studios (Fl) when I was a kid. I am so glad I am just old enough to have experienced it and remember it. It was one of my favorites :)
Whenever I hear the Flintstones theme now, all I think of is Grand Dad. The memes have encased every fiber of my being now.
I love the touch screen video paint program. The WB store had them too.
5:38 Sounds like SilvaGunna (or whatever their name is) trying to combine Gran Dad with "Woah".
Kevin I've been here since the beginning and I wanted to say thank you so much for all your hard work. It's been fun watching and can't wait until the next season.
No no no no. It can't be over. I NEED SEASON 2. 😣
Oh yeah! Thank you for that 👍
I have always loved the ride. I used to ride on that attraction when I went to universal long time ago.
Boy, it sure brings me back great memories 😊😊
Defunctland makes my day every single time a new episode is out, excited for 2018's new batch of defunct rides!
Season 2 can we get Haunted Castle in Great Adventure, N.J? there's a huge story of internal incompetence and hazard ending in tragedy the likes of which are bordering on Action Park levels of criminal negligence-
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haunted_Castle_(Six_Flags_Great_Adventure)
As Ryan Chin would say, "That's like some Action Park type stuff."
Cheers Kevin, what an amazing series. Looking forward to more!
If next season any of the original Hanna-Barbera land stuff comes up from kings island... Smurfs (killer dark ride), the yogi bear anamorphic animals and flinstones I remember as a kid. Crazy to see that they ended up back at kings island during a time period where I didn’t visit the park, also to add crazy connections, Hanna-Barbera land was replaced by Nickelodeon at Kings Island in the paramount years. Looking forward to defunct land in 2018
I love Kings Island!
I just came here to mention the Hanna Barbera/Kings Island connection. I never liked roller coasters but when you live 2 hrs away, you went to KI. The Smurfs ride had been one of my faves and honestly I was sad when it went. There's not even a Wiki entry on it, which blows my mind. I'm old enough to remember attending what was then called "Water Works" when it was newly opened...well before KI started changing names and animated properties.
Great to see one of my favorite UA-cam channels finishing their first year and on the road to 100K! Also I will probably be picking up one of the shirts soon. Always gotta support your favorite channels.
5:38 GRAND DAD?! FLEENSTONES?!
2014 was three years ago... it's time to move on.
GIBS Never
GRAND DAD. GRAND . DAD
My mind is so broken from Siivagunner that was my first thought too 😭
I remember this ride, I was 5 or 6...I have a VHS recording of it but only see the beginning and the end, plus photos with the Flintstones car and bench. Love these videos bring back lots of memories!
Can't wait for season 2! But hey at least that Brad Pitt wax figure can get a bit more rest now.
I rode this one EVERY time I went there. What memories.
Why is it now a season all of a sudden? Or did I miss it being called that since the beginning?
Guessing he recently come with this concept, as a content creator you do need your breaks so i guess he will take it easy over the next few weeks before pumping out new content again
I found this channel yesterday, and just finished marathoning all the episodes!! So great!!! I was going to comment how I'm bummed I'll have to wait for more, but a new video was just uploaded 20 minutes ago! This channel is really fantastic!
I think there are other reasons to why the ride eventually closed down ,some of them being these (although two are just theories of mine):
1-According to its Wikipedia article, some Universal representatives saw that,around 1998,the ride was becoming less popular, (supposedly) of guests not caring about Hanna Barbera cartoons anymore , and Universal saw this as a sign to reimagine the theme and brand of the attraction with a more contemporary animated IP ; thus entering conversations with Nickelodeon and leading to the creation of Jimmy Neutrons Nicktoon Blast.
2-The fact that,in 1996 ,Time Warner and Turner (wich at the time owned Hanna Barbera,and in essence it would later be passed to Warner Bros) merged together might could've been an indicator to Universal that they had to pay extra fees to license the brand in their park,and they probably saw it as just not worth it.
3-The passing of William Hanna in 2001,just one year before the ride close ; it could've been done to respect him or....just because he died,I dunno.
As always ,great video and I hope I see more of Defunctland in 2018! Keep on with the amazing work!
Turner and Time Warner Merged on January 13,1997. Universal had been trying to strengthen its relationship with Ted Turner and Joe Barbera and Bill Hanna for years. The Early 1992 launch of Cartoon Network as well as Turner's SUCCESSFUL Bid of Hanna Barbera from dying Worldvision/TAFT Spelling,Inc in 1990 shocked them to the core.
Universal and Time Warner's relationships with each other had begun to sour by late '97 anyway.
genuinely can't take the Flinstones theme seriously anymore & had massive whiplash watching this
Thank for taking it down for like, less than an hour.
You're welcome!
I’m a huge Disney fan but, also a student of it’s history and the history of theme parks! I learned some things from your videos.
You know what? I can't wait for the future when we can all own a simulator-like machine, download these, and play them at home.
i mean, its just a matter of the chair at this point w/ vr.
Oh how fun!! The animators did such a good job! So much energy and fun!
I remember riding this at Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom around 2007.
PR Fo same! I really loved it when I was little even though it was in the far back corner of the kids area part
Yogi Bear: So folks, thanks for joining in the Ride! I’ll see You on the outside! Hey Hey Hey! (Ceiling lamp comes down, and yogi pulls the lamp cord turning the screen to black) MAN I love this ride, even if I never got a chance to experience it 😂😂😂😃
Yup. I still remember those lines.
Suggesting the Alfred Hitchcock attraction at Universal Orlando.
(I did it in the late 90s, it was great for film fans)
This channel has so much potential! Thanks for this fantastic series, I can't wait to see what Season 2 brings.
5:38 Good God, it's like a low quality SilvaGunner rip.
Oh man! That song towards the end / on TikTok constantly. Never recognized it!
I really should be asleep
Have a nice break - looking forward to the next season! I'm constantly impressed by your production quality on these.
Maybe you could do jimmy neutrons nicktoon blast next time, and possibly even get butch Hartman since he is a youtuber and I'm pretty sure he had a part in making the fairly odd parents part
Nick Sorenson butch Hartman has his own style, while yes nobody can compare to Hannah Barbara butch Hartman is still great
It's weird seeing people praise butch now, he's really gone downhill over the past year
This comment aged well
I spent almost this whole video with a mix of nostalgia and confusion because I distinctly remember some of these images but didn't visit Universal before it closed down but after you said it, I remembered that I had saw it at Kentucky Kingdom. Great video as always!
grand dad?
When the birds came on I legitimately thought I was hearing Crash Bandicoot WOAHing the flintstones.
Fleentstones???
Those birds sound demonic! D:
snow halation
More like GRAND DEAD.
I love your videos! Please do a vid on Opryland! Seriously my childhood that’s now a mall....
Such a great ride, no idea why Universal closed it. The Minion ride in its place is bad in comparison.
blackfox1320 at least for the location of this ride, it all has to do with appealing to what's popular with kids, hannabarbara in the 90's, nick in the early 2000's, and minions in 2010's plus it's not like they ever changed the ride system,
They had a Falling out with Turner. After all, Time Warner Merged with Turner in 1997 and launched Cartoon Network into Open Circuited Basic Cable land on July 1,1997.
@@gamera.8828 HB was popular in the early '00s as well. Boomerang, anyone?
@@YuukiTakemoto1996 too bad christina miller got rid of the classic cartoons
@@Tornado1994 So THAT'S when we got Cartoon Network! Was it on Time Warner Cable before then?
This is easily my best remembered ride and area of all the parks I have been in my life. I went here weekly for years with my pass, and never ever missed stopping here.
5:11 FLENSTONES??!!!
That Kid looks too old to be that psyched about Hanna Barbera