Flying to an Abandoned Theme Park on Top of a Mountain and Landing! - Ghost Town in the Sky
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As a young kid in the 70's, I visited "Ghost Town In The Sky" several times during its time as a popular place to visit. They had can can girls doing shows in the saloon and shoot outs in the streets. When they shot off those pistols and shot guns, they used black powder and the "boom" would cause people to scream as the smell of that burned powder would float across the crowds which would be 3 or 4 deep on those boardwalks (sidewalks). My future husband and I rode that coaster and hoped it was safe. The scariest part of the coaster was the location....hanging on the side of this mountain over looking Maggie Valley was the scariest part. The first time I visited was around 1976. I was only a kid and it was super cool. The next time was 3 years later...still cool, fun and packed. That last time we were there in the 90's, I realized the park was destined for doom. The owner at that time was out and about and literally begged us to come back the next day as his guest. It was so sad. I suspect many things lead to GTITS demise was a) western shows were no longer as popular on tv b) the TN side of the mountain was becoming more popular with Dollywood and all the musical theaters opening in and around Pigeon Forge. It was such a magical and wonderful place in the 70's. When you used your left hand to open the door to the chapel, it brought back such wonderful memories. The view from the large window behind the pulpit was breathtaking to a youngster. Several tourists, along with my family, gathered in the chapel and I started singing a "church song"....everyone joined in and it was very special. You flew in and around "Ghost Town" and then landed in the parking lot and hiked up and did an excellent tour even though you had to hike back down in time for your flight home. Most excellent Mark. You took me down a precious memory lane from my childhood and combined this with my love of flying. Wishing you and your beautiful family a healthy, prosperous and happy New Year. Love your content.
This gave me chills. It's nice to hear about your memories of the place. It's incredible the things that come and go. Happy New Year!
I went there once as a kid in the 70s. Still looks familar.
I went there when I was little, and what I remember of it, it sure was amazing! I definitely remember going up the mountain on the chair lift, and my dad posing for a picture on a big rock on the mountain! I sure do miss those times! I also remember hearing the Mckammys live on stage singing that wonderful gospel music, and how glorious it was hearing it bounce off the mountains! It’s such a shame how this country has turned its back on God.😔 God bless you!✝️🧎🏼♂️
Went there as a kid too but you have a much better memory than me ! Maybe I was very young idk. Think I was 6 or 7 not sure. Sad to see these old places wasting awsy.
Yes I remember..
We went to ghost town as a kid, now I’m 64. There was a train track with a car that pulled the cable car up the mountain and we were scared. They also had the chair lift I believe but we didn’t ride that. It was magical as a kid for us 3 kids with the dance hall girls and my favorite memory of Frosty Root beer in a mug. Gunfights in the streets, etc. How cool is that? We also went to frontier land but tgat wasn’t as good. Thanks
Was there when i was around 10 now at 72. I remember walking down the street and seeing the gunfights! Thanks for the memories. By the way I flew a powered parachute for about 6 years. Nothing like it.
This place rocked. The gunfights were fantastic.
Remember going here as a kid in the 90’s.. still have the photo of me and my dad riding the chair lift up the Mountain! Used to be a cool place to go!
Lived in the area when I was seven or eight until we moved to Florida I'm now 67 but this was just too cool to see thank you for that. On one trip I suddenly jerked away from my mother's hand as the chair lift seats circled down to pick you up, you had to be quick because it didn't stop, for some reason I just wanted to go solo to the top of the mountain this time, mom's still snap the picture of me from the seat behind me black and white of course ..still have it somewhere, still remember the old west train rides and such, would be great to see it revived
I was there about 60 years ago ! I remember going from Fla to Ind before Interstates were completely built north to south, so we went past Ghost Town in the Sky. Parts of that trip was still on dirt/gravel roads and radiator shops were every where, for busted radiators from slung gravel. No A/C in car.
I went there in the 70's & 80's... I recall the building as you get on the top, That had the best fudge around.
Ghost Town in the Sky. That is the Red Devil Roller Coater. The first coaster with a loop I ever rode. There was a tram and a ski lift type “ride” to get up to the park. Man this brings back memories! Thanks for the ride back in time!!!
I am 62 as well and remember going to Ghost Town in the Sky and seeing dramatic Western Shoot outs and drank Sassparilla, (however you spell it) Which is like Root Beer. We wore Jeans and western Boots and Cowboy hats and people may have thought we were part of the cast. When I was there they didn't have all the rides. They had the chairlift to get you up there but no rollercoaster, no scrambler, no Rocking ship or anything else.
My family and I used to go every year in the 70s. I loved the sky lift and Wild West shootout. Time sure changes things. Thank you for showing it again!
I went once but was too young to remember. I do remember seeing their commercials on the local news channel at 6am when I was getting ready for school as a child. Cool Video!
I remember that place used to be hopping. The last time I was there they had scheduled that roller coaster to be open by that October. They had some amazing shootouts with cowboys falling off the roofs and flying out the saloon doors. Great memories. That was when DollyWood was still Silver Dollar City......I think....We never went to either.
Thats an amazing video. What a crazy spot to explore! Thanks for my cameo and shoutout! (I am the guy on the motorcycle). I actually drove up the backside after I saw you but got intimidated by all the no trespass and camera signs so didnt walk in from the road side..maybe I will hike up sometime. Great content.
Thanks for the pictures and video! It was nice to meet you.
Nice GS ..you need a Sargent seat for those long hauls!
No trespassing signs….
What do those mean,
Oh my goodness. First time watching the channel. I feel a binge coming. Wow.
This sweet little place has seriously deteriorated since I saw it.
I am 68 now. Have photos from 1965 of my family at Ghost Town. We rode up and back on a chairlift that seemed real sketchy.
I used to go there as a kid in the early 60s. Thanks for the tour. 👍🏻
Went there back in the 90's. That coaster was pretty cool. Good live bluegrass music too. Thanks for showing it off.
I grew up going there. A friends mom was a manager so was up there all the time. Wish somebody could rebuild it.
I can remember taking the sky lift up in 1974 at age 12. It was also the first time to ever see a white buffalo that happened to be down below.
I loved this video! I remember going to Ghost Town and thought it was the coolest thing ever!! I wish I could have taken my children and grandchildren. It was a blast. Thank you for sharing
Loved that ghost town in the sky ,remember buying whips and souvenirs, watching a diver from over hundreds ft into a 14vinch deep baby pool
What a really cool adventure. Thank you for taking me along.
Thanks for watching
Hi Mark, A North Carolina boy here, really love your videos. Getting my training at Aviator in February, hope to fly with you some day. I'm an old guy in a Promaster like yours. Would love to fly by the Biltmore House, so much fun to be had. Take care.
Great place to learn. Hit me up once you're done training
I spent so many years as a kid up there... sad to see it in such disrepair. But it was so cool to see it too. Thanks for sharing your adventure!
I’m 57 now. My grandfather carried me several times as a child. Sad it’s not still a thing.
I looked up this park, it’s currently embroiled in a lawsuit over the land and the co-owner wants to tear the park down and just sell the land off.
As for why this park ultimately failed, well it’s very complicated, long story short over the last 10-15 years loans were acquired to revitalize the park, but gross mismanagement and lack of maintenance on the parks ride and attractions led to the decline of people visiting the park.
At its peak the park had 620,000 visitors per year and averaged a respectable 500,000 per year average. In 2008 it only had 340,000 visitors.
Many of the rides were broken down, poorly maintained and became unsafe, so much so people began to tell others not to go.
So now you know why it failed.
There isn't much left now to tear down so I guess that part is pretty straight forward!!
@@josephroberts6027 If the owner wants to sell the land it's going to take a ton of money to remove all that stuff.
@@josephroberts6027- The owner died at age 98, she was trying to save the park but now her family is fighting over the property.
Even if the suit is settled, it would have to be completely torn down and rebuilt, and who would have any interest in going to this park?
Seems like a foregone conclusion to me.
It's very likely that it will end up having a bunch of condos. I know someone who has a girlfriend who bought one in the region. The same people who already have mountain top condos are trying to stop any further construction because it will mess up their view. 🙄
Since Ghost Town already v has buildings, it may be allowed. Anyway, it's a place that I enjoyed going to when I was a kid.
Thank you for the adventure.
I also went there as a kid in the late 60s and early 70s. This brought back great memories. I appreciate you sharing this with us. BTW, the chair lift getting up there terrified me. That is definitely my strongest memory.
I remember stopping here on a family vacation around 1964 or 65. I was around 4 years old, but clearly remember snatches of it.
So much usable stuff up there
Man I use to love this place. It was our vacation to go up there. Went with church once as well. Great cowboy duels and just a fun time 😢
Visited here in the eighties, was one of my most memorable family vacations.
Oh such happy childhood memories! My family visited this place every year all of my growing up years. My parents were a big fan of Smokie mountain, Cherokee and Chattanooga. Aunts, uncles, cousins, grandmother, we had a vacation caravan lol The last time i went as a child was probably in the early '70's. I was a teenager by then. I made sure my kids had the same experience as i had there. Its sad that era has ended.
What a really cool adventure. Thank you for taking me along.🕊
I’m 62 now. But when I was a young feller, our family went to that park. Enjoyed the train ride and the wild West show. Brought back memories.
It probably seemed pretty magical to kids years ago when it was newly opened
Me too ...my grandparents too my sister and me...i never forgot that day for sure!!!
Took
Feller that maybe was lookin out for that hill just passed not long ago. This place was on a episode or two of the show Moonshiners
Deliverance
I love it man i haven't been there in 50 years, thanks for sharing this with us !!!!😊😊😊
Say brother I just stumbled across your channel. I’m a big fan of old abandoned amusement parks and ghost towns and this was absolutely excellent. I Doug the way you flew there when I first saw the caption. I thought you were going by helicopter or something but the way you did it, bro, that was amazing that must’ve been a half flying into something like that man there are places, amusement parks and stuff. I remember as a child growing up that are no longer there and I wish I could go back and see them even if they were abandoned to this day, but they’re all eithertownhomes or parking lots or whatever damn shame but the 60s 70s early 80s man kids these days just don’t know what it was like growing up back then as to what they have to deal with now thanks for the video. I enjoyed it.
This takes me back to my childhood we would visit ghost town in the sky every year thanks for taking me back 💯👍
This is cool. We live not too far away. My Mom got to go there as a kid, but it was closed before I was old enough to go.
And this is what America was , build it and they will beat a path to your door. The nostalgic storie of days gone by. Thank you UA-camrs and UA-camees. This is and was the American dream
My family took me there back in the 90s. They had a sky lift on one side and like a big train/tram on the other you could take either one up or down. It was really cool cowboys had shootouts in the street in front of the saloon. I have pics here somewhere from it.
Wow! Amazing video and such a cool place. Its sad watching you walk through a place that was once loved and enjoyed by so many people. We have lost so many local amusement parks in the country. 😢 I think it is due to the rising cost of insurance, taxes and upkeep.
This park is someplace I wish i had gotten to when it was open. Thanks for sharing this adventure. Fly safe friend!!
Went there when I was 4 and back again at 14. Loved it. We were just there a few years ago and so sad to see that no one really tried redo it. Alot of found memories. Thanks for the content
Another cool video! Really enjoyed the scenery and your spirit of adventure.
I saw Razzy Bailey and Conway Twitty at Ghost Town in the sky when I was young. It was a great place. Too bad it closed down.
Another badazz lil trip. Sweet!
My Uncle from Florida loved the park.
that was cool! blast from the past thats for sure!! been many moons since i've been there! use to live in cherokee!
I feel like it is simular to Story Town, or Frontier Town in upstate New York! I used to go there once per summer in the 70's!
When I was young we went there several times.
I recall staying at a hotel that was shaped like a bear, we lived north of Asheville a couple hours. Maggie Valley and Gatlinburg were the closest things for us to do.
I have great memories of Ghost Town in the sky, except when I was about five years old I got lost in the crowd 😆
The chairlift was so much fun💥
I’m 58 now and I would most definitely go again if it were resurrected someday✌🏻
There would have been a lot of money spent on this place in it's time. I don't know where it is but it reminds me of the old holiday camps in the UK now run down. Very sad a time capsule of the past with many happy memories created there with friends no longer with us.
Thank you Mark it was a nice remembrance of what once was a very cool place to visit, my wife and visited ghost town back in the mid to late 90s and it was a fun and beautiful visit your video brings back good memories of good times gone bye thank you so much it was awesome, I hate it no longer exist or open it was an awesome place to take the children to who loved the rides and the western scene thank you sir...
Thx for the memories we used to go there every summer when I was a kid from Kentucky it is such a shame it sets abandoned like that someone could redo the place and open it
Hi, I really appreciate you making these videos. I’ve watched your videos before. This is my birthday today so I thought I’d go ahead and give myself a present and watch what I think is one of your best videos. I really appreciate you sharing your adventures with us. That’s really cool. Stay safe and fly high.
have a good one, and have a good Fourth of July.
I went there 40 years ago when i was a kid we rode a train and there was a western show they fired shotguns and pistols with blank shells at each other I remember this
I have multiple memories of that place when I was a kid. Thank you. That's pretty cool.
I've always wanted to see this place. Thanks for the ride.
Well done!!! Loved the video and how you did it. That place is cool AF. Cheers!
I remember my grandparents taking me there in the 80s and 90s
Such a great place as a kid. So sad its gone so thank so much for this video. That said, just know for anyone wanting to do this, they have cameras everywhere and they post them on a private FB page. Just beware. The woods have eyes. Lots of eyes. They do this because lately many have been caught on camera stealing items from the old park.
59 I went there as a kid soooo many times!! 1970-1980 Just walking down the street headed to the next ride, and this cowboy walks out of the saloon and starts yelling at a guy in a second story window. Gunfight breaks out with a few VERY loud black powder shots and out comes the guy from the window and rolls out onto the awning and down onto the street dead!!
7-8 y/o kid didn't know what the hell just happened!!
🤣🤣🤣🤣
Loved the video! Keep having fun adventures!
Was there as a kid in the 70's. Great video. Well done. Thanks.
Man that was really cool. Thanks for sharing
Okay Mark, I have to admit that is super cool. To be able to explore that in a lot of it is still intact, which is quite amazing. It must not be a very popular area to visit, but still a superb find. Thanks for sharing.
The steep hike probably deters a lot of the less desirables. It’s unfortunate to see the obvious vandalism. Would be amazing to be able to see it in pristine abandoned form, like that abandoned island at Disney World.
No problemo
My family had a cabin on the mountain directly across the highway - we would hear "welcome to ghost town" every so many minutes when the cable car dropped off a new load of visitors. We also could hear the gunfire from the "shoot out". Sad it has been let go.
Man, that’s a nice compressor. Neat stuff
My last time at Ghost town in the sky was August 1993 on my honeymoon. It was the first time I had been since the rollercoaster was put in. Well, I found out the hard way that my new wife doesn’t like coasters or heights. She always killed me before I could get off. I have a picture of my Grandfather, a minister (who passed away in 2000) standing at that large tree stump pulpit in the chapel and a pic of my uncle in the dance hall with 2 dancing girls.
Went there as a kid, it was a cool park 30 years ago.
Wow i went there with family back in the 90s on vacation. I had no idea they had completely shut it down. That's so cool that you flew up there like that. New subscriber here.
I went there a few times when i was a kid back in the early 80s it was so much fun back then got family Polaroid pictures of us in ghost town
great video , i was just in ashville last week , would have loved to check out that place
I went there as a kid, I miss it, wish it was still running
Nice looking FOB
Very cool I've always wanted to maybe do that I know a few people that do fly with the Eagles man happy Independence Day
The casino killed most of those places around Cherokee and Maggie Valley.
That was pretty cool I'm from South Carolina living in the Philippines I'm coming back to USA end of February for a few months then back here to my wife we have abandoned things here to
awesome
wicked paint ball setup sitting there! wondering if you flew over our house, I live in boone and was gonna put my drone up and follow ya.
My family went there when I was 9, almost 50 yeaars ago. Looked a little different then, lol.
That was so cool, I’d love to explore that
Been there as a kid love to see some one buy an open bk up would be awesome..
Really cool video and what a neat place!
wow youre very brave that was very high up higher than my 12 foot deer stand gulp wow great vid thanks why did that place close ? and the name and where i missed that to high up i coulnt even think or even let go of my chair arm rest = i scribed liked and rang the bell on al notes im 82 but flying that flooting fan AINT on my bucket list unless it stays only 4 foot high off the ground very good man loved all your hard work ===== you should get a fan with 2 motors in case one stops wow i prayed for ya the whole trip va mt man out
Went there in mid 80s with wife & daughter remember the Indian dancers more than anything
I can't believe that the ghost town is closed that was a fun place to vacation at when it was opened
Awesome! I used to love that place as a kid!! So crazy no one has done anything with it at all. I would love to buy it and renovate some of it,. If anyone knows more about the status of this place let me know I'm serious. It would be a really awesome place to host cool events, festivals, concerts, ect..
Looked it up on Wikipedia. It was last sold/bought in 2019 and is currently (well, as of March) part of a lawsuit.
www.themountaineer.com/news/ghost-town-lawsuit-hints-at-alternate-plans-besides-an-amusement-park/article_3d7be43a-7a54-11ee-988c-2b056b7a64fc.html
watching this one thing i was thinking was ''wow what is you built a house up there and used what you could from the old place to try and keep the history, the view would be great to have at home, the way up would be a pain but still it would be made nice, maybe save some of the buildings.
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Great video
Nice trip thx
Sad to see it deteriorating so bad.
cool! I live near here!
Kool i want a flying thing too.
I went there in the year 2001 or 2002 with my grandparents, who had took my dad thr when he was a kid as well. It was great place. Had live old west shootouts and ppl falling off roofs. I rode tht coaster tht still sitting there.
You are pretty cool doing this.
The place is a mess though.
Still you are great.
Ray
I have been there, I was a kid in the late 80’s.
Been a bit since someone has posted from up there....seems it way more trashed now. It was supposedly looked after, guess that didnt last long.
There was a 'Moonshiners' episode where they used that dream catcher ride to sea age some whiskey. They relied on winds an rigged sails on the rides to give a constant motion almost like riding the waves on the ocean..
Interesting. I didn't know that