this place has a special place in my heart, believe it or not. I visited this place 10 years ago, it was summer and I was waiting to received news to if I had got in to University. We were staying at the hotel across the road and as this was a time before wifi. Bedrock was the only place with a PC and internet access in the whole "town". So in the little Bedrock shop/cafe I got to use the internet for 3 min (for 2 dollars!) and received the news that I had got in to Uni. My mom and aunt proceed with a happy crying session first in the little shop, then on the little tram ride. Rest of the trip was pure bliss and I loved this place! Such a cool place, a real step back in time :D
PinkSquidInk Yeah, he rolled, he didn't hit hard either! Dan, as soon as you started laughing I joined right in...only because Will hit the ground in a pretty controlled role!😂 youz guyz! Keep up the great work!👍
I was there in 1973 on a road trip vacation to the Grand Canyon. I loved the Flinstones when I was a kid. The place looks filthy now, and could use a good power washing.
Until now, I only knew of the Bedrock City in South Dakota. If memory serves (I was about 3 or 4 when I visited so around 1989 or 1990), it looked mostly the same as the location here in the video. One thing is for sure the same: _that fucking snake_!! Holy shitbiscuits, that thing absolutely terrified me as a kid! XD
Wow.... they've actually fixed up some of Bedrock city!! It used to be in shambles... all the statues broken, just everything falling apart. Every time I'm on my Route 66 excursion (twice a year) I always go by there and support them. Always like to support local businesses. Great video as usual.
This is SO awful, fascinating and depressing/sad all at the same time! Remains of a bygone more simple era when you could be impressed by such a simple effort! It was certainly a labor of love for someone to create this 'tribute'. How much did you pay to visit this 'theme park' and how did this get past Hanna Barbera copyright issues???
tubeie07 agree. Someone put a lot of work into this. It's sad, depressing and fascinating at the same time. That theater, playing to no one was surreal. 🐝🐍
Dan I remember going to flintstone village as a kid this brought back a lot of memories as I grew up in Arizona in flagstaff and williams areas as a kid I fondly remember going with my parents and siblings there we all would eat bronto burgers visit the village and then get a souviner toy as a momento ah childhood
I grew up loving the Flintstones. It makes me sad seeing all this decaying malls and amusement parks-just lucky I grew up in a time where it was fun and creative. Lately, it appears, nothing is being created but collapsing.
I'm watching this for the tenth time,and am still so impressed with Will's expert handling of his camera as he tumbles from the slide;well done Will,it's not easy to have the foresight to keep something from getting broken in a fall.
I totally love this!! I would love to trip around there for a day or two! Yes, The Flintstones were of the 60's. I was born in 1952. We watched this cartoon everyday after school. And on Saturday too I'm sure.
It's so weird seeing you guys at a location that I've been to. I think I've been there twice, but when I was like 5 and younger so I don't remember the first time at all. Luckily I actually knew the Flinestones and thought the place was really cool, but it was during the winter which was freezing, so I never got a chance to totally explore it. Even back then though, I thought the whole place was a little odd as a kid. Thanks for posting a video with you looking into the whole place, since I never got a chance to see it all when I was younger! Will even got to go down the slide I wanted to ride when I was five, the lucky guy, lol.
You do have a good point Dan when you said that a lot kids today probably don't know what the Flintstones even are. My 10 year old daughter does. She watches a lot of classic cartoons and loves them!
Just found your channel. Love it. How funny is it that I am sitting here watching this while wearing my Flintstones sweatshirt hahahaha. I Love that show. My kids grew up on it,and I still watch the show lol..Have a great day.
I remember stumbling upon this place when driving up to the Grand Canyon. In this video, it looks like the place got a pretty fresh coat of paint, but when I visited, it looked abandoned. Faded paint, no one around, it was amazing. I couldn't believe, even back then, that this place was still around!
The Flintstones was already in reruns when I was a kid in the late 1960s. Those building look kind of empty. I would guess there was a lot more stuff there when it was new. Most of it probably vandalized, or stolen, and not replaced.
Other than their live action movies in the 90's, the last filmed cartoon was a crossover called "The Flintstones meet The Jetsons", both created by Hanna Barbara sometime in the 80's.|||A lot of children who see these old cartoons actually like then
Dan i'm 24 yrs old and i grew up with the flintstones cartoons and movie also remember the flintstones childrens vitamins they came in a see through container not so sure if they come in the old container they use to come in i can say it would be considered vintage by today's packaging
I had been so depressed today...until I watched this. lmfao!!!! Sorry you fucked yourself up on the slide, Will. but that was the thing that totally brought me out of my crappy mood. Love these guys. xD
I remember camping across the street from this place when I was a kid, and I'm 66-1/2 years old!! We kids were upset about not staying here, but it was too expensive. That's probably what happened to it, priced it right out of the market, or people weren't happy about how kitschy it was for the price. Anyway, fun to finally see what it was like inside. Can you imagine the entire Route 66 had all sorts of stuff like this along the way? I miss that kind of vacation. Enjoyed the video, thanks for posting!!
We have a restaurant here in Hamilton Ontario Canada called the bedrock bistro totally dedicated to the flintstones. They play flinstones non stop in the restaurant the breakfast is amazing and cheap :)
I hope Will recovered from his parkour adventure a few months ago. Damn, he rolled right through without fucking up his camera! 👍🏼 I would have eaten dirt if I'd have tripped at the end. 😋
This place just closed their doors for good a couple weeks back. Found out when I was looking it up to see where it was for a possible planned trip. I'm glad Dan Bell was able to get footage of it.
I was there when I was kid when me and my family went on a big trip through the states that was in the mid 90's when that happened I am surprised that this is still around
Yeah, still on, but in reruns oviously..i still watch them, i dont know why everyone thinks this is a weird place..maybe disneyland is a weird place too then according to that logic..... there are all sorts of theme parks made up in the style of cartoons and animations these days, its cool cuz i love many, like futurama and family guy..lol, and i think there is a futurama theme park somewhere. Anyways, what about nickolodean?, or orlando florida mgm studio ffs, and disney word they have harry potter theme park, the fsct peolple dind it weird is weird to me..lol, WHY exactlly is it weird, should be at a park with all the other hanna barbarra animations tho, think they have one somewhere...
Hey Dan....Crazy Place for sure, The Flintstones were the first Animated Primetime American Television series. it Ran from Sept 30 1960 to April 1 1966. Take Care.
I like you filming more with Will. You two seem like great friends and I like watching you share the exploring experience together. My fav channel. Thank you for your videos!
omg thank you so much i remember going there when i was a kid so many fun memories for me. BTW i love your videos i even subscribed so i can get updates on any new video's.. Again thank you for taking me back when i had such wonderful times there
Whoa, this WAS like an acid trip! LOL! Seriously fun video! "Creature/snake thing that eats you and shits you out." I almost spit ice tea all over my computer laughing at that part!
This film was one of my favorites. This place is so depressing, creepy, yet creative. Somebody went to so much work, for so little return. That theater was depressing as hell. The stage area was so depressing it was cool, I loved your laughing! That snake thing i.e., scared the crap out of me, I think I became clostrophobic at that moment! It reminds me of the abandoned Land of Oz theme park in Beech Mt, NC.
I'm amazed that someone took the time to build such a place. a bunch of neon painted concrete useless buildings for the sake of an old cartoon. what's even more amazing is that it exists at all anf you guys actually took the time to "film it"!!! Thanks
I want to throw a party here, wow. I was probably part of the last generation aware of the flinstones. Reruns were on late night on cartoon network before the creation of Adult swim.
I was the happiest I’d ever been while visiting bedrock city a few years ago! Truly a bizarre, disastrous gem that exists somewhere beyond time and space.
Poor Will lol, those metal slides were no joke played on them as a kid. I love roadside attractions like this. You should go to South of the Border. Haven't been there since the 90's would like to see what it's like now.
What was with the disembodied heads in the glass case? I don't remember that episode of the Flintstones. (Trivia; The Flintstones was the first prime time animated series and was patterned directly on The Honeymooners)
I watched a video of the abandoned Bedrock City in South Dakota (I believe) yesterday, and now this. I feel like this one in AZ is more sad looking than the deserted one in SD, but the AZ one is still open? Awkward.
That place has been there for a long time, I went there years ago on a family trip must have been 30+ years ago now, actually looks better now then it did then.
This reminds me of my childhood! I lived in British Columbia in the late 70s when I was about 7-8 and we went to the Bedrock City that was in Kelowna, BC at least twice. I remember it being better than this, but I was only a child of course. It's LOONNNG gone now, I think it closed down in the 80s or something. There used to be something like 3 or 4 Bedrock City parks, I'm sure there was at least one more in Canada and another one in the US besides this one.
this place has a special place in my heart, believe it or not. I visited this place 10 years ago, it was summer and I was waiting to received news to if I had got in to University. We were staying at the hotel across the road and as this was a time before wifi. Bedrock was the only place with a PC and internet access in the whole "town". So in the little Bedrock shop/cafe I got to use the internet for 3 min (for 2 dollars!) and received the news that I had got in to Uni. My mom and aunt proceed with a happy crying session first in the little shop, then on the little tram ride. Rest of the trip was pure bliss and I loved this place! Such a cool place, a real step back in time :D
That's fucking cool
Love how Dan can do nothing but laugh as he is filming the stage area.
The stage didn't make me laugh, but the empty theater did.
Their monthly electric bill, from the few lights and projectors, must be MORE than the monthly income they make from visitors.
No doubt!!!
Only turned on with visitors lol. So hardly ever
Is it wrong that I laughed so hard when Will flew off the slide?
PinkSquidInk Not at all!
No, I did too, it was so funny, thought he was going to be burned, but rolled so nicely at the bottom.
PinkSquidInk Yeah, he rolled, he didn't hit hard either! Dan, as soon as you started laughing I joined right in...only because Will hit the ground in a pretty controlled role!😂 youz guyz! Keep up the great work!👍
I laughed like hell at Dan's "OOHH!!" after Will hit the ground. :)
PinkSquidInk I've seen that place.
Wow, I went here s a kid when my mom and I were on vacation to the Southwest. That was in 1976.
definitely a much simpler time back then. Now kids need to be stimulated by realistic images to be entertained.
I was there in 1973 on a road trip vacation to the Grand Canyon. I loved the Flinstones when I was a kid. The place looks filthy now, and could use a good power washing.
Until now, I only knew of the Bedrock City in South Dakota. If memory serves (I was about 3 or 4 when I visited so around 1989 or 1990), it looked mostly the same as the location here in the video. One thing is for sure the same: _that fucking snake_!! Holy shitbiscuits, that thing absolutely terrified me as a kid! XD
Wow.... they've actually fixed up some of Bedrock city!! It used to be in shambles... all the statues broken, just everything falling apart. Every time I'm on my Route 66 excursion (twice a year) I always go by there and support them. Always like to support local businesses. Great video as usual.
There are not enough road side attractions anymore. Great to see one that's so surreal still going...sort of.
This is SO awful, fascinating and depressing/sad all at the same time! Remains of a bygone more simple era when you could be impressed by such a simple effort! It was certainly a labor of love for someone to create this 'tribute'. How much did you pay to visit this 'theme park' and how did this get past Hanna Barbera copyright issues???
tubeie07 agree. Someone put a lot of work into this. It's sad, depressing and fascinating at the same time. That theater, playing to no one was surreal. 🐝🐍
"Eh....Its a living."
im impressed you used bygone, you dont see people use that word often anymore. :-)
Says $5 admission by the door in the gift shop
Surprisingly, the place is totally legit. It makes it even more sad and depressing. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bedrock_City_(Arizona)
You know what is amazing? The Flintstones used to air at 8pm in prime time and so did Gilligan's Island, F Troop and all the other old series.
The Dan & Will Show never gets old. Great Video guys!
They still rolled Flinstones episodes when I was a kid in the early nineties, but these kids nowadays probably don't know anything about it...
Danel Lo Gris I saw some when I was younger in 2001, but you are right👍👍👍
Danel Lo Gris grew up on scooby doo, jetsons, flintstones, and Josie and the pussycats, amongst other more modern ish cartoons. 16 here.
The abysmal movie didn't rate a mention.
LOL, How is Will feeling after that tumble? You should have looped that a few times! Sorry Will, hope you're feeling better.
Dan I remember going to flintstone village as a kid this brought back a lot of memories as I grew up in Arizona in flagstaff and williams areas as a kid I fondly remember going with my parents and siblings there we all would eat bronto burgers visit the village and then get a souviner toy as a momento ah childhood
Will should do some parkour. That was a solid roll there
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That slide down was the highlight for me. I remember those super hot metal slides from way back in the day.
He saved the camera! :D
I’m in 2024 and this is my favorite video of all!! I always come back for the part where Will slides 🛝 and falls 😂😂😂😂
I grew up loving the Flintstones. It makes me sad seeing all this decaying malls and amusement parks-just lucky I grew up in a time where it was fun and creative. Lately, it appears, nothing is being created but collapsing.
I used to love watching The Flintstones
I'm watching this for the tenth time,and am still so impressed with Will's expert handling of his camera as he tumbles from the slide;well done Will,it's not easy to have the foresight to keep something from getting broken in a fall.
Dan I always get so excited every time you upload a video, thank you!
Finally we get the third person view of Will and the slide XD. I laughed so much at his shot of it in his vid haha
Just looking at that place makes me feel very sad and nostalgic
I totally love this!! I would love to trip around there for a day or two! Yes, The Flintstones were of the 60's. I was born in 1952. We watched this cartoon everyday after school. And on Saturday too I'm sure.
It's so weird seeing you guys at a location that I've been to. I think I've been there twice, but when I was like 5 and younger so I don't remember the first time at all. Luckily I actually knew the Flinestones and thought the place was really cool, but it was during the winter which was freezing, so I never got a chance to totally explore it. Even back then though, I thought the whole place was a little odd as a kid.
Thanks for posting a video with you looking into the whole place, since I never got a chance to see it all when I was younger! Will even got to go down the slide I wanted to ride when I was five, the lucky guy, lol.
Fred, come and get it! Seriously😂😂😂
Yeah, Wilma calls fred over ehen she is done cooking that way...guess u never watched it.😐
N JK Yes I've watched it...guess I've just never thought of it in the way that I did tonight.😬
Archery Mom Five A Full Slab of Bronto Ribs.
You do have a good point Dan when you said that a lot kids today probably don't know what the Flintstones even are. My 10 year old daughter does. She watches a lot of classic cartoons and loves them!
Dan, this is such a fun video! Thanks for uploading.
That was amazing. That was something special guys. Thanks so much for sharing.
I love this. What a weird place.
Good save on the camera Will. Deb
Just found your channel. Love it. How funny is it that I am sitting here watching this while wearing my Flintstones sweatshirt hahahaha. I Love that show. My kids grew up on it,and I still watch the show lol..Have a great day.
About a million years ago I went to the Bedrock city in Custer, South Dakota and it was pretty cool! Oh darn I hope Will is ok! Great video! Tfs!
Will !! Impressive commando roll to save your camera. Dan you should have gone the slide to show Will how it's done. Great video as usual.
When Wilma said Come and get it, all I could think of is Fred going all excited yelling Yabba dabba Doo!!!!
I remember stumbling upon this place when driving up to the Grand Canyon.
In this video, it looks like the place got a pretty fresh coat of paint, but when I visited, it looked abandoned. Faded paint, no one around, it was amazing. I couldn't believe, even back then, that this place was still around!
The Flintstones was already in reruns when I was a kid in the late 1960s. Those building look kind of empty. I would guess there was a lot more stuff there when it was new. Most of it probably vandalized, or stolen, and not replaced.
Will Busting his shoulder on the slide was awesome hahaha. I bet this place was popular in the 70s.
Other than their live action movies in the 90's, the last filmed cartoon was a crossover called "The Flintstones meet The Jetsons", both created by Hanna Barbara sometime in the 80's.|||A lot of children who see these old cartoons actually like then
Dan i'm 24 yrs old and i grew up with the flintstones cartoons and movie also remember the flintstones childrens vitamins they came in a see through container not so sure if they come in the old container they use to come in i can say it would be considered vintage by today's packaging
I had been so depressed today...until I watched this. lmfao!!!! Sorry you fucked yourself up on the slide, Will. but that was the thing that totally brought me out of my crappy mood. Love these guys. xD
When you grow up in the "Flintstone" era, you understand it. If someone had built a "Giligans Island" park, we'd have gone there too.
nice JUDO - ROLL and also very nice Video thank you both... and well greetings from Germany
glad to see it's no longer abandoned
I remember camping across the street from this place when I was a kid, and I'm 66-1/2 years old!! We kids were upset about not staying here, but it was too expensive. That's probably what happened to it, priced it right out of the market, or people weren't happy about how kitschy it was for the price. Anyway, fun to finally see what it was like inside.
Can you imagine the entire Route 66 had all sorts of stuff like this along the way? I miss that kind of vacation.
Enjoyed the video, thanks for posting!!
I'm guessing this place was "pretty cool man", back in the 70's and maybe the 80's too!
I was there in the early 70s...it was the same back then! Hard to believe it's still breathing.
I grew up in AZ and loved this place when I was a kid. I still love the memories and am glad to see it is still there.
Will, you protected your camera! Good save. Hope your shoulder is alright. 👍🏻📸
We have a restaurant here in Hamilton Ontario Canada called the bedrock bistro totally dedicated to the flintstones. They play flinstones non stop in the restaurant the breakfast is amazing and cheap :)
I can't believe this place is still there!!!
I remember stopping there on the way to the grand canyon.
I watched the flintstones on tv in the early 80's and loved the vitamins too!
I hope Will recovered from his parkour adventure a few months ago. Damn, he rolled right through without fucking up his camera! 👍🏼 I would have eaten dirt if I'd have tripped at the end. 😋
This place just closed their doors for good a couple weeks back. Found out when I was looking it up to see where it was for a possible planned trip. I'm glad Dan Bell was able to get footage of it.
I was there when I was kid when me and my family went on a big trip through the states that was in the mid 90's when that happened I am surprised that this is still around
I went there in 2010 on the way to the grand canyon.
They were on tv when I was a kid and that was the early 90s ☺️
Yeah, still on, but in reruns oviously..i still watch them, i dont know why everyone thinks this is a weird place..maybe disneyland is a weird place too then according to that logic..... there are all sorts of theme parks made up in the style of cartoons and animations these days, its cool cuz i love many, like futurama and family guy..lol, and i think there is a futurama theme park somewhere. Anyways, what about nickolodean?, or orlando florida mgm studio ffs, and disney word they have harry potter theme park, the fsct peolple dind it weird is weird to me..lol, WHY exactlly is it weird, should be at a park with all the other hanna barbarra animations tho, think they have one somewhere...
Dan I love your locations and hearing your commentary, you really have a passion for Americana and everything you do. Please keep it up, thanks.
Hey Dan....Crazy Place for sure, The Flintstones were the first Animated Primetime American Television series. it Ran from Sept 30 1960 to April 1 1966. Take Care.
There was a flintstones park in the town I grew up in in New Zealand. This place is amazingly nostalgic to me
I like you filming more with Will. You two seem like great friends and I like watching you share the exploring experience together. My fav channel. Thank you for your videos!
I'm sorry, but I seriously did not mean to laugh at Wil when he fell 😂😉😳
Laughing so hard Im crying when he slid down & fell then went to the medical center & said look thats my bone 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 #epic
Oh my god what a neat place! Yeah the Flintstones came out in the middle 60s. I used to watch it when I was a kid!
ahh i've been waiting for another dan video :)
We just visited this place bc of your video from 6 years ago. It has been on my bucket list. It is better maintained.
Awesome! I had read about this place one time.
Must have been hard sharing the place with all 3 people :)
Cool video Dan as always ;-)
We stopped here on our way back home from the Grand Canyon to the Phx area. Quite a trippy but fun place!
omg thank you so much i remember going there when i was a kid so many fun memories for me. BTW i love your videos i even subscribed so i can get updates on any new video's.. Again thank you for taking me back when i had such wonderful times there
Whoa, this WAS like an acid trip! LOL! Seriously fun video! "Creature/snake thing that eats you and shits you out." I almost spit ice tea all over my computer laughing at that part!
This film was one of my favorites. This place is so depressing, creepy, yet creative. Somebody went to so much work, for so little return. That theater was depressing as hell. The stage area was so depressing it was cool, I loved your laughing! That snake thing i.e., scared the crap out of me, I think I became clostrophobic at that moment! It reminds me of the abandoned Land of Oz theme park in Beech Mt, NC.
I'm amazed that someone took the time to build such a place. a bunch of neon painted concrete useless buildings for the sake of an old cartoon. what's even more amazing is that it exists at all anf you guys actually took the time to "film it"!!! Thanks
Where is this place lived in Az all my life and never heard of it.
its about 30 minutes or south of the Grand Canyon i believe. i passed it on my way up to the canyon
Raunda R Same
Williams, AZ, but it's actually like in Verde. It's about 30 minutes from Bearizona.
“A sad goat” 😆 thanks for the laughs dan! They come so easy for you.
I want to throw a party here, wow. I was probably part of the last generation aware of the flinstones. Reruns were on late night on cartoon network before the creation of Adult swim.
I was the happiest I’d ever been while visiting bedrock city a few years ago! Truly a bizarre, disastrous gem that exists somewhere beyond time and space.
Poor Will lol, those metal slides were no joke played on them as a kid. I love roadside attractions like this. You should go to South of the Border. Haven't been there since the 90's would like to see what it's like now.
That's so cool! I literally felt like I was in Bedrock watching this video!
wish I could hang out with u guys . lol u guys seem so chill. very cool . ! much love to u and yours. 😁 thanks for sharing! great job !
What was with the disembodied heads in the glass case? I don't remember that episode of the Flintstones. (Trivia; The Flintstones was the first prime time animated series and was patterned directly on The Honeymooners)
Amazing that you can be such a prune about this place and the Carpetbagger can approach it with such profound enthusiasm. You should do a collab here.
There's no way I'd be able to pass up having a walk through here myself. So odd. So amazing.
Will did such a skillful save of his camera when he flew off the slide. I was truly impressed. :-D
Will should have said "Yabba Dabba Doooo" at 7:07
Liked the video...did'nt know about this place..thnx for sharing..😊
I watched a video of the abandoned Bedrock City in South Dakota (I believe) yesterday, and now this. I feel like this one in AZ is more sad looking than the deserted one in SD, but the AZ one is still open? Awkward.
I went there when I was 16, that was in 1996.. when will flipped off the slide was epic
the standee art is strangely well done.
That place has been there for a long time, I went there years ago on a family trip must have been 30+ years ago now, actually looks better now then it did then.
Great video, Adam did this place some years ago!
Awesome video!
nice save on the camera Will!
Hanna Barbara's lawyers are on the way
Yea in Fred's car...
Dan is an absolute savage in this video.. I love it!
There is a Flintstones inspired house in Hillsborough CA. It's on the market for 3 million.
This is so eerie
Oh, they were still making Flintstones into the Late 80s. Anyone remember the Bedrock Flintstone Kids?
I love how derpy the statues are.
I took my son there way back in 1990...hasn't changed at all
Dan's giggle box got turned over lol
What, no bowling alley? Cool looking place to stop and stretch your legs. Thanks for sharing!
This reminds me of my childhood! I lived in British Columbia in the late 70s when I was about 7-8 and we went to the Bedrock City that was in Kelowna, BC at least twice. I remember it being better than this, but I was only a child of course. It's LOONNNG gone now, I think it closed down in the 80s or something. There used to be something like 3 or 4 Bedrock City parks, I'm sure there was at least one more in Canada and another one in the US besides this one.