Why Is There An Abandoned Pool In The Middle of Darien Lake?
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- Опубліковано 4 жов 2024
- Have you ever noticed this ugly abandoned pool from the top of the Giant Wheel? In this video I will be explaining the history of this former Darien Lake Attraction.
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I went here with my family in the 80s & 90s. I remember Rainbow Mountain & Barracuda Bay well! The final drop on Floodgate Falls was the best!
Im a life long Buffalo Resident and ...
you accurately provided me a much needed time line. Thank you
Im sharing this with my 11 year old son, as he is becoming the enthusiastic theme park & water park lover just like this 50 year old man
I always enjoyed floodgates falls
I remember going to Barracuda Bay as a kid.
Neat piece of history work here. 👍
Bro, this video is amazing! I learnt so much more than I thought I would’ve about something I didn’t even know
This guys videos r always good
Dude there's so many legends and tales that surround this place. This place has a lore all its own and so many hidden Gems...even grizzled veterans will discover something new every time...
That’s harsh
Who remembers the lazy run but with the cliff drops
This was the best lazy river. I miss it! Not like todays that just go in a circle
Darien lake is so much fun
Loved Barracuda Bay as a kid. My childhood
That’s the old waterpark the bridge used to take you too
They retired the Giant Wheel so now you can no longer get a great relaxing view of the old water slide mountain and other areas of the park. Too many great rides replaced by lame rides. Used to be so much fun. Cascade Canyon and Floodgate Falls were always my favorites.
I at first thought this was going to be about the old camp ground pool that was filled in with stone and the Moto Coaster now sits in top of. The depth markers are still in the concrete.
That waterpark was better than what they have now
It was. I miss being a kid and spending a few hours hitting up the mat slides and then going to hooks. The water park now is just in a weird area imo and all crammed together. It helped with lines on hot days too. Most stuff was walk on
I remember going to Darien Lake in 2017 and seeing an empty hill and I'm like, "I swear there were slides here once lol." I also remember the lazy river being painful and getting scraped like hell.
From what I was told is that why they never removed Floodgate Falls (a very painful ride from what I remember) because that ride is holding that whole hill together, if they remove it, the soil may start collapsing.
Oh jeez 😂
yesssss!! you right it was painful!! the one drop where someone would help push you over, i couldn’t have been older than 7 at the time, if not younger and too this day years later i remember smashing my bottom on it! the guy even mentions the part of someone helping you over the hill
This was my hunch! Ive been looking for history on Darien Lake on google and cant find much of what it was before 1954 other than it was a local swimming pond that got excavated and filled. Knowing the history of Syracuse where im from, anytime something is excavated and filled and covered with concrete…its usually a toxic waste cleanup site (state fairgrounds, carousel mall, syracuse ampitheatre). If its true that its holding the hill together, it could be leaching toxic waste into the water rides or they ran into problems with the waste when installing it, which means theyll have to dig up waste to remove it and thats expensive. Probably why theres no rides there either. Darien lake had two coasters in storage for years i believe and had the space to build but never did. They had the money to reprganize and repaint though. Conversely it couldve just been a bad ride, and they need to source the water to one spot so it got left behind. Who knows maybe they will put something there
“Barraqueda”
That’s the old lazy river in barracuda bay
My home park. The rides suck but camping there is cool during fright fest
Always look at it from the top of the giant wheel and am wondering why they don't put a new ride there. An S&S freespin will easily fit here. Or could become back to a version of Barracuda Bay once again!
The park said it would never be a water park again a few years back. Hoping for something good here soon!
My family use to rent a camper at Darien in the 90s and 00s. I loved barracuda bay and sad to see it go. But I’m happy with the upgraded water park. I wish Darien would do something with that land though. My roller coaster tycoon brain is going crazy! I keep thinking how that hill could be a great hill and drop? Hopefully they put some use to it soon!
OMG, that "HydroForce" thing TERRIFIED me as a kid the first time I went down it.
Mind you, I went down it twice after that, but that was only because that stupid raft was SO heavy and you had to carry it up each time.
OMG It makes me said to see the lazy river like that. Darien Lake had the best one, it was so fun. Feels like yesterday that section of water park was still open.
Yeah that’s what my dad told me about the lazy river. It’s a shame
Was a life guard at Darren back during the 2004 season. Was my first job Floodgate and barracuda bay was probably my second favorite place to life guard out side of the hotel. Lots of good memories and explains why the water park looks so different now.
When I was a kid I went on that Floodgate Falls with my dad. I’ll never forget he hit the back of his head HARD going down one of the drops. That thing was dangerous!
oh yah, i recall 100%, i still have chills about that
Great job and awesome videos. Keep up the terrific work. I was a Geauga Lake Park employee and Darien Lake was part of Funtime, Inc. They maintained that park and Geauga Lake Park and smaller Wyandot Lake in Columbus. They were fantastic people to work for, and they, I feel took good care of Darien Lake until Premier Parks came in and started fucking everything up.
This video is amazing! I'm going to Darien Lake soon so this definitely is a huge help thank you have a good day
Darian Lakes wave pool is the lamest one in existence
This is one of the more unique stories I’ve heard in terms of abandoned water slides. It’s amazing that they removed that many water slides out of an area over time and not all at once to be replaced. Must be the lack of direction with ownership changes!
Yeah that’s pretty much what it was!
Rip giant wheel
What happend to the lazy river?
I remember Cuda Falls and Floodgate Falls. Both were cool. I would love to see a coaster go there.
Interesting...
Shrek lives at flux gate falls if go go he’ll go “ what are you doing in my swamp”
I’ve been going to Darien Lake since before I can even remember. Such good memories of Baracuda Bay. Even the time that someone stole my flip flops from the endless line of them on the backside of the lockers 😂
Ahhh 😂
someone should hop the fence and go explore the area in depth
Mark could lower his drone closer to it!
I could definitely try, I just don't want to get into any trouble with park security given that it is literally in the center of the property. We'll see
@@amusementscape Mark, that would be cool if you could but if you can't I completely understand!
I can promise one thing, I have a big $400 zoom lens for my normal camera that I will use from the Giant Wheel and Floodgate falls cue line. I may be able to sneak a shot over the fence too!
Shipwreck Falls Cue line*
It’s the pool from the old Floodgate Falls lazy river/waterfall ride. Now it is the site of a mutant mosquito breeding experiment.
Facts 😂😂😂
It was from the old barracuda bay
Yup!
because they couldn't fit a lake in, but based off the name of the park they needed a water attraction so they built a pool :P
Darien Lake is just a short amount of water how can there be an abandoned pool? It's probably impossible!
I showing all my friends this video
So is this your younger brother or something?
No 😂 I'm a friend of Lukan. I used to run my own channel, Buffalo Coasters but we've since merged! Btw. I'm actually 2 years older than Lukan 🤣
@@amusementscape oh, ok. I get it now. Sorry! I'm normally considered as a 4th grader based on my height, even though I'm in 8th, thanks for the info
Same! I'm shorter than most kids in my grade (there are 400 others). And obviously I sound like a middleschooler
@@amusementscape don't worry. As long as you know what you're talking about it's fine with me