Long Gone Attractions
#21
Posted 05 September 2006 - 10:43 AM
-City of Victoria website, 2009
#22
Posted 05 September 2006 - 12:10 PM
#23
Posted 05 September 2006 - 12:37 PM
I too remember that amusement park on Vanalman...though I never went in it.
I want a theme park here too.....I say Ogden point, or Rock Bay
#24
Posted 05 September 2006 - 01:48 PM
Of course there is the long departed attractions on Belleville St. opposite where the Marguerite used to dock. They were "The Land of the Little People" and a haunted house in the old Mansion. I'll recycle my old commentary, along with a picture I took of the site in 1980:
The scale of the models in "The Land of the Little People" was inconsistent, but to a pre-teen boy it truly rocked. I don't remember it very well--little houses, buildings--probably a fake Eiffel Tower, that sort of thing. I wonder what happened to all of it. Note that is was an outdoor attraction--it was exposed to the elements year round so everything was durable.
The Haunted House attraction next door was pretty lame. In my opinion, painting something flourescent yellow or day-glo orange and playing a looped sound effect cassette tape of howling wind doesn't make it "haunted". I was a ****ing smart eight-year old--I didn't buy that ****.
Unfortunately, yet again, Scaper's mom wouldn't let him see the Haunted House. Scaper, I think your parents were overprotective. I bet you never saw the Chamber of Horrors in the Wax Museum, either.
Here you can see the Huntington Ramada being built over the back yard of the old house where the Land of the Little People was:
-City of Victoria website, 2009
#25
Posted 05 September 2006 - 01:52 PM
An 8-track tape would loop better than a cassette.
#26
Posted 05 September 2006 - 02:07 PM
Didn't the haunted mansion have some type of elevator/room where a hanging picture appeared to become taller?
An 8-track tape would loop better than a cassette.
Oh yeah--that rings a bell.
Ooh. Scary.
Good call on the 8-track.
-City of Victoria website, 2009
#27
Posted 05 September 2006 - 02:46 PM
Do you guys remember Huggy Bears? I went there once, it was this pizza parlour on the corner of Hillside and Quadra that was fashioned after Chuck-E-Cheeses. It burnt down sometime in the early 1990's I think it was, although the building still stands on that corner today.
#28
Posted 05 September 2006 - 02:56 PM
Wasn't Huggy Bear the street hustler/informer on Starsky and Hutch? I don't think that was the vibe a kid's restaurant was going for.
My only real memory of the Classic Car Museum on Douglas and Burdett was seeing one of President Kennedy's limos (not THE limo). It was grey with a grey interior--I was mesmerized by the plush carpeting and the seating. I was just a kid and I had never seen a limo before. I wish I could remember what other cars were there.
-City of Victoria website, 2009
#29
Posted 05 September 2006 - 02:57 PM
I used to love that Haunted Mansion. I thought it was still there. Guess not.
Do you guys remember Huggy Bears? I went there once, it was this pizza parlour on the corner of Hillside and Quadra that was fashioned after Chuck-E-Cheeses. It burnt down sometime in the early 1990's I think it was, although the building still stands on that corner today.
Yes, I recall. Wasn't that also a pet/fish store once too? Tropical Fins and Foliage?
#30
Posted 05 September 2006 - 02:59 PM
Now I'm sounding like Jarrod.
-City of Victoria website, 2009
#31
Posted 05 September 2006 - 03:03 PM
Anyone been out to the All-Fun centre recently, since we are on a "fun" theme? It was always quite lame. I have a funny story about how Frank Wille chased us with a shovel in hand when we took a little detour onto Millstream Rd. when returning the go-carts to their garage one night (I used to work at Western Speedway).
#32
Posted 05 September 2006 - 03:06 PM
Speedzone Raceways?
#33
Posted 05 September 2006 - 03:12 PM
Then again, you don't **** with a guy that served in the German Wehrmacht in WW II.
-City of Victoria website, 2009
#34
Posted 05 September 2006 - 03:29 PM
The batting cages at All Fun were pretty good.
#35
Posted 05 September 2006 - 03:36 PM
#36
Posted 05 September 2006 - 04:47 PM
I like the rides at the Stratosphere better:
http://www.stratosph... ... _ride.html
#37
Posted 05 September 2006 - 04:50 PM
And the dollar store on Douglas in the Oddfellows building has reopend under yet again new owners. (3rd owners in under a year).
#38
Posted 05 September 2006 - 05:04 PM
-vacuuming
-emptying ashtrays
-returning bottles to the liquor store
It's conveniently located in my apartment and the hours are weekdays whenever I'm away at work.
-City of Victoria website, 2009
#39
Posted 05 September 2006 - 10:20 PM
#40
Posted 06 September 2006 - 07:13 AM
Collect the magic brown stuff my dog left.
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