Old Theme Park Photos - Looking Back Through My Childhood Memories

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  • Join me as I look back through various old photos that my parents took of me at various different theme parks. These photos range between 1994 and 2006 with photos of me on various different rides past & present across a variety of theme parks. Along with looking back through these photos I share my amazing memories from the theme parks my parents took me to!
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Komentáře • 287

  • @user-yn1bd4yf3h
    @user-yn1bd4yf3h Před 4 lety +35

    "The Buddha's still there"
    Shawn: *gets restoration tools and convincing speech ready*

    • @LewisG0508
      @LewisG0508 Před 4 lety +2

      Bakeda beans

    • @ThemeParkOgre
      @ThemeParkOgre Před 4 lety +1

      I can't wait for *Restoring the Chessington Buddha!*

    • @expeditioned2821
      @expeditioned2821 Před 4 lety

      He'll be restoring Rameses Revenge as a scenic prop next

  • @GarryWilliams555
    @GarryWilliams555 Před 4 lety +6

    I imagine you as a toddler on a bouncy castle saying 'wheeeeyy airtime'

  • @crazycoasterproductions3920

    Great video Shawn it’s really cool to see the parks back in the days 👍

  • @perebima
    @perebima Před 4 lety +4

    I could talk about Gulliver’s all day, from the west world playing in the buildings and going on the flume, to the lazy river ride surrounding Percy pigs golf course, you would go up a chair lift to adventure land and work your way down, switchback was near the bottom of the park. The layout changed so now you enter in the middle, near the building with the modal park and the log coaster, a park that I treasure in my heart, though I prefer the Warrington park, Matlock bath is always going to be the original one in my mind. I didn’t really go to theme parks, so my childhood consists of West Midlands safari park and gullivers

    • @Chloe4656.
      @Chloe4656. Před 4 lety

      Same with Cadbury world even though that's not a theme park.

  • @maggiemakinson9067
    @maggiemakinson9067 Před 4 lety +27

    never clicked so quickly on a video 😂😊

  • @andyjarvis1489
    @andyjarvis1489 Před 4 lety +1

    Fantastic to see what the parks and rides used to look like and what great memories looking back at them must be for you. Made me want to look out my old photos again.

  • @Thomas-lq8sp
    @Thomas-lq8sp Před 4 lety +4

    that's great to see that your family shares your passion for theme parks. Now I understand where that theme park enthusiasm comes from :)

  • @LiftHillsandThrills
    @LiftHillsandThrills Před 2 lety +1

    A great little throwback!

  • @broadwayblueshirts6160

    Cool photos, thanks for sharing.

  • @isabelogorman4706
    @isabelogorman4706 Před 4 lety +2

    They all look so cool

  • @revenantsmum2140
    @revenantsmum2140 Před 4 lety +3

    Just little things like this are so interesting especially as an enthusiast

  • @wendywarrington1415
    @wendywarrington1415 Před 4 lety

    Ahhh Shawn how cute were you as a kid. Was lovely seeing old pictures and seeing how much theme parks have changed Thankyou.

  • @user-yn1bd4yf3h
    @user-yn1bd4yf3h Před 4 lety +7

    No major Planet Coaster park updates. Just added a statue and more trees in small empty gaps around the rapids. I have begun work on the indoor section. Have done the building and am playing around with a Eurofighter I am putting in there

  • @willekec4437
    @willekec4437 Před 4 lety

    I love these photo vlogs and cannot wait to see your onride photo vlog soon! Thank you for sharing all these great memories with us.

  • @stephennina
    @stephennina Před 4 lety

    Thank you so much for taking time to share this with us, Shawn! It makes me feel like one of your friends! The great content is much appreciated!👍👍

  • @tismejaytee
    @tismejaytee Před 4 lety +3

    Always good to go down memory lane

  • @lukebdawg494
    @lukebdawg494 Před 4 lety +1

    It’s incredibly wholesome seeing you close with your parents. Absolutely love these videos.

  • @oscarhickman1870
    @oscarhickman1870 Před 4 lety +1

    Such a nice video to watch just like the other one was! Great to see all your younger theme park memories Shawn. Good work 👍👏

  • @Candyvamp20
    @Candyvamp20 Před 4 lety

    Memories to treasure forever xxxx

  • @millieseymour1823
    @millieseymour1823 Před 4 lety

    So happy you’ve done a part 2! Reminds me of how my family went alton towers all the time in my childhood!

  • @PurpleHayez69
    @PurpleHayez69 Před 4 lety

    This nostalgia is just what I needed. thank you

  • @havanaladds5535
    @havanaladds5535 Před 4 lety

    It’s crazy how much rides have developed x Shaun your videos are ace x

  • @TangyTangyRose
    @TangyTangyRose Před 4 lety

    We used to go to Drayton all the time growing up as it’s only an hour up the road but I’ve not been for several years now. I was shocked to hear Pirate Adventure had gone so I had a look at what else had gone... they’ve barely got anything left! Such an absolute shame - so many happy memories from that park. I hope they can turn things around but sadly I’m sure this year’s closures haven’t been great for them.

  • @kazokee
    @kazokee Před 4 lety +4

    I love these videos - they are a nice branch off from the normal content! Nice video.

  • @UKThemeParks
    @UKThemeParks Před 4 lety

    Some real classic shots in there!

  • @helena2494
    @helena2494 Před 4 lety

    Love these videos

  • @seany84uk
    @seany84uk Před 4 lety

    Keep these photos coming! :)

  • @matthewandrews1653
    @matthewandrews1653 Před 4 lety

    Was great to see some of these parks from the south as I used to live near Thorpe Park when I was around the same age as you in those photos so Thorpe Park, Chesington and Lego Land were regular places for me and seeing these pictures properly took me back. Haven't been back since around 2003 I think so it was sad to hear some of the changes that'd happened. I still remember how groundbreaking it was when Thorpe Park added more extreme rides with Colossus, Vortex, Detonator etc. I remember before that the Flying Fish or Logger's Leap were the most extreme rides there! Completely changed the park but was perfect for the age I was at the time. Thanks for the vid and trip down memory lane :)

  • @Chloe4656.
    @Chloe4656. Před 4 lety

    Enjoyed watching this video
    I remember love going to Gullivers kingdom theme park in matlock as a kid

  • @GreatBritishAttractions

    Had a little walk around the American Adventure land the other day. Brought back loads of memories! You need to get to Weymouth when it’s safe to. Amazing part of the country.

  • @danfisher1530
    @danfisher1530 Před 4 lety +4

    Shawn, can you do a video about your time working at Alton Towers (highlights of your time, photos) please?

  • @scottsdaytrips
    @scottsdaytrips Před 4 lety

    Hi Shawn I love your old Theme Park Photos of your Childhood to take your trip down to memory lane.

  • @JamesVlogsHomeBeyond
    @JamesVlogsHomeBeyond Před 4 lety

    I was a massive fan of Beanoland back in the day and visited there 3 times in 2002, 2003 and 2008.

  • @gemmaheath406
    @gemmaheath406 Před 4 lety

    Great Yarmouth is one of the local parks close to me. Love the snails in both parks. Done the wooden coaster for the first time last year with my husband and my dad. Will admit I did laugh most of the way round because I was scared

  • @turntableist1053
    @turntableist1053 Před 4 lety

    Done my lil tpw jigg when i got my notification that you had uploaded🤗🤗🤗. Just what i needed after a crappy day. Thank you shaun🙌🙌

  • @jamessf1752
    @jamessf1752 Před 4 lety +3

    Love your vids keep going

  • @Demon-POT
    @Demon-POT Před 4 lety +2

    Wow, it really shows how much the perks have changed in such a short time!

  • @emmalouisexx9092
    @emmalouisexx9092 Před 4 lety

    I have loads of similar memories Shawn with being from up north , I live very close to flamingo land so you can imagine I go to Scarborough and other coastal places lots especially when I was younger ! 😀

  • @lukeatkinson8914
    @lukeatkinson8914 Před 4 lety

    I love ur vids I literally watch every one

  • @freddieflint9579
    @freddieflint9579 Před 4 lety +1

    Great content!

  • @SamCostello
    @SamCostello Před 4 lety

    I remember those canoes in great yarmouth! I'll definitely be going back once the attractions reopen🙂

  • @kevjoesph7164
    @kevjoesph7164 Před 4 lety

    Another awesome video Shawn I went to Blackpool went I was a kid

  • @Jake-ee7fn
    @Jake-ee7fn Před 4 lety

    Great vid Shawn as always love seeing u when u were younger

  • @jackdubs7158
    @jackdubs7158 Před 4 lety

    It’s great to see these parks and how they have changed

  • @benwilson2225
    @benwilson2225 Před 4 lety

    Great photos 👍. I agree with you regarding Thorpe Park, i've been going there since the year it opened and it was a wonderful place with a great friendly atmosphere, not anymore 😔. Good rides though 👍.

  • @heatherjohnston9973
    @heatherjohnston9973 Před 4 lety

    Omg i remember tower of terror being under construction too! Feels so weird that it wasn't always there at one point , looking back now 🤣😂

  • @liamjamescross5306
    @liamjamescross5306 Před 4 lety

    Ah so cute hopefully I can visit it soon

  • @MrCollerRoaster
    @MrCollerRoaster Před 4 lety +1

    These videos are great!

  • @AudreyMealiff
    @AudreyMealiff Před 4 lety

    Shawn, how lucky you were to go to all those great parks as a kid and how fun your parents must be to have taken you. No wonder you now do what you do. Lovely memories.

  • @chunktwin1886
    @chunktwin1886 Před 4 lety +3

    Another great video first here!

  • @rc_smarti7647
    @rc_smarti7647 Před 4 lety

    I'd love to see you recreating some of those pictures, it would be so interesting to see how the parks have changed! Also looking forward to part 3/3 :)

  • @lorapatterson3308
    @lorapatterson3308 Před 4 lety

    These are just brill! You haven't changed at all 😂❤

  • @perebima
    @perebima Před 4 lety +1

    I just found out a new theme park is opening in southern Yorkshire, this year! 2020 Gulliver’s valley, this looks the biggest and most appealing to older kids, bigger rides, you should look into it.

  • @mischiefmanaged5757
    @mischiefmanaged5757 Před 4 lety

    The old London Dungeon Tooley Street location was really creepy. I’m still traumatised by my childhood visit!
    The Joyland snails is an absolute classic. One of my family’s all time faves. I must revisit them once it’s safe to do so.
    Photos are wonderful to look back over. Lovely idea for a vlog.

  • @lukepark-bradley67
    @lukepark-bradley67 Před 4 lety

    These are great videos

  • @stephensworldofadventure

    Most of my theme park photos are from flamingo land, lightwater Valley and my favourite UK park.... Blackpool pleasure beach.... Love that log flume was such a good ride

  • @lucyhiggins1712
    @lucyhiggins1712 Před 4 lety +3

    Great video

  • @edwardjoynes7961
    @edwardjoynes7961 Před 4 lety +1

    Round 2 of past photos where fashion is different to what it is now
    Loved the 3/4 length trousers in the last video
    (I still have some!)

  • @millieseymour1823
    @millieseymour1823 Před 4 lety

    That picture of you with gully mouse at gullivers looks exactly like a picture me and my family have when we visited when I was only little! And the snails at joy land always used to love them so much and the spooky coaster

  • @filmpopmovie
    @filmpopmovie Před 4 lety

    Good video. After watching most of your park experiences, I find that the on ride pov/on ride reactions by you and friends is some of the most entertaining content. Maybe a compilation of those experiences? Busch Gardens Williamsburg river rapids, and some of the American wooden coaster rides with Alex are hysterical.

  • @ethanaaronbanks6856
    @ethanaaronbanks6856 Před 4 lety

    I would love to see you going back to the theme parks that we’re featured in this video and the Alton Towers video with your parents and recreate the photos. That would be amazing!!! Fantastic video as always!

  • @rossnolan2883
    @rossnolan2883 Před 4 lety

    Great stuff 😊😊😊

  • @SteveAndAlexBuild
    @SteveAndAlexBuild Před 4 lety

    Cheers Shaun, cool parents you’ve got there , TPW owes a lot to them for taking you to so many cool places 👌🏼🧱👍🏼

  • @finnfunfair1017
    @finnfunfair1017 Před 4 lety

    I saw lot's of history today like this and in the back of my grandmother's wordrop I found a picture of my dad when we was 5 on the bumper cars at my local fair

  • @ace-paidinfull5240
    @ace-paidinfull5240 Před 4 lety

    Love this Shawn #Team90sBaby

  • @rideexpedition
    @rideexpedition Před 4 lety

    Gulivers Kingdom is the only Gulivers Park I've been to but I remember so much from there. Would have been back this year aswell as the new park but because of covid I cant... But besides that great video!

  • @johnnydeppaddict12
    @johnnydeppaddict12 Před 4 lety

    +ThemeParkWorldwide Great video Shawn nice to see what Blackpool Pleasure Beach looked like in the early 90s and early 00's very different times back then for theme park safety as well no woodworm in certain rides lol 😂🙂

  • @NorthEastCoasters
    @NorthEastCoasters Před 4 lety

    Your father and you in matching shirts at Thorpe Park is really adorable =)

  • @coolchick7197
    @coolchick7197 Před 4 lety

    I went to gullivers Milton Keynes a lot as a kid!! I remember being just tall enough to ride some of the rides!! I was born in January 1997 myself and have loads of photos even some of me and my brother at butlins Bognor Regis in the old funfair!!

  • @perebima
    @perebima Před 4 lety +1

    16:48 It looks like the building that the modal of the park is in. I went there quite a lot, the car park scared me

  • @keiranhyre750
    @keiranhyre750 Před 4 lety

    awesome

  • @trevsbitsandbobsironcena2178

    Hi Theme park worldwide again it looks like you had a good childhood I had a nice childhood as a kid you will have to go to sundown adventureland when the coronavirus is over

  • @derekbrown6832
    @derekbrown6832 Před 4 lety

    Hi Shawn, i remember going to the origional London Dungeon, always liked the mirror maze, and that small drop tower, they had in there. Haven't been to the new one.

  • @Fleetblase07
    @Fleetblase07 Před 3 měsíci

    20:05 it kind of reminds me of Ventura River in St. Nicks park in Warwick

  • @clowesaviation5443
    @clowesaviation5443 Před rokem +1

    My childhood theme park is Gullivers Warrington

  • @jasonbrown6379
    @jasonbrown6379 Před 4 lety

    Many of my childhood memories of theme parks are from Chessington WOA, Yarmouth Pleasure Beach and Joyland and Pleasurewood Hills! I grew up in Norfolk. I also went to Thorpe Park for my 8th birthday in 2005 and rode Colossus for the first time which was also the first inverted coaster I ever went on! Thought I'd go on the most inverted in the world (at the time) as my first! Made Nemesis Inferno look rather tame by comparison, but scared myself on Detonator and still have a fear of drop towers to this day! Loved the Vampire, Dragon's Fury and Beanoland at Chessington WOA! My family also went to Disneyland Paris in 2003 and my brother got a cap that looks exactly like the one you're wearing at 24:45!!

  • @ace-paidinfull5240
    @ace-paidinfull5240 Před 4 lety

    Nothing like the old days man😔
    I went london eye in 03’ aswell funny that lol

  • @WhiteSwanLuver
    @WhiteSwanLuver Před 4 lety +2

    When the theme parks open, can you please do it as a live stream at a park so people can meet you. I'd love it is it was thorpe park because it is my local park. Plz like so Shaun can see this!!!!!!!!

  • @solotravelermart
    @solotravelermart Před 4 lety

    Great video I hope you visit the Alton towers garden's that have announced 6th of june reopening to the public it would be a really cool vlog, and to try capture a little bit of non rides that ain't open yet.
    Social distance 2m apart will still be in place for the garden's.

  • @Timr2
    @Timr2 Před 4 lety

    I went on Pirate Adventure when I was 5, I don't remember much, but I remember being really scared of the battle scene. After that I refused to go on it because I was scared. When it closed I used to wait outside the door, waiting for it to open. There is ways to get into the attraction next to the lockers near the play area, and in the restaurant.

  • @shelleyday6369
    @shelleyday6369 Před 4 lety +1

    Ahh some cute pictures! You look like your dad!

  • @redryan305
    @redryan305 Před 4 lety

    Wish I could have had a visit to the older Thorpe Park, but I'm not from the UK lol.

  • @trainsrules080908
    @trainsrules080908 Před 4 lety

    Great video bud, I'm Scarborough based and work for the North Bay Railway, Next time you're up this way you'll have to give me shout :)

  • @user-yn1bd4yf3h
    @user-yn1bd4yf3h Před 4 lety +4

    A Happy Sailor comes to my local Winter Wonderland every year. I actually get airtime on it. Weird

  • @CamGold
    @CamGold Před 4 lety

    the old green and blue monorail station looks like the current BPB season passes lol

  • @comicbookguygamecat
    @comicbookguygamecat Před 4 lety

    Good video.

  • @TheFiberly
    @TheFiberly Před 4 lety

    When I was I hated the log round it made me cry because the drop lol

  • @chars82
    @chars82 Před 4 lety

    Thorpe park was the park I went to most as a,kid (next being chessington).Loved the Thorpe park rangers (probably a bit before your time?!lol).Totally agree about Thorpes atmosphere back in the day.Not been there since 2002!
    Loved going over to the farm on the ferry and back on Canada creek railway (or vice versa)

    • @ThemeParkWorldwide
      @ThemeParkWorldwide  Před 4 lety +1

      Thorpe Farm used to be great and the transport rides between the two were a big highlight of a visit to Thorpe Park for me!

    • @chars82
      @chars82 Před 4 lety

      @@ThemeParkWorldwide I believe thexfarm was still there in 2002 but my friend and I didn't go over on that occasion, never got back there and now farm gone.Yes was a lovely farm 🙂.

  • @carmenparker1880
    @carmenparker1880 Před 4 lety

    cool video

  • @nataliey9125
    @nataliey9125 Před 4 lety

    Yeah it would be really cool to recreate some of these photos when the theme parks are open again!

  • @Tom-ov4lb
    @Tom-ov4lb Před 4 lety +1

    Got a picture of me on Professor Burps bubbleworks but don’t remember it as I was a toddler ☹️

  • @byroniocoasters3834
    @byroniocoasters3834 Před 4 lety +1

    Yaaaas queen

  • @jimfilms6688
    @jimfilms6688 Před 4 lety

    Can’t wait to go back and try out skyforce. I’ve done air race at Drayton manor but never anything where you actually control it yourself

    • @ThemeParkWorldwide
      @ThemeParkWorldwide  Před 4 lety +1

      It’s worth having a go, but it’s quite tricky sometimes to get it going!

  • @christiejenkins5134
    @christiejenkins5134 Před 4 lety

    Agh the old Blackpool memories 😭 I myself also miss the big log flume and gold mine 😭

  • @disneydisneybecb4433
    @disneydisneybecb4433 Před 4 lety

    Loved beaver creek lol don’t remember the other log flume at Blackpool? Xxx

  • @Ross_M
    @Ross_M Před 4 lety

    SHAWN YEEEEEESSSSSS

  • @BritishBigM
    @BritishBigM Před 4 lety

    Oh boy

  • @kkrispy2009P
    @kkrispy2009P Před 4 lety

    Hope you the saw the merlin pass statement Shawn and it's good to hear there has been extensions if you had a annual pass and Warwick Castle may perhaps open 6th June within guidelines you its a step in the right direction great vid BTW thanks 4 my b day message

  • @chloereid0x1
    @chloereid0x1 Před 4 lety +3

    I really miss Camelot and the old Blackpool rides such as beaver creek and bling. Also the log flume carts are actually at a local park around the corner (Watson park). They planted flowers inside

  • @bethanywilson5148
    @bethanywilson5148 Před 4 lety

    Any photos/memories from Camelot? That was my local park as a kid. Loved it there!