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Honestly as someone who grew up and Vegas and Adventure Dome was a relatively affordable option for a special fun day out with friends, this place was my Disneyland. Sure, it isn't much, but it'll always be close to me. Still so sad about the Rim Runner being gone, I was too chicken to ride El Loco and it's interesting that a lot of track from Rim inner had been left untouched (the lift hill is still there!)
All that and...I miss the cheap drinks, cheap rooms, emphasis on gambling and adult entertainment. Now it's just all about charging top dollar for minimum accommodations, luxury shopping, too family friendly.
@@youtuber9991 you can still get free drinks if youre gambling, or you do the trick us locals do and play 1 dollar and pretend to gamble (tip your waitress though!)
I LOVED the pirate show! Growing up, we stayed at Circus Circus so my brother and I had stuff to do (including all-day passes at the adventure dome), but we would pester our parents to go see the pirate show. The Siren show was good (more comedic), but I was a little heartbroken to see it's no more.
@@ghosthardware9050 True, but on the strip they don't make it to the cheap slots very often and the tables are like $5-10 minimum. I miss the days where you could get drinks for like $1-3 all around the strip.
As someone who grew up in Las Vegas in the 1990s, I’m glad all of these family attractions existed. They may not have attracted the tourists they were meant to, but they sure made being a kid in Las Vegas at that time something special.
From what I understand, the event was put on by an outside producer who paid Circus Circus a fee or did a profit split and there were issues between the two entities.
Fright domes closure was actually really interesting. The owner was basically kicked out for taking alot of money for a saw themed escape room. Fright domes budget became zero, so the guy moved on. Last year he did fright ride, which was his storage facility, and all the old props. It was fun but short, but definitely over priced
Tbh growing up in Vegas adventure some was the most amazing thing we would wear the wristbands until they fell off so then we could flex on other kids. God I love Adventure/Fright Dome
@@johngriswold4303 for Houston, I really think they should bring back Astroworld. I mean, definitely not right now, but once things have calmed down definitely. Traffic would be hell though
@@internetkurator9256 Vegas in my opinion is an awesome city. I don't go to the strip until friends come visit. (So it doesn't get old). Infrastructure is new. Winter and spring are great. Summer sucks. Lol. I just would recommend getting a job that doesn't revolve solely on tourism. So you don't have to worry about recessions, etc. Vegas is a normal city outside the major tourist areas. Also have a reliable car. AC is a must during June/July/August.
Sad news for everyone watching this, they’ve finally torn down part of the boathouse that has stayed up even after they got rid of Rim Runner, and they’re taking down Miner Mike as well, but we’re getting a new family coaster and teacups!
My twin and I received free all access passes to the Luxor Grand opening and including all the rides and arcades for scholastic achievement in 6th grade,,unfortunately we moved to Denver and got them well after the event ool
I wasn’t aware that Circus Circus was originally built in the 1960s! I thought the building that is there now and which was built in the 1990s was the original one.
@@AbandonedMines11 ooo 2 of some of my 2 favorite channels in one comments section, anywho, would you explore some abandoned shaft in the Midwest, like coal mines?
As a born & raised Nevadan, I really appreciate these videos. I’m not a super nostalgic person or anything but this made me realize how much I miss 90s-00s Vegas.
I was obsessed with the Adventuredome when I was a kid. I wanted to go so bad, but I remember the attractions being way too expensive so we couldn't do it.
Same here! I was always jealous of the other kids who were able to go, especially since it felt like there wasnt much else to do growing up out here back then
Please do more Vegas videos! It's one of my favorite places--it's entertainment and amusement made manifest--and I love learning about its history. I had been four times in four years but the pandemic ruined my streak. Videos like this are like a vacation and time machine all in one!
This upcoming trip in December will be my 8th trip in 6 years 9th trip total. I didn't let the pandemic ruin my streak lol. I went for July 4th, 2020, and twice in 2021
Adventure Dome has one of the last Chance Inverters & Chaos' still in operation. All rides are kept in pretty good condition. Canyon Blaster is still very smooth especially for it being an Arrow coaster. El Loco is being neglected.
I went to Vegas in 2015 and stayed at Circus Circus. My friends and I spent an afternoon in AdventureDome and had a lot of fun! I hope they can keep it going and keep upgrading it. Please do more videos on Vegas attractions, I loved this one!
Fun fact: Rim Runner closed on Super Bowl Sunday 2013 and El Loco soft opened on Super Bowl Sunday 2014. "Welcome back, everyone!" was a fun running gag for most of the day.
I’ve been living in Las Vegas for 14 years and Adventuredome always gets me excited when I first go in. Every time I go, it feels like I’m back in my 8th grade field trip to this place, my first time going before I moved to Vegas, and when I tried to get my fear of loops. I’m actually gonna go tomorrow. I also remember fright dome. That was dope asf
i loved going to Circus Circus back in the 90's. I remember each hotel having some sort of Arcade room to entertain the kids. My personal favorites back then were Excalibur's own carnival themed play room, MGM had a nice arcade floor, as well as Luxor, New York New York and Treasure Island. Nowadays, you really can't find a hotel with a decent arcade room. Circus Circus stayed with this theme though. And as ghetto as it was to visit, nostalgia was always welcomed. At the Adventure dome i LOVED the Laser Tag arena.
Please do an episode on Gilroy Gardens! It has a very unique history. With it starting with a Disney like drive towards an amusement park, by the owner of a Local grocery store chain (Nob Hill Foods) Bonfonte was the man who the park was named after (before basing changed to Gilroy Gardens. Plus in the works is a full on amusement park!
I was born and raised in Las Vegas, and I remember when the city was more kid-friendly. I miss those days a lot. The Adventuredome will always hold a special place in my heart.
@@ExpeditionThemePark for the Luxor video, you can be like "you know who has a show at the Luxor? Chris Angel. He's a magician/illusionist. You know who else is? Lance Burton. He's in this clip..."
As always I love seeing the history behind all of these Vegas attractions that I would frequent when I lived there for a short time as a kid. It unlocks so many different memories I wasn’t sure were real! 🤣
It's fairly well kept, but I wish they could somehow squeeze one more roller coaster in it and have it be a launched coaster that goes throughout the dome.
grew up in Las Vegas had so many birthdays at adventure dome .it’s still a favorite of mine to bring memories in.it’s something my grandparents got married out way back in the 90s . It’s where I had many birthdays. Where next year I’ll be taking my son. Adventure dome truly has years of memories on Las Vegas that can’t be forgotten
Looking at the footage of circus circus, couldn't help but think of this quote: A drug person can learn to cope with things like seeing their dead grandmother crawling up their leg with a knife in her teeth. But no one should be asked to handle this trip.
all i can think about is being in middle school in 2014 and planning 12 hour saturdays with my friends spent entirely at the adventure dome!! our parents would drop us off around 12, and pick us up at 9 pm!! the place would be so packed with kids around our age, it was hard to walk in the crowds and there was always lines for everything, but it was so much fun! i had no idea all the rides are basically the original ones from the 1990s, that just proves this place has stood up against the test of time, like i said it was 2014 when i was going and it was packed! i’m entering my 20s now and i really hope they remodel and expand the space, vegas NEEDS a huge theme park! kids here have always complained that we need something else to do besides adventure dome and arcades, and if they build something, people will surely show up in huge numbers! instead of adding on more casinos (that are virtually all the same), they really need to look into developing something just outside the valley! i have no clue what the status of the land near Primm is, but that would be a perfect spot to build a huge theme park that’s easily accessible from the strip since it’s a straight shot down the freeway! loved this video!!
As a vegas native, I love all of these. Thank you for bringing back my childhood with these vegas videos. You have no idea how much these mean to me. Thank you.
Word from the casino staff is that the update plans include a third coaster. I saw engineering walling off taking measurements near the lift hill of the old plume ride, so there may be something to this.
Believe it or not, a lot of people are mad about that. Also that change happened two years ago now, and they always had the unlimited rides deal, the price for it was actually raised lol, used to be cheaper for the same deal
Good lord when I was a kid growing up in Vegas I went to adventure dome alllll the time. It was $24 dollars for an all day unlimited pass aka the wristband lol
It’s been that way for a few years now. Fright dome is more crazy expensive-but regular adventuredome has been $40 for some years now which always surprises people.
I love these Vegas videos because I remember this era so so well I was a kid and my parents were going to Vegas during this period this is the Vegas I remember. Now I know another one
The last time i was there. My brother, cousin, and myself decide to ride Rim Runner before the park closed and we got stuck right before the drop for 10 minutes. Fun times.
Those old Circus Circus commercials would have pulled me in, back in the day. It looks really fun! I love the balloon guy's shirt! That said 50 cent drinks for happy hour, crazy times!
I first visited Las Vegas in 1996, when I was 8 years old. My family only went to check out the casinos, specifically Fremont Street. However, we did visit Circus Circus and watched the trapeze show and hung out in the arcade area. I lived in Las Vegas two times during the 2000's and returned to Sin City in 2018 for the 3rd time. I haven't had time to visit The Adventuredome, work and trying to pay the bills. I remember going on the Rim Runner back in 2004, the park removed it for El Loco in 2014. During 2008, I created a record by riding Canyon Blaster 16 times in 2 hours before the park closed. After almost 10 years, now is the time for the park to expand the dome to add a new themed area and put in a new roller coaster.
I was at the Grand Slam Canyon in October, 1993. Didn't realize just how new it was at that time! There was a laser tag there that was fun, only the second time I had experienced that, with the first time being in Bristol, England a year earlier. Nice to see this place lives on 30 years later.
Adventuredome is very underrated, and is not a failure. El Loco took it to a new level! The unique thrill rides helped to round out the experience. Canyon Blaster is actually still as smooth as my first ride in 2007. My first visit to Circus Circus was in 1986. Then, I visited in 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016, 2017, 2019, and 2020. Each of those visits were quite special.
As a vegas local, the Star Trek experience and Adventure Dome will always hold special places in my heart. There was something so cool about eating in the Star Trek Experience's themed resturant, and walking through the halls of a starship in the borg ride. I miss it a lot. I'm glad I can still go to the Adventure Dome when I go home. Also, Area 15 is really cool now
When I went to Vegas when I was five, we ALMOST stayed at the Circus Circus. When we got there, we didn't have a resort to stay at yet so we just walked around until we picked one. My mom and I liked Circus Circus because I loved the arcade games and she liked how family-friendly it was. My dad wanted to stay at the now demolished Frontier...we ended up at the Frontier. And boy did it smell bad. The Frontier saw better days. Circus Circus thought of the box, they wanted to re-invent Vegas. And they did it. It reminds me of how Times Square was transformed from a rundown place ridden with crime and whatnot to a family-friendly tourist mecca.
Avery, when we were 8, Ben and I experienced Vegas during a family road trip. I remember seeing a fist fight with bloody noses outside the 4 Queens casino and having silver dollar pancakes for breakfast at the now defunct Silver Slipper casino. I also remember everything there smelling of cigarette smoke.
Growing up we went there often and adventure dome and the midway games were the best kid friendly entertainment available on the strip. Do the defunct merlin show at Excalibur!!
Back in the day Vegas was a great place to be cheap eats,good deals etc etc. Im born and raised here and Circus Circus is a great place to remind all what Vegas used to be. Allthough I rarely venture to the strip. But when we do we always visit Circus Circus a blast from the past !!!
Whenever I am in Vegas I always stay at Circus Circus. After the demolition d Sahara's it is the last place on the Strip with the old campy feel. I was last there 10 years ago and had fun on the rides, but it did feel a bit cramped in there.
When I was a kid back in the 90s, it was $25 entrance and unlimited rides, I remember going on the roller coaster at least 20 times, the water slide was the best, especially on those 125°F days because as the toboggan hit the water at the bottom you'd go through a tunnel, and the huge wave would just bounce off the tunnel walls and back onto you. Riders would show up wearing their bathing suits! It was fun!
Thanks for doing this, I have a lot of nostalgia for that place. I had hoped you would cover more about the Frightdome in particular, as it did have a couple good years. That place was a blast, completely fogged out and crawling with actors, Tons of haunts/mazes, overpriced drinks. It was a great time with the exception of the final year i attended. Just a complete letdown from previous years I have a lot of good memories of this place. The casino was one of the only ones that had newer cabinets for fighting games I played, although I'm pretty sure they moved them all to the Orleans eventually
Great video as always! Love this series as Vegas has such an interesting history also love how you always take time to reply to fans aswell, such a great channel
i remember when they introduced El Loco, there were soooo many commercials. Funny enough that they tried to draw in family friendly crowds with the adventure dome. i always thought circus circus looked kinda seedy and grodey. i've only been in there a few times. the halloween thing didn't help my willingness to go either haha, i'm a bit of a fraidy cat. i'm definitely going once the pandemic is over though. also had NO idea that the same company built the Luxor.
I'd love to see you cover the Vegas haunt scene. They don't have a -lot- of stuff (esp. now that Frightdome is done.) but what they have/had was pretty unique.
BRO, this is my childhood, we went for field trips in school. Where the fun was to all these places. Thank you so much for this trip down nostalgia lane. I dont live in Vegas anymore, but i did for 25 years. This just made my day. Thank you so much!
I need an episode on Fright Dome. Never been, but I’ve really connected with my kids over those Five Nights at Freddy’s games, and turns out Fright Dome has a maze in 2016. Hadn’t heard of it before then. Love the content, always watch as soon as I can when you post.
I went to fright dome that year and honestly? fnaf was easily the worst haunted house we went in that night. We followed our guide in a straight line the entire way and.... nothing happened? we would walk into the different rooms and things would be moving and there was a bunch going on and then it would all just turn off abruptly, intentionally, and that was about it? I was in the back of the line and the only remotely scary thing that happened was I felt something hit the back of my foot and i glanced back and saw an actor dressed up as a chicken? (I'm not familiar with the games idk what it was) but that was it. I got startled obviously but they paused in their step since they got too close to me and started shuffling behind me once there was enough distance between us but that was it. Allegedly it was supposed to be an interactive house but the guides stress that you have to stick with them the entire time and follow in a straight line because they would not turn back for you. And they meant it. There was no mention beforehand that we could touch anything, and it was a big no no to touch anything in the other houses so naturally we assumed the same rules applied. So yeah... unfortunately it was not a good maze. Absolutely nothing happened. It sets and costumes looked pretty spot on from what I've seen of the game so maybe fans would've appreciated it but yeah.... not a very good haunted house.
Bruh the drone in the intro is above my hotel treasure island. I can tell by the mirage and how my my view is directly looking at that hotel. Pretty cool tho!
I grew up in Las Vegas, born in the mid 80's. I had the joy of living in a place I LOVED surrounded by things to do and see as a child! The MGM theme park was a favorite. But the Adventuredome was very special. Being enclosed with the smells of the log flume ride and how terrifying the thundering roller coaster was because it felt so close! When I returned as an adult it was, naturally, a shadow of its former self, the dinosaurs were removed. I wish I could go back to LV.
I remember watching the commercials for the adventure dome while staying in the hotel. It never looked like fun. It always look dangerous to me. Like an amusement park from a goosebumps book.
“Hey kids. For just a dollar you can take a chance at knocking down all of these milk bottles. If you do, you can win one of these huge prizes” “Hey folks. For just $1.00 a spin, you can try to get the matching symbols on the screen, if you do, you could win our jackpot” Casinos don’t want to admit that they are just the arcade for adults, even though now you can actually play Plants vs Zombies or Candy Crush themed slot machines.
I stayed at Circus Circus when on vacation back in 2003. Me and my sister would spend the whole day in the dome as well as the midway/circus while my parents gambled! We had a blast! That was the only time ive gone to Vegas, but definitely want to go back!
It's because Las Vegas never really had the local population to sustain a theme park until 2010. Honestly, locals don't want to go to the Strip in order to enjoy a day out with the family. If they had built it in the suburbs away from the strip, locals would go. It would be like Disneyland in the way that more locals than tourists would be there on the regular. That's how it works with the 2 water Parks we have. Wetn Wild 2.0 on the Westside and Cowabunga Bay on the east side. Annual passes and locals all season long. I just wish those waterparks were indoors so they could be year round. One thing they got right with Adventure Dome was it being indoors.
I was a kid in the 90s visiting my dad every summer and we went to all these places. I have a ton of photos and videos from MGM's little theme park and plenty of nights spent at the Adventuredome with a friend who lived here. The nostalgia is REAL.
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I honestly think the Adventure Dome really was a good idea in concept. I think it's only major flaw (and indeed, the main thing that has prevented it from having any serious expansion) is the simple fact that they really don't have much space to work with... Even if they weren't bound by the glass dome, 5 acres is still a pretty small footprint for a full-scale amusement park, so it's pretty much impossible to add anything other than more flat rides without taking some stuff out. Maybe if they built a parking structure next to the dome specifically so they could get rid of the parking lot that currently sits under it, they could potentially expand the park *vertically* by building some new stuff below "floor level"... Like, maybe a dark ride or a 3rd roller coaster (4th if you count Miner Mike), perhaps?
Ok, I swear, when I went here one time, they had a VR version of the arcade game CarnEvil, I’m hoping people who go to the adventure dome can confirm or deny this, maybe I just saw it in the arcade and confused it with one of the VR ride thingies, I just need to put this to rest
They might have had that, but I haven't played any arcade games there yet. They have a huge arcade section, along with laser tag and like a secret agent-like laser room you have to navigate through.
It wasnt based off the game carnevil but it was very similar with evil clowns... It later became themed after the tv show reboot but i havent been in years and dont know if its still there
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I live in Vegas and even though Adventuredome isn't something I go to often, I do feel nostalgic when I go and it'll always be my home park
It deff has the nostalgia feeling
Same
Honestly as someone who grew up and Vegas and Adventure Dome was a relatively affordable option for a special fun day out with friends, this place was my Disneyland. Sure, it isn't much, but it'll always be close to me. Still so sad about the Rim Runner being gone, I was too chicken to ride El Loco and it's interesting that a lot of track from Rim inner had been left untouched (the lift hill is still there!)
Same, Adventure dome was my Disneyland. I would ask to go there at least once a week, and I love El Loco, but also sad about rim runner 😪
How do you resist the urge to go to the buffets?
I miss a lot about 90s & 2000s Vegas. Sinking ship at treasure island and Star Trek Experience being at the top of the list of things I miss most.
Agreed
All that and...I miss the cheap drinks, cheap rooms, emphasis on gambling and adult entertainment. Now it's just all about charging top dollar for minimum accommodations, luxury shopping, too family friendly.
@@youtuber9991 you can still get free drinks if youre gambling, or you do the trick us locals do and play 1 dollar and pretend to gamble (tip your waitress though!)
I LOVED the pirate show! Growing up, we stayed at Circus Circus so my brother and I had stuff to do (including all-day passes at the adventure dome), but we would pester our parents to go see the pirate show. The Siren show was good (more comedic), but I was a little heartbroken to see it's no more.
@@ghosthardware9050 True, but on the strip they don't make it to the cheap slots very often and the tables are like $5-10 minimum. I miss the days where you could get drinks for like $1-3 all around the strip.
As someone who grew up in Las Vegas in the 1990s, I’m glad all of these family attractions existed. They may not have attracted the tourists they were meant to, but they sure made being a kid in Las Vegas at that time something special.
“Fright dome” single handedly saved circus circus. Not sure why they scrapped it
It didn't "save" anything, it just gave them a great boost in October every year.
From what I understand, the event was put on by an outside producer who paid Circus Circus a fee or did a profit split and there were issues between the two entities.
@@trevler yes, and last year, that producer did a separate event at a nearby venue “Fright Ride”
Fright domes closure was actually really interesting. The owner was basically kicked out for taking alot of money for a saw themed escape room. Fright domes budget became zero, so the guy moved on.
Last year he did fright ride, which was his storage facility, and all the old props. It was fun but short, but definitely over priced
Oh man I didnt know Frightdome closed. I really wanted to do that one year!
Tbh growing up in Vegas adventure some was the most amazing thing we would wear the wristbands until they fell off so then we could flex on other kids. God I love Adventure/Fright Dome
The dream ha
You’d imagine Vegas would be the obvious place for a huge theme/amusement park and water park complex, but for some reason there isn’t one.
Exactly
There are 2 wet n wilds on each side of the valley.
It seems they don’t like to put much that won’t lead back to the hotels and casinos on the strip.
Right!
@@johngriswold4303 for Houston, I really think they should bring back Astroworld. I mean, definitely not right now, but once things have calmed down definitely. Traffic would be hell though
Ad someone who was born and raised in Vegas, Adventure Dome was my entire childhood. I was really happy to see this come across my page.
same here dude
How is it like to regulary life in Vegas?
I've been in Vegas since 97
@@internetkurator9256 Vegas in my opinion is an awesome city. I don't go to the strip until friends come visit. (So it doesn't get old). Infrastructure is new. Winter and spring are great. Summer sucks. Lol. I just would recommend getting a job that doesn't revolve solely on tourism. So you don't have to worry about recessions, etc. Vegas is a normal city outside the major tourist areas. Also have a reliable car. AC is a must during June/July/August.
Sad news for everyone watching this, they’ve finally torn down part of the boathouse that has stayed up even after they got rid of Rim Runner, and they’re taking down Miner Mike as well, but we’re getting a new family coaster and teacups!
I think Rim Runner was cool but WAY too big for that small space. I could have seen a long flume though!
that is yet to arrive isn’t it?
I love how you put in old commercials. I wish there was a place that just showed old Vegas commercials.
a few CZcams channels have a good amount.
Gotta do an episode on the Las Vegas wet and wild! Stoked for the Luxor episode haha
I will 😚
My twin and I received free all access passes to the Luxor Grand opening and including all the rides and arcades for scholastic achievement in 6th grade,,unfortunately we moved to Denver and got them well after the event ool
I had a lot of fun at the wet and wild on the Strip. We moved out of Vegas right before GSC opened.
Loved that place.
Wet n wild was awesome. The new one isn’t even close.
I wasn’t aware that Circus Circus was originally built in the 1960s! I thought the building that is there now and which was built in the 1990s was the original one.
Yep! One of the few remaining old locations. Thanks for watching!
That's wildly dumb of you to think.
@@clvrswine Your CZcams channel only has four subscribers. Mine has over 368,000. LOL
Hunter S. Thompson mentioned it in his book
@@AbandonedMines11 ooo 2 of some of my 2 favorite channels in one comments section, anywho, would you explore some abandoned shaft in the Midwest, like coal mines?
Canyon blaster is smooth as glass btw, just it has typical arrow transitions. Still a fun ride 28 years later
I can't believe it's been 28 years I first rode it in 1996
As a born & raised Nevadan, I really appreciate these videos. I’m not a super nostalgic person or anything but this made me realize how much I miss 90s-00s Vegas.
I was obsessed with the Adventuredome when I was a kid. I wanted to go so bad, but I remember the attractions being way too expensive so we couldn't do it.
Yeah, and there was not many!
Same here! I was always jealous of the other kids who were able to go, especially since it felt like there wasnt much else to do growing up out here back then
Don’t know how it’s too expensive-at least recently an all day pass is only $30 from what I remember
The prices now are $60 a person!!
Please do more Vegas videos! It's one of my favorite places--it's entertainment and amusement made manifest--and I love learning about its history. I had been four times in four years but the pandemic ruined my streak. Videos like this are like a vacation and time machine all in one!
I will for sure!
This upcoming trip in December will be my 8th trip in 6 years 9th trip total. I didn't let the pandemic ruin my streak lol. I went for July 4th, 2020, and twice in 2021
yes, i was there back in the day when MGM Grand had their Amusement park.
The good ole days
I really loved that one, too. One summer my family got to do the MGM and Adventuredome and it was great.
I had no idea mom had that
omg that MGM park was THE BEST!!! i miss it so much D; i still have photos of me and my aunt on the roller coaster ride D; good times
“Who needs a Velocicoaster?” Me, I need to ride it right now
Well me too, just kidding :D
Nothing to do with Vegas 🤔💭
Adventure Dome has one of the last Chance Inverters & Chaos' still in operation. All rides are kept in pretty good condition. Canyon Blaster is still very smooth especially for it being an Arrow coaster. El Loco is being neglected.
I went to Vegas in 2015 and stayed at Circus Circus. My friends and I spent an afternoon in AdventureDome and had a lot of fun! I hope they can keep it going and keep upgrading it.
Please do more videos on Vegas attractions, I loved this one!
Fun fact: Rim Runner closed on Super Bowl Sunday 2013 and El Loco soft opened on Super Bowl Sunday 2014. "Welcome back, everyone!" was a fun running gag for most of the day.
9:25 So you're telling me... they built a Southwest themed theme park in the already Southwest themed Southwest?
Exactly! Makes perfect sense
It's like building a California themed park in California
I’ve been living in Las Vegas for 14 years and Adventuredome always gets me excited when I first go in. Every time I go, it feels like I’m back in my 8th grade field trip to this place, my first time going before I moved to Vegas, and when I tried to get my fear of loops. I’m actually gonna go tomorrow. I also remember fright dome. That was dope asf
The history of Fright Dome needs its own episode!
Could be a cool haunts episode !
I agree with that
@@ExpeditionThemePark agreed! There needs to be a Fright Dome history video. It'd be a great watch
I was a actor at frightdome the last 2 years of you want to any info
Please make a fright dome video!!!! Best haunted attraction ever! I miss it 😭
as someone who lives in las vegas, this video has brought back many memories of visits to the Adventuredome. Thank you!
i loved going to Circus Circus back in the 90's. I remember each hotel having some sort of Arcade room to entertain the kids. My personal favorites back then were Excalibur's own carnival themed play room, MGM had a nice arcade floor, as well as Luxor, New York New York and Treasure Island. Nowadays, you really can't find a hotel with a decent arcade room. Circus Circus stayed with this theme though. And as ghetto as it was to visit, nostalgia was always welcomed. At the Adventure dome i LOVED the Laser Tag arena.
Please do an episode on Gilroy Gardens! It has a very unique history. With it starting with a Disney like drive towards an amusement park, by the owner of a Local grocery store chain (Nob Hill Foods) Bonfonte was the man who the park was named after (before basing changed to Gilroy Gardens. Plus in the works is a full on amusement park!
I was born and raised in Las Vegas, and I remember when the city was more kid-friendly. I miss those days a lot. The Adventuredome will always hold a special place in my heart.
Ooh try doing the shark reef aquarium at the Mandalay Bay hotel and casino.
Good idea
In addition try The Mirage "Siegfried and Roy's Secret Garden and Dolphin Habitat.
This Las Vegas series has been so good!!!
That closed???
Temporary closed.
The Adventure-Dome. "The bored may enter, only the fun may leave."
Yet another smooth transition to that Desperado clip. Impressive how much use you're getting out of it. :')
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@@ExpeditionThemePark for the Luxor video, you can be like "you know who has a show at the Luxor? Chris Angel. He's a magician/illusionist. You know who else is? Lance Burton. He's in this clip..."
@@ATalkingBadger saving that for later ,😆
That was great. I've been fascinated by Circus Circus ever since Diamonds Are Forever in 1971
Thank you
As always I love seeing the history behind all of these Vegas attractions that I would frequent when I lived there for a short time as a kid. It unlocks so many different memories I wasn’t sure were real! 🤣
Thank you so much for watching!
Oh the memories!
I think they need to do a renovation on it.
agreed!
It's fairly well kept, but I wish they could somehow squeeze one more roller coaster in it and have it be a launched coaster that goes throughout the dome.
As long as they keep Canyon Blaster and El Loco, I'd be okay with that.
grew up in Las Vegas had so many birthdays at adventure dome .it’s still a favorite of mine to bring memories in.it’s something my grandparents got married out way back in the 90s . It’s where I had many birthdays. Where next year I’ll be taking my son. Adventure dome truly has years of memories on Las Vegas that can’t be forgotten
I’ve had to watch this again tonight as I’ve just seen my friends Vlog who was here this week. Love this place.
Looking at the footage of circus circus, couldn't help but think of this quote:
A drug person can learn to cope with things like seeing their dead grandmother crawling up their leg with a knife in her teeth. But no one should be asked to handle this trip.
Huh
Hunter S. Thompson. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas .
I genuinely miss MGM Grand Adventures so much. It was an amazing little theme park.
It was - I worked there from opening in 93 through various times during the following years
all i can think about is being in middle school in 2014 and planning 12 hour saturdays with my friends spent entirely at the adventure dome!! our parents would drop us off around 12, and pick us up at 9 pm!! the place would be so packed with kids around our age, it was hard to walk in the crowds and there was always lines for everything, but it was so much fun! i had no idea all the rides are basically the original ones from the 1990s, that just proves this place has stood up against the test of time, like i said it was 2014 when i was going and it was packed! i’m entering my 20s now and i really hope they remodel and expand the space, vegas NEEDS a huge theme park! kids here have always complained that we need something else to do besides adventure dome and arcades, and if they build something, people will surely show up in huge numbers! instead of adding on more casinos (that are virtually all the same), they really need to look into developing something just outside the valley! i have no clue what the status of the land near Primm is, but that would be a perfect spot to build a huge theme park that’s easily accessible from the strip since it’s a straight shot down the freeway! loved this video!!
As a vegas native, I love all of these. Thank you for bringing back my childhood with these vegas videos. You have no idea how much these mean to me. Thank you.
Thank you so much for watching.
same here
As a longtime vacationer there, I remember this..:) Nopty my childhood but my adulthood!
Word from the casino staff is that the update plans include a third coaster. I saw engineering walling off taking measurements near the lift hill of the old plume ride, so there may be something to this.
Hope so!!
@@ExpeditionThemePark i did see some tools near the flume lift
From what I've read well doing my research on supposedly chance rides made a video for Minecart roller coaster
i’m hopefully going easter weekend, i’ll let y’all know if i see anything!
@@lorraine7474 went yesterday April 2 for my birthday and saw cranes in the area they added a new ride called nebula or something like that
i went here 2 days ago and they actually JUST changed it so it's $40 for unlimited rides. No more paying per individual rides!
oh that is awesome! Need to get that deal
Believe it or not, a lot of people are mad about that. Also that change happened two years ago now, and they always had the unlimited rides deal, the price for it was actually raised lol, used to be cheaper for the same deal
Good lord when I was a kid growing up in Vegas I went to adventure dome alllll the time. It was $24 dollars for an all day unlimited pass aka the wristband lol
It’s been that way for a few years now.
Fright dome is more crazy expensive-but regular adventuredome has been $40 for some years now which always surprises people.
@@lexi4booksilovebenji Well if it's been any amount of time since you were a kid sounds like it's about the same price considering inflation.
I love these Vegas videos because I remember this era so so well I was a kid and my parents were going to Vegas during this period this is the Vegas I remember. Now I know another one
I love Adventuredome! So many great memories there.
A classic
Can’t wait for Luxor and would love to see Excalibur!
Coming soon! :)
The last time i was there. My brother, cousin, and myself decide to ride Rim Runner before the park closed and we got stuck right before the drop for 10 minutes. Fun times.
Good times! now it is gone
Those old Circus Circus commercials would have pulled me in, back in the day. It looks really fun! I love the balloon guy's shirt! That said 50 cent drinks for happy hour, crazy times!
I first visited Las Vegas in 1996, when I was 8 years old. My family only went to check out the casinos, specifically Fremont Street. However, we did visit Circus Circus and watched the trapeze show and hung out in the arcade area. I lived in Las Vegas two times during the 2000's and returned to Sin City in 2018 for the 3rd time. I haven't had time to visit The Adventuredome, work and trying to pay the bills. I remember going on the Rim Runner back in 2004, the park removed it for El Loco in 2014. During 2008, I created a record by riding Canyon Blaster 16 times in 2 hours before the park closed. After almost 10 years, now is the time for the park to expand the dome to add a new themed area and put in a new roller coaster.
Honestly as a millennial that has no interest in gambling I am surprised I have never heard of The Adventure Dome. It looks very fun.
Yeah! Time to go
Born and raised in Vegas. My parents worked at circus circus for more than 30 years. I worked at the midway games for 2 years
I was at the Grand Slam Canyon in October, 1993. Didn't realize just how new it was at that time!
There was a laser tag there that was fun, only the second time I had experienced that, with the first time being in Bristol, England a year earlier. Nice to see this place lives on 30 years later.
Please cover more Vegas!! I live here ❤️
I will!
Oh he will... just so he can play that Desperado video again...
Adventuredome is very underrated, and is not a failure. El Loco took it to a new level! The unique thrill rides helped to round out the experience. Canyon Blaster is actually still as smooth as my first ride in 2007.
My first visit to Circus Circus was in 1986. Then, I visited in 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016, 2017, 2019, and 2020. Each of those visits were quite special.
From an outsider, its great to see they just went for it no matter the cost and created a unique experience, would never happen over here!
As a vegas local, the Star Trek experience and Adventure Dome will always hold special places in my heart. There was something so cool about eating in the Star Trek Experience's themed resturant, and walking through the halls of a starship in the borg ride. I miss it a lot. I'm glad I can still go to the Adventure Dome when I go home. Also, Area 15 is really cool now
When I went to Vegas when I was five, we ALMOST stayed at the Circus Circus. When we got there, we didn't have a resort to stay at yet so we just walked around until we picked one. My mom and I liked Circus Circus because I loved the arcade games and she liked how family-friendly it was. My dad wanted to stay at the now demolished Frontier...we ended up at the Frontier. And boy did it smell bad. The Frontier saw better days.
Circus Circus thought of the box, they wanted to re-invent Vegas. And they did it. It reminds me of how Times Square was transformed from a rundown place ridden with crime and whatnot to a family-friendly tourist mecca.
Exactly! At least it still exists today
Avery, when we were 8, Ben and I experienced Vegas during a family road trip. I remember seeing a fist fight with bloody noses outside the 4 Queens casino and having silver dollar pancakes for breakfast at the now defunct Silver Slipper casino. I also remember everything there smelling of cigarette smoke.
I’m pretty sure Times Square is run down and crime ridden again
Growing up we went there often and adventure dome and the midway games were the best kid friendly entertainment available on the strip. Do the defunct merlin show at Excalibur!!
It's on my list!
That crazy bus ride still traumatizes my dreams 30 years later
Back in the day Vegas was a great place to be cheap eats,good deals etc etc. Im born and raised here and Circus Circus is a great place to remind all what Vegas used to be. Allthough I rarely venture to the strip. But when we do we always visit Circus Circus a blast from the past !!!
Whenever I am in Vegas I always stay at Circus Circus. After the demolition d Sahara's it is the last place on the Strip with the old campy feel. I was last there 10 years ago and had fun on the rides, but it did feel a bit cramped in there.
Hey at least it's back also they didn't demolish it they just renovated it
Keep the content up bro your such a refreshing breath of air on youtube
Thank you so much
When I was a kid back in the 90s, it was $25 entrance and unlimited rides, I remember going on the roller coaster at least 20 times, the water slide was the best, especially on those 125°F days because as the toboggan hit the water at the bottom you'd go through a tunnel, and the huge wave would just bounce off the tunnel walls and back onto you. Riders would show up wearing their bathing suits! It was fun!
Love that you used clips form diamonds are forever! Such a Great time capsule of old Vegas.
Thanks for doing this, I have a lot of nostalgia for that place. I had hoped you would cover more about the Frightdome in particular, as it did have a couple good years. That place was a blast, completely fogged out and crawling with actors, Tons of haunts/mazes, overpriced drinks. It was a great time with the exception of the final year i attended. Just a complete letdown from previous years
I have a lot of good memories of this place. The casino was one of the only ones that had newer cabinets for fighting games I played, although I'm pretty sure they moved them all to the Orleans eventually
I actually didn't cover much about the Frightdome to leave the optipn open for a dedicated Expedition Haunts in the future
I am a fan
Of the park?
@@ExpeditionThemePark Of you. (☞ﾟヮﾟ)☞
@@Twicken17 exactlyヾ(ﾟ∀ﾟゞ)
I'm also a fan
Which brand 🌬🌪
Great video as always! Love this series as Vegas has such an interesting history also love how you always take time to reply to fans aswell, such a great channel
Thank you so much! I really appreciate it
Thanks for the awesome memories back to my childhood! All of these videos!
i remember when they introduced El Loco, there were soooo many commercials.
Funny enough that they tried to draw in family friendly crowds with the adventure dome. i always thought circus circus looked kinda seedy and grodey. i've only been in there a few times. the halloween thing didn't help my willingness to go either haha, i'm a bit of a fraidy cat.
i'm definitely going once the pandemic is over though.
also had NO idea that the same company built the Luxor.
ahh I love a Halloween event!
I'd love to see you cover the Vegas haunt scene. They don't have a -lot- of stuff (esp. now that Frightdome is done.) but what they have/had was pretty unique.
In the future I will
I’ve been waiting for this video from you for years!! Thank you!
Hope you enjoyed it
BRO, this is my childhood, we went for field trips in school. Where the fun was to all these places. Thank you so much for this trip down nostalgia lane. I dont live in Vegas anymore, but i did for 25 years. This just made my day. Thank you so much!
I need an episode on Fright Dome. Never been, but I’ve really connected with my kids over those Five Nights at Freddy’s games, and turns out Fright Dome has a maze in 2016. Hadn’t heard of it before then. Love the content, always watch as soon as I can when you post.
I went to fright dome that year and honestly? fnaf was easily the worst haunted house we went in that night. We followed our guide in a straight line the entire way and.... nothing happened? we would walk into the different rooms and things would be moving and there was a bunch going on and then it would all just turn off abruptly, intentionally, and that was about it? I was in the back of the line and the only remotely scary thing that happened was I felt something hit the back of my foot and i glanced back and saw an actor dressed up as a chicken? (I'm not familiar with the games idk what it was) but that was it. I got startled obviously but they paused in their step since they got too close to me and started shuffling behind me once there was enough distance between us but that was it. Allegedly it was supposed to be an interactive house but the guides stress that you have to stick with them the entire time and follow in a straight line because they would not turn back for you. And they meant it. There was no mention beforehand that we could touch anything, and it was a big no no to touch anything in the other houses so naturally we assumed the same rules applied. So yeah... unfortunately it was not a good maze. Absolutely nothing happened. It sets and costumes looked pretty spot on from what I've seen of the game so maybe fans would've appreciated it but yeah.... not a very good haunted house.
I like how this guy talks, its like the teacher everyone likes.
amazing job on the videos they're a treat to watch.
Thank you haha!
I’m from Las Vegas! My dad also works here, This was like THE place Every birthday party for me growing up, that water ride tho stank like poopoo
Bruh the drone in the intro is above my hotel treasure island. I can tell by the mirage and how my my view is directly looking at that hotel. Pretty cool tho!
"It's getting pinker by the day" was that really a selling point?
Haha no during the construction
It would be for me!
The pink is iconic too me.
Along with Disneyland Paris and MGM Grand Adventures, this was the one of the first parks I saw under construction. Awesome video
Thank you so much !
I grew up in Las Vegas, born in the mid 80's. I had the joy of living in a place I LOVED surrounded by things to do and see as a child! The MGM theme park was a favorite. But the Adventuredome was very special. Being enclosed with the smells of the log flume ride and how terrifying the thundering roller coaster was because it felt so close! When I returned as an adult it was, naturally, a shadow of its former self, the dinosaurs were removed. I wish I could go back to LV.
yeah it is a shame that the lack of space did that
Been waiting for this! Thanks a bunch!!!
Hope you enjoy
I remember watching the commercials for the adventure dome while staying in the hotel. It never looked like fun. It always look dangerous to me. Like an amusement park from a goosebumps book.
Horror Land ha
"Kids & gambling don't really mix."
We keep telling this to video game publishers, but they won't listen.
“Hey kids. For just a dollar you can take a chance at knocking down all of these milk bottles. If you do, you can win one of these huge prizes”
“Hey folks. For just $1.00 a spin, you can try to get the matching symbols on the screen, if you do, you could win our jackpot”
Casinos don’t want to admit that they are just the arcade for adults, even though now you can actually play Plants vs Zombies or Candy Crush themed slot machines.
I stayed at Circus Circus when on vacation back in 2003. Me and my sister would spend the whole day in the dome as well as the midway/circus while my parents gambled! We had a blast! That was the only time ive gone to Vegas, but definitely want to go back!
Yes to more vegas coverage!!! Cover everything in Vegas!
Desperado oh here we go agian. Can’t complain it still funny
Always ha
Really good episode! Could you go over the recent drama between Egan Entertainment (who produced the fright dome) and MGM in a future episode?
I hope to cover it in a stand alone episode one day
If you had your Adventuredome wristband on still at school the next day, that was the biggest flex back in the day 🤣
Definitely one of my favourite youtube channels, videos are so well put together! Deserves way more subs✌️
Thank you so much
Where's the video on the Luxor?
La Vegas seems to have some worst record for theme parks. It’s blows my mind.
So bad! haha
I grew up in Vegas and I wholeheartedly agree. It was almost depressing. Luckily Magic Mountain is like four hours away.
Awful record just awful
It's because Las Vegas never really had the local population to sustain a theme park until 2010. Honestly, locals don't want to go to the Strip in order to enjoy a day out with the family. If they had built it in the suburbs away from the strip, locals would go. It would be like Disneyland in the way that more locals than tourists would be there on the regular. That's how it works with the 2 water Parks we have. Wetn Wild 2.0 on the Westside and Cowabunga Bay on the east side. Annual passes and locals all season long. I just wish those waterparks were indoors so they could be year round. One thing they got right with Adventure Dome was it being indoors.
Maybe it's time to change that 🤔
Another brilliant video. Well written and presented, very informative too. keep it up, these are great
Thank you so much.
I was a kid in the 90s visiting my dad every summer and we went to all these places. I have a ton of photos and videos from MGM's little theme park and plenty of nights spent at the Adventuredome with a friend who lived here. The nostalgia is REAL.
Next Sunday Would you do the History of Incredicoaster/California Screamin Disney California Adventure and Look for Davidjellis, Sean Flaherty and Pixar Fan327 Expedition Theme Park
One day but not anytime soon. Maybe later this year
Finally a video about my home amusement park
Hope you enjoy!
I honestly think the Adventure Dome really was a good idea in concept.
I think it's only major flaw (and indeed, the main thing that has prevented it from having any serious expansion) is the simple fact that they really don't have much space to work with... Even if they weren't bound by the glass dome, 5 acres is still a pretty small footprint for a full-scale amusement park, so it's pretty much impossible to add anything other than more flat rides without taking some stuff out.
Maybe if they built a parking structure next to the dome specifically so they could get rid of the parking lot that currently sits under it, they could potentially expand the park *vertically* by building some new stuff below "floor level"... Like, maybe a dark ride or a 3rd roller coaster (4th if you count Miner Mike), perhaps?
I loved that place as a kid and teen. Especially during October in the first few years they started doing fright dome.
@1:01 this is actually pretty terrifying 😬😂
nightmare fuel
@@ExpeditionThemePark 😂
Ok, I swear, when I went here one time, they had a VR version of the arcade game CarnEvil, I’m hoping people who go to the adventure dome can confirm or deny this, maybe I just saw it in the arcade and confused it with one of the VR ride thingies, I just need to put this to rest
I'm not sure about that sorry!
They might have had that, but I haven't played any arcade games there yet. They have a huge arcade section, along with laser tag and like a secret agent-like laser room you have to navigate through.
Carnevil is a standard light gun arcade game from Midway. More than likely it's there.
It wasnt based off the game carnevil but it was very similar with evil clowns... It later became themed after the tv show reboot but i havent been in years and dont know if its still there
I had my daughters 6th birthday at the Adventurdome, we had a great time. I remember going when I was a kid, and had just as much fun ! Great video
Dude these videos really bring me back to my childhood. Thank you.