Fame City Waterworks

Wolfpac 08 said:

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Wet 'n Wild

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This is about waterparks. Leave my wife out of this.

The hottest coolest time in Texas.!! Ralph was awesome too.

southernboy1 said:

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The hottest coolest time in Texas.!! Ralph was awesome too.

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I remember that jingle.

I love Schlitterbahn . . . . there's never a line for the bathroom.

MouthBQ98 said:

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There also used to be a "Games people play" entertainment park that had a mini water park built in, and we basically took it over for church camp a few times and they actually let us "supervise" ourselves, effectively. Bad idea.

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The Sawmill waterslide was legit.

I was coming here to post Fame City Waterworks or GTFO

Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom in Allentown. PA!

This place was the bomb. We would do the morning at Dorney Park and then the afternoon at Wildwater.
Ride home 40 minutes so sunburned and tired.

nai06 said:

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If you're ever in Florida, Weeki Wachee Springs is still around and pretty fun. Last time I was there I went swimming in the springs and a bunch of manatees just swam up to hang out. It was a really cool experience. They also have a vintage Mold-A-Rama souvenir machine.

https://weekiwachee.com/

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So I confirmed with Mama TCR, and she did indeed take me there on our Florida trip when I was 6. That would have been 1978.

I've always known about it, and the Bellamy Brothers mention it in a song, and I wanted to take my kiddo there. I must have just drove right past it when I was in that area last.

Now I've got to plan a trip.

AggieArchitect04 said:

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This was THE SPOT in Midland during the 80s/90s.



Now it looks like a third world country. Not sure if renovations ever actually happened. I think it's been completely bulldozed now.

https://www.mrt.com/news/article/Renovations-begin-to-take-shape-at-Water-13488126.php

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How did I never hear about this? Where was it and when did it close?

wangus12 said:

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Ragoo said:

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RIP old school Schlitterbahn

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Wait what happened to Schlitterbahn

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It's much bigger now. Still awesome, but it's doesn't feel like it used to.

AW96 said:

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nai06 said:

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If you're ever in Florida, Weeki Wachee Springs is still around and pretty fun. Last time I was there I went swimming in the springs and a bunch of manatees just swam up to hang out. It was a really cool experience. They also have a vintage Mold-A-Rama souvenir machine.

https://weekiwachee.com/

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Speaking of Mold-A-Rama, we were just at the San Antonio Zoo last week and they still have a few of these machines. My daughter made some about 5 years ago on another trip there. They have a QR code you can scan that takes you to their website. Not many locations left- mostly in the Midwest and this one in San Antonio. I didn't see the Florida location you spoke of listed, so I wonder if it's still running. Here's the link:
https://mold-a-rama.com/machine-locations-in-venue/

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They used to have one of these at the observation deck of the old Humble Building in downtown Houston. It was the tallest building in Houston, and the tallest building West of the Mississippi. I rememebr my older brothers getting one of these made at the machine for .50 cents. I still remeber how hot it was when it came out of the machine, and how it smelled the same even years later.

https://moldville.arcade-museum.com/45--humble-oil-building.html

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AggieArchitect04 said:

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This was THE SPOT in Midland during the 80s/90s.



Now it looks like a third world country. Not sure if renovations ever actually happened. I think it's been completely bulldozed now.

https://www.mrt.com/news/article/Renovations-begin-to-take-shape-at-Water-13488126.php

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How did I never hear about this? Where was it and when did it close?

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It was between Midland and Odessa on old Highway 80 (closer to Odessa but in Midland County. Closed many, many years ago.