Willowbrook iirc

Boo Weekley said:

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Jock 07 said:

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If we're taking stroll down memory lane, how bout physical whimsical in Willowbrook?

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Hellya, best birthday spot in the world.

Wasn't it in Gunspoint though?

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There was one in Willowbrook next to where the fiesta is.

The one I remember going to was in sharpstown.

Boo Weekley said:

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third coast.. said:

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maaaaan you just brought back tons of memories from cypress growing up. what about games people play down 1960 kind of by champions? from what I hear, willowbrook, and to a further extent that Cinemark across the street, are dumpster places full of people you don't necessarily want to be shopping/watching movies around.

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Games People Play was a hidden gem. Those water slides didn't seem very safe though.

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A dude I work with went down one of those and lost his upper four front teeth.

The middle slide had the tunnel where you could climb up on the side and scare the next person behind you.

Compaq rented it out a few times. Was glorious as at least once all the food was free. Good times.

We had summer passes as well in the mid 80s. So much fun.

third coast.. said:

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maaaaan you just brought back tons of memories from cypress growing up. what about games people play down 1960 kind of by champions? from what I hear, willowbrook, and to a further extent that Cinemark across the street, are dumpster places full of people you don't necessarily want to be shopping/watching movies around.

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I remember it well.

We used to play ping pong with the mall...kids would get kicked out of our spot, the mall, and (rarely) the cinemark. You'd spend half the night just identifying the trouble makers and sharing intel with mall security.

No one from the lief repping Fame City?

Boo Weekley said:

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Jock 07 said:

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If we're taking stroll down memory lane, how bout physical whimsical in Willowbrook?

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Hellya, best birthday spot in the world.

Wasn't it in Gunspoint though?

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Best Physically whimsical was Nathan's PW in Sharpstown and then the PW in San Jacinto Mall.

HL&P/Reliant/Centerpoint used to rent out Astroworld too. I guess it's still around.

we shlepped in from Katy

HeightsAg said:

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No one from the lief repping Fame City?

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Mission Bend representing (fort bend side)! Had a fame city water works season pass once or twice as well.

HeightsAg said:

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No one from the lief repping Fame City?

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Worked at Fame City waterpark in 1991 and 1992, fun place to work.

You recall a tall fella named Lincoln?

T Durden said:

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You recall a tall fella named Lincoln?

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Sounds familiar.

Sharpstown PW & Fame City

Stacy_L_Jones said:

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Before I was in real estate I worked in entertainment...Mountasia (opened Willowbrook in '94), Malibu Grand Prix, Laserquest....one of the toughest parts of the job was keeping it free of the "local neighborhood social clubs and chemical engineering entrepreneurs". Pricing is one aspect of it, but you've got to have a dedicated mindset that will spend and do what it takes to keep the park clean.

The amount of money you'd spend just on security for a park the size of Astroworld is mind boggling.

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I used to frequent that Mountasia in high school. It had one of the nicest DDR machines in town plus Time Crisis 3!!!

So es Keemas the new but esmaller Astroworld?

Defunct land is a really great series and would recommend watching all the episodes.

As for undesirables, there's a reason Disney World single day passes are now $120 ($175 for Park Hopper).

schmendeler said:

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Boo Weekley said:

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Jock 07 said:

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If we're taking stroll down memory lane, how bout physical whimsical in Willowbrook?

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Hellya, best birthday spot in the world.

Wasn't it in Gunspoint though?

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There was one in Willowbrook next to where the fiesta is.

The one I remember going to was in sharpstown.

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Doh, Sharpstine is what I meant. Never went to the Willowbrook one.

We had passed the summer of 79. We would get dropped off with $2 each for the day, which usually went for skeeball. Food and water? Nah! There were fountains, and you could always get a cup of ice for free. Seemed to work for us.

One day I made a mistake of talking about my season pass among the wrong crowd, and when we were walking alone out toward our pickup spot on Kirby, this Mexican thug in training physically attacked me saying he wanted my pass. Difference in those days, though, was that there were always people around, families, and someone broke up this attack before it went too far. Punk ran off, but was caught down the street a little while later. From then on I didn't talk about my pass.

I do miss that place, but as it was in the 70s and early 80s, not what it became the last time I went with my then 12-yr-old son back in 2004.

Greased Lightening in the front row was sheer greatness. I remember one Holiday in the Park night around 1989ish the park was empty and i had the time of my life riding in the front of GL about 20 straight times. No wait.

I always told myself if i became super rich id buy Greased Lightening and put it in my back yard once Astroworld closed down. Unfortunately city code wont allow me to follow that dream. Ya thats the reason...city code

isn't immigration great?

IDaggie06 said:

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isn't immigration great?

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Yes it is because most of us wouldn't be here without it.

HeightsAg said:

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IDaggie06 said:

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isn't immigration great?

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Yes it is because most of us wouldn't be here without it.

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Yes because modern day immigration is similar to 1900's immigration

Maybe you should be more specific then instead of making a blanket statement. Are you anti-immigration in general or just anti-illegal immigration? Is immigration okay if the people who come over are carefully vetted and are generally desirable? And how do you feel about Katrina refugees? Not immigration but large scale migration. On second thought, you know what? Actually, nobody gives a eff - we are just trying to reminiscence about growing up in Houston. Not everything has to be political.

Orlando Ayala Cant Read said:

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Greased Lightening in the front row was sheer greatness. I remember one Holiday in the Park night around 1989ish the park was empty and i had the time of my life riding in the front of GL about 20 straight times. No wait.

I always told myself if i became super rich id buy Greased Lightening and put it in my back yard once Astroworld closed down. Unfortunately city code wont allow me to follow that dream. Ya thats the reason...city code

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We went to Astroworld the last day it was open. The last ride we rode was Greased Lighting - since we were the last group before closing they sent us twice in a row, and then they shut down. Based on what the vid said, since demo started the next day we may have been the last group to ride it.

It was such a simple yet fun coaster.

HeightsAg said:

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Maybe you should be more specific then instead of making a blanket statement. Are you anti-immigration in general or just anti-illegal immigration? Is immigration okay if the people who come over are carefully vetted and are generally desirable? And how do you feel about Katrina refugees? Not immigration but large scale migration. On second thought, you know what? Actually, nobody gives a eff - we are just trying to reminiscence about growing up in Houston. Not everything has to be political.

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Reminiscing on a thread titled "the decline of Astroworld" seems to naturally lead to a discussion about what everyone knows did it in.

third coast.. said:

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i wonder how many future texaggers passed each other in day to day life in cypress back in the day haha

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I think you're a few years older than me, but we definitely could have crossed paths at some point. I graduated from Falls in 04, had lots of friends at Fair, JV, and Langham. Definitely spent a lot of time at Willowbrook Mall, Mountasia, the AMC 24, etc.

Splashway in Sheridan has a good thing going. Far enough out in the country where no big city trash will hardly ever drive out to. It's Christian based with family values (no alcoholic beverages, no cussing, etc).... sad part is is it won't last forever like this

No booze? **** that

how is no booze a family value? if you're going to be stuck in a water park with kids, you're gonna need to drink to dull the pain.

Y'all are already making their point of one easy way on keeping people out and limiting their crowds

You can clean out sunscreen bottles and fill em up with fortified essence of corn/potato/rye. Just don't drink it straight from the bottle. People look at you funny.

dahouse said:

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People look at you funny.

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I'm used to that by now