Remembering Miracle Strip Amusement Park - Panama City Beach, FL
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 30 ก.ค. 2008
- This is a slideshow presentation of the now defunct Miracle Strip Amusement Park, that was built in 1963 and was operated until September 5, 2004. This classic beachside park was located directly across the street from Shipwreck Island water park, which was owned by Miracle Strip as well. After 41 years of family fun, Miracle Strip sold the park's land, but kept Shipwreck Island open. The investors who purchased the land wanted to build condominiums overlooking Panama City Beach, but went bankrupt. Now the park just sits there abandoned. Most of the rides have been sold, and the Starliner Roller Coaster was destroyed and rebuilt in Cypress Gardens Adventure Park, where it has been reopened once again.
Miracle Strip Location: 12000 Front Beach Road
Panama City Beach, FL 32407
Music: "It's Good to be Back" Instrumental by: Desert City Soundtrack
These photos were not taken by me - บันเทิง
They plucked the heart out of PCB when they shut down the Miracle Strip Park. Back when all of those old 60s-70s style hotels were still in operation (and rooms were cheap); the place was magical. About all that remains from my childhood is the mini golf and Alvin's Island (with the volcano). I loved how everything used to be so gimmicky and sculptural.
Couldnt agree more, well said!
Boy do I miss that place!
Thank u for posting this. It brought back memories of family vacations & summer fun. I hate that its gone. The old Panama City was the best place in the world, during 70s-early 90s. I miss it.
It really was the most fun, so glad we all got to enjoy PCB when it was the old Panama City!
It is like it was all a dream form another lifetime. Thanks.
The last time I was in Panama City I went by where Miracle Strip used to be. So sad that its nothing now. Went to Miracle Strip and Shipwreck Island every summer as a kid.
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Shipwreck island was the best waterpark I've ever been to
2 family vacations there. mid to late 70's. wonderful memories. i am taking my teens this summer. first time in Florida for them. i have no idea what to expect. thank you for this slide show. this is what makes youtube wonderful. how on earth could we ever see thsee pics elsewhere.
I really miss that place it was my first job and I loved it
Man this was awesome!!! I went there from 1987 to 1997 every year. I wish my kids could have enjoyes it 1 time. But all they can hear is my memories!!!!!!
I got pictures of me driving the cars around the track when I was like 5 with my older sister, Im 31 now.
That Haunted Castle ride was the best! The loud horn at the end always scared the crap outta me.
Wow... all the memories this brought back for me! We went to PCB every summer when I was a kid, back when it was strictly a family place. Miracle Strip was my favorite haunt & we were there whenever we weren’t on the beach. Thanks for posting! :)
I STILL LOVE PCB.. We come there every year for a week.. But it was a lot more fun before ALL THE HUGE CONDO's.. When it was the mom and pop motels and the outdoor dance area and just a fun place. Now it is too LAS VEGAS!!!
What memories, we went to PCB every year in the 60's up until '78, did not get to go back until '97, we always rented a cabin on the street behind the FUNHOUSE across the Fountain Blue hotel, 5 kids 2 adults and one year a friend went with us, he had never seen the ocean and sadly, he died a few years ago, we always had the most wonderful times there, I have begged my husband to find a IT job down that way so we could move and live there year round, or Destin, I just love it !
Thank you for the memories! Grew up going there every summer to my uncle's cottage just off the beach in the 60s and 70s. Loved those times!
tear. i remember this park like I was their yesterday i went their almost every weekend. its a huge part of my child hood, when I heard the news it was shutting down i cryed my eyes out. I remeber the last time i went i just broke down and started crying in front of the park i still know the whold theme song for Shipwreck Island and Miracle Strip park. All the time i wish the park would re open for just one night so i could relive my memories. r.i.p MIRACLE STRIP PARK. HUGES AND KISSES
Thanks for the memories of a happier day past. I spent many hours at the Park and on the Strip.I vacationed in P.C.B. and wanted to move there.God gave me the desire of my heart and I moved to P.C.B.Those were the happiest day's of my life.When family and friends came down from Ga. we always went to the Park.The kids loved the rides I loved the food.Funnel cakes,cotton candy.corn dogs. It broke my heart when they tore it down.It was a great place to go and have fun.It has been missed.
A tragic loss, always loved, never forgotten.
I hereby command it be spring break 1981 again!
i miss this park so much, this is where i rode my first coaster and now i cant get enough, and route 63 was the best, i want to cry knowing i can never share this with my daughter, we go to wild adventures all the time but its not the same
I know I'm just a kid but I love miracle strip.I had a lot good memories.
Great memories. Spent several summers there in the late 90's trying to pick up girls and look cool. Wish I would have realized how much I would miss it when it was still around. Never went again after turning 16 in 2001. It's a shame I won't ever be able to go take my wife or children there, but I will always remember the memories I made with friends, some of whom I still have today.
You did a very good job on this video it showed everything I will forever miss Miracle Strip R.I.P
I enjoyed visiting this park as a kid every summer it was bitter sweet to see it go but I'll never forget it.
It is really great it brings back many happy memories of day's gone by. I spent many fun hours at the Park.when my family and friends came down from LaGrange Ga. the Park is where I'd take them.The kid's loved the rides I loved the food:funnel cakes,cotton candy,corn dogs.God gave me the desire of my heart,He let me move to P.C.Beach.Those were the happiest day's of my life. I miss my church Gulf Beach Baptist my pastor Greg George and friends.I miss the Park .Thanks for sharing a great video.
Man, oh, man this brings back memories. I'm sad that my kids won't get to experience this park. Thanks for this video.
I went there almost every week they were open from 2001 to 2004.
R.I.P.
Hopefully Pier Park will be able to get all of the rides like they say they are. I want to ride the Starliner again.
I was just talking about Miracle Strip with my parents a few days ago. We used to always go there on our vacations to Panama City. I really miss it. It's a shame the place closed.
*sigh* My mom was from Panama City, so I practically grew up there. I have been to the miracle strip so many times, that I didn't think anything of it.... now I'd give anything to go back one more time.
Thank you for sharing. Almost forgot about the log flume. Great ride on a hot day. Evil big face, reminds me of the movie "Maximum Overdrive".
I remember this place in 1968 , then again in 1985. It was FUN both as a 7 year old AND a 24 yearold!
damn... such awesome memories there.
To all my hometown friends,I miss you.
I started out lifeguarding at Shipwreck in the day in the mid 90s, the general managers loved me so much they had me working all the rides at night, was a great summer! I miss it!! Definitely miss the guarding!
Loved this place. Enjoyed it for 25+ years. Really sux it's gone. Really miss it.
Thank you. The best amusement park there ever was. I suppose charm is priceless but unfortunately not forever. If I had the money I would rebuild it just the same. RIP Miracle Strip.
Haven't been back to PCB in a long time. I wasn't even aware this park was gone now. So sad. Many fond memories of this place as a kid.
I started going to PCB with the family when I was 5 years old in 1967. The tower, the park and so many things are missing now. Not that I still don't love the area but some of the charm is missing. So sad.
I went there when I was a kid. It was always fun. This and Shipwreck Island.
I remember going here in the 90s and Ship Wreck Island.
Great sound track!
Dude i miss this went when i was 10 the Devil ride was sweeeeeet
OK this park is back! It used to be a few ride on a pier but now they moved and gained tons of land new rides new game. More FUN!!!!
Hey do u know if they r bringing back some of the old rides like Starliner, Haunted Castle, the log flume sorry cant remember the name or if it even had one and old house it was located on the other end of the park if I recall
i remember petticoat junction...was awesome! Sat where the super walmart sits now......ick! The "old" pcb was the best!
I will always miss Miracle Strip, they are actually making another Miracle Strip at Pier Park, but its only a mini..they have the carousel and the balloon ride, they are still in the process of building it...I really miss the walk in haunted house, I had so much fun as a kid with my friends, it was fun scaring people in it...hiding in a corner, lol
Nicely done! Thanks for sharing this ☼
i miss tht place i live in pcb and i was pissed to hear they closed it for condos i miss the o2 tower the most tht was a great ride
R.I.P. Miracle Strip
I remember going to Miracle strip as a child int he 70's. Always loved the haunted house and the gas powered cars. I also had to have a drink out of the lion. I have pictures of me drinking from it! Shame that it gone along with Peticoat Junction good times were had by all!
coolest park ever. In 7th grade we would bring our CDs and hand it to the operator and they would play your song while you rode if someone didnt beat u to it. Strobe lights inside the Devil and others like riding a ride in a dance club. Damn i miss it. They had huge concert speakers and they jammed when u rode. It was the Shit.
i'm so sad they tore it down we went there every summer:(
I lived in Panama City when I was a kid. Miracle Strip was the first amusement park I ever went to. I'm sad to see it go.
that looked like a pretty fun place.
Very well done! I was born in Coral Gables and live in Orlando, unfortunately I've never been to MSAP. Sadly it was Floridas only traditional amusement park. Thankfully, I was able to ride the Starliner when it was moved to Cypress Gardens in 2007. But now it's future is again in question as the new owners og CG decided to eliminaite all the rides. GOD SAVE THE STARLINER, AGAIN!
Seeing this REALLY kills me. I lived at this place when it was open. It was so much fun! Especially back in the 70's!!! I remember midnight madness! Oh. my. GOD! Being a kid then, it was like a night of lawlessness and CHAOS!!!! LOL!!! GOOD TIMES! And when I wasn't there, I would always be at Silver Circle. : ) Also awsome....
Man, that really left a lump in my throat. Like someone said, if I had the money I'd build it back exactly the way it was.
Back in the 70s and 80s when I was growing up Panama City really was a very special place and did decline in the late 90s but does show some improvement as of lately but sadly lost much of it's old charm in the process.
RIP
Miracle Strip Amusement
Pettycoat junction
The space needle (miracle strip tower)
Snake a torium
The Volcano Alvins Island
The Black Hole.
The great news is, a new Miracle Strip Park in being built at the Pier Park shopping mall. But, it's adding one ride at a time, over a 10 year period. Yet, good things come to those who wait.
I went here every summer as a child. When I found out that they were tearing it down to build condos, my childhood was over. :(
Oh my Lord! Iwent there in the mid 90's and it was fantastic! I remember the little casino they had with the gold coins to play with, the mini golf, the haunted house! Oh its a shame people only go there to party now, but it was a great place to be. rip M S
The suislide, petticoat junction if you know you're old! 🍻
i miss that place so much my first job was there
there is just WAY too much of this kinda thing disappearing nowadays - breaks my heart when I see this... I spent quite a bit of free time at MS with my friends (when our parents could afford it back then). Breaks my heart to see all this stuff go away, not just MS, necessarily - but my wife and I were just commenting the other day on how we have nothing left from our childhood to share with our kids now... so sad - and they wonder why these children are so out of control now???
I couldnt believe they let them destroy this place, i lived at that park every summer growing up!!
These park videos make me depressed, even if I never went to them. It saddens me that classic parks are beginning to disappear. It's not only speed and inversions that counts on roller coasters.
so sad i used to take Vanessa there on a weekend night and we had fun with everyone and we went home except us
Sometimes I forget its gone.
It places like this that made Panama City, sad to it go all condosnob
The good old days.
i visited panima city tthis sumer and the mini mall they were gonna build isnt built yet, but the water parks still there
Went to the park early one weekday when no one else was there and rode Starliner over and over. Found out that back car would beat the hell out of you.
kingmackattack42 NEVER ride in the back car of a roller coaster. Found that out at Six Flags Over Georgia...it hurts. The gift that keeps on giving! lol
Thought it was a great photo tour...Good job! Miss the old P.C.B. but what ever lasts?
@Scioneer You got that right. I heard the former MSAP site is sitll vacant, is that true?
I was wondering what that place was! I just got back from Panama City, The Beach Tower Motel has a great view of Miracle Strip Park, it looks so sad and deserted, somebody needs to do something :(
Does anyone remember a year round haunted house like attraction on the strip in the early 80s? I have a blur before 1989, but I swear there was one of those fun house trailers with carts. Wait did Miracle Strip not always a fence around it?
Where is the old house ? It was next to the dungeon and log ride ?
2019!!! Anyone
what is left now?is the skyride platform still there rusting away??
any pics of the skyride they had??
Any pics of the animal arcade that was inside the park, I've been trying to find some evidence that it existed and haven't been able to find any pics of it
they are moving miracle strip from pier park to a new 11 acre lot which will bring back the starkliner and other favorite rides which will be ready next summer for all who want to know miracle strip is back
omg I so loved this park..to bad they closed it. I also remember the Haunted House there...lol from Robin Crawley Egloff
whats the song called?
Had a place like that near me in Ohio called Idora Park... It died in 84 after a fire took out 1/3 of the park main street...
anyone remember Castle Dracula wax museum? It was also in PCB.
anyone remember the "mad mouse," compact roller coaster? it was brutal.
NO QUARTER I remember it
I miss the old place too, but Im overjoyed to hear the corporate bile who wanted to put condos there went broke, I hope the lost everything and went back to NYC
@AmericanNinja1981 me too
and imma be moving back there when i turn 18
@14DaveHunter Lol yea i just saw on the facebook page, they have so little rides, the sea dragon and tiltawhirl are the only good ones :(
I saw a guy trying to set a world record riding the starliner he had been on it 2 weeks
@super65man
They're added two new rides a year, for the next nine years. If you read my whole comment, you would see that was there plan. They my look "rinky dink" right now, but a full part is planned over time. Better to build up, than build fast; because to many companies fell victim to their own pride.
Yup abominable snowman and dantes inferno was the shiiit!
Little Slayer... Sorry your park is gone. Right now the only park that is thriving and improving is King`s Island Cincinnati. It is worth the drive as opposed to other parks near florida. It rivals 6 flags in California.
My fiance has been going to Panama since he was born (literally, his fanily has been going for over 35 yrs. now) and he was sad to see the park go cause it was so much fun. My fiance knows how much I LOVE amusements parks and its SUCKS cause he can't take me where he and his family had so much fun.
I didn't even get to experience Miracle Stripe :(. BOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
the park is closed down
Ok
UPDATE EVERYONE- The New Park Is A Joke Only A Few Rides On A Lot About The Size Of Your Average Super Walmart
+Gerald Ward You do understand that the original park started in a similar way and grew over time, right? The new place is not the same, no. But it IS something, and they're rebuilding the Starliner roller coaster now, planning to open it in Spring of 2016.
Well, they WERE going to do that, and had announced (in late 2015) that the Starliner would reopen for summer 2016. Then it came out that management hadn't paid the rent for over a year, and the park closed and all the rides were auctioned off -- again. I was disappointed when the original park closed, but the new one going down the tubes due to poor management makes me downright angry. I was excited at the idea of taking my kids to experience at least some of what I did for 20-some-odd years this summer, and finding out that not only was the Starliner not there as promised, but that EVERYTHING in fact was gone once again, ticks me off.
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