From what I found online, the park opened in 1966 and closed in Sept 2015 after it was sold to a new owner (the original owner retired). Apparently the park was going to be redone with a western theme and remove the Flintstones (that's why there was western stuff on the train route), but apparently not much has happened with that in the last 2 years. I remember visiting this place in the 70s and 80s. We stayed at the campground. Those houses weren't cabins that guests stayed in. They were like look-in dioramas of the houses the Flintstones and the people of Bedrock lived in and worked in. They were decorated with lots of props and details. In that Stonewall Playhouse was a little animatronic show featuring a prehistoric animal music trio. There was a "drive in" that showed Flintstones cartoons every night too.
i visited this place this summer since it isn’t too far from where i live, and almost every original aspect is gone since they’ve started remodeling. there are a couple little statues left however. and they did stick with the old west theme but it’s pretty generic in my opinion. sad that there’s nothing really special about it anymore
I went here a few times as a kid back when it was still open. I loved to ride the train. There was also a campground for pitching tents. Went with my parents and grandparents when I was about 12 or so, back in 1994. From what I remember most of the houses weren't used as cabins. They were just for display.
i went to this campground in the summer of 2012! this is like my third or fourth time watching this video (i love how surreal it is), so for those who want to read, i thought I’d share some things i remember about it! i was nine at the time, so some things are kind of hazy. - those houses were all like that - you could go in them, but there wasn’t really anything worth seeing. maybe when it first opened there were things inside them, but they were all as empty as they were in this video when i visited. - there was an animatronic show in that theatre! i remember fred, barney, and wilma being in it, but dino might have also been on stage. they weren’t in the best condition; i remember my mom describing them as “clunky”. if anyone is interested in seeing them, i have a link to some footage. - there was a mini golf course, but you had to pay extra to use it. it was tiny, and wasn't really themed any different than any other mini golf course. - those bones were there when i rode the train. again, maybe things were different when it first opened. (also, that t-rex is just as terrifying as I remembered) that's all i can really recall without it verging into the territory of commentary (fun fact: that snake in the playground was how i found out i have claustrophobia) but if i can remember anything else i'll edit this to add more.
I was just watching this they could of done better, especially for those of us that grew up watching they. But they they could do better.Most people don't watch the Flintstones anymore.
I read that the park opened in 1966 and closed in 2015. That explains why the structures are still in good shape. I noticed there were no figures of any of the characters though. Wonder where they went. Nice to see no evidence of vandalism.
As I recall it was in the middle of nowhere (I remember behind the Flinstones home and the Bedrock City were miles of undeveloped land going toward the mountains) so you pretty much have to deliberately go there to reach it, not something people in a neighborhood or area could vandalize.
This is because none of the punk ass youth of today even have a clue about the place and it is a more rural area and children are still taught manners and respect in Small Town America.
Makes me wonder if someone is still caring for the place. Some of the paint looked too vivid and intact, while other parts were chipped and weathered. Perhaps a local Scout group, or maybe a one of those people who worry about their property value every moment?
Yes someone bought it and are trying to negotiate with Warner Bros to get the Flintstones rights since only the old owners had them before they retired
Warner Bros owns the rights to the Flintstones these days? Never would have guessed. Whoever owns the rights, they probably want to much for the continued use of those rights.
The houses in the park weren't cabins. They were just for display. Back when the park was operational, they had figures of Bedrock residents from the cartoons in them
I went here a few times as a kid back when it was still open. I loved to ride the train. There was also a campground for pitching tents. I was five years old the first time my parents took me there, so I don't remember much from that trip. Went with my parents and grandparents when I was about 11 or so, back in 1993. From what I remember the houses weren't used as cabins. They were just for display.
I stopped there during a family vacation in the Summer of 2001. It was a road side attraction during daylight hours at the time. The buildings were not used as sleeping quarters. You could explore and take photos in them. One of the buildings had episodes of The Flintstones cartoon on a constant loop. They used to have life size character statues that you could pose with. The train looked different, but guests could go on a ride around the park with a tour guide who knew his dinosaur trivia and had corny jokes to match. There were more bones scattered along the journey, which I thought were faux back then, but it must have been a mix. The guide called them “fossils”. They had them strategically arranged in dinosaur shapes to look like they had dug them up in actual nature there and were actively excavating them. Looking back, it was quite impressive.
what a trip, train looks just as i remember it 15-20 years ago when i was a kid. seeing that instantly took me on a memory loop going around that track, its weird how clearly i remember it.. I think i would've been a part of the last generation of kids that grew up watching flintstones and other cartoon network classics to pass through that place. By the time my sisters post 2000 generation started watching cartoons it was the nickelodeon generation watching fairly oddparents, powerpuff girls, spongebob etc
I went here on my 17th birthday in 2002. I remember the music and the cartoons and how well painted and well cut the grass was and the characters. It's been closed for like three years now so let's see what this place will look like in another five years. At least you don't have to pay to get in anymore to enjoy the place but it won't be maintained and it will be overgrown and maybe vandalized.
I was there a couple of years ago. Those are not cabins. They are themed rooms that stone aged people like the Flintstones, lived in. The people and household items are missing. I hope everything is in storage.
The items are missing do to that it's part of a Campground that didn't have its WB Contract renewed. So, they are being forced to remove everything that has to with the Flintstones.
Omg! Nostalgia! I was there over 20 years ago and remembered the slide and the snake tunnel. It was a lot of fun back then but I used to watch the Flintstones so it was awesome to step into their world.
When Carowinds first opened on the NC/SC State Line, Hanna Barbara was represented there by the Flintstones, the Jetsons, Scooby Doo etc. There was even a Surf Island! All of that went away after Paramount bought the park. They changed the name of the rides already there (the wooden roller coaster was renamed the "Hurler" in honor of "Waynes World"), and introduced a "water gun coaster" at the Rugrats themed ride. Now Carowinds has been sold again!
My family went there in 1969 on the way to Mount Rushmore...it was a pretty basic 1960's tourist trap...my sister liked it better because she was younger, but I loved the small theater that showed the Flintstones tv shows one after another.
there used to be a bedrock city theme park in my town here in Kelowna BC when i was a kid, used to go to it all the time. but it got torn down years ago along with a water park to make way for a movie theatre, the little cabins weren't for people to sleep in they where just set pieces basically, ours also had a mini golf course and small theatre where they would show Flintstones cartoons.
I sent a bunch of your videos to my mom the other day and she just called me all excited because she has been to this park as a kid when they were on a road trip! She said those small houses had actors inside and you could see in but couldn't go into them. They might even have home videos of it, so I'd be interested now to see what it used to be like. Thank you for sharing this. She was sad to see it abandoned, but said it was cool to picture what everything used to be like while watching this.
I was about 8 when I crawled through this snake!!! Oh the memories,,,,,and also going up on the balcony and getting a splinter in my hand. We have it all on silent film.
My family visited the Arizona location in 2012 when it was still operational. My father is a huge Flintstones fan, so exploring the park was a blast. The grounds were well kept, but unfortunately many of the attractions were in need of some TLC. - I'm a huge fan! Love the videos! - JP Price (Fan in Oregon)
I miss this so much :( I went here every year since I was a baby and my mom's family used to come camping here. There are lots of memories behind it :(
I when there two years ago. I absolutely loved this place. The reason this one was closed was because the people couldn’t pay the royalties to the owner. This used to be a fun place. But they closed her. I remember going on the train and whenever a length of track would go to another and the car would rock, I thought I was gonna fall off! Thank you for refreshing my memory of this place.
The Bedrock City in Az is actually still open to the public. I went down there a couple of months ago and they still have a small train running, the "movie theater" still reruns the Flinstones, and the gift shop is for sure still open. It's a bit more run down than this one is but still pretty awesome to see! I believe admission is $5 or $4 if you show them the online coupon from the website lol
All of those houses were knocked down in April, all that's left of it is the playground and the theater. I'm sad to see it go, it was one of my favorite places.
The park was started by two men from Chamberlain, SD who bought the rights from Hanna-Barbera to build it. They constructed all of the houses and statues themselves out of concrete and the giant Dino statue was actually brought here in two pieces and put together when it arrived. They even fashioned an old 1962 Volkswagen to look like a Flintstones car and used it to advertise the park when it first opened.
Wow! It was interesting to see this after all these years. When I visited there as a kid in 1969, there was only a handful of buildings, a theater that showed Flintstone cartoons, a dune buggy decked out like the Flinstone mobile that a driver rode you around on a track and a snake, that was maybe one third of the size, that you could climb through. There was probably a gift shop but I don't remember. I do remember there were no trees and very little grass. It's a shame it closed.
Wow that Bedrock City is in so much better shape than the one out west. Looks like everything was freshly painted maybe 1 or 2 years ago. The one out west has the same type beds I think, but I think they are just for show not for camping over night. Maybe one of your views went there when it was open and would know more about it.
These videos are always fascinating, and sad. It's nice to see that although the place is deteriorating, it hasn't been vandalized to hell. But clearly the place is beyond hope/repair, and will only deteriorate further. I think you're right, the lack of Flintstones awareness today would only hurt the turnout at an old amusement area built upon Flintstones themeing. As always, thanks for sharing these great videos. I'm among those who loves the abandoned sites the most. This was a great find.
Like the Flintstones, I llkewise wonder what the future has in store for the Peanuts gang. The holiday specials are still on TV, the cartoon runs in repeats in newspapers, but I don't sense children are exposed much to the Peanuts characters these days.
I know I’m a year or so late...But when I was a little girl we went to Beadrock whenever we would visit The Black Hills/Mt. Rushmore SD. It was SO much fun as a kiddo. We would camp in the campground in our RV. I remember going through all the buildings & they were SO cool to see a cartoon come to life! I know nowadays it’s quite common...But in the 80’s & 90’s (I was born in 1980) that place was EVERYTHING! Thank You for the walk down memory lane. It made my weekend. Cheers. 💛
From what I have seen online there were two in Canada, the one you mentioned and one in Hope, BC. Information I found says they got sued out of business for trademark infringement in the late 90's.
I remember going there as a kid. God it's weird seeing a piece of my childhood on TH-cam. I'm from South Dakota and yea it's cool to see that place again
I’ve been here a lot because my great aunt lived in Custer and and you got a lot wrong, but it’s fun seeing the park again. The theater played episodes of the Flintstones, you couldn’t go into the houses. The always had half doors. There were guys who drove golf carts around the playground. A lot of those bones are probably deer, but most of those bones are fake dinosaur bones. I know this video is old, but if you wanna know, I know.
That part that mentioned next showtime was for an animatronics show with Fred, Wilma, and Dino, they sang songs and danced. Songs sang by the animatronics included a song about "national Dino week", Wilma singing "my guy", and "it's still rock and roll to me", I can't remember if they had other songs . Then after the show out of a closet Fred and Barney would come out ( two people in mascot outfits) and take photos with patrons. The part you were mentioning that was a refreshment area was where they sold popcorn and candy for a theater that played episodes of Flintstones. My first job was there, I worked as the Fred mascot outfit.
I vaguely remember going there in the late 70s/early 80s. My Mom still has some little souvenir Bedrock cars and wot-not. I didn't know the place lasted so long. This is cool. Thanx for posting.
This was one of our stops in the late 60s or early 70s when our family took our annual road trip out west. We started with a pop up tent and eventually moved up to a Winnebago before RVs were popular. Thanks for this it brings back good memories. New sub!
I grew up near there and I am sad this closed down. It was super fun. The different characters would walk around and say hi to everyone and take pictures.
My parents took my to this location when I was very young. I never had any fond memories of watching The Flintstones growing up, and as a result I ended up forgetting about mostly everything I saw at the park, minus one thing.. that claustrophobic snake. Thank you so much for immortalizing this old place in video, it was great to come back to and see one last time.
City Hall and Post Office at 1:16. If I remember correctly, you could buy post cards and mail them there. Most of those buildings were cordoned off and you were just allowed to peek inside. There were characters made of concrete so you could see who lived or worked there. There was a barber, bank (with bank robber), etc. The Mt. Rushmore lookalike was "Mt. Rockmore". The movie theater played Flintstones cartoons, and you could buy popcorn, etc. in the concession stand. There was a walk up burger shop where you could buy Brontoburgers (buffalo burgers) and huge purple ice cream cones. That was near the big Dino statue. There was a building that housed a grocery store, and I remember one end of it having a laundromat, but that is memories from when I was a kid in the 70s, so I might be wrong on that one. I don't remember the western themed stuff. That may have been added in the later years. Great memories here for multiple generations of kids. It was a real treat to get to camp here, swim in the pool, etc. Kids could just roam free.
I’ve been watching you for a couple years but I guess I started after you went here. Anyway, I used to come here when I was a kid. I’ve been there maybe 5 or 6 times as a kid. There used to be some kind of go-cart or golf cart type thing outfitted as a flint stones car that you could ride in. Someone who worked at the park drove it and you could sit in the back seat. Also all the houses aren’t actually cabins they were just for looking at. 🙂
Back in the day there were two more Flintstones Bedrock Cities near me, too - one in Kelowna, British Columbia and another in Bridal Veil Falls, British Columbia. I wouldn't be surprised if there were many, many more out there!
You sir have brightened my day. Finding your channel on a dismal morning at 5am this morning and seeing you ramble your merry way through South Dakota really brightened my day. In all sincerity I thank you sir. Keep up the good work.
i know of the flintstones sadly not my show but still neat to see this was expecting adam the woo to pop out at any moment, plus its a shame it gone but i think you'd of loved the abandoned blobby world which was a 90's hit but is now sadly destroyed
You said that the place is an abandoned theme park, but it's actually something that is part of a campground that is having everything Flintstones Related removed do to the WB Contract not being renewed.
When is a sink not a sink? When it's a stone. The Flintstones are still alive and well, and so are many of the Hanna Barbera properties. Scooby Doo and Tom and Jerry still regularly churn out direct-to-video specials every year or two, Wacky Races got a reboot for Boomerang's new streaming video service, Top Cat has appeared in 2 recent direct-to-video movies, and several other Hanna Barbera characters have been licensed for collectible action figures, Funko bobbleheads and figurines, and amusement grade plush dolls. And of course, the Flintstones not only have their names and faces on children's vitamins and Post cereals, but a year or two ago they also had a direct-to-video special crossing over with WWE, of all things. So they're all out there in some form. I'm glad I grew up in a time when 60s and 70s cartoons were still an easy nostalgic thing to make good money from. The 90s and early 2000s was a great time to be exposed to early TV animation, which has influenced my artstyle a lot.
Went here with my family in 1972. Mom had photos. The Bedrock Playhouse was a movie theater which played episodes of The Flinstones on a theater screen.
Thanks, for the video. I went to this Flintstone Village several times when I was a kid. Those houses were not cabins for guests. They were just playhouses. Kind of sad to see it all abandoned. It was pretty popular in the seventies.
I know the bones are way to big to be human but i can see that being a perfect place for a serial killer to dump his victims bones. I'm probably just watching to much Dexter on Netflix though...
Seems like they scabbenged the doors, copper and what not. It looks like the city keeps the place clean because you can see that the grass was mowed recently. Great video.
We stayed here when I was a kid in the early 70's. This brings back lots of great memories. It was a campground. No one stayed in the houses. People stayed in their campers.
The Flintstones currently air on the classic TV station "MeTV" at 6PM-5 Central weekday evenings (before M*A*S*H) and on Sunday mornings (before The Brady Bunch).
I remember going to the one on by the Grand Canyon as a kid, cool back in the day but I can see now how they wouldn’t survive in today’s entertainment world. Thank you for the video!
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From what I found online, the park opened in 1966 and closed in Sept 2015 after it was sold to a new owner (the original owner retired). Apparently the park was going to be redone with a western theme and remove the Flintstones (that's why there was western stuff on the train route), but apparently not much has happened with that in the last 2 years. I remember visiting this place in the 70s and 80s. We stayed at the campground. Those houses weren't cabins that guests stayed in. They were like look-in dioramas of the houses the Flintstones and the people of Bedrock lived in and worked in. They were decorated with lots of props and details. In that Stonewall Playhouse was a little animatronic show featuring a prehistoric animal music trio. There was a "drive in" that showed Flintstones cartoons every night too.
i visited this place this summer since it isn’t too far from where i live, and almost every original aspect is gone since they’ve started remodeling. there are a couple little statues left however. and they did stick with the old west theme but it’s pretty generic in my opinion. sad that there’s nothing really special about it anymore
It looks boring
I went here a few times as a kid back when it was still open. I loved to ride the train. There was also a campground for pitching tents. Went with my parents and grandparents when I was about 12 or so, back in 1994.
From what I remember most of the houses weren't used as cabins. They were just for display.
@@82dorrin there was a very similar park in Kelowna BC where I had some fun visits and birthdays.
i went to this campground in the summer of 2012! this is like my third or fourth time watching this video (i love how surreal it is), so for those who want to read, i thought I’d share some things i remember about it! i was nine at the time, so some things are kind of hazy.
- those houses were all like that - you could go in them, but there wasn’t really anything worth seeing. maybe when it first opened there were things inside them, but they were all as empty as they were in this video when i visited.
- there was an animatronic show in that theatre! i remember fred, barney, and wilma being in it, but dino might have also been on stage. they weren’t in the best condition; i remember my mom describing them as “clunky”. if anyone is interested in seeing them, i have a link to some footage.
- there was a mini golf course, but you had to pay extra to use it. it was tiny, and wasn't really themed any different than any other mini golf course.
- those bones were there when i rode the train. again, maybe things were different when it first opened. (also, that t-rex is just as terrifying as I remembered)
that's all i can really recall without it verging into the territory of commentary (fun fact: that snake in the playground was how i found out i have claustrophobia) but if i can remember anything else i'll edit this to add more.
I want the links
I was just watching this they could of done better, especially for those of us that grew up watching they. But they they could do better.Most people don't watch the Flintstones anymore.
I read that the park opened in 1966 and closed in 2015. That explains why the structures are still in good shape. I noticed there were no figures of any of the characters though. Wonder where they went. Nice to see no evidence of vandalism.
Rhonda Zambernardi storage the park still runs the camp ground in the summers just closed the theme park
Now that we have posted it here, watch the vandals attack.
The vandls wouldn't be able to the Nonrenewal of the WB Contact that is making them remove everything that has to do with the Flintstones.
As I recall it was in the middle of nowhere (I remember behind the Flinstones home and the Bedrock City were miles of undeveloped land going toward the mountains) so you pretty much have to deliberately go there to reach it, not something people in a neighborhood or area could vandalize.
@@manypearls7193 Good thing.
No vandalism. I am both surprised and encouraged. Seeing all the vandalism depresses me sometimes.
ditto
It's still used as a campground during the summer.
Rob B is right and the WB contract didn't get renewed, so they are removing everything Flintstone Related.
This is because none of the punk ass youth of today even have a clue about the place and it is a more rural area and children are still taught manners and respect in Small Town America.
Its good that its not totally vandalized.
It actually looks pretty good all things considering.
Makes me wonder if someone is still caring for the place. Some of the paint looked too vivid and intact, while other parts were chipped and weathered. Perhaps a local Scout group, or maybe a one of those people who worry about their property value every moment?
Yes someone bought it and are trying to negotiate with Warner Bros to get the Flintstones rights since only the old owners had them before they retired
i thought the same thing
Warner Bros owns the rights to the Flintstones these days? Never would have guessed.
Whoever owns the rights, they probably want to much for the continued use of those rights.
The houses in the park weren't cabins. They were just for display. Back when the park was operational, they had figures of Bedrock residents from the cartoons in them
Thank you for sharing this video, I went there as a child & it brings back so many good memories.
Great video. My wife still has nightmares about crawling thru that long snake with a hundred other kids at 90 degree temps. Family fun!
I went there several times when I was a kid. I loved riding the train. I don't think I was ever brave enough to go in the snake, though.
It's sad my 10 year old cousin knows the flintstones characters but she thinks they're just Pebbles cereal mascots.
Albert Deaton - My daughter knew them from her vitamins lol
Yep. Vitamins and cereal 🥣
@@MichaelDooleyProject I suppose that's the only thing keeping these guys around at all.
@@ChristopherSobieniak ...and those MeTV reruns: www.metv.com/shows/the-flintstones
At least they don't think they are just a meme
Just learned this place isn’t around anymore . My grandparents took me there when I was a kid and it was my favorite trip .
I went here a few times as a kid back when it was still open. I loved to ride the train. There was also a campground for pitching tents. I was five years old the first time my parents took me there, so I don't remember much from that trip. Went with my parents and grandparents when I was about 11 or so, back in 1993.
From what I remember the houses weren't used as cabins. They were just for display.
I stopped there during a family vacation in the Summer of 2001. It was a road side attraction during daylight hours at the time. The buildings were not used as sleeping quarters. You could explore and take photos in them. One of the buildings had episodes of The Flintstones cartoon on a constant loop. They used to have life size character statues that you could pose with. The train looked different, but guests could go on a ride around the park with a tour guide who knew his dinosaur trivia and had corny jokes to match. There were more bones scattered along the journey, which I thought were faux back then, but it must have been a mix. The guide called them “fossils”. They had them strategically arranged in dinosaur shapes to look like they had dug them up in actual nature there and were actively excavating them. Looking back, it was quite impressive.
That's EXACTLY how I remember it. About 2001/2002 l
I was at the Bedrock city in AZ a few weeks after Paul Shore was there with MTV in the late 80s. I still have the tshirt I bought there.
I can't believe it's in such good shape.
I went there as a little kid. They used to have motorized Flintstone cars that were run off air cooled VW engines, like a dune buggy
I was here in around 1996. I still have souvenirs my grandma bought me.
what a trip, train looks just as i remember it 15-20 years ago when i was a kid. seeing that instantly took me on a memory loop going around that track, its weird how clearly i remember it.. I think i would've been a part of the last generation of kids that grew up watching flintstones and other cartoon network classics to pass through that place. By the time my sisters post 2000 generation started watching cartoons it was the nickelodeon generation watching fairly oddparents, powerpuff girls, spongebob etc
I went here on my 17th birthday in 2002. I remember the music and the cartoons and how well painted and well cut the grass was and the characters. It's been closed for like three years now so let's see what this place will look like in another five years. At least you don't have to pay to get in anymore to enjoy the place but it won't be maintained and it will be overgrown and maybe vandalized.
Είναι λυπηρό έκλεισε, λατρεύω τους flintstones.. kisses from Greece
I was there a couple of years ago. Those are not cabins. They are themed rooms that stone aged people like the Flintstones, lived in. The people and household items are missing. I hope everything is in storage.
The items are missing do to that it's part of a Campground that didn't have its WB Contract renewed. So, they are being forced to remove everything that has to with the Flintstones.
I wish I got to go here when I was a kid, I was totally obsessed with the Flinstones and now Fred is my type, lol.
Omg! Nostalgia! I was there over 20 years ago and remembered the slide and the snake tunnel. It was a lot of fun back then but I used to watch the Flintstones so it was awesome to step into their world.
I remember The Flintstones. It was required watching after dinner when I was a child.
For me I would watch it during lunch time.
Come on let restore bedrock city to his formal glory
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When Carowinds first opened on the NC/SC State Line, Hanna Barbara was represented there by the Flintstones, the Jetsons, Scooby Doo etc. There was even a Surf Island! All of that went away after Paramount bought the park. They changed the name of the rides already there (the wooden roller coaster was renamed the "Hurler" in honor of "Waynes World"), and introduced a "water gun coaster" at the Rugrats themed ride. Now Carowinds has been sold again!
My family went there in 1969 on the way to Mount Rushmore...it was a pretty basic 1960's tourist trap...my sister liked it better because she was younger, but I loved the small theater that showed the Flintstones tv shows one after another.
I watched Flintstones as a kid. I would have loved to see what this park when it was still operational.
I went there several times when I was a kid. I loved riding the train. I don't think I was ever brave enough to go in the snake, though.
there used to be a bedrock city theme park in my town here in Kelowna BC when i was a kid, used to go to it all the time. but it got torn down years ago along with a water park to make way for a movie theatre, the little cabins weren't for people to sleep in they where just set pieces basically, ours also had a mini golf course and small theatre where they would show Flintstones cartoons.
I sent a bunch of your videos to my mom the other day and she just called me all excited because she has been to this park as a kid when they were on a road trip! She said those small houses had actors inside and you could see in but couldn't go into them. They might even have home videos of it, so I'd be interested now to see what it used to be like. Thank you for sharing this. She was sad to see it abandoned, but said it was cool to picture what everything used to be like while watching this.
+Melanie Lindberg thank you so much! If you interested I am trying to collect old home videos to do a compilation to show how it is changed
The Carpetbagger If we come across any I'd love to show you!
That snake tunnel thing is just horrifying to even think about crawling through, and I'm not even claustrophobic.
I was about 8 when I crawled through this snake!!! Oh the memories,,,,,and also going up on the balcony and getting a splinter in my hand. We have it all on silent film.
My family visited the Arizona location in 2012 when it was still operational. My father is a huge Flintstones fan, so exploring the park was a blast. The grounds were well kept, but unfortunately many of the attractions were in need of some TLC. - I'm a huge fan! Love the videos! - JP Price (Fan in Oregon)
I miss this so much :( I went here every year since I was a baby and my mom's family used to come camping here. There are lots of memories behind it :(
also what you thought was a refreshment area was actually a movie theatre where they played episodes. they had the best popcorn :)
I when there two years ago. I absolutely loved this place. The reason this one was closed was because the people couldn’t pay the royalties to the owner. This used to be a fun place. But they closed her. I remember going on the train and whenever a length of track would go to another and the car would rock, I thought I was gonna fall off! Thank you for refreshing my memory of this place.
The Bedrock City in Az is actually still open to the public. I went down there a couple of months ago and they still have a small train running, the "movie theater" still reruns the Flinstones, and the gift shop is for sure still open. It's a bit more run down than this one is but still pretty awesome to see! I believe admission is $5 or $4 if you show them the online coupon from the website lol
All of those houses were knocked down in April, all that's left of it is the playground and the theater. I'm sad to see it go, it was one of my favorite places.
what a waste.
The park was started by two men from Chamberlain, SD who bought the rights from Hanna-Barbera to build it. They constructed all of the houses and statues themselves out of concrete and the giant Dino statue was actually brought here in two pieces and put together when it arrived. They even fashioned an old 1962 Volkswagen to look like a Flintstones car and used it to advertise the park when it first opened.
I like that this is a fun abandoned place and not some creepy, murderous mansion.
Wow! It was interesting to see this after all these years. When I visited there as a kid in 1969, there was only a handful of buildings, a theater that showed Flintstone cartoons, a dune buggy decked out like the Flinstone mobile that a driver rode you around on a track and a snake, that was maybe one third of the size, that you could climb through. There was probably a gift shop but I don't remember. I do remember there were no trees and very little grass. It's a shame it closed.
So sad that it's been closed. I would have LOVED~ to have gone there and I'm 24! I grew up with the Flinstones. Loved the live action movie.
Even sadder is the everything Flintstones in the Campground is going do to the WB Contact not being renewed.
Wow that Bedrock City is in so much better shape than the one out west. Looks like everything was freshly painted maybe 1 or 2 years ago. The one out west has the same type beds I think, but I think they are just for show not for camping over night. Maybe one of your views went there when it was open and would know more about it.
"City Hall and Lost and Found" was what used to be on the building.
no vandalism and the grass is well kept.
These videos are always fascinating, and sad. It's nice to see that although the place is deteriorating, it hasn't been vandalized to hell. But clearly the place is beyond hope/repair, and will only deteriorate further. I think you're right, the lack of Flintstones awareness today would only hurt the turnout at an old amusement area built upon Flintstones themeing.
As always, thanks for sharing these great videos. I'm among those who loves the abandoned sites the most. This was a great find.
Like the Flintstones, I llkewise wonder what the future has in store for the Peanuts gang. The holiday specials are still on TV, the cartoon runs in repeats in newspapers, but I don't sense children are exposed much to the Peanuts characters these days.
I know I’m a year or so late...But when I was a little girl we went to Beadrock whenever we would visit The Black Hills/Mt. Rushmore SD. It was SO much fun as a kiddo. We would camp in the campground in our RV. I remember going through all the buildings & they were SO cool to see a cartoon come to life! I know nowadays it’s quite common...But in the 80’s & 90’s (I was born in 1980) that place was EVERYTHING! Thank You for the walk down memory lane. It made my weekend. Cheers. 💛
There was a third Flintstone park located in Kelowna, BC, Canada. It closed in the late 90’s as the park no longer made money.
From what I have seen online there were two in Canada, the one you mentioned and one in Hope, BC. Information I found says they got sued out of business for trademark infringement in the late 90's.
This brings back memories. I remember going there as a kid
I remember going there as a kid. God it's weird seeing a piece of my childhood on TH-cam. I'm from South Dakota and yea it's cool to see that place again
I’ve been here a lot because my great aunt lived in Custer and and you got a lot wrong, but it’s fun seeing the park again. The theater played episodes of the Flintstones, you couldn’t go into the houses. The always had half doors. There were guys who drove golf carts around the playground. A lot of those bones are probably deer, but most of those bones are fake dinosaur bones. I know this video is old, but if you wanna know, I know.
I believe this is the same park my family and I visited in the late 60's, wonderful memories of this place.
That part that mentioned next showtime was for an animatronics show with Fred, Wilma, and Dino, they sang songs and danced. Songs sang by the animatronics included a song about "national Dino week", Wilma singing "my guy", and "it's still rock and roll to me", I can't remember if they had other songs . Then after the show out of a closet Fred and Barney would come out ( two people in mascot outfits) and take photos with patrons. The part you were mentioning that was a refreshment area was where they sold popcorn and candy for a theater that played episodes of Flintstones. My first job was there, I worked as the Fred mascot outfit.
I vaguely remember going there in the late 70s/early 80s. My Mom still has some little souvenir Bedrock cars and wot-not. I didn't know the place lasted so long. This is cool. Thanx for posting.
I loved the Flinstone's when I was growing up . YABA DABA DOOOO..... THANK YOU !!!!
This was one of our stops in the late 60s or early 70s when our family took our annual road trip out west. We started with a pop up tent and eventually moved up to a Winnebago before RVs were popular. Thanks for this it brings back good memories. New sub!
I grew up near there and I am sad this closed down. It was super fun. The different characters would walk around and say hi to everyone and take pictures.
My parents took my to this location when I was very young. I never had any fond memories of watching The Flintstones growing up, and as a result I ended up forgetting about mostly everything I saw at the park, minus one thing.. that claustrophobic snake. Thank you so much for immortalizing this old place in video, it was great to come back to and see one last time.
City Hall and Post Office at 1:16. If I remember correctly, you could buy post cards and mail them there. Most of those buildings were cordoned off and you were just allowed to peek inside. There were characters made of concrete so you could see who lived or worked there. There was a barber, bank (with bank robber), etc. The Mt. Rushmore lookalike was "Mt. Rockmore". The movie theater played Flintstones cartoons, and you could buy popcorn, etc. in the concession stand. There was a walk up burger shop where you could buy Brontoburgers (buffalo burgers) and huge purple ice cream cones. That was near the big Dino statue. There was a building that housed a grocery store, and I remember one end of it having a laundromat, but that is memories from when I was a kid in the 70s, so I might be wrong on that one. I don't remember the western themed stuff. That may have been added in the later years. Great memories here for multiple generations of kids. It was a real treat to get to camp here, swim in the pool, etc. Kids could just roam free.
Awesome! I read lots of comments. I wish I could have visited when it was active. Looks and sounds a neat place!
I’ve been watching you for a couple years but I guess I started after you went here.
Anyway, I used to come here when I was a kid. I’ve been there maybe 5 or 6 times as a kid.
There used to be some kind of go-cart or golf cart type thing outfitted as a flint stones car that you could ride in. Someone who worked at the park drove it and you could sit in the back seat.
Also all the houses aren’t actually cabins they were just for looking at. 🙂
i just loved it when he said "that's a pelvis" so nuetrally 😂
I’m 16 and I remember watching the Flintstones. Sadly I never got to go there before it closed but my older siblings did before I was even born.
Aw thank you so much for coming and exploring South Dakota! I grew up going to this park, sad to see it go. Hope you enjoyed time here!
7 Grand Dad theme park looks amazing
Great to see a spot that is not all vandalized. Good video CB.
people in SD do not do that they keeps there park looking great no matter if its close or not.
Back in the day there were two more Flintstones Bedrock Cities near me, too - one in Kelowna, British Columbia and another in Bridal Veil Falls, British Columbia. I wouldn't be surprised if there were many, many more out there!
You sir have brightened my day. Finding your channel on a dismal morning at 5am this morning and seeing you ramble your merry way through South Dakota really brightened my day. In all sincerity I thank you sir. Keep up the good work.
i know of the flintstones sadly not my show but still neat to see this was expecting adam the woo to pop out at any moment,
plus its a shame it gone but i think you'd of loved the abandoned blobby world which was a 90's hit but is now sadly destroyed
It's sadly no more.
I am 14 right now and i remember my mom taking me here
I love the flinstones! and still watch it. Its on Retro toons and i especially love the Holiday episodes...
You said that the place is an abandoned theme park, but it's actually something that is part of a campground that is having everything Flintstones Related removed do to the WB Contract not being renewed.
When is a sink not a sink? When it's a stone.
The Flintstones are still alive and well, and so are many of the Hanna Barbera properties. Scooby Doo and Tom and Jerry still regularly churn out direct-to-video specials every year or two, Wacky Races got a reboot for Boomerang's new streaming video service, Top Cat has appeared in 2 recent direct-to-video movies, and several other Hanna Barbera characters have been licensed for collectible action figures, Funko bobbleheads and figurines, and amusement grade plush dolls.
And of course, the Flintstones not only have their names and faces on children's vitamins and Post cereals, but a year or two ago they also had a direct-to-video special crossing over with WWE, of all things. So they're all out there in some form. I'm glad I grew up in a time when 60s and 70s cartoons were still an easy nostalgic thing to make good money from. The 90s and early 2000s was a great time to be exposed to early TV animation, which has influenced my artstyle a lot.
It was fun working there
I'm pretty sure that said City Hall and Post Office.
Growing up in the Black Hills meant you went there every time your relatives from out of state visited. Loved that place as a kid.
Bones? just getting creepier as u go further, very strange indeed.
I loved this! I was actually there in the late 1960's when it was just the Flintstones and the Rubles houses and a campground.
That snake tube?
Aw, hell to the no on that!
Ugh that concrete snake spiked my anxiety something fierce.
My grandparents took me there for a summer road trip when I was I kid. Thanks man for sharing this! You brought back so many happy memories for me.
Went here with my family in 1972. Mom had photos. The Bedrock Playhouse was a movie theater which played episodes of The Flinstones on a theater screen.
How fun! I'm sure the little kids would have loved it there!
I went here in 1986 with my grandparents. Loved it.
What were the beds for do u remember
"That's a whole pelvis" 😂😂😂
Lol
I'm game...
0:50 - 1:10 - I love how they made sure the phone booth fit the "Flintstones" theme, but then just threw in a normal train.
Thanks, for the video. I went to this Flintstone Village several times when I was a kid. Those houses were not cabins for guests. They were just playhouses. Kind of sad to see it all abandoned. It was pretty popular in the seventies.
That tunnel gave me anxiety I would never have let my kids go in there!
I live here in Custer and no one actually stayed in the buildings. They were gated off so you couldn't actually go in
I know the bones are way to big to be human but i can see that being a perfect place for a serial killer to dump his victims bones. I'm probably just watching to much Dexter on Netflix though...
Your videos always bring me comfort, I have anxiety and I can't explain it but these vids are the best medicine. So thankyou from England ❤
+Alice Jivvy I appreciate it
Another big part of why this probably closed is the Flintstones IP is now owned by Warner Bros. and I guess they couldn’t renew the license.
Seems like they scabbenged the doors, copper and what not. It looks like the city keeps the place clean because you can see that the grass was mowed recently. Great video.
We stayed here when I was a kid in the early 70's. This brings back lots of great memories. It was a campground. No one stayed in the houses. People stayed in their campers.
I was here as a teen in 2008 . I got a t shirt with Wilma and Betty on it
Really awesome wish they would reopen it maybe add some rides or more attractions it looks like it would be fun
Thank you. I remember it well!
Was there in the late 70's with the wife and kids. Brings back memories
Sad it closed, as I kid I never saw this place but I'm a big Flintstones fan!
I was here the last year it was active...I enjoyed seeing how much has changed since I went to when you did this.
The Flintstones currently air on the classic TV station "MeTV" at 6PM-5 Central weekday evenings (before M*A*S*H) and on Sunday mornings (before The Brady Bunch).
Aww yes I went there one time when I was younger.
I remember going to the one on by the Grand Canyon as a kid, cool back in the day but I can see now how they wouldn’t survive in today’s entertainment world. Thank you for the video!