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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 24 ม.ค. 2015
- Remember the days of the Wizard of Oz massive display in the MGM Grand in Las Vegas? Those were the days when the city was trying to change its image to a "family friendly" destination. Well, as gambling sales dropped- so did the idea.
In this video, you can follow Barb and Cheri back to that magical time and visit some of the towns best attractions. Enjoy! - เพลง
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I WANT TO GO BACK IN TIME AND GO THERE AGAIN!!! 1990s-
It was the BEST!!!
amen
I agree with you. That was the end of an era. For sure.
The 80s though 9/10/01 were the best.
Meals were alot cheaper!
Me too, we use to love it, I do cry when I see this, it bring back such good memories
Im 32 and I have been to vegas plenty of times. My parents would go ever since i was about 5 years old and I can honestly admit, Vegas was more magical in the 90s and early 2000s
The good ole house wife look in the 90’s lol. Every mom had that hair and similar wardrobe during that time. 90’s was the last good decade
Sure was. Those women are gorgeous.
I miss the great old 90’s casinos. The newer ones aren’t the same!
The 90's were exciting for Vegas.
Came here in 1996! I miss it! I miss the sounds of the coins 🪙 coming out of the machines. This reminds me of the Silver Legacy Grand Opening.
Thank you. No goofy music. Just the sounds of where ever you were filming.
Wow look how open Vegas was then now everything is crammed together.
So cool being able to see what MGM looked like before it was dethemed. Plus the original Mirage Suite. Great video.
I'm so glad I found this video. I always wanted to see what Emarld city looked like at the Mgm in the 90's. Thank you so much for posting this video.
I totally forgot about this too!
My first time entering MGM is when they had the Wizard of Oz at the entrance and I still have this photo...but of course MGM had to take it down. They really should stop tinkering with everything on the strip... every time I've been there since, it's changed yet again...and not always for the better
Thank you for uploading this!! I remember staying here in 1994, when I was only 15 years old. I really miss the OZ theme that the MGM used to have when it opened. Now it just looks like a cheap Indian casino.
Banana Fanafoferry I’m offended and I’m Indian
@@veerchasm1 Easy there, Stands with a Fist.
The Oz attraction was removed in 1997 along with the building's old entrance as part of several other renovations. Today the hotel resort is Hollywood themed
At 12:00, the Forum Shops area near the Trevi fountain looks identical to how it does today. Amazing how some things change beyond recognition and other things stay the same.
Thanks for posting this. It brings back great memories of those days in Las Vegas.
HOW COULD ANYONE NOT LOVE VEGAS, THE SIGHTS THE SOUNDS THE VIBE AND ATMOSPHERE!
It's wonderful to see the "Forum Shoppes" as they were in 1994. The "Warner Bros " Store is greatly missed. Thanks for sharing.
We were there when it opened. Left in 95. We flew out there about 2 weeks ago after 25 years and it looks horrible there now. Needless to say we won't be back.
Yup. Filled with a bunch of broke ass loud customers.
Was there in 94 visited almost every casino on the strip. Started at Circus Circus and ended at the Luxor. Even visited the Ranch.
It’s amazing to me how companies like MGM can completely destroy a product instead of making it better. Look how awesome that Lobby that is. Fun machines the land of oz. MGM is a shell of its former self. I was there over the weekend and it’s a complete dump with trash bag clientele.
Awesome video. I lived there from 1994-96. I remember when Toto was stolen. Huge "Vegas" news.
Lol @toto being stolen.
Great video! I was 12 in 1994. Love seeing Vegas then and comparing it to Vegas now.
Thank you so much! Who says time machines aren’t possible? You have proved them all wrong lol this was awesome
Last time I traveled to Vegas was in the 90's, I really prefer the Vegas of yesteryear. I was able to walk from the Sahara to MGM Grand with ease. The prices were cheap and so were the buffets. Thanks for great video.
2nd trip to Vegas was about a week after the remodel with the Oz stuff... I still have the coffee mug I bought in the lobby gift shop.
Fun time to be there .. town was still relatively small and business was booming
Thanks so much for showing us footage of the lion entrance and showing us what it looks like to enter inside the lion entrance of the mgm grand. I’ve been trying to look for footage of that for a really long time but no sign of it until I found this video. Thank you very much
Wow, the MGM Grand used to actually be "grand"? What happened?
I miss those days. great video👍
Thank you for trip back down memory lane.
Thank you for posting this! ❤️💕 I never got to see the Wizard of Oz thing at MGM because I was too poor. This is a treasure. And tell your momma she’s beautiful! ❤️
Thank you for posting!! I went there when I was a kid and remember the magic show and thinking Emerald City was the most beautiful site in Vegas. And the magic show was amazing!! I remember it included them taking an audience member and trying out a guillotine :O
Thank you so much for this video! My son and I were in Vegas last month and were remembering how wonderful a time he had on his first Vegas vacation with the Wizard of Oz theme.
that room and bathroom are awesome. I loveeee 70s-00s architecture & interior design so much! That shower thooooo 😍
I went in September 1994 with my Mum! i loved it there, we had been before. I took her to see Englebert Humperdinck at Ballys xxx wonderful memories
I stayed at MGM years back and although I didn't care for the room or the staff I will say their pool is probably one of the best pools I ever been to on terms of anesthetic and vibe.
My childhood. Thank you! ❤
Very Impressive animatronics of the characters. My favorite is the Wicked Witch.
I was 6 or 7 going through this. I remember some of this stuff faintly. I also never got to see the show and the doors were always shut. I would bang on them hoping the guy would answer. I asked my mom for a bell once to ring so that I can piss him off to open it lol
Nice video.. Ty for posting.. I love old video's of Vegas since i been going since 1980..So much has changed. I truly believe trying to make Vegas a family place was a bad idea. I still love Vegas but it isn't as person friendly as it used to be..
I somewhat disagree. The family friendly phase was when we got all these themed hotels.
Now they all dethemed and all look the same lacking any character.
Been going to Vegas for 30 years now leaving in a few hours crazy thing is i will be staying at the MGM for the first time i decided my bucket list is to start going to all the hotels that i never stayed at.
You really filmed a lot of stuff. Nice video!! i took a similar video 2 years later. it's here on TH-cam.
People were still dressing classy casual then. I didn't see any hordes of slobs wearing graphic t-shirts, pajama bottoms, etc.
Ty
I really do think this type of Vegas could work. This attraction looks far better than anything in the MGM right now and I wasn’t even alive when this video was made. The locals here are hiding in the suburbs because “things weren’t like they used to be”. I say a call to NYC to get the mob back together to run this city and get the corporate people out would be a good start.
Folks carrying around the plastic coin cups!
Loved Las Vegas in the 90's
COME BACK OLD VEGAS COME BACK.
WOW! The escalators actually worked back then?
This reminds me of Tom and Jerry and The Wizard of Oz (2011)
“Cash only”, it’s very rare to see signs like that today.
Hey - can you tell me did you video record this your self or is this from mgm grand - we would like to use this for an oz documentary
Great footage! The 'Vegas' of my youth. It was perhaps that imposing visage of the MGM Lion 1:04 That led to the entrance reconstruction. Apparently, Tourists from the Far East found it Superstitious to be "swallowed" by the great Lion upon entering the 'Grand.'
GrowinupinSincity81 I had read this back in the 90’s, kinda funny
Yeah that's what they claimed which is why they changed it although there was another entrance in which people could have went through if they didn't want yo use the main one.
Their superstitious ideas are not valid outside their countries. MGM what a tool 🔧
Wow que padre mi tía vivo por los 90's en las vegas y trabajo en varios hoteles que ya posiblemente fueron derrumbados por esa costumbre que los gringos hacen
Don’t know if it’s true or not but one reason why the MGM lion entrance was removed because of reports that so many Chinese gambling guests refused to enter the jaws of a lion to come inside, considering it "bad luck" in their culture.
People just don’t get the concept that private property is private!
Was that JANET air taking off at McCarrsn toward the end?
Yep the duo of Three's Company and Rocky Horror Picture Show spiriting you straight to Area 51.
Your mom is so cool.
There was nothing like Vegas from 1980-1995. Then in the mid 90's it got commercialized and became expensive. Today Vegas is not the value vacation it was. Lodging and food are overpriced ie $49 buffets. We fired Vegas about fifteen years ago for Lake Tahoe.
Holy shoulder pads!
Are the two old ladies in this video still alive?
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Vegas took away all the cool entertaining shit! Im here now with my kids wanting to show them the stuff I loved in Vegas when I was young and the pirate show at treasure island is gone, the dragon and wizard at Excalibur are gone, no Wizard of Oz at the Mgm and no show of the God's at Caesars Palace. So sad to me
Was there last week... and doesn’t look anything like this what a shame.....all you see is high prices HOOKERS ... a lot of stoned people....
Vegas is such a conservative city.
Where are their masks?
😂😂
I miss the old MGM grand's lion head, they got rid of it because the orientials feared it
It’s a shame what a dump MGM is these days.
Just saw this so glad the whole BS of Vegas family is gone. Like the parts of the old hag in green smoking LOL
One day, the whipper snappers will be glad you're gone too...and now you're 2 years closer. 😂
What a great time to have lived in vegas. I was there from 92-2018. I busted so many nuts out there!! WHEW!! 🤣🤣😂😂😂
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