Opryland's Operational Days

Opryland USA/Operational

Opryland Skyride 50's Sky Ride across from the Chevy-GEO Celebrity Theater.

Kiddie Coaster Opryland USA's lone Kiddie Coaster.

Shooting Gallery Stockade Arcade's Shooting Gallery next to the 50's Sky Ride station in the Do Wah Diddy City area.

The thing that was cool about this shooting gallery is that all the targets were sensitive to light. If you were to take a photo of the gallery with the flash on, you'd get a free show of everything reacting to the camera flash.

Shooting Gallery The thing that was cool about this shooting gallery is that all the targets were sensitive to light. If you were to take a photo of the gallery with the flash on, you'd get a free show of everything reacting to the camera flash.

Old Mill Scream Onboard the Old Mill Scream. 50's Sky Ride Station. That little bit of gray track in the background of this photo is Rockin' Rollercoaster (Now Canyon Blaster at Great Escape in upstate New York).

50's Sky Ride Station. That little bit of gray track in the background of this photo is Rockin' Rollercoaster (Now Canyon Blaster at Great Escape in upstate New York).

Opryland Skyride 50's Sky Ride Station. That little bit of gray track in the background of this photo is Rockin' Rollercoaster (Now Canyon Blaster at Great Escape in upstate New York).

Carousel Me (your webmater) at age sixteen riding the Carousel by the Lake. *yeehaw!* Whip the horste to make him go faster! *sigh* I miss that park.

Opryland USA Opryland's entrance sign in their 25th Season in 1996, one year before the park closed for good.

Carousel Carousel On The Lake.

Childrens Area Me along with my sister on the Climbing Train the park had in its Kids Club. C'mon, this is good for you! Eat it! *AAAUGH!* Not my hand!....Fond memories of the Petting Zoo across from the Barnstormer.

Petting Zoo C'mon, this is good for you! Eat it! *AAAUGH!* Not my hand!....Fond memories of the Petting Zoo across from the Barnstormer. Onboard the Old Mill Scream. My dad loved to take his camera on this ride and tried to get photos of my Grandparents watching from the bridge. Old Mill Scream produced quite a splash. No one was able to make it throug this ride and not get wet.

Onboard the Old Mill Scream. My dad loved to take his camera on this ride and tried to get photos of my Grandparents watching from the bridge. Old Mill Scream produced quite a splash. No one was able to make it throug this ride and not get wet.

Old Mill Scream Onboard the Old Mill Scream. My dad loved to take his camera on this ride and tried to get photos of my Grandparents watching from the bridge. Old Mill Scream produced quite a splash. No one was able to make it throug this ride and not get wet.

Grizzly Area Entrance to the Grizzly Country area of the park. Tin Lizzies. I always drove, and never let anyone else drive. This attraction was the second to leave the park before it closed in 1997. The Vekoma SLC, Hangman, replaced the Tin Lizzies for the 1995 season. Hangman was dubbed "The Coaster That Couldn't Save A Dying Park."

Tin Lizzies. I always drove, and never let anyone else drive. This attraction was the second to leave the park before it closed in 1997. The Vekoma SLC, Hangman, replaced the Tin Lizzies for the 1995 season. Hangman was dubbed "The Coaster That Couldn't Save A Dying Park."

Tin Lizzies Tin Lizzies. I always drove, and never let anyone else drive. This attraction was the second to leave the park before it closed in 1997. The Vekoma SLC, Hangman, replaced the Tin Lizzies for the 1995 season. Hangman was dubbed "The Coaster That Couldn't Save A Dying Park."

Sky Ride Onboard the Sky Ride headed towards the New Orleans Sky Ride station.

Tennessee Waltz The Tennessee Waltz, a wave swinger that was located in the State Fair area of the park was one of my favorite rides there.

Tin Lizzies Onboard the Tin Lizzies.

Grand Ole Opry Inside the Grand Ole Opry Museum.

Old Mill Scream Just standing on the deck of the Old Mill Scream gets you soaked as demonstrated here by me.

Old Mill Scream

Kiddie Ride One of several Kiddie Rides in the Lakeside Area.

Tennessee Waltz On the Tennessee Waltz at night time.

Tin Lizzies

Stockade Arcade Me posing for a shot in 1993 at the Stockade Arcade next to the 50's Sky Ride station.

Barnstormer The Barnstormer - Opryland's Bi-Plane ride seen taking off in this photo with Old Mill Scream's lift hill in the background.

Old Mill Scream

Dulcimer Splash Dulcimer Splash in the New Orleans area just after splash-down.

Bumper Cars Bumper Cars in the State Fair area of the park.

Barnstormer Me with my father boarding the Barnstormer.

This was back in the days when General Mills Cereal was the park's major sponsor. I never even tried the Franken Berry cereal as a kid, but I chose to pose behind the board for this photo.

Franken Berry This was back in the days when General Mills Cereal was the park's major sponsor. I never even tried the Franken Berry cereal as a kid, but I chose to pose behind the board for this photo.

Grinder's Switch A shot of part of one of Opryland's Train engines at the Grinder's Switch Train Station.

Tin Lizzies Kinda hard to make out here, but there's a green Tin Lizzies car in this photo. The Sky Ride. The one thing I really loved about this park was all the shade it had to offer. There was a ton of shade to relax and cool off under unlike modern parks such as Six Flags America or Kings Dominion once you get passed the Eiffel Tower.

The Sky Ride. The one thing I really loved about this park was all the shade it had to offer. There was a ton of shade to relax and cool off under unlike modern parks such as Six Flags America or Kings Dominion once you get passed the Eiffel Tower.

Sky Ride The Sky Ride. The one thing I really loved about this park was all the shade it had to offer. There was a ton of shade to relax and cool off under unlike modern parks such as Six Flags America or Kings Dominion once you get passed the Eiffel Tower.

Souvenir Map A scan of the park's final souviner map from 1997.

1997 Park Map This was the park's 1997 and final map that guests got upon entering the park.