I'll never forget all the great times I had at Pontchartrain Beach in 1981, 1982, and 1983. Just being in the area emanates eternal nostalgia for me. It's forever a part of my childhood and my life. I was too small to ride the Zephyr Roller Coaster but I was allowed to ride the Ragin Cajun.

I went in the 70's and early 80's. It was the best park ever. It got sold to some guy who wanted to make condominiums there which turned out to be a scam. It went undeveloped for ages until UNO built a building there. I also heard that rising admissions prices and the new popularity of home video games kept more kids at home rather than going out to the park. I'm just grateful that like many others i got to experience the magic of being there, and saw it for myself. I'll always miss it.

Wonderful memoires of a simpler and happier time.

It's a damn shame they closed down this legendary amusement park. I loved going there whenever I visited my family in New Orleans and I made sure I got on rides like the Zephyr, the log ride and the bumper cars.

not even from the us but this is so interesting since it is so 80's and its about a random park in new orleans that i shouldnt really care about but here i am

Awwwwwwwwww...................I miss that great place & those great times. : (

I miss the place. We went every year and had great times and many memories were made.ITs a shame it had to go

You really see some of the old rides in that last commercial, it was apparently made in 1966.

look how nice everything is.. the good days..

I have 6 Pontchatrain Beach glasses

I remember going in 1962 to 1965. There was a version of the song that went Pontchartrain Beach, Pontchartrain Beach, bring your BB gun, watch all the...run, at Pontchartrain Beach.

I remembered this place from 1981

I used to live in walking distance to that beach. It was even free to enter then.

Does anyone remember the kiddy ride called " The Smokie Mary " ? .It was a train ride for kids .

I remember all of these but the last one. "Get it ALL together there."

I want to go back

I went there in 1981 or 82, but they didn't have hardly any of the rides shown in this film.

I’m happy them days over with

@IslenoGutierrez

2 жыл бұрын

I miss them days…Pontchartrain Beach was fun

0:45

New orleans pre black people

Why did it close

@NA-us5ex

5 жыл бұрын

Landon Isaac a major vandalism attack happened.

@uncafunky1

5 жыл бұрын

@@711scotttrain The usual with roaches.

@Coco_Loco95

4 жыл бұрын

They closed because of pollution concerns in the lake & customer decrease after segregation ended. Ignore the race baiting comments by ignorant racists, who ironically never have anything to say when whites do mass-shootings.

@thomasfoxworth366

2 жыл бұрын

The upcoming 1984 World's Fair (which ran from May to November) had a lot to do with the decision to close PB and sell the property.

@johnnyballenatl

Жыл бұрын

@@thomasfoxworth366And then of course, there was the explosion of cable TV and video games (Pac-Man, Donkey Kong, etc.).

new orleans can't have amusement parks.

@rottenapples3

6 жыл бұрын

daveheel why is that?

@wallacestine

5 жыл бұрын

Look it up

@711scotttrain

5 жыл бұрын

@@rottenapples3 they tried to have a 6 Flags in the ghetto & marsh of New Orleans East. Well that brought the animals from both places. Hurricane Katrina finished off what was already doomed. I went a few times & it was ghetto . most rides didn't function & neither did the workers

@Coco_Loco95

4 жыл бұрын

711scotttrain um we already do: Carousel Gardens. & 6ix Flags was 100% fine before hurricane Katrina. You commented several racist comments on here, you have an obsession. Stop race baiting.

@Coco_Loco95

4 жыл бұрын

We have one already. It’s called carousel gardens.

And not a black person in sight. Those were the good old days.

@Nullybk

Жыл бұрын

There actually were many they were still the majority in New Orleans typical KZread racist

@trikkerman1

Жыл бұрын

@@Nullybk How am I racist for pointing out that there were no black people in the ad?

@Nullybk

Жыл бұрын

@@trikkerman1 lmao “good ole days” as if African American don’t create 90% of New Orleans culture 😭😭

EVERYBODY KNOWS WHY PONTCHARTRAIN BEACH HAD TO CLOSE.

CAN'T HAVE ANYTHING NICE IN NEW ORLEANS. EVERYBODY KNOWS WHY.