Opryland USA

Opryland USA was an amusement park in Nashville, Tennessee, USA. It opened in 1972 and closed in 1997. A shopping mall named Opry Mills now exists where the park once was.

History

The park opened on May 27, 1972 and cost $28 million. It was owned by the National Life & Accident Insurance Co.

Following Opryland USA's closure in 1997, many of the rides were sold to Premier Parks in November 1997 in a deal for $7,034,000 and were relocated to the site of Old Indiana Fun-n-Water Park in Thorntown, Indiana, USA. This was a property that Premier Parks (later Six Flags) planned to develop into a new theme park. The park was never built and ultimately most of the rides were scrapped between 2003 and 2006 after Six Flags sold the property in July 2002.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Past roller coasters

Name	Manufacturer	Type	Opened	Closed	Fate
Chaos	Vekoma	Enclosed	March 25, 1989	October 25, 1997	Relocated to Old Indiana Fun-n-Water Park (never operated)
Hangman	Vekoma	Inverted	May 1, 1995	October 25, 1997	Relocated to The New Marine World Theme Park
Mini Rock 'n Roller Coaster Previously Mini Timber Topper	Allan Herschell Company	Kiddie	1977	October 25, 1997	Unknown
Rock n' Roller Coaster Previously Timber Topper	Arrow Development	Sit-Down	May 27, 1972	October 25, 1997	Relocated to Old Indiana Fun-n-Water Park (never operated) - later moved to The Great Escape & Splashwater Kingdom
Screamin' Delta Demon	Intamin	Bobsled	1984	October 25, 1997	Relocated to Old Indiana Fun-n-Water Park (never operated)
Wabash Cannonball	Arrow Development	Sit-Down	1975	October 25, 1997	Relocated to Old Indiana Fun-n-Water Park (never operated) - trains to Six Flags Belgium

Past attractions

Name	Manufacturer	Type	Opened	Closed	Fate
Antique Carousel	Unknown	Carousel	1972	1997	Retained by Gaylord Entertainment Company and stored
Barnstormer	Bradley & Kaye	Barnstormer	1978	1997	Relocated to Old Indiana Fun-n-Water Park (never operated)
Convoy	Zamperla	Track Ride	Unknown	1997	Unknown
Country Bumpkin	Unknown	Dodgems	1976	1997	Relocated to Old Indiana Fun-n-Water Park (never operated)
Dune Buggies	Hampton Rides	Roundabout	1977 or earlier	1997	Unknown
Dulcimer Splash Previously Flume Zoom	Arrow Development	Log Flume	1972	1997	Relocated to Old Indiana Fun-n-Water Park (never operated)
Grizzly River Rampage	Intamin	River Rapids	1981	1997	Scrapped - parts to Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom for The Penguin's Blizzard River - conveyor belt systems relocated to Old Indiana Fun-n-Water Park (never used)
Little Deuce Coupe Previously Disc Jockey Ride	Intamin	Calypso / Teacups	1972	1997	Relocated to Old Indiana Fun-n-Water Park (never operated)
Old Mill Scream	Intamin	Shoot The Chute	1987	1997	Relocated to Old Indiana Fun-n-Water Park (never operated) - later moved to Wild Waves and Enchanted Village
Mini Ferris Wheel	Unknown	Junior Ferris Wheel	1977 or earlier	1997	Unknown
Opryland Railroad	Various	Miniature Railway	1972	1997	Parts sold
Red Baron Airplanes	Chance Rides	Junior Jets	1977 or earlier	1997	Unknown
Ryman's Ferry Raft Ride	Intamin	Scenic Boat Ride	1972	1986	Relocated to Kintetsu Ayameike
Skycoaster	Sky Fun 1 Inc.	Skycoaster	1995	1997	Scrapped
Skyride	Von Roll	Ropeway	1972	1997	Relocated to Old Indiana Fun-n-Water Park (never operated)
Surrey with the Fringe on Top	Hampton Rides	Roundabout	1977 or earlier	1997	Unknown
Tennessee Waltz	Zierer	Waveswinger	1977	1997	Relocated to Old Indiana Fun-n-Water Park (never operated)
Tin Lizzies	Arrow Development	Track Ride	1972	1994	Scrapped - cars to Kentucky Kingdom

References

↑ Hartmann, Stacey (1997-11-21). "13 Opryland rides sold". The Tennessean. Retrieved 2023-11-17.
↑ "Opryland". Theme Park Timelines.
↑ %247%2C034%2C000&f=false "Opryland USA: Images of Modern America". Stephen W. Philips. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help)

[1] Hartmann, Stacey (1997-11-21). "13 Opryland rides sold". The Tennessean. Retrieved 2023-11-17.

[2] "Opryland". Theme Park Timelines.

[3] %247%2C034%2C000&f=false "Opryland USA: Images of Modern America". Stephen W. Philips. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help)

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