We have spent the last two blog postings exploring the Town Square and Main Street areas of Frontier Village.
Now at the end of main street opened up a vista of the lake off to your left side. On your right you still had some exciting things ahead.
I remember in this area there was an area where you could go panning for GOLD. It was always fun to do because your hand would get wet and on a hot summer day that was always fun to play in the water.
To the right was where the fishing pond was located. It where you could drop in a fishing line and catch a rainbow trout for you dinner. I never liked doing that because I as a small kid would only like to catch tuna fish sandwiches or school lunch room fish sticks.
The waterfall that trickled down into the fishing pond was built on the side of the rock covered building that was the Lost Dutchman's Mine. Now that was a real fun ride, you'd board these ore carts and enter the dark mine interior. Once inside and your eyes adjusted to the darkness you'd begin to see miners working to get the gold out of the mountain. Had they known just how easy it was just across the way over by the lake. All the kids were striking gold over at the gold panning area. Well at the end of the ride there was always that crazy prospector with the case of TNT firing off his pistols. Watch out for that spark.....KABLEWIEEEE BOOM BAM! The ore carts would exit over by the trout pond and it was back to Frontier Village.
Next to that was the El Sito Myterio. This building had the slanted floors and walls. Water appeared to run up hill, brooms would stand by themselves, Bowling balls would roll up hill, and your little brother grew taller than you just by walking across the room. It was always fun to stand at a good lean without falling over.
Then came one of my favorite rides. It was the Sidewinder, a classic carnival Tilt-A-Whirl ride. There was just something about the one at Frontier Village that it ran faster and more intense that at other places.
In doing this article I found an old park map. It reminded me that I was wrong about the Stampede's location. It was down a path past the Sidewinder. I kinda recall it being originally at the location of the Tarantula, and then moved to it's newer location near sidewinder. Maybe someone can refresh my memory.
Stay tuned for further adventures from my memory
Part 1 http://activerain.com/blogsview/717285/Frontier-Village-Part-1
Part 2 http://activerain.com/blogsview/718430/Frontier-Village-Part-2
Part 3 http://activerain.com/blogsview/718484/Frontier-Village-Part-3
Part 4 http://activerain.com/blogsview/721314/Frontier-Village-Memories-Part
Part 5 http://activerain.com/blogsview/721431/Frontier-Village-Memories-Part
Part 6 http://activerain.com/blogsview/723682/Frontier-Village-Memories-Part
Part 7 http://activerain.com/blogsview/732184/Frontier-Village-Part-7
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