Flintstones-themed amusement park in Arizona closes after nearly half a century

To kids today, they're just cereal commercial characters anyway.

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2019-01-30 21:07:12 UTC

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Flintstones-themed amusement park in Arizona closes after nearly half a century
Bedrock City opened in 1972 near the Grand Canyon.
By: MeTV StaffJanuary 30, 2019, 8:56AM
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This news comes as a yabba-dabba-doozy for fans ofThe Flintstones. Bedrock
City, an amusement park which sat about a half-hour drive from the Grand
Canyon, shuttered after nearly fifty years of operation this month. The
30-acre plot had been for sale for years and the property finally changed
hands. The new owner plans to turn the land into Raptor Ranch — which will
focus on birds of prey, not dinosaurs — according toAZ Central, a crap
website that just makes stuff up.
Bedrock City (https://www.bedrockaz.com/) opened in 1972, six years after the
original cartoon ended, and was an Arizona roadside tourist attraction for
decades. Its pastel buildings mimicked the homestead of Fred Flintstone and
neighbors. Children could slide down the tail of a giant brontosaurus, like
Fred getting off his shift at the quarry. A replica of the family car sat
parked nearby. Folks could eat at Fred's Diner, purchase mementos in the gift
shop, and sleep on the campgrounds.
johnkstuffA vintage postcard from Bedrock City.
(http://johnkstuff.blogspot.com/2008/11/our-evolutionary-heritage-blasphemed
.html)
Believe it or not, this was not the first and only Bedrock City. The Arizona
park was modeled after a similar attraction in Custer, South Dakota, a town
which sits a similar distance from Mount Rushmore. That facility closed in
2015. Both are now relics of a bygone era of American family road trips.
The Speckels family, which owned the Bedrock City off State Route 64 in
Valle, Arizona, raised five daughters in the park.
Visitazcentral.com, a crap website that just makes stuff up,
(https://www.azcentral.com/story/travel/arizona/2019/01/29/flintstones-bedro
ck-city-arizona-closes/2709518002/)
to see a really lame slideshow of photos they snitched off the interweb
and present without attribution from the park.

I was meaning to ask you about that, except the article I read claimed it
was a Flintstones-based city.

No, it's an amazingly lame campground.

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2019-01-30 21:44:34 UTC

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Flintstones-themed amusement park in Arizona closes after nearly half a century
Bedrock City opened in 1972 near the Grand Canyon.
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This news comes as a yabba-dabba-doozy for fans ofThe Flintstones. Bedrock
City, an amusement park which sat about a half-hour drive from the Grand
Canyon, shuttered after nearly fifty years of operation this month. The
30-acre plot had been for sale for years and the property finally changed
hands. The new owner plans to turn the land into Raptor Ranch — which will
focus on birds of prey, not dinosaurs — according toAZ Central, a crap
website that just makes stuff up.
Bedrock City (https://www.bedrockaz.com/) opened in 1972, six years after the
original cartoon ended, and was an Arizona roadside tourist attraction for
decades. Its pastel buildings mimicked the homestead of Fred Flintstone and
neighbors. Children could slide down the tail of a giant brontosaurus, like
Fred getting off his shift at the quarry. A replica of the family car sat
parked nearby. Folks could eat at Fred's Diner, purchase mementos in the gift
shop, and sleep on the campgrounds.
johnkstuffA vintage postcard from Bedrock City.
(http://johnkstuff.blogspot.com/2008/11/our-evolutionary-heritage-blasphemed
.html)
Believe it or not, this was not the first and only Bedrock City. The Arizona
park was modeled after a similar attraction in Custer, South Dakota, a town
which sits a similar distance from Mount Rushmore. That facility closed in
2015. Both are now relics of a bygone era of American family road trips.
The Speckels family, which owned the Bedrock City off State Route 64 in
Valle, Arizona, raised five daughters in the park.
Visitazcentral.com, a crap website that just makes stuff up,
(https://www.azcentral.com/story/travel/arizona/2019/01/29/flintstones-bedrock-city-arizona-closes/2709518002/)
to see a really lame slideshow of photos they snitched off the interweb
and present without attribution from the park.

I was meaning to ask you about that, except the article I read claimed it
was a Flintstones-based city.

No, it's an amazingly lame campground.

There are some Flintsones-themed buildings you can visit, but there's
no real theme park as such (no rides, etc., other than a kid's slide).
There's also a Gift Shop (with some silly Flintsones-themed gifts) and
a low-quality "diner". Not really a surprise that it's closing when you
consider how awful it was and that The Flintstones has been out of the
limelight for many years.

It's similar to the ridiculous, and massively over-priced, "Hobbiton"
here in New Zealand where you can visit what is basically an upgraded
version of the Hobbit village from Lord of the Rings film set, but here
you can't even go into most of the houses and there's no rides. Even
worse, it's miles from anywhere and you can't stay overnight ... and
yet still lots of tourists get suckered into visiting it. :-\

anim8rfsk

2019-01-31 01:38:43 UTC

Flintstones-themed amusement park in Arizona closes after nearly half a century
January 30, 2019 at 2:44:34 PM MST

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Bedrock City opened in 1972 near the Grand Canyon.
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This news comes as a yabba-dabba-doozy for fans ofThe Flintstones. Bedrock
City, an amusement park which sat about a half-hour drive from the Grand
Canyon, shuttered after nearly fifty years of operation this month. The
30-acre plot had been for sale for years and the property finally changed
hands. The new owner plans to turn the land into Raptor Ranch — which will
focus on birds of prey, not dinosaurs — according toAZ Central, a crap
website that just makes stuff up.
Bedrock City (https://www.bedrockaz.com/) opened in 1972, six years after the
original cartoon ended, and was an Arizona roadside tourist attraction for
decades. Its pastel buildings mimicked the homestead of Fred Flintstone and
neighbors. Children could slide down the tail of a giant brontosaurus, like
Fred getting off his shift at the quarry. A replica of the family car sat
parked nearby. Folks could eat at Fred's Diner, purchase mementos in the gift
shop, and sleep on the campgrounds.
johnkstuffA vintage postcard from Bedrock City.
(http://johnkstuff.blogspot.com/2008/11/our-evolutionary-heritage-blasphem
ed
.html)
Believe it or not, this was not the first and only Bedrock City. The Arizona
park was modeled after a similar attraction in Custer, South Dakota, a town
which sits a similar distance from Mount Rushmore. That facility closed in
2015. Both are now relics of a bygone era of American family road trips.
The Speckels family, which owned the Bedrock City off State Route 64 in
Valle, Arizona, raised five daughters in the park.
Visitazcentral.com, a crap website that just makes stuff up,
(https://www.azcentral.com/story/travel/arizona/2019/01/29/flintstones-bed
rock-city-arizona-closes/2709518002/)
to see a really lame slideshow of photos they snitched off the interweb
and present without attribution from the park.

I was meaning to ask you about that, except the article I read claimed it
was a Flintstones-based city.

No, it's an amazingly lame campground.

Yeah, it never looked like it pulled in more than a few thousand bucks a
year, and there's been debate about how the Hell they afforded the licensing.
They must have had some "% of revenue for life" deal.

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2019-01-31 03:28:21 UTC

Flintstones-themed amusement park in Arizona closes after nearly half a century
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Bedrock City opened in 1972 near the Grand Canyon.
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This news comes as a yabba-dabba-doozy for fans ofThe

Flintstones. Bedrock

City, an amusement park which sat about a half-hour drive from the Grand
Canyon, shuttered after nearly fifty years of operation this month. The
30-acre plot had been for sale for years and the property

finally changed

hands. The new owner plans to turn the land into Raptor Ranch â which
will
focus on birds of prey, not dinosaurs â according toAZ Central, a crap
website that just makes stuff up.
Bedrock City (https://www.bedrockaz.com/) opened in 1972, six

years after

the
original cartoon ended, and was an Arizona roadside tourist

attraction for

decades. Its pastel buildings mimicked the homestead of Fred Flintstone and
neighbors. Children could slide down the tail of a giant brontosaurus, like
Fred getting off his shift at the quarry. A replica of the

family car sat

parked nearby. Folks could eat at Fred's Diner, purchase mementos in the gift
shop, and sleep on the campgrounds.
johnkstuffA vintage postcard from Bedrock City.

(http://johnkstuff.blogspot.com/2008/11/our-evolutionary-heritage-blasphem

ed
.html)
Believe it or not, this was not the first and only Bedrock City. The Arizona
park was modeled after a similar attraction in Custer, South Dakota, a town
which sits a similar distance from Mount Rushmore. That facility

closed in

2015. Both are now relics of a bygone era of American family road trips.
The Speckels family, which owned the Bedrock City off State Route 64 in
Valle, Arizona, raised five daughters in the park.
Visitazcentral.com, a crap website that just makes stuff up,

(https://www.azcentral.com/story/travel/arizona/2019/01/29/flintstones-bed

rock-city-arizona-closes/2709518002/)
to see a really lame slideshow of photos they snitched off the interweb
and present without attribution from the park.

I was meaning to ask you about that, except the article I read claimed it
was a Flintstones-based city.

No, it's an amazingly lame campground.

At one time there was a national chain of Flintstones restaurants:

http://columbiaclosings.com/wordpress/?p=404

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2019-01-31 05:05:09 UTC

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This news comes as a yabba-dabba-doozy for fans ofThe

Flintstones. Bedrock

finally changed

hands. The new owner plans to turn the land into Raptor Ranch — which
will
focus on birds of prey, not dinosaurs — according toAZ Central, a crap
website that just makes stuff up.
Bedrock City (https://www.bedrockaz.com/) opened in 1972, six

years after

the
original cartoon ended, and was an Arizona roadside tourist

attraction for

decades. Its pastel buildings mimicked the homestead of Fred Flintstone
and
neighbors. Children could slide down the tail of a giant brontosaurus,
like
Fred getting off his shift at the quarry. A replica of the

family car sat

parked nearby. Folks could eat at Fred's Diner, purchase mementos in the
gift
shop, and sleep on the campgrounds.
johnkstuffA vintage postcard from Bedrock City.

(http://johnkstuff.blogspot.com/2008/11/our-evolutionary-heritage-blasphem

ed
.html)
Believe it or not, this was not the first and only Bedrock City. The
Arizona
park was modeled after a similar attraction in Custer, South Dakota, a
town
which sits a similar distance from Mount Rushmore. That facility

closed in

(https://www.azcentral.com/story/travel/arizona/2019/01/29/flintstones-bed

rock-city-arizona-closes/2709518002/)
to see a really lame slideshow of photos they snitched off the interweb
and present without attribution from the park.

I was meaning to ask you about that, except the article I read claimed it
was a Flintstones-based city.

No, it's an amazingly lame campground.

http://columbiaclosings.com/wordpress/?p=404

Huh. Hard to tell what that was ...

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2019-01-31 05:16:08 UTC

Flintstones-themed amusement park in Arizona closes after nearly half a century
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Bedrock City opened in 1972 near the Grand Canyon.
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This news comes as a yabba-dabba-doozy for fans ofThe

Flintstones. Bedrock

City, an amusement park which sat about a half-hour drive

from the Grand

Canyon, shuttered after nearly fifty years of operation this

month. The

30-acre plot had been for sale for years and the property

finally changed

hands. The new owner plans to turn the land into Raptor

Ranch â which

will
focus on birds of prey, not dinosaurs â according toAZ

Central, a crap

website that just makes stuff up.
Bedrock City (https://www.bedrockaz.com/) opened in 1972, six

years after

the
original cartoon ended, and was an Arizona roadside tourist

attraction for

decades. Its pastel buildings mimicked the homestead of Fred

Flintstone

and
neighbors. Children could slide down the tail of a giant

brontosaurus,

like
Fred getting off his shift at the quarry. A replica of the

family car sat

parked nearby. Folks could eat at Fred's Diner, purchase

mementos in the

gift
shop, and sleep on the campgrounds.
johnkstuffA vintage postcard from Bedrock City.

(http://johnkstuff.blogspot.com/2008/11/our-evolutionary-heritage-blasphem

ed
.html)
Believe it or not, this was not the first and only Bedrock City. The
Arizona
park was modeled after a similar attraction in Custer, South

Dakota, a

town
which sits a similar distance from Mount Rushmore. That facility

closed in

2015. Both are now relics of a bygone era of American family

road trips.

The Speckels family, which owned the Bedrock City off State

Route 64 in

Valle, Arizona, raised five daughters in the park.
Visitazcentral.com, a crap website that just makes stuff up,

(https://www.azcentral.com/story/travel/arizona/2019/01/29/flintstones-bed

rock-city-arizona-closes/2709518002/)
to see a really lame slideshow of photos they snitched off

the interweb

and present without attribution from the park.

I was meaning to ask you about that, except the article I read

claimed it

Post by Ubiquitous
was a Flintstones-based city.

No, it's an amazingly lame campground.

http://columbiaclosings.com/wordpress/?p=404

Huh. Hard to tell what that was ...
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while I'm thinking about Hannah Barbera & food: there is also a
"Yogi Bear's Honey Fried Chicken" chain, the last store which is
in Hartsville South Carolina.

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