1,034 Comments for Rocky Point Amusement Park

my parents grew up there, i grew up there, my kids grew up there. i am no longer in r.i., but rocky point will live forever in our memories. long live rocky point!

Kinda reminds me of the Rush '2112' album cover!!!

That's right!! NO ONE CARES!!! It's all about money, 21st century yuppie-ism, SUV's, CONDO's,...and destroying things like Rocky Point to make way for the above. Small parks like this were so great, because you could actually ride the rides and enjoy yourself; as opposed to Six Flags, where you pay a small fortune to stand in line all damned day...for a 30 second ride!!! Shame Shame Shame

It seems as thought we can't decide whether this is the beer garden or kiddie carousel....I can't place this little building at all, and I seen to remember the beer garden being located between the House of Horrors and the Chairlift ride. Maybe this place had already been long abandoned by the time I started going there?

to the person who asked if the carousel had a 'calliope', it had a band organ the first time I went there, although the bass drum and glockenspiel portions of it weren't working. It was replaced by an electronic-sounding 'organ' with lots of flashing lights. I wonder where the original organ went?

What Rhode Islander can forget Rocky Point.......I first went there in 1986, and last went 1996; the last season. Always a great time. Too bad. It was one of the Few 'cool' places in RI. Another poster mentioned Whalom Park in Lunenburg MA......I went there many times as a kid as well!! Next time you go to Six Flags in Springfield MA; take a look at the smaller wooden roller coaster smack in the middle of the park; it is IDENTICAL to the old Whalom Park coaster. Purchsed from Whalom, possibly? Anyone remember LIncoln Park, out in the Fairhaven area?

I really wish someone back then was able to videotape the ride from beginning to end. My first time in I was 5 years old and I was freaked out beyond hope, lol.

Hi just saw the site here, love it. When i was a kid i was terrified of this ride, and didnt like it much as i got older, but was utterly fascinated by it. I only remember one time going in the house as an adult. I have some questions.

-Anyone remember a very fat lady? I think she was right before the old lady in the chair.

-What did the owners do with the things they took out of the house? Were they just thrown out? Id love to know what happened to the viking.

-Were the contents of the ride actioned off with the ride? In other words did the winners take the figures out? I remember the whole duration I went the woman on the saw mill. I used to think it was a guy.

Finally, The viking was originally in the second floor hallway I believe, but what happened to the dragon with all the body parts? Anyone remember that dragon eating the guy?

It was kind of a ghastly ride. :)

Thanks, Al

Not JUST Rhode Islanders, Little Rhody Girl! I grew up and still live in Connecticut, and I remember taking family trips to Rocky Point. I can remember once going through the Hauted House with my cousin, but my favorite Rocky Point memory is of its carousel, because that was the first merry-go-round I ever saw that had all kinds of different animals on it, not just horses. It was wonderful! When I first heard that Rocky Point was going to close, I wondered what was going to happen to that carousel and all its animals, would it be sold intact, or the animals sold off individually.

I guess Rocky Point's famous Shore Dinner Hall is gone now, too.

it so sad I want to move away

It's so sad I feel like I've lost my best friend makes me want to cry

All I know is those horror rides have some pretty out there themes and scenes in them. No wonder so many people from my generation have mental health issues requiring medications. I was a perfectly normal kid before I saw a woman in a black dress chained to the wall beaten and cut up in a fun house waiting for god knows what fate to befall her.

Funny story.

In one of these rides I actually struck one of the "live action" guys who they would regularly have come and hassle your car as you rode through for added fright factor. I was with my girlfriend (now wife) and he was horrified, and they just kept at it despite my asking them to back off multiple times. I am not a violent person at all, but he was actually on the front of the car we were in, and something about her being afraid, the noise of the "fun house", and the scenes all around me must have just triggered a fight or flight reaction.

I had a major confrontation with the carnies outside the ride when it was over.

Not a pretty date to say the least.

I think this used to be the bingo hall. The sign, Below ROCKY, used to be flashing numbers, resembling a bingo card.

Megan....the answer to your question is "no". The Rocky Point Corkscrew is now somewhere in Washington state and has been renamed 'The WIld Thing"

there is actually a documentary about Rocky Point Park. Check it out at www.rockypointmovie.com