tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7812116909571848352.post5847341366665477270..comments2023-09-05T03:42:45.586-04:00Comments on Queen City Discovery: Indianapolis' Thunder IslandRonny Salernohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09028420637930256541noreply@blogger.comBlogger56125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7812116909571848352.post-12123317721133226742020-05-18T00:54:33.091-04:002020-05-18T00:54:33.091-04:00I was referring to my time working at Kings Island...I was referring to my time working at Kings Island. However, reading it back now—I could see how the slang term of “the island” could be confusing in this s instance. Given that this website at the time was primarily Cincinnati-centric, I don’t think I ever caught it till you commented. Ronny Salernohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09028420637930256541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7812116909571848352.post-1102905178484322682020-05-15T14:50:25.499-04:002020-05-15T14:50:25.499-04:00If you were born in 1989, how could you have gone ...If you were born in 1989, how could you have gone there with your boss or even worked there? It closed way before you were old enough to work. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04159016754148813678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7812116909571848352.post-74365503712442796262019-03-23T17:54:25.973-04:002019-03-23T17:54:25.973-04:00I know it's been a while since you've put ...I know it's been a while since you've put this page up, but I have a few questions if you don't mind. Did you need permission to access the park? If you did, how did you get them? I'm wanting to document some information for a project I'm doing, and Thunder Island seems like the perfect place to do so. Thanks in advance for whatever information you can give me regarding a visit to Thunder Island. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12498956550766688948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7812116909571848352.post-43938607963516414672018-10-10T08:57:04.468-04:002018-10-10T08:57:04.468-04:00@Unknmown: what movie is it!?@Unknmown: what movie is it!?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7812116909571848352.post-66629163802355525842018-10-06T01:08:41.030-04:002018-10-06T01:08:41.030-04:00It was Shannon Doherty and yes it was a horrible m...It was Shannon Doherty and yes it was a horrible movie...lolAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12062798949724033425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7812116909571848352.post-59744684301697478202018-07-09T16:49:11.497-04:002018-07-09T16:49:11.497-04:00The place started out as 3Js. They only had go car...The place started out as 3Js. They only had go carts, batting cages and driving range. They then expanded to include the water park. I think I spent more time there when it was just 3Js.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7812116909571848352.post-49425105680396846552018-07-09T16:47:46.200-04:002018-07-09T16:47:46.200-04:00The place started out as 3Js. They only had go car...The place started out as 3Js. They only had go carts, batting cages and driving range. They then expanded to include the water park. I think I spent more time there when it was just 3Js.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7812116909571848352.post-91420102873355878882017-05-10T12:30:07.371-04:002017-05-10T12:30:07.371-04:00Sorry, that posted image of http://www.timecapsule...Sorry, that posted image of http://www.timecapsule.com/images/water_park_hours.jpg is actually a different theme park in NJ.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7812116909571848352.post-41432086717504761432017-05-01T21:45:26.600-04:002017-05-01T21:45:26.600-04:00CorrectCorrectchozen317https://www.blogger.com/profile/11934696282697791835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7812116909571848352.post-75985567912739990832016-07-15T23:54:11.160-04:002016-07-15T23:54:11.160-04:00Barracuda and Jaws!Barracuda and Jaws!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11907985620118023663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7812116909571848352.post-79774422473876181802016-07-15T23:54:01.448-04:002016-07-15T23:54:01.448-04:00Barracuda and Jaws!Barracuda and Jaws!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11907985620118023663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7812116909571848352.post-42316644718001933042016-07-15T23:49:19.937-04:002016-07-15T23:49:19.937-04:00It's sad to see what used to be Thunder Island...It's sad to see what used to be Thunder Island. We spent many summers there as kids and it was such a great place to go, lots of memories. I remember you would have to get mats to go down the water slides and the slides were so big to me as a kid. It broke my heart when they closed down, part of my childhood went with it. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11907985620118023663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7812116909571848352.post-43187613914544515742016-07-15T23:49:14.238-04:002016-07-15T23:49:14.238-04:00Yes! You painted the perfect picture! And I rememb...Yes! You painted the perfect picture! And I remember the lockers with the little orange keys too!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11907985620118023663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7812116909571848352.post-84356817415396720212016-07-15T23:48:53.607-04:002016-07-15T23:48:53.607-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11907985620118023663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7812116909571848352.post-57655202795783589172016-07-15T23:43:39.400-04:002016-07-15T23:43:39.400-04:00Thank you so much for this!Thank you so much for this!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11907985620118023663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7812116909571848352.post-75308640719673455682016-07-15T23:41:33.996-04:002016-07-15T23:41:33.996-04:00Yes! You painted the perfect picture! And I rememb...Yes! You painted the perfect picture! And I remember the lockers with the little orange keys too!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11907985620118023663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7812116909571848352.post-46670807460536787352016-07-15T23:40:05.849-04:002016-07-15T23:40:05.849-04:00It's sad to see what used to be Thunder Island...It's sad to see what used to be Thunder Island. We spent many summers there as kids and it was such a great place to go, lots of memories. I remember you would have to get mats to go down the water slides and the slides were so big to me as a kid. It broke my heart when they closed down, part of my childhood went with it. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11907985620118023663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7812116909571848352.post-14686235525166095112016-04-03T21:11:57.878-04:002016-04-03T21:11:57.878-04:00LMAO! I have to laugh because so many memories in...LMAO! I have to laugh because so many memories involve how different parts of the park would injure you. hahahaha It's comical. Can you imagine something like that today? lol Thunder Island was open during my youth, but I never made it there. I'm down in Bloomington and we had two concrete water slides here - not actual parks, just two bigs concrete slides running along the ground downhill that you ride with the mats...you know the kind. It's the same story with those. Everyone remembers scraped and busted knees, scraped hands and knuckles - and yet, having the best time ever! hahahaha I am once of those people. I loved them! By the way, the ruins of one of our slides, the Zoom Floom, still exist. If you google it, photos will come up. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14208336995852806882noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7812116909571848352.post-34972872267603968402015-10-18T20:52:37.227-04:002015-10-18T20:52:37.227-04:00Haha, I"d forgotten how they'd stand off ...Haha, I"d forgotten how they'd stand off to the side a kind of shove off your mat with their foot to get you moving again."Joyce"https://www.blogger.com/profile/16547149875402161946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7812116909571848352.post-85541881855782827412014-12-07T01:20:13.157-05:002014-12-07T01:20:13.157-05:00I remember hearing about Thunder Island, but never...I remember hearing about Thunder Island, but never visited. I grew up in Greenfield, IN - so it was a bit far away for me to go. Boogie Mountain was a true water park on Indy's east side, but never went there either. Many of my friends did.<br /><br />I was a child of the 70's and a teen of the 80's. In Greenfield - we went to "Acres of Fun" which had a "Turbo slide" - a large hill with a cement channel with water jets to push you down. You rode on a mat or risked getting skinned alive. Acres of Fun also had a miniature golf course, a 9 hole golf cours=, a man made lake and beach, an indoor pool and banquet/rental facilities. <br /><br />In the early 80's - it changed to Sugar Creek Resort, and it became a membership only club. We quit going because the membership prices were too high. <br /><br />A couple of employees tried to blackmail the owners , and in an altercation in an arrest attempt - the Hancock County Sheriff was shot and killed. <br /><br />This hit our little community very hard. I went to school with both of the Grass boys - who were a few years older than I in school. This happened in 1986 - a year after I graduated from high school. Shortly after this Sugar Creek Resort was sold - and it became Heartland Resort. They still have many of the amenities, but the turbo slide is gone. They focus on camping - and banquet facilities, and the amenities is for those customers. Brigette Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03495016599163555557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7812116909571848352.post-85791938052791064402014-07-10T09:33:08.586-04:002014-07-10T09:33:08.586-04:00I lifeguarded there the last summer it was open. ...I lifeguarded there the last summer it was open. Was the most fun job and the most serious for sure. I think I saved someone every day of the tube slides. The tube ride was the worst...I slipped trying to walk down so many times when we would rotate our lifeguard positions. Such good memories!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7812116909571848352.post-53366234153726640552014-06-11T16:45:54.554-04:002014-06-11T16:45:54.554-04:00I remember Thunder Island back in the late 80'...I remember Thunder Island back in the late 80's/early 90's. I had a lot of fun there. I remember the three slides the most. The red, yellow, and blue ones. I remember that the red one was the craziest. All three were different "levels of difficulty" (for lack of better term). I think the blue one was the most mild....and the red one was the craziest. I remember that if you did not stay on the mat, the lines where the slide segments changed, would pinch you!Debbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03851884527146375512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7812116909571848352.post-4418412322039467582014-05-03T09:50:52.477-04:002014-05-03T09:50:52.477-04:00Ok, the system will not allow me to post the image...Ok, the system will not allow me to post the image, so here is a link - This is an image of the park when it was actually running.<br /><br />http://www.timecapsule.com/images/water_park_hours.jpgAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7812116909571848352.post-66165688303404176042014-05-01T14:21:49.985-04:002014-05-01T14:21:49.985-04:00The blue one I believe was the Barracuda. The thi...The blue one I believe was the Barracuda. The third may have been the sting ray?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7812116909571848352.post-90212203702903811302014-05-01T12:51:57.910-04:002014-05-01T12:51:57.910-04:00I worked there as well. I was the cotton candy gir...I worked there as well. I was the cotton candy girl and consessions. I remember going down the slides in my clothes after we closed. I also remeber a guy named Sarge, who I guess was like a manager and he lived onsite in a trailer. Good memories. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15136826788826174968noreply@blogger.com