Tatedog: Water Whirl. BOOM.

[Junction John]

I think I still have scars from that place. It was not fiberglass like all the other parks in town. Nope, they went straight concrete. If you ever lost your mat, it was like wetting your driveway and just "sliding" down that.

Good times.

 

[JoMo MoJo]

Haha. I remember it being set up similar to Pep’s Point in Hattiesburg. It was most definitely concrete.

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Thanks for finding the name. This is a press clipping from 1981 talking about Pearl HS students working there.

 

[tatedog]

Thanks for finding that name. I thought it was on the tip of my tongue but I wasn't close. I distinctly remember the "quality" of the attractions there, as my brother, friends, and I took many a chipped tooth/bruised forehead. If I recall, there was a "kiddy" slide and an "advanced" slide. As you alluded to, the "advanced" slide was a test in mat control, and failing that, your ability to defy gravity and the will of Neptune.

eta: and Mojo, yeah I remember some of those Pearl HS kids laughing at our asses ending up under mats flailing at the bottom of the slide.

2nd eta: Sorry going circular on topics here, but how could I forget the misery of standing in line with my folks for what seemed like days to eat in Morrison's Cafeteria in Metrocenter, with all that 17ing other amazing stuff around. Those never ending, winding walls leading to crappy food might as well have been the Minotaur's Lair for a child.

 

[MarkDallas]

Thread highjack:

Does anyone from Vicksburg remember the Canonball Park waterslide? It was across the street from where Home Depot is now.

 

[InTheIttaBenaHotSun]

I was trying to remember the name of Cannonball Park the other day. I'm originally from Vicksburg and was in Jr. High when it opened. I went once or twice.

I think it was only open 4-5 yrs then converted into a Mexican restaurant.

 

[ronpolk]

I was trying to remember the name of Cannonball Park the other day. I'm originally from Vicksburg and was in Jr. High when it opened. I went once or twice.

I think it was only open 4-5 yrs then converted into a Mexican restaurant.

A water park converted to a Mexican restaurant?

 

[bulldogcountry1]

Thread highjack:

Does anyone from Vicksburg remember the Canonball Park waterslide? It was across the street from where Home Depot is now.

yep! I go by often and still wonder how they managed to put a water slide in that hole.

 

[InTheIttaBenaHotSun]

Yeah, strange right?

I remember the building that set at the top of the 2 slides was rather large and maybe had a snack bar-sandwich area. Guessing they converted it to a kitchen and started slingin burritos.

 

[natchezdawg]

There is no structure in the State of Mississippi that can’t be turned into a Mexican or Chinese restaurant.

 

[JoMo MoJo]

There is no structure in the State of Mississippi that can’t be turned into a Mexican or Chinese restaurant.

Truth! Morton had a Western Auto that is now an awesome Mexican resturante’

 

[Palmettodog]

Morrison’s = The place you went to eat with your grandparents.