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Tele-TV
07-26-09, 12:37 PM
I have kind of a strange question. I searched Google, but nothing. And I don't own the movie. Anyways...

1. Can anyone please be so kind to tell me where the Wally World park is set/or suppose to set, in the movie?
-- Like they ever mention at least the words "Los Angeles" in the movie?

I know they filmed the Wally World portion at SF Magic Mountain in Valencia, CA.

Thanks.
sigma1914
07-26-09, 01:00 PM
They never actually say where it is in the movie, just that it's across the country.
Tele-TV
07-26-09, 01:19 PM
^^

Thanks sigma "you Jerk." :D Your very unreliable. ;)

That's what I thought. I'm trying to pick out an 80's t-shirt for my dear brother in law's 80's themed b-day party coming up.

I decided on this one. Probably the ringer style shirt.

http://t-shirts.cafepress.com/item/family-truckster-white-tshirt/61717867
sigma1914
07-26-09, 01:45 PM
I like this one: http://www.zazzle.com/walley_world_classic_logo_tee_tshirt-235607050964856680
xzi
07-26-09, 01:46 PM
It is Los Angeles in the movie, the trip is from Chicago to LA based on a few things... including the computerized "map" he uses at the beginning :)
Tele-TV
07-26-09, 02:12 PM
I like this one: http://www.zazzle.com/walley_world_classic_logo_tee_tshirt-235607050964856680

That ones nice. They have a shirt like the one you linked to, but with Marty Moose wearing a red shirt.

It is Los Angeles in the movie, the trip is from Chicago to LA based on a few things... including the computerized "map" he uses at the beginning :)

Thanks for clarifying that for me. " Don't eat the Truckster Rusty, " lol.

All 3 of us have great taste in movies. :)
cmtar
07-30-09, 06:15 AM
Six Flags Magic Mountain was used as Wally World. The Revolution (aka Whipper Snapper) and Colossus (aka Screamy Meemy) were used in the film also.
Stuart Sweet
07-30-09, 07:05 AM
As others have said, no definitive location was given, but if you look at the postcards in the credit sequence, it seems that the family is going to follow old Route 66 by taking I-40 from Chicago to California, then switching to I-15. There are a few postcards that stray a little bit from that path but not very far. I noticed the dinosaurs in Cabazon, CA (which would have been out of their way by about 40 miles) in one post card.
cmtar
07-30-09, 07:24 AM
Six Flags Magic Mountain WAS used for Wally World. Also just because they showed a route on the map in the move does not mean they actually drove that exact route. Also used some in the series 'King of Queens', in the opening for the old show 'Step by Step', 'Encino Man','Rollercoaster', 'Entourage', 'My Life', 'The Living Body', 'Space Cowboys', 'This is Spinal Tap', 'True Romance', 'Kiss Meets the Phantom of the Park', 'Zapped!', 'Who wants to be a superhero', 'Wayout games', and Jojo's video "baby It's you".
SayWhat?
07-30-09, 07:30 AM
I noticed the dinosaurs ...


I didn't noticed much other than Christie Brinkley.
Christopher Gould
07-30-09, 08:02 AM
i always thought that in the opening credits of Married with Children. You see the family truckster coming on to the interstate.
BattleZone
07-30-09, 08:42 AM
http://losingman.files.wordpress.com/2007/08/truckster.jpg
Wagon Queen Family Truckster
dettxw
07-30-09, 08:44 AM
Six Flags Magic Mountain WAS used for Wally Word. Also just because they showed a route on the map in the move does not mean they actually drove that exact route. Also used some in the series 'King of Queens', in the opening for the old show 'Step by Step', 'Encino Man','Rollercoaster', 'Entourage', 'My Life', 'The Living Body', 'Space Cowboys', 'This is Spinal Tap', 'True Romance', 'Kiss Meets the Phantom of the Park', 'Zapped!', 'Who wants to be a superhero', 'Wayout games', and Jojo's video "baby It's you".Growing Pains opening credits used a shot of Magic Mountain with water added in front to make it look like a lakefront park.

As others have said, no definitive location was given, but if you look at the postcards in the credit sequence, it seems that the family is going to follow old Route 66 by taking I-40 from Chicago to California, then switching to I-15. There are a few postcards that stray a little bit from that path but not very far. I noticed the dinosaurs in Cabazon, CA (which would have been out of their way by about 40 miles) in one post card.Didn't they also show a postcard from The Mystery Spot in Michigan's UP?
Stuart Sweet
07-30-09, 08:50 AM
Growing Pains opening credits used a shot of Magic Mountain with water added in front to make it look like a lakefront park.

Didn't they also show a postcard from The Mystery Spot in Michigan's UP?

Quite possible, but unfamiliar as I am with the frozen north, I didn't notice it on a recent rewatching.
hdtvfan0001
08-02-09, 05:35 PM
http://losingman.files.wordpress.com/2007/08/truckster.jpg
Wagon Queen Family Truckster
Or perhaps a grossly reconfigured Ford LTD Station Wagon...?:D

Correction....a Ford "Country Squire" Station Wagon...the fake wood vinyl coloring on the sides is a give-away....
dettxw
08-02-09, 08:37 PM
Didn't they also show a postcard from The Mystery Spot in Michigan's UP?

Quite possible, but unfamiliar as I am with the frozen north, I didn't notice it on a recent rewatching.The wonders of Netflix...

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dettxw
08-02-09, 08:48 PM
Or perhaps a grossly reconfigured Ford LTD Station Wagon...?:D

Correction....a Ford "Country Squire" Station Wagon...the fake wood vinyl coloring on the sides is a give-away....http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wagon_Queen_Family_Truckster
Tele-TV
08-02-09, 09:00 PM
Six Flags Magic Mountain WAS used for Wally World. Also just because they showed a route on the map in the move does not mean they actually drove that exact route. Also used some in the series 'King of Queens', in the opening for the old show 'Step by Step', 'Encino Man','Rollercoaster', 'Entourage', 'My Life', 'The Living Body', 'Space Cowboys', 'This is Spinal Tap', 'True Romance', 'Kiss Meets the Phantom of the Park', 'Zapped!', 'Who wants to be a superhero', 'Wayout games', and Jojo's video "baby It's you".

I remember the opening sequence of Step by Step with the digitzed water over the parking lot.

I also remember the movie 3 Ninjas at High Noon at Mega [Magic] Mountain, being another time the park was used for filming.

I didn't noticed much other than Christie Brinkley.

They were showing the movie today on [Travel Channel HD] with a huge stupid a**! bug on the screen.

i always thought that in the opening credits of Married with Children. You see the family truckster coming on to the interstate.

Your right about that. I always remebered seeing the Truckster.

In the link below, see the contribution from Alexander FarFan (3rd pink box).

http://www.fast-rewind.com/trivia_vacation.htm

Growing Pains opening credits used a shot of Magic Mountain with water added in front to make it look like a lakefront park.

You mean "Step by Step." :)

Didn't they also show a postcard from The Mystery Spot in Michigan's UP?

EVERYONE: Thanks for all your help.
dettxw
08-02-09, 09:16 PM
I didn't noticed much other than Christie Brinkley.She was sure something, wasn't she? :eek2:

That's understandable, seeing as we hail from the same home town. :D
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christie_Brinkley)

Beverly D'Angelo is great too. I still wish that she'd have done the Patsy Cline movie Sweet Dreams instead of Jessica Lange.
She was asked but turned it down.
Superstitious I guess, but then she'd already played the perfect Patsy Cline in Coal Miner's Daughter. :confused:
hdtvfan0001
08-03-09, 06:49 AM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wagon_Queen_Family_Truckster
Thanks for sharing....but I sure didn't need WIKI to spot that ugle Ford beast of an oversized trash compactor....:lol: