Comments on: The Myrtle Beach Pavilion, Ocean Boulevard: 30 September 2006

By: ted

ted — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 05:22:53 +0000

Mother Fletcher's and The Freaky Tiki are gone, but see here and here.

By: Kari

Kari — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 01:56:17 +0000

These pictures make me so sad! I had some of the best years of my teenage life in the late 1990's and early 2000! I'm guessing that mother fletchers and freaky tiki are both gone as well? I remember going there with my fake ID when I was 17 LOL. Myrtle Beach, those clubs and the Pavilion gave me some of the best years and memories of my life. I am so so very sad its gone. I'm so glad you documented all of this!

By: ted

ted — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 05:32:40 +0000

That's too funny! "Forget Pac-Man! For the love of Mike, put your quarter in *there*!".

By: tonkatoy

tonkatoy — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 18:47:19 +0000

In the summer of 1979, the juke box in the pier's arcade was setup to play "The Devil Went Down to Georgia" over and over until someone put money in it.

By: Rick

Rick — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 14:56:49 +0000

I agree with Michael Taylor. We quit going to the beach as often when the big Hotels started going up. My family would rent, as my Mother called them "A Cottage" right on the beach each summer for a week as I was growing up. We always stayed in Surfside or Garden City. We did this from the time I was one year old until I was fifteen. Back then there were only a few small motels on the beach, 2 or 3 stories high. I remember when the Kingfisher opened in Garden City next to the pier and thought "wow that place is huge". I enjoyed the Arcades, small grocery stores and gift shops, the piers and the small amusement ride areas that used to be at both piers in Garden City and Surfside. I have tried to re-capture the sounds, sights and smells that I remember from those early years by going to different beaches in N.C. and Georgia but am unable to get that content, carefree feeling I remember so well as a young boy at the Beach. They just don't make 'em like that anymore.

By: ted

ted — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 03:50:01 +0000

The organ and some rides were moved to Broadway At The Beach. I think others were sold, but I don't know the specifics for hte Haunted Hotel.

By: Fred

Fred — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 21:53:35 +0000

I grew up in the 80's and would go to the Pavilion every summer. Wow, this brought back lots of memories. It's amazing how much you can remember from something after 25 or 30 years have gone by.
These photos brought it back- the organ, the pirate ship, the swings. What a melancholy sight to see it all reduced to a barren lot. There's something poetic about it.
One question though- what about the Haunted Hotel? I used to love that one.

By: ted

ted — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 19:44:28 +0000

Thanks KC!

By: KC

KC — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 14:22:08 +0000

Here is my photos of the final day and the teardown -- Hope you enjoy the link

http://good-times.webshots.com/album/556549885NwpLiV?start=0

By: Michael Taylor

Michael Taylor — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 09:11:14 +0000

Yes indeed, so glad that someone actually drove all the way to the beach to document another end of era happening. Been meaning to comment on this one, but I go on and on and on and forget. I quit going to the beach when all the tall hotels started getting built so I actually enjoy your photographic forays into Myrtle Beach to get caught up. I watched all the videos and though I wish you could have had the camera the guy had in your USC Towers demolition video, not too shabby for a throw away. When I first watched these and heard your voice, well, I felt like I knew you, what can I say. I'll tell you one thing, you and I have very similar memories with the A. Ruth & Sohn Baden Band Organ, because that's one of my first memories as well, and as much as I enjoyed the ocean and the rides, I never felt the beach trip was complete as a kid without at least once hanging out with the band organ for a spell. It used to give me goose bumps when that thing would roar. In those days you could hang out around back and get a "tour" of the innards on the hour or something to that effect. They may have had that at the time of closing, I don't know. Funny, I never noticed just how naked the women (Sirens?) were until I watched your videos. Ted, thanks for doing what you do and then sharing it. I really appreciate your site more than you'll ever know for the catharsis I've had with forgotten memories. Good stuff.