Photos from abandoned theme parks

[Martyn B]

Why are coasters just left to rot? Especially the top two, surely they held some value?

 

[Mysterious Sue]

This link has more pictures of the same park. Very surreal: http://jensofjapan.blogspot.com/2006/11/takakonuma-green-land.html

Lol at the 'chair-less swing'

It's very sad though, to see rides just left. It doesn't seem to make good business sense, surely you could get money from scrap if nothing else?

 

[FloridaTix]

welp, that confirms it, abandoned theme parks are the creepiest things ever.

 

[madhjsp]

This french park called Mirapolis based on French tales and stories opened in 1987 but closed in 1991 because it was unable to turn a profit.

It had this massive statue, Gargantua, which contained a dark ride, and has since been dynamited:

Link to a short clip of the statue being destroyed: CLICK

Link to a slideshow of photos from the abandoned park. Most of the rides are removed but they left behind a lot of theming: CLICK

 

[Hixee]

Haha! You walked in through his crotch!

:lol:

 

[Dave]

Ultimate faceplant.

 

[rollermonkey]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/tenaciousl ... 809312054/

Awesome.

Nara Dreamland, a ripoff/disneyland-wannabe, being reclaimed by nature. All the coasters appear to still be standing, and some of the buildings look pretty good. Some of it looked this abandoned when I went in 2004, though.

 

[davidm]

Just stumbled across this collection of abandoned SFNO pics;

http://www.lovethesepics.com/2011/05/cr ... s-75-pics/

 

[Dave]

^ That would've been some awesome photos had it not been raped by HDR and photoshop.

 

[madhjsp]

I dunno, I thought they were pretty fantastic.

Also, I spotted Snoo's last sig in there!

 

[davidm]

^^ some of the shots were horrible I agree, some really bad processing! Don't think they are a set of someone's shots though, just a collection of lots of peeps shots (so maybe not everyone was responsible for the "crimes against photography" )

 

[Ian]

Hahaha, the Mirapolis statue is amazing.

What's happening to SF New Orleans now anyway? Are they going to tear it down or clean it up and reopen it?

 

[Hixee]

I know it's a shame that the park was ruined, but there's a part of me that thinks a Batman clone over water could be ridiculously awesome:

 

[Dave]

^ That Batman clone is now at Six Flags Fiesta Texas as Goliath.

I believe it's the only ride salvaged from the park.

 

[Martyn B]

^ Didn't the Rollerskater go to SFMM and become some Dance coaster?

 

[Ben]

^Ooooo, I don't know!

Mmmm, I'd love to find out...

If only there was some website, say, a database, out there which tracks all of this stuff...

http://rcdb.com/4346.htm

 

[HarryTubbritt]

The rotting rides have such a scary feel to them. Theme parks should decorate a ride like that to scare guests, it would really scare people.

 

[Ian]

If only there was some website, say, a database, out there which tracks all of this stuff...

Haha, a bit off-topic, but as it's my site, I guess I can bend the rules.

Last Tues & Weds, whenever furie and I had a geek moment about rollercoasters and we were stumped for an answer, we'd say "If only there was some kind of roller coaster database where we could find the answer." We must have have said it about 10 times. You had to be there.

 

[madhjsp]

^^ Relax, man, I think he was just pointing out that Batman wasn't the only ride salvaged.

^ I agree with you there. I'd love to see a horror-themed coaster painted to look rusty and dilapidated like the one in the picture from Japan on the previous page. Done right, I could see it being very effective.

 

[nadroJ]

*bump*

Just watched this creepy little video on Screamscape, thought I'd share.
http://vimeo.com/26294923