Photos from abandoned theme parks

[CanobieFan]

A whole photo gallery from inside Whalom Park shot in the winter of 2005 - http://www.coasterwiki.org/cgi-bin/pics ... 03_17_2005

 

[madhjsp]

^ Nice shots. I've noticed that I feel more melancholy looking at pictures of abandoned mom-and-pop type local parks than I do when looking at pictures from much larger abandoned parks.

 

[Nic]

The remnants of Wonderland in Beijing are being demolished. Whilst there's no confirmed plan for the land, rumours suggest that it will be replaced by a shopping centre.

http://www.theatlanticcities.com/arts-a ... down/5528/

 

[Nemesis of oblivion]

Wow these pictures are actually rather depressing.

 

[Tomatron]

Not if you're a Disney lawyer.

 

[Ian]

Wow these pictures are actually rather depressing.

Yeah, the smog really adds to the atmosphere.

 

[Jordanovichy]

I don't know what it is but there is something about looking at these old pictures that is almost frightening, I can imagine the screams, the joy...the happiness experienced within the confines. I imagine Thorpe Park or Alton Towers like this and feel slightly weak, one of the pictures showed an old ferris wheel with a tree having grown right up through the middle of it. Truly outstanding.

 

[Nic]

This isn't abandoned, in the sense that there's plenty of people around, but you could hardly describe it as operational. As I can't think of anywhere better to shove it, its going here anyway!

http://en.rocketnews24.com/2013/05/19/w ... sleepiest/

 

[Gavin]

^Reading through some of the comments, it seems to actually be a traveling fairground that's only really operational at night, not getting peak numbers until around midnight and running right through to the early morning. That would make sense with the clothes drying and people just hanging around sleeping during the day.

 

[Nic]

^Oh right, yeah, that makes a lot more sense.

 

[Nic]

The Land of Oz in North Carolina has been abandoned since 1980

Flickr set: https://www.flickr.com/photos/tk0667/se ... 514737837/

Daily fascist article ahowing what it was like in its heyday: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... ntain.html

 

[Edward M]

^ a teacher I had has been there. He said it was very interesting and fun

 

[davidm]

Geauga Lake from one of those drone 'copter thingies;

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vh2KcyMDS0[/youtube]

Dipper still standing, not a lot else though.
Flight goes as far over as the footers for the SLC then comes back along the lake.

::sadface::

 

[rtotheizzo17]

Managed to snag 3 quick pics of Santa's Village in Lake Arrowhead, California.







http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa%27s_ ... rowhead%29

 

[davidm]

Theres a picture on the wall at work which reminded me of this picture I had seen a while ago from the abandoned "Gullivers Kingdom" park near Mt Fuji (now all gone which is a shame as it looked super spooky). I don't think it had been posted here before so;

Some more pics and stuff about the place here ; http://weburbanist.com/2011/06/05/big-i ... heme-park/

 

[davidm]

for some reason, the BBC news website has an article on "England's Lost Theme Parks" today...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-29816153

 

[Richie]

I miss American Adventure!

I'm from only a 10 minute drive from there and visited throughout my entire childhood. There are lots of pleasant memories for me there.

 

[nadroJ]

I wonder if there's a way to get inside and have a wander, I'd be so up for that!

 

[Richie]

^ There is! You can pretty much just walk into it as it's turned into a sort of waste land dog walking area.

 

[Smithy]

Not sure if posted, Nara Dreamland;

Few more on the link below

Source: http://ontheroofs.com/japan/