Amusement parks are creepy even when NOT abandoned. I worked at SeaWorld and late at night...weird!! It was scary to walk around. There were always people hiding in the bathrooms trying to swim with the dolphins and whales, and crazy drunk people who just didn't want to go home....
Since you were talking about dystopia, imagine this: A toxic plague has been found in the world's water supply, forcing the globe into a catastrophic apocalypse in a matter of days. You stagger through forgotten streets, shreds of clothing on telephone poles as well as boards of wood shielding windows, keeping whoever inside mildly safe for the time being. You wander around a bit farther before you a hear familiar melody. You slowly turn your head only to find that to the left of you is the amusement park from your childhood. A xylophone creepily playing the park's theme tune. You explore the abandoned site with a heavy heart, memories washing over you in tidal waves, uncontrollable tears escaping your eyes and cascading down your cheeks. The attraction's sign looming above, reading the place you once shared happiness with friends and family. The sky capturing the overall mood with an eerie overcast as your mind soon travels back to the odd xylophone that first caught your attention with its plinking notes. You soon realize that not only were you not alone but you know you won't last much longer in this dystopia.
15. Nara Dreamland - Japan 14. Dinosaur World - Arkansas 13. Disney's River Country - Florida 12. Boomers! - Dania Beach 11. Dunblobbin - Crinkley Bottom, England 10. Yongma Land - South Korea 9. Ho Thuy Tien - Vietnam 8. Dadipark - Belgium 7. Ghost town in the Sky - North Carolina 6. Pripyat Amusement Park 5. Spreepark - Berlin 4. Six Flags - New Orleans 3. Joyland - Kansas 2. Camelot - Chorley, England 1. Wonderland - China
@@NKdidit.24 Pripyat should always be #1, not just for the creepy park, but because it's the entire CITY that was abandoned. Plus the reason that the whole area was abandoned in the first place.
You do know that River Country has been demolished for over two or three years? They started building one of their next resorts. Things have slowed on the site because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Santa Cruz beach and boardwalk was really crazy at night. I grew up in the 60s in the Bay area, and Santa Cruz was the perfect setting for the classic, "The Lost Boys" movie. It was very scary at night, but at the same time, exciting. Tons of runaways lived on the beach...
Every summer our family would travel from San Jose up Hiway 17 to go to Santa Cruz and spend a weekend there I thought is was really neat. I have such fond memories of the lost mine ride that had a pond in front and every hour a dinosaur would slowly rise up out of the water then turn his head left to right and roar really loud then he would go back down under water I loved that!!!!
If 'The Lost Boys' had been filmed in England, I reckon it would have been filmed in Blackpool😏🤭, n the Pleasure Beach would have been the Boardwalk location!🤔, It would have been a completely different vibe what with the Northern English accents n a whole load of Chavie teenagers!😁🤣🤣, Lostboys is one of my favourite movies!😜✌🇬🇧
As someone from England, it’s so intriguing to get an American take - particularly on Number 11, Dunblobbin. The name Crinkley Bottom was the name given to the fictional village where the BBC One show Noel’s House Party was based which aired between 1991 to 1999. The “giant spotty pink creature” Mr Blobby was brought in as part of the “Gotcha” pranks on celebrities before being brought into the show more frequently. Blobby at one point became more popular than than host himself, before becoming loathed and was axed for the final series in 1999.
@@mojo3318 Very much a youngster then as far as House Party was concerned 😊. All the episodes of the show are on RUclips so well worth checking out - used to air on Prime Time Saturday nights (so around 7pm and we're 50-60 minutes each)
@@kinggill3982 I never experienced the attraction myself, but I know from friends who did and other vloggers who have posted videos there, that once it did fall into disrepair after it was closed, it was a scary place to be! Bit eerie more than anything else perhaps. Likewise hope you have a pleasant day too 😊
As a kid I visited Dadipark regularly in the eighties! It was already a bit dilapidated back then and not all rides seemed safe, but hey, we didn't know any better! It was a fun park, looking back on it... It's completely demolished now, so it's great to see some footage of my childhood, thanks for including it in this list!
I liked all these abandoned amusement parks, especially "Dinosaur World"! I learned about some of them in a previous RUclips video. It's scary how there were deaths and a boy losing his arm in some of these parks! God bless all the deaths! 🙏 These parks sure were popular back then.
Fantastic video. I'm from the UK and had no idea about the Crinkly Bottom themed park (though I well remember the BBC's Noel's House Party on which it was themed). I also remember Camelot closing being reported in the news - I think you'll find most of the structures shown in this video have now been removed though recent aerial photography show that the ground structure of the park is still there (I gather it's been sold for development into new housing). The nearest abandoned location like this to where I live is a zoo called Penscynor Wildlife park. Any child of the '70s-'90s will remember this place as it was the choice destination for school trips and a significant number of cars in the area had a sticker bearing the park's logo on them because you got free parking with the sticker on a re-visit. Anyway - I digress - this was sold for housing in the late '90s when it suddenly closed and much of the land now has a housing estate called Penscynor Park on it. Most people don't realise that the back end of the original wildlife park including the now, decidedly derelict monkey houses, remains of the Alpine Slide (a bob-sleigh type ride) and even the large seal lake (now breeched) and waterfall are still there to this day - if you know how to get in...
For those who are wondering what the park is on the thumbnail is, it's Kings Island. Kings Island is an amusement park originally ran by paramount parks (Yes, that paramount) and now run by cedar fair, a group who runs a chain of parks including Cedar Point, Valley Fair, and Michigan's Adventure. The coaster shown on the thumbnail is Son of Beast, an infamous coaster opened as the first wooden coaster over 200 ft. tall. I can't explain all of these, cause it would take forever, so here's some video links: Defunctland's explanation on why it was infamous: ruclips.net/video/Q8NMCyvaimY/видео.html POV of the ride: ruclips.net/video/JggE0FYV_Ys/видео.html
I'm surprised that Greenland Park in Japan wasn't mentioned. There's so much mystery surrounding that park, it's unsettling. You couldn't even locate it on Google Maps
That’s extremely irresponsible of aquarium owners to simply dump the fish into a lake in which a lot of the fish won’t be able to survive. I know it’s not technically animal abuse but still..
@@luisreyes1963 Oh I really wish I could!! I was scheduled to take an eastern European business trip that got close enough that I could take a few days off and explore there. But then my career ended when I ruptured the disks in my neck and had to retire. 😫 Another creepy place I’d like to visit is the massive antenna system near there called the Russian Woodpecker.
@@tristanvdloo9399 The business not doing well, doesn't mean the financial firm doesn't have money. They are cutting their loses and go invest somewhere else. That ain't gona happen on my watch.
I went to Camelot in primary school for my Year 6 trip, a year before it closed. I still remember the log flume, the pirate ship and the jousting. Despite having a teacher who was horrible to me, looking back on it now I had a nice time. I've heard it's been repurposed into a zombie-themed attraction.
I remember going to Boomers back in 2006 and the Hurricane was the first large scale roller coasters i'd ever been on. Also the Go-Kart track is where i first learned how to drive them.
From magic to Shopping Malls. Things do change though. Change is a constant. I remember Playland at the Beach in San Francisco, California. Sweet memories.
Thank you for sharing @Standardstealth footage! That was from my old friend's RUclips page on our trip there and the Fort Wilderness campground years back! So cool to see others still enjoying the footage!
I worked at Joyland for 3 summers in the late 80s. As much as I would have liked to have seen the park reopened, sadly, it was not meant to be. All of the buildings are gone now, but at least the historic preservation group i belong to has several notable pieces from the park, including the main sign. I was able to walk thru the park several years ago (with permission), and have lots of pictures from the abandoned site.
River Country wasn’t something Disney didn’t get right. It was actually very popular. However, with both Typhoon Lagoon and Blizzard Beach open and easier to get to, numbers fell off. It also wasn’t standing when this video was made. The land was cleared about two years ago for a new project which stalled due to COVID.
Not a scary park, but the Land of OZ at Beech Mountain, NC was a park I went to as a kid. It was shuddered not long after that, but some folks came along a few years ago, spruced it up a bit and have certain days of the year where you can visit, complete with OZ characters around the park. I think you can also spend the night in Dorothy's House.
Yeah I mentioned that as well I love how they just use and do whatever. They literally use video with no credit and an enormous amount of bad information or misleading at the very least.
@@gabeross515 it’s not shit I was there today the person who made the video just used a pic of the tear down of the son of beast. Back in 2009. I miss that rough coaster.
I think 10. Yongma land is interesting how the owner only charges $5 for entry. As an abandoned places enthusiast I think it’s cool how they encourage people to visit the abandoned park
OK so the thumbnail is clickbait. The “ abandoned amusement park” is kings island and it is not abandoned far from it it is one of the most popular amusement park in the world and of what you see and that is a “abandoned roller coaster” that you see was the son of beast was a ride that opened in 2000 it was extremely popular but it had multiple flaws. screws wold go loose and the ride was very rough and even one person got a concussion just from riding the ride and the support beams were very loose and easily fell over. And after several people had head injuries and had to go to the hospital in 2009 it close down for good even though it closed in 2009 it wouldn’t be demolished for several more years And what you see in the thumbnail that is it being demolished. And the park is still open today and like I said at the start it is one of the most popular theme parks in the world So don’t try to clickbait people who know to much about amusement parks.
@@thebricker7453 but it DIDN’T work on the guy you replied to. When clickbait works, people usually don’t notice the flaw in the thumbnail or underhanded tricks used by scumbag RUclipsrs. In this case, a knowledgeable coaster enthusiast who has likely ridden hundreds of them was correcting misinformation so others didn’t think the coaster in the picture was from an actual shutdown park. However, it did work on me. Ironically, I even rode Son of Beast in the early 2000s and I still didn’t recognize it, but simply clicked on it because I like watching misinformed RUclips videos and laugh at how they can get a bunch of brainless dopamine zombies to be amazed at garbage
As someone who lives near kings island in ohio, I can confirm that is the son of the beast, also if you ever go there, go on Orion, banshee, diamond back, and the beast, they are very pog.
I live right next to it, sadly nothing will ever happen with it. They’ve said for years they were gonna do everything they can to reopen, but the rumored current plans as of now is to tear it down and make affordable housing.
Nara dreamland was originally supposed to be a Japanese Disneyland where they built the park and Disney would license out the characters but Disney dropped the deal the last minute
When investors build theme parks and try comparing them to Disney, they forget two things: Disney is connected by the customers to both the movies and television. Disney's genius was that he used the Disneyland TV Show (later called "The Wonderful World of Disney" and "Disney's Wonderful World") to promote his Disneyland theme park. These investors don't have a big hit TV series and a movie company to promote their parks. Walt Disney gave the theme park the same name as the TV Series (both were called Disneyland in the 1950s). Viewers of the hit series connected the name to the theme park. Poof! Walt Disney had the power of television to advertise his theme park during his hit show.
The thumbnail is a roller coaster that was demolished in 2013 maybe 2012. Also that roller coaster was in Kings Island which is STILL OPEN the coaster in the thumbnail is a ride called Son of Beast. Built in 1999 opened in May of 2000. Closed in 2009 after an incredible amount of issues resulting in it being closed more than open from 2005 to 2009. Also had a delayed opening and was closed 1/2 the first year.
When I was little there was an abandoned amusement park near where I lived; the humps of the wooden roller coaster were just visible above the treeline. I was only little and, when it came into view, I'd stare at it until it was out of view again. I was equal parts terrified and fascinated. The park was torn down a few years later; not much remains out there, just a stairway in the woods leading from nowhere to nowhere. I have no doubt at all that if I lived near any of these parks I wouldn't be able to help myself. I'd have to explore.
I loved River Country!! My dad took us to disney world a few times from Illinois. It was one of the first waterparks I've been to as a kid, but I would go today if it were open--the tubing was my favorite.. All the other waterparks have the exact same stuff. I am surprised they just abandoned it. My dad dropped my brother and I off and we would stay all day.
nara dreamland wasnt just a ripoff of disneyland. it was literally supposed to be japan's own disneyland. the owner was in talks with walt disney to use the characters and icons of disney inc, but they couldnt come to an agreement on the licensing prices. but it was already nearly complete so the owner decided to open nara dreamland but with no disney licensing so they had to come up with their own characters.
This video was accually done very well compared to other top 10 lists about parks and roller coasters. I enjoyed that even tho im usually pretty critical against these kinds of videos
I feel like these top 10 dangerous roller coasters, accidents and theme parks that were shut down are way too common. That’s all the gp ever talk about on yt
@@CrazyDash9 yeah the gp only talks about that kind of stuff because they dont find it interresting if someone tells them how much he loves SteVe or anything like that
river country closed due to incident. A boy passed away while swimming in bay lake. An amoeba somehow passed the filtration system and entered bay lake and swam up the boys nose which attacked his brain and nervous system. And for that they had to close the water park for good.
You can enter the Spreepark in a guided tour, entering on your own is illegal and there may be guards. There is also an abandoned park in south Germany, the "Fränkisches Wunderland". Urbexers can enter the park on their own risk for 50€, there are surveillance cameras and they call the police when someone enters illegally.
Actually the park was opened during the nuclear explosion because they were trying to distracted citizens until they got enough transportation to come into the city to transport them out so it was open for about 1 to 2 days. Free to enter and ride as well...
It's so Sad to see loads of Theme Parks Shut Down I think They could be Recycled & Renovated into lots of different Things a kids park a nature Trail Etc.
Some glaring inaccuracies here. Pripyat Amusement park WAS opened to the town immediately following the Chernobyl disaster. It was used as a way to try and distract the town folk from the disaster. And Dinosaur World is in Eureka Springs, Arkansas. Not Beaver.
One correction for #1: The Wonderland Castle that was never completed, was, for whatever goddamn reason, preserved when the other structures were demolished.
I drove past 'Camelot' back in early 2003. I did not know that there was even a theme park there. I had never heard of it. Unlike the 80's, heavily advertised, TV commercial for 'American Adventure Park, Derby, UK'. This theme park also got demolished but stood as a Ghost Town for a while. Very sad to see. I think that the echoes of the past excitement fun and screams, will be forever heard.
Santa's Village in Santa Cruz California was abandoned as well. right off the freeway on your way to the beach, you see the old place there. crazy to see a winter wonderland on your way to the beach on a hot summer day.
The theme park 'Australia's wonderland' was like these parks that were left abandoned in Sydney. I was lucky enough to have been there back in 1993. It closed down sometime around 9/11 back in 2001
I live near joyland since this video of joyland . Joyland has been sold most of it is totally empty . Am rides are stripped and removed. New owners are supposed to be cleaning it out totally. If you see from the edge of the lot there no rides you can see from the road. The video of joyland is partially right and partially wrong. I am 53 lived here all my life and kept up on it because of wildlife and fires.
A really very interesting video. :D However, it is not entirely true that Yongma Land is the only former amusement park in the world that's still open to guests. In this country, for example, we also have a closed amusement park that you can still enter for a small fee (sometimes even with real guided tours), e.g. to take photos and so one. ;)
Hi I'm from indonesia, I'm really love to theme park and attractions, I was working at the park until 8 years. So sad watching this video, looking this situation I wished covid-19 going the and. Hope to work and playing again at the park 😔
I remember the random wooden rollercoaster (Hurricane) near Dania Beach. My brother rode it often and he was always the only person on the entire coaster lol.
They remind me Terra Encantada, it was a park in Rio de Janeiro, it was open in 1997 and closed in 2009. After a couple of years it was just like this, there is a video here called: Terra Encantada a última visita. I believe you gonna enjoy to see it.
Amusement parks are creepy even when NOT abandoned. I worked at SeaWorld and late at night...weird!! It was scary to walk around. There were always people hiding in the bathrooms trying to swim with the dolphins and whales, and crazy drunk people who just didn't want to go home....
This is why seaworld shouldn’t have bars!
@@daylight385 yeah
@@daylight385 Why deny dolphins a drink??? 😁
@@daylight385 i mean there's other theme parks that serve alcohol too like Epcot
That's crazy
Amusement parks are places where we see hope, smiles, and happiness. It's scary to see these places empty and deserted. Kinda has a dystopian feel.
The thing is is that most of these parks were never really that major.
Since you were talking about dystopia, imagine this:
A toxic plague has been found in the world's water supply, forcing the globe into a catastrophic apocalypse in a matter of days. You stagger through forgotten streets, shreds of clothing on telephone poles as well as boards of wood shielding windows, keeping whoever inside mildly safe for the time being. You wander around a bit farther before you a hear familiar melody. You slowly turn your head only to find that to the left of you is the amusement park from your childhood. A xylophone creepily playing the park's theme tune. You explore the abandoned site with a heavy heart, memories washing over you in tidal waves, uncontrollable tears escaping your eyes and cascading down your cheeks. The attraction's sign looming above, reading the place you once shared happiness with friends and family. The sky capturing the overall mood with an eerie overcast as your mind soon travels back to the odd xylophone that first caught your attention with its plinking notes. You soon realize that not only were you not alone but you know you won't last much longer in this dystopia.
@@lizzygreeneyes that’s really good 👍🏻👍🏻
@@miashaw1599 Thank you! I LOVE writing stuff like that! I'm actually writing a dystopian comic right now! 😊
@@lizzygreeneyes do you have whatpad?
15. Nara Dreamland - Japan
14. Dinosaur World - Arkansas
13. Disney's River Country - Florida
12. Boomers! - Dania Beach
11. Dunblobbin - Crinkley Bottom, England
10. Yongma Land - South Korea
9. Ho Thuy Tien - Vietnam
8. Dadipark - Belgium
7. Ghost town in the Sky - North Carolina
6. Pripyat Amusement Park
5. Spreepark - Berlin
4. Six Flags - New Orleans
3. Joyland - Kansas
2. Camelot - Chorley, England
1. Wonderland - China
Thank YOU!
New Orleans should have been #1
@@NKdidit.24 Pripyat should always be #1, not just for the creepy park, but because it's the entire CITY that was abandoned. Plus the reason that the whole area was abandoned in the first place.
You do know that River Country has been demolished for over two or three years? They started building one of their next resorts. Things have slowed on the site because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Very cool video.
It does not take long for Nature to take over again as if we had never been there.
Santa Cruz beach and boardwalk was really crazy at night. I grew up in the 60s in the Bay area, and Santa Cruz was the perfect setting for the classic, "The Lost Boys" movie. It was very scary at night, but at the same time, exciting. Tons of runaways lived on the beach...
Every summer our family would travel from San Jose up Hiway 17 to go to Santa Cruz and spend a weekend there I thought is was really neat. I have such fond memories of the lost mine ride that had a pond in front and every hour a dinosaur would slowly rise up out of the water then turn his head left to right and roar really loud then he would go back down under water I loved that!!!!
If 'The Lost Boys' had been filmed in England, I reckon it would have been filmed in Blackpool😏🤭, n the Pleasure Beach would have been the Boardwalk location!🤔, It would have been a completely different vibe what with the Northern English accents n a whole load of Chavie teenagers!😁🤣🤣, Lostboys is one of my favourite movies!😜✌🇬🇧
I would love to see that location. The old carousel still turning, beautiful.
As someone from England, it’s so intriguing to get an American take - particularly on Number 11, Dunblobbin. The name Crinkley Bottom was the name given to the fictional village where the BBC One show Noel’s House Party was based which aired between 1991 to 1999. The “giant spotty pink creature” Mr Blobby was brought in as part of the “Gotcha” pranks on celebrities before being brought into the show more frequently. Blobby at one point became more popular than than host himself, before becoming loathed and was axed for the final series in 1999.
I was born in 1999.
@@mojo3318 Very much a youngster then as far as House Party was concerned 😊. All the episodes of the show are on RUclips so well worth checking out - used to air on Prime Time Saturday nights (so around 7pm and we're 50-60 minutes each)
connected too old coney island satan
That Blobbin looks scary there Lad.. Good day Chap
@@kinggill3982 I never experienced the attraction myself, but I know from friends who did and other vloggers who have posted videos there, that once it did fall into disrepair after it was closed, it was a scary place to be! Bit eerie more than anything else perhaps. Likewise hope you have a pleasant day too 😊
“Most of us grew up hoping Jurassic Park would become a reality”
No we did not. Lol
I did lol
Most of us, not all of us!
As a 40 year old Dad of 3, I still hold hope and wishes that it will become as real as bills and taxes LoL
You have no childhood at all
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yes
@@hadouken_flip. Good they are abandoned
Of course Why not😃😃😃😃
Omg, almost choked on my chicken Alfredo 🤣🤣🤣🤣
That would be great
As a kid I visited Dadipark regularly in the eighties! It was already a bit dilapidated back then and not all rides seemed safe, but hey, we didn't know any better! It was a fun park, looking back on it... It's completely demolished now, so it's great to see some footage of my childhood, thanks for including it in this list!
You won't find me purposely in any abandoned anything. I thing abandoned structures are SO creepy. It's something I can't quite put a finger on.
I liked all these abandoned amusement parks, especially "Dinosaur World"! I learned about some of them in a previous RUclips video. It's scary how there were deaths and a boy losing his arm in some of these parks! God bless all the deaths! 🙏
These parks sure were popular back then.
Yep ,the cotton candy amusement parks are becoming extinct . Even the newer ones ,if not thought of to fit the times ,are at its end.
Some of these would be great as a horror movie location
well i heard the walking dead cast filmed at six flags new orleans
@@jc-rk3np nice
Its sad to see huge wooden rollercoaster destroyed! Great if they could be restored and moved to other amusement park
Fantastic video. I'm from the UK and had no idea about the Crinkly Bottom themed park (though I well remember the BBC's Noel's House Party on which it was themed).
I also remember Camelot closing being reported in the news - I think you'll find most of the structures shown in this video have now been removed though recent aerial photography show that the ground structure of the park is still there (I gather it's been sold for development into new housing).
The nearest abandoned location like this to where I live is a zoo called Penscynor Wildlife park. Any child of the '70s-'90s will remember this place as it was the choice destination for school trips and a significant number of cars in the area had a sticker bearing the park's logo on them because you got free parking with the sticker on a re-visit. Anyway - I digress - this was sold for housing in the late '90s when it suddenly closed and much of the land now has a housing estate called Penscynor Park on it. Most people don't realise that the back end of the original wildlife park including the now, decidedly derelict monkey houses, remains of the Alpine Slide (a bob-sleigh type ride) and even the large seal lake (now breeched) and waterfall are still there to this day - if you know how to get in...
I remember going there on a day trip whilst on a junior school holiday in the early 80's!🤔lol😄, great times!🤣😜✌
They wanted to build houses on the Camelot site but couldn't because there are newts there 😂
For those who are wondering what the park is on the thumbnail is, it's Kings Island. Kings Island is an amusement park originally ran by paramount parks (Yes, that paramount) and now run by cedar fair, a group who runs a chain of parks including Cedar Point, Valley Fair, and Michigan's Adventure. The coaster shown on the thumbnail is Son of Beast, an infamous coaster opened as the first wooden coaster over 200 ft. tall.
I can't explain all of these, cause it would take forever, so here's some video links:
Defunctland's explanation on why it was infamous: ruclips.net/video/Q8NMCyvaimY/видео.html
POV of the ride: ruclips.net/video/JggE0FYV_Ys/видео.html
ty!!
i can see kings island from my house
Another great explanation on the ride is someone named ElToroRyan!
@@sidneyirene6019 yeah I watch him
It wasn't originally ran by paramount. The park was founded by Taft Broadcasting in 1972, Paramount didn't buy it until 1992
I'm surprised that Greenland Park in Japan wasn't mentioned. There's so much mystery surrounding that park, it's unsettling. You couldn't even locate it on Google Maps
Same with Toshimaen in Nerima, Japan. I had to star a parking lot to remember it's location. 😅
Whoever wrote “dat ass” on the dinosaur. You dropped this 👑
It's sad to see so many things abandoned,Yet it's another example of the idea that humans are like locusts, take what they want and move on.
That’s extremely irresponsible of aquarium owners to simply dump the fish into a lake in which a lot of the fish won’t be able to survive. I know it’s not technically animal abuse but still..
Mad respect to the builders
Urban exploration is a lot of fun. These are great!
Have you visited Pripyat, Ukraine lately? ☢️
@@luisreyes1963 Oh I really wish I could!! I was scheduled to take an eastern European business trip that got close enough that I could take a few days off and explore there. But then my career ended when I ruptured the disks in my neck and had to retire. 😫 Another creepy place I’d like to visit is the massive antenna system near there called the Russian Woodpecker.
“15 abandoned amusement parks”
Thumbnail image of King’s Island, one of the most profitable amusement parks in the US
Not to mention one of the best parks in the US as well
at least it doesn’t have a train flying off the track like on other gp thumbnails
@@gddatfatratver2457 true
@@gddatfatratver2457 gotta give props lmao.
King's Island is cool!! I like chocolate mint Klondike Bars at Wal-Mart!!
So many little amusment parks are closing. It is a shame
If I was the leader of these cities, I would hold them accountable to clean up their mess. You can't just leave all that junk there.
How are they gonna clean that up without money?
@@tristanvdloo9399 The business not doing well, doesn't mean the financial firm doesn't have money. They are cutting their loses and go invest somewhere else. That ain't gona happen on my watch.
Yeah, tell that to the Egyptians.
I agree
New Orleans tried to hold 6 flags responsible. They slowly stole stuff and left the rest
I went to Camelot in primary school for my Year 6 trip, a year before it closed. I still remember the log flume, the pirate ship and the jousting. Despite having a teacher who was horrible to me, looking back on it now I had a nice time. I've heard it's been repurposed into a zombie-themed attraction.
River Country was alot of fun in the day. Miss it.
Same. 😞
Demolished recently
Yeah....not Typhoon Lagoon! That just sucks.
I remember going to Boomers back in 2006 and the Hurricane was the first large scale roller coasters i'd ever been on. Also the Go-Kart track is where i first learned how to drive them.
From magic to Shopping Malls.
Things do change though. Change is a constant.
I remember Playland at the Beach in San Francisco, California.
Sweet memories.
Ditto. Same thing happened to Boardwalk and Baseball and Wild Waters here in Florida.
Best Mad Mouse in California and one of the best funhouses anywhere.
Playland, that is what it was called. I was so young I just remember an amusement park being there.
Thank you for sharing @Standardstealth footage! That was from my old friend's RUclips page on our trip there and the Fort Wilderness campground years back! So cool to see others still enjoying the footage!
3:06 Bro they did that dinosaur dirty💀
It said
" Dat A**"
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I worked at Joyland for 3 summers in the late 80s. As much as I would have liked to have seen the park reopened, sadly, it was not meant to be. All of the buildings are gone now, but at least the historic preservation group i belong to has several notable pieces from the park, including the main sign. I was able to walk thru the park several years ago (with permission), and have lots of pictures from the abandoned site.
River Country wasn’t something Disney didn’t get right. It was actually very popular. However, with both Typhoon Lagoon and Blizzard Beach open and easier to get to, numbers fell off.
It also wasn’t standing when this video was made. The land was cleared about two years ago for a new project which stalled due to COVID.
Groomer Island.
Not a scary park, but the Land of OZ at Beech Mountain, NC was a park I went to as a kid. It was shuddered not long after that, but some folks came along a few years ago, spruced it up a bit and have certain days of the year where you can visit, complete with OZ characters around the park. I think you can also spend the night in Dorothy's House.
That's literally 10 minutes from my house! I love going to Beech and Oz!
I watched a whole other video on Land Of Oz that was very insightful.
I love how the title wasn't a abandon park it was just a ride that was torn down the parks called kings island
Yeah I mentioned that as well I love how they just use and do whatever. They literally use video with no credit and an enormous amount of bad information or misleading at the very least.
Rip son of beast! Kings island is one of my favorite park when I saw the thumbnail i was like wtf they talking about.
@@thecluelesscosplayer1300 me: Kings island closed down?
Also me: if you abandon a park, why would you pay to tear down the coasters?
@@gabeross515 it’s not shit I was there today the person who made the video just used a pic of the tear down of the son of beast. Back in 2009. I miss that rough coaster.
You forgot americana
I think 10. Yongma land is interesting how the owner only charges $5 for entry. As an abandoned places enthusiast I think it’s cool how they encourage people to visit the abandoned park
2:07 There is a park like this: It’s called ROARR and it’s in the UK. There are walkways through forests with dinosaur statues, and even animatronics.
Him: pop culture icon
Me:*sees Michael Jackson on a ride*
Me: WAIT A MIN-
I moved to Wichita, Kansas in 1992. Joy Land was open but run down and attendance was low. I highly doubt it will ever be reopened.
OK so the thumbnail is clickbait. The “ abandoned amusement park” is kings island and it is not abandoned far from it it is one of the most popular amusement park in the world and of what you see and that is a “abandoned roller coaster” that you see was the son of beast was a ride that opened in 2000 it was extremely popular but it had multiple flaws. screws wold go loose and the ride was very rough and even one person got a concussion just from riding the ride and the support beams were very loose and easily fell over. And after several people had head injuries and had to go to the hospital in 2009 it close down for good even though it closed in 2009 it wouldn’t be demolished for several more years And what you see in the thumbnail that is it being demolished. And the park is still open today and like I said at the start it is one of the most popular theme parks in the world So don’t try to clickbait people who know to much about amusement parks.
😂😂😂 im glad im not the only one who noticed I just went yesterday I had so much fun
What’s funny it that it still worked. If it hadn’t you would not have left that comment.
@@thebricker7453 but it DIDN’T work on the guy you replied to. When clickbait works, people usually don’t notice the flaw in the thumbnail or underhanded tricks used by scumbag RUclipsrs.
In this case, a knowledgeable coaster enthusiast who has likely ridden hundreds of them was correcting misinformation so others didn’t think the coaster in the picture was from an actual shutdown park.
However, it did work on me. Ironically, I even rode Son of Beast in the early 2000s and I still didn’t recognize it, but simply clicked on it because I like watching misinformed RUclips videos and laugh at how they can get a bunch of brainless dopamine zombies to be amazed at garbage
As someone who lives near kings island in ohio, I can confirm that is the son of the beast, also if you ever go there, go on Orion, banshee, diamond back, and the beast, they are very pog.
yeah i use to work there 💀
The Ghost Town in the Sky sounded and looked amazing and very fun! I hope it comes back some how.
I live right next to it, sadly nothing will ever happen with it. They’ve said for years they were gonna do everything they can to reopen, but the rumored current plans as of now is to tear it down and make affordable housing.
I remember taking the chair lift to it as a kid and thinking how cool it was!
Seriously these abandoned theme parks giving me the creeps
Nara dreamland was originally supposed to be a Japanese Disneyland where they built the park and Disney would license out the characters but Disney dropped the deal the last minute
A video game called The Division 2 features an abandoned amusement park on its expansion. Thank you for the update, Top Fives..!!
The thumbnail is actually Son of Beast at Kings Island being torn down. Kings Island is still open and is very popular.
When investors build theme parks and try comparing them to Disney, they forget two things: Disney is connected by the customers to both the movies and television. Disney's genius was that he used the Disneyland TV Show (later called "The Wonderful World of Disney" and "Disney's Wonderful World") to promote his Disneyland theme park. These investors don't have a big hit TV series and a movie company to promote their parks. Walt Disney gave the theme park the same name as the TV Series (both were called Disneyland in the 1950s). Viewers of the hit series connected the name to the theme park. Poof! Walt Disney had the power of television to advertise his theme park during his hit show.
The thumbnail is a roller coaster that was demolished in 2013 maybe 2012. Also that roller coaster was in Kings Island which is STILL OPEN the coaster in the thumbnail is a ride called Son of Beast. Built in 1999 opened in May of 2000. Closed in 2009 after an incredible amount of issues resulting in it being closed more than open from 2005 to 2009. Also had a delayed opening and was closed 1/2 the first year.
I like that the son of beast destruction at kings island is the thumbnail
When I was little there was an abandoned amusement park near where I lived; the humps of the wooden roller coaster were just visible above the treeline. I was only little and, when it came into view, I'd stare at it until it was out of view again. I was equal parts terrified and fascinated. The park was torn down a few years later; not much remains out there, just a stairway in the woods leading from nowhere to nowhere.
I have no doubt at all that if I lived near any of these parks I wouldn't be able to help myself. I'd have to explore.
Very interesting and very sad…. Somehow these areas need to be cleaned up..
Very nice video! Thank you for sharing!
THAT WAS AWESOME
I loved River Country!! My dad took us to disney world a few times from Illinois. It was one of the first waterparks I've been to as a kid, but I would go today if it were open--the tubing was my favorite.. All the other waterparks have the exact same stuff. I am surprised they just abandoned it. My dad dropped my brother and I off and we would stay all day.
Check out schlitterbahn. The original park
nara dreamland wasnt just a ripoff of disneyland. it was literally supposed to be japan's own disneyland. the owner was in talks with walt disney to use the characters and icons of disney inc, but they couldnt come to an agreement on the licensing prices. but it was already nearly complete so the owner decided to open nara dreamland but with no disney licensing so they had to come up with their own characters.
Yeah
I remember going to Dinosaur World when I was a child in the early 1970's. Lot's of fun. You forgot about Dogpatch also in Arkansas.
There is nothing creepier than six flags New Orleans. The ties to Katrina and New Orleans voodoo makes it by far number 1
This video was accually done very well compared to other top 10 lists about parks and roller coasters.
I enjoyed that even tho im usually pretty critical against these kinds of videos
I feel like these top 10 dangerous roller coasters, accidents and theme parks that were shut down are way too common. That’s all the gp ever talk about on yt
@@CrazyDash9 yeah the gp only talks about that kind of stuff because they dont find it interresting if someone tells them how much he loves SteVe or anything like that
@@philippzimmer5718 sad truth.
Who is hoping Jarrassic Park would become a reality? That would not be good.
These are more sad than scary in my opinion
you should do top 10 scariest abandoned things all over the world I think it would be cool to see
It's okay if it doesn't turn into a video I just think it will be cool to see!
Title: Top 15 Scary Abandoned Theme Parks
Picture: Son of Beast being torn down at Kings Island which isn’t even abandoned . LOL
river country closed due to incident. A boy passed away while swimming in bay lake. An amoeba somehow passed the filtration system and entered bay lake and swam up the boys nose which attacked his brain and nervous system. And for that they had to close the water park for good.
You can enter the Spreepark in a guided tour, entering on your own is illegal and there may be guards.
There is also an abandoned park in south Germany, the "Fränkisches Wunderland". Urbexers can enter the park on their own risk for 50€, there are surveillance cameras and they call the police when someone enters illegally.
Holy Crap!! This is crazy!!😱 😲
Is it me or this guy sounds like Charlie Sheen? 🤣
The Narrator Sounds Like
Charlie Sheen .
Love You Charlie .
Love Always
Gabby Gustafsson
Nature is the best theme park ever!!
Actually the park was opened during the nuclear explosion because they were trying to distracted citizens until they got enough transportation to come into the city to transport them out so it was open for about 1 to 2 days. Free to enter and ride as well...
Yes this is so true and so sad
wow TWICE, i love it
Anything abandoned is always so creepy. You can just see the activity of the past. No thank you.
Seeing rides sitting around decaying breaks my heart
Williams Grove Amusement Park..... MECHANICSBURG, PA.
It's so Sad to see loads of Theme Parks Shut Down I think They could be Recycled & Renovated into lots of different Things a kids park a nature Trail Etc.
Yeah I know what u mean very depressing
What about "Hard Rock Park" Myrtle Beach SC. (2008-09)
Some glaring inaccuracies here. Pripyat Amusement park WAS opened to the town immediately following the Chernobyl disaster. It was used as a way to try and distract the town folk from the disaster.
And Dinosaur World is in Eureka Springs, Arkansas. Not Beaver.
One correction for #1: The Wonderland Castle that was never completed, was, for whatever goddamn reason, preserved when the other structures were demolished.
Last I checked, Kings Island is not an abandoned park. So why is their infamous Son of Beast in the thumbnail?
Might be because the SOB was demolished in 2014, but that's just my guess. I don't know.
Just imagine sitting on a roller coaster that is abandoned then it randomly moves 🤣😂🤣
Man will let you down everytime.
I drove past 'Camelot' back in early 2003. I did not know that there was even a theme park there. I had never heard of it. Unlike the 80's, heavily advertised, TV commercial for 'American Adventure Park, Derby, UK'. This theme park also got demolished but stood as a Ghost Town for a while.
Very sad to see. I think that the echoes of the past excitement fun and screams, will be forever heard.
Very interesting. Thanks for posting this. Have a nice day now.
I remember the one in Nara Japan. Sad the other parks became better
I love how the thumbnail is Kings Island when they tore down Son Of Beast! Kings Island is still open
Santa's Village in Santa Cruz California was abandoned as well. right off the freeway on your way to the beach, you see the old place there. crazy to see a winter wonderland on your way to the beach on a hot summer day.
Was amazed/nice to see 2 from the 🇬🇧 as didn't expect to see ours 1s included.
The theme park 'Australia's wonderland' was like these parks that were left abandoned in Sydney. I was lucky enough to have been there back in 1993. It closed down sometime around 9/11 back in 2001
Can you imagine just going for a hike and coming across one of those statues in dinosaur park?
Lmao.
Or even better, that huge spider.
I live near joyland since this video of joyland . Joyland has been sold most of it is totally empty . Am rides are stripped and removed. New owners are supposed to be cleaning it out totally. If you see from the edge of the lot there no rides you can see from the road. The video of joyland is partially right and partially wrong. I am 53 lived here all my life and kept up on it because of wildlife and fires.
Its too bad. I had lots of good times there as a kid.
Very interesting!! Thank you!!
I heard on a RUclips short that playgrounds that night are really creepy looking
River Country was actually demolished back in April of 2019
oh thanks
New Orleans let this park rot. They had a chance to rebuild but the corruption of this city stopped it.
Drew Brees brought the park. Hes gonna bring it back and reopen it since he retired. I live in Louisiana
@@ravenemery8443 he backed out a few years ago
Thanks for the video... I never knew these parks existed... Well... Maybe some of them... 🤭
Jazz land in Louisiana is one of the scary amusement park is on this list. It hasn’t been operating since hurricane Katrina hit in 2005
A really very interesting video. :D
However, it is not entirely true that Yongma Land is the only former amusement park in the world that's still open to guests. In this country, for example, we also have a closed amusement park that you can still enter for a small fee (sometimes even with real guided tours), e.g. to take photos and so one. ;)
I live near Camelot. It's in Chorley, Lancashire. The ride you could see from the motorway was Whirlwind. It had some amazing rides!
Hi I'm from indonesia, I'm really love to theme park and attractions, I was working at the park until 8 years. So sad watching this video, looking this situation I wished covid-19 going the and. Hope to work and playing again at the park 😔
I remember the random wooden rollercoaster (Hurricane) near Dania Beach. My brother rode it often and he was always the only person on the entire coaster lol.
They remind me Terra Encantada, it was a park in Rio de Janeiro, it was open in 1997 and closed in 2009.
After a couple of years it was just like this, there is a video here called: Terra Encantada a última visita. I believe you gonna enjoy to see it.