Exploring World's Largest Abandoned Theme Park - Wonderland Eurasia
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In today's episode, we're exploring Wonderland Eurasia, also known as Ankapark.
Opened in March 2019, the park has 17 rollercoasters, the second-most worldwide. However, the extent of the problems affecting the park became apparent very quickly. Two days after the park opened, a train got stuck on top of a roller coaster, and the passengers were forced to leave the merry-go-round on foot.
Eventually, less than a year after its opening, in February 2020, the park could not pay its 180 thousand dollars accumulated electricity debt. The electricity of the park was cut off, leaving the park closed for good.
The failure is total. 750 million dollars to realize this extravagant mega-project are thrown in the trash.
Wonderland Eurasia has now lowered the curtain, leaving rusting expensive statues and rides and a strong sense of bitterness in place. What was supposed to become a symbol of pride for Turkey, has become a symbol of the mismanagement and hubris of some officials of the presidential party.
Today, we venture our way inside Wonderland and give you an exclusive peek of this gigantic deserted amusement park.
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I don't feel bad for the investors or politicians behind this but I DO feel bad for all the architects, engineers, and construction workers who put so much time, energy and work into building this only to have it sitting there wasting away. 😟
i feel the same bruh. what a shame.
I mean the buildings are still standing so that’s some compliment that even though it Hasn’t been taken care of it still hasn’t all collapsed
I agree
All thare time and money just in the trash
Lol…like CNN+
This video is absolutely insane, this is the best abandonded theme park I’ve seen for the sheer size and fact that close to all of the attractions are still there in almost mint condition
I live in Ohio, the home of Cedar Point and Kings Island seeing this just hurts my heart as someone who has spent many days of my life at amusement parks. You didn't just turn this into an explore but a feature length documentary ... something for you to really consider. With your knowledge of abandoned places you would have a heck of a documentary into the circumstances that allow these majestic homes and locales to crumble into dust. Just this series alone shows the expansive use of wasted commercialism that has affected the world globally as humans strive at exponential rates for - bigger, better, and more more more. As someone who has watched you from the beginning, you have an incredible gift for this Maureno, not just in the videography but in the storytelling and drama. Companies like National Geographic should be knocking on your door to do work for them.
Living in ohio, you should look into Ohio’s massive history of former amusement parks. There used to be parks in canton, Akron, all over the state. Especially the history and sad closing of Geuaga Lake. I grew up in the Akron Canton area and lived down the street from where Myers Lake amusement park was, had season passes to bothe Sea World and GL. I never got to experience all the local parts of the long ago past sadly.
Also from Ohio a staple from my childhood is just a slab of land now... Geauga Lake
@@kandikidzora I loved g lake! It was so creepy going to the newer amusement/water park they built right in front of it because any coaster ride would over look the deteriorating parts of g lake that were left it was a whole world on the other side of that park just gone and replaced like that
I agree! I'd cry I'd this was CP
Another broken hearted ohioan here! Watching this sure is eye opening!
This place is incredibly beautiful. It is not possible to understand why the Turkish authorities do not open this place.
Because they were out of their budget they didn’t gather enough funds to pay the electricity to keep the place going. They didn’t ask for public assistance clearly to come to the park and spark family deals or promotion….. I feel like a rich amateur opened the place up thinking it could run itself
@@ruthlesspawny7599 it could reopen if the goverment sells the park to a private entertaiment industry or a rich family who knows how to run a entertaiment bussines
investment and economic issues along with not having enoug electricity
I live in this city and went this park once. Man i feel bad for you guys didn't see everything in action.
Dino area is actually full of animatronics, those dinos has censors in it when you pass by they actually move and make sounds.
There are so many cool robots inside of Transformers area
I’m here
Good that you did go there and have good time. Now it is in your memory.
I am so sorry that this is just a memory now. Do you mind if I ask you what you might know about the politics and mismanagement that caused this 750 MILLION dollar theme park to end up closed? Or did the government hush it up? Because I'm dead certain it took more than just an unpaid $180k electricity bill and a few debts to close this park down. I wonder how you and other local people must feel about it? It must be a strange and sinking feeling to be given the most amazing opportunity to come and play in the world's biggest and most incredible theme park...only to have it all taken away again! Especially when everyone knows that it cost three quarters of a billion dollars - and it's all been wasted. It doesn't make any sense.. And I am hoping that if there IS any sense to be made of it, that you would please help us to understand? Thank you kindly. Without a fuller understanding of what happened, all I am able to deduce is that politics &/or the government is somehow ultimately responsible for some massive failure to back up the success for the sheer amount of investment that has gone into this park? But I'd much prefer not to place any blame where there is none. Information makes all the difference. Thank you for your kind reply!
@@j.whiteoak6408 Covid19 closed it down when they were just accumulating some minor debt for electricity, but how could that be paid while in lockdown and people are not allowed in or out of their homes?
How to pay the debt without operating at full capacity with the distancing rules, disinfection rules, masks and all that?
Think!
Masks on a roller coaster? Is that possible?
The misfortune of this park was obviously the pandemic which was declared just months after the grand opening.
@@DeannaSt
Are you a local there?
Really hope they can solve the financial problems and find a solution to reopen this beautiful place.
This park is closed by left party just because they can not digest something which is done by the right party These people are ideological zombies. I swear, The left in Turkiye is canc3r. its not because of financial problem. if you close the park and the electricty continue then you can not pay for the bill. I swear to everything i believe in. The left party in Turkiye is just CANC3R. They have ZERO contribution to these land, Never ever. Not since 1923 until today. All they do is become wanna be's and trying to be europeans but not with technology or something. Only by becoming h00kers and opening their azz. f!tlhy f0kin identity crises living left canc3r are they nothing more..
It's not because financial problems, it's cause the oppositions Vision. They won the city elections and as a sign they closed it down to show they don't want anything from the old mayor here in town. Welcome in turkey..
@@PocketJetPro parkın durumunu muhalefete bağlamak için ya zekasız ya da kötü niyetli olmak gerekir. Kötü niyetli olduğunu varsayıyorum çünkü melih denen çapsızın trolleri her yerde. Adam işi batırdığının farkında ki parkı yıllar önce ihaleyle zararına sattı. Hatta işletmeci şirket bile iflas etti. Basbayağı milyar dolarlık parka haciz geldi. Kamu zararı hayallerin ötesinde. Parkın yanlış yere yanlış şekilde yapılmış olması da ekstra zarar. Mahkeme devam ediyor bir de üstüne sayısız dava açıldı. Belediye açıklama yaptı "park bize devredilirse daha fazla zarar olmaması için uğraşacağız" diye. Yok kötü niyetli az gelir olan bitene rağmen bunu vizyon olarak tanımlamak için gerçekten gerizekalı olmak gerekir.
@@PocketJetPro güzel salladın
@@PocketJetPro Belediye mi işletiyor ki? Kapatsın. Eski belediye, ihale yaptı. 29 yıllığına özel şirkete devretti. Kimi kandırıyorsun?
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Does the municipality run it? The city cannot prevent it.
The old municipality went out to tender. He transferred it to a private company for 29 years.
Who are you kidding?
2020 the inflation rate skyrocketed 17.01% in Turkey. More than half of Turkish families couldnt finance shelter or food. Makes sense why they wouldnt have had customers.
It's a shame that such a beautiful park is doomed to collapse that makes me sad. Thanks for the great video and the effort Greetings to you from Turkey🇹🇷
They should just open the childrens rides sell off most of the other stuff an take down the roller coaster for scrap an anything else that can be used for scrap use the money from that to keep up with the children's part an watch the children beg to go all the time. An the money would just keep pouring in. Pretty soon ud have paid the debt off an still have the extra cash coming in. At least it wouldn't be a total loss they could call it children's world. Or kids fun time.just saying.
I never thought I’d see bootleg Robotechs on a weird upside down children’s carousel in Turkey but….
Well never say never I guess
And bootleg Frank Woods from CoD Black Ops 1?!
This is going to be an epic one, the amount of effort put into creating this masterpiece is insane!
Thanks brother!
You can tell as you were with me the last entire week while I’ve been running short on sleep just to be able to finish this video 😅😂
We saved the best for the last of this year! :D
@@Explomo thanks for your effort! I appreciate it, always! ❤❤❤
Maybe next time it will be useful to wear something of camouflage in such a place as this with security.
I follow your channel too, I think it's as wonderful as Explomo. Always walking on the treadmill. 👏👏
@@marcii050grunn No. Camo is a big mistake going into a place where you are not supposed to be. Wearing normal clothing in inconspicuous colors is better. Then, if you are caught, you can just pretend to be lost or curious. Even the cameras can be explained away as normal for a tourist in a strange country.
I can see why the park failed. Such a place would need to serve millions of people every year in order to make enough to cover expenses. That would mean a huge tourist business. As a dictatorship, Turkey already had a poor reputation as a vacation spot. With the Khashoggi murder less than a year in the past, even though the Turks were obviously innocent in the affair, Turkish tourism must have been in its nadir.
Thoroughly enjoyed watching the exploration of this beautiful theme park. I'm really impressed with Turkey to have such a large and creative park and at the same time sad to see it abandoned. I hope some day before its too late that someone will be able to reopen it so that children and families can once again enjoy all it has to offer
Can't get no privacy or help
Yeah me too. It really made me sad to see this. I just kept saying " but what about all of the kids that should be enjoying this?!" Surely there has to be a group of business men somewhere that could see the potential in this and take in over?!?
This park is closed by left party just because they can not digest something which is done by the right party These people are ideological zombies. I swear, The left in Turkiye is canc3r
Siyasi lider tartışması yüzünden oldu. Bir daha açılmayacak. Alan yeşillendirilecek.
It's only been 4 years since it's closing...depending on the amount of decay, deterioration and reclaiming nature has done...this totally could be saved, renamed, revived and led to success.
Absolutely amazing video!… unbelievable place!! Congratulations for getting in and showing us this mind blowing location 🎢🎡🔥
My blood pressure always go up when I watch these videos when your there trying to avoid security guards.
But I wouldn't miss them for anything. I love them. I love all the videos, everyone gets better and better. So far I think this is the best one. Love to you both. Take care and stay safe my friends. 💖💖😊☃️
I live in Ankara and when I saw this Park I was shocked. I was even more shocked to hear it s abandoned, but a turkish friend of mine said that they might reopen it soon…
You guys are AMAZING !!! I have been watching abandoned exploration for years & this by far is THE BEST !!! Thank you for risking so much & sharing with us. It's almost like y'all brought this place back to life for a day. Sooooooo beautiful !!!!!! Thanks again guys & keep bringing the awesomeness !! Peace out !! 👍✌
Hi 👋 Cindy, how are you doing?
Your hard work, the risk you have taken to take this video deserve multiple likes and thumbs up from all the viewers
It's kinda sad to see the park just rotting away. The statues are beautiful, the place is amazing and there's so much potential to it. The issues could be solved with some remodeling and the right administration, this could be one of the best parks of the world
eh a private entertaiment corpration can buy it also if a company doesnt buy it the goverment can make money from taxes to reopen the park so all is not lost
It's all worth the more than two hours required to watch the whole thing! When I heard the police siren towards the end I had the same thought which was, "I hope it's not coming for them."
It took a lot of nerve to do this guys. Hats off to you both
Hi Maureno and Carter,
I absolutely cannot believe yours and Carter's explorations in Turkey.. I thought that the "cut & paste Disney mansions" and nearby "cut n paste village" were the ultimate in financial waste - but THIS!! I'm gobsmacked speechless at the sheer amount of waste you've exposed in this country!
I always love your passion and kind, respectful, and very sweet nature that always shines through - and your edits are first class too. I always find myself holding my breath until you're safely out.. I very much appreciate your hard work and the high risks you've taken to bring us this series. Thank you so very much. (I don't know how I missed this epic vid before!)
And just when I think you've brought us the ultimate exploration ever - you manage to ace them all!
What is glaringly obvious is the sheer amount of financial waste in this country! There's something inherently wrong with this. Anywhere else, when so much money has been invested in your country, the government will bend over backwards to ensure that the doors to a huge business stay open - because when the gates are closed everyone loses, including the government! For an investment of THIS SCALE... OMG - surely an epic failure on this scale is a stain on the government that allowed it. Bail-out funds can always be repaid later on down the track, and even an interest-free government loan to keep them liquid and viable is smarter and preferable to such epic failure on your turf! Surely even an outright bailout deal is preferable to total failure. And such epic failure to assist such a massive undertaking as this one costing 3/4 of a billion dollars certainly does not encourage future investment in this country!
I would love to know more about what happened here - why is this theme park silent now? Most new big businesses should plan to lose money for the first 1-2 years, to break even for 3-4 years, and finally to turn a profit at 5 years of operations. So WHAT happened? Because I think there's a lot more politics to this story - and not only electricity bills and other debts. Such waste is difficult to stomach.
Thank you so much, Maureno. And many thanks to anyone else who would also very kindly answer this question. XX
Very unsophisticated insight considering you don't have the true legal details... so obvious what you guys are doing here.... Turkey is not ur business if u don't like it simply don't visit.... the corruption in western country politics and economy is enough for you to make a million videos... start at home before you decieve viewers of your innocent reporting which is hugely politically driven...
@@citysnapshots2678
Touchy much? This was never an insult to your country, nor is a personal attack on its citizens! How about you take your own advice and if you don't want to see the failure - then don't watch it.
But first things first: - Maureno NEVER SAID A BAD WORD of criticism about Turkey. I DID! In fact, he said nothing but very NICE THINGS about the country, AND he sang the praises of its people. I SAID that there's something seriously wrong with a government that would allow so many heavily-invested projects, like this one, to go 'belly up' and fail. Maureno never even SUGGESTED IT. Also, PLEASE NOTE that I did ask for more information (above) about why this is the way it is - because clearly there's something very wrong here - much more than than just unpaid debts and power bills, behind the closure of this park - as well as unfinished projects and millions of wasted dollars spread all over the Turkish countryside. BUT I DID ask for more information (and on a different thread I also added that it's preferable to know the FULL story of what's happening here than to point the finger where it may not be deserved - and I do the same here now, for YOUR personal benefit).
But of course it IS INDEED outsiders' business! It's the business of every observer who takes an interest in global economics. And this does NOT look good for Turkey. The world is a stage - and wherever there's social, political or economic injustice in our global village, people WILL judge. That is simply how it works - and whether it stings your personal feelings or not is far beside the point.
I can assure you that without even knowing the full story of why there's so much economic waste in Turkey - further large-scale investment will certainly not be forthcoming to its borders - not after this epic failure! Because it wouldn't matter if this was Turkey or Timbuktu. Surely you must understand that had this failure occurred in my own country, or any other, then global eyes, including your own, would be judging it instead and asking questions .. But as it's occurred in your country, so it is that Turkey is the subject of that judgement. I fully understand that judgement and criticism are unpalatable to anyone who is under the microscope, but that is simply the nature of things - it is not a personal attack on you or your country. Don't take it so personally.
Perhaps instead of being upset about the criticism, perhaps you would find it more constructive to answer my question and enlighten me - indeed enlighten ALL of us - and help us to understand the exact circumstances that led to the total failure of the theme park? And these other big-investment failures in Turkey?
Maureno has simply done what he does exceedingly well - he only explored and recorded abandoned properties. He never ran your country down, he never said anything bad about its government OR the people - he did the exact opposite. He is only interested in Urban Explorations and finding the best places to show his viewers. So don't blame him for having INADVERTENTLY exposed the massive economic and government failures occurring in Turkey in the process! Because anyone with half a brain will figure out in just two videos (this one, and the "cut n paste castles") that there has to be something inherently wrong with a government that wouldn't want to back progress and growth in their own country, and MAY even have been active in creating the political red tape and other obstacles that resulted in a total cessation of these operations. And of how many others? It's not like Explomo deliberately went out to find or expose these failures. They just happened to film them in the Urbex genre. They aren't "trying to do" ANYTHING else. AT ALL.
Like I said, my own comments are my own comments, not Maureno's. He never said or even implied anything that you accuse him of. I DID. I spoke critically of what I see as epic failure but Maureno did no such thing, and I unreservedly defend him on that point. But I HAVE done so with many more questions in mind than there are answers for. It was not, and is not, intended to be an attack on anyone's country, or on any group or individual. More information is required, and if you can kindly please explain what you know of it to us all, then I know that I wouldn't be the only one who would certainly be thankful to you and would appreciate it very much. Thank you. JW.
@@citysnapshots2678 Geez! Someone is offended and butthurt.
This is all just plain obvious and raises many eyebrows...
@@j.whiteoak6408 hello, and thank you for taking the time to respond... let me try to ecplain my point of view in a different way...out of all thr private mansions abandoned videos, only projects related to the state of Turkey were exposing state owned projects... to clarify why I feel there is discreet discrimination I simply ask, has the content creator exposed any other "state project" around the world? (Not a privately owned mansion or castle) from what I've seen the answer is No... this continuous soft bashing is unfair, specially of a government which to be objective has lifted its people from afghan like poverty to become one of the world's major economic powers in only a few decades...
Now i would take back my comments in two scenarios. 1. If the content creator has videos exposing any other "state" and I can help him name a few projects in America, France, Australia, England, Russia to name a few where the taxpayer money waste was in billions (however nothing in his videos about any other country's state project, except turkey)
And 2. If the content creator had not personalized it and wrongly referred to the "owner" of the project as the president himself, clearly showing discreet bias against the government.
In summary, and to avoid this discussion going down a rabbit hole, gone are the days where the western world can simply sound sophisticated to get away with soft discrimanatory comments in the name of art, politics or religion... either be fair in your judgement or stay away from bashing other states when ur own states have turned into Mafia like corporations sucking dry the tax payers ... that's all... peace and love to you my friend.
@@citysnapshots2678
Thank you for your reply, City Snapshots. But you still have not answered my question - which was to please help us understand how this happened, and what you perceive to be going on in Turkey for this TO happen. What excuses did the government make to the people for the park's closure? Instead you have only defended your own displeasure at Explomo filming in your country - with accusations that they set out to create adeliberate exposé of financial failures and government involvement. And that's a shame, because it's clearly an inadvertent result. Clearly there HAS to be more to this park's closure than an unpaid $180,000 power bill. I know that if this happened in my country, I would be far more concerned about what the heck is going on behind the scenes for such massive financial waste to occur - I certainly would not be defending the powers that be which allowed and POSSIBLY even caused it to fail on their watch. And without further information, that is the ONLY conclusion anyone can possibly arrive at.
But you only seem to care that Explomo has SHOWED that sheer financial waste to the world, and you perceive to this to be a personal targeted attack on your country, when nothing is further from the truth. And you're taking it very personally yourself. Yes, I heard Maureno say SOMETHING about Erdogan being involved in the ownership of the park, but I also know that Maureno's English isn't perfect (and I love that, Maureno! It's one of your most endearing qualities!) - and in fact he really just glossed over the information about what he thinks are the reasons for the park's untimely closure - so I did not take it to MEAN that Erdogan HIMSELF ever actually owned it, per se. Most of us who are Maureno's regular and long-term viewers are quite familiar with his presentation style, and we know that he often uses his own imagination whilst describing certain situations, and how things MIGHT have happened - we're not meant to take EVERYTHING literally - and I didn't. I doubt very much that anyone else did either. Except for yourself, being the only one who is upset about it. There are other comments here from other locals - and they have not taken any offense at the filming of the park, or of the two cut-n-paste properties that were filmed. Or that they INADVERTENTLY showed that something isn't right about the story of how it came to close - or that this inadvertently caused some of us to question the point of wasted billions of dollars that investors have sunk into this country's economy, only to be forced to cease operations completely - and why? If you are a working taxpayer in Turkey, then I have to wonder why you yourself aren't asking questions why? Because it doesn't add up.
Maureno is an explorer of abandoned places - it's his absolute passion. So of course he'd be so excited about showing us abandonment on such an epic scale - and it simply doesn't GET more epic than the abandonment we see here! In fact, these two videos represent what I would have to label as THE most epic abandoned properties in the history of the urbex genre! I would also travel any distance to capture it on film too! My Turkish friends here tell me that the citizen there have most likely been given very false information about the real reasons why it closed. And that many of those people would actually believe what they're told and others would be too afraid to challenge that information. But the fact is that whether they are State-owned or in private ownership doesn't matter to Explomo (and Maureno never said that the cut-n-paste mansions were a State-owned concern. He did say that they were built by private investors). Again, I'M the one suggesting that those projects have some politically-related red-tape reasons for failure and POSSIBLY even corrupt political reasons as to why they are now big piles of wasted investment money - NOT Maureno. He just wanted to film it. And the park. As I said in my last, he INADVERTENTLY showed the sheer scale of wasted finance and failure here - it wasn't intentional on his part. He just discovered that by total MISTAKE, and he doesn't even CARE that the projects can be linked back to issues between investments poured into the country and the government of today. Have you forgotten that one of the cut-n-paste villages he discovered on his way to the Disney Castles was by complete ACCIDENT. He didn't even know that it were there! So it was in no way a premeditated exposé. That's simply not the case. But what he did INADVERTENTLY discover there is absolutely astonishing - whilst being beyond all sense!
If Maureno was aware of any similarly wasted abandoned projects of an urbex nature that were of ANY interest to him for the purposes of exploration and filming in any of the other countries that he regularly visits, you don't think he'd have already filmed it? Why would he travel so far to cover these properties if there were other properties anything remotely similar closer to home? Of course he'd go there first! He would have already covered them by now if there was ANYTHING like this in ANY of those countries. But nothing of this kind exists anywhere else!? ... But you still insist that he's deliberately 'picking on' your country? No. You have taken offense where absolutely none was intended and you're making accusations of him that simply aren't true!
But it doesn't take a Rhodes Scholar to figure out that SOMETHING is very wrong here.. And as I have already pointed out, if that did occur in my country, I'd want to know who's responsible for it - I certainly would not defend it JUST because it's happened in my country. Heads would roll if that happened in Australia! That said, I'd very much like to know of ANY such wasted projects or other wasted investment or taxpayer dollars in Australia that you've mentioned? ... Could you please name these projects or examples that you know of? Thank you. I can assure you that if any Premier or Prime Minster or other government representatives were ever guilty of such a crime here, they would be torn off his/her pedestal and jailed quick-smart.. I've been thinking about it, and I can't recall any such politically involved disgraces here - not since Bjelke-Petersen's days. Perhaps Holmes A'Court had some ALLEGED shady dealings in the mining sector - but both those Premiers are long disgraced and are long gone. More recently there was a politician, Gladys Liu, who was cited for financial and politically corrupt activities in cahoots with a communist power (that case is still under investigation by ASIO), and one another, Senator Dastiari, who was immediately deposed and utterly disgraced two years ago for accepting an undisclosed amount in a personal bribe of up to $10k..by the same communist power. Because in a Democracy we don't accept dirty politicians. Here, they must answer to the people who elected them, IE - to ALL of the people. They don't get away with such capers here! But I will concede that I'm not a political encyclopedia, and so perhaps I've forgotten or haven't heard of such an instance - so if you know of any political crimes, particularly those involving any abandoned properties and investments worth millions and billions of dollars, that are occurring here in Australia and that I'm unaware of - then please, do tell me! Thank you so very much.
You seem to believe that all Western governments are the devil - but your own is so trustworthy... Why do you not question that? You seem to place your absolute trust and faith in your government - something which my Turkish friends found they could not do... And I think EVERYONE should ask questions of their own government - at local, State and Federal levels - because power does strange things to people, and so most politicians can't be trusted so blindly to consistently do the right thing while they are in office. They need to be constantly monitored and questioned - because all politicians in a democracy must be held responsible for their own actions and are accountable for everything that they say and do whilst they hold office.
And so I do hope that you now realise and understand that Maureno did not come to Turkey with any preconceptions or pre-meditated intentions other than to film some of the most incredible abandoned properties ever filmed in the history of urban exploration. That's the ONLY reason why he came - and he never planned to intentionally expose ANYONE, or any THING in your country. He was not there to show any financial waste, or to make any political sense of how this could have occurred, or to make accusations of your government. You MUST understand that now, yes? And so I would also ask you again to please not take it so personally, and to PLEASE enlighten those of us who are asking for clarification and more information about what REALLY happened here. Who IS ultimately responsible for the gross failure of these heavily-invested ventures? What REALLY happened to result in the closure of this amusement park? And also, if you could please explain how 'they' have tried to cover up the truth? Because SOMEONE (or some group) IS ultimately responsible for it. The park is NOW in the hands of the city's mayor and the country's President - how is this possible? Surely only a gullible fool believes that it's due to a $180k power bill. It's such a paltry sum compared to the $750,000 already invested in the amusement park.. It's simply not a rational or valid excuse for the total failure of the park. But I would still very much thank you for sharing what you have been TOLD happened with the amusement park, at least...and so would quite a few others who've obviously taken an interest in this thread, as I can see that others have picked up on this conversation. I thank you most kindly for your reply.
Kindest regards,
J. Whiteoak.
Hello to Maureno and Carter you guys continue to empress me with your videos and great Commantary. You guys are the best in the business.
Keep up your great work and bring more of your content. Thanks to you guys.
Such a true statement!!!
This is like a fun movie. An amusement park I wouldn't have thought would be as exciting as exploring old buildings but this was definitely a good Adventure! It's a place I would never ever see in my whole life and now I've seen the whole thing! An hour ago I didn't even know it existed; I think that's so cool. As usual, glad you're safe and thank you!
Thank you so much for this! As a viewer it’s sometimes hard to show the appreciation you all deserve for your efforts. Absolutely brilliant vlog.
Oh my goodness, your parents must worry about you all the time, I assume you have a plan just in case you get into a bad situation. I know your Dad is very supportive, also, kudos to your folks, you're an amazing young man, kind, brave, sincere. Your filming and editing skills have really gone off the charts, such great work!
I held my breath for them so many times during this video, they certainly have nerves of steel!
It’s a shame, all the jobs and tourism this could’ve brought to the community, botched by greed and corrupt politicians
This park had so much potential, it's a sad shame it all went to waste, I wish it could reopen again soon, if they fully refurbish it
If these guys go to all this effort to entertain us, its little repayment to subscribe. 😊❤
I’ve recently discovered your channel and I absolutely love it!! It’s not frantic or over dramatic and you do such a thorough job. I also like the way you show the issues you have with entering sites - such as dealing with security etc. I can’t wait to watch more.
Sooo cool, guys! I love how you add video footage of the park while it was open. It had this foreboding feel to it, like footage from the Titanic. I wish you guys caught the guy yelling at you on camera. It would have been so crazy to see! Every time you guys got quiet, suspecting security, I got so nervous 😂 I’m loving your channel and these long videos. You guys put so much passion into making them! Thank you!
Don't think I've ever watch a RUclips video of this length. But I've enjoyed every minute of it! I really hope they manage to sort the money out and reopen this beautiful park before nature and vandals ruin it!
So sad a beautiful park like this is rotting away😢
When security says no, Maureno says let’s go!🙌🏻😂
Congrats on making it in and out of there safely. Amazing place! Loved every minute. Great job, guys!
Well done you two - life is for living! What a great adventure you had but it must have been quite a relief to get out of there safely!!! Thanks for the unusual explore. Gill 🇬🇧
Incredible explore. That feeling when you're out and safe is so good.
What a masterpiece and a show stopper!! Maureno I thought it was impossible but you my dear sir excelled yourself on this!! I’ll certainly rewatch it again and again.
Credit to you that you are much more than an urbex explorer. You have a wonderful talent for story telling and history and a kind soul.
I’ve seen your channel grow and grow and always feel such joy to see that. With so much negativity around us it is so heart warming to see a good role model such as you for future generations.
Keep doing your stuff and it’s great to see what a true appreciation you have of Turkey and it’s hidden gems 👍✌️
Peace out (to borrow your outro phrase 😉❤️🙌)
I cant believe the food was even left behind! The giant park was spectacular, awesome video!
It absolutely blows my mind that this place only made it 15 months. How???? Thats madness.
They ran out of money that’s how And on top of that Covid started
I’m guessing the pandemic probably contributed to it
That park is amazing! Oh, I sincerely hope someone rescues it before it gets any more damaged. At this point, it would require very little refurbishment to reopen. Please, someone save this park!
BEAUTIFUL ONE OF A KIND PARK !! So Sad that is is just sitting there empty.... EXCELENT MISSON GUYS !!!!! Hope to see some of the other fottage you may have captured there. 😮😊
Awesome video! Guaranteed once officials are made aware of this video security will be beefed up significantly. Glad things worked out and keep up the great work.
As it should be! Those two men that supposedly have access to the park need to put aside their egos and turn somewhere for help so that turkey doesn't lose this beautiful thing that was created it can't possibly be too late to save it? That's the only reason I can think of that they didn't ask for help that or their crooked either way it's an ego thing
ترجمة بالعربية
You guys have literally outdone yourselves with this video. Well done and I hope you guys are staying safe out there. Thanks for putting up such incredible content.
An nail biting video. Had to get my jaw off the floor multiple times. But BEAUTIFUL and amazing “ props craftsmanship” shame is it all wasting away . From Texas USA
Maureno were you guys trying to be quiet? Sounded like two bulls in a China closet lol!
I can’t get over how clean everything is. No vandalism. Of course nobody is as crazy as you two to go in there. Good thing is it is raining. You guys are making me so nervous. I’m just holding my breath. Especially when you’re out in the open. I am so glad you guys made it out safe and sound. Well done! Bucket list💜🎄😎🤟🏻🇺🇸
You made it without being arrested. Thank God you made it safe.
Merhabalar, Türkiye'de yaşıyorum. Ne yazık ki çöpe giden gereksiz masraflar. Teşekkürler ülkemize geldiğiniz için. 😭❤
Hi Nesrin Cakir, I am wondering if you might be able to help us understand more about WHY this theme really park closed after just 15 months? I can't believe that they spent $750 MILLION dollars on it only to be 'unable to pay' a $180 THOUSAND dollar electricity bill. It sounds like a cop-out excuse for political interference or something else. As you are a local, I wondered if you would be kind enough to share what you might know about what really happened here? Thank you so very much for any reply! Kindest regards, JW.
@@j.whiteoak6408 construction was started in 2013 even though they don't have the legal permissions. Construction finished in 2015 but it couldn't even opened for like 4 years. I live in Ankara and when this park finally opened, i had concerns with safety so I never visit there. Park got distrainted before pandemic.
Melik Gökçek, owner of this project and old mayor of Ankara, has a bad reputation. I don't think it costed that much it is a fraud.
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THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR KIND REPLY, ART VANDELAY!! I was quite certain that the CoVid-19 pandemic had absolutely nothing at all to do with the park's closure, because it closed before the first case of CoVid even reached Turkey. (And that rubbish about it being due to CoVid, is merely the invented ramblings of an adamant and opinionated imagination that just HAS to be right, and sprouts it out as if that opinion is the gospel truth!)
But red-tape did have a lot to do with it, then? And it came down to SAFETY!! Well, that would be one of the most important elements in the operation of any theme park. So then, if safety was an issue for you and caused you to stay away from the park, then do you think it was likely an issue for many others as well? And what do you think about the investors spending $750 MILLION DOLLARS on the park, but not getting the safety certificates done? Did the government perhaps charge exorbitant fees for these these safety certificates and they refused to pay them? Or did they just refuse to pay them? Or were the certificates issued by a private entity - and they just didn't get them done?
I would very much like to know what happened, and why.. just so I can try to make sense of it - and it appears that many others in the comments and are asking the same questions. I wonder.. Could the government perhaps have waived these fees for the first year, or maybe allowed the park to pay for them once they were up and operating - and making money? But I suppose that that safety certificates would have to be issued on a regular basis - like, at least once a year - perhaps even more often on some of the roller-coasters and other more dangerous rides with moving parts where friction can wear parts down, bolts and pins can snap, and roller-coaster tracks have been known to form cracks, causing carts filled with occupants to be thrown from the rides resulting in injuries and even death... So I can well-imagine that the ongoing costs for maintenance and safety inspections would be quite astronomical - particularly for a park of this size! I hadn't actually thought about safety issues - and I certainly don't wish to accuse any one entity such as your government, of doing something that they didn't do, or of being involved in something that they weren't! Nor do I wish to assume that something happened that absolutely didn't! But I just totally don't believe that the park closed down permanently simply over non-payment of a $120k bill after just one year when $750 MILLION dollars was sunk into the creation of the park to start with.
.. There is something very with that explanation!
So I am very grateful to you for explaining something of the truth, and I'm sorry to bother you for more information, but it would be very much appreciated by everyone who's trying to make sense of the closure and apparent waste of so much money. THANK YOU SO MUCH!
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@@j.whiteoak6408 Thank you for your response. I don't have information whether they have safety certificates or not. It was my concern that all these tools waited abandoned in the open air for so long + there is a news where owner of this place stranded in roller coaster during trials
this was amazing. thank you so much for doing it and sharing the experience with all of us.
Good job.....what a shame for a place like this to just rot!
I just want to say thank you! You guy's stick your life's out for the rest of us to see things we would never ever knew exist. Thank you all!
You can really tell maureno loves what he is doing. Loved it.💚🍀
Awesome job you guys. I watched the whole video and really enjoyed it. Crazy how something like this is just abandoned. Thanks for sharing with it with us!
i have NOOO IDEA when i am going to watch expl0omo the blockbuster vlog of the decade maybe even century
Great team... do more explores together! What an adventure! This was amazing! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Its a shame that it is abandoned. If I had the money I would buy it. I see great potential in this theme park. It just needs a good owner.
I feel like the timing was wrong due to the pandemic.
Hey guys, wow that was a really great location.
Absolutely exciting.
Thanks for visiting.
I came to your video after watching bigbankz’s video on this place and I just want to thank you both for filming this for other people to enjoy as well! What an amazing experience this must of been. I can only imagine! I am now subscribed. Can’t wait to check out more of your videos🙂
Heyy again, dear Maureno, what shall I say!? - I am nearly speechless about the enormous amount of background work,
you had to do, and probably also the enormous amount of time to edit this supreme masterpiece of your Explomo videos.
So, - once more thank you so very much for sharing this exceptional epic adventure there in that theme park in Turkey! - For me,
as your viewer, it was of course great fun to watch and be an active part in your lifestream, and - because of your excellent
camerawork I sometimes even had the illusion, being at your side and walking through the abandoned wonders of this
fascinating location. And - I was also so very glad, that you and Carter came out fine again without being caught by guards!
Wishing you from the bottom of my heart all the best and much more fun, as well as unforgettable new impressions together
with Lesley on your grand trip through the USA. - God bless you, and wishing you a blessed Advent season.
Peace, many hugs and kindest regards.
Awesome place
yes----he prepares
Congratulations on this video and giving me a great tour of this beautiful masterpiece of a amusement park.
It’s Amazing. Very hard to believe that someone didn’t reopen such a magnificent park. Thank you. Best ever. ❤
You said the electric got cut off for nonpayment so the cameras would not be able to be turned on. Great job thanks guys. I hope your USA explores are going well. Be safe on your trip. Merry Christmas Week!
Yes but they flipped the lights on in the first building they went into.... 🤔
@@angelmardi4335 I think that was old footage, edited in from when the park was open.
@@emmitstewart1921 Ahhh ok... thank you
Yo. Never have heard of you guys befor. But a huge urbex fan. And under a (broken window theory) video I saw this. As. Next. Vid. And have to say. I am absolutely blown away. This may honestly be in the top 10 urbexs online. And hope some point this goes all over the web for ppl to see
Incredibly brave to enter the forbidden Theme park ,I’m relieved you’re not both caught by the Security guards . Risky job
Starting to love you and Carter and this channel!!! So glad I found it!
Amazing video, so surreal to see how intact everything is rather than a destroyed theme park. Also one thing i loved was the blatantly stolen "Master Sgt woods" artwork from call of duty: Black ops in the jungle sniper logo/range. XD
⚠️ Important update 21.7.2022:
The mew major of Ankara Mansur Yavaş announced today, that there will be held a questionaire for citizens of Ankara, about what the theme park should be used as in future. Some choices will be:
Reopen theme park
totally eleminate
make use for other purpose like science center etc.
... or whatever.
He says:
The citizens of Ankara will decide, because its their money which will spend here.
Önemli güncelleme 21.07.2022 :
Şimdiki Belediye başkanı sayın Mansur Yavaş, bugün yaptığı Ankapark bilgilendirme toplantısında açıklamasında şöyle dedi: Parkla ilgili gelecek ne olmasını istediğini Ankara halkı anket vasıtasıyla belirleyecektir, çünkü kullanacak para Ankara halkının parasıdır.
Tekrar açılabilir, komple yıkılabilir, başka amaçlarla kullanılabilir(bilim merkezi gibi) ...
You guys were brave to walk out in the open. 🥰🥰🥰
They could turn it into the world’s coolest air soft/paintball playground. Almost no electricity needed for that.
You guys are awesome! This is such a shame! Hopefully nobody will demolish it!
Was it possible that the guards were in that other building cooking food and playing music instead of doing their job?
I can not believe the amount of Dinos in that place but the details are amazing, I loved the walk way that took you what seemed all over the one building showing who knows how many different species underneath. It's a kids dream, but the down side was seeing all the rotting food and canned sodas & water that could have been used by someone...what a waste.
Amazing video. Thank you so much for sharing.
My heart is breaking seeing this huge park rotting down 😔
Bro I was on edge the entire time. GREAT EXPLORE!!!! Thank you!
Just finished watching. Guys, that was amazing. Being on edge worrying about you the whole time was like being on an actual carnival ride. 😁 Seriously, though, you captured so much of that wildly imaginative and beautiful place. What a waste that it sits abandoned. Because of your video the story is told and the remains are recorded for history. Stay safe, have a happy Advent and Christmas season. I read that you are planning an American trip. Our beautiful country is full of abandoned places, so you have a lot of research to do. I'm looking forward to what you find. God Bless.
This park is closed by left party just because they can not digest something which is done by the right party These people are ideological zombies. I swear, The left in Turkiye is canc3r
I cannot believe that they would build a waterslide over the top of a roller coaster track. That does not seem safe whatsoever!! Also, can you imagine how loud it must have been inside that building with all the rides operating and people?!?
I dont see what your talking about. I dont see any waterslides
Thank you again Maureno and Merry Christmas and have a wonderful New Year to you and your family and everyone here. truly enjoy
Oh my! Oh My! I think this was my very favorite documentary ever!!!!! I grew up around amusement parks. Went to our local park at least once a week and Disneyland was close! I'm still a big kid at heart. If I were a billionaire, I'd see about getting that park up and running. Such an amazing place!! Thank you both for the wonderful adventure!!!!!
Hola Maureno y Carter!! Estuve en el estreno de este video y ahora volví a verlo con subtítulos, muy emocionante, me gustó muchísimo este parque de atracciones, impresionante, mi favorita es el área de los dinosaurios, las figuras muy bien logradas, como tu dices Maureno el equipo que diseño y desarrolló el proyecto es de primera, lástima que todo quedó abandonado, pienso que la pandemia del Covid 19 y la falta de turistas, visitantes y público local, contribuyeron a la caída de este gigante de la entretención, espero que algún día reabra sus puertas.
Felicitaciones nuevamente por tan increíble trabajo. 🥇🏆🎥💪👏👏👏👏👏👏
The Fortune Teller was correct in their prediction of a successful exploration! Thank goodness!!
Hi from the UK. OMG what a brilliant video guys, found this so intriguing and interesting. All I can say is that this is probably one of the best and I really mean this ....probably is one of the best videos ever posted and that I have ever watched on You Tube!! Well Done
Bro! I feel that need to tell you, you and Carter are by far my vavorit explorer's to watch. Please keep it up guys!
Absolutely unusual, amazing and huge place! I am very glad that it was you as first who showed it. I'm not surprised that this is your favorite exploration 😊 Thank you very much for a very nice premiere and a fantastic episode ❤
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You would think they would have massive back up generators and or solar or wind or water powered energy tech to lessen the amount of electricity
Actually there are lots of solar panels covering the huge auto parking zone.
That was a very cool trip with y’all and thanks for sharing your turkey exploration of the abandoned theme park, and it’s sad to see all that beautiful workmanship going to waste I truly hope that they can find a way to open it back up for the many of families that would love to go and spend some great time with their family and friends. Y’all did have me on the end of my seat a few times during your adventure, and I was praying that y’all didn’t get caught. Glad that y’all made it out safely.🙏❤️👍
You two are a great team! Great communication! Thank you for all of your explorations they give me insight to life in foreign countries. I am in the USA and can’t travel to explore myself. Thank you for being my guides. From NJ USA
You guys are amazing, this is certainly a watermark in your exploration adventures. Glad you made out with your footage intact.I was so worried you would get caught.Love you guys,take care.
You had me on the edge of my seat! I prayed you didn’t get caught. Awesome explore guys.!😊
This was awesome yet chilling to so all of it cold, dark, and abandoned. AND you both were very respectful about your surroundings and to the park itself. Thanks for the adventure.
Wow! Epic, exciting, eerie - I am lost for words. What an incredible explore! Thank you x
This is an amazing explore! I admit there were a couple of times I had to hold my breath because I thought you would be caught. Just awesome! I have watched it twice so far. Thank you. Merry 🎄 Christmas 🎅🏼
I was hope thayed me more chilled out as sacurity guy let them in ..an other sacurity probly new ..thay was in there just filming a doco..vid. so didn't tell them to get out ....
@@countrabricksbuildcraze8916 I don't think Security let them in. Otherwise they wouldn't be so careful inside. They spoke to a Security the day before.
Amazing video such a shame that the theme park is going to go into decay well done for great content and not getting caught 👏
You two were so brave, I was so nervous watching you creep through the park and light your way through the darkness of the huge domes. Video very interesting!
my memories came back dude, the giant trex outside used to move and roar, and the dinosaurs inside used to move and make sounds there, it's like jurassic park😩🦖🦕
Wickid tour! I was excited about wonderland, wish you guys got inside. makes me wonder who or what has this sealed so tightly?
I believe you werent alone yet they let you guys go
Hola Explomo!! Realmente quedé impactada con el parque de atracciones Eurasia, busqué datos y realmente es gigante con una superficie de 1,3 millones de metros cuadrados 😲 y 17 montañas rusas y miles de atracciones OMG!!, espero que esa maravilla algún día vuelva a funcionar para que la disfruten grandes y chicos, no puede perderse esa magia ✨
Maureno nuevamente muchas gracias, por mostrarnos tan mágico lugar, sobre todo a los que vivimos al otro extremo del mundo y con muy pocas posibilidades de viajar a Turquía, un bello e interesante país.
Saludos cariñosos para el team Explomo y para Carter que acompaña en esta serie de Turquía. Hasta pronto amigos. 🙋♀️🙏✌️♥️🎄🎅
Me olvidé decir que la duración del video, es fuera de serie 🤩🤩🤩 y sin duda es uno de los top 10 de Explomo. 💪👍🥇🏆🎥
Hola Marietta Hace tiempo no te he visto! Espero que estes bien y que tengas un feliz navidad con tu familia!! 🎄🤶🙏 Gill
@@gillwyatt8103 hola amiga, muchas gracias por tu preocupación, estoy bien, solo un poco ocupada, así que espero los subtítulos, para ver los videos, porque traduciendo demoro mucho 🤭
Además preparando mi viaje, voy a pasar las fiestas con mi hijo y familia a la ciudad de San Felipe, cerca de Santiago.
También espero que pases una feliz Navidad con tu familia y que el año nuevo venga lleno de momentos felices y buena salud. Un gran abrazo para ti querida Gill.🙋♀️🙏🎄🎅❤️
@@mariettamollolucic4512 Hola Marietta Solo quiero preguntarte si estas contenta con el resultado de las elecciones en Chile? El Sr Boric creo.
Gill 🤶🎄
@@gillwyatt8103 hola Gill, prefiero no hablar de política, a mí edad ya no creo en cantos de sirenas, solo le pido a Dios que nuestro país tenga estabilidad y tranquilidad para que haya crecimiento en todos los aspectos y nadie sufra, ya hemos pasado por muchas situaciones en nuestra historia. Paz y amor 😘🙏✌️🎄🎅❤️
Watching from Australia amazing place but sad it’s closed
Very impressive . So glad you got out. I was so worried for you. Good job.
Maureno Big bankz que lindo 💕❤️ este parque maravilhoso ❤️ fantástico nunca vi coisa igual lindo demais ❤️❤️ vcs estão de parabéns ❤️ amei tudo 💓
Waiting for this new good stuff !!!
Awesome! See you at the premiere :)
Such a tragedy all that incredibly detailed work has gone to waste. That was a joy to watch, absolutely fantastic. Thank you 😊
Guys this was seriously the funniest 2 hours I've spent on a Saturday night watching one YT channel thanks for taking the risk for our enjoyment Way Cool..! ✌️✌️
Maravilhosa exploração,enfrentou o medo e conseguiu nos trazer a melhor aventura parabéns vocês são demais.