Amusement Parks are there to amuse you - its in the name - theyre fun - theres rides - theres
really sweet things to eat and games to be won - who doesnt love Amusement parks?
Theyre great - that is, until they close down - then they are forgotten - when nature crawls
back in and strange people call them home - then they become somewhere you really don't
want to visit.
My name is Danny Burke and this is the Top 10 Abandoned Amusement
Parks
Starting off at number 10 now we have Pripyat Amusement Park.
This is an abandoned park in Pripyat, Ukraine that was meant to be opened on May 1st 1986.
Unfortunately, 5 days before, the nearby nuclear power plant at Chernobyl went into meltdown.
Everyone was forced to evacuate the city.
As with everything else, the park was left as it was.
Radiation levels there have been among the highest levels recorded in the whole of Pripyat.
Even today, youll need special permission to even get close.
Moving on to number 9 we have the Lake Shawnee Amusement Park.
This park in southern West Viginia was abandoned in 1966 after the accidental deaths of two
children.
A little girl in a pink ruffled dress died after climbing in to the circling swing set.
A little boy also drowned in the amusement parks swimming pond.
Some say the park was cursed even before its creation - after being built on the ground
where deadly murders took place between Native Americans and European Settlers during the
late 1700s.
The park opens up sometimes for tours in the week before halloween - some have sworn theyve
seen the little girl in her dress, covered in blood and staring at them.
Next up at number 8 we have Spreepark.
This is an abandoned park in Berlin that opened in 1969.
At its height, the park attracted over 1.5 million people.
It boasted a roller coaster, two game water courses, a stage, a Western town and an English
village.
By 1999 though, the park was struggling to cope with large depts.
They increased the admission fee but that only served to drive away visitors.
By 2001, they entertained just 400,000 visitors.
The park closed the following year.
In the years since then, a fire devastated major parts of the park - its thought that
someone intentionally did this.
These days, Spreepark is nothing more than a creepy, burnt out husk with no certain plans
for the future.
Coming in at number 7 we have Six Flag New Orleans.
When Hurricane Katrina struck the Caribbean and Southern US states it devastated a lot
of places - one of them was the Six Flags amusement park in New Orleans.
As you can see from these images, the damage was so immense that the owners were forced
to abandon it altogether.
The only visitors to the site are trespassers who rip fences and leave grafiti.
The place is also home to boars, snakes and other animals that have taken advantage of
the lack of human presence ...
Next up at number 6 we have Encore Garden.
This abandoned park in Taiwan lies just east of Taichung city.
It was extremely popular during the 1990s, attracted visitors from all around.
Then, in unclear circumstances, the park just closed.
Rumours spread about what the reason could be.
Some say there was a serious accident on the huge ferris wheel that the park was known
for.
Others maintain that an Earthquake in 1999 caused damage too serious to repair.
Next up at number 5 we have Gullivers Kingdom.
This theme park was built in the shadow of Japans Mount Fuji and was partially funded
by the government.
The rides centred around the story of Gilliver - a traveller who discovers an island full
of tiny people.
The park opened in 1997 but barely last 4 years.
The reasons for its failure are cited as a lack of main attractions but also its proximity
to the notorious suicide forest - a place that earned its name from being a favoured
suicide spot for people in Japan.
At number 4 now we have Okpo Land.
This amusement park is on the outskirts of Okpo-don't in South Korea.
It was very popular during the 90s and became one of Asias most famous amusements park.
The duck ride became a crowd favorite but tragically, people started getting seriously
injured on it.
Eventually someone died on it - there was outrage and Okpo land offered no compensation
or apology.
In 1999, a little girl died after one of the duck carts derailed and capsized.
The park was closed soon after - the derailed cart that killed the girl was still left hanging
over the edge.
It became a popular site for urban explorers until it was demolished in 2011.
At number 3 now we have Dadipark.
Built in 1950, this was Belgiums first private amusement park - built for children of pilgrims
visiting the nearby basilica.
It was successful for many years but that all came to an end in 2000.
The Nautic Jet ride was notoriously dangerous but no improvements were made - in that year,
a boy lost his arm on the ride.
The park struggled on for a while but closed down in 2002 for renovations.
For whatever reason, the renovations never took place and the park was abandoned, never
to reopen.
Today it remains almost as it was left.
Parts of it were demolished but many of the buildings and smaller attractions remain.
Next up at number 2 we have Wonderland Amusement Park.
This park in China was supposed to be the countrys answer to Disneylands Cinderella
Castle.
It was still in development in 2000 the plug was pulled on the whole project.
According to National Geographic, the developer, local government and farmers could not agree
on the value of the land and so work was stopped while the castle was only half built.
Despite the owners abandoning Wonderland Park, the locals didnt.
They still tend to the plants that grow around the castle and apparently use the castle itself
as a communal activities centre.
And finally at number 1 we have Joyland.
This park in Kansas was once the largest in the state and boasted 20 rides for kids and
adults alike.
It ran for more than 50 years until 2004.
That was the year a 13 year old girl fell from the Ferris wheel and sustained major
injuries.
The park closed down to assess its own safety.
Although it planned to open again in 2006, it never did - the owners have since demolished
most of the major attractions.
Alright guys, thats been our rundown of fun places that turned creepy when they were abandoned.
If theres one thing Ive learnt from doing these videos its that theres a lot of these
places about - do you live near one?
Thanks for watching as always, my name is Danny Burke and Ill see you all in the next
video.