{"id":55292,"date":"2013-08-31T08:00:33","date_gmt":"2013-08-31T12:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.buzzbuzzhome.com\/?p=55292"},"modified":"2013-12-06T12:03:06","modified_gmt":"2013-12-06T17:03:06","slug":"abandoned-amusement-parks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/archives\/abandoned-amusement-parks","title":{"rendered":"Scooby-Doo scary: Top 7 abandoned amusement parks"},"content":{"rendered":"

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As the summer winds down so too does amusement park and fair season (perhaps welcome news for many cronut-eaters<\/a>). As the crowds slowly start to vacate their local fairgrounds, we’re taking a very Scooby-Doo-esque look at seven of the world’s creepiest, permanently abandoned amusement parks.<\/p>\n

Nara Dreamland, Japan<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Nara<\/a>\"Nara<\/a>\"Nara<\/a><\/em>Nara Dreamland was a Disneyland ripoff that opened near Nara, Japan in 1961. The park closed in 2006 due to low attendance, but so far, no private company or government entity has moved to knock down any of the park’s remaining rides or structures. Photos: imgur<\/a>, Bram Dauw<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Gulliver\u2019s Kingdom Theme Park,\u00a0Japan<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"I'm<\/a>\"Gulliver's<\/a>\"Gulliver\u2019s<\/a><\/em>Gulliver\u2019s Kingdom is another failed Japanese theme park located two and a half hours outside Tokyo in the shadow of Mount Fuji. The park opened in 1997 and closed just four years later, again, due to poor ticket sales. Unfortunately for any intrepid urban explorers hoping to visit the abandoned site, crews did finally get around to demolishing the park in 2007.\u00a0Photos: SleepCity<\/a>, Old Creeper\/Flickr<\/a> <\/em><\/p>\n

Spreepark,\u00a0Berlin, Germany<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Spreepark<\/a>\"Spreepark,<\/a><\/em>The Spreepark in southeastern Berlin was open for three decades and has been abandoned for one. Originally constructed by the communist government in East Germany in 1969, a man by the name of Norbert Witte<\/a> began running the show in the 1990s. When park attendance began dropping off, Witte found himself in serious financial trouble. To make some quick cash, Witte allegedly began using ride equipment to smuggle cocaine between Peru and Germany and was promptly arrested. His ensuing legal problems, coupled with the park’s poor ticket sales, forced the operation to shutter in 2002. Witte was convicted of smuggling and spent four years in prison. Photos: SpreePhoto<\/a>,\u00a0imgur<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Chippewa Lake Park, Ohio<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Chippewa<\/a>\"ChippewaChippewa Lake Park operated for 100 years in Ohio’s Medina County until it was forced to close in 1978 due to poor attendance. For 30 years the park was left untouched until a development project prompted the gradual dismantling of the decaying attractions. However, the development plans fell through and demolition was halted, leaving a few rides still standing today.\u00a0Photos: TheYearOfHalloween<\/a>,\u00a0imgur<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Six Flags, New Orleans<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Six<\/a>\"Six\"Six<\/a>\"Six<\/a>Six Flags New Orleans had to close down once Hurrican Katrina was forecast in late-August 2005. The historic devastation that followed ensured that the park was never able to reopen. Photos: lostlosangeles\/Flickr<\/a>,\u00a0Keoni Cabral\/Flickr<\/a>, johnvoncurd\/Flickr<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Prypiat Amusement Park, Ukraine<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Prypiat<\/a>\"PrypiatThe amusement park in Pripyat, Ukraine was to celebrate its grand opening on May 1st, 1986 but those plans were interrupted when on April 26th\u00a0the nearby Chernobyl nuclear reactor exploded. Today the parks stands as a symbol of the devastating\u00a0Chernobyl disaster<\/a>\u00a0that killed dozens of people and forced all of Pripyat’s remaining 50,000 residents to flee.\u00a0Photos:\u00a0Barry Mangham\/500px<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Wonderland Amusement Park, China<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Wonderland<\/a>\"Wonderland<\/a>\"Wonderland<\/a><\/p>\n