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Link Posted: 8/31/2013 7:54:28 AM EDT
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Cool, I would love to get my hands on a couple of those carousel horses.
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Haha. Those go for $5000 and up. Antique dealers dream of finding them covered with tarps in barns. Big big money, those.
Link Posted: 8/31/2013 7:56:47 AM EDT
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I would be willing to bet that all of those places have a common reason for failure-Democratic policy.  Regulation, taxation, etc.
Link Posted: 8/31/2013 7:58:39 AM EDT
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Former park in Chippewa Lake, Ohio closed in 1978.
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Many are Asian, Japanese and Taiwan.  


Gulliver is below Mt. Fuji next to the suicide forest.
Link Posted: 8/31/2013 7:58:58 AM EDT
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The one in Germany must be where they filmed the end of Hanna.
Link Posted: 8/31/2013 7:59:17 AM EDT
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Seeing abondoned places like that is cool and creepy at the same time.
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but would be awesome to explore and play paintball games



 
Link Posted: 8/31/2013 7:59:59 AM EDT
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Haha. Those go for $5000 and up. Antique dealers dream of finding them covered with tarps in barns. Big big money, those.

Link Posted: 8/31/2013 8:00:54 AM EDT
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"Abandoned Land" at a big park would work.  Retro rides and peeling paint
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DUDE What if, they made an amusement park, and made it look abandoned to raise the cool factor and make it more popular!

I doubt anyone would ever try it. I think it would be cool, too, but the set of customers who want to see the abandoned amusement park from Scooby-Doo is a niche. People want it clean and new for their families. They might get a chuckle out of the graffiti once, but they'd be repeat customers at the competition.


"Abandoned Land" at a big park would work.  Retro rides and peeling paint

It'll have to be lead based paint to have the right "retro" feeling.
Link Posted: 8/31/2013 8:01:42 AM EDT
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I know there were some pro skate videos shot at Rock-a-hoola

http://lostamerica.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/wsp21.wp.jpg?1377964062305
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When I used to skateboard as a kid I always dreamed of skating a water park slide, still kind of do.


I know there were some pro skate videos shot at Rock-a-hoola

http://lostamerica.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/wsp21.wp.jpg?1377964062305



That must be the one off of the 15 between SoCal and Vegas. My parents use to go there as a kids.
Link Posted: 8/31/2013 8:05:04 AM EDT
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That must be the one off of the 15 between SoCal and Vegas. My parents use to go there as a kids.
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When I used to skateboard as a kid I always dreamed of skating a water park slide, still kind of do.


I know there were some pro skate videos shot at Rock-a-hoola

http://lostamerica.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/wsp21.wp.jpg?1377964062305



That must be the one off of the 15 between SoCal and Vegas. My parents use to go there as a kids.



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The Rock-A-Hoola Waterpark is located on Lake Dolores, at Newberry Springs, east of Barstow on Interstate 15. It was originally built in the 1950s as a private resort. In 1962 it opened to the public, eventually closing in the late ’80s.
Link Posted: 8/31/2013 8:05:35 AM EDT
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That second picture in the OP looks fake.
Link Posted: 8/31/2013 8:07:19 AM EDT
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So when does it become a COD map
Link Posted: 8/31/2013 8:09:09 AM EDT
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Link Posted: 8/31/2013 8:09:55 AM EDT
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It's HDR.  Google it.... it's the cool new thing.  I agree, looks fake and is way overdone.
Link Posted: 8/31/2013 8:11:25 AM EDT
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In 5000 years these will be found and preserved and discussed as we do with artifacts we find.

"These are the gods our ancestors worshipped"

"Look at the elaborate slide-road system! They were so advanced for their time"
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Motel of Mysteries
Link Posted: 8/31/2013 8:11:32 AM EDT
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Very cool.





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Abandoned and Little Known Airfields

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Thats pretty cool.  I remember looking through and finding some interesting places around me i didn't know existed.



Just the other day I was looking at aerial photos of my area (i do this often for my job), but I noticed an old airstrip in an area I rode 4 wheelers some.  



 
Link Posted: 8/31/2013 8:15:36 AM EDT
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Popeye Village, the set from the Robin Williams movie, is on Malta, and is apparently a popular tourist attraction. The buildings were made to look old and warped and run down, if that counts.
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DUDE What if, they made an amusement park, and made it look abandoned to raise the cool factor and make it more popular!

I doubt anyone would ever try it. I think it would be cool, too, but the set of customers who want to see the abandoned amusement park from Scooby-Doo is a niche. People want it clean and new for their families. They might get a chuckle out of the graffiti once, but they'd be repeat customers at the competition.


Popeye Village, the set from the Robin Williams movie, is on Malta, and is apparently a popular tourist attraction. The buildings were made to look old and warped and run down, if that counts.

There are lots of pictures of it on Google Maps. it looks pretty well maintained.
Link Posted: 8/31/2013 8:16:14 AM EDT
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No wonder Euro Disney failed, that place looks abandoned

And only one cab driver for the whole resort? Crazy...

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Link Posted: 8/31/2013 8:17:17 AM EDT
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Damn, one toward the bottom ended up in the fucking ocean.
Link Posted: 8/31/2013 8:17:35 AM EDT
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Awesome.
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In 5000 years these will be found and preserved and discussed as we do with artifacts we find.

"These are the gods our ancestors worshipped"

"Look at the elaborate slide-road system! They were so advanced for their time"

Motel of Mysteries



Awesome.


The proportins of the sarcophagus had been precisely determined to prevent the deceased from ever sliding down into a fully reclined position. The similar postures of the two bodies led Carson to the conclusion that the proper burial position had the chin resting as much as possible on the chest
Link Posted: 8/31/2013 8:22:40 AM EDT
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When I used to skateboard as a kid I always dreamed of skating a water park slide, still kind of do.


I know there were some pro skate videos shot at Rock-a-hoola

http://lostamerica.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/wsp21.wp.jpg?1377964062305



That must be the one off of the 15 between SoCal and Vegas. My parents use to go there as a kids.



Yep,  Gallery

The Rock-A-Hoola Waterpark is located on Lake Dolores, at Newberry Springs, east of Barstow on Interstate 15. It was originally built in the 1950s as a private resort. In 1962 it opened to the public, eventually closing in the late ’80s.



Thanks! Just sent that to my dad. Are you from SoCal?
Link Posted: 8/31/2013 8:23:28 AM EDT
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Whalom Park, Mass.



How many kids did these traumatize?



http://farm1.static.flickr.com/175/390597873_e5c202c744.jpg

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"All of them" is my guess.

 



Link Posted: 8/31/2013 8:26:12 AM EDT
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Thanks! Just sent that to my dad. Are you from SoCal?
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I know there were some pro skate videos shot at Rock-a-hoola

http://lostamerica.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/wsp21.wp.jpg?1377964062305



That must be the one off of the 15 between SoCal and Vegas. My parents use to go there as a kids.



Yep,  Gallery

The Rock-A-Hoola Waterpark is located on Lake Dolores, at Newberry Springs, east of Barstow on Interstate 15. It was originally built in the 1950s as a private resort. In 1962 it opened to the public, eventually closing in the late ’80s.



Thanks! Just sent that to my dad. Are you from SoCal?


NorCal, I would be better equipped to talk about Frontier Village or Santa's Village in Scot's Valley.  Or even the concrete dino park on Highway 1 going into Santa Cruz.

Love the guys light paintings photography, particularly of the high desert and abandoned .mil sites.
Link Posted: 8/31/2013 8:27:14 AM EDT
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The missus has some good ones of our Six Flags about six years post-Katrina.  I'll see if I can round them up.
Link Posted: 8/31/2013 8:36:25 AM EDT
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I was thinking the same thing.

Link Posted: 8/31/2013 8:40:26 AM EDT
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New Jersey during sandy.
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Damn, one toward the bottom ended up in the fucking ocean.




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Ohhh. That makes sense.

 
Link Posted: 8/31/2013 8:47:44 AM EDT
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I don’t know if you’ve ever been to Big Bear but the Santa’s Village there is abandoned as well. We were up there for a family vacation and it looked pretty rough when we drove by. Dorner should have hid there. LOL!
Link Posted: 8/31/2013 8:50:04 AM EDT
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"All of them" is my guess.  


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Whalom Park, Mass.

How many kids did these traumatize?

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/175/390597873_e5c202c744.jpg
"All of them" is my guess.  



That clown scared the HELL out of me when I was a kid

I remember it well.
Link Posted: 8/31/2013 8:52:54 AM EDT
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Chernobyl thread?
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Seeing abandoned places like that is cool and creepy at the same time.


I like pictures of the old abandoned insane asylums. The amusement park ones are pretty cool too.
Or the ones of whole abandond cities  


Chernobyl thread?


Detroit.
Link Posted: 8/31/2013 8:55:42 AM EDT
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Very cool photos
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Rides look cool. Is it crazy I want to ride some of them, even in their current state? Gold slide looks kinda fun...
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View from the bottom:

Link Posted: 8/31/2013 9:01:40 AM EDT
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Was that used in The Machinist?



 
Link Posted: 8/31/2013 9:08:03 AM EDT
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tag
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Got a link? This thread made me think of Action Park.

eta: Just found it.

http://www.ar15.com/forums/t_1_5/1525971_The_most_dangerous_amusement_park.html
Link Posted: 8/31/2013 10:06:11 AM EDT
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I love hearing about that place.
Link Posted: 8/31/2013 10:08:13 AM EDT
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I love hearing about that place.
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I love hearing about that place.


One post above, sounded like the 80s incarnate.  
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The folks at the Big Eli will be upset about that.

Edit: took out the other ride.
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I love hearing about that place.
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This thread isn't as good as the Action Park thread last week though



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I love hearing about that place.


I loved going to it. Also saw it abandoned first hand. Trying to find pics.
Link Posted: 8/31/2013 12:15:19 PM EDT
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Link Posted: 8/31/2013 12:31:17 PM EDT
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Life after people.
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This one is scarier

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Chernobyl?
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