Join us for an upcoming talk with Untapped New York. Some closed as early as 1899 while others closed a decade ago. You can get there in 15 minutes by foot or take a 5-minute taxi ride, which costs around KRW3,000 (~USD2.72).Īddress: 118 Mangu-ro 70-gil, Jungnang-gu, Seoul Here is our list of lost amusement parks, from the earliest to the most recent. To get to Yongma Land, alight at Mangu Station and take Exit 1. Be sure to mention “Yongma Land” and he’ll head down to the booth in no time. In such cases, you can call or or text him via the Line app. There are times when the owner is not at the ticketing booth. Tickets are priced at KRW10,000 (~USD9.07) for adults and KRW5,000 (~USD4.31) for youths, and can be purchased at the ticket booth near the entrance of Yongma Land. Image credit: Land may be an abandoned amusement park, but there are still working facilities such as toilets, vending machines, and a mini shop selling simple props like helium balloons. If you’re lucky, someone might have already paid for it to be switched on. Truth in Television to an extent, since abandoned fun parks are eerie on a level usually reserved for abandoned hospitals, prisons, and asylums and likewise.
Image credit: the sun sets, you can ask the owner to turn on the carousel’s lights for the price of KRW30,000 (~USD27.23). We recommend taking photos with a flash to accurately capture the Blair Witch-esque eeriness of the place at night. Though the once-colourful rides have lost much of their shine over the years, they still make for an interesting backdrop for your photos. There are rusty rides, scrapped parts, and infrastructure that are just barely hanging in there, waiting to be discovered. This location of the amusement park chain was abandoned following the ravages of Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Image credit: Land is the perfect place for those who want to try out urban exploration but don’t want to trespass – the current owner is perfectly happy to let people explore the grounds in exchange for a small fee. Who knows, you might bump into a celebrity or two – Yongma Land has become a hot filming spot for K-Pop MVs, and many groups have featured the park’s iconic carousel in their videos. Although you can no longer go on rides at Yongma Land, you’ll still get many opportunities to take sick photos and explore the grounds. The place no longer functions as an amusement park – instead, it’s been transformed into a giant photo spot. It first opened in 1983 but closed down in 2011 due to poor business. a lot of history," police Chief James Craig said at the time.Yongma Land is an abandoned amusement park located in Yongmasan, Seoul. Police and fire officials said it was doubtful the aging vessel could be salvaged. Claire caught fire while docked at a marina east of downtown Detroit. Loudoun Castle Theme Park in Ayrshire, Scotland was opened in 1995 and was situated amongst the ruins of Loudoun Castle in Galston. In 2018, a floating piece of nostalgia was gutted by fire when flames roared through one of two historic steamships that once ferried people to the island from U.S. Some of the former park's structures were also demolished in recent years, including the main tower, dubbed the Space Needle. The relic was torn down in a controlled demolition in 2021.Īt the time, the developer said it was demolished because "health and safety concerns." Many of the park's rides, over the years, were sold to other amusement parks following the closure, but some parts of the famous site remain, including a massive dance hall that now sits abandoned. More than two decades later, the excited shrills of children being whirled on rides, the glowing Ferris wheel lights and the soft scent of French fries and candied apples in the air, have now all been replaced by an eerie silence and emptiness.
The passageway to the amusement park from the Boblo Island docks. The fun ended, however, when the park, unable to compete with larger and more modern theme parks, shuttered its doors in 1993.
Situated in Bois Blanc Island, Ont., just above the mouth of the Detroit River, people living in Detroit and Windsor areas viewed Boblo Amusement Park as their Coney Island since its opening in 1898. Ontario adventure seekers and those wanting a nostalgic look into the past will be happy to learn that their province is home to a surreal abandoned Victorian-era amusement park.
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