The Abandoned Carousel

Gigi Stecca, a brewer and entrepreneur, assembled two planes in the middle of rural Italy, reportedly inspired by the Italian seniors who desired to board an airplane. "The Planes" operated as a pizza restaurant for many years until local governmental permit battles got the best of it. Today, the faux Renaissance art, the DC-6 airplane, the TU-134-A airplane, and the August Super Ranger helicopter sit in abandoned glory, waiting for a new investor to come along.

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Built in Lithuania during the Soviet era, this theme park operated until 2013. Elektrenai's Children's World (Vaikų Pasaulis) remains popular with locals even in the park's abandonment. This is a happy, cheerful abandoned park. Some draw parallels with the unused abandoned park at Pripyat / Chernobyl.

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Built on the site of a failed former amusement park that itself was built on a former coal mine with roots as old as the Domesday Book, the American Adventure Theme Park operated in Derbyshire, England. American Adventure Theme Park failed due to a series of poor management choices, and the site sat abandoned for a decade. Today, the site is under construction once again and will eventually become a new urban development.

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Joyland Park in Wichita, Kansas is home to memories of generations. This episode provides a condensed version of the Joyland story shared in previous episodes, including recent hopeful updates about the future of the property. Joyland was created by the Ottaway family, and later owned by the Nelsons. It operated for decades. After its closure, the park became a haven for urban explorers and vandals. Remnants of Joyland are still scattered throughout the community, and the spirit of the park still lives on today.

If this episode interests you, check out my complete history on Joyland: https://theabandonedcarousel.com/6 and https://theabandonedcarousel.com/7.

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Almost a century ago, this amusement park was the happening place, where people went to escape the city smog near Louisville. Abandoned for most of the 20th century after destruction in the 1937 floods, Rose Island today is a public park with a few abandoned remains left to discover.

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Built by the former military junta to distract an isolated population, the Yangon Amusement Park is shrouded in mystery. It closed after 15 or so years, and has quickly become engulfed in tropical flora. It is one of the more popular Instagram abandoned parks. This is the Yangon Amusement Park.

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Once a sidebar oddity in an earthworm museum, Rosie the Shark burst onto the viral urbex scene in early 2019. This is the story of a shark who's had an incredibly interesting afterlife. Follow along for the story of Rosie. We'll cover the Seal Rocks Sea Life Center, the Wildlife Wonderland museum and its giant earthworms, Lukie Mc, Tom Kapitany, and the Crystal World and Prehistoric Journeys museum, all located in Australia.

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This week, I finish the second half of the Joyland Park story. Joyland came under new management, and the park began a series of ups and downs much like its famous rollercoaster prior to the park's ultimate closure. There are good moments (new rides, like the Log Jam and Whacky Shack) and bad moments (deaths, injuries, catastrophic floods, lawsuits). In its abandoned state, the park became a haven for urbex enthusiasts. Ultimately, a series of fires destroyed much of the park's infrastructure. However, the park still remains a fond memory for locals, and physical pieces of the park can still be found today.

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This week on The Abandoned Carousel, I'm talking about Joyland. In its abandoned state, Joyland is infamous for delightfully creepy pictures. But the story of Joyland goes much deeper than that - this is a story about communities. This family-run park goes back decades and holds a special place in the heart of many people who grew up in Kansas. In part one of my two-part series on Joyland, I talk about the Ottaway family and their special miniature steam train that provided the impetus for their amusement parks, as well as about the early history of Ottaway ownership at Joyland. Yes, I even talk about Porky the Paper Eater.

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The Magic Forest is a 50-year-old park in the Adirondacks. Formerly home to a host of kiddie rides scavenged from other parks, as well as over 1000 fiberglass figures, the park is on the verge of change. It reopens for the 2019 season under new management: most of the fiberglass figures are gone, and there's a new component to the park now called "Dino Roar Valley". Will the charms of the park survive these changes? Learn more about the complete history of the Magic Forest this week on The Abandoned Carousel. You'll hear about diving horses, Snow White, and the Great Danbury Fair.

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