5 Scariest Abandoned Amusement Parks (YOU NEVER WANT TO VISIT!)

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Amusement parks are supposed to be places for fun and relaxation for the whole family, but there’s
always a creepy vide to them once the doors shut and the lights are turned off. Today we will be looking
at 5 abandoned amusement parks you’d never want to visit. Make sure you stay until number one, it’s a
park that was abandoned even before it was officially opened.

Number 5. Six Flags, New Orleans
Opened in 2000 on 140 acres of land in east New Orleans, rides at the Jazzland amusement park paid
homage to music and the city's heritage. It was sold two years later to Six Flags and opened as Six Flags
New Orleans with additional rides and areas with DC Comics and Loony Toons themes.
Hurricane Katrina hit the park hard in August of 2005; the property flooded and was submerged for a
month in up to 7 feet of water. The prolonged exposure to salt water rendered many of the rides
unsafe, and Six Flags considered the park a total loss. A handful of the rides were saved and some
salvageable items were removed, and after several unsuccessful plans to redevelop the area Six Flags
was forced to vacate its lease and the property was taken over by the city in 2009.
Since then plans to reopen it as a park or an outlet mall fell through for various reasons, but several
movies including Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, Jurassic World, Stolen, Deepwater Horizon, Killer Joe,
and Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters were filmed on parts of the property.
Recently, urban explorers have started being allowed to explore the grounds and take photos and
videos. But I don’t think that’s really a good idea. The property has since been overrun by fire ants, wild
boars, water moccasins, and alligators, which poses grave danger to any would be explorer.
Aside from wild animals, it seems that ghosts have also taken residence in the abandoned park. People
have reported loud bangs being heard from no apparent source, motors of old rides have also been
heard starting up, all by themselves. And even if there is zero electricity in the park, lights have been
known to turn on or flicker on and off.
As of 2017 there was what seemed to be a solid plan to reopen the property as an amusement park
again - a hopeful sign of recovery and growth for the area - but as of 2019 reports in the media indicate
it will be demolished.

Number 4. Gulliver’s Kingdom, Japan
Gulliver's Kingdom, based on Jonathan Swift's story, sits in the shadow of Mount Fuji in Japan. It opened
in 1997 with great optimism that it would help stimulate the local economy but closed its doors for the
last time 10 years later. The park and its 147-foot-long Lemuel Gulliver statue are now prime
destinations for urban explorers.
Gulliver's Kingdom was located 2.5 hours away from Tokyo and in the sights of Mt. Fuji, which should
have made it quite the go to destination. However, poor ticket sales eventually forced it to close its

doors forever. However, there are also other reasons being pointed out as to why this amusement park
failed.
First off, it was built next to Japan’s famous Aokigahara Forest. Also known as the Suicide Forest, it has
the unfortunate distinction of being a destination for people who are contemplating suicide. Since the
1950s, recorded suicides in the forest have been rising at an increasing rate of between 10 and 30 per
year. In 2003, a record number of 105 suicide victims were discovered there. Japanese spiritualists
believe that the suicides committed in the forest have permeated Aokigahara’s trees, generating
paranormal activity and preventing many who enter from escaping the forest’s depths Each year dozens
of corpses are found by volunteers who clean the woods, but many are forever lost in the very thick
woods. It has been rumored that the depressed and lonely, before finally taking their own lives in the
forest, visit Gulliver’s Kingdom for a last bit of fun.
Secondly, it is also near the village of Kamikuishiki, home of the doomsday cult Aum Shinrikyo. If the
name sounds familiar to you, it should. Because this cult enacted one of the most gruesome chemical
attacks in modern history.
In March 20, 1995, when members of the group boarded a subway train at rush hour in Tokyo while
carrying concealed bags of sarin gas.
The cult members punctured the bags with the tips of their umbrellas and walked off the train. Inside
the subway, 13 people died and 5,500 were injured. Many of the injured still deal with the aftereffects
to this day.
Whether or not these two factors are what directly caused Gulliver’s Kingdom’s failure as an amusement.

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