Abandoned Amusement Parks (ft. Wichita)

[steve dave]

http://io9.com/the-crumbling-chaos-of-abandoned-amusement-parks-514682250

[Asteriskhead]

I was expecting to see Wild West World from "What's the Matter with Kansas."

[KSUblumpkin]

Opryland in Nashville also closed several years ago.  RIP

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opryland_USA

[420seriouscat69]

Tragic

[kstate16]

so creepy 

[HerrSonntag]

I remember going to Joyland once a year for "School Night" with all my classmates as a child, good times.

[Cartierfor3]

Corn

[GoodForAnother]

joyland closed?  what the eff?  what does wichita even have left at this point?

[Brock Landers]

joyland closed?  what the eff?  what does wichita even have left at this point?

Hey as long as FantaSea is still open Wichita is all good.

[GoodForAnother]

joyland closed?  what the eff?  what does wichita even have left at this point?

Hey as long as FantaSea is still open Wichita is all good.

loved that place    was sad when it became a home depot.  I mean home depot is cool, don't get me wrong, but, ugh.

[Emo EMAW]

There's one in Leavenworth that closed.  Had awesome green t rex statue thing.

[EMAWmeister]

Abandoned theme parks seem like a great place to stash a body.

[AbeFroman]

From now on when someone I know is going to make a bad financial decision I'll say "That sounds as bad of an idea as investing in an Amusement Park in Asia"

[Trim]

I've been in wichita for 8 years and have no concept of where joyland is/was or even where a decent-sized amusement park ever could've been (excluding park city-ish off-interstate vacant lots).  Longtime wichitans sure have a thing for it tho.

[steve dave]

I've been in wichita for 8 years and have no concept of where joyland is/was or even where a decent-sized amusement park ever could've been (excluding park city-ish off-interstate vacant lots).  Longtime wichitans sure have a thing for it tho.

mrs. dave's reaction when I mentioned this blog post was "OMG I LOVED JOYLAND OMG!"

[Dr Rick Daris]

I've been in wichita for 8 years and have no concept of where joyland is/was or even where a decent-sized amusement park ever could've been (excluding park city-ish off-interstate vacant lots).  Longtime wichitans sure have a thing for it tho.

mrs. dave's reaction when I mentioned this blog post was "OMG I LOVED JOYLAND OMG!"

in a wild exchange of events, this non-wichita native that never ever went to wichita managed to go to both barnacle bills and then seven years later joyland. then a year later joyland closed. go cats, ftb, stud, emaw.

[DQ12]

barnacle bills was sweet

[Headinjun]

Wichita is such a piece of crap..

Minus a few coffee shops, art joints, and a couple drinking holes this place is nothing but soiled trash..

I wish I woulda grew up in the KC area.

[Trim]

I know we got into this in the things that don't suck in wichita thread, but I'd been led to believe Home Depot replaced Fantasea.  This makes it sound like they co-existed.  So did Home Depot eventually expand into where Fantasea was or is the North Y sitting on the Fantasea burial ground?

http://www.bizjournals.com/wichita/stories/1998/09/21/story6.html?page=all

And where was/is joyland?

[Trim]

Wichita is such a piece of crap..

Minus a few coffee shops, art joints, and a couple drinking holes this place is nothing but soiled trash..

I wish I woulda grew up in the KC area.

I bet you'd like it more if you pak'd, but that pretty much applies to anywhere.

[steve dave]

I know we got into this in the things that don't suck in wichita thread, but I'd been led to believe Home Depot replaced Fantasea.  This makes it sound like they co-existed.  So did Home Depot eventually expand into where Fantasea was or is the North Y sitting on the Fantasea burial ground?

http://www.bizjournals.com/wichita/stories/1998/09/21/story6.html?page=all

And where was/is joyland?

Michael Wilson reviewed a year ago
Overall Very good
Nobody knows what happened to the creepy piano playing clown that used to reside here.

https://plus.google.com/111195886744677045086/about?gl=US&hl=en-US

[Dr Rick Daris]

I know we got into this in the things that don't suck in wichita thread, but I'd been led to believe Home Depot replaced Fantasea.  This makes it sound like they co-existed.  So did Home Depot eventually expand into where Fantasea was or is the North Y sitting on the Fantasea burial ground?

http://www.bizjournals.com/wichita/stories/1998/09/21/story6.html?page=all

And where was/is joyland?

i don't think wichitaianites ever called it fantasea. at least i hope they didn't. it was barnacle bills.

[Trim]

And where was/is joyland?

Found a street address on Wichita.  Original location would've been elite.  I'll try to do some investigation.

It was originally located at 1515 East Central in Wichita (between New York and Mathewson streets) but soon moved to its current location at 2801 South Hillside.

Michael Wilson reviewed a year ago
Overall Very good
Nobody knows what happened to the creepy piano playing clown that used to reside here.

https://plus.google.com/111195886744677045086/about?gl=US&hl=en-US

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joyland_Amusement_Park_(Wichita,_Kansas)

[michigancat]

I went to fanta sea many times, but never joyland for some reason

[Trim]

I know we got into this in the things that don't suck in wichita thread, but I'd been led to believe Home Depot replaced Fantasea.  This makes it sound like they co-existed.  So did Home Depot eventually expand into where Fantasea was or is the North Y sitting on the Fantasea burial ground?

http://www.bizjournals.com/wichita/stories/1998/09/21/story6.html?page=all

And where was/is joyland?

i don't think wichitaianites ever called it fantasea. at least i hope they didn't. it was barnacle bills.

Here's my knowledge base on Barnacle Bill's vs. Fantasea:

You could always grab a quick bite to eat at Willie C's before heading out to see the Wings play.  The the next day you could take the whole fam over to Fantasea.