Abandoned Amusement Parks (ft. Wichita)

[steve dave]

lol

[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.

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.

 

now do "Fantasea"

[steve dave]

lol

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now do "Fantasea"

EDIT: luke'd but I had to add commentary

[steve dave]

commentary makes it much better

[Johnny Wichita]

I don't know who this cocksucker Barnacle Bill is, but if he thinks he can just roll into town in his big corporate jet, with his fancy suit, and his big corporate money and lobbyist and rename fantasea, then he can get the eff right out of my face.  That's like calling Scotch and Soda Maggie's.  GTFO, it's Scotch and Soda.  Or calling Sandstone whatever the eff they call it now. 

Both fantasea and joyland were amazing.  We've been through this before in pretty good detail, I think.  I'm not going to find the link because its saturday and I'm late for some poolside binging with super elite beers that you've never heard of before that would melt your face and brain and balls and stuff. 

[star seed 7]

what's the abandoned place south of the kansas coliseum and the abandoned greyhound track?  approx 75th and hydraulic.

[Dr Rick Daris]

I don't know who this cocksucker Barnacle Bill is, but if he thinks he can just roll into town in his big corporate jet, with his fancy suit, and his big corporate money and lobbyist and rename fantasea, then he can get the eff right out of my face.  That's like calling Scotch and Soda Maggie's.  GTFO, it's Scotch and Soda.  Or calling Sandstone whatever the eff they call it now. 

Both fantasea and joyland were amazing.  We've been through this before in pretty good detail, I think.  I'm not going to find the link because its saturday and I'm late for some poolside binging with super elite beers that you've never heard of before that would melt your face and brain and balls and stuff.

like anyone would belive you in regards to stuff like this. like i said, pretty sure it's barnacle bills.

on second thought, maybe all the wichita people were the wrong ones and they all called it fantasea. kind of like how puniraptor pronounces his screen name.

[Johnny Wichita]

what's the abandoned place south of the kansas coliseum and the abandoned greyhound track?  approx 75th and hydraulic.

Wild West World?

[Johnny Wichita]

what's the abandoned place south of the kansas coliseum and the abandoned greyhound track?  approx 75th and hydraulic.

Wild West World?

Casino going in up there soon.   

[Johnny Wichita]

I don't know who this cocksucker Barnacle Bill is, but if he thinks he can just roll into town in his big corporate jet, with his fancy suit, and his big corporate money and lobbyist and rename fantasea, then he can get the eff right out of my face.  That's like calling Scotch and Soda Maggie's.  GTFO, it's Scotch and Soda.  Or calling Sandstone whatever the eff they call it now. 

Both fantasea and joyland were amazing.  We've been through this before in pretty good detail, I think.  I'm not going to find the link because its saturday and I'm late for some poolside binging with super elite beers that you've never heard of before that would melt your face and brain and balls and stuff.

like anyone would belive you in regards to stuff like this. like i said, pretty sure it's barnacle bills.

on second thought, maybe all the wichita people were the wrong ones and they all called it fantasea. kind of like how puniraptor pronounces his screen name.

BTW, Barnacle Bill totally sounds like a made up name. 

[star seed 7]

what's the abandoned place south of the kansas coliseum and the abandoned greyhound track?  approx 75th and hydraulic.

Wild West World?

what is that?

[star seed 7]

On July 9, 2007, barely two months after the park opened, the owners filed for bankruptcy and closed it down.

jeez, wichitans just hate fun i guess.

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It would be rough ridin' horrible to own/manage an amusement park in Wichita now.  Like you'd be hosting Riverfest, but permanently, year-round, and it's your money on the line.

[Dr Rick Daris]

I don't know who this cocksucker Barnacle Bill is, but if he thinks he can just roll into town in his big corporate jet, with his fancy suit, and his big corporate money and lobbyist and rename fantasea, then he can get the eff right out of my face.  That's like calling Scotch and Soda Maggie's.  GTFO, it's Scotch and Soda.  Or calling Sandstone whatever the eff they call it now. 

Both fantasea and joyland were amazing.  We've been through this before in pretty good detail, I think.  I'm not going to find the link because its saturday and I'm late for some poolside binging with super elite beers that you've never heard of before that would melt your face and brain and balls and stuff.

like anyone would belive you in regards to stuff like this. like i said, pretty sure it's barnacle bills.

on second thought, maybe all the wichita people were the wrong ones and they all called it fantasea. kind of like how puniraptor pronounces his screen name.

BTW, Barnacle Bill totally sounds like a made up name.

just heard back from two life long wichita'ers. so far it's 1-1. bb's vs fs.

[cfbandyman]

I don't know who this cocksucker Barnacle Bill is, but if he thinks he can just roll into town in his big corporate jet, with his fancy suit, and his big corporate money and lobbyist and rename fantasea, then he can get the eff right out of my face.  That's like calling Scotch and Soda Maggie's.  GTFO, it's Scotch and Soda.  Or calling Sandstone whatever the eff they call it now. 

Both fantasea and joyland were amazing.  We've been through this before in pretty good detail, I think.  I'm not going to find the link because its saturday and I'm late for some poolside binging with super elite beers that you've never heard of before that would melt your face and brain and balls and stuff.

like anyone would belive you in regards to stuff like this. like i said, pretty sure it's barnacle bills.

on second thought, maybe all the wichita people were the wrong ones and they all called it fantasea. kind of like how puniraptor pronounces his screen name.

BTW, Barnacle Bill totally sounds like a made up name.

just heard back from two life long wichita'ers. so far it's 1-1. bb's vs fs.

For the first 18 years of my life i grew up across K-96 from Fantasea until it became the north Y and Home Depot (no one i knew called it Barnacle Bill's, if Barnacle Bill's was used it was to call it Barnacle Bill's Fantasea, else, just Fantasea). It was awesome the summer the Thunderplundge opened, you could hear the people scream all the way down from my house, and my house was 3 streets in, but with a straight on view of it. Joyland was fun, but eff that organ playing clown. Creeped the eff out of me, still does looking at whoever posted it earlier.

[Dr Rick Daris]

well there you have it. people that lived across the street called it fantaseas and other people in wichita called it barnacle bills. seems like we might have a "aggieville" vs "ville" type thing brewing, be sure to stay tuned in for the latest developments.

[steve dave]

It would be rough ridin' horrible to own/manage an amusement park in Wichita now.  Like you'd be hosting Riverfest, but permanently, year-round, and it's your money on the line.

earlier I was going to suggest we buy this place and call it goEMAWworld but then realized this exact thing.

[Dr Rick Daris]

It would be rough ridin' horrible to own/manage an amusement park in Wichita now.  Like you'd be hosting Riverfest, but permanently, year-round, and it's your money on the line.

earlier I was going to suggest we buy this place and call it goEMAWworld but then realized this exact thing.

see my carribean themed bar/restaurant thread...

[steve dave]

let's be honest, we'd just turn it into a bar with a hotel attached and the only activity will be drinking and eating and cats. also we'd either be a Hyatt or SPG property.

[steve dave]

Omaha had a place called Penny Park that was a amusement park/water park hybrid place. Was great when I was growing up. a local band or someting are releasing an album tonight named after it:

https://www.facebook.com/events/158908857619207/?ref=3

[steve dave]

now if you google penny park it's just a bunch of bullshit about the band and not anything about the park or goEMAW 

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It would be rough ridin' horrible to own/manage an amusement park in Wichita now.  Like you'd be hosting Riverfest, but permanently, year-round, and it's your money on the line.

earlier I was going to suggest we buy this place and call it goEMAWworld but then realized this exact thing.

let's be honest, we'd just turn it into a bar with a hotel attached and the only activity will be drinking and eating and cats. also we'd either be a Hyatt or SPG property.

We could make it an upscale adult amusement park of sorts and just blatantly discriminate against trash (which I think is legal) by either denying entrance or being a place like those restaurants with rude waiters and me and people like me would walk around PI'n the crap out of undesirables.  We'd become known for it and people from across the country would come to our non-white-trash amusement park/bar/resort.

Also I'd love to open anything with goEMAW in the name just so KSU sends their letter and we mush their faces and ball(s) and make a billboard of the exchange as our introductory marketing.

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now if you google penny park it's just a bunch of bullshit about the band and not anything about the park or goEMAW 

I don't remember if it's been done before, or if it would even go very far, but a fun thread would be "find obscure things to google for which goEMAW threads are in the top search results."

[Dr Rick Daris]

now if you google penny park it's just a bunch of bullshit about the band and not anything about the park or goEMAW 

it could be because you are spelling it wrong.

it does bring up a possible good goEMAW trivia question though...




Q) what goEMAW poster has been to peoney park, barnacle bills fantasea and joyland.

A) daris. probably only daris.