I wanna see someone build an attraction with lots of kid-friendly stuff and animatronics and then open it for a year and then leave it to rot. Nothing deliberately creepy or scary, just rotting animatronics and costumes and rides and mechanisms… and a generator underground so that a select few of them will still attempt to work… imagine how awesome that would be
I think people getting animatronics and rides from shut down amusement parks could be a really neat and really creepy experience. Someone's gotta make a business off of that.
Jazzland was doomed even before Katrina. They built it right smack in the middle of gang territory, and it became a popular stop for turf wars and drug dealings. I remember my dad taking me to the Texas six flags when I was eight, and when I asked him why we couldn't go to Jazzland- considering it was ten minutes from us- he straight up said "I'd rather drive several hours than risk you getting swiss cheesed"
Can you do top 10 amusement parks that no longer exist. The examples were: Six Flags Astroworld, Six Flags New Orleans, Idora Park, and Geauge lake. And new ones like Circus World and Wild West world?
I loved going to Joyland! I was really young when it closed, but the wooden coaster was so fun. I've always wanted to go take photos, but it's so destroyed that it's not even cool to roam around. It's a common place for gang wars, now, and VERY dangerous to enter.
I went to explore Joyland back in 2018, there weren't that many buildings but the slide was still up so me and my friends went on that for like a good half hour lol! I was only like 4 when they originally shut down so I never got to experience it. Really wish I could've!
Hi there! I live near Cricket St. Thomas, nice to see it get a shout out! Just so you know, it wasn’t quite a theme park in its own right, more like a case of Wizarding World of Harry Potter being a part of Universal. Cricket St. Thomas’ Safari Park was the main attraction. Also, there’s no ‘Somerset City Council.’ Somerset County Council. ;) The park was closed down and purchased by Warner Leisure Hotels, who do fancy getaways for retirees. I believe WLH were the people who demolished the remains of Crinkley Bottom when urban explorers started poking around (if I recall, ravers hadn’t really used it for years) - the hotel cited ‘security concerns’ for the guests. :/
@@devonjessicajayne I’m sorry but genuinely.. What was wrong with you as a child for you to like Blobby 😭 that thing is scary as an adult, can’t imagine being a kid and seeing it 💀
I absolutely grew up with Joyland! When I was a kid in 90s, i went to that park as much as I could! Once my friend Gladis and I rode the roller coaster (wooden roller coaster)58 times in one day!!! It was some of my best memories! Truly was an amazing and fun place to go!!! The Wacky Shack was my favorite(a horror ride) and the Log Jam! Still today people talk about how much we would LOVE to get Joyland back and running!!! So sad when it closed, then when people finished it off with vandalism and arson, it made reopening officially impossible😭💔
For anyone curious, the only spot in the world where suicides happen more often than Aokigahara Forest....is the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, USA. That's right: one of the most heavily crossed bridges in the world is also a top spot for people to end their own lives.
So with Jazzland, there was actually a documentary on it and Tonya Pope, the lady who originally owned Jazzland, wanted to reopen it. The New Orleans Town Hall has basically repeatedly ignored New Orleans East's cry to reopen the park and has denied listening to the people of the city. It would have cost 20 million to demolish and rebuild the whole thing, or 14 million to reuse some of the parts, as a lot of the park is in tact. As far as the residents who live around there, it has greatly devalued their property and they basically scoff at the idea of anyone taking over the land since it's been discussed so many times. It's visible from the main highway so it's become a real eyesore, but it's a shame. The people who live near the theme park said it was a massive tourist attraction other than the French Quarter and that it would have brought a great revenue to the city, but the town hall doesn't want to listen. Most people have given up hope entirely, which is really sad. It's like the land is just cursed or something...
I lived in Slidell Louisiana and whenever we had a long trip my family would always pass by six flags new orleans. I only ever saw the wooden ride peeking over the tops of the trees that lined the road. I remember asking my dad "When will we go to that six flags?" and his response was almost always "once it opens up again". When we moves out of Louisiana and toward California I passed by it one more time as just a little 14 year old. I said "we never did go to that six flags". My dad responded with "It was abandoned after Katrina rolled over" "But what about the big wooden ride?" He just shrugged and kept driving. That was the last time I saw that ride, it was strangely comforting to see it while passing by and I always wanted to go.
I had been to Joyland when it was open in the early to mid-1990's. I remember it not being busy at all so we were able to ride the rollercoaster multiple times back to back.
An arcade shooter named Shhhh... Welcome to Frightfearland featured a Gulliver Statue as a boss It starts by trying to step on the player character but proceeds to take flight with rockets after the statue legs start to crumble It flies through the sky, throwing rocks and firing missiles from it's Fingers Players must shoot the hands and head before revealing the weak spot: a giant gear system powered by 3 clowns on bicycles
The graffiti makes the parks abandonment authentic❤️. Some of those Places would be a great setting for old school Action Heroes😎. Ash Williams, Ripley, Jack Burton, John Nada, Terminator, and maybe even Duke Nukem.
Where I live in Texas, we still have a open Joyland Amusement Park. The place nearly closed during 2020 but everyone immediately returned to help keep it open, it’ll never die lol 😂
Its strange, I actually remeber Jazzland. The Zeph was the first rollarcoaster I ever rode and I only passed the height requirement due to some wedge flipflops. My favorite ride was s spooky jester themed shooting gallery that I went on over and over again. I probably still have a jazzland themed teddybear somewhere. It was sad when it closed down for good, yet another thing torn apart by Katrina. Its strange though, a small part of me always felt that it was cursed, as if it wasn't meant fo last.
5:06 that deathclaws ahead graffiti is actually a reference to one member of fallout’s wildlife the deathclaw, basically a giant lizard that can easily rip a man to shreds
I went to Blobby Land at Cricket St Thomas a few times. Cricket St Thomas was my favorite zoo, so I kept going there after Blobby Land was built, and it completely ruined the place. Also the group who took the original urbex footage includes a friend of mine.
I remember when I was a little kid and my dad made me go on the Joyland wooden roller-coaster but I kept screaming at him that he was a bad dad and that we were going to die if we went on it.
Here is a super weird fact that I'm kinda proud of: I actually performed at the New Orleans Six Flags with my school's choir only a few months before the storm hit. I was 15 and my dad was a chaperone for the trip, and I vividly remember going on a log flume ride themed after bottled water and nearly having a panic attack, lmfao. It's so surreal seeing stuff about it in videos like this because of that!
Six flags New Orleans, had my 9th birthday there, my first roller coaster was the Batman, I hated that ride and cried. Is so weird seeing it left intact above water after so many years after that hurricane. Brings back memories.
Me: *listens to video in the background while i do other things at 2:36 am instead of sleeping* Video: "...an employee was stabbed to death by two people in the park." Me, now disturbed and confused: Huh? Wha???
I heard about Taman Festival from an episode of the show Mysteries of the abandoned, I wonder if the guardian of the place was okay with urban explorers visiting the place.
You know when a video has an incredible lack of research on the topic when you hear this specific type of weirdly ecstatic voices that try to be serious
I grew up in Somerset, UK. Hearing just the name “Somerset” on this channel makes me feel weirdly happy 😂 shame Mr Blobby’s house isn’t there anymore.. I grew up with Mr Blobby! Wild 😜
I'm from Germany but have been living in the UK since 2015 (based in Dorset) and even I get weirdly excited when places nearby get mentioned (especially when the creators are Americans). 😀
I have some small updates about Six Flags New Orleans! I go to New Orleans often and I look at it everytime i pass it. Before Hurricane Ida, one of the rollercoasters and the ferris wheel was still standing. After the hurricane however, the rollercoaster was destroyed even more along with the Ferris Wheel, and they both eventually collasped. :(
I love when jazz land is covered it gives such nostalgia i remember riding all the kiddy rides but when 6 flags opened in its place i was old enough to enjoy more of it my favorite was the shows one I remember so vividly was the its my party dance routine I learned by heart it was one of my favorites its also the thing that made me wanna do musical theater i remember going to eat after the performance im my mom pointed out the dancers still in costumes eating at one of the table and I remember going over and saying something along the lines of i loved your dance and tried to mimic it and one of the girls saying "you could be on that stage one day" 19 years later im now doing musical theater full time and I always draw my love for it backto that day
It,s So Sad to see all these Abandoned Theme Parks, the park that was nextdoor could of, Combined both parks into 1 big park what a Waste these Abandoned buildings should be Left to Rot but they should be Recycled & Reused into something Useful, Humans Need to Stop leaving places Abandoned & Try & to Recycle It, This Planet will Eventually be To Toxic to live on.
In my town, there is a Joyland, but there isn't near as many rides like that. Some are, but wow. It is still really fun though, and they are adding more rides too.
With Six Flags New Orleans, the plans for the Bayou Phoenix include the theme park alongside the water park and resort. It has the theme park maintaining its old footprint with the water park and hotel being built west of the property
actually, there were a few rides salvaged from six flags: new orleans. the drop tower ride was relocated to my local six flags great escape, it’s now called sasquatch! there were also a few more rides able to be saved, but i don’t remember which ones. to this day, the drop tower saved from that park is one of my favorite rides! ❤
I loved crinkley st Thomas! some of my best childhood memories are there! just sad they destroyed his house. would of loved to go back and seen it one last time
Ah what a wonderful song. End of the world, by Skeeter Davis and another great video about Nuka World.... er I mean Abandoned Theme Parks! (Is it a coincidence that you ALWAYS have Fallout music playing in videos like this or on purpose XD?) (Time for a "Nuka World" Video? Maybe?) btw: Mr. Blobby is one of the creepiest things I've ever seen....
I live near the old New Orleans Six Flags park. I only went once, but I was a baby. Maybe a newborn, maybe 1. But I was born in 2003, so it wasn't there for long in my life.
