The Abandoned & Fraudulent History of Wild West World Theme Park: BBQ, Bankruptcy & The FBI

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Join on a new Expedition Extinct as we look at the history of the shortest operating theme park. The abandoned history of Wild West World's is a story of BBQ, Bankruptcy, Fugatives and the FBI that is as wild as the theme the park is based on.
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Intro and outro music by Lazy Laser - / @lazylasermusic
Menachem Piekarski - • 2008 video rattler wil...
Fetti Vision - • ABANDONED WILD WEST WO...
Urbex & Coasters - • When you ramble on too...
ofallseasons1 - • Prarie Rose Chuck Wago...
stompxj - • Prairie Rose Opera House
Z B - • Crazy Mouse POV- Wild ...
Edric Wallace - • Wild West World Theme ...
Ricky Lee - • WILD WEST WORLD
01:31 Dining Like The West
04:25 A New Frontier
09:01 Cowboys Don't Get Blackmailed
13:06 What Happened In The Past is Past
18:57 We're Going Straight to The Wild Wild West
20:04 Cowboys Don't Give Up
23:26 Cowboys Sometimes Give Up
29:44 Once Upon A Time In The West
32:19 It's High Noon
36:41 Wild West World

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@ExpeditionThemePark 2 месяца назад

What Extinct Theme Park do you miss?

@Bald_Fart 2 месяца назад

Skibidi Toilet land

@Tenore1921 2 месяца назад

Terra Encantada in Rio de Janeiro. It had the best coaster in all of Brazil (Monte Makaya, the first Intamin 8 inversion coaster), and an overall wonderful magical vibe that I can’t quite explain. When it first opened, it was the largest and most modern theme park in all of Latin America; it even had the first IMax cinema in all of Brazil! Unfortunately an accident in one of its rides in 2010 forced it to close. Nowadays, Rio doesn’t have a single decent amusement park in the entire state. It’s quite sad really

@Feelthefelt 2 месяца назад

Americana.

@Amusementnational 2 месяца назад

Camelot. I miss that park so much 😢

@reddragon8488 2 месяца назад

I haven't been to any of them, but some parks that I would have liked to visit would be MGM grand adventures in Las Vegas, zygofolis in Nice and Kamakura cinema world in Kamakura.

@eightiesman 2 месяца назад

Some more context to this as I lived in this area. The infamous "Greensburg" F-5 Tornado happened days after the park opened. Also the arrest of the BTK killer happened 2 years before this park opened in the same town, Park City, Kansas. And the Chinese acrobats who were hired to perform at Wild West World were stranded without pay and any way to get back home when the park closed.

@raygunsforronnie847 Месяц назад

WWW and Thomas Etheredge's involvement with the Park City Bluegrass Festival played a role in the financial troubles the Festival had. Etheredge gave the Festival use of the Johnny Western Theater for free, but "free" didn't include anything but the 4 walls and roof. Technicians, equipment, catering for performers had to be in-house, lots of add on expenses. They paid their bill and didn't have enough to continue forward. Or so I was told a few years later.

@GiraffeLoverJen Месяц назад

I'm from Wichita. My brother worked at the Subway sub shop in Park City. I had never heard about the Chinese acrobats being stranded.

@md-1 19 дней назад

I once drove through Park City and stopped at the 7-11 for gas, after BTK, after opening, before tornado, met the acrobats, ate a subway sammy,... and then drove home.

@downychick 16 дней назад

I too, lived in the area then. We always have bad weather. It's Kansas! It is either too cold, too hot, too wet, too dry, or too windy to enjoy a lot of outside activities. We get good days in spring and fall, if we are lucky. Even Worlds of Fun in KC has bad stretches due to weather. He should have just stuck with the Prairie Rose Chuckwagon Supper. It seemed quite successful.

@GiraffeLoverJen 16 дней назад

@downychick the year this opened seemed to have a lot more bad weather than normal. I remember driving past thinking how much of a mess the ground must be in there. I agree that they should have just stuck with the Prairie Rose Chuckwagon.

@tfromcleveland3741 2 месяца назад

8:33 That date shocked me. This screamed 70’s to me, even the pictures 😂

@GoetiaTV 2 месяца назад

I did a double-take a few times because I couldn’t believe this was in the 00s

@Emplordxiii 2 месяца назад

@@GoetiaTV common handheld cameras, both photo and video, at the time were still pretty bad quality. Hence, why it looks older than it was.

@renegadetenor Месяц назад

Personally I liked the idea, but have to admit that it was very 50s/60s in concept..

@phantomkrieger2744 Месяц назад

Same, wouldn’t be out of place in the 70s, but for the early 2000s this whole thing was incredibly dated and that mascot made me cringe internally.

@DystopianOverture Месяц назад

I thought this was in the 70s aswell 🤨😂

@Replicaate 2 месяца назад

The phrase "the Karate Kid's dad sued" is not one I expected to hear...well, anywhere.

@richardmoo9066 Месяц назад

turns out he was a private investor....AND his parents BOUGHT the theme park for 1.5 mil....

@MatecaCorp 2 месяца назад

I’m so glad you covered this park! The story is absolutely wild! I get the feeling that someone willing to truly own up to his mistakes would not be on the run from the law for multiple years lol

@ExpeditionThemePark 2 месяца назад

Crazy!

@masterjoda999 Месяц назад

A greasy shyster, on the other hand, definitely would.

@MibiCookieEater Месяц назад

Nice pun nyeheheheheh

@drblais5193 Месяц назад

conservative white men never own their crimes

@Goliath146 2 месяца назад

expedition theme park posting within the span of 11 days is so rare

@ExpeditionThemePark 2 месяца назад

It’s true 🤣

@JustinCoasters 2 месяца назад

He posted, Rested for 7 days, then Rose again, Duh

@labor_mel 2 месяца назад

my whole homepage has been like this too lol! the spring equinox is providing a bountiful harvest

@demonlver13 2 месяца назад

But so amazing

@kellark 2 месяца назад

He gets so distracted by Jackie he just cant get work done.

@MrMatteeG1 2 месяца назад

I was attending Wichita State University during this era and remember this fiasco well! I still don't know anyone who actually went to the park (we could all see it was a bust from the start), but I remember the big cowboy sign on the highway! It was fun to see this come up on your page! Thanks for all of the hard work and research you put into it. It's a fascinating story!

@truequeen2875 Месяц назад

Went there, my mom bought all us kids, PLUS all her grandkids, season passes. Went ONE time and it was completely dead. I was afraid to ride some rides and half the rides weren't even operating.

@AddableStone13 Месяц назад

That sign sat there for years. All that remains now is the hotel.

@toupac3195 Месяц назад

Yeah it was depressing. Had our hopes up. We desperately need family entertainment here.

@BeckyGard Месяц назад

My sister went she said it was horrible

@TheHallFamilyAdventures Месяц назад

Now the hotel is owned by the casino

@so-calseany1176 2 месяца назад

FBI and fugitives tied to an abandoned theme park?!? Happy Easter to us, indeed!!!!

@ExpeditionThemePark 2 месяца назад

Aha it’s a crazy story

@MrSkerpentine 2 месяца назад

This is the reason Jesus gets up every year ‼️ 🗣🗣🗣

@offrails 2 месяца назад

There was a time when wild west theme parks were all the rage - Ghost Town in the Sky, Six Gun Territory, etc., but many of those parks have long since closed - often due to the decline in interest in the Wild West genre and tougher competition. Had the place opened in the 60s, the story might have ended differently.

@Neville60001 Месяц назад

That park _should've_ had a s sci-fi/fantasy theme, then it would've made money.

@Neville60001 Месяц назад

@@YankeeRebel1348, with what we now know about history, the Wild West doesn't work anymore, which is why this theme park failed.

@carwashadamcooper1538 4 дня назад

Silver Dollar City and Dollywood are still going!

@BuckarooBanzai84 2 месяца назад

Thank you SO MUCH for covering this one! As a Kansas native, I was hoping (and asking) that you'd cover 'Wild West World' eventually! I can't tell you how many times we drove past that abandoned property, and my dad would lament/rant about how he would never be able to take us, and how much it screwed up the local economy. This park became LEGEND for several years for just how big a fiasco it was! XD =\

@ExpeditionThemePark 2 месяца назад

Thank you so much for watching!

@BuckarooBanzai84 2 месяца назад

@@ExpeditionThemePark I always do! I'm a subscriber. Can't wait for the next one! =)

@Wnick1996 2 месяца назад

Wild West World truly had a faith worthy of the name. It became a real ghost town, just as many towns did back then

@emilymalinowski5027 Месяц назад

😮

@teamsteed1 Месяц назад

Woah! :O

@SaberFox 2 месяца назад

YES!! It's about time someone did a true deep dive on WWW! My friends and I recently attempted to contact them, yet sadly they never accepted a interview. I'm a local in this area and I thank you for doing a deep dive on WWW!

@OutdoorsWithShawn 2 месяца назад

Look into Lake City Amusement Park in Guntersville, Alabama. It's probably the 2nd shortest lived park at 2 months and 10 days.

@ShayneMcGuire_music 2 месяца назад

The Will Smith Wild Wild West reference in the into is top tier

@kirtemoon529 2 месяца назад

You need to know your editing is so good that I actually fr thought that they just straight up wrote “Bankruptcy” on a building

@ExpeditionThemePark 2 месяца назад

That makes the time i spent making that worth it hahaha

@DCombz 2 месяца назад

This was God (us, the player) creating that wild west theme park in ever roller coaster game ever and then abandoning it when we beat the scenario.

@islayidiots713 Месяц назад

😂😂😂😂😂 I thought I recognised one of my parks from RCT !

@tracetobin690 2 месяца назад

It's so rare to see any content on WWW, but it's content I've been missing! I was lucky enough to visit as a kid, and had forgotten that it was connected to the Chuckwagon Supper (which was also so cool as a kid)! Thanks for covering!! Joyland was another Wichita amusement park you mentioned that I'd love to see covered one day!

@kelseycrider329 2 месяца назад

I was supposed to go to WWW 2 weeks after they locked up and left. I never did get to go.

@joeschmoe5009 2 месяца назад

Dang, didnt think us wichita area people would get an episode here. Awesome! If you want another interesting park, Joyland was in wichita for decades, and parts of it still remain around town

@BrownEyePinch 2 месяца назад

Seems boring

@Lukinshed 2 месяца назад

Yay!! I suggested this one awhile back. My whole family had season passes to this park!!

@marquisehebbler9471 2 месяца назад

How many times did y’all actually go?

@Lukinshed 2 месяца назад

@@marquisehebbler9471We went 4 times. It was raining 3 of them, the weather really was awful that year. I remember having a good time, we went with grandparents and some family from out of town in addition to opening weekend and one other random day. The unfinished condor ride was such a tease but we had hope they would open a wooden coaster around the lake (they showed a sample design somewhere in the park). Absolutely shocked when it closed only halfway through the season, I wager we got more use out of our passes than nearly anyone else haha.

@AcornElectron 2 месяца назад

Got to appreciate the Easter Sunday upload!

@timerbunneh 2 месяца назад

This was wild af (pun not intended) and kept me hooked. Can't say I've seen the FBI get involved in one of these before!

@yugioht42 2 месяца назад

That restaurant sounded a lot like the old ponderosa restaurant that was in Orlando which was run by Eddie Huang’s family. They ran western music every night and added an occasional mechanical bull once in a while. Oddly the family was Taiwanese and didn’t know jack about the Wild West. The old ponderosa sat on International drive but I think Ming court bought the land out in the 90s and created the near authentic Chinese dim sum restaurant in Orlando which now is the CVS near the convention center after clearing the land. Eddie currently works in New York and California as a restaurateur and the occasional defense lawyer as he is a lawyer as he did pass the bar. He just gets into trouble occasionally with noise complaints or the occasional public intoxication which he whittles down to the minimum fine. But he’s a powerful businessman who knows the restaurant world and the criminal world as he studied the court system.

@theycallmeobsessed 2 месяца назад

OMGGG I remember this so vividly, my fam still has our season pass cards 🤣 we only went twice , over the years we’d drive by constantly on the interstate and see more and more of the park disappear

@laura6691 2 месяца назад

The log flume shown at the beginning was actually located at Western Playland in El Paso. The park was later moved to New Mexico. I grew up going to that theme park in my hometown and the picture of that log flume brought back so many memories 😭

@muppetsretrofan8873 2 месяца назад

This park has one of the craziest histories ever, right next to the Mr. Blobby theme parks. I feel bad for the people of Kansas, now they don't have ANY theme parks [unless you count Worlds of Fun which is actually on the Missouri side and is being neglected by Cedar Fair]. I always love learning about theme parks, especially abandonded ones. I do hope one day you can cover defunct restaurants and restaurants that have changed a lot over the years. As a 2000s person, I'm still sad I'll never get a chance to eat at Burger Chef, because their food looked super tasty, and they were also the originators of the Fun Meal [Mcdonald's stole the Happy Meal from Burger Chef].

@ExpeditionThemePark 2 месяца назад

You may get your hope sooner rather than later 😄

@billchief397 2 месяца назад

Neglected? They just built zambezi...is there another wof park somewhere else?

@thisisjustanchannel 2 месяца назад

I don't mind if it doesn't happen but for your next expedition, could have a follow up part to your Thorpe park video on the start of the park?

@ExpeditionThemePark 2 месяца назад

I’m working on it currently so it won’t be too long

@thisisjustanchannel 2 месяца назад

Yay!!

@Diddgery 2 месяца назад

i grew up in wichita and i remember the hype surrounding wild west world when it was first announced... i never got to actually go because it closed so fast.

@PirateNovelist 2 месяца назад

Always excited when I see a new upload! I learn so much from this channel and it makes my day when I see a new video!

@ExpeditionThemePark 2 месяца назад

Thanks so much! I hope you enjoy

@davidglad 2 месяца назад

Ah, yes. Unregistered securities and the broad antifraud provisions in the statutes will unleash the wrath and full fury of the government.

@chewydewok 2 месяца назад

I feel sorry for the church and it's members. It's sad to see people lose money over an investment they might not have made.

@BeckyGard Месяц назад

I am from wichita ks. I CANNOT believe you did a story on this. My sister bought season pass to this park. Went once said it was HORRIBLE most of the rides didn't work, there was no shade. Theme parks are my fav. I'm still mad she went without me. And to clear something up the park was located on park city kansas. Thanks for the story.

@charlottestreet3301 23 дня назад

Was there a reason why a lot of the rides weren't working. Also what the point of opening a fair or an amusement park with not many rides working.

@jessamyers8761 2 месяца назад

what a treat for my Easter basket

@trinamiller100 2 месяца назад

I remember Wild West World when I was living in Wichita, KS. I went there with my elementary school friend during the end of my 5th grade when I was 11. But it’s short lived.

@MaxStax1 2 месяца назад

I live in Kansas and have never even heard of this place.

@AddableStone13 Месяц назад

I still have somewhere in a box a grand opening/season ticket flyer that came in the mail around March of 2007.

@princesskristan 2 месяца назад

I never heard of this park before! This is gonna be intresting

@ExpeditionThemePark 2 месяца назад

Hope you enjoy

@Halo1Buff 2 месяца назад

It didn't stay open long enough for anyone to really hear about it. Never even got the chance to go and live in the area.

@lightingnut 2 месяца назад

There was an old amusement park in Kansas City Mo that would be interesting to hear about. It was called Fairy Land. It was open from 1923-77.

@willenewadkins 2 месяца назад

Great vlog! Love the history and all of your research. That indeed was a truly frightening ride.

@nerdygal1234 Месяц назад

I'm so delighted you did a video on this! I was never able to visit the park, but my partner spent a good amount of time there while it was open. I still drive past the land fairly regularly, and that sign stood for such a long time. Thank you!!!

@rico4741 2 месяца назад

As always great work!

@TheKurtsPlaceChannel 2 месяца назад

Very entertaining and fun to watch. Thanks for posting this.

@Kaptastr0phe Месяц назад

As someone who had season passes to year 1, I find it hilarious anywhere else outside of Kansas heard about this.

@Makoto03 2 месяца назад

Great video. I wasn't aware of this Wild West World theme park before.

@SnowBunneh 2 месяца назад

Same

@juliagoodwin9510 2 месяца назад

The dates for this park threw me for a loop, not gonna lie.

@HugeRMCFanBoY-bx3od 2 месяца назад

I remember having a conversation with my grandma about how she visited this park

@krymsonuchiha14 Месяц назад

Omg... as someone who grew up going to Frontiertown in Ocean City, MD I needed to watch this!

@cab1stborn 2 месяца назад

People don’t go to theme parks for BBQ, that’s what rodeos are for. I just know that BBQ tasted like it came out of a cereal box.

@sethbelt8386 Месяц назад

I don’t see you’ve ever done Joyland in Wichita - that one was great and has a lot of history and rumors about the mob and crazy roller coaster accidents. There’s even crazy stories about missing pieces from the park that were found years later.

@UAPandFriends Месяц назад

Gotta say mate, your research into each and every place is superb! Very pleased to subscribe!

@ExpeditionThemePark Месяц назад

Much appreciated!

@darthmillennial2671 2 месяца назад

I remember the barrage of local commercials for this park, my family never went lol. We went to old cowtown instead to see how the real Wild West was.

@Ruffi0 2 месяца назад

Perfect just got a break!

@ExpeditionThemePark 2 месяца назад

Enjoy!

@eerielakeerie 2 месяца назад

woah wild adventures mention! i’ve ridden that sidewinder a dozen times omg

@markgawne5919 2 месяца назад

Love this channel and the content. I appreciate it takes a lot of time and research, but I’d love to see more content as they’re so interesting 😃

@ExpeditionThemePark 2 месяца назад

I try but it’s just me researching, editing and writing them!

@steelcurtain187 2 месяца назад

This was a really interesting one I wasn’t familiar with. Greta job! 👏

@snoekone 2 месяца назад

Thank you. I love your videos.

@magnusvontesla 2 месяца назад

Great content, as always.

@jonathanlowe2196 Месяц назад

I have never known about this park, a very interesting video you have put together.

@FatherAxeKeeper 2 месяца назад

If the dinner show was such a hit I wonder why they wanted to have it part of a separate company? Considering the show sorta inspired the park idea as well.

@tracekornegay3790 Месяц назад

Good business. Why have all your eggs in one basket.

@ZontarDow 2 месяца назад

Every part of this was insane

@sirhcsuiris 2 месяца назад

The opera house was working. If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

@kaylawhipple7570 2 месяца назад

This was a heck of a journey to watch. I heard two months and saw nearly 40 minutes and knew it was gonna be a real crazy ride.

@ExpeditionThemePark 2 месяца назад

Right?!

@kaylawhipple7570 2 месяца назад

How do you come across these places?

@paulroberts3643 2 месяца назад

How am i just realising who you are! Been watching this channel and super enthused for ages lol. Just watched this video then a old thorpe park one where u showed pictures..i feel so dumb lol. Keep up the great work i love both the channels but love this one more.

@ExpeditionThemePark 2 месяца назад

Thank you haha it’s true!

@beamstalk6475 2 месяца назад

never understood how this was going to work, Oklahoma City has its own western style theme park that has been here for years on I-35 as well, so there was never a reason for anyone from OKC to go there

@BussyBoyBonanza Месяц назад

Good ol Frontier City. I remember going as a kid. The DiamondBack was always my favorite ride. I loved that it could always be the first and last ride of the day since it was literally in the gift shop

@AshleyCatamus 2 месяца назад

Really enjoyed this one!

@ExpeditionThemePark 2 месяца назад

Thanks so much

@RonPiggott 4 дня назад

This was really well done

@jinxmclastname9212 2 месяца назад

Love your videos man when a new one comes out I always have to stop what i'm doing and watch it, then proceed to binge about 10 more episodes

@joshuagutierrez270 2 месяца назад

6:36 so nice to hear my local park Western Playland get a mention in here!

@t0xicwarpig468 2 месяца назад

As a kid my family had a summer pass to this place. I remember it was fun.

@carminecdinoproductions 2 месяца назад

I’d love to see a new National Geographic zoological theme park called “National Geographic Adventures: Wild World”!

@twistedimagev2 2 месяца назад

another great video Sam!!! Now, if only there was a new Expedition Enthused podcast to listen to... Its been since January!!!! :)

@ExpeditionThemePark 2 месяца назад

Thanks so much! We have been meaning to record one but just have not had time. I hope we can soon. We are heading out on a trip but hopefully when we get back

@twistedimagev2 2 месяца назад

@@ExpeditionThemePark I know you guys have been quite busy lately. Been a long time viewer of you and Jackie both. That recent cruise looked like a lot of fun! Will be looking forward to the next podcast, whenever it comes. Hope you guys have a great fun and safe trip! We'll be watching

@AshuraH 2 месяца назад

Two months?! Yiiiiiiiiiikes. This is gonna be a fun video!

@corixcat 2 месяца назад

My mom took us there once for my sister's birthday because she bought a season pass. There was hardly anything to do besides eat. Especially if you were a teenager. Little to no shade, empty AF, no rides besides the kiddie rides were open and no entertainment whatsoever when we were there.

@michaelrivera8665 Месяц назад

It was cool to hear Wild Adventures mentioned. I have not been on that ride yet, maybe some day.

@Mikivli Месяц назад

definitely remember going here as a child. If you need more info lmk! I remember something’s within it. I suggest doing a video on the theme park before it here in Wichita. JOY LAND!

@MrRoeler 2 месяца назад

Bravo.. well made.. again

@randomscribblings7192 Месяц назад

Nice to see one in my neck of the woods! The sign shop I work for submitted bids on the sign work for the park.

@Flies2FLL Месяц назад

Great video!

@sachikatsutano 2 месяца назад

always a great day when ETP posts! Your editing and narration is just the right pace for my adhd self, and I love the humor and content you create! Hearing about these unique and wild stories and rides are always brilliant!! Thank you so much for your videos!

@iLoveCamdy 2 месяца назад

Amazing

@ExpeditionThemePark 2 месяца назад

Thanks

@akniznik Месяц назад

i was fond of strip mall carnivals as a kid. Every year the rides would show up for a few weeks taking over parking spots in the outdoor strip mall. Some of the those strip malls are gone and for the ones that remain few still host a carnival with rides.

@insaneiaq Месяц назад

Many of the buildings were moved to the West Wichita intersection of Kellogg and Tyler road where they stand to this day as a small shopping center. Until recently, many still featured their original color schemes and even some small signage mounted on the exterior that were tiny "remains" of WWW. I often joke I am grabbing a sandwich at Wild West World when I go to the Subway located in one of the buildings.

@HappyHarryHardon 2 месяца назад

Joyland was the best little amusement park. The 1980’s says so.

@indigo22284 2 месяца назад

Y’know, this one really made me think: those church folk friends have a right to get mad at the con man for lying because their investments turned out to be squandered. But also, here’s something I’ve never seen talked about: those same church folk friends wouldn’t have any problem at all with con man for lying if the whole thing had worked out in their favor and they got a return on their investments. Everyone is fine and happy when they get their money. Lesson learned: lying is not only OK, but Good, actually??

@dweyandt01 2 месяца назад

Or only invest what you feel comfortable losing…

@kelseycrider329 2 месяца назад

That pastor has his own schemes...

@LanceUppercut78 2 месяца назад

Great video! I was not familiar with this story. I think this guy had good intentions. He dreamed big and lost. He also lost his own wealth. All the people are suing him as if they weren't trying to make big money off of his idea. This park really needed a big coaster and maybe it would have been a success. Honestly, I kind of feel bad for the guy, if he didn't care he wouldn't have risked his family fortune. He did and he lost.

@8ullfrog 2 дня назад

I find it insane how many chances life gave this man, and he just couldn't settle for success, he kept reaching for more. Even a park venue fit the area, but he had to aim for theme park. Build the lake, build the theater, call it Wild Wichita, bob's your uncle. Heck, slap a summer camp in there.

@chrisyoungblood1421 2 месяца назад

Sam, another fine video!!! Very interesting. You are quite talented at what you do! Please give our best to Jackie as well. Stay golden sir!

@ExpeditionThemePark 2 месяца назад

Thank you! Will do!

@coffeekatk4067 2 месяца назад

First wild west theme park...San Jose CA had Frontier Village. I think Ponderosa (the TV show) had a park/dinner show in the sierras.

@muddobber6863 2 месяца назад

There are also western dinner shows in New Mexico and Colorado.

@TheOneTrueDragonKing 2 месяца назад

@@muddobber6863 And there's Old Tucson Studios just outside Tucson Arizona.

@marquisehebbler9471 2 месяца назад

It’s like, why would you immediately jump to a theme park instead of another restaurant with one or two rides? There’s a common theme with these doomed parks, there’s always some ego involved

@bingbong6066 2 месяца назад

Another great video! Question: what is the song used around 23:17 ?

@theorignalgrayson 2 месяца назад

Thank you so much for making a video about the park that i spent most of my 5th grade summer in wichita going to

@ExpeditionThemePark 2 месяца назад

Hope you enjoyed it!

@Tconlon251_2 2 месяца назад

While not totally substantiated, the shortest operating amusement park in history may have been the one in Pripyat, Ukraine. It was supposed to open on May 1st, 1986 but Chernobyl happened on April 26th. Some sources say it was open for one day on April 27th as a sort of distraction for the town until they had to evacuate

@charlottestreet3301 23 дня назад

Thant sounds like a very interesting video I feel sad that Chernobyl happened and that the park is abandoned. If Chernobyl didn't happen think of all the happy memories that kids would have had.

@Whiskin87 2 месяца назад

Interesting story!

@DrewberTravels 2 месяца назад

Oh my god! I went to Wild West world before it closed. I am from the area and a friend of mine and his dad got season passes. Boy was it Terrible. The best part of it was the Chinese acrobat show. The wild mouse roller coaster was boring. The rides were all just spinning things that made you sick. There was no shade, no cooling, and Kansas is hot as hell in the summer. It never should have been built.

@DiscipleofHim 21 день назад

Interesting to watch.

@Becauseimme 2 месяца назад

Love the Dru Hill reference. 👍

@CrackingCody Месяц назад

I live in Wichita and was lucky enough to go to Wild West World one time on Father’s Day with my family. It rained most of the time, made me sick because it had that kind of carnival feel which always makes me nauseous, and barely any of the rides were working due to said rain. But the live Chinese acrobatics show was cool.

@mattskustomkreations Месяц назад

I was listening only and had to do a rewind when you said “The Karate Kid’s dad sued” 😂

@TJ_Games326 Месяц назад

@ExpeditionThemePark now that nemesis reborn is open can you do an updated video on the history of that?

@craftykatmomma Месяц назад

I've ridden Sidewinder at Wild Adventures!! It's crazy it came from this park!

@markoshop Месяц назад

Ralph Macchio Sr (karate kids father) who lost 75k as a investor now owns and operates Wild West Ranch near Lake George NY. A beautiful small western town which has a concert and wedding venue. A zip-line called the Eagle Flyer was built on nearby French Mt where the base was at the ranch. The Flyer has been closed for a handful of years now but still remains. Rumor has it that a couple of people died on it but cannot find info on that happening. The ranch part is still operating today and is worth seeing..Just beautiful..