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11/22/2010 12:07:12 PM · #1 |
I saw these two articles the other day and wondered if anyone had ventured into one of these? I really think it would be awesome and nifty to take photos, especially in the ones abroad.
8 Abandoned Theme Parks Abroad “Open” for Exploration
8 Abandoned American Theme Parks “Open” for Exploration
I'm hoping this will compel someone to explore one of these and return with some good photos. Cause I'm definitely too lazy and scared and don't live close enough to one to make a whole trip out of it.
Message edited by author 2010-11-22 12:08:06. |
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11/22/2010 12:10:11 PM · #2 |
| Wish I lived closer to these! |
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11/22/2010 12:14:13 PM · #3 |
There is one i know of in England.
Mr Blobby Land, went defunct a while ago |
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11/22/2010 12:28:04 PM · #4 |
I've wanted to explore Six Flags, New Orleans for a while... do some model shoots there... but I lack the testicular fortitude or the armed escorts. Nonetheless, I really don't cherish the idea of going to jail in New Orleans.
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11/22/2010 01:07:43 PM · #5 |
I was hiking and I found this little lot  .. I wish the rides hadn't been dismantled and trashed. A ghost amusement park is made of win.
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11/22/2010 01:32:26 PM · #6 |
One of my pictures is on that list. Lincoln Park is a small park with a wooden coaster as it's centerpiece. Most of the rides are long gone, and there are only a couple buildings left.
I went in late winter and I need to go back when there is some greenery to contrast with the graying wood.
//www.flickr.com/photos/alohadave/sets/72157615770859130/
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11/22/2010 03:32:51 PM · #7 |
| Don't know of any decaying amusement parks in Ontario, but over in Quebec there is an abandoned racetrack, the Aylmer Hippodrome. Would love to get access and go shoot there. Oh and there is an shut-down correctional facility not far from me, another cool potential location. |
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11/22/2010 04:18:05 PM · #8 |
| Well, I don't know if we have an abandoned theme park (and LA is often confused with being one itself), but we do have an abandoned zoo, and I too pictures of it for a sc a while back. |
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11/22/2010 04:25:59 PM · #9 |
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11/22/2010 05:04:44 PM · #10 |
| Hmmm, sounds like a prospective challenge theme: Abandoned Property |
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11/22/2010 05:40:00 PM · #11 |
| if only something could be that cool in lame federal way WA.... =( |
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11/22/2010 07:15:21 PM · #12 |
Originally posted by sfalice:
Hmmm, sounds like a prospective challenge theme: Abandoned Property |
While I use abandoned properties quite a bit... it's not something that should be done light-heartedly. There are all sorts of legal ramifications that are often jurisdiction specific. Everything from liability and concerns to criminal trespass, not to mention safety issues. I know in Alabama, there are three degrees of trespass ranging from Class A misdemeanor to merely a violation. Luckily, I know 2006 Alabama Code - Chapter 7 better than most local police.
Not sure it'd be the best challenge idea, considering the global nature of DPC. We don't want members imprisoned or shot or otherwise mangled.
Message edited by author 2010-11-22 19:32:33.
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11/22/2010 07:22:24 PM · #13 |
Originally posted by fotomann_forever:
Originally posted by sfalice:
Hmmm, sounds like a prospective challenge theme: Abandoned Property |
While I use abandoned properties quite a bit... it's not something that should be done light-heartedly. There are all sorts of legal ramifications that are often jurisdiction specific. Everything from liability and concerns to criminal trespass, not to mention safety issues. Not sure it'd be the best challenge idea, considering the global nature of DPC. We don't want members imprisoned or shot or otherwise mangled.* |
Uh, no. But perhaps a falling-down barn on a country road, or a boarded-up house on a city street, or a storefront with empty windows... I hope the high intelligence level of our players would come into play in assessing trespassing with anything other than a long lens.
*emphasis mine...SFa |
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11/22/2010 07:25:55 PM · #14 |
We have an abandoned railroad tunnel from pre-civil war. It's pretty cool.
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11/22/2010 07:44:47 PM · #15 |
Originally posted by snaffles:
Don't know of any decaying amusement parks in Ontario |
There is one near me, but it's decayed to the point of being gone.
 
Here's a flickr stream from before it started to get carted away...pretty neat stuff.
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11/22/2010 09:41:02 PM · #16 |
Originally posted by sfalice:
Hmmm, sounds like a prospective challenge theme: Abandoned Property |
Just be careful. If there are any signs up saying No Trespassing, Private Property or No Entry, I won't go near any form of abandoned property. If I do find one sans any kind of signage and/or obvious efforts to keep people out (ie a locked gate, high fencing etc) I find the nearest house and if someone is around, ask who owns the property and if I could have permission to go take photos, knowing I am doing so at my own risk. Often I jokingly point out that I am not carrying a gas can and box of matches with me, just a camera.
So over the roughly last 2 years my partner-in-crime and I only got chased off, once, out of approximately 8 different locations. In that case there was no signage up or gates/physical barriers, but a relative stopped by and gave us an earful.
Apart from that one incident, there has been no difficulty in shooting abandoned barns, farms, houses etc at least in my area.
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11/22/2010 10:43:45 PM · #17 |
Originally posted by snaffles:
Apart from that one incident, there has been no difficulty in shooting abandoned barns, farms, houses etc at least in my area. |
Same here  Snaffles...and whenever I heard someone coming, I turn sideways to them so they can't see me ... I find that helps a whole bunch.
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11/22/2010 11:08:26 PM · #18 |
| Tanguera... That stairway at the abandoned zoo looks familiar, is this the same abandoned zoo that they filmed one of the Police Academy Movies at? |
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11/22/2010 11:21:50 PM · #19 |
I think  Mephisto has been to either the one in Berlin or the Ukraine. I recall seeing pictures of his of it, and he's done a lot of abandoned areas that are incredible. I thought it was him, but it may have been somebody else, but I'm pretty sure there were photos of them up. Maybe  Zigomar? Anybody else remember?
There's some weird small abandoned waterpark that's on the highway from LA to Vegas on the north side of the road that I've seen. |
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11/23/2010 03:18:21 AM · #20 |
Originally posted by eckoe:
Tanguera... That stairway at the abandoned zoo looks familiar, is this the same abandoned zoo that they filmed one of the Police Academy Movies at? |
I couldn't tell you, I've never seen the movie. But if it was shot in LA, most like it is - we only have one abandoned zoo :-) |
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