mr_teisco_delrey Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 (edited) I saw this while reading an economic report on China. http://blogs.reuters.com/photographers-blog/2011/12/12/chinas-deserted-fake-disneyland/ Has anybody ever seen this place? Edited December 13, 2011 by robbalvey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SharkTums Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 We passed by on the 2008 China Trip. There's really nothing else to see other than the pictures that guy has. No attractions or anything were ever built. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gisco Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 I remember talking about this on the trip but I don't remember actually seeing it. I was probably dazed from the last factory tour! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomas2 Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 I expected to see pictures of Nara Dreamland tbh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SharkTums Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 ^^We passed by and you could see the castle off to the side of the road. Frank (our Chinese guide) explained that it was a failed Disneyland clone that had been given up on many years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cfc Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 "Nara Dreamland China"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomas2 Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 Read right over the China part Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aimster Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 That's Wonderland! This was supposed to be a Disneyland clone but it was obviously never completed and now just sitting there, rotting away. That photo in the OP is kind of creepy and fascinating at the same time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mechanic Posted December 16, 2011 Share Posted December 16, 2011 Even unfinished, the castle is still bigger than Disneyland's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nrthwnd Posted December 16, 2011 Share Posted December 16, 2011 The castle looks like a great place to eventually live when overpowering and enslaving the world.* *(And a definite fixer-upper, too.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidmorton Posted December 17, 2011 Share Posted December 17, 2011 Theres a cool video of that place over on the photographer Trey Ratcliff's site; http://www.stuckincustoms.com/2011/11/07/abandoned-chinese-disneyworld/ -- Couple of other links too; http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2011/12/chinas-abandoned-wonderland/100207/ http://finance.yahoo.com/news/china%E2%80%99s-deserted-fake-disneyland.html http://www.timeoutbeijing.com/features/Propaganda/11322/Wonderland-Amusement-Park.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbalvey Posted December 17, 2011 Share Posted December 17, 2011 (edited) I don't understand why these people have made such a big deal out of this. There really is nothing there, as it was never even close to be completed. They only got as far as that entrance area, and part of the castle. Maybe I'm jaded because I've been to places like Nara Dreamland and some of the other creepy Chinese Disneyland knock-offs that actually DID get built...but feel just as abandoned?? I dunno. I guess also what bothers me about these stories is how they seem to try to make you believe there is more there than there actually is. Like the one story claims "So, outside of Beijing, to the north, is a huge abandoned Disneyland", when, no there's not. There's a wall and a partially built castle, which is almost as interesting as a shopping mall under construction. There is NOT a "huge abandoned Disneyland." In Japan there IS a "huge abandoned Disneyland", but not at this location they are writing about. Yeah, it's creepy that it was never built, and it's still just sitting there, but if you're looking for pictures of a COOL abandoned place, try this instead.... http://acidcow.com/pics/11975-nara-dreamland-abandoned-theme-park-in-japan-24.html Edited December 17, 2011 by robbalvey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gisco Posted December 17, 2011 Share Posted December 17, 2011 Kind of funny that if you look at the link to the video of the place, the guy chickened out and did not go in the castle. Also interesting to see that the developers didn't own all the land before starting the project. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nrthwnd Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 ^^ Yes, Nara Dreamland was definitely more of a "Fake Disneyland," one that was actually 'completed' and running for awhile, before it closed up it's...uh....drawbridge? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottBrown Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 Is the wooden coaster at Nara a Viper clone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
154bmag Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 Is the wooden coaster at Nara a Viper clone? Viper is a Cyclone cone, and so is Aska, so yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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