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22-04-2025
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How Much Does It Cost to Visit Each of the 12 Disney Parks?
There are 12 Disney parks worldwide, spread across six resort locations. Each one promises magic, rides and themed everything — but not at the same cost. Pricing depends heavily on location, local economies, exchange rates and how deep Disney thinks wallets can go in that region. Learn More: Find Out: Here's a look at what it takes to spend a single day at each park for a family of four, including tickets, food and a stay at on-site accommodation. Flights and souvenirs are not included in the costs. Day ticket: $103-$206 Disney Resort accommodation: $400+ per night Food: $65-$115 per adult per day A family visiting Disneyland for just one day can expect to spend around $1,000, depending on the time of year and hotel preference. Park Hopper tickets for an extra $65-$75 per ticket lets you visit both parks at Disneyland Resort in one day. Read Next: Day ticket: $103-$206 Disney Resort accommodation: $400+ per night Food: $65-$115 per adult per day Costs are the same as Disneyland. Whether visited on its own or with a Park Hopper upgrade, expect a nearly identical spend. Day ticket: $119 Disney Resort accommodation: $130-$1,000+ per night Food: $38-$104 per adult per day Even the most budget-conscious family will spend several hundred dollars for one day here. Upscale hotel stays could push totals closer to $2,000. Day ticket: $119 Disney Resort accommodation: $130-$1,000+ per night Food: $38-$104 per adult per day Special dining packages during the EPCOT Food & Wine Festival can offer better value for families planning to sample dishes around the World Showcase. Day ticket: $119 Disney Resort accommodation: $130-$1,000+ per night Food: $38-$104 per adult per day Costs are consistent across all four Florida parks. Add-ons like themed dining only drive that number higher. Day ticket: $119 Disney Resort accommodation: $130-$1,000+ per night Food: $38-$104 per adult per day This park is similar in cost to the other venues. Day ticket: $60-$125 Disney Resort accommodation: $137-$422 per night Food: $23-$230 per person per day For a family, the cost ranges from around $500 up to almost $2,000. A 2-park ticket upgrade adds $28.44 per person per day for access to both Paris parks. Day ticket: $60-$125 Disney Resort accommodation: $137-$422 per night Food: $23-$230 per person per day Costs are the same as Disneyland Park. Visiting both parks is doable in one day with the 2-park ticket. (Park to be renamed Disney Adventure World in 2025) Day ticket: about $86 Disney Resort accommodation: about $286 Food: about $115-$178 A single day for a family can run around $1,000-$1,300. A 3-in-1 Park Meal Voucher for about $40 covers lunch, dinner and a snack, trimming costs slightly. Day ticket: about $74-$90 Disney Resort accommodation: $450-$1,300 per night Food: about $45-$58 per adult per day A full day ranges from $900 and can exceed $1,800. Tickets and food are reasonable, but resort hotels push the total up fast. Day ticket: about $60-$77 Disney Resort accommodation: about $163-$2,166 Food: $15-$30 per adult per day A low-budget visit can stay under $500 if looking at cheaper accommodation, but booking a premium Disney hotel sends costs soaring into the $2,000+ range for a single night. Day ticket: about $60-$77 Disney Resort accommodation: about $163-$2,166 Food: $15-$30 per adult per day Staying here incurs similar costs to Tokyo Disneyland. A trip to any Disney resort can come with a big price tag, even before airfare. But there are plenty of tips and tricks to help you save money on your adventure. More From GOBankingRates 5 Luxury Cars That Will Have Massive Price Drops in Spring 2025 4 Things You Should Do if You Want To Retire Early These 10 Used Cars Will Last Longer Than an Average New Vehicle 4 Affordable Car Brands You Won't Regret Buying in 2025 This article originally appeared on How Much Does It Cost to Visit Each of the 12 Disney Parks?
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29-01-2025
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Here Are 19 Abandoned Theme Parks From Around The World That'll Give You Chills
1. Enchanted Forest - Maryland, U.S.A The Enchanted Forest opened on August 15, 1955, just a month after Disneyland Park's opening. Appealing mostly to families with small children, the park had a nursery rhyme theme. The park featured fairy tale buildings and characters, but no mechanical rides originally. Track rides were added later, including the Alice in Wonderland ride with teacup-shaped cars, a Cinderella's castle ride with mice for the cars, the "Little Toot" boat that took children to Mount Vesuvius for giant slides, and the Jungleland Safari which was driven by open Land Rover-type vehicles. Unlike many other attractions of the time, the Enchanted Forest was integrated from the day it opened. After its original owners, the Harrison family, sold the park for $4.5 million to JHP Development in 1988, the park closed for the first time in 1989. After turning more than half the land into the Safeway-anchored Enchanted Forest Shopping Center in 1992, JHP Development reopened the park for the 1994 summer season, predominantly for children's birthday parties. The park was permanently shuttered from 1995 to 2005, when active preservation began. Much of the theme park sat undisturbed yet neglected behind a chain-link fence. 2. Hồ Thủy Tiên - Huế, Vietnam The park began construction in 2001 and was finished in 2004 by the city's state funded tourism company at a projected cost exceeding ₫70 billion. Reportedly, it was only half finished when it was constructed, but was still relatively popular when it opened. However, the park closed down after a few months. The investment company Haco Hue took over the park and reopened it in 2006, with plans to create a new eco-tourism complex, but ultimately had to shut down the park by 2011 due to a lack of business. The province again attempted to revive the park three years later, but the financial inability of Haco Hue to return to the project, compounded by the lack of progress made, led to the provincial government reclaiming the land and prohibiting entry to the premises due to safety concerns from the now-deteriorated infrastructure. 3. Wonderland - Beijing, China. Originally proposed by the Thailand-based property developer Reignwood Group, and designed to be the largest amusement park in Asia, construction stopped in 1998 following financial problems with local officials, while a 2008 attempt to start construction again also failed. The site featured a number of abandoned structures, including the framework of a castle-like building and medieval-themed outer buildings. Land was reclaimed by local farmers to grow their various crops while the site was abandoned. People have reported when visiting the site that, sometimes, there would still be parking attendants in the site's parking lot, presumably to tend to onlookers and curious sightseers that came to visit. The incomplete and abandoned structures were demolished in May 2013, leaving no hope for the abandoned park to ever be finished. 4. Yongma Land - Seoul, South Korea Yongma Land opened in 1980 as a family-friendly amusement park. Yongma Land was a popular location for local families for the first decade after it opened. However, when Lotte World opened in 1989, people lost interest in the smaller Yongma Land. The park was renovated in 1995, with new attractions added. Rides in the park included a carousel, bumper cars, and an octopus-themed ride. The park officially ceased operation in 2011 after the city revoked their it is no longer operating as an amusement park, the area continues to attract about 50 to 60 visitors each day, such as urban explorers, cosplayers, photographers, and professionals in the video production industries. 5. Six Flags New Orleans - Louisiana, U.S.A. The park opened under the name Jazzland on May 20, 2000; the crowd was estimated at 20–25,000 people, and 75–80,000 season passes had been sold. It was operated by Alfa SmartParks, a Greek holding company. The park was not profitable, as Alfa SmartParks specialized in running water parks and smaller amusement arcade centers. It attracted 1.1 million visitors for its first season, but that decreased to 560 to 580 thousand the next season. Alfa filed for bankruptcy reorganization in February 2002. Citing its benefit to the local economy, HUD loaned $25.3 million to build the park, and after Alfa went bankrupt, the city of New Orleans became liable for the remainder of the loan. In 2001, the lease was put up for sale, and in March 2002 Six Flags purchased it for $22M, although the park's name did not change that year. Six Flags spent $20 million to upgrade the park and reopened it in April 2003 under the name Six Flags New Orleans. The park was renamed Six Flags, and the "it's playtime!" theme was adopted, which included a dancing old man, Mr. Six. The last day the park operated was Sunday, August 21, 2005, eight days before Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans. However, weekday operations had ended a couple of weeks earlier, as schools start early in August in the New Orleans area and end in mid-May. The park was scheduled to reopen for the weekend on August 27 or August 28. However, once Katrina was forecast late on Friday, August 26, to hit New Orleans directly, the weekend reopening was canceled to prepare for the storm and begin evacuations. On the morning of August 29, 2005, just after sunrise, Hurricane Katrina made landfall in Southeast Louisiana. In the storm's aftermath, the park was left submerged 6 feet (1.8 m) deep, taking over a month for the water to leave the park and leaving devastation in its wake. The park grounds are located on a low-lying section of Eastern New Orleans, with a 6-foot (1.8 m) earthen flood berm running along the perimeter, creating an artificial basin. As such, this area was heavily flooded in 2005 after Hurricane Katrina. Six Flags declared its New Orleans park a total loss after Hurricane Katrina and sought to exit its lease. The city, however, insisted on rebuilding, leaving Six Flags to sue its insurers for the remaining $17.5 million in coverage. The park had been one of the least profitable parks in the Six Flags portfolio. Six Flags had already begun closing some of its smaller, less profitable parks across the country. Hurricane Katrina cemented the New Orleans park as another part of Six Flags' portfolio, which would eventually close permanently. 6. Crinkley Bottom - Somerset, England Somerset Live / Via Crinkley Bottom, also popularly referred to as Blobbyland, was the operating title for a series of British theme parks operating in the 1990s. They were created by Noel Edmonds based on the fictional village of Crinkley Bottom where the Noel's House Party television programme was based. The parks operated based on the popularity of Mr Blobby. Three parks were operated under the Crinkley Bottom name in England by Edmonds' company, Unique. However, all of the parks eventually failed and were either closed or rebranded. In the 2000s, urban explorers rediscovered the abandoned Dunblobbin' house which led to more people returning to Cricket St Thomas to see it. The owners of the land initially blocked off the site, eventually demolishing Dunblobbin' in 2014 due to vandalism and the holding of illegal raves. 7. Spreepark - Plänterwald, Germany Spreepark was opened in 1969 as Kulturpark Plänterwald, covering an area of 29.5 hectares. The area is situated in the north of the Plänterwald, next to the river Spree. It was the only constant entertainment park in East Germany, and the only such park in either East or West Berlin. The VEB Kulturpark Berlin was de-nationalized in 1991, after East and West Germany were reunified, by the municipal authorities of Berlin. There were seven applicants to run the park; the company Spreepark Berlin GmbH received the contract. Crucially, the references of Norbert Witte of the company were not properly checked. Under the Spreepark GmbH, new attractions were added and visitor numbers reached 1.5 million per annum. Later, the concept was changed, and the park was gradually transformed into a more Western-style amusement park. From 1999 the park had large debts. An increase in the admission fee to 30 DM per person and the lack of parking contributed to a drop in visitor numbers, until, in 2001, only 400,000 visitors entered the park. In 2001, Spreepark GmbH announced that they were insolvent. On 18 January 2002, Norbert Witte, together with his family and closest coworkers, moved to Lima, Peru. The authorities permitted them to ship six attractions, ostensibly for repair, in 20 shipping containers. Since 2002, the park has not opened for visitors; in August 2002 it was declared insolvent. Debts at a level of €11,000,000 remained, and the area was allowed to fall into disrepair. The Ferris wheel was dismantled in 2021 and the parts kept for potential remains of other attractions are still on the site. 8. Gulliver's Kingdom - Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan Gulliver's Kingdom was located near Kawaguchi-machi in Yamanashi prefecture, Japan, located at the base of Mt. Fuji. Inspired by the 1726 novel Gulliver's Travels, it aimed to attract visitors to the scenic area. However, the location had significant challenges. Nearby Aokigahara, known as Japan's 'suicide forest,' created an atmosphere of grief that discouraged tourism. Additionally, Kamikuishi village was the site of the Aum Shinrikyo cult, responsible for the Tokyo subway attack in 1995. The lingering chemical smells from a gas production facility nearby further harmed the park's appeal. Gulliver's Kingdom faced financial struggles from the start. Despite initially creating temporary jobs, the park failed to meet expectations due to its limited attractions and the public's lack of interest in a theme park based on a classic novel. Visitors heading to Mt. Fuji largely overlooked the park. Closed in 2001 after just four years, the site was abandoned and left to decay, including its main feature, a massive 147-foot Gulliver statue. The statue deteriorated and was ultimately demolished in 2007. Despite its failure, some visitors remember the stunning scenery and the unique experience of interacting with the giant statue. 9. Disney's River Country - Florida, U.S.A. Positioned on the shore of Bay Lake, near Discovery Island, the park featured a rustic-wilderness theme, complete with lush landscaping, large rocks and man-made boulders. It was described as an "old-fashioned swimming hole". The original working title was "Pop's Willow Grove". The park featured mostly sandy ground (instead of pavement), several lakeside, sandy beaches with lawn chairs and daybeds, and a unique water-filtering system using confluent water from the adjacent Bay Lake (which was dammed-off), creating a natural-looking, albeit artificial, freshwater lagoon. The park's water was at a higher level than the lake's, which was an effort to prevent lake water from going into the park. There were several deaths that took place at River Country. The first was of an 11-year-old boy who contracted amoebic meningoencephalitis, an amoebic infection of the brain, from the water in 1980. Park officials noted that similar amoebic infections also occurred relatively frequently elsewhere, and said it was an inherent problem with freshwater lakes in warm weather and thus could not be blamed on the park's water system. Three other children had died in similarly questionable situations, in Florida, in the same month. The other two deaths were from drowning, in 1982 and 1989. In 1989, Disney opened a second themed water park, Typhoon Lagoon; it had more parking, slides, amenities, and was significantly larger. Six years later, Disney opened a third themed water park, Blizzard Beach, which was bigger than both and featured more thrilling attractions. The themed water park closed on November 2, 2001, with the expectation that it would reopen in the spring of 2002. On April 11, 2002, the Orlando Sentinel reported that "Walt Disney World's first water park, River Country, has closed and may not reopen" and that Disney World spokesman Bill Warren stated "River Country could be reopened if there's enough guest demand". In 2005, Disney officially announced that River Country would remain closed permanently, and removed the entrance water tower. For the next 17 years, River Country sat abandoned, rotting and gradually being reclaimed by nature. 10. Pripyat Amusement Park - Pripyat, Ukraine The Pripyat amusement park, located in Pripyat, Ukraine, was to have its grand opening on 1 May 1986, in time for the May Day celebrations, but these plans were cancelled on 26 April, when the Chernobyl disaster occurred a few kilometers away. Several sources report that the park was opened for a short time on 27 April before the announcement to evacuate the city was made. These reports claim that the park was hurriedly opened to distract Pripyat residents from the unfolding disaster nearby. However, these claims remain largely unsubstantiated and unsupported. Pripyat residents have not been able to recall for sure if the park was opened following the disaster, but considering the lack of panic at the time of the disaster and subsequent evacuation, there would seem to be no need to distract people. In any case, the park—and its ferris wheel in particular—have become a symbol of the Chernobyl disaster. 11. Joyland Amusement Park - Kansas, U.S.A. Monster Movie Kid / Via Joyland was founded on June 12, 1949 by Lester Ottaway to house a miniature 12-inch (300 mm) gauge steam locomotive. The Ottaway brothers retired from the amusement park business in the early 1970s and sold the park to Stanley and Margaret Nelson. Stanley died on July 13, 2010, at the age of 87. He and Margaret owned the park for over 30 years, and a large amount of its rides, including the Bill Tracy-designed Whacky Shack dark ride, were added under their management. This was Tracy's last project, as he died in August 1974, just a few months after its completion. In April 2004, a 13-year-old girl fell 30 feet (9 m) from the Ferris wheel and was seriously injured. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission investigated the accident. Due to economic troubles and safety concerns, the park had to remain closed for the 2004 and 2005 seasons. Interest rose again in 2006 when a Seattle-based company, T-Rex Group, leased it to restore and open portions of it. Many renovations were made, and they were focused on aesthetics, rather than ride safety. The roller coaster received $10,000 worth of wood repairs and was renamed "The Nightmare". The Log Jam, the only water ride, had its pumps replaced and systems checked, as well as being repainted. The Restore Hope organization became involved, with hopes of regaining support to rebuild Joyland, with an emphasis on a community effort and involvement in the restoration process. They planned to restore it within the next few years and begin an expansion process to help it grow and become an integral part of the Wichita community. After financial concerns during the 2006 season, the park closed permanently. Since its closing, it has been subjected to vandalism and looting. Park owner Margaret Nelson said, "We're sick. Our hearts are just sick. It's not easy, not easy." 12. Okpo Land - Okpo-dong, South Korea Okpo Land was an amusement park based in the outskirts of Okpo-dong, South Korea. It opened in 1996 and closed in 1999 allegedly after a series of fatal accidents, in particular the death of a child who fell from the duck rollercoaster ride (pictured above). The legitimacy of these claims have been put in dispute for several years, with the rumors believed to be originating from a derailed cart from the rollercoaster ride. A more likely reasoning behind the closure of the park is said to have been due to financial issues deriving from an economic crisis that affected South Korea from 1997 through 1998. The remnants of Okpo Land were demolished in 2011, so that a hotel can be constructed on its former location. 13. Pleasure Island Family Theme Park - Lincolnshire, England Calzz / Via Pleasure Island Family Theme Park stood on the site of the former Cleethorpes Marineland and Zoo. Owned and operated as a satellite zoo of Flamingo Park, and later by Scotia Leisure,which closed in 1977. The site was sold to Pleasureworld, a division of RKF Entertainment, who announced that a new theme park would be built, as a sister park to the Pleasurewood Hills park near Lowestoft and bearing the same name. Construction began on the new theme park in the 1980s. Reconstruction of the park was completed by Gibb in 1992 and Pleasure Island Family Theme Park was opened on 27 May 1993. Pleasure Island separated from Flamingo Land in 2010. The park reopened under new ownership, adding a farm and petting zoo in 2013. Pleasure Island Family Theme Park closed permanently at the end of the 2016 season. The contents, including a 1904 carousel, were put up for auction. The last of the rides were sold off in October 2018 however as of 2023 the majority of the buildings themselves remain intact on the abandoned site. This includes all the buildings near the park entrance, the dodgems building, the children's show area and the building that housed the carousel ride. Current proposed plans for the site included two hotels, several hundred log cabins, a casino and other leisure developments and a supermarket. 14. Expoland - Suita, Japan Daily Mail / Via Expoland, located in Suita, Japan was opened as the amusement zone at the International Exposition in 1970 in Osaka and thrived for over 30 years as an amusement park. There were more than 40 rides and attractions. On May 5, 2007, Fujin Raijin II, the park's TOGO stand-up coaster, derailed, killing Yoshino Kogawara, a 19-year-old university student from Higashiomi, Shiga and injuring an additional nineteen guests. Initial reports said that forty people were injured, with thirty-one being taken to hospital. An investigation revealed that the ride derailed due to a broken axle, of which none had been replaced for fifteen years. Following this accident, similar coasters at other Japanese parks were voluntarily shut down and inspected to see if they could also have the same axle flaw. Expoland was cited by authorities for faulty maintenance when similar axle cracks were found on a second train a month later. The park reopened after the accident but closed again on December 9, 2007, citing a lack of attendance. On February 9, 2009, its owners decided to close the park down permanently. 15. Geauga Lake - Ohio, U.S.A. Chris Hagerman / Via Geauga Lake was established in 1887, in what had been a local recreation area adjacent to a lake of the same name. The first amusement ride was added in 1889, and the park's first roller coaster – the Big Dipper – was built in 1925. The park was sold to Funtime, Inc., in 1969 and was expanded over the years with additional rides and amenities. Funtime was acquired by Premier Parks in 1995, and for the 2000 season, they re-branded Geauga Lake as Six Flags Ohio, adding four new roller coasters. The following year, Six Flags bought the adjacent SeaWorld Ohio and combined the two parks under the name Six Flags Worlds of Adventure. The park changed ownership again in 2004 after a purchase by Cedar Fair, and was renamed Geauga Lake once more. The park's SeaWorld portion was transformed into a water park in 2005, and together they became known as Geauga Lake and Wildwater Kingdom. On September 21, 2007, less than a week after Geauga Lake closed for the season, Cedar Fair announced that the amusement park would be permanently closed. The water park continued to operate as Wildwater Kingdom through the 2016 season, before being closed as well. 16. Nara Dreamland - Nara, Japan Ivan Lucas / Via When Disneyland opened in Anaheim in 1955, Japanese businessman Kunizo Matsuo visited the park, and was so impressed with what Walt Disney made, that he envisioned something like it to be perfect in Japan. He then got into talks with Walt to franchise a Disney park in Japan, and it seemed well, as Disney then supposedly had Imagineers create concepts for the park, but the deal fell through, likely due to licensing issues. Still wanting to open a Disney-like park, Matsuo decided to move forward with the plans, whilst removing any Disney intellectual properties. On July 1, 1961, Nara Dreamland was opened to the public. The entrance to the park was designed to look almost identical to Disneyland, including its own versions of the Train Depot, Main Street, U.S.A., and the familiar Sleeping Beauty Castle at the hub. It also had a Matterhorn-type mountain with a Skyway running through it, as well as an Autopia-type ride and a monorail. The park was initially popular due to its similarities to Disneyland, which did not have a location in Japan at the time. At its peak, the park had 1.7 million visitors a year. However, after Tokyo Disneyland opened in 1983, the number of visitors to Nara Dreamland slowly began to decrease, as more people were interested in going to the said Disney park. Attendance numbers stated dropping to around a million visitors a year. In 2004, the park began to decline in quality; some stores closed down, some attractions began to rust, and service trucks would be left abandoned with no one using them. On August 31, 2006, the park permanently closed. It was left abandoned for 10 years before its demolition in October 2016. 17. Yokohama Dreamland - Yokohama, Japan Tokyo Weekender / Via Yokohama Dreamland operated in Totsuka, Yokohama, Japan from 1964 to 2002. It was the sister park to Nara Dreamland. Beginning in May 1966, the park was served by the Yokohama Dreamland Monorail from Ōfuna Station. In September 1967, however, service on the line was suspended, due to structural issues resulting from engineering problems encountered in its construction. The closure was expected to be temporary, but a protracted legal battle over responsibility for the monorail's problems ensued, during which its infrastructure deteriorated significantly. After subsequent failed attempts to resurrect the line, it finally began to be demolished in 2003. The management company, Japan Dream Tourism, was acquired by the supermarket chain Daiei in 1993, and the amusement park closed permanently on February 17, 2002, due to financial issues. At the time of its closing, the amusement park was downsized to 145,776 square metres (170,000 sq yd). In 2005, the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology allowed the newly established Yokohama College of Pharmacy to occupy the site of the former amusement park. This involved converting the former Hotel Empire building and nearby existing structures into an academic library, classrooms and labs respectively, with additional structures, amenities and green spaces added later on. 18. Mirapolis - Val-d'Oise, France TGV617 / Via Inspired by the big theme parks of the time, such as Disneyland, Mirapolis was to be one of the first French theme parks, and it was to be based on French tales and novels. The park would be dominated by a huge statue of Gargantua, inside which a dark ride attraction would be installed. Mirapolis was inaugurated on 20 May 1987 by Jacques Chirac, who was Prime Minister at the time. The park included 20 attractions, 3,000 restaurant seats, 13 shops and 12 food kiosks; it was able to welcome 28,000 visitors a day. It was split into 8 themed areas. The first year, bad weather caused problems for outdoor events, and people often took refuge in the "Grand Théâtre". The park was closed in 1991 having never made a profit. Expectations of profitability had been overly optimistic and based on incorrect market research. Mirapolis may also have suffered from its complex theming, its image and its high upkeep. Starting in 1993, the majority of the buildings were demolished. Some attractions were sent to other amusement parks. Dragon des Sortilèges went to Spreepark, as well as Miralooping. Miralooping is now at Europark. Les pirates went to Meli Park, which in 2000 reopened as Plopsaland. On 1 September 1995, after the partial and controversial dismantling of the Gargantua statue, the head was finally dynamited. 19. Camelot Theme Park - Lancashire, England JKinson / Via The park opened in 1983 and was operating seasonally until the end of 2012. The park was based on the story of 'Camelot, King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table'. The local area was once covered by Martin Mere, sometimes described as the largest body of fresh water in England, which was first drained in 1692 by Thomas Fleetwood of Bank Hall in Bretherton. The story was that Sir Lancelot's parents King Ban of Benwick and his queen Elaine escaped to Lancashire from their enemies in France. Elaine went to help King Ban who had fallen and put Lancelot down on the shore of the lake, where he was abducted by nymph Vivian who vanished into the waters of the lake with him. Vivian brought up Lancelot, and when he went to King Arthur's court, he was knighted as 'Sir Lancelot of the Lake'. Martin Mere has been locally known as the 'Lost Lake of Sir Lancelot' following the myth. The closure of the park was announced by its operator, Knights Leisure, on 4 November 2012, the managing director blaming poor summer weather and events such as London 2012 and the Diamond Jubilee for declining visitor numbers. Some roller coasters were sold, for example, the Whirlwind was relocated to Skyline Park in Germany, but others remained in the abandoned park. The site's future was uncertain, as the new owner was planning to redevelop the site. The then indications were that it would be a housing development. By July 2021, the park had been dismantled and demolished, albeit having been crumbling away and damaged several times by arson and vandalism since the park's closure in 2012. Parts of some of the rides and pieces of the park still stand on the site, though in February 2020, Knightmare, the signature ride at the park, was dismantled after being standing and left in the elements for eight years.
