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  • SHANGHAI, CHINA - FEBRUARY 08: (CHINA OUT) <br />
<br />
How's this for a magic kingdom? Stunning shots of Disney's theme park under construction in Shanghai<br />
<br />
At an eye-watering cost of £3.6billion and spread across almost 1,000 acres of an old farmland, these pictures show Disneyland Shanghai ahead of its grand opening next year.<br />
The highly anticipated theme park will include the world's largest Disney castle called the 'Enchanted Storybook'. <br />
It will also feature a production of 'The Lion King' in Chinese and a pirate-themed zone based on the 'Pirates of the Caribbean' movies. <br />
An artificial mountain will loom over the park, becoming the highest hill in Shanghai's Pudong district, and a 420-room Disneyland Hotel is planned in an 'elegant Art Nouveau style', with another based on the Toy Story films.<br />
On a commercial level, an adjacent 'Disneytown' will have 495,000 square feet of shops, restaurants and a 1,200-seat theatre.<br />
<br />
As well as the Disney attractions, the park will also have a 'distinctly Chinese' character, namely through a park called the 'Garden of the Twelve Friends'.<br />
Shanghai Disney will also have 12 mosaics that will exhibit the Chinese Zodiac's 12 signs, but with the use of Disney characters.  <br />
It is hoped the park will open to the public in the spring of 2016 and welcome more than seven million visitors a year, eventually rising to 16 million. <br />
It is built on a farmland in the once rural area of Chuansha, near the city's Pudong International Airport.<br />
<br />
Disney's latest venture comes 60 years after its first park was built, Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California and it owns five other parks across the world, including one in Paris and Tokyo. <br />
It was originally due to be transformed in time to open this year, but Disney CEO Bob Iger last week announced a delay.<br />
Disney CEO Robert Iger said last week: 'I was in China the week before last and saw amazing progress. <br />
'We just topped off our signature Shanghai Disneyland Hotel, and we're nearing completion on iconic f
    Exclusivepix_Disney_under_constructi...jpg
  • SHANGHAI, CHINA - FEBRUARY 08: (CHINA OUT) <br />
<br />
How's this for a magic kingdom? Stunning shots of Disney's theme park under construction in Shanghai<br />
<br />
At an eye-watering cost of £3.6billion and spread across almost 1,000 acres of an old farmland, these pictures show Disneyland Shanghai ahead of its grand opening next year.<br />
The highly anticipated theme park will include the world's largest Disney castle called the 'Enchanted Storybook'. <br />
It will also feature a production of 'The Lion King' in Chinese and a pirate-themed zone based on the 'Pirates of the Caribbean' movies. <br />
An artificial mountain will loom over the park, becoming the highest hill in Shanghai's Pudong district, and a 420-room Disneyland Hotel is planned in an 'elegant Art Nouveau style', with another based on the Toy Story films.<br />
On a commercial level, an adjacent 'Disneytown' will have 495,000 square feet of shops, restaurants and a 1,200-seat theatre.<br />
<br />
As well as the Disney attractions, the park will also have a 'distinctly Chinese' character, namely through a park called the 'Garden of the Twelve Friends'.<br />
Shanghai Disney will also have 12 mosaics that will exhibit the Chinese Zodiac's 12 signs, but with the use of Disney characters.  <br />
It is hoped the park will open to the public in the spring of 2016 and welcome more than seven million visitors a year, eventually rising to 16 million. <br />
It is built on a farmland in the once rural area of Chuansha, near the city's Pudong International Airport.<br />
<br />
Disney's latest venture comes 60 years after its first park was built, Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California and it owns five other parks across the world, including one in Paris and Tokyo. <br />
It was originally due to be transformed in time to open this year, but Disney CEO Bob Iger last week announced a delay.<br />
Disney CEO Robert Iger said last week: 'I was in China the week before last and saw amazing progress. <br />
'We just topped off our signature Shanghai Disneyland Hotel, and we're nearing completion on iconic f
    Exclusivepix_Disney_under_constructi...jpg
  • SHANGHAI, CHINA - FEBRUARY 08: (CHINA OUT) <br />
<br />
How's this for a magic kingdom? Stunning shots of Disney's theme park under construction in Shanghai<br />
<br />
At an eye-watering cost of £3.6billion and spread across almost 1,000 acres of an old farmland, these pictures show Disneyland Shanghai ahead of its grand opening next year.<br />
The highly anticipated theme park will include the world's largest Disney castle called the 'Enchanted Storybook'. <br />
It will also feature a production of 'The Lion King' in Chinese and a pirate-themed zone based on the 'Pirates of the Caribbean' movies. <br />
An artificial mountain will loom over the park, becoming the highest hill in Shanghai's Pudong district, and a 420-room Disneyland Hotel is planned in an 'elegant Art Nouveau style', with another based on the Toy Story films.<br />
On a commercial level, an adjacent 'Disneytown' will have 495,000 square feet of shops, restaurants and a 1,200-seat theatre.<br />
<br />
As well as the Disney attractions, the park will also have a 'distinctly Chinese' character, namely through a park called the 'Garden of the Twelve Friends'.<br />
Shanghai Disney will also have 12 mosaics that will exhibit the Chinese Zodiac's 12 signs, but with the use of Disney characters.  <br />
It is hoped the park will open to the public in the spring of 2016 and welcome more than seven million visitors a year, eventually rising to 16 million. <br />
It is built on a farmland in the once rural area of Chuansha, near the city's Pudong International Airport.<br />
<br />
Disney's latest venture comes 60 years after its first park was built, Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California and it owns five other parks across the world, including one in Paris and Tokyo. <br />
It was originally due to be transformed in time to open this year, but Disney CEO Bob Iger last week announced a delay.<br />
Disney CEO Robert Iger said last week: 'I was in China the week before last and saw amazing progress. <br />
'We just topped off our signature Shanghai Disneyland Hotel, and we're nearing completion on iconic f
    Exclusivepix_Disney_under_constructi...jpg
  • SHANGHAI, CHINA - FEBRUARY 08: (CHINA OUT) <br />
<br />
How's this for a magic kingdom? Stunning shots of Disney's theme park under construction in Shanghai<br />
<br />
At an eye-watering cost of £3.6billion and spread across almost 1,000 acres of an old farmland, these pictures show Disneyland Shanghai ahead of its grand opening next year.<br />
The highly anticipated theme park will include the world's largest Disney castle called the 'Enchanted Storybook'. <br />
It will also feature a production of 'The Lion King' in Chinese and a pirate-themed zone based on the 'Pirates of the Caribbean' movies. <br />
An artificial mountain will loom over the park, becoming the highest hill in Shanghai's Pudong district, and a 420-room Disneyland Hotel is planned in an 'elegant Art Nouveau style', with another based on the Toy Story films.<br />
On a commercial level, an adjacent 'Disneytown' will have 495,000 square feet of shops, restaurants and a 1,200-seat theatre.<br />
<br />
As well as the Disney attractions, the park will also have a 'distinctly Chinese' character, namely through a park called the 'Garden of the Twelve Friends'.<br />
Shanghai Disney will also have 12 mosaics that will exhibit the Chinese Zodiac's 12 signs, but with the use of Disney characters.  <br />
It is hoped the park will open to the public in the spring of 2016 and welcome more than seven million visitors a year, eventually rising to 16 million. <br />
It is built on a farmland in the once rural area of Chuansha, near the city's Pudong International Airport.<br />
<br />
Disney's latest venture comes 60 years after its first park was built, Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California and it owns five other parks across the world, including one in Paris and Tokyo. <br />
It was originally due to be transformed in time to open this year, but Disney CEO Bob Iger last week announced a delay.<br />
Disney CEO Robert Iger said last week: 'I was in China the week before last and saw amazing progress. <br />
'We just topped off our signature Shanghai Disneyland Hotel, and we're nearing completion on iconic f
    Exclusivepix_Disney_under_constructi...jpg
  • SHANGHAI, CHINA - FEBRUARY 08: (CHINA OUT) <br />
<br />
How's this for a magic kingdom? Stunning shots of Disney's theme park under construction in Shanghai<br />
<br />
At an eye-watering cost of £3.6billion and spread across almost 1,000 acres of an old farmland, these pictures show Disneyland Shanghai ahead of its grand opening next year.<br />
The highly anticipated theme park will include the world's largest Disney castle called the 'Enchanted Storybook'. <br />
It will also feature a production of 'The Lion King' in Chinese and a pirate-themed zone based on the 'Pirates of the Caribbean' movies. <br />
An artificial mountain will loom over the park, becoming the highest hill in Shanghai's Pudong district, and a 420-room Disneyland Hotel is planned in an 'elegant Art Nouveau style', with another based on the Toy Story films.<br />
On a commercial level, an adjacent 'Disneytown' will have 495,000 square feet of shops, restaurants and a 1,200-seat theatre.<br />
<br />
As well as the Disney attractions, the park will also have a 'distinctly Chinese' character, namely through a park called the 'Garden of the Twelve Friends'.<br />
Shanghai Disney will also have 12 mosaics that will exhibit the Chinese Zodiac's 12 signs, but with the use of Disney characters.  <br />
It is hoped the park will open to the public in the spring of 2016 and welcome more than seven million visitors a year, eventually rising to 16 million. <br />
It is built on a farmland in the once rural area of Chuansha, near the city's Pudong International Airport.<br />
<br />
Disney's latest venture comes 60 years after its first park was built, Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California and it owns five other parks across the world, including one in Paris and Tokyo. <br />
It was originally due to be transformed in time to open this year, but Disney CEO Bob Iger last week announced a delay.<br />
Disney CEO Robert Iger said last week: 'I was in China the week before last and saw amazing progress. <br />
'We just topped off our signature Shanghai Disneyland Hotel, and we're nearing completion on iconic f
    Exclusivepix_Disney_under_constructi...jpg
  • SHANGHAI, CHINA - FEBRUARY 08: (CHINA OUT) <br />
<br />
How's this for a magic kingdom? Stunning shots of Disney's theme park under construction in Shanghai<br />
<br />
At an eye-watering cost of £3.6billion and spread across almost 1,000 acres of an old farmland, these pictures show Disneyland Shanghai ahead of its grand opening next year.<br />
The highly anticipated theme park will include the world's largest Disney castle called the 'Enchanted Storybook'. <br />
It will also feature a production of 'The Lion King' in Chinese and a pirate-themed zone based on the 'Pirates of the Caribbean' movies. <br />
An artificial mountain will loom over the park, becoming the highest hill in Shanghai's Pudong district, and a 420-room Disneyland Hotel is planned in an 'elegant Art Nouveau style', with another based on the Toy Story films.<br />
On a commercial level, an adjacent 'Disneytown' will have 495,000 square feet of shops, restaurants and a 1,200-seat theatre.<br />
<br />
As well as the Disney attractions, the park will also have a 'distinctly Chinese' character, namely through a park called the 'Garden of the Twelve Friends'.<br />
Shanghai Disney will also have 12 mosaics that will exhibit the Chinese Zodiac's 12 signs, but with the use of Disney characters.  <br />
It is hoped the park will open to the public in the spring of 2016 and welcome more than seven million visitors a year, eventually rising to 16 million. <br />
It is built on a farmland in the once rural area of Chuansha, near the city's Pudong International Airport.<br />
<br />
Disney's latest venture comes 60 years after its first park was built, Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California and it owns five other parks across the world, including one in Paris and Tokyo. <br />
It was originally due to be transformed in time to open this year, but Disney CEO Bob Iger last week announced a delay.<br />
Disney CEO Robert Iger said last week: 'I was in China the week before last and saw amazing progress. <br />
'We just topped off our signature Shanghai Disneyland Hotel, and we're nearing completion on iconic f
    Exclusivepix_Disney_under_constructi...jpg
  • SHANGHAI, CHINA - FEBRUARY 08: (CHINA OUT) <br />
<br />
How's this for a magic kingdom? Stunning shots of Disney's theme park under construction in Shanghai<br />
<br />
At an eye-watering cost of £3.6billion and spread across almost 1,000 acres of an old farmland, these pictures show Disneyland Shanghai ahead of its grand opening next year.<br />
The highly anticipated theme park will include the world's largest Disney castle called the 'Enchanted Storybook'. <br />
It will also feature a production of 'The Lion King' in Chinese and a pirate-themed zone based on the 'Pirates of the Caribbean' movies. <br />
An artificial mountain will loom over the park, becoming the highest hill in Shanghai's Pudong district, and a 420-room Disneyland Hotel is planned in an 'elegant Art Nouveau style', with another based on the Toy Story films.<br />
On a commercial level, an adjacent 'Disneytown' will have 495,000 square feet of shops, restaurants and a 1,200-seat theatre.<br />
<br />
As well as the Disney attractions, the park will also have a 'distinctly Chinese' character, namely through a park called the 'Garden of the Twelve Friends'.<br />
Shanghai Disney will also have 12 mosaics that will exhibit the Chinese Zodiac's 12 signs, but with the use of Disney characters.  <br />
It is hoped the park will open to the public in the spring of 2016 and welcome more than seven million visitors a year, eventually rising to 16 million. <br />
It is built on a farmland in the once rural area of Chuansha, near the city's Pudong International Airport.<br />
<br />
Disney's latest venture comes 60 years after its first park was built, Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California and it owns five other parks across the world, including one in Paris and Tokyo. <br />
It was originally due to be transformed in time to open this year, but Disney CEO Bob Iger last week announced a delay.<br />
Disney CEO Robert Iger said last week: 'I was in China the week before last and saw amazing progress. <br />
'We just topped off our signature Shanghai Disneyland Hotel, and we're nearing completion on iconic f
    Exclusivepix_Disney_under_constructi...jpg
  • SHANGHAI, CHINA - FEBRUARY 08: (CHINA OUT) <br />
<br />
How's this for a magic kingdom? Stunning shots of Disney's theme park under construction in Shanghai<br />
<br />
At an eye-watering cost of £3.6billion and spread across almost 1,000 acres of an old farmland, these pictures show Disneyland Shanghai ahead of its grand opening next year.<br />
The highly anticipated theme park will include the world's largest Disney castle called the 'Enchanted Storybook'. <br />
It will also feature a production of 'The Lion King' in Chinese and a pirate-themed zone based on the 'Pirates of the Caribbean' movies. <br />
An artificial mountain will loom over the park, becoming the highest hill in Shanghai's Pudong district, and a 420-room Disneyland Hotel is planned in an 'elegant Art Nouveau style', with another based on the Toy Story films.<br />
On a commercial level, an adjacent 'Disneytown' will have 495,000 square feet of shops, restaurants and a 1,200-seat theatre.<br />
<br />
As well as the Disney attractions, the park will also have a 'distinctly Chinese' character, namely through a park called the 'Garden of the Twelve Friends'.<br />
Shanghai Disney will also have 12 mosaics that will exhibit the Chinese Zodiac's 12 signs, but with the use of Disney characters.  <br />
It is hoped the park will open to the public in the spring of 2016 and welcome more than seven million visitors a year, eventually rising to 16 million. <br />
It is built on a farmland in the once rural area of Chuansha, near the city's Pudong International Airport.<br />
<br />
Disney's latest venture comes 60 years after its first park was built, Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California and it owns five other parks across the world, including one in Paris and Tokyo. <br />
It was originally due to be transformed in time to open this year, but Disney CEO Bob Iger last week announced a delay.<br />
Disney CEO Robert Iger said last week: 'I was in China the week before last and saw amazing progress. <br />
'We just topped off our signature Shanghai Disneyland Hotel, and we're nearing completion on iconic f
    Exclusivepix_Disney_under_constructi...jpg
  • SHANGHAI, CHINA - FEBRUARY 08: (CHINA OUT) <br />
<br />
How's this for a magic kingdom? Stunning shots of Disney's theme park under construction in Shanghai<br />
<br />
At an eye-watering cost of £3.6billion and spread across almost 1,000 acres of an old farmland, these pictures show Disneyland Shanghai ahead of its grand opening next year.<br />
The highly anticipated theme park will include the world's largest Disney castle called the 'Enchanted Storybook'. <br />
It will also feature a production of 'The Lion King' in Chinese and a pirate-themed zone based on the 'Pirates of the Caribbean' movies. <br />
An artificial mountain will loom over the park, becoming the highest hill in Shanghai's Pudong district, and a 420-room Disneyland Hotel is planned in an 'elegant Art Nouveau style', with another based on the Toy Story films.<br />
On a commercial level, an adjacent 'Disneytown' will have 495,000 square feet of shops, restaurants and a 1,200-seat theatre.<br />
<br />
As well as the Disney attractions, the park will also have a 'distinctly Chinese' character, namely through a park called the 'Garden of the Twelve Friends'.<br />
Shanghai Disney will also have 12 mosaics that will exhibit the Chinese Zodiac's 12 signs, but with the use of Disney characters.  <br />
It is hoped the park will open to the public in the spring of 2016 and welcome more than seven million visitors a year, eventually rising to 16 million. <br />
It is built on a farmland in the once rural area of Chuansha, near the city's Pudong International Airport.<br />
<br />
Disney's latest venture comes 60 years after its first park was built, Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California and it owns five other parks across the world, including one in Paris and Tokyo. <br />
It was originally due to be transformed in time to open this year, but Disney CEO Bob Iger last week announced a delay.<br />
Disney CEO Robert Iger said last week: 'I was in China the week before last and saw amazing progress. <br />
'We just topped off our signature Shanghai Disneyland Hotel, and we're nearing completion on iconic f
    Exclusivepix_Disney_under_constructi...jpg
  • SHANGHAI, CHINA - JULY 15: (CHINA OUT) <br />
<br />
Shanghai Disney Resort Unveils Six Themed Parks On Wednesday<br />
<br />
Robert A. Iger, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of The Walt Disney Company, attends the unveilling ceremony of six themed parks of Shanghai Disney Resort at Shanghai Expo Center on July 15, 2015 in Shanghai, China. As the first Disney resort in China mainland, Shanghai Disney Resort includes the Magic Kingdom-style theme park, two themed hotels with a total of 1,220 rooms, a retail, dining and entertainment complex featuring a Broadway-style theater, as well as an outdoor recreational area. The Resort will open officially in 2016. <br />
©Exclusivepix Media
    Exclusivepix_Shanghai_Disney_Resort7.jpg
  • SHANGHAI, May 8, 2016 <br />
<br />
An aerial photo taken on May 7, 2016 shows the Shanghai Disney Resort, Disney's first theme park in the Chinese mainland, in Shanghai, east China. The Shanghai Disney Resort started an internal test run on May 7 to prepare for its opening, scheduled for June 16.<br />
©Exclusivepix Media
    Exclusivepix_Shanghai_Disney_Resort2.jpg
  • SHANGHAI, May 8, 2016 <br />
<br />
An aerial photo taken on May 7, 2016 shows the Shanghai Disney Resort, Disney's first theme park in the Chinese mainland, in Shanghai, east China. The Shanghai Disney Resort started an internal test run on May 7 to prepare for its opening, scheduled for June 16.<br />
©Exclusivepix Media
    Exclusivepix_Shanghai_Disney_Resort1.jpg
  • SHANGHAI, May 8, 2016 <br />
<br />
An aerial photo taken on May 7, 2016 shows the Shanghai Disney Resort, Disney's first theme park in the Chinese mainland, in Shanghai, east China. The Shanghai Disney Resort started an internal test run on May 7 to prepare for its opening, scheduled for June 16.<br />
©Exclusivepix Media
    Exclusivepix_Shanghai_Disney_Resort4.jpg
  • SHANGHAI, May 8, 2016 <br />
<br />
An aerial photo taken on May 7, 2016 shows the Shanghai Disney Resort, Disney's first theme park in the Chinese mainland, in Shanghai, east China. The Shanghai Disney Resort started an internal test run on May 7 to prepare for its opening, scheduled for June 16.<br />
©Exclusivepix Media
    Exclusivepix_Shanghai_Disney_Resort3.jpg
  • SHANGHAI, CHINA - JULY 15: (CHINA OUT) <br />
<br />
Shanghai Disney Resort Unveils Six Themed Parks On Wednesday<br />
<br />
Aerial view of Shanghai Disney Resort on July 15, 2015 in Shanghai, China. As the first Disney resort in China mainland, Shanghai Disney Resort includes the Magic Kingdom-style theme park, two themed hotels with a total of 1,220 rooms, a retail, dining and entertainment complex featuring a Broadway-style theater, as well as an outdoor recreational area. The Resort will open officially in 2016.<br />
©Exclusivepix Media
    Exclusivepix_Shanghai_Disney_Resort2.jpg
  • SHANGHAI, CHINA - JULY 15: (CHINA OUT) <br />
<br />
Shanghai Disney Resort Unveils Six Themed Parks On Wednesday<br />
<br />
Aerial view of Shanghai Disney Resort on July 15, 2015 in Shanghai, China. As the first Disney resort in China mainland, Shanghai Disney Resort includes the Magic Kingdom-style theme park, two themed hotels with a total of 1,220 rooms, a retail, dining and entertainment complex featuring a Broadway-style theater, as well as an outdoor recreational area. The Resort will open officially in 2016.<br />
©Exclusivepix Media
    Exclusivepix_Shanghai_Disney_Resort3.jpg
  • SHANGHAI, CHINA - JULY 15: (CHINA OUT) <br />
<br />
Shanghai Disney Resort Unveils Six Themed Parks On Wednesday<br />
<br />
Aerial view of Shanghai Disney Resort on July 15, 2015 in Shanghai, China. As the first Disney resort in China mainland, Shanghai Disney Resort includes the Magic Kingdom-style theme park, two themed hotels with a total of 1,220 rooms, a retail, dining and entertainment complex featuring a Broadway-style theater, as well as an outdoor recreational area. The Resort will open officially in 2016.<br />
©Exclusivepix Media
    Exclusivepix_Shanghai_Disney_Resort4.jpg
  • SHANGHAI, CHINA - JULY 15: (CHINA OUT) <br />
<br />
Shanghai Disney Resort Unveils Six Themed Parks On Wednesday<br />
<br />
Aerial view of Shanghai Disney Resort on July 15, 2015 in Shanghai, China. As the first Disney resort in China mainland, Shanghai Disney Resort includes the Magic Kingdom-style theme park, two themed hotels with a total of 1,220 rooms, a retail, dining and entertainment complex featuring a Broadway-style theater, as well as an outdoor recreational area. The Resort will open officially in 2016.<br />
©Exclusivepix Media
    Exclusivepix_Shanghai_Disney_Resort5.jpg
  • SHANGHAI, CHINA - JULY 15: (CHINA OUT) <br />
<br />
Shanghai Disney Resort Unveils Six Themed Parks On Wednesday<br />
<br />
Aerial view of Shanghai Disney Resort on July 15, 2015 in Shanghai, China. As the first Disney resort in China mainland, Shanghai Disney Resort includes the Magic Kingdom-style theme park, two themed hotels with a total of 1,220 rooms, a retail, dining and entertainment complex featuring a Broadway-style theater, as well as an outdoor recreational area. The Resort will open officially in 2016.<br />
©Exclusivepix Media
    Exclusivepix_Shanghai_Disney_Resort6.jpg
  • SHANGHAI, CHINA - JULY 15: (CHINA OUT) <br />
<br />
Shanghai Disney Resort Unveils Six Themed Parks On Wednesday<br />
<br />
Aerial view of Shanghai Disney Resort on July 15, 2015 in Shanghai, China. As the first Disney resort in China mainland, Shanghai Disney Resort includes the Magic Kingdom-style theme park, two themed hotels with a total of 1,220 rooms, a retail, dining and entertainment complex featuring a Broadway-style theater, as well as an outdoor recreational area. The Resort will open officially in 2016.<br />
©Exclusivepix Media
    Exclusivepix_Shanghai_Disney_Resort1.jpg
  • Tragic Kingdom: Artist creates alarming images of a Disney World you'd never want to visit - POST APOCALYPSE<br />
<br />
A photo series has imagined what famed Orlando attraction Walt Disney World  would look like with no humans.<br />
Spooky lighting, graffiti, buildings falling into disrepair and trash littering the streets are seen in images created by Michael Feeney<br />
<br />
On Feeney's profile, he explained the motivation for 'Life After Disney' came from a show on the History Channel called 'Life After People,' <br />
<br />
Feeney's works include manipulations of multiple park sites, including the main gate, Cinderella's Castle, Main Street USA, Epcot and its monorail, and the Tomorrowland Speedway.<br />
In several descriptions for his artworks, Feeney revealed he used grunge textures from several websites. <br />
For other images, Feeney said he based them off of existing photographs found on Photobucket.  <br />
©Michael Feeney/Exclusivepix Media
    Exclusivepix_POST_APOCALYPSE_DISNEY3.jpg
  • Tragic Kingdom: Artist creates alarming images of a Disney World you'd never want to visit - POST APOCALYPSE<br />
<br />
A photo series has imagined what famed Orlando attraction Walt Disney World  would look like with no humans.<br />
Spooky lighting, graffiti, buildings falling into disrepair and trash littering the streets are seen in images created by Michael Feeney<br />
<br />
On Feeney's profile, he explained the motivation for 'Life After Disney' came from a show on the History Channel called 'Life After People,' <br />
<br />
Feeney's works include manipulations of multiple park sites, including the main gate, Cinderella's Castle, Main Street USA, Epcot and its monorail, and the Tomorrowland Speedway.<br />
In several descriptions for his artworks, Feeney revealed he used grunge textures from several websites. <br />
For other images, Feeney said he based them off of existing photographs found on Photobucket.  <br />
©Michael Feeney/Exclusivepix Media
    Exclusivepix_POST_APOCALYPSE_DISNEY6.jpg
  • Tragic Kingdom: Artist creates alarming images of a Disney World you'd never want to visit - POST APOCALYPSE<br />
<br />
A photo series has imagined what famed Orlando attraction Walt Disney World  would look like with no humans.<br />
Spooky lighting, graffiti, buildings falling into disrepair and trash littering the streets are seen in images created by Michael Feeney<br />
<br />
On Feeney's profile, he explained the motivation for 'Life After Disney' came from a show on the History Channel called 'Life After People,' <br />
<br />
Feeney's works include manipulations of multiple park sites, including the main gate, Cinderella's Castle, Main Street USA, Epcot and its monorail, and the Tomorrowland Speedway.<br />
In several descriptions for his artworks, Feeney revealed he used grunge textures from several websites. <br />
For other images, Feeney said he based them off of existing photographs found on Photobucket.  <br />
©Michael Feeney/Exclusivepix Media
    Exclusivepix_POST_APOCALYPSE_DISNEY1...jpg
  • Tragic Kingdom: Artist creates alarming images of a Disney World you'd never want to visit - POST APOCALYPSE<br />
<br />
A photo series has imagined what famed Orlando attraction Walt Disney World  would look like with no humans.<br />
Spooky lighting, graffiti, buildings falling into disrepair and trash littering the streets are seen in images created by Michael Feeney<br />
<br />
On Feeney's profile, he explained the motivation for 'Life After Disney' came from a show on the History Channel called 'Life After People,' <br />
<br />
Feeney's works include manipulations of multiple park sites, including the main gate, Cinderella's Castle, Main Street USA, Epcot and its monorail, and the Tomorrowland Speedway.<br />
In several descriptions for his artworks, Feeney revealed he used grunge textures from several websites. <br />
For other images, Feeney said he based them off of existing photographs found on Photobucket.  <br />
©Michael Feeney/Exclusivepix Media
    Exclusivepix_POST_APOCALYPSE_DISNEY4.jpg
  • Tragic Kingdom: Artist creates alarming images of a Disney World you'd never want to visit - POST APOCALYPSE<br />
<br />
A photo series has imagined what famed Orlando attraction Walt Disney World  would look like with no humans.<br />
Spooky lighting, graffiti, buildings falling into disrepair and trash littering the streets are seen in images created by Michael Feeney<br />
<br />
On Feeney's profile, he explained the motivation for 'Life After Disney' came from a show on the History Channel called 'Life After People,' <br />
<br />
Feeney's works include manipulations of multiple park sites, including the main gate, Cinderella's Castle, Main Street USA, Epcot and its monorail, and the Tomorrowland Speedway.<br />
In several descriptions for his artworks, Feeney revealed he used grunge textures from several websites. <br />
For other images, Feeney said he based them off of existing photographs found on Photobucket.  <br />
©Michael Feeney/Exclusivepix Media
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  • Tragic Kingdom: Artist creates alarming images of a Disney World you'd never want to visit - POST APOCALYPSE<br />
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A photo series has imagined what famed Orlando attraction Walt Disney World  would look like with no humans.<br />
Spooky lighting, graffiti, buildings falling into disrepair and trash littering the streets are seen in images created by Michael Feeney<br />
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On Feeney's profile, he explained the motivation for 'Life After Disney' came from a show on the History Channel called 'Life After People,' <br />
<br />
Feeney's works include manipulations of multiple park sites, including the main gate, Cinderella's Castle, Main Street USA, Epcot and its monorail, and the Tomorrowland Speedway.<br />
In several descriptions for his artworks, Feeney revealed he used grunge textures from several websites. <br />
For other images, Feeney said he based them off of existing photographs found on Photobucket.  <br />
©Michael Feeney/Exclusivepix Media
    Exclusivepix_POST_APOCALYPSE_DISNEY7.jpg
  • Tragic Kingdom: Artist creates alarming images of a Disney World you'd never want to visit - POST APOCALYPSE<br />
<br />
A photo series has imagined what famed Orlando attraction Walt Disney World  would look like with no humans.<br />
Spooky lighting, graffiti, buildings falling into disrepair and trash littering the streets are seen in images created by Michael Feeney<br />
<br />
On Feeney's profile, he explained the motivation for 'Life After Disney' came from a show on the History Channel called 'Life After People,' <br />
<br />
Feeney's works include manipulations of multiple park sites, including the main gate, Cinderella's Castle, Main Street USA, Epcot and its monorail, and the Tomorrowland Speedway.<br />
In several descriptions for his artworks, Feeney revealed he used grunge textures from several websites. <br />
For other images, Feeney said he based them off of existing photographs found on Photobucket.  <br />
©Michael Feeney/Exclusivepix Media
    Exclusivepix_POST_APOCALYPSE_DISNEY8.jpg
  • Tragic Kingdom: Artist creates alarming images of a Disney World you'd never want to visit - POST APOCALYPSE<br />
<br />
A photo series has imagined what famed Orlando attraction Walt Disney World  would look like with no humans.<br />
Spooky lighting, graffiti, buildings falling into disrepair and trash littering the streets are seen in images created by Michael Feeney<br />
<br />
On Feeney's profile, he explained the motivation for 'Life After Disney' came from a show on the History Channel called 'Life After People,' <br />
<br />
Feeney's works include manipulations of multiple park sites, including the main gate, Cinderella's Castle, Main Street USA, Epcot and its monorail, and the Tomorrowland Speedway.<br />
In several descriptions for his artworks, Feeney revealed he used grunge textures from several websites. <br />
For other images, Feeney said he based them off of existing photographs found on Photobucket.  <br />
©Michael Feeney/Exclusivepix Media
    Exclusivepix_POST_APOCALYPSE_DISNEY2.jpg
  • Tragic Kingdom: Artist creates alarming images of a Disney World you'd never want to visit - POST APOCALYPSE<br />
<br />
A photo series has imagined what famed Orlando attraction Walt Disney World  would look like with no humans.<br />
Spooky lighting, graffiti, buildings falling into disrepair and trash littering the streets are seen in images created by Michael Feeney<br />
<br />
On Feeney's profile, he explained the motivation for 'Life After Disney' came from a show on the History Channel called 'Life After People,' <br />
<br />
Feeney's works include manipulations of multiple park sites, including the main gate, Cinderella's Castle, Main Street USA, Epcot and its monorail, and the Tomorrowland Speedway.<br />
In several descriptions for his artworks, Feeney revealed he used grunge textures from several websites. <br />
For other images, Feeney said he based them off of existing photographs found on Photobucket.  <br />
©Michael Feeney/Exclusivepix Media
    Exclusivepix_POST_APOCALYPSE_DISNEY9.jpg
  • June 15, 2016 - Lake Buena Vista, FL, USA - Law enforcement boats and vehicles are seen at the Disney World beach where 2-year-old Lane Graves was pulled into Seven Seas Lagoon and killed by an alligator in Lake Buena Vista. The boy was pulled in by an alligator Tuesday night, and search efforts ended Wednesday when his body was recovered. <br />
©Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_Alligator_Snatches_Boy_Disney1...jpg
  • June 15, 2016 - Lake Buena Vista, FL, USA - Law enforcement boats and vehicles are seen at the Disney World beach where 2-year-old Lane Graves was pulled into Seven Seas Lagoon and killed by an alligator in Lake Buena Vista. The boy was pulled in by an alligator Tuesday night, and search efforts ended Wednesday when his body was recovered. <br />
©Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_Alligator_Snatches_Boy_Disney1...jpg
  • June 15, 2016 - Lake Buena Vista, FL, USA - Florida Fish and Wildlife search for a young boy Wednesday, June 15, 2016 after the boy was grabbed Tuesday night by an alligator at Grand Floridian Resort at Disney World in Lake Buena Vista, Fla.<br />
©Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_Alligator_Snatches_Boy_Disney0...jpg
  • June 15, 2016 - Lake Buena Vista, FL, USA - Florida Fish and Wildlife search for a young boy Wednesday, June 15, 2016 after the boy was grabbed Tuesday night by an alligator at Grand Floridian Resort at Disney World in Lake Buena Vista, Fla.<br />
©Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_Alligator_Snatches_Boy_Disney0...jpg
  • June 15, 2016 - Lake Buena Vista, FL, USA - Orange County Sheriff's Marine Unit search for a young boy Wednesday, June 15, 2016 after the boy was grabbed Tuesday night by an alligator at Grand Floridian Resort at Disney World near Lake Buena Vista, Fla.<br />
©Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_Alligator_Snatches_Boy_Disney0...jpg
  • June 15, 2016 - Lake Buena Vista, FL, USA - In the shadow of the Magic Kingdom, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Officers search for a young boy Wednesday, June 15, 2016 after the boy was grabbed Tuesday night by an alligator at Grand Floridian Resort at Disney World near Lake Buena Vista, Fla.<br />
©Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_Alligator_Snatches_Boy_Disney0...jpg
  • June 15, 2016 - Lake Buena Vista, FL, USA - In the shadow of the Magic Kingdom, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Officers search for a young boy Wednesday, June 15, 2016 after the boy was grabbed Tuesday night by an alligator at Grand Floridian Resort at Disney World near Lake Buena Vista, Fla.<br />
©Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_Alligator_Snatches_Boy_Disney0...jpg
  • June 15, 2016 - Lake Buena Vista, FL, USA - Law enforcement boats and vehicles are seen at the Disney World beach where 2-year-old Lane Graves was pulled into Seven Seas Lagoon and killed by an alligator in Lake Buena Vista. The boy was pulled in by an alligator Tuesday night, and search efforts ended Wednesday when his body was recovered. <br />
©Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_Alligator_Snatches_Boy_Disney0...jpg
  • June 15, 2016 - Lake Buena Vista, FL, USA - Law enforcement boats and vehicles are seen at the Disney World beach where 2-year-old Lane Graves was pulled into Seven Seas Lagoon and killed by an alligator in Lake Buena Vista. The boy was pulled in by an alligator Tuesday night, and search efforts ended Wednesday when his body was recovered. <br />
©Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_Alligator_Snatches_Boy_Disney0...jpg
  • June 15, 2016 - Lake Buena Vista, FL, USA - Law enforcement boats and vehicles are seen at the Disney World beach where 2-year-old Lane Graves was pulled into Seven Seas Lagoon and killed by an alligator in Lake Buena Vista. The boy was pulled in by an alligator Tuesday night, and search efforts ended Wednesday when his body was recovered. <br />
©Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_Alligator_Snatches_Boy_Disney0...jpg
  • June 15, 2016 - Lake Buena Vista, FL, USA - Law enforcement boats and vehicles are seen at the Disney World beach where 2-year-old Lane Graves was pulled into Seven Seas Lagoon and killed by an alligator in Lake Buena Vista. The boy was pulled in by an alligator Tuesday night, and search efforts ended Wednesday when his body was recovered. <br />
©Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_Alligator_Snatches_Boy_Disney0...jpg
  • June 15, 2016 - Lake Buena Vista, FL, USA - Florida Fish and Wildlife search for a young boy Wednesday, June 15, 2016 after the boy was grabbed Tuesday night by an alligator at Grand Floridian Resort at Disney World in Lake Buena Vista, Fla.<br />
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Pictured Baby Lane and mum Melissa<br />
©Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_Baby_Lane_Graves1.jpg
  • June 15, 2016 - Lake Buena Vista, FL, USA - Florida Fish and Wildlife search for a young boy Wednesday, June 15, 2016 after the boy was grabbed Tuesday night by an alligator at Grand Floridian Resort at Disney World in Lake Buena Vista, Fla.<br />
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Pictured Baby Lane<br />
©Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_Baby_Lane_Graves2.jpg
  • June 15, 2016 - Lake Buena Vista, FL, USA - Florida Fish and Wildlife search for a young boy Wednesday, June 15, 2016 after the boy was grabbed Tuesday night by an alligator at Grand Floridian Resort at Disney World in Lake Buena Vista, Fla.<br />
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Pictured Baby Lane<br />
©Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_Baby_Lane_Graves3.jpg
  • SHANGHAI, CHINA - FENRUARY 25: (CHINA OUT)<br />
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Aerial View Of Shanghai Disneyland Park Under Construction<br />
<br />
 Aerial view from an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) shows Shanghai Disneyland Park is under construction on February 25, 2016 in Shanghai, China. Shanghai Disney Resort, a one-of-a-kind destination featuring Shanghai Disneyland which is the 6th in the world, 2 Resort hotels, Disneytown, Wishing Star Park and more, will welcome its grand opening on June 16, 2016.<br />
©Exclusivepix Media
    Exclusivepix_Aerial_View_Of_Shanghai...jpg
  • SHANGHAI, CHINA - FENRUARY 25: (CHINA OUT)<br />
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Aerial View Of Shanghai Disneyland Park Under Construction<br />
<br />
 Aerial view from an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) shows Shanghai Disneyland Park is under construction on February 25, 2016 in Shanghai, China. Shanghai Disney Resort, a one-of-a-kind destination featuring Shanghai Disneyland which is the 6th in the world, 2 Resort hotels, Disneytown, Wishing Star Park and more, will welcome its grand opening on June 16, 2016.<br />
©Exclusivepix Media
    Exclusivepix_Aerial_View_Of_Shanghai...jpg
  • SHANGHAI, CHINA - FENRUARY 25: (CHINA OUT)<br />
<br />
Aerial View Of Shanghai Disneyland Park Under Construction<br />
<br />
 Aerial view from an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) shows Shanghai Disneyland Park is under construction on February 25, 2016 in Shanghai, China. Shanghai Disney Resort, a one-of-a-kind destination featuring Shanghai Disneyland which is the 6th in the world, 2 Resort hotels, Disneytown, Wishing Star Park and more, will welcome its grand opening on June 16, 2016.<br />
©Exclusivepix Media
    Exclusivepix_Aerial_View_Of_Shanghai...jpg
  • SHANGHAI, CHINA - FENRUARY 25: (CHINA OUT)<br />
<br />
Aerial View Of Shanghai Disneyland Park Under Construction<br />
<br />
 Aerial view from an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) shows Shanghai Disneyland Park is under construction on February 25, 2016 in Shanghai, China. Shanghai Disney Resort, a one-of-a-kind destination featuring Shanghai Disneyland which is the 6th in the world, 2 Resort hotels, Disneytown, Wishing Star Park and more, will welcome its grand opening on June 16, 2016.<br />
©Exclusivepix Media
    Exclusivepix_Aerial_View_Of_Shanghai...jpg
  • SHANGHAI, CHINA - FENRUARY 25: (CHINA OUT)<br />
<br />
Aerial View Of Shanghai Disneyland Park Under Construction<br />
<br />
 Aerial view from an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) shows Shanghai Disneyland Park is under construction on February 25, 2016 in Shanghai, China. Shanghai Disney Resort, a one-of-a-kind destination featuring Shanghai Disneyland which is the 6th in the world, 2 Resort hotels, Disneytown, Wishing Star Park and more, will welcome its grand opening on June 16, 2016.<br />
©Exclusivepix Media
    Exclusivepix_Aerial_View_Of_Shanghai...jpg
  • Nara Dreamland: Japan’s last abandoned theme park<br />
<br />
Nara Dreamland opened in 1961, inspired by Disneyland in California. For 45 years its central fantasy castle, massive wooden rollercoaster Aska, and corkscrewing Screwcoaster pulled in the big crowds. By then though it was outdated, and dying a slow death as Universal Studios Japan (built 2001) in nearby Osaka sucked all the oxygen out of the business. It closed its doors permanently in 2006. - <br />
On July 1, 1961, Nara Dreamland opened. The entrance to the park was designed to look almost identical to Disneyland, including the Train depot, a Main Street, U.S.A. and the familiar Sleeping Beauty Castle at the hub. It also had a Matterhorn-type mountain (with a Matterhorn Bobsleds-type ride, called Bobsleigh) with the skyway running through it, as well as an Autopia-type pubs and a monorail. The park also had its own mascots, Ran-chan and Dori-chan, two children dressed as bearskin guards.<br />
<br />
It was almost an exact replica of Disneyland, visitors liked going there as it was the closest thing they could get without traveling to US. At its peak, the park had 1.6 million visitors a year.<br />
©Ralph Mirebs/Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_Japans_last_abandoned_theme_pa...jpg
  • Nara Dreamland: Japan’s last abandoned theme park<br />
<br />
Nara Dreamland opened in 1961, inspired by Disneyland in California. For 45 years its central fantasy castle, massive wooden rollercoaster Aska, and corkscrewing Screwcoaster pulled in the big crowds. By then though it was outdated, and dying a slow death as Universal Studios Japan (built 2001) in nearby Osaka sucked all the oxygen out of the business. It closed its doors permanently in 2006. - <br />
On July 1, 1961, Nara Dreamland opened. The entrance to the park was designed to look almost identical to Disneyland, including the Train depot, a Main Street, U.S.A. and the familiar Sleeping Beauty Castle at the hub. It also had a Matterhorn-type mountain (with a Matterhorn Bobsleds-type ride, called Bobsleigh) with the skyway running through it, as well as an Autopia-type pubs and a monorail. The park also had its own mascots, Ran-chan and Dori-chan, two children dressed as bearskin guards.<br />
<br />
It was almost an exact replica of Disneyland, visitors liked going there as it was the closest thing they could get without traveling to US. At its peak, the park had 1.6 million visitors a year.<br />
©Ralph Mirebs/Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_Japans_last_abandoned_theme_pa...jpg
  • Nara Dreamland: Japan’s last abandoned theme park<br />
<br />
Nara Dreamland opened in 1961, inspired by Disneyland in California. For 45 years its central fantasy castle, massive wooden rollercoaster Aska, and corkscrewing Screwcoaster pulled in the big crowds. By then though it was outdated, and dying a slow death as Universal Studios Japan (built 2001) in nearby Osaka sucked all the oxygen out of the business. It closed its doors permanently in 2006. - <br />
On July 1, 1961, Nara Dreamland opened. The entrance to the park was designed to look almost identical to Disneyland, including the Train depot, a Main Street, U.S.A. and the familiar Sleeping Beauty Castle at the hub. It also had a Matterhorn-type mountain (with a Matterhorn Bobsleds-type ride, called Bobsleigh) with the skyway running through it, as well as an Autopia-type pubs and a monorail. The park also had its own mascots, Ran-chan and Dori-chan, two children dressed as bearskin guards.<br />
<br />
It was almost an exact replica of Disneyland, visitors liked going there as it was the closest thing they could get without traveling to US. At its peak, the park had 1.6 million visitors a year.<br />
©Ralph Mirebs/Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_Japans_last_abandoned_theme_pa...jpg
  • Nara Dreamland: Japan’s last abandoned theme park<br />
<br />
Nara Dreamland opened in 1961, inspired by Disneyland in California. For 45 years its central fantasy castle, massive wooden rollercoaster Aska, and corkscrewing Screwcoaster pulled in the big crowds. By then though it was outdated, and dying a slow death as Universal Studios Japan (built 2001) in nearby Osaka sucked all the oxygen out of the business. It closed its doors permanently in 2006. - <br />
On July 1, 1961, Nara Dreamland opened. The entrance to the park was designed to look almost identical to Disneyland, including the Train depot, a Main Street, U.S.A. and the familiar Sleeping Beauty Castle at the hub. It also had a Matterhorn-type mountain (with a Matterhorn Bobsleds-type ride, called Bobsleigh) with the skyway running through it, as well as an Autopia-type pubs and a monorail. The park also had its own mascots, Ran-chan and Dori-chan, two children dressed as bearskin guards.<br />
<br />
It was almost an exact replica of Disneyland, visitors liked going there as it was the closest thing they could get without traveling to US. At its peak, the park had 1.6 million visitors a year.<br />
©Ralph Mirebs/Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_Japans_last_abandoned_theme_pa...jpg
  • Nara Dreamland: Japan’s last abandoned theme park<br />
<br />
Nara Dreamland opened in 1961, inspired by Disneyland in California. For 45 years its central fantasy castle, massive wooden rollercoaster Aska, and corkscrewing Screwcoaster pulled in the big crowds. By then though it was outdated, and dying a slow death as Universal Studios Japan (built 2001) in nearby Osaka sucked all the oxygen out of the business. It closed its doors permanently in 2006. - <br />
On July 1, 1961, Nara Dreamland opened. The entrance to the park was designed to look almost identical to Disneyland, including the Train depot, a Main Street, U.S.A. and the familiar Sleeping Beauty Castle at the hub. It also had a Matterhorn-type mountain (with a Matterhorn Bobsleds-type ride, called Bobsleigh) with the skyway running through it, as well as an Autopia-type pubs and a monorail. The park also had its own mascots, Ran-chan and Dori-chan, two children dressed as bearskin guards.<br />
<br />
It was almost an exact replica of Disneyland, visitors liked going there as it was the closest thing they could get without traveling to US. At its peak, the park had 1.6 million visitors a year.<br />
©Ralph Mirebs/Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_Japans_last_abandoned_theme_pa...jpg
  • Nara Dreamland: Japan’s last abandoned theme park<br />
<br />
Nara Dreamland opened in 1961, inspired by Disneyland in California. For 45 years its central fantasy castle, massive wooden rollercoaster Aska, and corkscrewing Screwcoaster pulled in the big crowds. By then though it was outdated, and dying a slow death as Universal Studios Japan (built 2001) in nearby Osaka sucked all the oxygen out of the business. It closed its doors permanently in 2006. - <br />
On July 1, 1961, Nara Dreamland opened. The entrance to the park was designed to look almost identical to Disneyland, including the Train depot, a Main Street, U.S.A. and the familiar Sleeping Beauty Castle at the hub. It also had a Matterhorn-type mountain (with a Matterhorn Bobsleds-type ride, called Bobsleigh) with the skyway running through it, as well as an Autopia-type pubs and a monorail. The park also had its own mascots, Ran-chan and Dori-chan, two children dressed as bearskin guards.<br />
<br />
It was almost an exact replica of Disneyland, visitors liked going there as it was the closest thing they could get without traveling to US. At its peak, the park had 1.6 million visitors a year.<br />
©Ralph Mirebs/Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_Japans_last_abandoned_theme_pa...jpg
  • Nara Dreamland: Japan’s last abandoned theme park<br />
<br />
Nara Dreamland opened in 1961, inspired by Disneyland in California. For 45 years its central fantasy castle, massive wooden rollercoaster Aska, and corkscrewing Screwcoaster pulled in the big crowds. By then though it was outdated, and dying a slow death as Universal Studios Japan (built 2001) in nearby Osaka sucked all the oxygen out of the business. It closed its doors permanently in 2006. - <br />
On July 1, 1961, Nara Dreamland opened. The entrance to the park was designed to look almost identical to Disneyland, including the Train depot, a Main Street, U.S.A. and the familiar Sleeping Beauty Castle at the hub. It also had a Matterhorn-type mountain (with a Matterhorn Bobsleds-type ride, called Bobsleigh) with the skyway running through it, as well as an Autopia-type pubs and a monorail. The park also had its own mascots, Ran-chan and Dori-chan, two children dressed as bearskin guards.<br />
<br />
It was almost an exact replica of Disneyland, visitors liked going there as it was the closest thing they could get without traveling to US. At its peak, the park had 1.6 million visitors a year.<br />
©Ralph Mirebs/Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_Japans_last_abandoned_theme_pa...jpg
  • Nara Dreamland: Japan’s last abandoned theme park<br />
<br />
Nara Dreamland opened in 1961, inspired by Disneyland in California. For 45 years its central fantasy castle, massive wooden rollercoaster Aska, and corkscrewing Screwcoaster pulled in the big crowds. By then though it was outdated, and dying a slow death as Universal Studios Japan (built 2001) in nearby Osaka sucked all the oxygen out of the business. It closed its doors permanently in 2006. - <br />
On July 1, 1961, Nara Dreamland opened. The entrance to the park was designed to look almost identical to Disneyland, including the Train depot, a Main Street, U.S.A. and the familiar Sleeping Beauty Castle at the hub. It also had a Matterhorn-type mountain (with a Matterhorn Bobsleds-type ride, called Bobsleigh) with the skyway running through it, as well as an Autopia-type pubs and a monorail. The park also had its own mascots, Ran-chan and Dori-chan, two children dressed as bearskin guards.<br />
<br />
It was almost an exact replica of Disneyland, visitors liked going there as it was the closest thing they could get without traveling to US. At its peak, the park had 1.6 million visitors a year.<br />
©Ralph Mirebs/Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_Japans_last_abandoned_theme_pa...jpg
  • Nara Dreamland: Japan’s last abandoned theme park<br />
<br />
Nara Dreamland opened in 1961, inspired by Disneyland in California. For 45 years its central fantasy castle, massive wooden rollercoaster Aska, and corkscrewing Screwcoaster pulled in the big crowds. By then though it was outdated, and dying a slow death as Universal Studios Japan (built 2001) in nearby Osaka sucked all the oxygen out of the business. It closed its doors permanently in 2006. - <br />
On July 1, 1961, Nara Dreamland opened. The entrance to the park was designed to look almost identical to Disneyland, including the Train depot, a Main Street, U.S.A. and the familiar Sleeping Beauty Castle at the hub. It also had a Matterhorn-type mountain (with a Matterhorn Bobsleds-type ride, called Bobsleigh) with the skyway running through it, as well as an Autopia-type pubs and a monorail. The park also had its own mascots, Ran-chan and Dori-chan, two children dressed as bearskin guards.<br />
<br />
It was almost an exact replica of Disneyland, visitors liked going there as it was the closest thing they could get without traveling to US. At its peak, the park had 1.6 million visitors a year.<br />
©Ralph Mirebs/Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_Japans_last_abandoned_theme_pa...jpg
  • Nara Dreamland: Japan’s last abandoned theme park<br />
<br />
Nara Dreamland opened in 1961, inspired by Disneyland in California. For 45 years its central fantasy castle, massive wooden rollercoaster Aska, and corkscrewing Screwcoaster pulled in the big crowds. By then though it was outdated, and dying a slow death as Universal Studios Japan (built 2001) in nearby Osaka sucked all the oxygen out of the business. It closed its doors permanently in 2006. - <br />
On July 1, 1961, Nara Dreamland opened. The entrance to the park was designed to look almost identical to Disneyland, including the Train depot, a Main Street, U.S.A. and the familiar Sleeping Beauty Castle at the hub. It also had a Matterhorn-type mountain (with a Matterhorn Bobsleds-type ride, called Bobsleigh) with the skyway running through it, as well as an Autopia-type pubs and a monorail. The park also had its own mascots, Ran-chan and Dori-chan, two children dressed as bearskin guards.<br />
<br />
It was almost an exact replica of Disneyland, visitors liked going there as it was the closest thing they could get without traveling to US. At its peak, the park had 1.6 million visitors a year.<br />
©Ralph Mirebs/Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_Japans_last_abandoned_theme_pa...jpg
  • Nara Dreamland: Japan’s last abandoned theme park<br />
<br />
Nara Dreamland opened in 1961, inspired by Disneyland in California. For 45 years its central fantasy castle, massive wooden rollercoaster Aska, and corkscrewing Screwcoaster pulled in the big crowds. By then though it was outdated, and dying a slow death as Universal Studios Japan (built 2001) in nearby Osaka sucked all the oxygen out of the business. It closed its doors permanently in 2006. - <br />
On July 1, 1961, Nara Dreamland opened. The entrance to the park was designed to look almost identical to Disneyland, including the Train depot, a Main Street, U.S.A. and the familiar Sleeping Beauty Castle at the hub. It also had a Matterhorn-type mountain (with a Matterhorn Bobsleds-type ride, called Bobsleigh) with the skyway running through it, as well as an Autopia-type pubs and a monorail. The park also had its own mascots, Ran-chan and Dori-chan, two children dressed as bearskin guards.<br />
<br />
It was almost an exact replica of Disneyland, visitors liked going there as it was the closest thing they could get without traveling to US. At its peak, the park had 1.6 million visitors a year.<br />
©Ralph Mirebs/Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_Japans_last_abandoned_theme_pa...jpg
  • Nara Dreamland: Japan’s last abandoned theme park<br />
<br />
Nara Dreamland opened in 1961, inspired by Disneyland in California. For 45 years its central fantasy castle, massive wooden rollercoaster Aska, and corkscrewing Screwcoaster pulled in the big crowds. By then though it was outdated, and dying a slow death as Universal Studios Japan (built 2001) in nearby Osaka sucked all the oxygen out of the business. It closed its doors permanently in 2006. - <br />
On July 1, 1961, Nara Dreamland opened. The entrance to the park was designed to look almost identical to Disneyland, including the Train depot, a Main Street, U.S.A. and the familiar Sleeping Beauty Castle at the hub. It also had a Matterhorn-type mountain (with a Matterhorn Bobsleds-type ride, called Bobsleigh) with the skyway running through it, as well as an Autopia-type pubs and a monorail. The park also had its own mascots, Ran-chan and Dori-chan, two children dressed as bearskin guards.<br />
<br />
It was almost an exact replica of Disneyland, visitors liked going there as it was the closest thing they could get without traveling to US. At its peak, the park had 1.6 million visitors a year.<br />
©Ralph Mirebs/Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_Japans_last_abandoned_theme_pa...jpg
  • Nara Dreamland: Japan’s last abandoned theme park<br />
<br />
Nara Dreamland opened in 1961, inspired by Disneyland in California. For 45 years its central fantasy castle, massive wooden rollercoaster Aska, and corkscrewing Screwcoaster pulled in the big crowds. By then though it was outdated, and dying a slow death as Universal Studios Japan (built 2001) in nearby Osaka sucked all the oxygen out of the business. It closed its doors permanently in 2006. - <br />
On July 1, 1961, Nara Dreamland opened. The entrance to the park was designed to look almost identical to Disneyland, including the Train depot, a Main Street, U.S.A. and the familiar Sleeping Beauty Castle at the hub. It also had a Matterhorn-type mountain (with a Matterhorn Bobsleds-type ride, called Bobsleigh) with the skyway running through it, as well as an Autopia-type pubs and a monorail. The park also had its own mascots, Ran-chan and Dori-chan, two children dressed as bearskin guards.<br />
<br />
It was almost an exact replica of Disneyland, visitors liked going there as it was the closest thing they could get without traveling to US. At its peak, the park had 1.6 million visitors a year.<br />
©Ralph Mirebs/Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_Japans_last_abandoned_theme_pa...jpg
  • Nara Dreamland: Japan’s last abandoned theme park<br />
<br />
Nara Dreamland opened in 1961, inspired by Disneyland in California. For 45 years its central fantasy castle, massive wooden rollercoaster Aska, and corkscrewing Screwcoaster pulled in the big crowds. By then though it was outdated, and dying a slow death as Universal Studios Japan (built 2001) in nearby Osaka sucked all the oxygen out of the business. It closed its doors permanently in 2006. - <br />
On July 1, 1961, Nara Dreamland opened. The entrance to the park was designed to look almost identical to Disneyland, including the Train depot, a Main Street, U.S.A. and the familiar Sleeping Beauty Castle at the hub. It also had a Matterhorn-type mountain (with a Matterhorn Bobsleds-type ride, called Bobsleigh) with the skyway running through it, as well as an Autopia-type pubs and a monorail. The park also had its own mascots, Ran-chan and Dori-chan, two children dressed as bearskin guards.<br />
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It was almost an exact replica of Disneyland, visitors liked going there as it was the closest thing they could get without traveling to US. At its peak, the park had 1.6 million visitors a year.<br />
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  • Nara Dreamland: Japan’s last abandoned theme park<br />
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Nara Dreamland opened in 1961, inspired by Disneyland in California. For 45 years its central fantasy castle, massive wooden rollercoaster Aska, and corkscrewing Screwcoaster pulled in the big crowds. By then though it was outdated, and dying a slow death as Universal Studios Japan (built 2001) in nearby Osaka sucked all the oxygen out of the business. It closed its doors permanently in 2006. - <br />
On July 1, 1961, Nara Dreamland opened. The entrance to the park was designed to look almost identical to Disneyland, including the Train depot, a Main Street, U.S.A. and the familiar Sleeping Beauty Castle at the hub. It also had a Matterhorn-type mountain (with a Matterhorn Bobsleds-type ride, called Bobsleigh) with the skyway running through it, as well as an Autopia-type pubs and a monorail. The park also had its own mascots, Ran-chan and Dori-chan, two children dressed as bearskin guards.<br />
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It was almost an exact replica of Disneyland, visitors liked going there as it was the closest thing they could get without traveling to US. At its peak, the park had 1.6 million visitors a year.<br />
©Ralph Mirebs/Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_Japans_last_abandoned_theme_pa...jpg
  • Nara Dreamland: Japan’s last abandoned theme park<br />
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Nara Dreamland opened in 1961, inspired by Disneyland in California. For 45 years its central fantasy castle, massive wooden rollercoaster Aska, and corkscrewing Screwcoaster pulled in the big crowds. By then though it was outdated, and dying a slow death as Universal Studios Japan (built 2001) in nearby Osaka sucked all the oxygen out of the business. It closed its doors permanently in 2006. - <br />
On July 1, 1961, Nara Dreamland opened. The entrance to the park was designed to look almost identical to Disneyland, including the Train depot, a Main Street, U.S.A. and the familiar Sleeping Beauty Castle at the hub. It also had a Matterhorn-type mountain (with a Matterhorn Bobsleds-type ride, called Bobsleigh) with the skyway running through it, as well as an Autopia-type pubs and a monorail. The park also had its own mascots, Ran-chan and Dori-chan, two children dressed as bearskin guards.<br />
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It was almost an exact replica of Disneyland, visitors liked going there as it was the closest thing they could get without traveling to US. At its peak, the park had 1.6 million visitors a year.<br />
©Ralph Mirebs/Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_Japans_last_abandoned_theme_pa...jpg
  • Nara Dreamland: Japan’s last abandoned theme park<br />
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Nara Dreamland opened in 1961, inspired by Disneyland in California. For 45 years its central fantasy castle, massive wooden rollercoaster Aska, and corkscrewing Screwcoaster pulled in the big crowds. By then though it was outdated, and dying a slow death as Universal Studios Japan (built 2001) in nearby Osaka sucked all the oxygen out of the business. It closed its doors permanently in 2006. - <br />
On July 1, 1961, Nara Dreamland opened. The entrance to the park was designed to look almost identical to Disneyland, including the Train depot, a Main Street, U.S.A. and the familiar Sleeping Beauty Castle at the hub. It also had a Matterhorn-type mountain (with a Matterhorn Bobsleds-type ride, called Bobsleigh) with the skyway running through it, as well as an Autopia-type pubs and a monorail. The park also had its own mascots, Ran-chan and Dori-chan, two children dressed as bearskin guards.<br />
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It was almost an exact replica of Disneyland, visitors liked going there as it was the closest thing they could get without traveling to US. At its peak, the park had 1.6 million visitors a year.<br />
©Ralph Mirebs/Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_Japans_last_abandoned_theme_pa...jpg
  • Nara Dreamland: Japan’s last abandoned theme park<br />
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Nara Dreamland opened in 1961, inspired by Disneyland in California. For 45 years its central fantasy castle, massive wooden rollercoaster Aska, and corkscrewing Screwcoaster pulled in the big crowds. By then though it was outdated, and dying a slow death as Universal Studios Japan (built 2001) in nearby Osaka sucked all the oxygen out of the business. It closed its doors permanently in 2006. - <br />
On July 1, 1961, Nara Dreamland opened. The entrance to the park was designed to look almost identical to Disneyland, including the Train depot, a Main Street, U.S.A. and the familiar Sleeping Beauty Castle at the hub. It also had a Matterhorn-type mountain (with a Matterhorn Bobsleds-type ride, called Bobsleigh) with the skyway running through it, as well as an Autopia-type pubs and a monorail. The park also had its own mascots, Ran-chan and Dori-chan, two children dressed as bearskin guards.<br />
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It was almost an exact replica of Disneyland, visitors liked going there as it was the closest thing they could get without traveling to US. At its peak, the park had 1.6 million visitors a year.<br />
©Ralph Mirebs/Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_Japans_last_abandoned_theme_pa...jpg
  • Nara Dreamland: Japan’s last abandoned theme park<br />
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Nara Dreamland opened in 1961, inspired by Disneyland in California. For 45 years its central fantasy castle, massive wooden rollercoaster Aska, and corkscrewing Screwcoaster pulled in the big crowds. By then though it was outdated, and dying a slow death as Universal Studios Japan (built 2001) in nearby Osaka sucked all the oxygen out of the business. It closed its doors permanently in 2006. - <br />
On July 1, 1961, Nara Dreamland opened. The entrance to the park was designed to look almost identical to Disneyland, including the Train depot, a Main Street, U.S.A. and the familiar Sleeping Beauty Castle at the hub. It also had a Matterhorn-type mountain (with a Matterhorn Bobsleds-type ride, called Bobsleigh) with the skyway running through it, as well as an Autopia-type pubs and a monorail. The park also had its own mascots, Ran-chan and Dori-chan, two children dressed as bearskin guards.<br />
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It was almost an exact replica of Disneyland, visitors liked going there as it was the closest thing they could get without traveling to US. At its peak, the park had 1.6 million visitors a year.<br />
©Ralph Mirebs/Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_Japans_last_abandoned_theme_pa...jpg
  • Nara Dreamland: Japan’s last abandoned theme park<br />
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Nara Dreamland opened in 1961, inspired by Disneyland in California. For 45 years its central fantasy castle, massive wooden rollercoaster Aska, and corkscrewing Screwcoaster pulled in the big crowds. By then though it was outdated, and dying a slow death as Universal Studios Japan (built 2001) in nearby Osaka sucked all the oxygen out of the business. It closed its doors permanently in 2006. - <br />
On July 1, 1961, Nara Dreamland opened. The entrance to the park was designed to look almost identical to Disneyland, including the Train depot, a Main Street, U.S.A. and the familiar Sleeping Beauty Castle at the hub. It also had a Matterhorn-type mountain (with a Matterhorn Bobsleds-type ride, called Bobsleigh) with the skyway running through it, as well as an Autopia-type pubs and a monorail. The park also had its own mascots, Ran-chan and Dori-chan, two children dressed as bearskin guards.<br />
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It was almost an exact replica of Disneyland, visitors liked going there as it was the closest thing they could get without traveling to US. At its peak, the park had 1.6 million visitors a year.<br />
©Ralph Mirebs/Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_Japans_last_abandoned_theme_pa...jpg
  • Nara Dreamland: Japan’s last abandoned theme park<br />
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Nara Dreamland opened in 1961, inspired by Disneyland in California. For 45 years its central fantasy castle, massive wooden rollercoaster Aska, and corkscrewing Screwcoaster pulled in the big crowds. By then though it was outdated, and dying a slow death as Universal Studios Japan (built 2001) in nearby Osaka sucked all the oxygen out of the business. It closed its doors permanently in 2006. - <br />
On July 1, 1961, Nara Dreamland opened. The entrance to the park was designed to look almost identical to Disneyland, including the Train depot, a Main Street, U.S.A. and the familiar Sleeping Beauty Castle at the hub. It also had a Matterhorn-type mountain (with a Matterhorn Bobsleds-type ride, called Bobsleigh) with the skyway running through it, as well as an Autopia-type pubs and a monorail. The park also had its own mascots, Ran-chan and Dori-chan, two children dressed as bearskin guards.<br />
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It was almost an exact replica of Disneyland, visitors liked going there as it was the closest thing they could get without traveling to US. At its peak, the park had 1.6 million visitors a year.<br />
©Ralph Mirebs/Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_Japans_last_abandoned_theme_pa...jpg
  • Nara Dreamland: Japan’s last abandoned theme park<br />
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Nara Dreamland opened in 1961, inspired by Disneyland in California. For 45 years its central fantasy castle, massive wooden rollercoaster Aska, and corkscrewing Screwcoaster pulled in the big crowds. By then though it was outdated, and dying a slow death as Universal Studios Japan (built 2001) in nearby Osaka sucked all the oxygen out of the business. It closed its doors permanently in 2006. - <br />
On July 1, 1961, Nara Dreamland opened. The entrance to the park was designed to look almost identical to Disneyland, including the Train depot, a Main Street, U.S.A. and the familiar Sleeping Beauty Castle at the hub. It also had a Matterhorn-type mountain (with a Matterhorn Bobsleds-type ride, called Bobsleigh) with the skyway running through it, as well as an Autopia-type pubs and a monorail. The park also had its own mascots, Ran-chan and Dori-chan, two children dressed as bearskin guards.<br />
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It was almost an exact replica of Disneyland, visitors liked going there as it was the closest thing they could get without traveling to US. At its peak, the park had 1.6 million visitors a year.<br />
©Ralph Mirebs/Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_Japans_last_abandoned_theme_pa...jpg
  • Nara Dreamland: Japan’s last abandoned theme park<br />
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Nara Dreamland opened in 1961, inspired by Disneyland in California. For 45 years its central fantasy castle, massive wooden rollercoaster Aska, and corkscrewing Screwcoaster pulled in the big crowds. By then though it was outdated, and dying a slow death as Universal Studios Japan (built 2001) in nearby Osaka sucked all the oxygen out of the business. It closed its doors permanently in 2006. - <br />
On July 1, 1961, Nara Dreamland opened. The entrance to the park was designed to look almost identical to Disneyland, including the Train depot, a Main Street, U.S.A. and the familiar Sleeping Beauty Castle at the hub. It also had a Matterhorn-type mountain (with a Matterhorn Bobsleds-type ride, called Bobsleigh) with the skyway running through it, as well as an Autopia-type pubs and a monorail. The park also had its own mascots, Ran-chan and Dori-chan, two children dressed as bearskin guards.<br />
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It was almost an exact replica of Disneyland, visitors liked going there as it was the closest thing they could get without traveling to US. At its peak, the park had 1.6 million visitors a year.<br />
©Ralph Mirebs/Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_Japans_last_abandoned_theme_pa...jpg
  • Nara Dreamland: Japan’s last abandoned theme park<br />
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Nara Dreamland opened in 1961, inspired by Disneyland in California. For 45 years its central fantasy castle, massive wooden rollercoaster Aska, and corkscrewing Screwcoaster pulled in the big crowds. By then though it was outdated, and dying a slow death as Universal Studios Japan (built 2001) in nearby Osaka sucked all the oxygen out of the business. It closed its doors permanently in 2006. - <br />
On July 1, 1961, Nara Dreamland opened. The entrance to the park was designed to look almost identical to Disneyland, including the Train depot, a Main Street, U.S.A. and the familiar Sleeping Beauty Castle at the hub. It also had a Matterhorn-type mountain (with a Matterhorn Bobsleds-type ride, called Bobsleigh) with the skyway running through it, as well as an Autopia-type pubs and a monorail. The park also had its own mascots, Ran-chan and Dori-chan, two children dressed as bearskin guards.<br />
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It was almost an exact replica of Disneyland, visitors liked going there as it was the closest thing they could get without traveling to US. At its peak, the park had 1.6 million visitors a year.<br />
©Ralph Mirebs/Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_Japans_last_abandoned_theme_pa...jpg
  • Nara Dreamland: Japan’s last abandoned theme park<br />
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Nara Dreamland opened in 1961, inspired by Disneyland in California. For 45 years its central fantasy castle, massive wooden rollercoaster Aska, and corkscrewing Screwcoaster pulled in the big crowds. By then though it was outdated, and dying a slow death as Universal Studios Japan (built 2001) in nearby Osaka sucked all the oxygen out of the business. It closed its doors permanently in 2006. - <br />
On July 1, 1961, Nara Dreamland opened. The entrance to the park was designed to look almost identical to Disneyland, including the Train depot, a Main Street, U.S.A. and the familiar Sleeping Beauty Castle at the hub. It also had a Matterhorn-type mountain (with a Matterhorn Bobsleds-type ride, called Bobsleigh) with the skyway running through it, as well as an Autopia-type pubs and a monorail. The park also had its own mascots, Ran-chan and Dori-chan, two children dressed as bearskin guards.<br />
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It was almost an exact replica of Disneyland, visitors liked going there as it was the closest thing they could get without traveling to US. At its peak, the park had 1.6 million visitors a year.<br />
©Ralph Mirebs/Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_Japans_last_abandoned_theme_pa...jpg
  • Nara Dreamland: Japan’s last abandoned theme park<br />
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Nara Dreamland opened in 1961, inspired by Disneyland in California. For 45 years its central fantasy castle, massive wooden rollercoaster Aska, and corkscrewing Screwcoaster pulled in the big crowds. By then though it was outdated, and dying a slow death as Universal Studios Japan (built 2001) in nearby Osaka sucked all the oxygen out of the business. It closed its doors permanently in 2006. - <br />
On July 1, 1961, Nara Dreamland opened. The entrance to the park was designed to look almost identical to Disneyland, including the Train depot, a Main Street, U.S.A. and the familiar Sleeping Beauty Castle at the hub. It also had a Matterhorn-type mountain (with a Matterhorn Bobsleds-type ride, called Bobsleigh) with the skyway running through it, as well as an Autopia-type pubs and a monorail. The park also had its own mascots, Ran-chan and Dori-chan, two children dressed as bearskin guards.<br />
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It was almost an exact replica of Disneyland, visitors liked going there as it was the closest thing they could get without traveling to US. At its peak, the park had 1.6 million visitors a year.<br />
©Ralph Mirebs/Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_Japans_last_abandoned_theme_pa...jpg
  • Nara Dreamland: Japan’s last abandoned theme park<br />
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Nara Dreamland opened in 1961, inspired by Disneyland in California. For 45 years its central fantasy castle, massive wooden rollercoaster Aska, and corkscrewing Screwcoaster pulled in the big crowds. By then though it was outdated, and dying a slow death as Universal Studios Japan (built 2001) in nearby Osaka sucked all the oxygen out of the business. It closed its doors permanently in 2006. - <br />
On July 1, 1961, Nara Dreamland opened. The entrance to the park was designed to look almost identical to Disneyland, including the Train depot, a Main Street, U.S.A. and the familiar Sleeping Beauty Castle at the hub. It also had a Matterhorn-type mountain (with a Matterhorn Bobsleds-type ride, called Bobsleigh) with the skyway running through it, as well as an Autopia-type pubs and a monorail. The park also had its own mascots, Ran-chan and Dori-chan, two children dressed as bearskin guards.<br />
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It was almost an exact replica of Disneyland, visitors liked going there as it was the closest thing they could get without traveling to US. At its peak, the park had 1.6 million visitors a year.<br />
©Ralph Mirebs/Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_Japans_last_abandoned_theme_pa...jpg
  • Nara Dreamland: Japan’s last abandoned theme park<br />
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Nara Dreamland opened in 1961, inspired by Disneyland in California. For 45 years its central fantasy castle, massive wooden rollercoaster Aska, and corkscrewing Screwcoaster pulled in the big crowds. By then though it was outdated, and dying a slow death as Universal Studios Japan (built 2001) in nearby Osaka sucked all the oxygen out of the business. It closed its doors permanently in 2006. - <br />
On July 1, 1961, Nara Dreamland opened. The entrance to the park was designed to look almost identical to Disneyland, including the Train depot, a Main Street, U.S.A. and the familiar Sleeping Beauty Castle at the hub. It also had a Matterhorn-type mountain (with a Matterhorn Bobsleds-type ride, called Bobsleigh) with the skyway running through it, as well as an Autopia-type pubs and a monorail. The park also had its own mascots, Ran-chan and Dori-chan, two children dressed as bearskin guards.<br />
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It was almost an exact replica of Disneyland, visitors liked going there as it was the closest thing they could get without traveling to US. At its peak, the park had 1.6 million visitors a year.<br />
©Ralph Mirebs/Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_Japans_last_abandoned_theme_pa...jpg
  • Nara Dreamland: Japan’s last abandoned theme park<br />
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Nara Dreamland opened in 1961, inspired by Disneyland in California. For 45 years its central fantasy castle, massive wooden rollercoaster Aska, and corkscrewing Screwcoaster pulled in the big crowds. By then though it was outdated, and dying a slow death as Universal Studios Japan (built 2001) in nearby Osaka sucked all the oxygen out of the business. It closed its doors permanently in 2006. - <br />
On July 1, 1961, Nara Dreamland opened. The entrance to the park was designed to look almost identical to Disneyland, including the Train depot, a Main Street, U.S.A. and the familiar Sleeping Beauty Castle at the hub. It also had a Matterhorn-type mountain (with a Matterhorn Bobsleds-type ride, called Bobsleigh) with the skyway running through it, as well as an Autopia-type pubs and a monorail. The park also had its own mascots, Ran-chan and Dori-chan, two children dressed as bearskin guards.<br />
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It was almost an exact replica of Disneyland, visitors liked going there as it was the closest thing they could get without traveling to US. At its peak, the park had 1.6 million visitors a year.<br />
©Ralph Mirebs/Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_Japans_last_abandoned_theme_pa...jpg
  • Nara Dreamland: Japan’s last abandoned theme park<br />
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Nara Dreamland opened in 1961, inspired by Disneyland in California. For 45 years its central fantasy castle, massive wooden rollercoaster Aska, and corkscrewing Screwcoaster pulled in the big crowds. By then though it was outdated, and dying a slow death as Universal Studios Japan (built 2001) in nearby Osaka sucked all the oxygen out of the business. It closed its doors permanently in 2006. - <br />
On July 1, 1961, Nara Dreamland opened. The entrance to the park was designed to look almost identical to Disneyland, including the Train depot, a Main Street, U.S.A. and the familiar Sleeping Beauty Castle at the hub. It also had a Matterhorn-type mountain (with a Matterhorn Bobsleds-type ride, called Bobsleigh) with the skyway running through it, as well as an Autopia-type pubs and a monorail. The park also had its own mascots, Ran-chan and Dori-chan, two children dressed as bearskin guards.<br />
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It was almost an exact replica of Disneyland, visitors liked going there as it was the closest thing they could get without traveling to US. At its peak, the park had 1.6 million visitors a year.<br />
©Ralph Mirebs/Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_Japans_last_abandoned_theme_pa...jpg
  • Nara Dreamland: Japan’s last abandoned theme park<br />
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Nara Dreamland opened in 1961, inspired by Disneyland in California. For 45 years its central fantasy castle, massive wooden rollercoaster Aska, and corkscrewing Screwcoaster pulled in the big crowds. By then though it was outdated, and dying a slow death as Universal Studios Japan (built 2001) in nearby Osaka sucked all the oxygen out of the business. It closed its doors permanently in 2006. - <br />
On July 1, 1961, Nara Dreamland opened. The entrance to the park was designed to look almost identical to Disneyland, including the Train depot, a Main Street, U.S.A. and the familiar Sleeping Beauty Castle at the hub. It also had a Matterhorn-type mountain (with a Matterhorn Bobsleds-type ride, called Bobsleigh) with the skyway running through it, as well as an Autopia-type pubs and a monorail. The park also had its own mascots, Ran-chan and Dori-chan, two children dressed as bearskin guards.<br />
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It was almost an exact replica of Disneyland, visitors liked going there as it was the closest thing they could get without traveling to US. At its peak, the park had 1.6 million visitors a year.<br />
©Ralph Mirebs/Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_Japans_last_abandoned_theme_pa...jpg
  • Nara Dreamland: Japan’s last abandoned theme park<br />
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Nara Dreamland opened in 1961, inspired by Disneyland in California. For 45 years its central fantasy castle, massive wooden rollercoaster Aska, and corkscrewing Screwcoaster pulled in the big crowds. By then though it was outdated, and dying a slow death as Universal Studios Japan (built 2001) in nearby Osaka sucked all the oxygen out of the business. It closed its doors permanently in 2006. - <br />
On July 1, 1961, Nara Dreamland opened. The entrance to the park was designed to look almost identical to Disneyland, including the Train depot, a Main Street, U.S.A. and the familiar Sleeping Beauty Castle at the hub. It also had a Matterhorn-type mountain (with a Matterhorn Bobsleds-type ride, called Bobsleigh) with the skyway running through it, as well as an Autopia-type pubs and a monorail. The park also had its own mascots, Ran-chan and Dori-chan, two children dressed as bearskin guards.<br />
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It was almost an exact replica of Disneyland, visitors liked going there as it was the closest thing they could get without traveling to US. At its peak, the park had 1.6 million visitors a year.<br />
©Ralph Mirebs/Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_Japans_last_abandoned_theme_pa...jpg
  • Nara Dreamland: Japan’s last abandoned theme park<br />
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Nara Dreamland opened in 1961, inspired by Disneyland in California. For 45 years its central fantasy castle, massive wooden rollercoaster Aska, and corkscrewing Screwcoaster pulled in the big crowds. By then though it was outdated, and dying a slow death as Universal Studios Japan (built 2001) in nearby Osaka sucked all the oxygen out of the business. It closed its doors permanently in 2006. - <br />
On July 1, 1961, Nara Dreamland opened. The entrance to the park was designed to look almost identical to Disneyland, including the Train depot, a Main Street, U.S.A. and the familiar Sleeping Beauty Castle at the hub. It also had a Matterhorn-type mountain (with a Matterhorn Bobsleds-type ride, called Bobsleigh) with the skyway running through it, as well as an Autopia-type pubs and a monorail. The park also had its own mascots, Ran-chan and Dori-chan, two children dressed as bearskin guards.<br />
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It was almost an exact replica of Disneyland, visitors liked going there as it was the closest thing they could get without traveling to US. At its peak, the park had 1.6 million visitors a year.<br />
©Ralph Mirebs/Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_Japans_last_abandoned_theme_pa...jpg
  • Nara Dreamland: Japan’s last abandoned theme park<br />
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Nara Dreamland opened in 1961, inspired by Disneyland in California. For 45 years its central fantasy castle, massive wooden rollercoaster Aska, and corkscrewing Screwcoaster pulled in the big crowds. By then though it was outdated, and dying a slow death as Universal Studios Japan (built 2001) in nearby Osaka sucked all the oxygen out of the business. It closed its doors permanently in 2006. - <br />
On July 1, 1961, Nara Dreamland opened. The entrance to the park was designed to look almost identical to Disneyland, including the Train depot, a Main Street, U.S.A. and the familiar Sleeping Beauty Castle at the hub. It also had a Matterhorn-type mountain (with a Matterhorn Bobsleds-type ride, called Bobsleigh) with the skyway running through it, as well as an Autopia-type pubs and a monorail. The park also had its own mascots, Ran-chan and Dori-chan, two children dressed as bearskin guards.<br />
<br />
It was almost an exact replica of Disneyland, visitors liked going there as it was the closest thing they could get without traveling to US. At its peak, the park had 1.6 million visitors a year.<br />
©Ralph Mirebs/Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_Japans_last_abandoned_theme_pa...jpg
  • Nara Dreamland: Japan’s last abandoned theme park<br />
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Nara Dreamland opened in 1961, inspired by Disneyland in California. For 45 years its central fantasy castle, massive wooden rollercoaster Aska, and corkscrewing Screwcoaster pulled in the big crowds. By then though it was outdated, and dying a slow death as Universal Studios Japan (built 2001) in nearby Osaka sucked all the oxygen out of the business. It closed its doors permanently in 2006. - <br />
On July 1, 1961, Nara Dreamland opened. The entrance to the park was designed to look almost identical to Disneyland, including the Train depot, a Main Street, U.S.A. and the familiar Sleeping Beauty Castle at the hub. It also had a Matterhorn-type mountain (with a Matterhorn Bobsleds-type ride, called Bobsleigh) with the skyway running through it, as well as an Autopia-type pubs and a monorail. The park also had its own mascots, Ran-chan and Dori-chan, two children dressed as bearskin guards.<br />
<br />
It was almost an exact replica of Disneyland, visitors liked going there as it was the closest thing they could get without traveling to US. At its peak, the park had 1.6 million visitors a year.<br />
©Ralph Mirebs/Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_Japans_last_abandoned_theme_pa...jpg
  • Nara Dreamland: Japan’s last abandoned theme park<br />
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Nara Dreamland opened in 1961, inspired by Disneyland in California. For 45 years its central fantasy castle, massive wooden rollercoaster Aska, and corkscrewing Screwcoaster pulled in the big crowds. By then though it was outdated, and dying a slow death as Universal Studios Japan (built 2001) in nearby Osaka sucked all the oxygen out of the business. It closed its doors permanently in 2006. - <br />
On July 1, 1961, Nara Dreamland opened. The entrance to the park was designed to look almost identical to Disneyland, including the Train depot, a Main Street, U.S.A. and the familiar Sleeping Beauty Castle at the hub. It also had a Matterhorn-type mountain (with a Matterhorn Bobsleds-type ride, called Bobsleigh) with the skyway running through it, as well as an Autopia-type pubs and a monorail. The park also had its own mascots, Ran-chan and Dori-chan, two children dressed as bearskin guards.<br />
<br />
It was almost an exact replica of Disneyland, visitors liked going there as it was the closest thing they could get without traveling to US. At its peak, the park had 1.6 million visitors a year.<br />
©Ralph Mirebs/Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_Japans_last_abandoned_theme_pa...jpg
  • Nara Dreamland: Japan’s last abandoned theme park<br />
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Nara Dreamland opened in 1961, inspired by Disneyland in California. For 45 years its central fantasy castle, massive wooden rollercoaster Aska, and corkscrewing Screwcoaster pulled in the big crowds. By then though it was outdated, and dying a slow death as Universal Studios Japan (built 2001) in nearby Osaka sucked all the oxygen out of the business. It closed its doors permanently in 2006. - <br />
On July 1, 1961, Nara Dreamland opened. The entrance to the park was designed to look almost identical to Disneyland, including the Train depot, a Main Street, U.S.A. and the familiar Sleeping Beauty Castle at the hub. It also had a Matterhorn-type mountain (with a Matterhorn Bobsleds-type ride, called Bobsleigh) with the skyway running through it, as well as an Autopia-type pubs and a monorail. The park also had its own mascots, Ran-chan and Dori-chan, two children dressed as bearskin guards.<br />
<br />
It was almost an exact replica of Disneyland, visitors liked going there as it was the closest thing they could get without traveling to US. At its peak, the park had 1.6 million visitors a year.<br />
©Ralph Mirebs/Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_Japans_last_abandoned_theme_pa...jpg
  • Nara Dreamland: Japan’s last abandoned theme park<br />
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Nara Dreamland opened in 1961, inspired by Disneyland in California. For 45 years its central fantasy castle, massive wooden rollercoaster Aska, and corkscrewing Screwcoaster pulled in the big crowds. By then though it was outdated, and dying a slow death as Universal Studios Japan (built 2001) in nearby Osaka sucked all the oxygen out of the business. It closed its doors permanently in 2006. - <br />
On July 1, 1961, Nara Dreamland opened. The entrance to the park was designed to look almost identical to Disneyland, including the Train depot, a Main Street, U.S.A. and the familiar Sleeping Beauty Castle at the hub. It also had a Matterhorn-type mountain (with a Matterhorn Bobsleds-type ride, called Bobsleigh) with the skyway running through it, as well as an Autopia-type pubs and a monorail. The park also had its own mascots, Ran-chan and Dori-chan, two children dressed as bearskin guards.<br />
<br />
It was almost an exact replica of Disneyland, visitors liked going there as it was the closest thing they could get without traveling to US. At its peak, the park had 1.6 million visitors a year.<br />
©Ralph Mirebs/Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_Japans_last_abandoned_theme_pa...jpg
  • Nara Dreamland: Japan’s last abandoned theme park<br />
<br />
Nara Dreamland opened in 1961, inspired by Disneyland in California. For 45 years its central fantasy castle, massive wooden rollercoaster Aska, and corkscrewing Screwcoaster pulled in the big crowds. By then though it was outdated, and dying a slow death as Universal Studios Japan (built 2001) in nearby Osaka sucked all the oxygen out of the business. It closed its doors permanently in 2006. - <br />
On July 1, 1961, Nara Dreamland opened. The entrance to the park was designed to look almost identical to Disneyland, including the Train depot, a Main Street, U.S.A. and the familiar Sleeping Beauty Castle at the hub. It also had a Matterhorn-type mountain (with a Matterhorn Bobsleds-type ride, called Bobsleigh) with the skyway running through it, as well as an Autopia-type pubs and a monorail. The park also had its own mascots, Ran-chan and Dori-chan, two children dressed as bearskin guards.<br />
<br />
It was almost an exact replica of Disneyland, visitors liked going there as it was the closest thing they could get without traveling to US. At its peak, the park had 1.6 million visitors a year.<br />
©Ralph Mirebs/Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_Japans_last_abandoned_theme_pa...jpg
  • Nara Dreamland: Japan’s last abandoned theme park<br />
<br />
Nara Dreamland opened in 1961, inspired by Disneyland in California. For 45 years its central fantasy castle, massive wooden rollercoaster Aska, and corkscrewing Screwcoaster pulled in the big crowds. By then though it was outdated, and dying a slow death as Universal Studios Japan (built 2001) in nearby Osaka sucked all the oxygen out of the business. It closed its doors permanently in 2006. - <br />
On July 1, 1961, Nara Dreamland opened. The entrance to the park was designed to look almost identical to Disneyland, including the Train depot, a Main Street, U.S.A. and the familiar Sleeping Beauty Castle at the hub. It also had a Matterhorn-type mountain (with a Matterhorn Bobsleds-type ride, called Bobsleigh) with the skyway running through it, as well as an Autopia-type pubs and a monorail. The park also had its own mascots, Ran-chan and Dori-chan, two children dressed as bearskin guards.<br />
<br />
It was almost an exact replica of Disneyland, visitors liked going there as it was the closest thing they could get without traveling to US. At its peak, the park had 1.6 million visitors a year.<br />
©Ralph Mirebs/Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_Japans_last_abandoned_theme_pa...jpg
  • Nara Dreamland: Japan’s last abandoned theme park<br />
<br />
Nara Dreamland opened in 1961, inspired by Disneyland in California. For 45 years its central fantasy castle, massive wooden rollercoaster Aska, and corkscrewing Screwcoaster pulled in the big crowds. By then though it was outdated, and dying a slow death as Universal Studios Japan (built 2001) in nearby Osaka sucked all the oxygen out of the business. It closed its doors permanently in 2006. - <br />
On July 1, 1961, Nara Dreamland opened. The entrance to the park was designed to look almost identical to Disneyland, including the Train depot, a Main Street, U.S.A. and the familiar Sleeping Beauty Castle at the hub. It also had a Matterhorn-type mountain (with a Matterhorn Bobsleds-type ride, called Bobsleigh) with the skyway running through it, as well as an Autopia-type pubs and a monorail. The park also had its own mascots, Ran-chan and Dori-chan, two children dressed as bearskin guards.<br />
<br />
It was almost an exact replica of Disneyland, visitors liked going there as it was the closest thing they could get without traveling to US. At its peak, the park had 1.6 million visitors a year.<br />
©Ralph Mirebs/Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_Japans_last_abandoned_theme_pa...jpg
  • Nara Dreamland: Japan’s last abandoned theme park<br />
<br />
Nara Dreamland opened in 1961, inspired by Disneyland in California. For 45 years its central fantasy castle, massive wooden rollercoaster Aska, and corkscrewing Screwcoaster pulled in the big crowds. By then though it was outdated, and dying a slow death as Universal Studios Japan (built 2001) in nearby Osaka sucked all the oxygen out of the business. It closed its doors permanently in 2006. - <br />
On July 1, 1961, Nara Dreamland opened. The entrance to the park was designed to look almost identical to Disneyland, including the Train depot, a Main Street, U.S.A. and the familiar Sleeping Beauty Castle at the hub. It also had a Matterhorn-type mountain (with a Matterhorn Bobsleds-type ride, called Bobsleigh) with the skyway running through it, as well as an Autopia-type pubs and a monorail. The park also had its own mascots, Ran-chan and Dori-chan, two children dressed as bearskin guards.<br />
<br />
It was almost an exact replica of Disneyland, visitors liked going there as it was the closest thing they could get without traveling to US. At its peak, the park had 1.6 million visitors a year.<br />
©Ralph Mirebs/Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_Japans_last_abandoned_theme_pa...jpg
  • Nara Dreamland: Japan’s last abandoned theme park<br />
<br />
Nara Dreamland opened in 1961, inspired by Disneyland in California. For 45 years its central fantasy castle, massive wooden rollercoaster Aska, and corkscrewing Screwcoaster pulled in the big crowds. By then though it was outdated, and dying a slow death as Universal Studios Japan (built 2001) in nearby Osaka sucked all the oxygen out of the business. It closed its doors permanently in 2006. - <br />
On July 1, 1961, Nara Dreamland opened. The entrance to the park was designed to look almost identical to Disneyland, including the Train depot, a Main Street, U.S.A. and the familiar Sleeping Beauty Castle at the hub. It also had a Matterhorn-type mountain (with a Matterhorn Bobsleds-type ride, called Bobsleigh) with the skyway running through it, as well as an Autopia-type pubs and a monorail. The park also had its own mascots, Ran-chan and Dori-chan, two children dressed as bearskin guards.<br />
<br />
It was almost an exact replica of Disneyland, visitors liked going there as it was the closest thing they could get without traveling to US. At its peak, the park had 1.6 million visitors a year.<br />
©Ralph Mirebs/Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_Japans_last_abandoned_theme_pa...jpg
  • Nara Dreamland: Japan’s last abandoned theme park<br />
<br />
Nara Dreamland opened in 1961, inspired by Disneyland in California. For 45 years its central fantasy castle, massive wooden rollercoaster Aska, and corkscrewing Screwcoaster pulled in the big crowds. By then though it was outdated, and dying a slow death as Universal Studios Japan (built 2001) in nearby Osaka sucked all the oxygen out of the business. It closed its doors permanently in 2006. - <br />
On July 1, 1961, Nara Dreamland opened. The entrance to the park was designed to look almost identical to Disneyland, including the Train depot, a Main Street, U.S.A. and the familiar Sleeping Beauty Castle at the hub. It also had a Matterhorn-type mountain (with a Matterhorn Bobsleds-type ride, called Bobsleigh) with the skyway running through it, as well as an Autopia-type pubs and a monorail. The park also had its own mascots, Ran-chan and Dori-chan, two children dressed as bearskin guards.<br />
<br />
It was almost an exact replica of Disneyland, visitors liked going there as it was the closest thing they could get without traveling to US. At its peak, the park had 1.6 million visitors a year.<br />
©Ralph Mirebs/Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_Japans_last_abandoned_theme_pa...jpg
  • Nara Dreamland: Japan’s last abandoned theme park<br />
<br />
Nara Dreamland opened in 1961, inspired by Disneyland in California. For 45 years its central fantasy castle, massive wooden rollercoaster Aska, and corkscrewing Screwcoaster pulled in the big crowds. By then though it was outdated, and dying a slow death as Universal Studios Japan (built 2001) in nearby Osaka sucked all the oxygen out of the business. It closed its doors permanently in 2006. - <br />
On July 1, 1961, Nara Dreamland opened. The entrance to the park was designed to look almost identical to Disneyland, including the Train depot, a Main Street, U.S.A. and the familiar Sleeping Beauty Castle at the hub. It also had a Matterhorn-type mountain (with a Matterhorn Bobsleds-type ride, called Bobsleigh) with the skyway running through it, as well as an Autopia-type pubs and a monorail. The park also had its own mascots, Ran-chan and Dori-chan, two children dressed as bearskin guards.<br />
<br />
It was almost an exact replica of Disneyland, visitors liked going there as it was the closest thing they could get without traveling to US. At its peak, the park had 1.6 million visitors a year.<br />
©Ralph Mirebs/Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_Japans_last_abandoned_theme_pa...jpg
  • Nara Dreamland: Japan’s last abandoned theme park<br />
<br />
Nara Dreamland opened in 1961, inspired by Disneyland in California. For 45 years its central fantasy castle, massive wooden rollercoaster Aska, and corkscrewing Screwcoaster pulled in the big crowds. By then though it was outdated, and dying a slow death as Universal Studios Japan (built 2001) in nearby Osaka sucked all the oxygen out of the business. It closed its doors permanently in 2006. - <br />
On July 1, 1961, Nara Dreamland opened. The entrance to the park was designed to look almost identical to Disneyland, including the Train depot, a Main Street, U.S.A. and the familiar Sleeping Beauty Castle at the hub. It also had a Matterhorn-type mountain (with a Matterhorn Bobsleds-type ride, called Bobsleigh) with the skyway running through it, as well as an Autopia-type pubs and a monorail. The park also had its own mascots, Ran-chan and Dori-chan, two children dressed as bearskin guards.<br />
<br />
It was almost an exact replica of Disneyland, visitors liked going there as it was the closest thing they could get without traveling to US. At its peak, the park had 1.6 million visitors a year.<br />
©Ralph Mirebs/Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_Japans_last_abandoned_theme_pa...jpg
  • Nara Dreamland: Japan’s last abandoned theme park<br />
<br />
Nara Dreamland opened in 1961, inspired by Disneyland in California. For 45 years its central fantasy castle, massive wooden rollercoaster Aska, and corkscrewing Screwcoaster pulled in the big crowds. By then though it was outdated, and dying a slow death as Universal Studios Japan (built 2001) in nearby Osaka sucked all the oxygen out of the business. It closed its doors permanently in 2006. - <br />
On July 1, 1961, Nara Dreamland opened. The entrance to the park was designed to look almost identical to Disneyland, including the Train depot, a Main Street, U.S.A. and the familiar Sleeping Beauty Castle at the hub. It also had a Matterhorn-type mountain (with a Matterhorn Bobsleds-type ride, called Bobsleigh) with the skyway running through it, as well as an Autopia-type pubs and a monorail. The park also had its own mascots, Ran-chan and Dori-chan, two children dressed as bearskin guards.<br />
<br />
It was almost an exact replica of Disneyland, visitors liked going there as it was the closest thing they could get without traveling to US. At its peak, the park had 1.6 million visitors a year.<br />
©Ralph Mirebs/Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_Japans_last_abandoned_theme_pa...jpg
  • Nara Dreamland: Japan’s last abandoned theme park<br />
<br />
Nara Dreamland opened in 1961, inspired by Disneyland in California. For 45 years its central fantasy castle, massive wooden rollercoaster Aska, and corkscrewing Screwcoaster pulled in the big crowds. By then though it was outdated, and dying a slow death as Universal Studios Japan (built 2001) in nearby Osaka sucked all the oxygen out of the business. It closed its doors permanently in 2006. - <br />
On July 1, 1961, Nara Dreamland opened. The entrance to the park was designed to look almost identical to Disneyland, including the Train depot, a Main Street, U.S.A. and the familiar Sleeping Beauty Castle at the hub. It also had a Matterhorn-type mountain (with a Matterhorn Bobsleds-type ride, called Bobsleigh) with the skyway running through it, as well as an Autopia-type pubs and a monorail. The park also had its own mascots, Ran-chan and Dori-chan, two children dressed as bearskin guards.<br />
<br />
It was almost an exact replica of Disneyland, visitors liked going there as it was the closest thing they could get without traveling to US. At its peak, the park had 1.6 million visitors a year.<br />
©Ralph Mirebs/Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_Japans_last_abandoned_theme_pa...jpg
  • SHANGHAI, CHINA - MAY 25: (CHINA OUT) <br />
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Fireworks light up the Enchanted Storybook Castle as a shining symbol of Shanghai Disneyland on May 25, 2016 in Shanghai, China. The Shanghai Disneyland has been on a trial operation for half a month and another fireworks and 3D light show rehearsal performed on Tuesday night for its upcoming grant opening which will fall on June 16.<br />
©Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_Firework_Shanghai_Disneyland03.jpg
  • SHANGHAI, CHINA - MAY 25: (CHINA OUT) <br />
<br />
Fireworks light up the Enchanted Storybook Castle as a shining symbol of Shanghai Disneyland on May 25, 2016 in Shanghai, China. The Shanghai Disneyland has been on a trial operation for half a month and another fireworks and 3D light show rehearsal performed on Tuesday night for its upcoming grant opening which will fall on June 16.<br />
©Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_Firework_Shanghai_Disneyland01.jpg
  • SHANGHAI, CHINA - MAY 25: (CHINA OUT) <br />
<br />
Fireworks light up the Enchanted Storybook Castle as a shining symbol of Shanghai Disneyland on May 25, 2016 in Shanghai, China. The Shanghai Disneyland has been on a trial operation for half a month and another fireworks and 3D light show rehearsal performed on Tuesday night for its upcoming grant opening which will fall on June 16.<br />
©Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_Firework_Shanghai_Disneyland06.jpg
  • SHANGHAI, CHINA - MAY 25: (CHINA OUT) <br />
<br />
Fireworks light up the Enchanted Storybook Castle as a shining symbol of Shanghai Disneyland on May 25, 2016 in Shanghai, China. The Shanghai Disneyland has been on a trial operation for half a month and another fireworks and 3D light show rehearsal performed on Tuesday night for its upcoming grant opening which will fall on June 16.<br />
©Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_Firework_Shanghai_Disneyland05.jpg
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