Inside an abandoned theme park with a fake Disney castle left to rot after the actor was KILLED on stage
A creepy theme park with a fake Disney castle has been abandoned for more than a decade.
Located in the Netherlands, Het Land van Ooit, or the Land of Once, was once the country’s most popular adventure attraction for the Dutch people.
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However, it quickly turned creepy deserted area filled with rot and dust.
Spooky photos show the park’s crumbling fate with a fake Disney castle and creepy figurines.
The theme park was founded in 1989 by Marc Taminiau and was intended as a perfect children’s theme park.
Because people and props all played a role in the magical stories created for the park, little children were the kings of the castle.
The entire park was built around the theme of knights – and every day a dramatic battle took place between four armored soldiers.
But things took a turn for the worse after an actor who played the role of the ‘Black Knights’ tragically died after being stabbed in a live play.
Soon the number of visitors started to decline because the park received less attention from the administrators.
The theme park’s boss soon established a similar theme park in Belgium, which turned out to be a major financial fiasco.
Despite Taminiau’s many attempts, the bosses were unable to make the theatrical fairytale park a success again.
And in 2007, it finally closed its doors after a series of problems.
Few remains of the abandoned theme park that was once the country’s most popular adventure attraction
But the pink castle, now faded to its original brick color, still stands.
In addition to the main building, the Battle of Waterloo – a swamp full of statues of French soldiers – remains the biggest eye-catcher.
The statues originally stood in a fountain that slowly made the soldiers disappear.
Legend has it that when Napoleon and his army traveled through the Land of Once, a dark magician cast a spell on the fleet of warriors, turning them into rocks.
After being sold at auction at a loss, parts of the abandoned theme park, including the castle, have been repurposed by the local government and turned into a public park.
Visitors can now take a look at what was once a dream destination for Dutch children.
Meanwhile, a theme park that was meant to be Japanese version of Disneyland has been rotting for over ten years.
Nara Dreamland should have been the country’s most popular adventure attraction, but it only managed to become a spooky one deserted area filled with rot and dust.
The theme park opened in 1961 and was based on the original Disneyland in Californiawhich had opened just six years earlier.
The theme park was heavily copied from the California-based site – it included copies of Main Street USASleeping Beauty Castle, Autopia, Matterhorn and Jungle Cruise.
From the above, the layout of the park seemed identical to that of the original Disneyland – even the entrance castle looked the same.
The park also had its own mascots Ran-chan and Dori-chan – much like Disney’s Mickey Mouse – two children dressed as bearskin guardians.
But after The Walt Disney Company made a deal to bring its theme park to Japanthings started to fall apart for Nara.
When Tokyo Disneyland opened its gates in 1983, the number of visitors to Nara began to slowly decline as most people wanted to visit the original location.
Nara finally closed its gates in 2006 – and was finally demolished for good in 2016.
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