{"author":"Jan Brennenstuhl","categories":["Urban Exploration"],"cover":{"alt":"Joyland: Abandoned Amusement Park","height":720,"src":"https://www.urbanartcore.com/joyland-abandoned-amusement-park/abandoned-theme-park-kansas.jpg","width":1200},"credit":"","date":"2011-08-24T10:29:21Z","description":"Including a wooden roller coaster and Western building attractions, the 1949 built, abandoned Joyland Amusement Park in Wichita, Kansas is nowadays a playground for urban explorers. Watch this film and you know what I mean...","html":"\u003cp\u003eBuilding theme parks and never using them is not just a Chinese problem (remember the \u003ca href=\"/ghost-wonderland-abandoned-theme-park/\"\u003eabandoned Wonderland\u003c/a\u003e)! Also in the US you can find abandoned and decayed amusement parks like the so-called \u003cem\u003eJoyland\u003c/em\u003e in Wichita, Kansas, which comes with fabulous sad images of forgotten days with a lot of fun\u0026hellip;\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOpened in 1949, the \u003cem\u003eJoyland Amusement Park\u003c/em\u003e was once the largest theme park in central Kansas and operated for 55 years until it closed in 2004 due to financial problems. With its wooden roller coaster, Western buildings and other attractions this abandoned theme park seems to be a playground for urban explorers and photographers.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWatch the nice video taken by Mike Petty in the park and tell me if you know any comparative places in Europe except the \u003ca href=\"/abandoned-places-berlin/\"\u003eabandoned Spreepark\u003c/a\u003e in Berlin!\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor more info about the history of the \u003cem\u003eJoyland Amusement Park\u003c/em\u003e in Kansas, read the corresponding \u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joyland_Amusement_Park_(Wichita)\"\u003eWikipedia article\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n","markdown":"\n\n\n\nBuilding theme parks and never using them is not just a Chinese problem (remember the [abandoned Wonderland](/ghost-wonderland-abandoned-theme-park/))! Also in the US you can find abandoned and decayed amusement parks like the so-called *Joyland* in Wichita, Kansas, which comes with fabulous sad images of forgotten days with a lot of fun...\n\nOpened in 1949, the *Joyland Amusement Park* was once the largest theme park in central Kansas and operated for 55 years until it closed in 2004 due to financial problems. With its wooden roller coaster, Western buildings and other attractions this abandoned theme park seems to be a playground for urban explorers and photographers.\n\nWatch the nice video taken by Mike Petty in the park and tell me if you know any comparative places in Europe except the [abandoned Spreepark](/abandoned-places-berlin/) in Berlin!\n\nFor more info about the history of the *Joyland Amusement Park* in Kansas, read the corresponding [Wikipedia article](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joyland_Amusement_Park_(Wichita)).\n","tags":["Theme Park","Wichita"],"title":"Joyland: Abandoned Amusement Park","url":"https://www.urbanartcore.com/joyland-abandoned-amusement-park/"}