Abandoned Amusement Parks
I do a lot of urban exploration in South Korea. So far, I've been to so many abandoned amusement parks and theme parks I've lost count.

Last weekend, I went to the Bible Expo, a failed theme park that was built last year to brainwash Korean kids. It's on Songdo, a ridiculous pork-barrel project often referred to as the Dubai of the Far East. It's built on reclaimed land and has some of the most expensive real estate in the world, but so far no one wants to live there.

We went to the Bible Expo and had a picnic in the Garden of Eden, under a mostly naked Adam and Eve. We found the execution of John the Baptist and the manger where Christ was born, and swapped baby Christ with the severed head of John the Baptist.

Anyway, have a look:
www.daehanmindecline.com/2011/20110604.html

A couple years ago, I lived in Suwon, which also had an abandoned amusement park known as Woncheon Lakeland. You can see pictures of it here:
www.darkroastedblend.com/2008/11/ghost-rides-abandoned-parks-in-south.html
For my housewarming, I brought some of my friends there. We got inside an abandoned wedding hall that was floating on the lake. My friend Will said "Take whatever you want, boys, this thing's getting demolished!" If you know much about urban exploration, this isn't something we do.

Will decided to steal a neon beer sign from the front window (fully visible from the shore). He went looking for scissors or something sharp to cut it down. Another friend found a tambourine in the karaoke lounge, and put it in his backpack. Every step he took, the tambourine rattled.

A moment later, I happened to look down at the dock, where a Korean guy in a black suit stepped down off the shore and started walking very purposefully toward us. I warned everybody and we all hid, but we couldn't see Will.

It turns out he was downstairs looking for something sharp to cut the wire holding the neon sign in place, and was just walking back with a pair of scissors when the Korean guy caught him. It was obvious that guy knew we were all there, considering there was no other way out--short of stealing a paddleboat and paddling away. To make matters worse, Will was calling out to us.

I called my friend on the phone and told him to just say sorry and walk by the guy, banking on the assumption that he wouldn't be physically stopped. He didn't seem to get it, wanting to lie his way out instead by saying he was a Samsung engineer.

I rounded up the other guys and told them we were going to march out. Only one problem: Mr Tambourine Man. I told him to take it out of his bag quickly and leave it behind, because there was no way we were getting past with that. We went down, walked out past this clearly angry Korean guy, and just kept going without looking back.

I have several more stories about abandoned amusement parks, but I won't bore you anymore right now.

This weekend, I'm going back here:
www.darkroastedblend.com/2008/01/abandoned-amusement-parks.html
Maybe I'll have another story before the next QOTW.
(racetraitor has an alibi for, Thu 9 Jun 2011, 14:10, 9 replies)

Don't take Will with you,
he sounds like a right idiot.
( Smallbrainfield, Thu 9 Jun 2011, 14:18, closed)

Bible Expo sounds awesome
But it failed, you say? Astonishing.

Does anyone know what bible story is being represented by the Unicorn being pushed off the tower of Kraft Cheese Slices?
(richardm, Thu 9 Jun 2011, 14:23, closed)

I suspect it's Jesus getting his ass down from a minaret
or something
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 10 Jun 2011, 9:29, closed)

your photos are pretty cool
i'm a big fan of old theme parks and stuff, particularly like the old fair at pripyat
(Clashrock is being stalked by his brother on, Thu 9 Jun 2011, 14:28, closed)

As you walked past the "clearly angry Korean guy" did you turn to the others and say.

"Wed've got away with that if it wasn't for those pesky kids!"
(Pugwash, Thu 9 Jun 2011, 14:46, closed)

Bastard
I was just going to post a scooby doo story relating to trying to rip the korean guys rubber mask off. And it being old mr jenson, the parks old owner, or something like that.
(robneymcplum spiced up his life on, Thu 9 Jun 2011, 15:24, closed)

I'll bet every one who reads that story has the same mental imagery.
(Pugwash, Thu 9 Jun 2011, 16:26, closed)

No
We were the pesky kids, weren't we?
(racetraitor has an alibi for, Thu 9 Jun 2011, 17:27, closed)

I liked...
...the mean-looking yellow spider in the second link.
(SonoraAeroClub "OH SWEET HELEN OF BALLS!", Fri 10 Jun 2011, 0:07, closed)