Abandoned Theme Park Before & After - Ontario Place

Just on the brinks of the largest city in Canada, lays the now dilapidated theme park and permanent worlds fair, Ontario Place.
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[@Rexmoona]

The cuts from from it being active to it afterwards shot with no one speaking is 👌🏽

[@newyorkyankees81]

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[@theofficalsilentraven]

I cannot understand your comment, once-so-ever.

[@rainbowbeetle]

@@newyorkyankees81 bruh

[@colaflessje]

@@newyorkyankees81 The Fuck

[@puerkitokomunica4945]

Gabrielle me gustas mucho estoy enamorado de ti

[@KompridiCR]

A ride that ends with a splash! now: A ride that ends with a *p i c n i c b e n c h*

[@methus9812]

or it ends with D I R T

[@HypePhilitrailaMapper25]

Gay country

[@beeter3588]

*F U N*

[@mikemancini313]

Very exciting

[@benukasrYT]

Modern kids: *_WO-_* Bankruptcy: hello there park want to be terrorized by me cuz of you money problem? Park: sure

[@themilkman8554]

I wonder if in 50 years we’ll see videos like this about places that are open now...

[@marblin]

d i s n e y w o r l d

[@Shinyarc]

Quencher47 “Get the family on down to worlds of fun!” *shows rotting rides*

[@TackyFlamingo]

I highly doubt Disney or (yes I hate it but I can’t lie, Universal) will close like this. If ever. Maybe they’ll just be treated like ancient ruins lol

[@alexyo3927]

@@TackyFlamingo ever visited any Roman ruins or Egyptian ruins? Those were civilisations with more money than a dumb movie producer.

[@TackyFlamingo]

Alex yo I don’t think you know what you’re saying

[@linnmoonlock5251]

Ontario place was a huge part of my childhood.. every summer my grandma would take my brother and I here. We went there from the time we were 6- 13... it was the one big thing we looked forward to every single summer.. the rapids ride was our favourite. We have a photograph of us on it every summer... sad it’s gone now.. this place will forever hold a special place in my heart.

[@andrewc6224]

Don't forget about sifting for 'gold' right near the ride! That kid wearing the Mats Sundin shirt on the rapids ride really hit me with those nostalgia feels.

[@HBoywasdocile]

I miss the atom blaster. That was my favorite part of OP. Every time we passed by it I would come RUNNING in to it then go in and start shooting balls into the buckets and all that stuff. It was my favorite area they should've at least kept that

[@gabbyvillarreal1062]

People be like, “Oh, I remember this was still open, I used to come here”, and I’m like, “I’ve never seen one abandoned place I used to go to as a kid.”

[@linnmoonlock5251]

@@gabbyvillarreal1062 to be fair, Ontario place isn’t abandoned.. they just took out all the attractions and made it into one giant park

[@trygullx]

if 2021 is anything like 2020 we'll be having this with disney world

[@trascyjaac534]

There's something that is both very sad and kinda creepy about abandoned theme parks.

[@ideal_gaming1379]

Trascy Jaac maybe it’s the head and disembodied legs

[@GingerSnape46]

I agree. Every summer my family and I went to Geauga Lake. Driving past the abandoned park, it makes me kind of sad, remembering the fun I had there. Also, you're right about the creepy part. Seeing the structures of rides just left to rot is creepy.

[@masniahmad30]

I did the theme park video? How to you the theme park video? In made 1995?

[@jooyeon1926]

Right, its like people once had the time of their lives there and now the its just silent smh

[@straightmelon8792]

It’s probably the fact that THEY ARE ABANDONED

[@winter__102]

In the beginning : "Come on and be a part of Ontario place!". *happy cheerful theme music with families having fun and laughing* *Dead silent with wind whooshing and tumbleweeds passing by*

[@hard_satania926]

So sad, Alexa, play Despacito

[@studiodevelopers2467]

SPANISH best comment ever lol

[@skewerzz]

Thank you for explaining the intro of this video. I would have had no idea of what was happening if you did not caption it.

[@jenniferwellman5311]

Spanish or Vanish That’s what makes it really creepy

[@emmass1652]

The Empress: that's so sad Also the Empress through a funeral and playing a piano.

[@EvaristeWK]

This was the first amusement park I ever been to. Made so many memories here.

[@DeadRBLX243]

nobody cares

[@yasmin8230]

Wizard true

[@sitisarahamalina1905]

How old are u?

[@faris3633]

@@DeadRBLX243 u just need to STFU because no one really cares about u

[@janpetercok7315]

@@DeadRBLX243 What's wrong with you loser !?

[@Chnl26]

I really like the back-to-back editing style with old advertising, and current, creepy state of things. In this video and others that I've seen. Really well done!

[@asadfarraj]

That's not only old advertisements, that's personal footage too.

[@longrider42]

It is sad to see a empty abandoned theme park, where people used to have fun.

[@scotthayes5933]

More theme parks will be abandoned if Mike Bloomberg gets elected in 2020!

[@scotthayes5933]

@@thediaryofjane5713 Mike Bloomberg will raise taxes sky high where food prices will be outrageously high. Then no one will be able to afford to go to theme parks.

[@scotthayes5933]

@@thediaryofjane5713 If Mike Bloomberg is President in November the only person having fun will be Mike Bloomberg. With Mike Bloomberg as President it will be the 1930s all over again, the Great Depression only worse.

[@RockyFoxxowo]

And now, where some people might get killed

[@sc4739]

And then they wonder why gun violence has gone up..

[@silverus3617]

“It’s a historical track that ends with a splash!” [shows picture of a park bench] ..amazing.

[@AbandonedMines11]

I always enjoy these videos that compare abandoned amusement parks to when they were in operation and flourishing. You guys did a really nice job with this video. The best part were the interior shots inside that one structure that housed the lift hill.

[@BrightSunFilms]

Thank you!

[@295g295]

> 12:26 < "the lift hill"

[@michelleportch6227]

Lucy and I can reboot the fuck out of this. We spent years on this. Seeing this now hurts.

[@dominiqueporchi]

Your editing is honestly incredible. The before and after is actually really eerie. I’m subbing right now!

[@BrightSunFilms]

Thank you!

[@jiahaolin6392]

I wonder if in 50 years we’ll see videos like this about places that are open now...

[@mrs.johnson7955]

Your editing style in this video, really leaves a haunted feeling. Both of loneliness & nostalgia. The cuts between how the ride was in its hay day...traveling down its path; then showing the abandoned path. Cuts from the past, to the now forgotten. Bittersweet. Keep it coming!

[@MooseCall]

Heyday. Sorry, I just had to.

[@oliviaharries2852]

That’s is some good English x

[@Captain_Corncobb]

Man the cuts from the commercials, all bright and vibrant and welcoming to the current bleak, grey color scheme is pretty depressing lol

[@IfYouMeetAWolf]

Childhood vs adulthood Expectations vs reality Ad vs real product I can keep on going lol

[@alanadame1653]

Is that Hilda

[@Booga04Minecraft]

7:46 If I saw that, I would have passed out

[@roxiep2010]

Cursed image

[@michaeldiehl2458]

That is creepy. I am so going to be not able to sleep tonight

[@ninalutgen6244]

Booga04 Minecraft me too.

[@ratsnroplive5575]

Pussy.

[@Joe-st9pz]

@@ratsnroplive5575 bruh momento

[@BaltimoreAndOhioRR]

its so interesting seeing all the old ruins!

[@BaltimoreAndOhioRR]

@Vincent Does Stuff Thanks! I used to explore abandoned places, have some slideshows on my channel in the earlier years. Kinda gave it up, worrying about security and parking and things, nowadays you can get in trouble for almost anything you do.

[@mrkipling2201]

Very interesting, I totally agree.

[@BrightSunFilms]

Sometime this year there will be an Abandoned episode with the full history on this iconic place.

[@RandomAmerican3000]

I hope you detail what all one could do there. Because a ball pit and a water ride doesn't sound like much of a draw.

[@matt77racing11]

yesss!! Ive been waiting for ontario place!

[@pumpkin4spice]

That would be awesome

[@ReenyJW]

That would be awesome. I’d love to see the history of this place. Some of it looks similar to magic kingdom with the log flume and little car ride. :).

[@overlookers]

Random American They had a couple standard carnival rides and the water park which I know had bumper boats. As well The Cinesphere, the first permanent IMAX theatre. Really, Ontario Place was more of a education-based day park for primary students and young families then an outright theme park.

[@Katie-gr6qq]

Most urbexers are running around, screaming at nothing, and you guys very refreshingly just point out the aesthetic. You know, the main reason people like urban exploration

[@LakeNipissing]

If you don't like screaming and fake stuff , two other great urbex KZbin channels are _The Proper People_ and _Urbex Dane_

[@attiahfogle4236]

Lake Nipissing and Dan Bell

[@cenkuygur1563]

Uber X?

[@kaylemathewcomendador7614]

Some people just love the wind blowing through their faces from a ride.

[@presleymitchell]

Yep I agree most are idiots running around. They earned my Sub.

[@dacechasinghawk3910]

I saw this video a while back. But watching it now during the Pandemic. It make me appreciate the time and what it took to organize the layout of this video with then cuts of the original ride to the remnants of what's left. Very cool and underrated.

[@skittles3025]

so sad to see places like this rotting away that were once so vibrant. great video.

[@soundguydon]

I really like how you integrated the "before and after" footage to show the spots you were in as you went along. VERY well done!

Ontario Place is still used as a venue for large events before the pandemic. It’s a highly popular party spot for New Years.

[@nikitaskhrushchev]

I'm so glad Brennan was there for this. Video just wouldn't have been the same without his examples of what it was like to ride everything lol.

[@zukimom2508]

Yes.. lol

[@janetswope5695]

It’s kind of cool that they at least tried to turn some of it into a usable park.

[@jedits1988]

15:05 that roof shape triggered a memory! I remember vaguely being there as a kid. Who knew that 25 years later I'd be going there to see The Offspring ;)

[@thr0wout795]

Jed ITS that’s awesome

[@JYMAHJAMES]

Love the editing in this one, the way you put clips of people having fun at the park and the just a raw cut to the state of it now really hits me. Pretty sad but really well created.

[@emmasusan1997]

I went to a Girl Guides event there in 2012, after they had closed to the public but were still running a few private events. Was a bit of an eerie day, knowing we would be some of the last people to ever go on the rides/go through the attractions. On a positive note, there are still some great events held throughout the summer (ie. Ontario Beerfest)!

[@BrightSunFilms]

I thought there was. I remember seeing a Boy Scouts thing or summer camp thing going on in the former weather pavilion

[@emmasusan1997]

Bright Sun Films Yep! Went as a volunteer for some high school volunteer hours... would have been about 14/15 at the time. Weird to know we were one of the last groups through there.

[@BrightSunFilms]

So cool!

[@emmasusan1997]

Bright Sun Films going to look around for some photos from the day - my interest is piqued now! If I find any, you’re welcome to them for the video on all of Ontario Place.

[@BrightSunFilms]

Send me some on twitter!

[@toby070]

As a compliment, this is one of the most haunting video's you have made. The way that you switch between the happy promo video clips and the abandoned 'now', in just like a finger-snap, is a bit chilling.

[@colinloughran4148]

That intro honestly made me say “wow” something about the smash cut and the nothing but silence from the happy cherry music and visuals to a drab and desolate entrance, and it’s oddly refreshing to revel in the silence and not the eerie noises

[@socialghost4400]

Amazing to see how much is still there and fairly untouched. Surprisingly little vandalism as well.

[@randomfools808]

Tools & DIY Enthusiast That's what makes it so eerie and tranquil. Idiots tagging everything ruin that atmosphere.

[@cpuanduni2005]

That is what I was thinking...for being abandoned, the park is in AMAZINGLY good condition

[@TacoTurtleTen10]

It’s Canada.

[@medic6408]

It's also not that easy to get to. And that ride is at the furthest part of the park.

[@joed7041]

That's because the park was in Ontario, which is a Canadian city. And, I'm not being racist or stereotypical, but Canadians aren't the type to vandalize everything they see out of use.

[@Tesserain]

Ahhh I was just thinking you should do an Ontario place video! My grandfather was a popular clown there in the 1970s, he was featured on the park brochures as an attraction! Awesome video 👍🏻

[@newyorkyankees81]

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[@BrotherChrisBuffalo]

I was there in 1992 for a class trip to TO from Buffalo. We lied about our age and bungee jumped. Sad to see what’s become of that place.

[@MelanieSotero]

The clips with the people and then without them makes it 10 times more creepier

[@thebingobros]

This is insane. Just yesterday morning I was going through pictures of two family trips to Ontario place when I was a kid. Great job Jake. This video brought back great memories and many emotions

[@artistic-ampharos7979]

*song playing* Ontario plaaa- *music cuts* That gave me goose bumps :/

[@sandraruiz3834]

Lol me too I'm feeling giddy then 😦😐

[@frankdenardo8684]

I remember the commercials for Ontario Place airing in the United States during the spring and summer. I have visited Ontario Place in 1990 and 2004.

[@sovb]

Oh my god yes. I remember going here so much as a kid. It's sad to see the form it's in these days.

[@TPMvids]

So cool to see what's left of everything. Nice job man!

[@a_cowwithlegs]

Can’t wait for your vid tomorrow

[@venaben3496]

Oh my gosh hi. One of my fav KZbin channels commenting on another one of my fav channels

[@adlowsadlow3974]

TPMvids i

[@MyPetunia10]

OMG TPMvids big fan of your Disney videos keep up your good work

[@cpuanduni2005]

I am suprised this park wasn't looted more than it is...the lanterns and props are still there even though it is obviously not locked down from the public...I am amazed at the condition even being abandoned....many of the buildings look structurally sound still

[@EbonyPenmarks]

The Wilderness Adventure was addicting. I remember going on it repeatedly at the age of 6. Ontario place also had the most dope playground + water park ever. Another place you guys can explore is Cullen Gardens and Miniature Village in Whitby. It was this beautiful local tourist spot where we used to go in the summer back in the 90s/2000s. It had a water park and playground area, but it was mostly a garden. It closed in 2006, and the current plans for the place is renovation by Spa le Nordic which will open in 2019. A small portion of the place named Cullen Central Park is open to the public. PS. Viewers, thumbs up this comment for Bright Sun Films to see.

[@stephclarke6850]

Marice "beautiful, magical fun! Doo doo doo."

[@ingelouisaa]

I loved seeing snippets of back in the day. Well done!

[@MrBklein31]

Great video. The combination of new footage and old was something you don’t see much in abandoned theme park videos. When combined with personal experience commentary, it makes this one of the best videos I’ve seen. Thank you!

[@ForgottenProductions]

Love the end, "So Brennan, did you enjoy your day here at Ontario Place?" ..."No" lol. Great video guys! Keep it coming.

[@eyegasmicmakeovers]

Forgotten Productions whaaaa i dont get it

[@robertaviles8451]

Can't say that I blamed you, Brennan! When I last saw Libertyland (in Memphis TN), back in the late 1990's, it was still operational. Growing up, Libertyland was where me and my older sister went quite often. Then in 2005, it was closed due to financial difficulties. After that, the rides were sold off, and Libertyland got bulldozed for a stadium and parking lot. The only thing that remains of Libertyland, is 2 (on site) dedication plaques to the park and one of the rides (the historical rollercoaster "Zippin Pippin"). The Children's Museum Of Memphis also got the Libertyland Grand Carousel as well. After years of enjoyment at Libertyland, I'd rather remember it the way it WAS - not how it IS now!

[@295g295]

16:55

[@crystalhughes4977]

Forgotten Productions! G b

[@jereesmith6626]

Colombia Mall

[@richardkorpel3251]

came for the abondoned theme park, stayed for the fun banter between the two of you

[@santitofelipe6283]

You guys who made this movie, Should Be Awarded! I've seen many before and after Film Locations, Or Theme Park Location Video's,, BUT THIS ONE TOPS THE LOT. Thanks for posting this!

[@ROOKTABULA]

Wow. I remember going there as a kid in the early 80s. Bummer. I would have been in one of their promo flyers if their cameras, plural, hadn't been broken or out of film. :(

[@davepoore1183]

Love the before and after shots, nicely done.

[@ScorpionsFatality]

I need to say this. Im only 3 minutes in but. Wow. This is why i love your videos. You do research. And actually show then AND now! Most people have just done pure pictures. Heck. Even without sources. Absolutely love your work! That and you get straight to the point in ALL your videos! Thank you for making great content!

[@monkeydude3987]

Stumbled onto one of your videos a few days ago, and now I can't stop watching more. Great work, thanks for sharing all this!!

[@Tranquility32]

Beautifully done!!!!…. One of my favorite “abandoned” videos!!! Thank you, your producer, and anyone else involved, for all of your hard work.

[@Hannie_Bananie]

Dude your videos and the production value are getting better and better! I mean they’re pretty much tv quality...and it blows me away how I’ve watched it grow since I was still in high school and you were still getting used to even recoding and writing...lol it’s just nice to see you doing so well and how you’re always improving :D keep up the great work guys!

[@BrightSunFilms]

Hey, the same for me. I was in high school doing this too way back through the first 2 years of Abandoned.

[@Hannie_Bananie]

Bright Sun Films well, you’ve come a long way man! You should be proud :D not that the old videos are bad! It’s just you can tell you’re getting better and better and you and your friends are working so hard to make it look so polished and professional...I appreciate it :D and I know others do too! Thank you for getting me through all those lonely school lunches btw

[@nonautemrexchristus5637]

WellLikedAssman classy profile picture lassy

[@Ayveh]

Agreed

[@rayniemotka4554]

Awesome video Jake! Please please PLEASE do more before & after stuff like this. While I love all things abandoned, I think it's even more fascinating to see what it once looked like in it's glory days. Especially from the same view/angle. Keep up the great work.

[@JulioTheBusDriver]

I absolutely love the straight cuts you do of the place you are filming while operational, into the abrupt silence and dead-ness of what it is now

[@blondjon]

Just rediscovered you...and realized I've been following you for about 4 years now. Love your narrative and story you tell in connection with what happened in the past. Keep up the good work!

[@joshbacon8241]

What a shame this theme park had to be abandoned...

[@zart3374]

All the good things usually are, trust me I know (from experience).

[@BrightSunFilms]

I don't think it did well into the 2000's so im not so sure it would even be popular if it were open. It is sad though.

[@xxdalionxx]

it honestly wasm't doing to well at the end of it's years . it just became a glorified waterpark

[@LynxSnowCat]

One of the "games" I heard from my friend who worked there was that they'd "hide" key(s) in one of the public washrooms and send the next shift searching for them. -- I can only confirm having found the keys, not working there.

[@PADARM]

kids like play Fortnite these days instead of enjoying these parks. sad

[@flatline7310]

I have great memories of Ontario Place. Will be condos in no time. Toronto is condo crazy.

[@wendyokoopa7048]

Actually I just visited the website for the new version of Ontario Place and they still have a marina, and the cinesphere and a walking trail but seems like the Molson Ampitheatre is gone and some of if not all traces of the rides are gone. I did actually visit what was ontario place back in the early/late 2000s for Projekt Revolution and saw one of the rides in operation but I couldn't go on due to A)it was a child's drop zone, and b) I was there for a concert.

[@sofiabenacazar7616]

Ikr i

[@ashtonrichardson3825]

LOVE how you do the before and after footage, walking around! Brilliant!!

[@tinyrockcrochet]

This video was extremely well done. The camerawork, the editing, ya'll's personality, just awesome.

[@Lunar_Blacksmith]

This was really great. Brennen was hilarious and I wish you had badly photoshopped the boat or car when he was running the tracks. But on a more serious note, I deeply appreciate your videos and never knew how much past history was important to me until I saw them. Keep doing what you’re doing. I believe in you!

[@harleymama4097]

Katie Wahl have! That would've been awesome!

[@ScamJam]

These are wonderful videos, Jake. The amount of time it takes to research and video each one is not lost on your many fans and followers.

[@BrightSunFilms]

Thank you so much!

[@edwardverlander7681]

I watch your videos all the time in this is the best one I've ever seen with showing what it used to be and what it is now that was fantastic

[@VauxhallViva1975]

Thanks for posting this. Awesome video. I really love videos that can show some footage or photos of what the place looked like when it was being uses. Makes the abandoned video even more poignant.

[@TheRyomanagare]

As soon as you upload I hit Like before watching it. I love the way you have grown your channel through the different series. Great job man

[@LakeNipissing]

Thanks for a most excellent video! This was our family summer destination in 1978, 1979 and 1980... then in 1981 when Canada's Wonderland opened, we never returned. I believe our family was not alone, and Canada's Wonderland hurt Ontario Place to the point they could never recover. What I remember vividly from Ontario Place between 1978 and 1980: - The outside rollerskating area, where I learned to rollerskate - The kids area with all kinds of stuff to climb, colored punching bags, 'exercise bicycles' that sprayed water - AND the *ultimate* way to get hurt... the four chute *CONCRETE WATERSLIDE* which riders were supplied a 'mat' to ride, which of course most would lose on the way down, and end up cut, scraped and bruised the rest of the way down, from the rough, pebbly concrete, which at least featured a nice blue paint. I lost a lot of blood on that slide... everyone did... and looking at photos, I'm amazed the water in the splashdown pool at the bottom wasn't RED. Regardless, this is what life was like in the 1970s and 1980s... you would take a beating and then climb the stairs for another go! This is what made some of my favorite places like Action Park in Vernon, NJ so great... life on the edge of severe injury or death... today lawyers run the show and ensure people are protected from themselves. I didn't realize Ontario Place would be abandoned for so long, with the value and location of the property it occupies. The only place I have seen in such condition (and made a KZbin video of it) was the derelict _Wild Water Kingdom_ in Brampton, which was actually resurrected last year with new owners investing 25 million dollars (or more) to clean up and rebuild and open as _Wet'n'Wild_

[@Jos3jmsfkl]

“A fantastic ride that ends with a splash” * cuts to ominous, lonely picnic table *

[@VictoriaBeckon]

Thanks so much for this video!! I remember going to Ontario Place as a kid in the 90s. It's cool to see what it looks like now. Great video!

[@ghostgirl7089]

“Take a ride of scenic ontario on the wilderness adventure ride!” *shows a shot immediately after of the abandoned ride* “ MY FAVORITE RIDE IS THE WILDERNESS ADVENTURE RIIIIIDEEEE!!”

[@joevinski1]

Absolutely amazing brother I know one day I’m going to see a documentary on Netflix from DAT JAKE and will be so proud from the kid that first started making videos to the amazing documentaries that you produce now

[@Willow76ny]

Recently discovered your channel and I’m already impressed. You provide history of the site along with clips of what it used to look like. Thank you for showing us these places. I love abandoned places and find them fascinating. Keep up the good work.

[@lilyalma4524]

This is great. Amazing that you had footage of it in action to match up perfectly with the abandoned footage. And the quips and commentary were genuinely funny. Keep it up

[@robertmoore1839]

I like how you show the way it was when was fully operational compared how it is now. You earned a subscriber out of me! Thank you!

[@BrightSunFilms]

Thank you!

[@zukimom2508]

Same here

[@Townie7177]

I like how you go back and forth to show what it use to be and now what it is

[@reva510]

Fantastic video as always. It really felt like I was there with y’all. Always an enjoyment to watch!

[@CaliforniaSociety]

You're getting better every day, Jake. Thanks for another amazing job!

[@batheandrelaxinmyshit6344]

Ivan Bonillo Why did you call him Jake Paul?

[@GoddessofWisdom]

OMG ONTARIO PLACE!! This is awesome! And I love how you’re constantly evolving and growing in your content and format! Haven’t finished watching this yet but I’m sure it’s gonna be amazing!

[@marionhancock-kooijman475]

Great Video..I really enjoyed not only the then & now shots, but also the sense of humour that so many Urbex videos lack, definitely worth a Sub!

[@cwspod]

Haha, I love how the welcoming theme music cuts out to the main empty gates. Lol nice video, ty.

[@glent7853]

Wow. Your films are fantastic, both from a technical and a informative perspective. I went to this location today, as I live in Toronto, and it was amazing to walk through, completely alone in the heart of Canada's largest city. Thanks for this film!

[@TheSarinator]

Loved the way you filmed this - felt like I was there. I have no idea why this video was in my recommended but I subscribed!

[@BrightSunFilms]

I really appreciate it!

[@themusicguy2879]

Pateron

[@mrkipling2201]

Absolutely brilliant. The before and after video shows the abandoned theme park in a different light because you can see how things were and where they went in regards to the positions of the rides etc.

[@toddkeller9099]

Love the before and after, that makes all these abandoned videos great, solid work guys!!!

[@jamiemastrogiacomo4266]

The juxtaposition of old and new gave me chills. Amazing editing and a great watch as always!

[@WayWardWonderer]

Why are abandoned places just so fascinating? Please keep posting more videos this like!

[@michaelarowan4174]

How this was edited together is phenomenal! Just brilliant and a great watch! You videos are awesome!

[@BrightSunFilms]

Thank you!

[@SchardtCinematic]

Love how you have older photos and videos to compare to how it looks now. I've leared on my adventures as well how much can change and throw you off when seeing a place run down as compared to when it was active.

[@andyaisbitt9499]

Honestly really well done. Low-key, professional yet amusing, neatly highlights the park in its hayday vs now. Great video!

[@Coolmarsh1]

What a shame such a waste of money. Thank you for the video Jake and Brennan.🇨🇦

[@meonly1674]

You kids did so well with this. It makes me almost cry seeing you remember from when you were little.

[@SamDaviesBuilder]

Love the switching between old and new clips, good work!

[@davidc.pierce9631]

Excellent explore vid! I will have to watch, many times. You never disappoint!

[@BCaldwell]

Your style never lets me down Jake! Keep up the great work brother!

[@BrightSunFilms]

Thanks so much man!

[@FawnGesicht]

Rewatched in 2021, this is one of my favorites you have made. I really like the cuts between the park in use, and it's abandoned state.

[@peblezQ]

That opening was just incredible editing. Well done. And hey, I know this park isn't necessarily closed, but you should make a video on Marineland in Niagara Falls, ON. That park is so sad (just...nobody goes there and we all aren't sure when it will close). It is the weirdest park and their ads will forever be stuck in my head.

[@BrightSunFilms]

I am planning on it

[@YokiDokiPanic]

Now I wanna see a Defunctland episode about this place! xD

[@Nathan630pm]

I'VE BEEN LIVING JUST OUTSIDE TORONTO ALL MY LIFE AND THIS BRINGS BACK SO MUCH MEMORIES I'M SO SAD! D:

[@christopherkotsopoulos701]

Thanks for doing this! I live within walking distance now and have probably walked through it more during it's abandoned state than when it was opened.

[@TheShaleco]

Ontario place was my childhood, it’s kind of sad to see it in ruins like this. I had so many happy summers there as a kid. The mega maze was a big favourite of mine! I’d run it over and over trying to set personal best times.

[@melgon25]

Interesting perspective getting to see the old footage with the new. Very cool. And sad. Thanks for sharing.

[@dadam6900]

This is so depressing. It was a place where families and friends made priceless memories. Someone might've had their first kiss here. A place full of perfectly functional rides. It was a theme park, but now, it's just a park. A permanent fractured memory of better times.

[@GameDjeenie]

I find it funny that there's always a comment like yours in almost every abandoned theme park videos lmao

[@brendaluv2017]

well he's right, most theme parks of America, except Disney's, are dying dead by now. What makes them so unique is that they are not branded names or franchises, they were all local. now what else is there for any locals to go for cheaper family fun and it all seems like it's harder for anyone to run a small theme park business. I feels as sad as D Adam as he typed his comment, and it leaves me wondering is there anything that can be done to bring it back or anything that could have saved any of those theme parks?

[@GameDjeenie]

Don't worry, I know he's right, and you are too. So sad all these abandoned theme parks...

[@brendaluv2017]

thanks GameDjeenie

[@brendaluv2017]

Universal is a well known brand name, and it has more tourist than any local parks

[@shaynak745]

Great video!! I love how you showed flashback pieces while you were walking along.

[@iamlee7558]

I watched one of this dudes video and I’ve been obsessed ever since!!! Amazing work my friend

[@Torontoista]

The Sundin jersey on the kid!!!