Exploring a Closed Theme Park - History, Theme & Amusement

Have you ever wondered what's it's like to explore and walk through a closed theme park? Well it definitely gives off the abandoned theme park vibe, especially the log flume ride that's for sure. Amusement parks have been entertaining people since the 1800's and with the birth of theme parks in the 1950s, hundreds of parks have come and gone all throughout the United States and Canada. Buckle up as we take a look at the Centreville Theme Park in Toronto and what the park is like when its closed up for the season. Centreville is a 14 acre theme park located on the Toronto Islands in Toronto Ontario, Canada. Centreville will open again on the first weekend in May 2019. DON'T FORGET TO LIKE AND SUBSCRIBE!*** ►bit.ly/2mfriBD ◄
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Great video! I use to work at Centreville back in 2000, and I remember working to set up the park before it opened. Ended up falling into the log ride water as I had to jump across to the middle section. Also helped grease the tracks on the fire engine ride and worked on securing the train bridge. It was a fun job.

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I work at a California amusement park, so I can totally relate to this video. It's eerie, yet peaceful when the park is closed!

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I would love to walk through the abandoned six flags in New Orleans. It’s been closed since hurricane Katrina. I always went there when i was a kid and no one uses it! But they do use it for a couple of movies like Percy Jackson sea of monsters.

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David Richard I literally live 20 minutes away from it. I hate passing by it and nothing is being done with it! A lot of people tried sneaking in but they have high security! They can make it a ghost town for people to explore it but no! I want to go inside but I’m afraid of getting caught by cops for trespassing.

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janiemarie30 there’s a project to reopen it under a new name (:

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Loved this video. I work for a hometown amusement park and have learned over 10 years that guests don't get to see what it takes to open a seasonal park every year. If only they could see when we are there, in the last snow falls and cold rainy springs, getting the warm weather memories prepared again.

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Wow, I always loved seeing these parks be somewhat abandoned, i dont really know why, but this is awesome

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It's so interesting to see empty parks! Would love to see more! (Such as the abandoned Wizard of Oz theme park??)

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when you casually hear "bushkill park in PA" and have to rewatch to make sure you heard correctly lol. I grew up going there! didn't think people knew about it :)

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I love when you do videos about the parks in Canada! This one just brought me back to summer 5 years ago when I discovered that the scrambler is my favourite ride all because of Centreville

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This video was definitely deep with some of the questions that you were asking, very thought provoking. And I don't know if I could walk around while a theme park is abandoned, if it's just closed then I think I could. And I was wondering about the park in the snow, so that works out, lol. Another fantastic video!

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This is a special little park, I live near by. It's so awesome you covered it you did an amazing job! Thank you

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I loving watching your abandon type of videos. I wonder how long it takes them to tear the place down and then put it back together every year. I would love to walk through Cedar point in Sandusky Ohio.

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I worked there a long time ago, helped to set up the park and it took about a month.

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awesome vid! I live about 2hrs East of Toronto and we are taking the kids to Centreville this summer. after watching your video I'm even more excited!

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I used to work for Riverside Amusement Park in Agawan Massachusetts. The park would remain open until October 31 for the holloween season but only open weekend in October. During the week in late September the park maintains people and a few Park employee's would work during the day to help setup for Holloween .. No paid park guest are there inside the park at this time. And it looks like the park is closed for the season .. But its not and it looks like the park has been closed for year or as not seen a guest for years

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As much as a fan of Disney as I am, I love seeing parks, some of which I have never heard of before

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I just got to the part about the scrambler. That’s my family’s favourite ride there, it’s fun because there’s always disco lights and music playing while you’re getting twirled around in a room. For some reason there’s a face in there

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I used to work at a local carnival place. It was a permanent thing, not a traveling one but it had just a giant slide to the beach, ferris wheel, merry go round, a bunch of games and some food options so not really an amusement park. Once the music was turned off, it still wasn't that quiet or creepy with dozens of workers still around cleaning, counting, stocking and what not. Then after closing for the season, its really quiet but we worked during the day in one building so if anything it was boring. Rides were taken apart and leaves would gather until spring.

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I would be spooked about an abandon theme park!! But it's quite cool!!

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There’s an amusement park near me that resembles this one. It shuts down at the end of October every year. I never really thought about what they have to do to protect the rides during the winter season. This was really interesting.

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I think I've always wanted to walk through the abandoned River Country section in Walt Disney World. I know you can get into a LOT of trouble if you're caught but it looks really cool and I've never seen an abandoned theme park before.

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AWESOME video!

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I live in Oregon and we only really have one theme park called the enchanted forest. It's very nostalgic for me, I would love to see that during the off season. It's already pretty creepy full operational...

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My great grandfather went to centerville as a kid and gave me some of his souvenirs that he got, also great video

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i'd like to check out the place myself sometime

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I used to work at Six Flags Great America in Illinois. Being management, we'd start in January. It was so odd seeing the park covered in snow.

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Green Bay, Wi had a amusement park that is only open May - September, it is called Bay Beach Amusement park. This theme park reminds me a lot about it.

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Holiday World in Indiana or Indiana Beach here in Indiana! I would love to see what they look like closed.

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I've walked through Six Flags Great America in Gurnee, Illinois after the park has been long closed for the day in the past, it's a very surreal experience, especially going through the front gate well after hours (though backwards, instead of the normal way). This year is also their first Holiday in the Park (a Christmas/Holiday seasonal celebration thing), and it'll be interesting to see the park covered in snow! Maybe if I'm lucky, a friend of mine who works there will get some pictures of the backstage areas...

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