Joyland Amusement Park - Creepy ABANDONED Attraction

[@robmeyer2487]

This is probably my all-time favorite Woo video. The perfect mix of abandoned stuff and humor. Jooooooooooylaaaaaand. Amuuuuuuuusement Park...

[@freespeachrulez]

I've said this randomly while walking around Walmart just like he says it. 🤦‍♂️

[@Grimmreal]

I’m always watching these old Adam videos I guess they really hit home for me when I was 9 years old every night watching Adam explore these cool places now I’m 18

[@singer0004]

I have so many memories here from when I was younger. I would like to see this place restored and reopened. Everytime I go back to Witchita, I can see Joyland from the highway.

[@taylxrrx3687]

It would cost too much x

[@noveltybobel]

Someone needs to come forward with the money, and the desire to invest in a restoration

[@metonbikes]

Growing up going to joy land was almost a way of life. The wacky shack was so popular and the wooden roller coaster was fun. When we were kids a local tv station would help sponsor grade card night. They would give you so many tickets for a's b's c's, schools planned trips there and I seem to recall that (I think guys potato chips) would put blue "tokens" in the bag that joy land honored. There was a famous clown music player just past the entrance. Thanks for visiting joyland!

[@robin5380]

metonbikes KFDI , BOEING ... Free day’s 👍😁

[@robin5380]

metonbikes I forgot the Easter hunt every year

[@twinkie27271]

Kitty Clover Potato Chips! Sta-Krisp Fun Chip!

[@rachelmcadams9577]

They need to revamp Joyland.. There is nothing to do in Wichita.

[@abrilscool]

Wichita only has history related things to do, joyland was something that had good roller coaster fun

[@rachelmcadams9577]

Me〈3You Exactly.

[@Patriarch.Chadimus]

***** Lol I love it in Kansas. I've never understood why people hate it so much.

[@rachelmcadams9577]

Kaden Richardson Same I just wish there was more to do.

[@Patriarch.Chadimus]

Rachel McAdams I guess I can understand that, but since I travel quite a bit in kansas I guess I've never experienced it.

[@madilopez7998]

These vids kinda make me sad TBH like this was someone's childhood, it's sad to see it like this

[@meacadwell]

It is sad. I remember going here as a kid.

[@kronos9983]

Madi Lopez it's not sad tbh I find it fun cos I make a cart and then I get a electric box so I can power the rides and ride them with my electrify and my cart

[@hawaiiankansanfeindel7131]

mea, me too, many times. So many memories. I remember different schools had their own night and reserved just for them, it wasn't very crowded on those nights.

[@darkblades1201]

Not just childhood, but livelihood as well.

[@Logan_Barnes43]

It was my moms childhood

[@Coco-in7rh]

I googled this place it opened in June 12th, 1949, pretty cool

[@pessimisticsceptic873]

@@damirosmanovic3080 Your mom closed in 2004

[@Yyyyyy5]

@@pessimisticsceptic873 so did my mom

[@PatriciaO-ev5ro]

@@pessimisticsceptic873 No u

[@brittanyatchison1654]

We’re is this place at

[@Coco-in7rh]

Brittany Atchison he says it, Wichita, Kansas

[@BlackburnBigdragon]

I got so angry when I saw the state they left those video games. That submarine one was a rare one from the VERY early 80's and could have fetched them a mint if they would have sold it. Same thing for the Joust. They just left those amazing games there to rot when they could have sold them off to collectors or places where people would have enjoyed them.

[@Ness_Dreemurr]

BlackburnBigdragon I was sad as well. so many worlds, and we will never experience them

[@weltonvillegal6258]

I’m surprised no one hauled them off, tbh.

[@jimsuniverse4954]

Too lazy. If I had the money Id buy them

[@jeffreydotson4842]

It's kind of sad seeing these places and thinking of what they once were.

[@deacongowan117]

This place was great as a kid in the 80s.

[@denisemitchell6034]

I would love to stumble upon some old abandoned places like this

[@Africanfrogs]

Don't really stumble upon look places up there's millions of abandoned places

[@Mike-mw7nl]

And I'd like to stumble upon it with you there...

[@dequadrewalton2582]

we should

[@Africanfrogs]

Jaque LaLa dumb bitch anyone?

[@pugsondrugs6556]

I grew up in Wichita and my elementary school would take us here ever year in the fall. So weird watching this, brings back a lot of memories.

[@lianaharvilla6248]

PugsOnDrugs Must've been a nice and calm place!

[@lianaharvilla6248]

Liana Harvilla Wait- Do you know why it was abandoned?

[@lianaharvilla6248]

Ohhhh okay XD

[@beyondspace3736]

+Mightygil not really more like it wasn't a profit enough and the usa government hates it own people especially if they white

[@choogie458]

+onlythewise1 you mean if they're black

[@Cheeyev]

"JOOOYYLAAANNNDDD AMMOOOUUSSEEEMEENTPAARRRKK!!!"

[@smithandsuperdeadeyeofthew823]

Gets me everytime

[@smithandsuperdeadeyeofthew823]

@@jeianalottie Yeah I remember watching this video

[@SatanasDM]

I don't know how to feel about living relatively close to this place.

[@buggsghostx6044]

It was sad to see it come down I used to live in wichita everytime you go over a certain route you can see the top of the Rollercoaster

[@BrandonianSociety]

I live like two miles away from this place.

[@jurassicparkfreak7601]

Lycify I live in the city as this amusement park. I love getting as close as I can get without trespassing and taking pictures.

[@jurassicparkfreak7601]

Enema Of The State Part of the rollercoaster fell down in a recent storm. Now it's hard to see it from the highway.

[@shade2279]

I live close to there. It's pretty awesome:)

[@spiraloutkeepgoing]

*gasps* "Feces..." lmao, love this guy

[@silverxstar01]

(in a deep voice) Joylaaaand Amusement Paaaark!

[@korekiyoshingucci401]

silverxstar osomatsu

[@wigwagstudios2474]

@@korekiyoshingucci401 nyarome

[@nickciraulo8340]

sounds like "Deeeeeeetroit Basssketballll".

[@jennifermccall9213]

I remember going here as a very young child. I loved the log ride and HATED Louie the clown playing the organ.

[@jennifermccall9213]

Oh and the giant shoe that has the old lady and her children.

[@hawaiiankansanfeindel7131]

Jennifer, I was always fascinated with the shoe, watching through the window and seeing the mechanical old lady spanking the baby over her knee.

[@jennifermccall9213]

Hawaain Kansan feindel maybe I was scared because she was spanking the child. or the fact that I hate dolls lol.

[@hawaiiankansanfeindel7131]

Jennifer, Do you remember the swimming pool there? Also, when I was about 7/8 yrs old I rode double with an adult on the bumper cars, I turned my head to look behind and the bar on the back of the car gave me a black eye! Remember the smell and the sparks on the ceiling?

[@jennifermccall9213]

Hawaain Kansan feindel I don't remember the pool. but I do remember the bumper cars and that smell. I remember going with my aunt on the cars and had a giant bruise on my knee for months from the ride.

[@taryndunnavent5540]

Fun fact there used to be a clown statue that was sitting at the piano in the saloon since the 60s when it opened. It was stolen before the park was even closed, a few years ago a man was arrested for inappropriate video content of minors and the police found the clown in his garage when they raided his house

[@TotsNater]

That's absolutely terrifying.

[@henry2ish]

I love how the enchanted forests is the one that has the LEAST trees.

[@grantmcmillin6724]

Went here with my family before it closed. I was 3 or 4. Very vivid memory of it. Now moved out of state. Born and raised. Wichita just seems to be more sad and worse every-time I come to visit. Cool to hear stories from my dad going in the 60s and my older siblings in the 90s though lol.

[@toddles9]

Just google mapped this place. On street view you can still see the big sign on the main road even though it has since been taken down. It's a pity it closed down, it ran continually for 55 years. These quaint old amusement parks still have a lot of entertainment value. Kids nowadays wouldn't really get to see parks and old rides like this. Sad.

[@pompompurin8428]

You are right ... I would only go to Lego land or any universal studios ...

[@taylorswizzzle]

I looked on Google Earth and you can see some of the rides there. Pretty cool

[@jurassicparkfreak7601]

toddles9 I love going there and taking pictures.

[@genesisgutierrez7]

My favorite part of this video is when he would say,'' Jooooyy Laaaaannnnddc aaaammuuussseeeeeemmmmeennnntttt ppppaaaaaarrrrrk.'' Anyone else?

[@chilepom0737]

Same

[@coltonandgen2353]

Genesis Gutierrez I read that as soon as he said it XD

[@dequadrewalton2582]

just u

[@calitruckdriver2025]

Haha yes I remember that when I first seen it in 2014 joyyylanddd amusement parrrrk lol

[@nikosr265]

Same! I'll sometimes say this randomly when it pops in my head haha!

[@GasCityGuy]

Looks like it would be a great set for a Walking Dead episode.

[@andrewgriggs9113]

they filmed an episode here

[@Kahoobb]

+andrew griggs really?

[@andrewgriggs9113]

+Kahoobb ya and it was a live viewing so they invited wichitans to come out and watch

[@Kahoobb]

andrew griggs wow

[@lizceldycarmona3909]

when did it shut down

[@davegarfield9007]

There is something so terribly, sadly ironic about abandoned amusement parks. Places that once made people so happy and carefree, abandoned and left to decay like this. There are many vids like this on KZbin, each one of them sad in its own right - especially for those who once enjoyed them.

[@marqueseason6360]

As a life time resident of Wichita K.S. i have to say this video brought back some really fond childhood memories. Thank you.

[@ryandyke2575]

A lot of early memories for me. Was born and lived in Kansas until late kindergarten. That was my very first roller coaster.

[@ArcadeWarrior]

Interesting....

[@Haste5438]

ay first like 6 years later used to watch you all the time as a kid lol

[@Kiwi_stupid]

Interesting indeed

[@davesstuff1599]

Never get tired of the quirky humour.

[@jimsuniverse4954]

I love it lmao him and Dan Bell.

[@sundevil0271]

Was a wonderful place when it was open. Sad to see such a happy place in such disrepair now. Had a lot of wonderful memories there.

[@SunyCartoons]

2024 update: There's pretty much nothing left of Joyland at this point. There's only a few buildings left but they're just random utility buildings that don't give any real hints as to what it once was. It's so weird and creepy tbh.

[@BBnanner]

5:33 It was a shooting gallery. We had these Tommy guns that fired BBs that were hooked up to air tanks. You had to shoot out a red star at the end on a card. The noises of this are still part of my memories

[@manformerlyknownasgrundle799]

Good times

[@deacongowan117]

So much fun.

[@TheFurbee18]

XD "Indecent Exposure" ADAM, YOU ARE FREAKING AWESOME BRO!! I have been watching your adventures for quite some time, really wish i could accompany you on one of these old amusement park adventures you take. You have got yourself a dedicated two year better right here. Keep it up with all the exploration, maybe one day our paths will cross. LOVE YOU BRO!!!

[@JonathanGlennHUM]

ADD me ? Where are you?

[@NinjaIgnition]

I seriously remember going there all the time when I was a kid. I got chills seeing this video and what has become of this once awesome amusement park. It's sad because some of my best summers were spent there with my family.

[@RachelXKnight666]

This is my favorite of Adams videos

[@TheReelmom]

The creepiest part was when you said "Joyland Amusement Park" in the warpy voice LOL. Cool vid, thank you for posting :)

[@TotallyAwks]

As I was watching this, I had so many memories of being there as a kid, I remember riding into the Wacky shack. I used to be terrified of it, lol.Yeah, I don't think they're ever going to reopen joyland unfortunately, it was a main attraction to Wichita, Kansas, now there isn't anything! Thank you so much for sharing this video. I enjoyed watching it and reliving my childhood for that brief moment :)

[@marshallpowers518]

As of March 2015, this place is now demolished.

[@Cheeyev]

Marshall Powers "JOOOOYYLAND... nothing."

[@EggYTP]

Marshall Powers rest in penis... joyla- PEACE! peace..! rest in peace.

[@samanthadiblasi4316]

Egg Funny!!!!!!!!

[@CutieRingoJoy]

+ Marshall Powers *cries*

[@Em-hg5xt]

Where is the unlike button.... I don't want it to be demolished!

[@PrinceOfTheTimelords]

4:53 Adam: THERE'S A RACCON IN THERE! Me: eeewwww. 4:54 Raccon: hi! me: *dies from suffacation by laughter.

[@simbadabs3103]

4:55

[@briandsky2]

Wow this is insane seeing this my parents took my sister and I here for Easter egg hunts when we were little and my grandma and I drove by there not to long ago and she said how sad it looks like that now. They used to have a skating rink in the parking lot.

[@gamewizardks]

So many childhood memories here. Back in the 70's to mid-80's, this was still an awesome place. So sad to see it decline and cease to be these days. It's been pretty much demolished right now. Native Wichitan that grew up here with Joyland. So sad. Great video. Thanks, Adam.

[@despiteallmyrage6813]

"I wonder how many bar fights happened in here?" LoL!! Only Adam would wonder such a thing at a kids theme park. Hahaha

[@JustSomeGirl87]

God, I remember going here many, many times. It's so crazy to see it this way. The wacky shack, roller coaster, log jam..... sad

[@kevinscottbailey8335]

Yeah, I got a bit choked up watching Adam poking fun at these decaying monuments that meant so much to me as a child.

[@coachlee1213]

This guy is weird sometimes when he plays with decaying rides that gave joy to children.

[@TheRedneckAtheist]

Last time I was there was in the late 80's, they used to trim the trees so that the limbs were only about 10 feet from the coaster and there were a couple of spots where it almost looked like you were going to drop into the canopy. And the damn thing was built to have extra flex in the "fast" areas, made you think it was going to just crumble. Also, the Wacky Shack... Wasn't anything "wacky" about it. Lastly, the bumper boats, best thing EVER!

[@annabstacia]

I used to go there every weekend with my grandma when I lived in Kansas, it was my favorite place as a child.

[@billmonson9986]

“It is with a broken heart that we must announce that Joyland Amusement Park will not be reopening after all. The local group of investors that originally agreed to purchase the business have backed out of the sale. Liquidation of the park will follow. - Posted January 13, 2023.

[@micoasters]

That was joyland texas

[@ivansgreatadventures9542]

My all time favorite video of yours!! "Joyyyland AMUUUUUUSEMENT park!" 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@alianningson3829]

My son and I are having fun going back through your super old videos, Adam.

[@ArcadeGames]

Awww man, I want those arcade games...

[@ArcadeGames]

***** Sorry, I don't have any games for sale at this time.

[@lexusck]

This is really sad. My dad took my mom here in the early 1950's and he used to take me here in the late 1960's - 70's. This hurts my heart to know that it's just left to decay.

[@JP-st2mk]

I've always wondered what happened to the park. I moved to Texas in 1970 but used to go there in the early 60's. When we had a choice of Kiddie Land or Joy Land we always chose Joy Land. It had a bigger coaster and geared more the older kids and grown ups.

[@WMCPhD]

Boeing used to rent this place for an annual picnic. If I remember correctly, they used to have a wooden roller coaster.

[@RE2LeonS]

It's so weird to think that this place closed the year I graduated from high school...and 10 years later it looks like this.

[@kirannHcote]

the guy talking in the background doing the video, is absolutely hilarious! laughing out loud through out the whole video! thnx for sharing!

[@duchwela01]

I worked at Joyland as a teenager in the mid 1970's. It was creepy then.

[@riparianlife97701]

I can't believe it's only been abandoned for 9 years. A Google image search shows the place open in 2004. There's a KZbin video of the coaster in action from 1990. It looked terrifyingly run down.

[@Saffirea]

I wonder why it closed. It looked like it was a lot of fun.

[@coolwolf102]

There was an incident on the Ferris wheel. They closed down for the season in 2004, but after 2006, never opened again and was left to rot.

[@kayleen6257]

+Madalyn Comer like someone died on the Ferris wheel

[@mrmcmahon8725]

I heard hurricane Katrina hit... These were the results..

[@covergirl678]

Vince McMahon's wwe not we have no hurricanes in Wichita lmao

[@terriball8572]

LMAO.

[@samthompson1080]

I remember going to Joyland in the 70s. We was having a family reunion and all the kids wanted to do something. I do remember the bumper cars and go carts. Was the only go cart track I have ever been too that they did not mind us bumping into each other while we were racing. Thanks for posting.. brought back many years.. CHEERS

[@choppergirl]

That hanging barrel under the roller coaster is ballast for some contraption... provides "pull" on one of the wires to return it... within the range of its movement of course.... sort of like a spring, but where the tension always stats the same (not increasing as the spring gets pulled all the way out, or decreasing as the spring comes all together). Its basically keeping some wire tight..

[@lisatrickey2375]

I used to go there as child. Have good memories from there. It breaks my heart to see this. They did do a b-rated zombie film there. Just before they demolished the park.

[@asiankid6512]

Did they remove it?

[@idothings100]

I drove by there the other day and all the rides seem to be gone.

[@jimsuniverse4954]

Sad :( they should have reopened it.

[@DaGhostToastRoast]

It makes me sad seeing all these older rides (especially coasters) being torn down or abandoned in these parks! 😢

[@thethreetrampoliners3098]

i died laughing!!!! Its like a STEEL PLUNGER!!!

[@lilyawoodburn]

1:36 so sad that it burned down. Glad there's videos of it like this one to relive being there.

[@janiedemedeiros9470]

Thanks for the historic tour of my favorite childhood amusement park! It was beautiful lit at night and filled with people it was great on weekends during the day. It was filled with families & their children on the weekends, so many people that it seemed at times as if almost all the community of Wichita was there! There were these little people houses built like a small village with smaller than kid size furniture, with curtains on the windows, running water in the kitchen and electrical lights. The rooms were roped off but I tell you there is not a kid that visited Joyland then & doesn't remember that tour!

[@CartoonTV68]

I dont remember where, but somewhere (sort of) close to where i live, theres an abandoned amusement park, and the entrance is still there

[@ProChoiceJesus]

It's 8/4/15 as of this writing. The Coaster was finally demolished about a week ago. The red caboose was trailered away two days ago. Another of America's wonderful traditional amusement parks has bit the dust, albeit years ago. While you still can, visit one or more of these incredible real amusement parks still gracing North America....Lakeside Park, Denver (endangered), Conneaut Lake Park, PA (very endangered), Kennywood Park, Pittsburgh, Knoebels Amusement Resort, Elysburg, PA (the best), Arnolds Park, Iowa, Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk, Santa Cruz, CA, Camden Park, Huntington, WV, Idlewild Park, Ligonier, PA, Rye Playland, Rye, NY, Lakemont Park, Altoona, PA (with world's oldest wood coaster built in 1902), Playland, Vancouver, BC, Lake Compounce, Bristol, CT, Coney Island (with the incredible 1927 Cyclone Coaster), Brooklyn, NY, Magic Springs, Hot Springs ARK. I'm missing one or two, but all these parks have wonderful wooden rollercoasters and an atmosphere of fun & yesteryear you won't experience at large, crowded, corporate cattle farms like Six Flags, Kings Island, or Disney.

[@MultiBlueblanket]

ProChoiceJesus DUDE. I can't believe you did not mention: Cedar Point Kings Dominion Hersheypark These parks, are awesome. I'm planning to go to Cedar Point in July 2016, then go to Kings Dominion in fall 2016.

[@torikrotzer7162]

There is also one in athol Idaho called silverwood and it has 2 wooden roller coasters

[@Naplesfrank154]

You were wondering what happened to Mother Hubbard..... Well presently she's in a private hospital after suffering a heart attack. The heart attack was brought on because she found out that one of her daughters was a prostitute and one of her sons became her daughters pimp. It's a sad story but that's life. If you have any further info on this, please let me know.

[@gotchaman80]

+Frank Daniels Also her other son has decided he wants to be a Transsexual and her other daughter now goes by the name Britney Muhammad, she married a man that rapes her kids (it's allowed in their culture).

[@micholakinola1053]

Can't be real

[@SuzannesVault]

I grew up in Wichita and Derby and went to Joyland from 1950 until we moved to SoCal in 1964. It was owned by my friend Sally's family. That wooden roller coaster was fantastic as was the fun house, the train, the ferris wheel, and the carousel. There was some ride that turned you almost upside down in a rocking bucket...I hated it. Thanks for the video. You get huge points for going across that old wooden suspension bridge.

[@peggybourbon8574]

Three generatins of My family spent many fun filled days there. Lots of great memories now to see it brings a tear to my eye. The carousel was taken from Joyland to Botanica Gardens in Wichita KS. There was also a clown that played the piano, it was stolen but later found, I dont know where it is now. Thank you for letting my family get a glimpse of the past , we all had a great time watching your video and reminiscing.

[@EX7RUD1CON]

Those arcade machines make me sad.

[@Ness_Dreemurr]

EX7RUD1CON same. those were like portals to new worlds, now time had destroyed them, sealing them off from our world

[@jimsuniverse4954]

The ferris wheel got me. I got a soft spot for ferris wheels.

[@cherrychanx383]

I wonder what this was like when it first opened 😱😍

[@hawaiiankansanfeindel7131]

Cherry, Fun, fun, fun, when ever I went as a little girl in the 60's, started out with the kiddies area, then got old enough for the rollercoaster, arms up in the air on the 1st drop, I thought I was somethin! My brother rode it 65 times in a row and threw up on the way home.....In the car!!!!

[@kimwise1724]

Hawaain Kansan feindel I grew up in Wichita every summer we would go to joyland, I even took end my son before they closed it was awesome

[@londonvalentine1933]

This is were SlenderMan comes in and takes you :)!

[@armeeuff1]

Would love exploring abandoned places like this and also capturing the progression of how time slowly swallows what once was something quite different. Enjoyed the vid!

[@hensleyshobbies-doug7761]

Used to be a Joyland Amusement Park here in Lex Ky too, it was a hopping place back in the late 40’s through the early 60’s. It sat abandoned for like 20 years or so until someone bought the property and built a bowling alley on it. My folks bought a house and we moved into it in 71’, same named neighborhood ( Joyland), and when we moved here part of the old roller coaster was still standing and there was a Olympic size swimming pool there also, only empty and trash in it!

[@djjimin4887]

What even happened there? It's like a monster attacked it.

[@zk6754]

Sushee I think the nelsons stopped caring. Some other guys bought it briefly before selling it back to the Nelsons. The Nelsons never wanted it back so they just let it go

[@exotticdos9057]

People died there so they abandoned it cause it went out of business

[@ExploringAndMe]

cool i filmed at a abandoned amusement park today too not as much left as here unfortunantly but still some parts exist nice video greatings from holland.

[@korekiyoshingucci401]

ExploringAndMe can i see the video

[@Beastboy86titan]

Why do I get such a jolly out of looking at abandoned stuff

[@fantastictoad8853]

I used to go to Joyland every summer because the company my grandmother worked for would have the company picnics there. It was a blast in the 80s&90s, as a little kid anyways. So sad I never got to take my kids there, although I'm not sure how many rides I would have let them go on, since my grandmother had told me that the wooden roller coaster ride hadn't changed since she was young in the 1950s when she moved to Wichita to get a career at the refinery. It's just scary knowing it had been one of the only wooden roller coasters to last so long. And I remember seeing people stand up and ride the coaster like a skateboard. Crazy.

[@scrambled5948]

This is probably one of the first KZbin videos I remember watching

[@TheLennyLegoShow]

9:20/12:12 JOOOOOOOYYYYYYYLLAAAANNDD AMMUUUUSEMENT PAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRKKK!

[@Crazyjade576]

So very saddening. Some of my best childhood memories took place at Joyland :(

[@heyodaddio4961]

Witchata = Zombie land

[@allisonw441]

rosemary morin WICHITA

[@hotel4419]

Not true

[@skiddydumm5429]

True

[@rachellevigil9004]

Awwww joy land, I miss joy land. The log jam ride was just the best. Especially in the summer when it was hot and you needed to cool down. Then there was that time when an employee cutting weeds under the coaster stuck his head up through the track and got decapitated by the roller coaster. Yeah, that happened.

[@magicalwolfclaws9089]

LOL The Part where he is just like." *GASP* Feeces! "

[@naijawalker379]

I love they "Joyland Amusement park" in slow motion

[@laurawantstobtl1093]

same 😂

[@vector6977]

Seeing the Wacky Shack falling apart like that, makes the functional one at Waldameer in Erie,PA Seem that much better!

[@crimsonrose2417]

Omfg I have to go there next year! (I live in Ridgway, so I'm close :3)

[@Coolscarykid]

My friend said that this is opened to the public even though it's abandoned. So could anyone just go and wander around the abandoned joyland amusement park?

[@macvickery1906]

my great uncle and his wife actually owned this place, never been there but it’s super cool to see it abandoned!

[@stardolphin1159]

"And that profanity! Get that profanity outta here!"😂😂😂😂😂

[@jennygebert3797]

So sad to watch, Joyland was a huge part of my childhood. What a waste.

[@EdgeRetro]

I know right? I've been on most of those rides - kind of creepy and strange to see it looking like a horror movie set. Speaking of creepy, wasn't there a clown-sign thing right near the entrance with marching parade music or something? The wooden roller coaster was cool - really it's all in surprisingly good condition. Surprised it's not actually more vandalized and gutted.

[@joshsawesomeroom7631]

a long ass time ago a maintenence man died under the roller coaster, he was weed eating under the tracks with headphones on so he couldnt hear anything and he stood up and BOOM the coaster took his head clean off, i belive it was in the 70s or 80s but im not sure, btw i am 100% serious, no joke

[@terriball8572]

JOYLAND WORKER STRUCK, KILLED BY ROLLER COASTER The 35-year-old man had been trimming weeds when he was hit in the head by roller coaster. By Joe Rodriguez The Wichita Eagle A 35-year-old Joyland maintenance worker was killed Thursday when he was struck in the head by the amusement park's roller coaster. The worker, whose name was not released, had been operating a weed trimmer near the first drop of the roller coaster about 6:20 p.m. "As the coaster came over the top of the hill," Wichita police Sgt. Gavin Seiler said, "it came down and struck him." Those who were on the ride told police that it appeared as though the man tried to duck. Seiler said that there were about six people on the ride and that they weren't even sure that the man had been hit. After they told ride operators that there was someone near the coaster, workers went to look. After discovering the man had been struck, the ride was immediately closed. Randy Ledbetter said he was waiting in line to ride the coaster when operators shut down the ride. He went back outside the park to look at what happened. "He was basically kind of curled up under the track, right in the middle of the track where it happened," Ledbetter said. Stan Nelson, Joyland's owner, said the man had worked at the park, on and off, for about eight years. He said it was not park procedure to work near the coaster while it was operating. "I don't want to fault him or anything like that," Nelson said. "He was trying to do something. Why he was there, that I don't know." Nelson said the coaster probably would be reopened today. "There's nothing wrong with the coaster, it's just an unfortunate incident that happened," he said. "It's certainly one of those things that shouldn't happen." There has been one death related to the roller coaster in the history of Joyland. That death also had nothing to do with faulty structure. In May of 1977, a 7-year-old boy died after falling from the roller coaster while standing up during a series of hills on the ride.

[@joshsawesomeroom7631]

+Terri Ball thanks for the article

[@buttersandscampy876]

dang

[@fenix2638]

There is a bunch of nice salvage there going to waste.

[@theheavyhangerbymelonsthec9196]

This was totally my childhood... It was sad and funny to walk through this with you... The commentary was hilarious. Especially the slowed "Joyland Amusement park" LOL!I wish people hadn't went in there and destroyed the park even though it closed, it would have been fun to see it again. By the way... The skate was from The skate rink that burned down in the early 90's or late 80's.Thanks for the video.

[@relicman]

That's a shame that someone destroyed those old Arcade games. Those would actually be valuable if they were in decent condition.

[@loricalhoun7973]

I love when he says JOY LAND AMUSEMENT PARKS

[@nathansmiddy]

just a big shame for all them parks to end like this

[@lovepuppy359]

If those arcade games worked still and were in pretty good condition, I would've bought one depending what games they were.

[@resiem]

I lost it at "Joylaaaannd Amuuuusement Paaaarrrk" hahaha

[@michellemiller5461]

I use to go to this place in HS... I can't believe it looks like this now, just 15 years later! So sad! The log jam ride was our favorite! So fun. Great video! Thanks for sharing!

[@tastedlikechicken]

i never will understand why nothing of the rides and other things get sold when these parks closing? also i never will understand why the people that explore these places tend to vandalism and not just take some of the things back home? many of these things easily can be sold for good money or just would make a cool item to use your own.

[@joshsawesomeroom7631]

+tastedlikechicken at 10:20 i am %100 serious i actually went there, found that, and took it home

[@jasonsoutthere7733]

Adam, they should take abandoned places like this, fix them up and turn them into resorts for people who like to be naked all the time.

[@asiankid6512]

What the...

[@Knightimex]

Real talk. That mother fucking wooden roller coaster. You didn't ride it because it was fun, you rode it because death felt very possible.

[@busstop1100]

Drove by today, to say goodbye. The demolition is well under way. Tears were shed. Vids like this help us remember. And very soon all that Joyland will be is a memory...

[@4678dl]

Thank you for going in there and making a video. This was the amusement park I grew up with and the first roller coaster I ever rode. I'm sad that it has been abandoned but in that part of Wichita they will never get it going again. Thanks again for the memories and for satisfying my curiosity about how it is now. You are brave! (Yes, it was creepy!)