The Wonderful Theme Park History of The Wizard of Oz

The Wizard of Oz is one of the world's most beloved stories. It's a whimsical and adventurous tale that transcends the worlds of books, film, TV, theatre, comics, games, and more. However, its presence in the theme park industry is a little more elusive. In today's episode of THEME PARK PARLAY, we're going to dive into the theme park history of the Wizard of Oz and uncover Ozian theme parks and attractions of the past, present, and future, plus a few that were planned but never came to be.
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INFORMATION SOURCES:
docs.google.com/document/d/1R...
MEDIA SOURCES:
Disney & Universal
• Vintage Disneyland Ope... (Inside the Magic)
• [4K POV] NEW Star Wars... (Blog Mickey)
• The Wizarding World of... (Universal Orlando Resort)
• NEW Ride Finale! Juras... (Attractions 360)
• The Great Movie Ride -... (Attractions Magazine)
• Time-Lapse: Disneyland... (Disney Parks)
• Walt Disney's Opening ... (Mickey World Travel)
• Snow White And The Sev... (CC: Cinematic Clips)
The Land of OZ (Beech Mountain)
• Land of Oz, 1970 [MPF.... (State Archives of North Carolina)
• Land of Oz - Beech Mou... (Carpetbagger)
• Autumn at Oz 2021 Comm... (Land of Oz)
• Beech Mountain OZ Run (William White)
Storybook Land & Land of Oz (Aberdeen)
• Adventure Aberdeen - S... (Aberdeen Area CVB)
• Wylie Park and Storybo... (Aberdeen Area CVB)
Movie World
• Movie World Australia ... (Parks On The Coast)
Other Oz Attractions
• OZtoberFest (Channel 8 News Online)
• Wizard of Oz Museum - ... (Carpetbagger)
• The Oz Winery Uncorked (The Official Oz Club)
• Visiting Dorothy's Hou... (RV New Adventures)
• Real Wizard of Oz Trai... (Heart Family)
Other/Misc.
• POV of Freedom Flyer a... (Fun Spot America Theme Parks)
• Boomerang - POV - Ener... (Ride Review)
0:00 Introduction: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
2:54 Disney's Wizard of Oz Dark Ride
4:17 Land of Oz - Beech Mountain, NC
7:59 The Great Movie Ride
10:44 Cancelled White Winds Theme Park
12:06 Land of Oz & Storybook Land - Aberdeen, SD
14:00 The Cancelled Wonderful World of Oz: A Park Planned for Kansas
17:03 The Cancelled Wonderful World of Oz: The Attractions That Never Were
25:10 The Cancelled Wonderful World of Oz: The Demise of Oz
29:48 Wizard of Aussies: New Precinct Coming to Movie World!
31:54 Beyond the Theme Parks
34:13 Final Thoughts & Outro
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[@RankingTheMouse]

Parker, I'm not joking when I say this was INSANELY high quality content. Legitimately one of the best videos I've seen in a while in terms of quality, research, & writing. Incredible stuff man. You should be proud. I'll be watching this one twice!!!

[@AdventuresWithParker]

Awe thanks man that means a lot to me 😊

[@AngelofGrace96]

This was so wonderful, and the happy ending at the end was such a wonderful surprise! I'm used to a bittersweet ending with abandoned theme parks, so to hear that fans banded together (and still are) to raise money and appreciate the park was so nice to hear. You put so much effort into this vid, I'll definitely check out more of your work!

[@AdventuresWithParker]

Right?! It’s so awesome to see what a dedicated community is capable of! And thank you!!!

[@charlesarnold1953]

It was Ozsome!!

[@AdventuresWithParker]

Haha why thank you 💚

[@chelsey1087]

Such a good video! I love the wizard of Oz, it’s always been one of my favourite movies. Such a classic

[@AdventuresWithParker]

Same! It’s so timeless and enjoyable no matter how old you are 😌💚

[@WonderlandWeekly]

Fantastic video! I had no idea the land of Oz has had so many planned theme park-related things! Really well-researched and well-constructed!

[@AdventuresWithParker]

I’ve known about the Wonderland World of Oz for a while but didn’t know about everything else until I started researching for this vid. And thank you!!!

[@johnathanfrench3162]

The rainbow world of Oz theme park Resort in Kansas Missouri my concept is to build on a dairy Farm wrestling the size of Knott's Berry Farm and Disneyland combined in size only my is based off wonderful Wizard of Oz book series it would be fully immersive divide up into sections named after each of the countries and lands in Oz and each land set you find each of the familiar Oz characters from the books completed 15 dark rides three water rides Oz hot air balloon Adventure Captain Salt's salty shanty maiden voyage a dark

[@AdventuresWithParker]

Love it! 💛 And 15 dark rides… you’ve got me hooked 👀