# Another abandoned placed thread... **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [January 2, 2014, 6:22am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/another-abandoned-placed-thread/234404 "2014-01-02T06:22:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bakes](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bakes/32/7469_2.png) [@Bakes](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bakes)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2014, 6:22am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/another-abandoned-placed-thread/234404/1 "2014-01-02T06:22:15Z")
Some interesting and cool place to read up and look at. Some i’ve never known about, and a couple that are NY local… > **[Distractify](http://www.distractify.com)** > > Distractify is a leading entertainment company in the mobile era. Who knew…abandoned Disney parks and property… > **[The Trashed Remains of Abandoned Disney Projects](https://io9.gizmodo.com/the-trashed-remains-of-abandoned-disney-projects-1466546591)** > > We've had galleries of abandoned amusement parks and toy factories, but nothing matches the sad splendor of abandoned Disney parks. ---
**Author:** ![97FormulaWS-6](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/97formulaws-6/32/7384_2.png) [@97FormulaWS-6](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/97FormulaWS-6)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2014, 7:09am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/another-abandoned-placed-thread/234404/2 "2014-01-02T07:09:37Z")
I remember 2 of the Disney ones; the Original Imageworks (First one), and River Country Water Park. Note - River Country was abandoned because of that brain eating amoeba that was in the news last year. ---
**Author:** ![ProgRocker](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/progrocker/32/5434_2.png) [@ProgRocker](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ProgRocker)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2014, 7:19am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/another-abandoned-placed-thread/234404/3 "2014-01-02T07:19:36Z")
![http://zeqps2k4t563atbs730zvzq12aw.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/miranda.jpg](http://zeqps2k4t563atbs730zvzq12aw.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/miranda.jpg) Looks siq to visit. I’d love to check out all these places. ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2014, 7:23am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/another-abandoned-placed-thread/234404/4 "2014-01-02T07:23:19Z")
So Russia has the world’s biggest hole? Your mom doesn’t agree. ---
**Author:** ![ubengineering](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ubengineering/32/5171_2.png) [@ubengineering](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ubengineering)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2014, 10:33am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/another-abandoned-placed-thread/234404/5 "2014-01-02T10:33:35Z")
OH SNAP^^^ But seriously, dark tourism is something that is starting to attract a lot of folks. Chernobyl is now open to tourism as well. ---
**Author:** ![Mankthetank19](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mankthetank19/32/5295_2.png) [@Mankthetank19](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Mankthetank19)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2014, 10:42am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/another-abandoned-placed-thread/234404/6 "2014-01-02T10:42:11Z")
> [@97FormulaWS-6](#): > > I remember 2 of the Disney ones; the Original Imageworks (First one), and River Country Water Park. > > Note - River Country was abandoned because of that brain eating amoeba that was in the news last year. Was there any proof or deaths because of this? ---
**Author:** ![brilliantyellowg60](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6f9a4e/32.png) [@brilliantyellowg60](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/brilliantyellowg60)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2014, 10:50am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/another-abandoned-placed-thread/234404/7 "2014-01-02T10:50:58Z")
[http://www.yesterland.com/rivercountry.html](http://www.yesterland.com/rivercountry.html) ---
**Author:** ![GV1390](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/gv1390/32/5432_2.png) [@GV1390](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/GV1390)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2014, 10:55am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/another-abandoned-placed-thread/234404/8 "2014-01-02T10:55:11Z")
I know this guy who visited the Six Flags park in New Orleans… ---
**Author:** ![1QIKZ](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/1qikz/32/6112_2.png) [@1QIKZ](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/1QIKZ)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2014, 11:00am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/another-abandoned-placed-thread/234404/9 "2014-01-02T11:00:01Z")
The photography in those pics is awesome. Pretty interesting and heartbreaking at the same time. All that waste of resources and time to build…just to walk away. ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2014, 11:03am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/another-abandoned-placed-thread/234404/10 "2014-01-02T11:03:09Z")
> [@Mankthetank19](#): > > Was there any proof or deaths because of this? One death, one miracle survival because of an experimental anti-amoeba drug that was administered early. When I say miracle, 123 people in the US have been confirmed infections and she was one of two who have survived. ---
**Author:** ![1QIKZ](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/1qikz/32/6112_2.png) [@1QIKZ](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/1QIKZ)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2014, 11:19am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/another-abandoned-placed-thread/234404/11 "2014-01-02T11:19:27Z")
Maybe they should’ve just named it River Country Amoeba Death Fun Park. ---
**Author:** ![Bakes](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bakes/32/7469_2.png) [@Bakes](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bakes)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2014, 12:47pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/another-abandoned-placed-thread/234404/12 "2014-01-02T12:47:37Z")
> [@97FormulaWS-6](#): > > Note - River Country was abandoned because of that brain eating amoeba that was in the news last year. Doesn’t sound like it, if you read the atricle in the link… If that were the case, they would have closed it in 1980, when that had happened, NOT 2001. ---
**Author:** ![Bakes](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bakes/32/7469_2.png) [@Bakes](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bakes)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2015, 2:19am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/another-abandoned-placed-thread/234404/13 "2015-01-13T02:19:13Z")
Some more cool and abandoned places… > **[Abandoned America](https://www.abandonedamerica.us/)** > > Abandoned America is one of the leading collections of American ruins on the internet, with hundreds of derelict buildings to explore. ![http://roa.h-cdn.co/assets/15/02/980x490/landscape_nrm_1420663408-roa020115fea_tunnel-01.jpg](http://roa.h-cdn.co/assets/15/02/980x490/landscape_nrm_1420663408-roa020115fea_tunnel-01.jpg) [http://www.roadandtrack.com/motorsports/features/a24696/racings-secret-hideout-ganassi-tunnel/](http://www.roadandtrack.com/motorsports/features/a24696/racings-secret-hideout-ganassi-tunnel/) ---
**Author:** ![Onyx\_Z32](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/onyx_z32/32/7581_2.png) [@Onyx\_Z32](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Onyx_Z32)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2015, 8:15am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/another-abandoned-placed-thread/234404/14 "2015-01-13T08:15:50Z")
That tunnel story is cool. ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2015, 8:36am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/another-abandoned-placed-thread/234404/15 "2015-01-13T08:36:19Z")
> [@Onyx Z32](#): > > That tunnel story is cool. +1