Abandoned amusement park in New Orleans

fenderbender · 05-23-2011, 12:37 AM

Creepy, Crusty, Crumbling: Illegal Tour of Abandoned Six Flags New Orleans [75 Pics]

Awesome shots. check it out

BigSpliffSmoka · 05-23-2011, 06:29 AM

Nice, I love pictures like this. There was one of stuff inside North Korea I really dug. Can't think of the website now though

**SageTree** · 05-24-2011, 05:46 AM

Thanks again.

adventure · 05-24-2011, 07:36 AM

Very cool Thanks!

~1~ · 05-24-2011, 08:48 AM

Wow, thats right up there with that Niagara Falls power plant hike I posted awhile back. I dig this shit, there are photos of entire Russian towns like this, just abandoned.

Fuckin' creepy but very inviting in zombie hunting kind of way.

fenderbender · 05-24-2011, 01:14 PM

China has 64 million empty apartments currently. There are entire cities with skyscraper condos that are completely empty. Pretty crazy stuff.

China just keeps building new cities and random shit because of economic growth and all that. Gonna cause a huge problem for them economically in the future.

Largest mall in the world, empty.
Ghost mall: The world's largest (and loneliest) shopping centre | Mail Online

Quote:

Around 500 new malls have been built in China over the last five years.
All of them are said to be waiting for the arrival of the middle class, with China the largest growing economy in the world before the recent global recession.

Edit: while china has those 64 million empty apartments, there is also a huge population of people (the majority) who cannot afford those apartments and live in poverty, working all the time. :/ china sucks

**SageTree** · 05-24-2011, 01:31 PM

Empty apartments and homeless people to fill them is not JUST a Chinese issue, FYI.
It DOES suck though.

fenderbender · 05-24-2011, 01:50 PM

lol i knew someone was gonna say that.

yeah i know, and yeah it does suck

wtf is up with that sagetree...

.

Why cant people stay in a house till it's sold

Greed upsets me so

osirus2020 · 06-20-2011, 04:26 AM

Too much post production, selective coloring all looks shitty and the captions were melodramatic. I mean, the place already looks good and fucked up no need to adjust it in a computer program.

He could have done better focusing on documentary type photos I think. Just don't read each caption.

Jester4yall · 06-20-2011, 05:34 AM

Damn Good Find! Thanks 4 sharing!

Also its hard to imagine a 9.6 million sq ft mall..even with pics. Bad Ass if it wasn't almost empty

OldMan&TheWeed · 06-20-2011, 09:17 AM

I know this is a minority opinion, but given what we know about rising sea levels, how does it even make sense to rebuild ANYTHING there?

It's all going to happen again and again, more and more frequently.

osirus2020 · 06-20-2011, 04:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by OldMan&TheWeed

I know this is a minority opinion, but given what we know about rising sea levels, how does it even make sense to rebuild ANYTHING there?

It's all going to happen again and again, more and more frequently.

More dykes and more Dutchmen.

m0rb1d · 08-18-2011, 03:27 PM

bump for awesomeness

Mercury · 08-18-2011, 04:03 PM

I've been to new orleans.... everything is/looks abandoned.

Jester4yall · 08-18-2011, 08:39 PM

they knews you were coming

Roach · 08-18-2011, 09:55 PM

having worked for several carnival companies and at one ride repair/restore shop, I'd have to say some of those rides are totally restorable.

that wave swinger alone is worth saving, as the hydraulic motors are all sealed, and located in the top...pumps are probably still functional too. And the scenery is all fibreglass.

some of the photos are just black ? taken down ?

great post tho

seems to me the most damage was from vandalism.

Roach · 08-18-2011, 10:34 PM

the last ride I moved was the same one in the attached pictures. It was bought from Kennywood and made "moveable" by my boss (a mechanical engineer) and show owner. It took 3 semi trailers to hold all the parts, and took a minimum of 14 hours to build (10 hours to tear down).

There are 16 cars capable of holding 2 passengers each making the maximum capacity 32 riders. Theoretically this ride can thrill a maximum of 900 riders per hour.

The entire ride weighs approximately 29 tons. (3 ton of "base" was added to make it portable)

The outer diameter of the ride is approximately 21 meters.

The absolute top speed is approximately 75 mph (120 km/h), but it is typically run at 40 mph (64 km/h) in most parks.

Roach · 08-18-2011, 10:48 PM

the first ride I moved was a pain in the butt to setup...

chance bridge co. Sky Wheel.

Sky Wheel, Oklahoma City 1995 - YouTube

but once it was light, it was nice to smoke a joint...and get high in the sky

Jester4yall · 08-19-2011, 09:26 AM

you move rides? really? So your like a carny but paid better? oh and you get to keep all your teeth

Edit I somehow skipped the post where you said you worked for the companies. Thats pretty neat tho

Roach · 08-19-2011, 09:38 AM

At one time I was a certified amusement ride inspector for the state of Pennsylvania.

for 4 years.

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Jester4yall Spark It or Park It Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Africa Posts: 3,639 Thanks: 2,745 Thanked 1,307 Times in 936 Posts	Damn Good Find! Thanks 4 sharing! Also its hard to imagine a 9.6 million sq ft mall..even with pics. Bad Ass if it wasn't almost empty __________________ http://i.imgur.com/CTV2E.gif In matters of style, swim with the current; In matters of principle, stand like a rock. -Thomas Jefferson You will encounter many distractions and many temptations to put your goal aside: The security of a job, a wife who wants kids, whatever. But if you hang in there, always following your vision, I have no doubt you will succeed. - Larry Flynt Last edited by Jester4yall; 06-20-2011 at 05:47 AM.

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Jester4yall Spark It or Park It Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Africa Posts: 3,639 Thanks: 2,745 Thanked 1,307 Times in 936 Posts	they knews you were coming __________________ http://i.imgur.com/CTV2E.gif In matters of style, swim with the current; In matters of principle, stand like a rock. -Thomas Jefferson You will encounter many distractions and many temptations to put your goal aside: The security of a job, a wife who wants kids, whatever. But if you hang in there, always following your vision, I have no doubt you will succeed. - Larry Flynt

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Roach Victoria Aut Mors Join Date: Dec 1999 Posts: 7,143 Thanks: 2,362 Thanked 1,974 Times in 1,500 Posts	having worked for several carnival companies and at one ride repair/restore shop, I'd have to say some of those rides are totally restorable. that wave swinger alone is worth saving, as the hydraulic motors are all sealed, and located in the top...pumps are probably still functional too. And the scenery is all fibreglass. some of the photos are just black ? taken down ? great post tho seems to me the most damage was from vandalism. __________________ לזיין את הקופים

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Roach Victoria Aut Mors Join Date: Dec 1999 Posts: 7,143 Thanks: 2,362 Thanked 1,974 Times in 1,500 Posts	the last ride I moved was the same one in the attached pictures. It was bought from Kennywood and made "moveable" by my boss (a mechanical engineer) and show owner. It took 3 semi trailers to hold all the parts, and took a minimum of 14 hours to build (10 hours to tear down). There are 16 cars capable of holding 2 passengers each making the maximum capacity 32 riders. Theoretically this ride can thrill a maximum of 900 riders per hour. The entire ride weighs approximately 29 tons. (3 ton of "base" was added to make it portable) The outer diameter of the ride is approximately 21 meters. The absolute top speed is approximately 75 mph (120 km/h), but it is typically run at 40 mph (64 km/h) in most parks. Attached Images __________________ לזיין את הקופים

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Jester4yall Spark It or Park It Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Africa Posts: 3,639 Thanks: 2,745 Thanked 1,307 Times in 936 Posts	you move rides? really? So your like a carny but paid better? oh and you get to keep all your teeth Edit I somehow skipped the post where you said you worked for the companies. Thats pretty neat tho __________________ http://i.imgur.com/CTV2E.gif In matters of style, swim with the current; In matters of principle, stand like a rock. -Thomas Jefferson You will encounter many distractions and many temptations to put your goal aside: The security of a job, a wife who wants kids, whatever. But if you hang in there, always following your vision, I have no doubt you will succeed. - Larry Flynt

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Roach Victoria Aut Mors Join Date: Dec 1999 Posts: 7,143 Thanks: 2,362 Thanked 1,974 Times in 1,500 Posts	At one time I was a certified amusement ride inspector for the state of Pennsylvania. for 4 years. __________________ לזיין את הקופים

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