Abandoned Theme Parks
Santa's Village Lake Arrowhead abandoned theme park
opened May 28th 1955 closed March 1st 1998, Santa's Village was a winter themed
amusement park in the sky Forest section of Lake Arrowhead, California, opened in
1955 it was the first franchised amusement park, one of three built by
developer Glen Holland, the others also defunct were in Scotts Valley California
and East Dundee Illinois the East Dundee park reopened in 2011 under new
ownership as Santa's Village is usman park, opening more than a month before
Disneyland, the 220 acre 0.89 km2 park was one of Southern California's biggest
tourist attractions, it boasted kiddie rides including a bobsled monorail and
ferris wheel a petting zoo live reindeer and shops that included a bakery candy
kitchen and a toy shop reduced attendance and revenue shortfalls caused
the part to close on March 1st 1998 the property sold three years later for 5.6
million dollars and served as a staging area for local logging operations the
faded candy cane signpost in dilapidated buildings became a ghost
town along the of the world highway in June 2014 the
park was sold to a new owner who planned to operate it as a year-round tourist
destination called sky park at Santa's Village following extensive renovations
it reopened on December 2nd 2016.
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