Wednesday 10 December 2014

I Guess We Have All Heard Of The Elephants Graveyard,

where elephants make their way to one spot to die,



well here is the dinosaur graveyard, it is East Berlin, in the KulturparkPlänterwald, but it was not an asteroid that brought these animals down, it was the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989,

the Kulturpark Plänterwald had been the only amusement park in the German Democratic Republic (GDR), there was no real coordination and theme, it was a mix of attractions and rides, when the GDR collapsed Kulturpark Plänterwald quickly followed,


it enjoyed a brief renaissance, as the wonderfully named Spreepark and the age of the dinosaurs began, the original park was expanded and it reopened in 1991, moving towards a more western model of Recreation Park, a single entrance fee was brought in rather than individual charges for the rides and attractions, this one price fits all policy together with a lack of parking space saw the attendance figures plummet, only ten years after the park had reopened it closed in 1991, with massive debts of €11M, it has remained closed ever since, so with the new Jurassic Park 4, or Jurassic World as it will be known coming out soon any wannabe Steve Spielberg's should take a look at Kulturpark Plänterwald, after all the main characters are just lying around!


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