Comments on Dark Roasted Blend: Ghost Rides: Abandoned Parks in South Korea

Oh, I later got into two of the floating restauran...

2009-02-24T03:28:00.000-08:00

Oh, I later got into two of the floating restaurants. The one titled "...and another one" has some pretty cool stuff inside.

Too bad you weren't able to get inside the floatin...

2009-01-15T12:07:00.000-08:00

Too bad you weren't able to get inside the floating restaurant with the windmill. Maybe come back at night and borrow one of the boats to get across. Would suck if the door leading up turned out to be locked.

I'm sad to report that the front gate arch has bee...

2009-01-03T20:57:00.000-08:00

I'm sad to report that the front gate arch has been removed.

South Korea is filled with large abandoned neighbourhoods. In the near future I'm thinking of putting together a report on them for this site, but for now you can see a ton of photos on my site.

awesome

2008-12-21T13:49:00.000-08:00

awesome

"It´s remember me the movie "Chihiro´s travel" fro...

2008-12-12T11:47:00.000-08:00

"It´s remember me the movie "Chihiro´s travel" from Miyazaki."

I believe this film was released in the U.S. as "Spirited Away."
(Chihiro's Dad mistakes a portal to the spirit world for the entrance to an abandoned amusement park; surreal eerieness ensues).

Yes, I had the same thought, looking at those pictures.

This and "Castle in the Sky" by Miyazagi are amazing, and well worth renting; but do not select the English language version: it changes the stories too much. Read subtitles on the original Japanese-soundtracks.

Anonymous,we see the beauty in these places. When...

2008-12-10T18:24:00.000-08:00

Anonymous,
we see the beauty in these places. When we say weird or creepy we really mean cool. :)
Where are these abandoned neighborhoods you speak of?

Remember the movie "Big", with T Hanks...the wish ...

2008-12-03T09:23:00.000-08:00

Remember the movie "Big", with T Hanks...the wish machine is somewhere in those parks.

I want that big, green gargoyle! ^_^

2008-11-28T21:46:00.000-08:00

I want that big, green gargoyle! ^_^

Just so everyone's clear:-A city of 1 million may ...

2008-11-21T06:31:00.000-08:00

Just so everyone's clear:

-A city of 1 million may be large by western standards, but in Asia it's relatively small, especially when it's a little south of a city of 10 million.
-A site is abandoned if it has been vacated and is awaiting demolition. The two significantly large neighbourhoods of vacated houses awaiting demolition that are within five minutes of my home are abandoned.
-Not everyone sees beauty the same way. The Japanese have a word, haikyo, which relates to the hidden beauty found in sites like this. There are hundreds of people all over the world who seek out places like this. Korea is not unique in this way.

It's great that you guys were able to take picture...

2008-11-20T09:11:00.000-08:00

It's great that you guys were able to take pictures of this place, since this place will be gone soon due to the apartment complex construction plan throughout the area. The price of the land in Seoul and its suburban areas including Suwon is considerably expensive because of "supply and demand". (e.g. 1300 ft2 of apartment, not a house, costs minimum $300,000 average and up.-plz google the population density in these areas if interested.) And that's why people would like to utilize this piece of land to build more housing to live.

By the way, FYI, it's kind of sad and true that Koreans really don't talk to Foreigners because of the language barrier. Don't be surprised!

Hey Anonymous, You obviously have no idea what urb...

2008-11-19T20:57:00.000-08:00

Hey Anonymous,

You obviously have no idea what urban exploring is if you think I made a mistake.

There were no signs, in Korean or otherwise, forbidding entrance. Nobody stopped us, despite the fact we were crawling around there for several hours and seen by many people.

Thanks for posting your pictures. If there is anything South Korea needs more of, it's soulless highrises.

FYI,I would like to correct some mistakes here.Fir...

2008-11-19T18:56:00.000-08:00

FYI,
I would like to correct
some mistakes here.

First of all, the author of this post was not actually supposed
to go inside. It's forbidden
to go inside as it will be
under construction very soon.

Second, it's not likely abandoned.
Around the resort, there are gonna
be new housing area(apartments), and the resort will be transformed
to bigger park!
hope this helped u guys understand!

if you wanna see pictures,
pls refer to the pictures below.

http://pds54.cafe.daum.net/image/10/cafe/2008/06/28/17/57/4865fccfe88fe

http://pds83.cafe.daum.net/image/14/cafe/2008/07/28/15/47/488d6b848cb1f

Okpo Land was very peaceful at night. We went up t...

2008-11-19T17:52:00.000-08:00

Okpo Land was very peaceful at night. We went up there at 2am while very drunk. The third picture from the bottom with the swirling lights was taken from the ride as it was rotating, and we could see the city way below.

Wow..! Great post, that place must be creepy at ni...

2008-11-19T14:33:00.000-08:00

Wow..! Great post, that place must be creepy at night
;)

It´s remember me the movie "Chihiro´s travel" from...

2008-11-19T13:58:00.000-08:00

It´s remember me the movie "Chihiro´s travel" from Miyazaki.

all coasters has been manufactured by italian indu...

2008-11-19T11:22:00.000-08:00

all coasters has been manufactured by italian industry Zamperla
http://www.zamperla.it/

ciao

Creepy. Nice post!

2008-11-19T09:02:00.000-08:00

Creepy. Nice post!