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Ghost Town in the Sky doesn't sound like it would be anything close to a fun family day out but, in fact, it once was. This former amusement park is situated at a mountaintop overviewing the Great Smoky Mountains and was wildly popular in the 70s and 80s. The park opened in May 1961 as an immediate huge success, quickly becoming a major economic driver for the town of Maggie Valley in North Carolina. At its peak, more than 500,000 people visited each season.
The most popular section of the park was the Old West town with saloons with can-can dancers, a jail and businesses along the main street that was the sight of hourly gunfights.

Ghost Town in the Sky began to sour at the turn of the century.
In 2002, a chair lift ride that took guests to the park from the bottom of the mountain broke down in the summer heat. This resulted in passengers being stranded for hours. A few days later, the park closed and was put up for sale.

The park briefly reopened in 2007 after millions were spent on renovations, but the park closed once again after the 2009 season.
In short, the park has a long, complicated history of failed resurrections. Ghost Town has experienced bad luck and lived up to its name. It became a real ghost town, leaving its once-prominent rides now desolate and decaying.
In today’s episode, you will see how we climb our way up the treacherous mountain and take a peek inside the extra ghostly abandoned park that it is today.

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Abandoned USA Series Ep. 12: I Explored An Abandoned Theme Park On Top Of A Mountain - Ghost Town in the Sky
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