Miracle Strip Amusement Park opened in 1963 with the Starliner Roller Coaster as it’s main attraction. Located across from the beach in Panama City, the park did not look like your average theme park and resembled the traditional seaside boardwalks of the past. The park featured many of the typical rides you would find at [...]
Photo(Nomeus, 2007 – Flurbex.com): Orlando first festival marketplace, it featured specialty shops, restaurants and entertainment. The Mercado Shopping Village opened March 1986, Orlando’s first festival marketplace, which emphasized specialty shops, restaurants, and entertainment. With over 50 stores, they ranged from Old Tyme Photos, where you got your photo taken while wearing old time rags to [...]
Photo:Ramada Inn Tower during the “first look” at Walt Disney World. The Colony Plaza Hotel was originally built as a Ramada Inn in 1968. The hotel contained a a lounge, swimming pool, tennis courts, and meeting rooms. It was also the first hotel in Orange County to receive a license to serve liquor with meals [...]
Photo(Nomeus, 2008 – Flurbex.com): Though the plant was closed, electricity still ran through the buildings. Built in 1969, General Electric opened a new factory as part of GE’s lighting-systems division, manufacturing incandescent lamps. The factory operated until it closed in 1982. GE reopened the factory a year later as part of it’s robotics operation. It [...]
Exclusive for AbandonedFL, a look into the defunct and little known amusement park, Little England. Thanks to Nomeus via www.flurbex.com for assisting in providing the images and photos. Table of Contents 1.The Man 2.The Concept 3.Location, Location, Location 4.The Master Plan 5.Rides and Attractions 6.Financial Troubles and Abandonment The Man The remarkable success story of [...]