Abandoned: Childhood and Why It Matters

This is me sneaking into an amusement park I visited as a kid because today I'm exploring abandoned childhood locations I found on Google Maps, like this dried up water park in Thailand, an abandoned western theme park filled with creepy animatronics, and so much more. These locations are filled with nostalgia, and it doesn't make sense why they close. So, I'm here to investigate and uncover the dark secrets behind why these places are no longer SAFE TO VISIT. OH, THE first childhood location is an abandoned amusement park on the side of a mountain. We're here. I can't believe we actually found this place. Dude, it was so hard to find, but now that we're here, let's go check it out. Wo! If

Drew was right here, the snow would be up to his head. I'm not that sure. You're a piece of jeans. This snow is so deep, it's going up to our thighs. This amusement park was abandoned almost 20 years ago, and nobody knows why. This ferris wheel is a lot bigger than I remember. You've been here, dude. I was here when I was like 11 years old. But something about this place felt a lot creepier than before. Be careful, Ashton. Ashton, that is not safe. You just got to run out. Let's just hurry up and explore this place before we get caught by security or something. Look at how rusty the bars are. If I move this, the whole entire

thing rattles. Oh my god, this thing is so snowed in. You can't even open the door. Can you fit in there? Look at this. Is the control center. Do you think it still works? Wait. True. True. If it turns on, we're going to get in trouble. You're right. Hey, dude. No. Please don't. 3 2 1. No. Bro, it doesn't work. You don't know that. So far, the only thing out of the ordinary was that this entire place is buried in snow. So, if we want to find out why this place got shut down, we need to keep exploring. This is like a ticket.

Shut up, dude. Who knows what else could be under the snow? There could be people trapped. It is so weird seeing this place abandoned. It's like frozen in time. Yo, this is the roller coaster. Only thing is how are we supposed to get up there? Yeah. You know what? That is a lot of snow. Yo, this one has a wait time. 67 minutes. Like 67. It's dead. The meme is dead. Get off of me. NOT FUNNY. 67. DUDE, 67 is dead. Nobody finds that funny anymore. Right now, we're trying to go up the stairs, but it's completely covered in snow. Oh. All right, I'm up

here. The roller coaster carts are still here. You can see the entire track. Yeah, the track goes all the way around. Look at that. Wait, Ashton, what are you doing, bro? If it derails, then we know why this place got abandoned. Dude, look at this. There's a speaker. Wait, is it saying something? Oh, yo, it's crazy that it said that. What? But we still needed to find more clues as to why this place shut down. Yo, look at this. I remember this ride as a kid, too. Wait, what the heck is this? Wait, that looks like an old seat belt. Oh, from the ride. It's completely ripped right here. Look. Wait, so if this rip was someone in it, where the

hell are they? Dude, I wonder if that is the reason why this park closed. Imagine a kid got ripped away from the ride and like die. I'm holding the evidence right now. Dude, put it down. Guys, it's getting so dark and this amusement park is at the top of a mountain. So, we have to get down quick before the sun sets completely. Guys, I don't think we're here alone. Wait, is there security? Uh, no. There's a bearpaw. Oh, shut up. That means a freaking bear is walking around here, Brent. But before we leave, we had to find more clues. Wait, what is that? Look at this. Oh, it's a map. That's the ferris wheel right there.

We're in dinosaur land right now. Look at there's even more over here. Like, where is Elvis? It must be buried under the snow. But as it got darker, things started to get creepier. Guys, what is this? Why is that here? This is a creepy looking doll. Dude, that sounds like where we just came from. The freaking ferris wheel. We're hearing this music come from somewhere. I thought this place was abandoned. Not only did this place seem haunted, but based on the clues we found, it must have gotten shut down from the multiple fatal accidents that happened here. And if we're not careful at these next locations, we could be next for this next abandoned childhood location. We're here at the West Wonder Water Park and it closed down about 5

years ago during CO and it's still closed today. It's lowkey really freaking creepy, bro. So, we're going to look around the park and see if we can find any clues to figure out why this place shut down. So, we found the entrance and there's some turn styles here. It's not working. You can just walk around, brother. This place is like really open. There's no front gate. There's no anything. You could just walk inside. Try and lift that up. Action. That's so loud. Should I keep going? No. We can crawl under. What's in there? It's like fully empty. Look at that. Oh, there's cameras. Someone's probably surrounding this place.

Oh Okay, let's find the slides and let's get out of here. Okay, here. Let's go. Yo, wait. That's it, dude. SHUT THE UP. We found your screaming. There could be security. Not only did we have to avoid security, but this entire water park is surrounded by contaminated water. So, we'll have to avoid touching it at all costs. Dude, look. The lazy bear is still here. It has water. Yeah, except the water looks like Nickelodeon green slime. I would not go in there, Ashton. So, you're saying don't jump in right now? Probably not. We should worry about getting to the slides. I think that's a bridge.

Okay, I will go slow. I feel like none of this is sturdy, which is not surprising considering there are one-star reviews online saying this water park spent nothing on maintenance and cleaning. We made it to the slides. This must have been like the kitty area. Look, they have a bucket right there where it fills up with water and then it all drops. What is that? Is that music? Wait, I see something. Oh, why? Wait, he's coming up to us. What do we do? Hold up. The security we're actually getting kicked out. He's staring at us. Hello. You have cameras and stuff. What are you doing?

Uh, I'm doing uh YouTube. Wait, what? And you sure you're not security? No. I think I know this guy. Your brand, right? Yes. Luckily for us, our new friend knew exactly how to get to the next water slide. Look at that slide. We can go upstairs later. Oh, that's like six stories high. Is it safe? I think so. But before we risk our lives climbing this tower that could collapse at any moment, we had one more area to explore. We need to be careful because the stairs it's like rusty already. That's why we send Ashton up first just

in case something bad happens. You're right. So that's why I get sent up first. Just keep going. Yo, the higher we get, the scarier this is. Literally all this thing needs is a little bit of water. All right, fine. Let's go, Ash. All right, guys. I'm walking down the slide since Brent and Drew did not want to come with me. Meet you at the bottom. You guys are wussy. Bro, you're wussy. Whatever. This is a little bit sketchy, to be honest. It's like shaking. After Ashton made it down safely, Drew thought it would be a good idea to climb up the

biggest slide. Wait, guys. This might be a bad idea because a lot of the bolts and stuff on here are rusted. OH, WAS IT? Oh my god, there's a wasp. Guys, THERE'S I got st by wasp. Holy Oh my god. Look. Getting red. Update. I got stung four times by a wasp. I got stung twice. I got stung zero times. Shut up. That's like karma for always sending me out first and making me do the dangerous stuff.

Dude, you suck. Then on our way to the last slide structure, we stumbled across something kind of disturbing. Why would this be here? That might be a reason why the place closed down. This is where offering for spirits, like ghosts. Yeah, bro. Did any kids like die here or anything? There's two or three. But what was it about this water park that made it so deadly? What is this? Health violation notice. They did three lab tests, one for chlorine and ecoli, and all of them failed. Which means that this place probably had sickness everywhere. It says June 14th, 2019, and then they closed right after. Now we know why this place closed. But before we move on to these next childhood locations where

we'll have to face the consequences of exploring an abandoned location illegally, you guys are following us out. Keep going straight. We need to get you guys license registration. We still had to climb the giant sixstory slide structure. It's caution tape. When has a little bit of caution tape stopped us from going? This is one of the top slides right here. I used to love these slides because you would race with your friends on the way down. Check this out. What are you going to do? But that slide is nothing compared to the one on the top floor. This is like the sketchiest slide I think you can go on.

Wait, can you open it? That's sick. Shut up. Is this the button that triggers it? Well, I think this is what drops the panel. Ashton, what are you doing? Bro, I wanted to go on the slide. Dude, this is one of those drop down slides. Literally, you press one button and the floor falls from underneath you. I know. These used to be my favorite slides. Bro, do not press that button. No, honestly. No, please don't drop it. Bro, WHY WOULD YOU CATCH IT WITH ME IN HERE? This next location is an abandoned bowling alley, and from the outside, it looks pretty scary. I'm hoping there's still balls in there. You love balls.

But we don't know if there's any alarms or anything. So, we do have to be careful when we go inside. Yo, the door is open. The glasses nearly shattered. You didn't know how to do that. Just walk in. There are so many things on the ground. Look at this. Oh my god, bro. That's snake skin. Does that mean there's actual snakes here? If that's here, then we got to worry about those being in the freaking bowling alley. This is like the game area. Look, a pool table. Look at it's an old freaking trophy. What? Dude, I had so many trophies just like this from bowling.

Check this out. I found a ball, bro. It's a bowling alley. You love balls. There was so much undamaged stuff left here in this bowling alley. We were starting to think it wasn't just abandoned. It must have been evacuated. There's like 15 TVs right here. This is probably worth like a lot of money. Okay, this bowling alley is huge. Let's keep exploring and see if we can find anything else. But the creepiest thing about this bowling alley was all the old photos scattered around. At first glance, the people in them seem happy. But when you look closer, something was off. Look at this. This is where you grab your ball. So, all the balls have been placed right here. This thing has probably been

sitting here for like 15 years. Should we go bowling? Bro, we got to make sure no one else is here. Okay. Hello. What? Not like that. You said make sure no one else is here. Shut up. There's a bunch of seating areas right here. This is where you would be on the screen. You can like put your name and then they go up to the TVs right there. Oh my god. What? TV number six. TV number seven. Are you kidding me? Shut the up. It's funny. You're actually pissing. What the was that? That came from behind the freaking lanes. What was that?

Hello. You know what? This place is old. Like, it could have just been something falling. The longer we stayed in this bowling alley, the more I got an eerie feeling we weren't alone. Why did they leave everything? It's like they were in a hurry and they didn't grab everything on their way out. Maybe something really bad happened here. Wait, are those Pokémon cards? Holy crap. This could be worth like $100,000. That's what I'm saying. Dude, we need to get out. Damn it. I thought we were going to be rich there. All right, we're going in like the back office. Dude, this place is a mess. Yo, check this out. It's a microphone. Do you think it still works?

Maybe. Subscribe. Hey, you heard Ashton. Subscribe. Whatever happened here? It was clear that someone or something really did some damage. Look at all these bowling shoes, bro. Dude, there's so many in here. That's what happens to a bowling shoe when it just sits here for 15 years. There's literally dust. This place must have been abandoned for more than 15 years cuz a lot of these things are like really old. But we needed more clues to find out why this place got shut down. This is probably where they had like birthday parties and stuff cuz that's a disco light thing. I can't even believe like this place was just left to rot. Oh, check it out. It's the toilet.

Why is the bathroom like pretty intact? The cleaning supplies are all still in here. It almost felt like somebody was still living here. The screens that you would type your name in to bowl are completely shattered. You know what? Everything might be destroyed, but I say we get a game going. Dude, that's what I'm saying. I want a bowl. All right, one round. Let's go, Lexi Lover. Okay, I'll be right back. It's time for the real champ. Let's go, Shorty. You know what they call that? What? A gutter ball, bro. Look at this. They took out all the machines back here, dude. Yeah, they're What was that? Was that us? Honestly, we

weren't even close to those. What the hell? Are you kidding me? I swear this place is probably haunted. If you thought that was scary. This next location is a theme park called Western Village, and some locals have said that it's haunted. Then why are we here? Good question. Crap. Look at this. Is like the entrance. It's locked. Everything's gated up. We searched for 30 whole minutes looking for a way to get in, but this place was completely locked down. Whatever is in here, they do not want to see. Oh, wait. Bro, look. Wait, this is a big stage. So, the stadium seating is right here, but everything is completely overgrown. This amusement park closed down in 2007. How did they board up the

entire front door? There's a window right there. So, whatever's hiding inside has been sitting here for almost 20 years. What is this place? Holy crap. These are like old animatronics. Why are they dissecting the old animatronics? Look at the cotton all over the floor. There's more animatronics right here. Look at this. Its freaking head is ripped off. Okay, that is just this place has to be haunted. This building is definitely the creepiest by far. Have you noticed that they're all in like sleep mode? Like they're hunched over.

Dude, they're waiting to wake up. I want to stay for that. I think that'd be pretty cool. I want to stay for that. Look at how big this building is. It literally goes up like four floors. The second floor was an abandoned playground area full of slides, toys, and a ball pit. Actually, I think we should go away. No. Why me? YOU LOVE BALLS. YOU PUSHED ME, BRO. This must have been the cafe, right? What? Wait for what? There's a freaking grave. What? You think someone died in here right now? We're going up the stairs. Dude, this building is huge. And just like we're about to explore the third level of this building, you guys

can explore the three flavors of my chip brand levels on Tik Tok shop. This whole third floor is like western themed games. I think this is where you like buy like a game card or something. Oh, bro, you're right. There's like prices right here. It looks like some western themed show happened here on the fourth floor. Holy. What? Bro, it looks like one of the mannequins died. Looks like we're taking the stairs. And that was just the beginning of our exploration. It's a full abandoned western town. This village has like everything from like a church to a coffee shop to a stadium. Wait, what is that? Holy It's a Why is that there? This building looks like it burned down. Maybe that's

why it closed, dude. Like due to a fire. This place is way more destroyed than I thought. Like, this used to be the balcony second story and now it's just on the floor. What if people were inside when that happened? Yeah, I don't think it's safe to be in here. This place was a real life ghost town, which was kind of cool. But the thing that freaked me out was how all the animatronics were scattered around like dead bodies. Dude, I swear to God, he's just going to turn his head back and smile. What's creepy is that every single one of these buildings have animatronics in them and they're just like broken. What is that?

Why does he look real? Why is this one so creepy? What if he just bit my finger? What the is that? I think it's the roof, bro. This place is literally falling apart beneath us right now. Holy that scared me, bro. That actually You think someone's watching us? Oh my god. That actually just scared the out of me. Oh my god. What? That's it. This place is haunted. Okay, so I think this is the arcade area. Oh yeah, look. These little things pop up and you have to hit them. Is that Hungry Hippos? No. Literally my favorite game as a kid, but the entrance to the arcade was completely boarded up with no safe way to get in. Okay, guys. So, we had to hop over a couple fences in order to get inside the arcade. Dude, it's rare that

arcades just leave all the machines here. Like, these are expensive. Somebody broke into the freaking money machine. They have horse games. You guys know what that motion is, but I don't like it. It still works. Bro, stop. We all love the soccer balls, dude. It's football. Everybody agrees it's soccer. Guys, subscribe for football. Like for soccer. Who says football? What do you Everyone says football. Okay, so it looks like these were the bumper cars. I would constantly be hitting kids, bro. This was my I mean, since we got caught, we weren't able to fully solve the mystery of why this place closed. Security. But I'm willing to bet it has something to do with the animatronics. This next childhood

location is an abandoned trampoline park. Okay, don't tell me we're about to break in here. Uh, we might be breaking it. Brett, they have cameras. Look, there's not even a handle on the door. Come on. Okay, there's no way this door is going to open, dude. There's a crack. I think I got it. I'm in. There's actually MTV cribs, come on in. Okay, we don't know if there's security or anyone else inside, so we have to be quiet. Wait, sounds like water dripping, bro.

Wait, why does this get scary real fast? Wait, is that water leaking? You can see the water leaking from the roof. I don't think there's any security because I just found a shirt. I should just put this on. Dude, that's a smart. You look like the sexiest security I've ever seen. Wo. What the is that? No. This place is starting to make really Wait, what the hell is that? Guys, you're with security. Come on, calm down. I feel much safer, Dom. Thank you. Holy crap. This place is trashed. There's a bucket of water right here. There must be a leak coming from the ceiling.

Bro, there's buckets everywhere. Look. That might be the reason of why this place closed down. Dude, this is my favorite game. If I make this shot, you guys have to subscribe. All right, here we go. Guys, we're supposed to be quiet. Subscribe. Dude, it's a mess in here. I'm so confused cuz like this place looks pretty nice, but at the same time, it's completely trash. That's why there's so much popcorn. D, what the You guys ate that? You don't know how long this has been sitting there. We're at the concession stand right now and it looks pretty wrecked. There's popcorn and like utensils and things everywhere.

Dude, seriously. I think we're all thinking the same thing right now. Slushy, guys. There's no way the slushie machine works. Uh flavor. Uh blue raspberry. Wait, it actually works. I actually just made a slushie from an abandoned trampoline. Bro, there's a whole slime. Wait, wait. Should we take our shoes off? Bro, it's abandoned. There's no rules. OH, YEAH. NO RULES. YOU GUYS ARE LITERAL CHILDREN.

I made it to the top. Brandon looks really scary from up here. Just go, CALEB. BRO, that was so scary. Good thing we didn't take our shoes off because there's glass everywhere. Bro, maybe that's why this place shut down, dude. Yeah, that's pretty dangerous. I used to love these things, dude. It's called the wipe out. But wait, look. It says, "Please do not enter." I say we just And just uh Brent's a bad boy. Please try to jump over it. Oh my god. The thing's not even moving and YOU JUST WIPED OUT THE BACK. COME ON. WE GOT THIS. OH MY HURT SO BAD. All right, let's just move on to the next thing. I used to love these where you can joust over a foam pit. Don't get hurt, guys.

So many kids probably lose things in the foam pit. I'm sure we can find like lost items. There's a smiley face in this block. Wait, what is that? Is this your phone? Wait, no. I have my phone. We found a phone. No way. This is like an iPhone 15 or 16, too. I'm going back in. We were having so much fun here. We got to sneak into more places like this. It actually made no sense that this place got shut down. Since this park is abandoned, the rules don't apply to us, guys.

No flips. Watch this. Maybe that's why it says no flip. This trampoline park also had an obstacle course. Oh my god. TRAMPOLINE BASKETBALL and a fire extinguisher. Caleb, put that down, bro. Okay, I'm sorry, guys. I'm done. I won't touch anything. Imagine this place in its heyday. A bunch of kids having so much fun in here, having their birthdays here, and now it's just an abandoned creepy place. Do you think there's any pizza left? Maybe. Oh my god. Oh god. Okay, let's go this way. Look at this. Why are there kid shoes here?

Dude, that's like lowkey creepy. Where do you think the kid went? Somewhere barefoot, I guess. Hopefully they're not still in here. Wait, what is that? There's what? You're just trying to scare us like you always do. Okay, let's just keep looking around. All right. Okay, dude. Let's hit a trampoline or something. Oh. Where are you guys are doing? Stop. Oh, we got to hide. Go, go, go, go.

They're right there. Wait, this is a dead end. Huh? We're cooked. This is a dead end. Hey, fellas. I don't know how you guys got in here, but uh we got a call about a breakin. Uh, what's up with the camera? Oh, we're just like filming like a little video. Yeah. We didn't tell you guys to get close. Do you work here? Cuz you got a security uh a security show. Uh, no. I just I brought this. It looks like you guys made a mess in here as well. It was like that. You guys are the only three in here.

Holy I can't believe this cop. I'm pretty sure you guys made this. Well, it's a it's abandoned. It closed like 3 years ago. We're sorry again. I mean, we didn't. We don't care about the We've dealt with cops before, but this time it looked like we might actually go to jail. Mr. Rivera, we just talked to the owner. You guys are lucky as hell. You're not pressing charges. All right. Come on. All right. You guys have a good night. Thank you. We risk our lives for these videos, so make sure you hit the like button, please.