Fantazyland: Egypt's run-down kiddee park

By Cory Doctorow at 8:54 am Sunday, May 21

Dubaidave visited Alexandria in Egypt and discovered a run-down kiddee park called Fantazyland: the United Ride of Fantasy. He lavishly documented it in photos and prose at the link below. It seems like a remarkably awful place -- derelict themeparks are possibly the greatest things in the world; you just can't beat 'em for scoobydooid spooky atmosphere, kitsch and phantasmagoric wickedness.

I had heard that there was a kiddie credit at a place called Fantazy Land but could not find anyone who had been there. Anyway We finally found the park and it was the worst run park I have ever been to.

On the net I had found that the entry fee was 7 Egyptian Pounds, around $1.50. However when I got there they said it was 13 Pounds. I went back to the car as or whole group was going to go in, but when we got back to the pay window it was now 30 Pounds each, Anyway, I decided to go in on my own to get some photos.

One thing to note was that when I paid my 30 Pounds I was actually given 3 tickets with 10 Pounds written on them, something tells me I was ripped off.

Link (Thanks, Shalaby!)