Mobile Instinct , lol, I told my friend that it would make me think 🤔 of Fred and Barney and no sooner I said that you said the Flintstones remark and I just lost it and my ice tea came out my nose !!!!
The boy who drowned was six years old and couldn’t swim. Apparently his parents sued both the owners and the supervisors for this trip, but my question is why on earth would you send your child that cannot swim to a water park? What did they think was going to happen?
@@patrickkelly5009 in some odd manor maybe but every life matters regardless of what that human being purpose is good or bad it still has purpose or else god wouldn't of created it now as far as care holders aka parents thats different story.
This one is particularly sad. A kid dies and his/her parents probably sue. The lawsuit results in insurance premiums going through the roof to the point where a waterpark that thousands of kids usually enjoy goes belly up.
"this one is particularly sad." --- you seem more sad that an insurance law was changed than that a child died. Guessing you're a Republican and a Trump supporter.
@@Marcel_Audubon I'm guessing that you're a complete jackass who can't see past your spiteful nose. It's impossible for dickheads like you to see a bigger picture.
@@Marcel_Audubon You're probably a looney liberal. Which is fine, but very well explains your crappy comment. You don't know the story, so don't be an ass. Could have been another kids fault, or the kid that passed. You don't know. Laws are passed all the time for misguided reasons.
@Armesis P . Welcome aboard! I like how Chris doesn't move the camera around fast enough to give me a headache. Also, he walks like you are there with him, so he doesn't get in such a hurry that you miss everything!
It tried to reopen in 2009 after the 2007 drowning but couldn't afford the 1 million $ insurance policy at a cost of $72K per year 😒 Too bad it didn't survive as a waterpark but great that it has found another purpose! Stay safe, stay well 😷👍
That wheelchair looks like it might be functional, or at least easily repaired. Ask the owner if you can donate it to a family that can not afford a wheel chair. Or maybe the owner could do it. Just a passing thought. I hate to see good things go to waste.
A fantastic way to utilize an abandoned area. A real shame about that little boy losing his life there, very sad that his life was cruelly cut short, my condolences and respect to his Family. Thank you for sharing. x🙏🏼💜
Hi Chris, With all the negative press day in and out, This is so refreshing to watch and take a break and enjoy your awesome exploration. Thank You always for sharing your adventures!🤟🙏
What is weird is in this video, it shows a sign with a list of "Pool Rules". The interesting thing to me is that in the rules it says no smoking or vaping. I didnt think vaping waa a thing until close to 2012.
That's really cool! I grew up about an hour away from Joplin and kind of pissed I never knew about the place while it was operational...still cool though!
I'ts sad a child drowned BUT...where were the childs caregiver? You take a child to a place where they can drown, YOU MUST watch their every step....sad in so many ways.
What happened here is the same thing that killed small ski areas-they cannot afford the enormous insurance premiums. Literally hundreds of such areas have close in the last 20 years. Most of the time, the accidents are caused by the victim's stupidity.
People have had serious accidents at Disneyland but it wasn't permanently shut down! California and Florida both have similar laws like those in Missouri but again not shut down Why? Thats easy.$$$$$ money $$$$$$! Diseny got plenty of it much more than this ol water park!
Disneyland is owned by a billion dollar a year corporation and can afford to pay the insurance premium or settle out of court. A tiny local community, small business owner cannot. This is why very soon only large corporations will exist, because small business will be taxed, regulated, and shutdown because of a pandemic
Parents should not have allowed him to go if he couldn't swim, simple as that, I wouldn't allow my kids to go somewhere that if they couldn't swim. Seems a bit of passing the blame. It's really sad that the boy sadly died on what should of been a fantastic day out. It is not the responsibility of the park owners to watch everyone, there responsibility is make sure the equipment is safe and all equipment marked for rules and regulations. Good that its being reused as something else. We had a bad accident here in the uk, a car on a rollercoaster had stopped and another behind it crashed into it causing catastrophic injuries to the passengers, in this case the park was liable, but haven't closed down.
Its appalling that a judge, and possibly jury found the park liable, when common sense says otherwise. Its why I call it the American legal system, because its not our American Justice system. There is no justice in making someone else responsible for bad parenting
@@Darxide23 Probably from leftover chlorine that was left either that or there is nothing for the catfish to live on... idk how that fish even got in there
Kind of a cool place in a different perspective look at it. I hope you're staying safe, my friend, still looking forward to more of these journeys you share with us. Again, stay safe. Cheers!
Recently came across your channel. For years now have had an interest in abandoned places, guess started with Chernobyl. Like the enthusiasm you have in your videos,you make it feel like as a viewer I'm there to. Been great watching your videos under the current circumstances, we can't leave home at all now except for groceries. Your videos make it feel like I'm getting out some. Thank you for posting these videos and stay safe.
If they were to allow to be able to switch to paintballs, it would be an excellent military training area. Aren't there a number of closed parks (not from the recent outbreak, but closed for many years) that could also be used for training camps?
Where i live we have a abandoned Waterpark it was called water wonderland. Actually someone bought it and was doing some renovations check it out its on CZcams
Your channel is amazing. You should do more abandon places in VA. Elko track (Richmond), Renaissance Faire (Fredricksburg).... plenty here next time you're in the Mid-Atlantic region.
great video again! you take a simple water park,silent,and dormant..and make a well researched out and worth watching video out of it! sad a child died here too common in amusement parks and i hope this next venture will prove safer..and fun..the owner by the way was very nice to allow this video to happen as well
Very cool to see it’s getting some usage, so it’s not a total waste. Even better you were given an opportunity to document the place... Unfortunately, there are some sad stories out there, from one closed theme park to another. In any case, yet another great video!
I have a suggestion for you, sir. Visit the Georgia Guidestones in Elberton, Georgia. The man who commissioned to build it, is a mystery and so is the reason why he did. It's very interesting site from what I'm told.
I recall a water park that was featured on 2020 once. Several teens died when the slide gave way due to the weight of multiple kids going down at once as they aimed to "make a record" for most on the slide at once. I wonder if that same water park is also abandoned. Might wanna check that one out, or this could possibly be it, but i doubt it.
They should fence off the pools, turn into Koi/Fish ponds, lush gardens with misting sprinklers cooling folks off....I can imagine hundreds, thousands folks enjoying the Koi Gardens!...perhaps a butterfly cage, like Butterfly world in Florida. We live in Oregon, go to the Fla keys twice a year for 30 yrs and always enjoyed a day at Butterfly World.
Some kid with fogged goggles is gonna go right down that slide at the 2:00 minute mark 😎 And the face at 3:47 is the face I make when I take out speedi-bois. Seriously tho, I gotta get to that park some day.
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Cabin fever? No, why? Are you staying home?
Subbed now.
Mobile Instinct , lol, I told my friend that it would make me think 🤔 of Fred and Barney and no sooner I said that you said the Flintstones remark and I just lost it and my ice tea came out my nose !!!!
Air soft until somone falls over and cuts them self's. Then shut it all down can't have fun without everything made from foam.
Chris Collins , so tru
The boy who drowned was six years old and couldn’t swim. Apparently his parents sued both the owners and the supervisors for this trip, but my question is why on earth would you send your child that cannot swim to a water park? What did they think was going to happen?
Rosie Posie probably hoping he would drown so they’d get paid. Sounds messed up but there’s some sick ass people in the world.
I feel sorry for the child, but the parents sound like they are greedy, stupid, selfish and incompetent parents.
@@admiralsquatbar127 some people just don't deserve to have kids.
@@christoy8464 "Some people" just don't deserve to exist at all. Let alone be given the ultimate responsibility of caring for another human being.
@@patrickkelly5009 in some odd manor maybe but every life matters regardless of what that human being purpose is good or bad it still has purpose or else god wouldn't of created it now as far as care holders aka parents thats different story.
This one is particularly sad. A kid dies and his/her parents probably sue. The lawsuit results in insurance premiums going through the roof to the point where a waterpark that thousands of kids usually enjoy goes belly up.
thats how it should be . makes companys do better in the future , its called progress .
"this one is particularly sad." --- you seem more sad that an insurance law was changed than that a child died. Guessing you're a Republican and a Trump supporter.
@@Marcel_Audubon I'm guessing that you're a complete jackass who can't see past your spiteful nose. It's impossible for dickheads like you to see a bigger picture.
@@Marcel_Audubon You're probably a looney liberal. Which is fine, but very well explains your crappy comment. You don't know the story, so don't be an ass. Could have been another kids fault, or the kid that passed. You don't know. Laws are passed all the time for misguided reasons.
@Strange Dee* Lee Companies.
Cool idea about changing it to a airsoft battle ground.
Just found this channel, I like how he doesnt always point the camera to his own face 99% of the time like on all others. SUBBED.
@Armesis P .
Welcome aboard!
I like how Chris doesn't move the camera around fast enough to give me a headache. Also, he walks like you are there with him, so he doesn't get in such a hurry that you miss everything!
Second that! I like watching others as well but this is refreshing!
@@williamroden8495 Thanks, yes I like that too, he's calm the whole time and also doesnt shout like some of the others lol.
Still, it IS a nice face!
It tried to reopen in 2009 after the 2007 drowning but couldn't afford the 1 million $ insurance policy at a cost of $72K per year 😒
Too bad it didn't survive as a waterpark but great that it has found another purpose!
Stay safe, stay well 😷👍
High insurance premiums killed a lot of amusement type businesses. Thanks to sue happy people.
@@letaloudone Americans *
@drumboarder1 not all of us Americans are the same
How sad and completely unfair that irresponsible parents can sue someone out of business.
You are a great story teller my friend. I'd rather watch this than most the stuff on tv .
Maybe someday you'll be on the tube. Be safe and God Bless
The tube is dead
@@dougrogan379 I think you are taking it too literally.
That wheelchair looks like it might be functional, or at least easily repaired. Ask the owner if you can donate it to a family that can not afford a wheel chair. Or maybe the owner could do it. Just a passing thought. I hate to see good things go to waste.
That’s a really good point!
Hi Dave, I'm with you, way too much waste in the world, a disposable society indeed.....
I saw that and thought the same. Thanks for posting.
A fantastic way to utilize an abandoned area. A real shame about that little boy losing his life there, very sad that his life was cruelly cut short, my condolences and respect to his Family. Thank you for sharing. x🙏🏼💜
Yey well said.
@@yvethemetriccrafter688 Thank you. x
It’s his family’s fault.
Hi Chris, With all the negative press day in and out, This is so refreshing to watch and take a break and enjoy your awesome exploration. Thank You always for sharing your adventures!🤟🙏
I live in the town where this is! We used to go out and float the lazy river all day! It was very sad that a child lost his life that day!
Okay, I think I used to play flour ball here as an LDS missionary (with the owner’s permission). Is this place in Joplin? Or there abouts?
As someone who plays airsoft regularly, that place looks so much fun for it. What a great idea!
Honestly you deserve more subs
Dude, you find some of the coolest places to visit! That place is HUGE! Very cool look at this park. RIP to the little guy that passed.
What a wonderful video! Nice slow camera panning. No quick movements. Great job man thank you for uploading !
Great idea for a repurposed water park. Hoping the owner has much success! Thanks for sharing.
What is weird is in this video, it shows a sign with a list of "Pool Rules". The interesting thing to me is that in the rules it says no smoking or vaping. I didnt think vaping waa a thing until close to 2012.
Shisha pipes maybe classed as vaping and they've been around forever.
anyone that dislikes your videos has no soul. keep up the great work
Love your channel man. The natural voice recording with the video, no music raw audio great sruff
UZEE™ for real!
Really interesting episode, thanks.
I am so blessed to live only an hour away from this masterpiece of an airsoft field. 🥰
So weird to imagine people running around in bare feet only dressed in swimwear, looking at it now.
Perv
I used to play airsoft very seriously, and i have to say this is a great idea!
" this one is stoned " 🤣
The obligatory urbex wheelchair strikes again! 😂
That water park would cost more to get back up to code than its worth.So it's a great idea to get some other use out of it.
Too bad a tragedy had to ruin something good like that; I'm glad it's getting a second life though.
I can't hear. Could you please tell me the tragedy that occurred here?
@@marydoyle9418 A little boy drowned unfortunately.
@@slowsteadysqueeze4246, thank you.
@@marydoyle9418 no problem 😊
That's really cool! I grew up about an hour away from Joplin and kind of pissed I never knew about the place while it was operational...still cool though!
All the water parks will be abandoned and looking like this in the next year
Loved this, addicted to abandoned water parks and theme parks, brilliant!
I'ts sad a child drowned BUT...where were the childs caregiver? You take a child to a place where they can drown, YOU MUST watch their every step....sad in so many ways.
The child went with the boys and girls club from Joplin.
What happened here is the same thing that killed small ski areas-they cannot afford the enormous insurance premiums. Literally hundreds of such areas have close in the last 20 years. Most of the time, the accidents are caused by the victim's stupidity.
People have had serious accidents at Disneyland but it wasn't permanently shut down! California and Florida both have similar laws like those in Missouri but again not shut down Why? Thats easy.$$$$$ money $$$$$$! Diseny got plenty of it much more than this ol water park!
Bradley Shimels Indeed !
Just like " _gun control_ "
Disney is a billion dollar corporation. They can afford the insurance.
Disneyland is owned by a billion dollar a year corporation and can afford to pay the insurance premium or settle out of court.
A tiny local community, small business owner cannot. This is why very soon only large corporations will exist, because small business will be taxed, regulated, and shutdown because of a pandemic
Parents should not have allowed him to go if he couldn't swim, simple as that, I wouldn't allow my kids to go somewhere that if they couldn't swim. Seems a bit of passing the blame. It's really sad that the boy sadly died on what should of been a fantastic day out. It is not the responsibility of the park owners to watch everyone, there responsibility is make sure the equipment is safe and all equipment marked for rules and regulations. Good that its being reused as something else.
We had a bad accident here in the uk, a car on a rollercoaster had stopped and another behind it crashed into it causing catastrophic injuries to the passengers, in this case the park was liable, but haven't closed down.
It's cause we aren't American so we use a bit more logic
Its appalling that a judge, and possibly jury found the park liable, when common sense says otherwise. Its why I call it the American legal system, because its not our American Justice system. There is no justice in making someone else responsible for bad parenting
@@drumboarder1 Your extremist overreaction to COVID says otherwise.
@@dezznutz3743 lol gonna sue me?
Yikes ! they should drain those pools , imagine falling in 🤮
Should drain and clean the pools .. then just let rainwater come in so it would be cleaner .. adding to the battlefield difficulty.
Yeh I would personally want to drain the pools and put safty barriers up, I'm sure they will make it safe.
MrL4t3 demolish the whole thing .. its a sewer
If the catfish are dead then that water is fucking toxic af.
@@Darxide23 Probably from leftover chlorine that was left either that or there is nothing for the catfish to live on... idk how that fish even got in there
I had so many memories swimming here as a kid glad it’s being used
When I was little my grandfather sent me Amy brother every summer to swimming lessons. He was smart
This is awesome! I love the concrete figures and giant mushrooms :)
This place would have been amazing as a kid. Give me huge Legends of the Hidden Temple vibes.
Kind of a cool place in a different perspective look at it. I hope you're staying safe, my friend, still looking forward to more of these journeys you share with us. Again, stay safe. Cheers!
Interesting tour! Thanks, Chris!
Recently came across your channel. For years now have had an interest in abandoned places, guess started with Chernobyl. Like the enthusiasm you have in your videos,you make it feel like as a viewer I'm there to. Been great watching your videos under the current circumstances, we can't leave home at all now except for groceries. Your videos make it feel like I'm getting out some. Thank you for posting these videos and stay safe.
Thanks! Ive always been interest in Chernobyl too. Maybe one day I ll get there.
@@MobileInstinct have you seen the miniseries HBO did?
I was wondering if you were safe. Still killing it with your awesome videos.
Pretty cool place. People will love it as and airsoft place.
If they were to allow to be able to switch to paintballs, it would be an excellent military training area. Aren't there a number of closed parks (not from the recent outbreak, but closed for many years) that could also be used for training camps?
Where i live we have a abandoned Waterpark it was called water wonderland. Actually someone bought it and was doing some renovations check it out its on CZcams
Love the different places you explore. Thanks for making these videos.
Flintstones!! haha
Another awesome video! Hope you’re doing well, Chris!
Looked like it was a beautiful and fun park at one time..Sad about his drowning R.I.P.
Awesome find and great repurposed use. Thanks for the adventure!!!
Ooh! I named that cood content: "pro videos", and not without a reason!! Good work guys🙌
That was cool Chris. Thanks man.
Nice re-use .. should be more like this ! Nice explore.
Totally cool idea using this park for air soft.
I’m sitting here rn having a bonfire over by the entrance. Lol
Sad story but I know if I took my six year old son to a waterpark he would not leave my sight looked like a great place aswell. Great vid thanks
Wow what a cool place 👍. I've been waiting for your next video. Hope your keeping safe. Can't wait for the next one.
4:43 you must be getting closer to Silent Hills version of the water park.
Your channel is amazing. You should do more abandon places in VA. Elko track (Richmond), Renaissance Faire (Fredricksburg).... plenty here next time you're in the Mid-Atlantic region.
He has family in Virginia like he mentioned in the "civil war tunnel" video
Really awesome place!!! Love the name of it too. Crazy how green that water is
I wouldn't want to fall in there haha
Awesome vids, love this channel.
great video again! you take a simple water park,silent,and dormant..and make a well researched out and worth watching video out of it! sad a child died here too common in amusement parks and i hope this next venture will prove safer..and fun..the owner by the way was very nice to allow this video to happen as well
the owner should sell the place to a company that turn it back into a waterpark
Wow. He is definitely an entrepreneur.
Who is that? 2:24 Johnny Lawrence getting his life in order and making some extra modeling bucks? 😄🖤💛👊🥋
Very cool to see it’s getting some usage, so it’s not a total waste. Even better you were given an opportunity to document the place... Unfortunately, there are some sad stories out there, from one closed theme park to another. In any case, yet another great video!
Le esplorazioni nei parchi divertimento hanno sempre qualcosa di molto emozionante e malinconico.
Would be cool if you could do a before and after of this place
What a shame they closed this park down.
Thanks for the video. Interesting content. Place looks like a bit of a death trap
Glad to see another great video from you! I’m also glad your channel is continue to grow! Keep up the great work bro!
The owners of this place have a great imagination to design this magical place
Love your videos keep up the good work!
You have the opportunity to explore some ot the most interesting places.
Dear lord thanks for you tube letting me know, lol 😂
I have a suggestion for you, sir. Visit the Georgia Guidestones in Elberton, Georgia. The man who commissioned to build it, is a mystery and so is the reason why he did. It's very interesting site from what I'm told.
well done like always....thanks!
And just down the road is KDK airsoft great too have them both as my local field
Lol this one is stoned...another great video my friend!
Very interesting! It would be a blast to play there
Cool use of an abandoned piece of property
I recall a water park that was featured on 2020 once. Several teens died when the slide gave way due to the weight of multiple kids going down at once as they aimed to "make a record" for most on the slide at once. I wonder if that same water park is also abandoned. Might wanna check that one out, or this could possibly be it, but i doubt it.
What an awesome find!
Wow! I see Soooooo much Risk here. Oh my what a dangerous place. So many places to fall and break your neck. I hope this is not done yet. Wow!
Wild that the owner lives next door
That looks like it would have been a blast
Just subscribed. Your narrations are very soothing.
Binge watching your videos love them you do them so well x
I used to play here as a kid. It was an awesome water park.
Neat video to show what a place looks like abandoned
this is so cool, if ui get the chance one day ill defently go.
I'd like to watch sometime in the future for sure
They should fence off the pools, turn into Koi/Fish ponds, lush gardens with misting sprinklers cooling folks off....I can imagine hundreds, thousands folks enjoying the Koi Gardens!...perhaps a butterfly cage, like Butterfly world in Florida. We live in Oregon, go to the Fla keys twice a year for 30 yrs and always enjoyed a day at Butterfly World.
This is in SWMO. Not really the target market. We like McDonald's and Jesus round these parts.
Your videos are so interesting!!
Love those faces.Tony
I'd love to come see it and do some recording too
Some kid with fogged goggles is gonna go right down that slide at the 2:00 minute mark 😎 And the face at 3:47 is the face I make when I take out speedi-bois. Seriously tho, I gotta get to that park some day.
Nice vid. So sad to hear the tragic story which led to its closure
Glad it can still be used even in the shape it’s in.