Nara Dreamland
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Nara Dreamland (奈良ドリームランド Nara Dorīmurando?) was a theme park near Nara, Japan which was built in 1961 and inspired by Disneyland in California. On August 31, 2006, Nara Dreamland closed permanently.
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[edit] Layout
The entrance to the park was designed to look almost identical to Disneyland, including the Train depot, a Main Street, U.S.A. and the familiar Sleeping Beauty Castle at the hub. It also had a Matterhorn-type mountain (with a Matterhorn Bobsleds-type ride), and the skyway running through it, as well as an Autopia-type ride and a monorail.
[edit] Attractions
The park contained several rides prior to closing, including:
- Aska, a wooden roller coaster similar to Viper at Six Flags Great America
- Screw Coaster, an Arrow Dynamics designed double corkscrew steel roller coaster
- Bobsleigh, a steel roller coaster modeled after the Matterhorn Bobsleds
- Fantasy Coaster
- Kid's Coaster
Other rides included a carousel, a small powered coaster, a Jungle Cruise styled ride, and a log flume.
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[edit] External links
- Dreamland on Google Maps