Pripyat Amusement Park
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Redcar, UK9 contributions
Feb 2021
Seeing that frozen Ferris wheel here it is haunting me still and also the bumper cars. it brings back memory's.
Written February 23, 2021
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ilovecorndogs
Lausanne, Switzerland1,123 contributions
Jul 2015 • Friends
This place is really great - i mean i woke up early to beat the lines for the bumper cars and the ferris wheel, but even in the middle of the day there were no lines.
The technology is outdated though, it looks like it hasnt been updated in about 30 years? And it is rusty, i cut myself a lot and was bleeding. There is no first aid available.
No one collects tickets to ride the rides either, its kind of weird.
I spent 3 days there, afterwards my mouth really tasted like lead? Also, there are zombies wandering around at night - I think this is the amusement park staff just playing jokes on me - pretty funny guys!
But I really hate waiting in line at amusement parks, so Id probably go back once this lead taste goes away
The technology is outdated though, it looks like it hasnt been updated in about 30 years? And it is rusty, i cut myself a lot and was bleeding. There is no first aid available.
No one collects tickets to ride the rides either, its kind of weird.
I spent 3 days there, afterwards my mouth really tasted like lead? Also, there are zombies wandering around at night - I think this is the amusement park staff just playing jokes on me - pretty funny guys!
But I really hate waiting in line at amusement parks, so Id probably go back once this lead taste goes away
Written July 19, 2015
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Alexb123a
Paphos, Cyprus357 contributions
Mar 2015 • Friends
In serious need of repair. Bummer cars needs pushing manually and often you will have to grab a steering wheel from another bumper car or the floor. Big wheel was fully out of action on the day. This place has a working ride rate the same as Alton Towers, so not bad.
Written March 17, 2015
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Craig M
Porto, Portugal3,118 contributions
Jul 2014 • Solo
The Pripyat ferris wheel is one of the iconic images of Chernobyl. The ferris wheel, the bumper cars and the other amusement rides combine to make the park a highlight of any day-trip to Chernobyl.
The amusement park was never actually open to the public. It was scheduled to open on May Day (1st May), a few days after the town was evacuated due to the nuclear disaster. The rides have remained, unused, since that time.
The amusement park can only be visited as part of an organised tour, and three-to-five days notice is required by the tour groups to get the required paperwork from the authorities. I'd encourage anyone who is visiting Kiev to make plans for a visit to Chernobyl.
The amusement park was never actually open to the public. It was scheduled to open on May Day (1st May), a few days after the town was evacuated due to the nuclear disaster. The rides have remained, unused, since that time.
The amusement park can only be visited as part of an organised tour, and three-to-five days notice is required by the tour groups to get the required paperwork from the authorities. I'd encourage anyone who is visiting Kiev to make plans for a visit to Chernobyl.
Written October 11, 2014
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Fluffy_Chimp
Tamworth, UK57 contributions
Apr 2015 • Friends
Visited here in April 2015 for the 3rd time in 2 years and now is the time to visit before it's too late. The whole place is decaying rapidly and it won't be long before its closed due to the dangers of collapsing buildings. The amusment park ferris wheel is one of the most iconic places in Pripyat and to see this alone is worth the visit. This area is one of the most radioactive parts of the town but it's amazing to see how nature has taken over since the accident in 1986.
Written December 17, 2015
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icepick80
Apeldoorn, The Netherlands724 contributions
Jan 2015 • Solo
The Pripyat amusement park is what you always see in all the pictures of Pripyat.. seeing it for real was very interesting.. but I must also admit that other parts of the city (like the hospital or school) had more to offer for me. Either way.. certainly worth a visit.
Written February 4, 2015
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matthewrc
80 contributions
The most amazing place on earth the feel of what happened in 1986 is still clear toady and how the city is in this day is a site worth seeing with anybody's eyes. Scary aswel amazing
Written December 1, 2014
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GTH275
Prince George, Canada231 contributions
Oct 2019
This was such a cool tour of a desolate city. So much information available if you hire a good tour guide.
Written November 7, 2019
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Goldfinger100
Wodonga, Australia1,361 contributions
Aug 2019 • Friends
Was an amazing experience to go and visit this place considering it never got used. The dodgem cars and Ferris wheel just give you the weirdest feeling when you go there, in fact the Ferris wheel still shows high levels of radiation near the bottom cage/seat if you put your meter near it.
Written August 26, 2019
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eskolius
Helsinki, Finland64 contributions
Jul 2019 • Friends
Think that the prospering city was to have a brand new Amusement Park on May Day, 1 May 1986, but it was never opened as 26th April 1986 brought a "Mayday". Then, a quick evacuation "for a short time". I guess parents have told the kids that "we'll be back soon, and then we visit the Amusement Park." It must have been a very different visit, a bit like we did with radio activity sensors.
By reading facts or experiencing a TV series one can’t get the overall sense of what it is like in Pripyat: how widely the radio activity varies from cleaned places to hotspots, how nature and rottening houses smell, how the details give rise to your imagination.
By reading facts or experiencing a TV series one can’t get the overall sense of what it is like in Pripyat: how widely the radio activity varies from cleaned places to hotspots, how nature and rottening houses smell, how the details give rise to your imagination.
Written July 18, 2019
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florianga2015
Salzburg Region, Austria1 contribution
Hey,
I just read some reviews on the Pripyat Amusement Park and was curious if there are really amusement facilities there in the zone that function?
I thought this is all ghost town but some reviews seem to be about how well bummer cars work and if you have to wait in line for that stuff...so I am curious now.
Thanks.
Virotica
Moscow, Russia80 contributions
Hi! I doubt there'd be a chance to actually enjoy the bumper cars there, however, during my second visit to Pripyat my group and I were allowed to get into one of the cabins of the ferris wheel to take some unforgettable selfies.
Beatrice M
Morrovalle, Italy
Salve
Vorrei sapere come posso fare per prenotare un tour per Chernobyl.
Mi potete aiutare?
Grazie
Erik W
Oslo, Norway36 contributions
Greetings, traveller.
We went to Chernobyl and Pripyat on a guided tour in 2009. I contacted SoloEast Travel (Google it, it's first on the list), and had a fantastic day - though frightening. In the sense that what COULD have happened there if things got even worse, is frightening as nothing else.
The guide did an amazing job, and the tour is highly recommended.
Have a safe and nice trip,
Erik W (Norway)
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