657 Comments for The Enchanted Forest

cayla~
This original Enchanted Forest site is private property and has been closed for years now.
It is posted.
There is a huge mall strip that destroyed much of this original E.F. after the original owners first sold it.
This mall strip and restaurant are right next to this location.

Since these pictures were first put up a few years ago, Cinderella's castle has become very dangerous.
One tower has fallen down since then and no doubt the others will soon follow suit. : (

Sean T~
The boat at the E.F. was known as Little Toot. It used to travel around Mt. Vesuvius and was kept in a private collection for years after the Enchanted Forest closed years ago.

Just recently, the current owners of this boat, donated it to Clark's Elioak Farm, where many of these original enchanted figures and structures have found a new home.
At the farm, it just floats in a small pond, but you can go on it for photo ops.

Clark's will be opening for their new season this April.
They plan on exhibiting some new displays of either original E.F. figures that have been found, returned, and/or repaired.
They also plan on showing off some new figures that have been re-created by the artist Mark Cline from that area.
Mark Cline, as well as other artists helping to bring back the stories that this park was known for, have been using old video and/or pictures to make these new figures look as much as they did when they told their stories and rhymes at the E.F when it was open.

The artist inhabits his art..........

That's kind of weird!!!!

See what your photos inspire......all quite beautiful and amazing!

Stitches and shoe laces come to mind!

i've always been enchanted by abandoned places. i plan to head out on the road while i'm still young and would love to make this one of my stops. is it open to public? is it private property? and are many people usually lingering around or is it pretty deserted for the most part?

DOES THIS PKLACE STILL STAND ? I AM FROM BALTO. AND WOULD LOVE TO VISIT.PLEASE LET ME KNOW.

MAN I SURE WOULD LOVE TO PLAY PAINTBALL THERE. THIS IS PEEERRRFFFFEEEEECCCCCTTTTTTT........

I don't think I ever ran faster as a child than when in these tunnels. I couldn't wait to go down the slide "one more time" before going home.

How sad to see Mt. Vesuvius this way. When I was young, it seemed sooo big... And Mr Toot (was that the name?) the boat that took you out there. I burned my thigh on one of those slides, and I still wanted to go back for more!

Wow. I have a photo of myself, my brother, two cousins and our grandmother (now deceased) standing in this very spot. Kinda depressing now, but you're right - those bricks look exactly like they did thirty-four years ago. Still kinda creepy now, but thanks for the shot!

Thanks for the pics - pity about the downfall of this place. I remember it as the only theme park my family could afford when I was eight. I didn't even get to WDW until I was almost 30, and I still have fond memories of looking through the "tree" at Alice hanging in mid-fall... and I couldn't wait to get into a teacup and ride into the tunnel so I could look up and see Alice above me. Makes me think that's where my interest in caving began... Thanks!

Went up on this concrete mountain a few years ago. Tried to go down the slid but you could see straight through to the water. Very scary

There is a place in Ligonier, PA called Storybook Forest (near Idlewild Park I think) I remember that place when I was a kid, and then I took MY kids there when they were young (and older too) I may be wrong, but I think Storybook Forest once went thru a phase where the park was closed, but then it was "resurrected" It uses both figures and live actors to tell stories. A lot of the places smell like mildew tho. We had a little place near our home that was a type of StoryLand, I think, I believe I'm going to go that way tomorrow and check out whats remained of it.