657 Comments for The Enchanted Forest

i can just imagine a little Lolita girl sitting in one of those cups!! In case no one knows what lolita is its a japanese thing

I was at this spot today... just after the walkway, the floor is no longer there.. my friend had to climb to get over there (dangerous, I know)... so sad...

I can't see!

In it's day, there was a ceiling where the light now pours into this main room of Cinderella's Castle. (The ceiling was the floor of the third floor of this structure.) You would have seen a beautiful chandelier hanging in this spot . but like Ladyhawke said, due to arson, the chandelier, and the ceiling from which it hung ,were destroyed. Also directly above, at what would be the top, or third floor of Cinderella's Castle, sat a small house where the "happily ever after " scene could be found...this little building was also destroyed int the fire.
(Great shot of the second floor and the third floor of this structure in the John Water's movie, "Cry Baby" with Johnny Depp )

Hi Sara B. : )
Motts is kind enough to have two links about the EF at the beginning of his Enchanted Forest gallery.
I was one of those EFPS members that had really wanted to see it reopen on its original historic soil, but that was not meant to be.
So, whatever remaining structures are left, have either already been relocated over to Clark's Elioak Farm, or will be when or if money allows. People are even giving the farm EF figures that they had obtained over the years, so that they can be enjoyed by everyone.
Unfortunately, Willie the Whale fell all apart while moving him, his frame remains and the farm does plan on recreating him.
Click on this link and then click on EF Attraction Museum. It gives details and pictures of all the EF rides and structures.
Sara, you can see some of the scenes to Ali Baba on this site, along with Cinderella's castle and the white mice that pulled Cinderella's pumpkin coach.
http://www.websitesame.../Nostalgia/index.htm
A d.v.d at the farm shows Snow White and the 7 dwarves and it does have music playing in the background.

This newer site has an AMAZING gallery of pictures of the original Enchanted Forest when it was open. Some pictures are very old.
There are even quite a few of the scenes inside the Alice in Wonderland Tunnel, which was destroyed when the 2nd owners built the mall.
If you ever went to the EF be ready for a flood of memories to come while looking at these.
There are also very old newspaper articles on here.
http://www.ellicottcit...he_enchanted_forest/
Once again, a very big thank you to Motts for taking such beautiful pictures of this Enchanted Forest.
Hopefully, it may even encourage people to return to the farm more original EF figures that they have had in private collections, or at least give pictures of them so that they can be recreated over time.
Old photographs are playing a HUGE role in repainting and/or recreating alot of these EF treasures!

Thanks Ladyhawke! I must be getting confused with another park then. I know we used to go to Bethany Beach each summer when I was really little, so I'm probably getting those rides confused with these. I must be getting the Dwarves' Mine ride confused with the Ali Baba boat ride then! I do remember that mine. Didn't they sing too? And wasn't there some sort of carriage ride as well...or is my memory playing tricks on me?

Just blew me away. It's just not a feeling, but a way of portaiting a meaning that noone can understand at present. It's the future, it's the past, it's the present, but not really. Super moment.

Fantastic photo!!!!! Carsonia Park, where I used to live. closed and now the whole area are houses; except for the original lake. Dreamland Park also closed in the late 60's and a murder happened there in 1969. Went there in the early 90's and took alot of photos and so glad I did because today hardly anything is standing anymore. At least, from what I understand, they're trying to do something about this place to save the rides or whatever. That's good news. Keep up the good work, Motts. If anyone wants to find out anything more about Dreamland Park, there's a web site called: darkinthepark.com. There's also other areas listed on there, too.

Hi Sara B.
Unfortunatley there are not any plans of ever reopening the original Enchanted Forest. That is why they are relocating anything that is salvageable and bringing it to a petting farm near by, so they can be enjoyed again. These cups were from the teacup ride that brought you underground into Alice in Wonderland's tunnel.
I don't think the cups turned though, unless that changed after 1967, and they were also all painted different colors. A tea kettle pulled the cups along on a track.
These two cups, along with another one that has been recently donated to the farm, are being fixed so people can sit in them for photo ops.
In the EF there was a Snow White cottage which you entered. A figure of Snow White stood near a fireplace and behind her were the 7 dwarves beds. Some were bunk beds. A figure of Sleepy was still in his bed snoring.
Snow White, the bunk beds, and Sleepy are now at the farm, after someone located where they were.
In the cottage there was an entrance that led you down into the dwarves mine. No boat ride though, you walked down into it.
There were figures of the remaining dwarves and the gems they mined were lit up on the walls near them.
The only boat rides that the EF had that I know of was the Little Toot ride , ( Little Toot was also just donated to the farm recently along with the teacup and some other items), that rode around the lake near the mountain.
The other boat ride was the Ali Baba boat ride.
I think the little boats you got in looked like treasure chests.
The Ali Baba ride and Alice in Wonderland's tunnel were destroyed when they put the mall strip and Jilly's restaurant up. : (

No, I believe the gingerbread men and the shoe were gone, although I didn't get to see the place in it's entirety, so it's possible I missed them.

Hey Motts, was the Old Woman in the Shoe slide still there? How about the creepy looking gingerbread men? Man, I'm gonna have to take a little trip out here soon & see what I can find (and also if I can manage to find a way in here without getting arrested!).

I can remember feeding ducks here (at least I think it was here!).

Wow, I didn't know the whale had something in it! I actually have a picture of me (age 4) and my brother (7 mos. old or so) sitting in the mouth of the whale, but I don't remember actually seeing anything in it's throat. Maybe we just didn't think to look! I remember there being swings near the lake as well.

I remember these windows. At the front of the park, I remember a path going up a hill. There were small little fairytale cottages along the way that you could look through the windows and see characters, but not enter. Those would creep me out for some reason! My brother and I used to love this place though.

Oh man, I used to hate this ride! I used to get so dizzy. If I remember correctly, these were painted pink (I could be wrong...haven't been to E.F. since 1986, right before it closed!). My favorite ride here was the boat ride, and the Snow White boat ride. You'd go into a tunnel on a log boat and see the dwarves working in their mine. It was really cool when you're 5 years old! I'd go on it 2 or 3 times in a row and once before we left the park. I hope they restore it eventually, I'd love to go back.