Australia's Wonderland ad early 90s

A boy dreams of a land where there's "too much fun for everyone", and this turns out to be Australia's Wonderland.
This is the "wouldn't it be wonderful if the world was Wonderland" ad, which always had a magical feel to it, watching it as a kid.

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• wonderland
• wonderful
• dream
• boy
• commercial
• australia

[gutennachtmond]

woulldnt it be wonderful if we still had wonderland?

im crying =/

[swiftwren]

@kenobiplaysthebanjo Um well actually it was really successful but after it was sold to an Indonesian he jacked up the price and lost heaps of business,didn't fix the rides and then sold the land, it has nothing to do with the expenses of running it .

Wonderland was a very profitiable them park, but through mismanagent and greed we lost it.

[goonsackmask]

that kid as the best mullet. fucking blacktown wonderland. i had the shittest day ever at this place.

[casanoc]

RIP

[kenobiplaysthebanjo]

@swiftwren If you want to read more, it's all on a dedicated website, wonderlandhistory. Google ought to point you to it.

[kenobiplaysthebanjo]

@swiftwren If something is "really sucessful" you don't sell it off for no real reason. The investors in the park lost faith over a re-zoning initiative that the local council wouldn't approve (even though Wonderland owners owned the land). They made no money on it and the park started losing business.

Because of this, it was sold to a Malaysian company who let it die. There is still no confirmation if it was because they mismanaged the park or wanted the land for something else and let it die.

[kenobiplaysthebanjo]

Its amazing how many people are on here complaining that it's no longer around. Got any clue as to just how much money it costs to run a park like this? Eastern Creek isn't exactly a tourist hot spot, and the rides were dying. I can't name a single ride that was torn down and rebuilt elsewhere without a lot of money going into a big overhaul.

Things cost money to run. If you "fans" loved it so much, why weren't you there every weekend to keep the place going?

[mynameisseals]

From memory this ad is actually from the late 80's....I distinctly recall thinking that 'little' boy was much older than me back then, nice mullet. Far out to think that was over 20 years ago, I must be getting old!

[slugnbozo]

My Dad took me here for my 9th birthday back in the 80s. Just him and I. It remains as one of my most cherished memories.

The first ride I went on was Boo Boo's Balloon Race and when I tried the Beastie I almost had a heart attack! My favourite ride back then was the chairs (was it called "The Dragon's Flight" or something?) in Medieval Fair.

[TheTVOGuy]

This ad is from the time I went to Wonderland with my family. It would be wonderful if we still had Wonderland. I remember meeting my favourate cartoon characters and I got a Yogi bear plush. It's very sad that I can never go back :(

Thanks for the post!