News: Wonderland Sydney to close in April

Posted at 5:20 PM EST (2220 GMT)

Feb. 16th, 2004 -- Right around the time Sydney, Australia will see the return of an amusement park, it will lose another. Wonderland Sydney, which has been operating since December of 1985, will close for good on April 26th, 2004.

Leisure Theme Parks Sunway Group, which has managed the park since 1997, blames the drop in attendance on everyone except themselves. They blame everything from 9/11 to SARS and from Australian bushfires to the collapse of a major insurance company.

Wonderland Sydney is home to a Vekoma Boomerang, an in-house built wooden coaster and a family wooden coaster.

Sydney will see the return of Luna Park in April, which will open just before Wonderland Sydney will close.

For more information:

Sydney Morning Herald