Mirapolis

Coordinates: 49°03′18″N 1°59′55″E / 49.05501944°N 1.998627778°E / 49.05501944; 1.998627778

Statue of Gargantua in Mirapolis

Mirapolis was a theme park which was opened in 1987 in Courdimanche, in the city of Cergy-Pontoise. It was one of the first French theme parks, and its themes were the tales and the great novels of France. The park was dominated by a huge statue of Gargantua, inside which an attraction, a dark ride, was installed. Carlos was the park's celebrity spokesman. The park was closed in 1991 because it never turned any profit. On 1st September 1995, the head of Gargantua was dynamited.

See also

• Efteling

Bibliography

• More information in the French magazine Dixième Planète n° 42 (August-September 2006).

External links

• Mirapolis rides on Themeparkguide.net