- Galaxyland
Infobox Amusement park
name = Galaxyland
caption =Mindbender rollercoaster and UFO maze
location =West Edmonton Mall ,Edmonton, Alberta
location2 = Canada
location3 = flagicon|Canada
opening_date = 1985
closing_date =
previous_names = Fantasyland
season = 365 Days a Year
area = 400,000 sq. ft.
(37,160 m²)
rides = 24
coasters = 4
owner = West Edmonton Mall Properties Inc.
slogan =
homepage = [http://www.westedmontonmall.com/play/galaxyland.asp WEM-Galaxyland]Galaxyland is the world's largest indoor
amusement park situated in theWest Edmonton Mall inEdmonton, Alberta ,Canada . It is home to the world's tallest (14 stories), and longest, indoorroller coaster , Mindbender. It is also home to the Space Shot, the world's tallest indoor tower ride (12 stories).Rides
Beginner Rides
Decommissioned Rides
Controversy
Galaxyland was originally known as Fantasyland. However, the name
Fantasyland was already used for one of the theme lands existing inDisneyland and othertheme park s owned bythe Walt Disney Company . A lawsuit eventually forced the mall's owners to change the park's name, though they were allowed to continue using the name "Fantasyland Hotel" for a hotel in the mall. Fantasyland became Galaxyland officially onJuly 1 ,1995 . This was celebrated with a new "space age" theme, and the arrival of the park's new mascot "Cosmo". But a lot of people were disappointed of the change to the theme. Most people thought that just changing the name would have kept the parks great rides. Since the change of theme from an outdoor park theme to a galaxy theme has caused lots of good rides and good scenery to be removed and new "LESS" exciting rides installed. However some classic rides still live on like the Swing of the Century and Mindbender.References
External links
* [http://www.westedmontonmall.com/play/galaxyland.asp Official Galaxyland Website]
* [http://rcdb.com/pd40.htm Galaxyland Amusement Park] at theRoller Coaster DataBase
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