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Parc Sindibad

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Date Visited:
October 30, 2011

Review

Morocco's most populous city, Casablanca, offers some astonishing similarities with Los Angeles: nature, villas, roads, palm trees, beaches - the whole look and feel of it would allow for a movie playing in LA being shot here.

The people are different, though, and so are the theme parks. Casablanca's one and only amusement venture, Parc Sindibad, has been closed for years and stands accordingly rotten and desolate, with security guys, dogs, ponies and cows inhabiting the former playground. Belgium's Walibi Group plans to redevelop it into a modern amusement center, but work hasn't commenced to date.


Parc Sindibad (center of the picture) Parc Sindibad (center of the picture)

The Sindibad statue on Casablanca's Corniche The Sindibad statue on Casablanca's Corniche

Follow the cows through the trash... Follow the cows through the trash...

...and you'll reach the remains of Parc Sindibad ...and you'll reach the remains of Parc Sindibad

Overgrown coaster Overgrown coaster

Sindibad's watchdogs are very soft and fluffy Sindibad's watchdogs are very soft and fluffy

Love me. Love me.

Watchdog siesta Watchdog siesta

Lethargic Sindibad watchdog Lethargic Sindibad watchdog

Parc Sindibad watchdog attack Parc Sindibad watchdog attack

The ponies haven't been fed for three years The ponies haven't been fed for three years

But this one was just playing But this one was just playing

Abandoned ticket counter Abandoned ticket counter

Abandoned spinning ride Abandoned spinning ride

Abandoned, and extremely useless, kiddie train Abandoned, and extremely useless, kiddie train

Brother bug Brother bug

Mother control freak Mother control freak

Parc Sindibad ferris wheel corpse Parc Sindibad ferris wheel corpse

Ferris wheel close-up Ferris wheel close-up

Sindibad's rusty roller coaster Sindibad's rusty roller coaster

Roller coaster loading station Roller coaster loading station

The coaster you wouldn't want to ride The coaster you wouldn't want to ride

Nerdy Sindibad explorer Nerdy Sindibad explorer

Sindibad himself appears traumatized by the park's closure Sindibad himself appears traumatized by the park's closure