Felt like you showed up in a station wagon with your family only to find out the park was closed so you took the security guard hostage and forced him to let you ride all the rides. I was here in the mid 90's and they had a pit full of bears that you could buy a cup of marshmallows to throw at them. They would sit on their butts and wave at you and catch the marshmallows in mid air. They probably all died from diabetes. Such a weird park.

This seems like a scenario in Rollercoaster Tycoon where you start with a huge plot of land and a ton of random pathways, but don't have enough money to build any major attractions yet.

The fact the park is empty of customers and most of the rides are no longer in operation, really makes me worry for the quality of life those animals are getting.

I'm gonna be real with you guys, this has got to be one of the most depressing theme parks I have ever seen

The fact that you appear to be one of the only people in such a large park certainly gives it an unsettling feeling.

That poor kid tried so hard to say hi to you lol I think the park itself would be amazing if everything was properly taken care of. The walkways have a nice peaceful feel to them. I hope those animals end up with a better home. Thanks for bringing us with you! : )

the dolphin impression was the best thing ive seen today! 😂

Jacob trying to get the bear's attention was just like that kid trying to get Jacob's attention on the boat ride.

This park used to be very popular back in the 90s. The people who run it are questionable and the mistreatment of a lot of the animals was what led to what you see now. They refuse to sell the park from what I understand even though selling it could probably lead to something much better for the area. As of right now, it's an overpriced mess of a skeleton of a theme park.

The kid on the pirate ship. "hi...Hi...HI!"😂

I think is perhaps one of the most depressing places I ever have seen. My heart goes out to the animals above all.. I honestly hope they are taken care of properly.

A beluga whale and a dolphin died the recently. People are not happy that this keeps happening. Perhaps this is why no one is there. You are at a park funeral my friend.

So he was able to leave his camera on the ground while he was on the rides because there was absolutely no one else there? 😂

Many locals would tell you NOT to go. The treatment of the "animals" is atrocious. The reason the orca that died last year was a result. This is probably their last summer. Trying to get the tourists that don't know any better. It's sad that they've been able to get away with things as long as they have. I love that you've come to Canada. We have so many awesome attractions it's a shame you got reeled in. Hope you enjoyed the falls!

Marineland is the only theme park where the main colour scheme is rusty, unpainted metal hahaha

As someone who has spent decades going down to Niagara Falls, ON, Marineland has the exact aura of a Silent Hill level just before the air ride siren goes off and it all goes to hell. I remember very little of my one visit there other than huge, empty expanses of nothing but pavement.

Man, the memories of the 70’s. I remember going as a kid, with my parents. While watching the whales, some kid got stung by a bee, and was running around screaming till he collapsed. My Dad got me an inflatable Kandu ( the thing to have as a kid in Ontario) somehow it got a hole in it, and went in the garbage in the parking lot. I took my kids once years later, I felt the same frustration as my father.” everyone loves Marineland!”

Wow, that almost felt like an abandoned amusement park at times. I don't understand how they stay in business with such a small amount of visitors.

Everyone needs to look up Phil Demers. You all need to hear his story about Marineland and what they have been going on in Marineland.

4:15 - 4:28 That was a comically long segment, I nearly spat out my toothpaste 😂

That is one of the most depressing theme parks I have ever seen.

My first looping rollercoaster was Dragon Mountain in the early 00s but since then, this place has become an animal cemetery. its a shame its still allowed to operate.

Fun fact: Dragon Mountain has one of the longest ride times at 3:30 and one of the longest track lengths at 5500 ft.... Also covers a huge area of land...

Marineland is like The Backrooms of theme parks.

I'm from Buffalo also and used to come here all the time as a kid! I still remember the theme song from the commercials - it's kind of sad to see what's become of Marineland. It's funny because all the rides (the working ones, anyway) look reasonably well-maintained but those scary mechanical noises are a good reminder of how very old this park is, LOL! I do worry about the animals there. I hope they're being taken care of properly.

Jeez, I remember very clearly the TV advertisements of this place way back when I was just a kid. Never been, but The Sky Screamer was brand new and they made an ad about it: "You're gonna love the Sky Screamer! You'll want to ride it, over again!" Seeing the park now in its end phase is really something else.

It's very sad what has become of this park.

Jacob finally fell off the end of the map and landed in the backrooms

As a Canadian who went to Marine land as a kid in the 90s , and now will have the theme song stuck in my head, this is crazy to see, it was packed when I was a kid and the lines were so long, it always bothered me they had orca whales in captivity even when I was like 7, its a 12 hour drive from my province to Ontario...wonder if it picks up in July or August? Those are our summer months 😂..🎵🎶theres a place i know in Ontaro, where the sea lions kiss so the story goes, everyone loves Marine Land 🎵🎶

Loved the phrase " in the squids clutches""!!! Hilarious!! Nice relaxing spin around the squid 🐙🦑!!

Thank for keeping the kid in all of us alive, Jacob!

You know as somebody who grew up in Canada and seen the ads for the park and remember the stories being told by family and friends about the park. I'm amazed you went to Canada's most weirdest park and on top of that I remember all the crazy stories that other companies wanted to buy it. Just saying they got discouraged. There's a lot of stories out there but yeah that park I'm shock it's even open still. How did they even have money to operate?

Oh gawd, made the mistake of looking this place up and seeing its list of controversies. Won't make the mistake of ever going there, thanks. Great video as always!

Man you’re going to have to start Carpetbagger International soon!! You’ve been quite a few places in the US over the years. A special show where Jacob explores the best international road side attractions and interesting places around the world would be amazing! Give a thumbs up to this comment if you also want to see “The Carpetbagger goes International” too! 👍👍👍

I went there being from Canada and found that the rides were not scary at all but the cracking breaking sounds often scared the hell out of me fearing for my life of a mechanical failure.

The gift shop was a sign of what was to come.

Those poor Belugas they look sooooo BORED with their eternal circle….⭕️

You are not holding the security guard at bbgun point are you? That park seems vacant 😮

I live in Ontario and I remember the commercials for that theme park on TV. You knew it was summer when they started playing them.

All that walking reminded me of the old school Cypress Gardens-but having all those paths there made sense visitors were there to enjoy the gardens. Also the entertainment that I saw there back in the day was human centered (water ski show and dive show) and far less depressing than this park. I don’t know that botanical gardens would work in Canada-my point is that having this much land offers lots of opportunity for creating a much better experience for humans and other animals.

For a moment, I thought you had returned to your roots and were doing an abandoned places video. The park looked interesting enough however, being the old fart that I am, I'm not sure my knees could handle all that walking.😂

As someone from Buffalo who vividly can see the Walrus dude mascot and hear the commercial jingles permanently embedded in my brain for decades, that's a great gift for Jen, she will definitely like it!

Love ❤️ the dolphin on a stick complete with Carpetbagger impression!!! Very excellent. Gotta give you an Attaboy, Jacob!!!

Hi Jacob nice to see you wear your new hat, it looks good on you. Wear it more often lol thanks for sharing this video. Stay safe 🙏🤓📸

I used to live in the Falls and Marineland was great in the 80's. So sad that it has gone to crap.🐾🐾🇨🇦

I remember my dad said I was at Marineland when I was five years old. As it probably was better than what it appears to look like. As I can understand that two Beluga exhibits are in after the death of Kiska as she passed two weeks after my dog died. As there is news that the dead owners wife plans to sell the park. As for the land animals could be moved to Toronto Zoo and the animals could be moved to other parks as for Niagara Aquarium could take all the animals in, but the dolphins and belugas could be moved to Sea World parks and other parks that can house them. As perhaps Marineland can be a new amusement park without the animals like six flags or Dorney. As maybe the park will make improvements hopefully.

Marineland is a former shell of itself. I worked there for one summer about 10 years ago. From my understanding, the park used to get about 1 to 1.5 million guests a year back in the 90s and 2000s. When I worked there in 2014 they had around 700k after the summer season. Now, I am hearing they are lucky to see 250k in an entire season. The park used to be much more lively. Very sad to see the park slowly falling apart, but I also understand why. I worked there when the original owner was still alive and he did not take care of the park the way his wife has. There was one attraction added between 2009 and 2019. Since 2019, the “new” owners have added 2 rides, polar splash, penguin palace, Marineland Express, and has made many small park improvements. Niagara is a small community and everyone knows everyone. Pre-COVID, the goal was for Marineland to make a transition from marine park to theme park, similar to what Sea World is doing. That has obviously been delayed due to the pandemic, but hopefully people see the positive changes the park is making and start going to the park to see for themselves.

I needed a Little carpetbagger today. Thanks Jacob!

Hello from Park Forest Illinois have a good day Carpetbagger and The Carpetbagger's plus Baguettes

It looks like there’s more employees than patrons. How do they even keep what they have open?

That was so sad to see when the best part of an amusement park/zoo visit was the carpetbagger imitating a dolphin with a plastic head on a stick. I did laugh aloud at "where's the penguins?" "I guess there's no penguins.."

this is the most depressing theme park i've ever seen, especially when it takes up land that is larger then every disney world park combined.

17:20 Very COOL video of the Beluga 🐋 🐋 Whales swimming by the blue window while you are standing on the left side. NICE work, Jacob. Unexpected and beautiful!

Such a depressing place.

You should definitely go back for Dragon Mountain. It's perpetually unfinished with a really weird layout. It was opened without all the theming ever being built. It's truly bizarre. There are great videos you can see about it. The Problematic Coasters series has a good one I think

Looks like a post apocalyptic theme park.

It’s like a Back Rooms video. But I am so impressed with the money spent on the infrastructure and the theme in g. Because of your video, I am going to go this summer.

Grew up visiting family in Niagara Falls/Fort Erie, so I visited here a few times in the early 2000s. It was always pretty quiet, but never looked as abandoned as this. I always felt like for such a large plot of land with empty areas, they should have just used the extra space to give the animals bigger tanks/exhibits. In my country, we have no captive whales or dolphins any more, it was outlawed in 1993 to keep these animals at zoos/parks , so it feels pretty sad to see these animals in such small tanks. I hope they get relocated one day to somewhere with more space.

The Ontario Gov. Just charged Marineland about the way they keep the black bears.I thought they closed years ago as they were charged with something else, years ago ..Because of that they don't advertise

I live in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, about an hour from the park, Jacob, you say you were there early and that’s why there was no one there, it always is that empty, the park is up for sale, and they are getting investigated for breaching the new act that prevents animals in captivity other then approved zoos like the metro Toronto zoo, etc…. So do not let them fool you, it’s a has been park and on it’s way out

It seems like there are alot of Buluga whales in a small area.😢

I went to Niagara at 13 years old with my family and still have very clear memories of walking through that park in the 90s. There were more people when we went there but it was still very quiet. there would be tons of nothing and no one and then tiny gatherings of people. I see it is still pretty strange. I mostly remember walking around and having random deer/petting zoo animals just walking around everyone on the paths. Such an odd place. Def watch the documentaries on youtube about that place. The Late Owner was not the greatest owner for management, design, or animal collecting. I think at this point they are stil trying to figure out what to do with it after his death in 2018.

4:11 I love how long you voice the 🐬 DOLPHIN! 😆 That was very funny, Jacob!

Thank You Jacob for your videos and changing it up every time I used to watch Adam The Woo also but he has fully became a Disney Princess. So thank you this one is another great video

I definitely have a photo of me on that dragon carousel & the hawk ride in the 90s I remember feeding the loose deer in the park Those train tracks used to be used & that polar splash is a splash pad. Who knows if it’s even used anymore Penguin palace gave me the creeps I remember they had sea lions shows in that arena

A bit like Disney World With a lot of open space for more stuff Thank you for sharing Jacob

Grabbing each other's swing at the end of the ride was the best part! Can you believe those pathways used to be packed, in the 80s?

Last time I was thier, was almost 9 years ago, and it was as empty as it is now. But the best thing about it, I was able to ride the sky screamer for almost 30 min non stop before getting tired of it and having to get off.

Hi Carpetbagger ... We had a Marineland here in Palos Verdes, CA that started in the early 60s as well. It was built off of the cliff which was humongous. Extremely price land in LA County. Went there a lot until Marineland closed in the late 70s of course ... Luxury Condos (as usual). All the animals were sent to SeaWorld in San Diego. Hope you had a marvelous time. Please notify the community which serves around the Park that no one wants to see what happen to their Marineland and end up as Luxury Condos.

Thanks for this man, I'm flying to Buffalo and was gonna take my kid there. I think I'll just hit up Six Flags Darien Lake :)

The rollercoaster is open, you just gotta wait for it unfortunately! The park doesn't have enough staff to keep all the rides open all day, so you'll notice the kids rides open up at 10am, followed by skyscreamer at noon, then the rest of the big kid rides (like Dragon Mountain) slowly become available, as the kiddo rides slowly start to shut down. Unfortunately this sometimes wont happen until 2 or 3pm , especially if you go on a weekday! It's so worth it, but this park takes some real time and patience to fully conquer. Was able to ride the coaster last weekend, its totally re-vamped, smooth, incredible, and so worth it to come back if you're able to!

I’ve never seen a ride like the dragon ride where you face that direction! How cool

I would call that Drop Zone The Milkshake Good Lord! I felt sick just watching it. That is the craziest place I have ever seen. Hopefully one day soon it will be on a KZfaq Abandoned Parks video. I really hope the animals are being looked after. That place is scary. I mean what the heck? Where was the food?

Love your videos.I love watching on rides! You are just to cute!I love when you look around the gifts shops .Cool laid back rides.

Wise decision on foregoing the drop tower. You have definitely got nerves of steel, my friend! Thank you for sharing such an interesting park. Take care, and God bless 🙌

I gotta say, Jacob was certainly giving... generous in his review of it. Even ignoring the animal abuse allegations (which is hard to do)... This is a park in its death throes, and even through the video, signs of decay were very obvious (the aquarium, the one building with the arcades...). Many rides closed due to lack of staff, stalls just shuttered up. The park has history of corner cutting, scrapped projects, and poor management (rumors that the original owner was a bit of a penny pincher). There were some other things that i don't know of Jacob noticed, like the train tracks that go through the park but aren't part of it. Or that for that huge empty space, only 1 restaurant is open. And yeah, land or sea, none of those enclosures are suitable for the animals they held. Right now it sounds like marineland is looking to sell, and I'm pretty happy with that. Get rid of the animals, and you know primo real estate to create an amusement park to put Canada's wonderland to shame. Get like six flags or heck, Sea World (they should know how to unanimal their parks). Wouldn't mind some good competition in the amusement parks up here

Great day again! No problem skipping something you know is going to be bad! You do you! Be safe

You could of at least said hi to that poor kid saying hi to you multiple times when riding the ship lol

I am shocked you ride the swings,as they are terrifying and seem flimsy at best,!!! Attaboy again, Carpetbagger!!!

What a pity the big open spaces haven't been given over to those very big fish that very much look like they need more room. 🙁 Thanks Jacob. You've been very brave 👍

It's crazy I went to this park back in 2012 and it had a lot of people, definitely weird how things changed so much since I was there last

That was bizarre, I too worry about the care of the animals. Those few aquarium with the koi and gar did not look that good. I had to look on Google earth and it said that major roller coasters is temporarily closed. Oh when you go to the amusement parks and ride something that makes you feel sick . Carry some peppermint or ginger hard candy also drink a ginger ale, those all help decrease nausea. Way to hang in there! Keep up the great work oh any word on your car

I can not believe this "theme park" is still operating. I thought it had already closed down. Herschend, Merlin, Palace, etc.. where are you???

Wow Jacob, you HAD to be tired of walking! Thanks for being so brave and riding everything. (it's perfectly fine NOT riding the skyscraper. I wouldn't ride that one either) Thanks for sharing all this with us. It was such a fun video. Be safe! 😊

Terrible place. Those animals are treated poorly.

Jacob, did you know you’re featured in today’s video from Weird History Food KZfaq channel about Hidden Valley Ranch? Toward the end they featured you for a couple second clip.

As someone who has a huge fear of heights and doesn’t like outdoor drop towers, I do still recommend Doctor Doom’s Fearfall at Islands of Adventure. That one’s not that bad and it’s one I actually do enjoy riding. It’s good for a first time drop tower rider

With all that space it would make a great venue for vendors of all kinds.(if they have the hookups for water and electricity) Plenty of room and it would liven it up a bit with a lot more activity and things to see. Thanks for the pre-season review.

I went there in the 1990s awesome nostalgia overload

I feel like, you were at a abandoned amusement park, without literally been abandoned, it's because, that entire part, give me abandon, without giving me abandon, maybe it's because, some things are closed, there's no people in a hot suit that's based of an character of some kind and quite literally, not much people there.

If there was a theme park equivalent to a dead mall, this would be it.

HEY YOU ALL! I am here for the weirdness. Bring it.

Poor animals 😞

Love your videos I live in the niagara falls area always hope to meet you some time

That park seems a bit creepy how empty it is

Definitely a lot of walking included there 😊

Speaking from experience, I definitely remember it being a whole lot more popular in the early-mid 2000's what with all the stupidly catchy "Everyone Loooooooooves, Marineland" commercials that they'd air on TV. It was certainly more popular with kids and teens before all the animal neglect and cruelty got more spread out what with the internet becoming more popular with kids. I'd say it dropped off around the late 2000's - early 2010's, at least that's around the last time I went because my school would do school trips to it but we stopped going once I hit like 6th grade.

Great value seaworld! Love it

That place looks like it in serious trouble. The condition of the stone work by the second beluga whale place plus the fact there are no people, things closed and just so light use of the land.

You were so funny watching your reactions on the rides. I found a lot of the spinning rides felt the same. Not enough of a difference between them. Certainly a park to avoid. I hope one day another theme park operator buys it and uses all that space. So sorry you missed dragon mountain though if you were looking for coaster credits. The good news is you can upgrade your ticket for like a $1 and go back as many times as you like and get your excercise on those huge and long paths. At the Deer Park you used to go in and feed the deer but they stopped that a few years back