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Before Disneyland Paris opened its doors, Mirapolis was the first large-scale theme park in France. An enormously ambitious and incredibly creepy offering in the country, and one that only lasted five years before closing and being left abandoned. So let's take a look at the life of Mirapolis and what it left behind.
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CHAPTERS
0:00 Intro
0:45 Planning Mirapolis
4:18 Mirapolis' First Year
10:32 Early Problems, Changing Ownership, and New Additions
17:03 Closure and Abandonment
23:11 Why Did Mirapolis Fail?
28:52 Continued Abandonment and The Park Today