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Poll Question:
*if you read it all* would you have gone on or ran? | | Total Votes: | 17 | | 1. I would have kept exploring carefully | 8 | 47.06 % | 
| | 2. Best to walk away live another day | 9 | 52.94 % |
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xFLORIDAx
location:
Riverside, Ca
Gender: Male
 |  |  |  | My First exploration at Splendid China pretty sweet
< on 1/5/2007 6:22 AM >
|  | | | well i finally went on my first lil explorer thing
and i went to a place that is fairly easy access and most of you local orlando florida people have been to
its called splendid china
its an old theme park owned by the chinese goverment
shut down i believe in early 2000's maybe 2001
anyways
we get in
go to the main office
found all these files on stuff that happened in the park
bomb threats theft fights stuff like that
really cool to read through
walked around the park
THEN
me and my friend ( whos been there several times and was kind enough to come with me and show me the ropes)
so ya
THEN we hear something it was Cops sirens and we knew it wasnt for us or anything cuz theres a road in the back
then i hear what sounds like dogs
and i shrug it off thinking theres and apartment near by
then i just kinda keep listening...its sounds louder or gettting closer
so i look at my friend and i go is that normal?
he says no
we run haha
we get to a fence to the main road stop
and its silence
so we think maybe its just something
lets go back be careful
because i wanted to see the back of the park with a cool theatre and costumes
we walk back and about 20 feet we hear a Yelp and a clonk and i kid you not i say
dood its the fuzz lets cheese it haha
and we jumped the wall
its was alot of fun
most of the parks stuff is sold off
but theres still stuff to see and its a cool first time trip low risk lots of fun
i loook forward to doing more stuff
espically since i go back to cali soon
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Opheliaism
        
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location:
Out on the border of everything and nothing, TN
Ophie
| | | Re: My First exploration at Splendid China pretty sweet
<Reply # 2 on 1/5/2007 6:59 AM >
| | | | LOL
Show up at 9:30 with 15 dollars cash and your fingers crossed.
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Raticus
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location:
Tyler
Gender: Male
Ratus exploricus abandonae
| | Re: My First exploration at Splendid China pretty sweet
<Reply # 3 on 1/5/2007 4:25 PM >
| | | | Since this is about a location in Florida, I think it needs to be in the southeast section. I'll move it for you.
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MutantMandias
 
Perverse and Often Baffling
location:
Atlanta, GA
Gender: Male
Are you a reporter? Contact me for a UE interview! Also not averse to the the idea of group/anal.
| | | Re: My First exploration at Splendid China pretty sweet
<Reply # 4 on 1/5/2007 7:46 PM >
| | | | Gee. Thanks.
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nikkimouse
location:
florida
Gender: Female
| |  | | Re: My First exploration at Splendid China pretty sweet
<Reply # 6 on 1/6/2007 5:14 AM >
| | | | when did you guys go? date? day of the week time of day? just wondering about the general factors.... i was there in October and all was very quiet.
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xFLORIDAx
location:
Riverside, Ca
Gender: Male
| | | | Re: My First exploration at Splendid China pretty sweet
<Reply # 7 on 1/6/2007 5:45 AM >
| | | | went around the time i posted this
so it was in january
i now kinda think either it was
A. security with dogs (dunno why they would have dogs)
B. Cops with dogs ( but never saw any flashlights of any kind)
C. we thought we saw a hobo in another theater so i was thinkin maybe the hobo had a dog
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Seldom
location:
Atlanta, GA
Gender: Female
| | Re: My First exploration at Splendid China pretty sweet
<Reply # 8 on 1/6/2007 1:33 PM >
| | | | Can we move this back to wherever it came from?
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DjMalign
location:
Fort Collins, CO
Gender: Male
Sexy, sexy, sexy
| | | Re: My First exploration at Splendid China pretty sweet
<Reply # 9 on 1/6/2007 10:46 PM >
| | | | I fucking hate you raticus
I hate all of you |
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Otaku
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<Reply # 10 on 1/7/2007 8:19 PM >
| | | | well, when we were there in october, there was electrical service. there was a transformer on the ground buzzing away behind some of the offices, and we heard an AC compressor turn on, in the opposite direction from the condos.
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nutekk
location:
Central NJ
Gender: Male
| | | Re: My First exploration at Splendid China pretty sweet
<Reply # 11 on 1/7/2007 11:26 PM >
| | | | ok... so you gonna take me there in march, when i come down for bike week ?
cheers !
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nomeus
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FLA
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<Reply # 12 on 1/8/2007 4:50 AM >
| | | | the problem here is very clear....your pal bishopx is a pussy....nuff said
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Monkey Boy
location:
Orlando Fl
Gender: Male
Gone Bananas!
| | | Re: My First exploration at Splendid China pretty sweet
<Reply # 13 on 1/8/2007 6:15 PM >
| | | | U guy craping ur pants in there, we where playing o nthe swing, acting up in the theather, etc. Thats a easy place:
And yes there is some electrical service in some places.
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mogwai
location:
Miami, Florida
Gender: Male
| |  |  | | | Re: My First exploration at Splendid China pretty sweet
<Reply # 14 on 1/15/2007 6:29 AM >
| | | | I have a friend who went to Splendid China a few weeks ago. Almost the same thing happened to him. He told me he saw some people in a pickup truck with a cutting tool chopping the arms off of one of those "Shiva statues". He thought it was odd...you would think they would just cut it off the base to resell it right? He thought they were just people who got in that were ripping off the place to get scrap metal. Well one person in the group was spotted by the people in the pickup so they ran away and jumped the wall. Later they went back in again thinking the people in the pickup would not do anything! lol Shortly later the place was full of police, roadblocks all over, and they even sent helicopters! They were able to make it out of there without getting caught, though I have no idea how. I am going to see if I can get him to tell his story here. It is pretty wild.
I vote to leave.
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brookhaven
location:
Orlando, FL
Gender: Male
| | | Re: My First exploration at Splendid China pretty sweet
<Reply # 15 on 1/15/2007 10:41 PM >
| | | | Hey
Im actually the Friend that Mogwai was talking about! I went to Splendid China with 3 friends and went in through a hole in the wall (I prefer not entering anywhere a 'No Trespassing' sign is visible to play ignorant if im caught!).
Well, once inside we realized this place is large and surprisingly for the most part intact! I was here in 2001 so i remember how it used to look. We had about 1 1/2 to 2 hours of uninterrupted time where we took photos and leisurely walked around taking in the amazing place. When we got to the middle of the park however, a friend of mine who was taking photos a bit ahead of us came running back towards us saying "we gotta go! there's a truck inside! go now!" we took off towards the bathrooms to hide out for a bit, since the exit was a long way away at this point.
Well, during the run we chose to just jump a gate and leave the area, so we jumped a fence and left. But then seeing new areas of the park from the outside, I was dying to go back in. (We suspected that the people we saw were trashmen or construction crew guys, they in no way looked like authority, but a clean up crew) So a friend and I snuck back in while the 2 others decided to walk to the car and pick us up when we were done taking photos.
As we walked in though, we immediately heard what we thought were chainsaws running. so, as to not be slowed down while sneaking around, we hid our cameras in an underground section (sort of like the underground areas in aquariums to see the dolphins) and proceeded to creep around the great wall of china to see what was happening. well, it turns out that the crew in the pickup were cutting off the arms of that famous statue you see in Splendid China promo postcards. We decided to stop sneaking around thinking that if we got caught, these guys weren't the type to call police.
So as we start getting our equipment back, my friend in the car calls me to tell me that the red pick up has driven to the front and looks like he's police. So we picked up speed and after a long run we make it to a gate where we can get out. I get called again, and he talles me "Dude, get out.... Police are here, ALOT" Well, as soon as I jump the fence, I notice a squad car with lights on flying down the road towrds us, so we pretend to be a tourist couple taking a stroll and I begin taking pictures of her. the car flies past us and turns down the road. my friend calls me again and this time says "forget walking down to the car, there's at least 3 cop cars here and more are on the way to your area."
The worst part is that we were the ONLY people in the vicinity! I immediatley took out my memory card from my camera, but realized i didn't bring a spare to replace it with in case im caught, so we turned around and walked to the closest place to hide in, a gated community :-/ as we turn the corner, we realize how serious this is, the police are blocking roads, blocking exits to splendid china, and are patrolling the streets.
Our friends ended up picking us up and we drove off while obeying all the rules of the road. and as soon as we started driving away, we see sheriff's choppers arriving on the scene..... no lie.
All in all, I urge you to not go there. It's a great place to visit, and amazing place to take photos, But it seems the reprecussions of getting caught there are too much, at least for me. I was almost scared that I'd be shot on site if i got caught. Too Much risk.
While driving we joked about what kind of secret govt work was going on in there because the police force that showed up was almost comical. I'll post the pics i have up to show you what it looks like inside.
"It's just a vacant lot, sir!"
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Otaku
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<Reply # 16 on 1/16/2007 4:16 AM >
| | | | there's a chance that they were scrappers and were the ones they were after, not you. i do believe that everything from the auction has been removed, leaving only the things to be reused in the formosa gardens community. if this is the case, then maybe the few of us that want to see the rest of the park need to see it now.
when we were there back in october, there were fairly fresh tire tracks everywhere. some were car tire tracks, and others were truck tire tracks. there were a couple areas with heavy equipment tracks.
so i guess they are finally tearing the place down.
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nomeus
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| | | | | Re: My First exploration at Splendid China pretty sweet
<Reply # 17 on 1/16/2007 4:14 PM >
| | | | this story saddens me and weighs heavy on my bowels.
those cops were not after you but were after the other people inside. the thing i dont understand is, how did they get past security at the hotel. as far as i know, thats the only way to get a car/truck into the park. that is unless they got in from the back service road.
im so sick of scrappers. they ruin everything.
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mogwai
location:
Miami, Florida
Gender: Male
| | | | | | Re: My First exploration at Splendid China pretty sweet
<Reply # 18 on 1/16/2007 7:23 PM >
| | | | Posted by nomeus
this story saddens me and weighs heavy on my bowels.
those cops were not after you but were after the other people inside. the thing i dont understand is, how did they get past security at the hotel. as far as i know, thats the only way to get a car/truck into the park. that is unless they got in from the back service road.
im so sick of scrappers. they ruin everything.
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This makes a lot more sense than sending helicopters to get a few kids walking around. lol
Maybe security was in the bathroom? Who knows.
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brookhaven
location:
Orlando, FL
Gender: Male
| | | Re: My First exploration at Splendid China pretty sweet
<Reply # 19 on 1/17/2007 12:52 AM >
| | | | I also thought they might be illegally there, but i doubt it. They did look like "Bithlo" type guys (if you live in orlando, you know what i mean), complete with confederate flag arm tattoos and all. But according to my friend who called me, they had driven to the front of splendid china and got on the phone with someone while sitting on the hood of their red pickup, as if they were waiting for that person. And last i remember, they had put one of the statues arms in the back of the truck.
I remember walking towards the maintenance area, and all the locks were securely in place. and while i was inside, the last time i saw them and the truck, they had driven both cars to the maintenance gate at the far end of the park and were having some kind of argument.
Now i can't confirm that they ever came face to face with police, because im just relying on what was being told to me by my buddy on the phone, but knowing that they had previously seen us inside, they must have just decided to wait outside and tell police some outrageous story, such as a large gang was inside, or that we were stealing items there.
"It's just a vacant lot, sir!"
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