Okpo Land was a short-lived

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based in the outskirts of

Okpo-dong Okpo is a neighborhood in the city of Geoje in South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea. The village is located on the eastern coast of Geoje Island and a center of the island. Geoje in Korean means "great rescue", from the syllables "geo" (Korean: ...

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. It opened in 1996 and was shut down in May 1999, allegedly after a series of fatal accidents, in particular the death of a child who fell from the duck rollercoaster ride. The legitimacy of these claims have been put in dispute for several years, with the rumors believed to be originating from a derailed cart from the rollercoaster ride. A more likely reasoning behind the closure of the park was said to have been due to financial issues deriving from an economic crisis that affected South Korea from 1997 through 1998. The remnants of Okpo Land were demolished in 2011, so that a hotel could be constructed on its former location.대우조선해양, 옥포호텔 신축 기공식
at NewsEye Geoje; published December 9, 2011; retrieved December 5, 2013

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