Chairlift admission (transportation fee) is $24.95 for adults, $14.95 for children ages 3-10, and free for children under 3. The seasonal park is open from April through October, weather permitting, and hours of operation are from 10:00AM to 5:00PM, Friday through Monday. In 2012, one of the original investors, Alaska Presley, purchased the amusement park to preserve its history and provide enjoyment for the generations to come. Ghost Town In The Sky, a popular western-theme amusement park located on Buck Mountain in Maggie Valley, North Carolina, has entertained millions of visitors and hosted some of the biggest names in the entertainment industry since opening to the public in May of 1961. A new paintball course is expected to be open soon.
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An old west historical museum, updated gift shop, two old west saloons, a schoolhouse, bank, jail, and a church will be open to patrons as well as 3 reinstalled, tested, and inspected zip lines measuring from 190 feet to 480 feet in length. Guests of the newly renovated park have the option of taking a scenic, 20 minute, 3,370 foot long chairlift ride or bus ride up to Western Town to enjoy their choice of theme-based activities and venues such as action-packed cowboy gunfights, can-can dancing, rebuilt kiddie rides, two updated shooting galleries, walking trails, a stage coach and picnic area, hand tossed pizza parlor, hand scooped ice cream parlor and hourly rotating live music. State inspectors noted that a wash-out due to recent rains created a safety issue on the evacuation road which has since been repaired and passed state inspection on July 3rd. The water was tested and passed state inspection on June 26th. As a temporary solution, existing water tanks will be used for storage. While installing an engineering marvel (pipes to pump city water to feed the park’s 40+ buildings from the mountain’s base elevation to over 4,600 feet above sea level), the construction crew ran into solid rock that prevented the completion of its new water system.
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Maggie Valley, North Carolina, July 3rd, 2014 – Western-theme amusement park and movie set for Dean Teaster’s 2007 film, ‘Ghost Town’, is officially opening for the season at 10:00AM on July 4th after a brief delay caused it to miss its originally planned opening date on June 20th. Alaska Presley, one of the original investors, purchased the park in the spring of 2012 and will be opening the park in various phases.Those children who have been to Ghost Town now have kids and grandchildren of their own, and the parents that took their kids in the past now have grandchildren and great grandchildren that will enjoy Ghost Town again.Here’s the press release from Ghost Town In The Sky, the theme park in Maggie Valley: Coburn sold the property to in August, 2006, who attempted to revive the park, but ended up closing at the end of the 2009 season. Ghost Town was a true escape from reality.Ghost Town closed its doors in 2002 after 41 years of successful operation. Cowboys interacted with the children, much in a similar manner that they do today, and were heroic. Television was becoming a household commodity, and shows such as Bonanza, Big Valley, Rawhide and Gunsmoke featured Wild West heroes that children could admire.Ghost Town brought that Hollywood glamour and action to life. Popular movies on the Silver screen were Westerns with hero-figures such as John Wayne and Roy Rogers. The sixties movement was stirring up the conservatives from the fifties. Ghost Town was built and opened in a time of uncertainty: bomb shelters were common, Americans were faced with the Cold War and Bay of Pigs, and the President was assassinated. The park opened in May of 1961, and since then new rides and attractions have been added throughout the years.Ghost Town has entertained millions of guests throughout the country. A double incline railway was also constructed to bring its passengers to the entrance of Ghost Town, located at over 3300 feet up the mountainside. Over two hundred locals were hired to construct the 40 replica buildings that comprised the Western Town, which is located at the Mountain’s peak. In 1960, Coburn purchased Buck Mountain near Maggie Valley as the sight of his town, and construction began in September of 1960 with the help of a few investors, including Ms. Coburn, who was inspired to build a park with a western theme after visiting several ghost towns in the American West. Ghost Town In The Sky was built literally on top of a mountain in one of America’s most beautiful regions, and the park’s uniqueness and incredible location has attracted families to Western North Carolina for decades.Ghost Town In The Sky was conceived by the late R.
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