Wannado City - Where Kids Do What They 'Wanna Do'!
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Can't decide what you want to be when you grow up? Well now you can try out one or all your aspirations in a day, at a theme park called Wannado City. The best part is, you don't have to get any special training or go to school.
Based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Wannado City is a 140,000 Sq.Ft. theme park (about the size of three football fields) where everything is just like the real world . . . Except that it is run by kids.The doctors, lawyers, firemen, nurses, circus performers and even policemen that are busy giving traffic and speeding tickets, are all under the age of 15! With over 120 professions to choose from, kids can be almost anything they want to be!
Upon entering the city, each kid receives a check for Wongas, Wannado's official currency. They then have the option of depositing the money in their own 'bank' account or spending it at the shops
They also have the option to earn more Wongas by getting 'jobs'. In this world, if you are broke, jobs are easy to find and with each career lasting between 15-40 minutes, money is fairly easy to make!
After a hard day's 'work', (or even before), kids can wind down on the rollercoaster and other rides and then go have a relaxing dinner, at one of the many fine-dining restuarants. (all kid-friends of course!)
While kids are being 'grown-ups', parents can either relax in specially designated lounges, proudly watch their kids fulfill their dreams, or even play the role of normal people. Imagine giving your dad a traffic ticket - That sure sounds like fun! If you want to check out more details about this imaginary world check out: www.wannadocity.com.
sources:about.com, wannadocity.com
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- laruenalmost 12 yearswhy is it shut down i loved that palce and i mean barley loved that place now i really miss it even my borther and sister please open it aging please
- imdabombabout 12 yearsIt shut down??
- imdabombabout 12 yearsThat place sounds so cool.
- hieveryoneover 12 yearsWhy was wannado city shut down?
- laurenover 12 yearsit shut down
- Anonomysover 12 yearsPlease open up wannado city. I am nine years old and me and my family and all our friends ask you to open up wanna do city again before I grow up.PLEASE OPEN UP AGAIN. If we all raise funds together we could open up wan ado city again.
- Brendaover 12 yearsThis is is not the cookery!
- katiiover 12 yearsi think it was a buatiful place and it shouldnt have close there a lot of good times in that place its very sad to know this happen
- frankie over 12 yearswhy did they close wannado city. please open it again my brother of 5 years is crying because his sprit is broken he so so sad because they closed the wannado city park. he loved playing carrion canyon, lost city of situ, san mateo mine, crima lab, wannado city fair, wannado police department, m-lab, wannado city fire department, welcome center, and the rest of the games we are kids we love your place. i and the rest of kids that went to wannado city are so so so sad please open again ;(
- vivian almost 13 yearsyou know why they closed it down because not much people started going there because it got boring for them just going again and again and again but when i go again and again and again i dont get tired of it they shouldent have closed it down