Prudhommes Landing is often referred to as Wet N’ Wild, despite that name only actually belonging to the water park attraction. In addition to the two water slides, a lazy river, bumper boats and a wave pool there was a large Go-Kart track, roller arena, Tilt-A-Whirl, bumper cars, a haunted house and a miniature world. Despite having only closed in 2002 almost nothing remains of these attractions, all that stands is one water slide, a filled in wave pool and pump house, the Go-Kart track and the foundations of many buildings. All of the rides were auctioned off after it closed, though from what I’ve heard the bumper cars remained for several years before vanishing, the building out front caught fire and had to be torn down and the miniature world was moved to Niagara Falls for a few years before it was eventually shipped over seas to it’s new home.

Despite having driven by it a hundred times, and even having played paintball next door I didn’t know about it’s existence until early in the summer. Having not grown up in this area, I did not have the luxury of going there back when it was still open. I would suspect the experience would have been much more eerie if had seen it in it’s prime.

I was unsure of what to expect with this place, as some reports stated that there wasn’t much left there and I couldn’t find any that were within the last 2 years. Since it was only about a 45 minute drive it wasn’t too far out of my way to take a chance on. In the end I was quite pleased, and found this to be the most interesting abandoned place I had been to yet. There was still much to see and I will likely return there again to see what becomes of it as time passes.

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