Loved this park as a kid. Mom took my Brother and I there back in the 70's and it sparked my imagination. I wanted to stay there all day and just walk around. Thank you for posting, great memories!!!
I thought I hallucinated this place, but after some Googling turns out it was real. 😂 This was such a cool place to go! I really thought it was just some weird dream I had but here it is. Dang. My childhood.
So funny...I have been looking this up as an adult because my husband never went as a kid. I am 28 and remember it as a fog. The humpty dumpty and the shoe slide is what I remember most. I hope to share this with my future kids one day! Happy to know this wasnt a made up memory!
I felt the same way! Not much info online about it. Some old pix of a storage shed with Humpty Dumpty and stuff in it. Would love to know “Where are they now?”
i remember going there as a kid in the early 2000's and boy it probably had half the stuff from this video at best, almost all the characters were gone and the brick building was falling to pieces. glad i can see what it use to look like
Thanks for sharing that, I’d forgotten what the place looked like. It took on its real magic during the hours of darkness a real wonderland and childhood treat! 😊
Boy oh boy. There's some memories. Used to come over from Port Orchard a lot. Hopefully the plan for getting a new Never Never Land going gets accomplished.
I have a picture in my baby album that my mom took of me sitting on the edge of the Pumpkin shell from the Peter, Peter, Pumpkin eater figurine. I hope they recreate this enchanted park soon. I'd love to see it just for nostalgia.
Erin Bricker - Urban Historian that would’ve awesome! My parents still live in the area and if this comes back, guess where I’m going? Lol. I heard rumors that these displays are somewhere in storage. Do you think this is true?
Chris the Shrinerdawg - yes, this is true... they are in Tacoma in a storage. One of them was auctioned off... King 5 Evening news contacted me and used a part of my video
@@ChristheShrinerdawg Yep! Sadly though, it won't be in point defiance park. MetroParks doesn't have a place for it. We have contacted Pierce County Parks and we have found a really good place that we are interested in. We have started talking with Jim Reuter who managed the park and we might be checking out the figures and molds in a few weeks. He made the molds so he will know if they are in good shape or not. I'll update once more info comes out. Never Never Land actually had another place in Canada, that is where the auctioned figures was from.
You’re welcome 🙂👍 There was a guy that was supposed to have bought most of the figurines and to rebuild the place up again, so I have to try to find out if that ever happened
@erinbricker-urbanhistorian5803 it's nice to know I wasn't crazy as they couldn't remember and was such a lovely childhood memory. Such strong memories of humpty dumpty, the giant and merlin yet google brought up nothing. It's a shame things like that wouldn't be appreciated by kids today.
Thanks for uploading, I remember passing this place many times but never actually went in.. I do recall there was a huge 'Gulliver' model from 'Gulliver's Travels' which is nestled in to Adventure Island to this day! Don't suppose anyone has any footage of the gruesome 'waxworks' museum that used to be along the seafront or any old skool footage inside the Crooked House? Seems we used to have a fair bit of creepy/fantasy stuff in Southend years ago!
I took my 2 children there in 1985. They loved it. So glad they got to see it before it was no more. I was sad to see how it was treated later...An adult going over the fences which were clearly to keep the displays safe. The lady showed a clear lack of respect for the displays. Now its gone. So Sad.
That place was so adorable! My mom took me there when I was very young, in the 70's! I revisited it within the last 20 years, and it was abandoned, broken down, vandalized, and had a horrible creepy feeling about it. Someone had set the hands on the "Hickory Dickory Dock" clock to 4:20! Made me so sad!
I don't know why people have no respect anymore, the parks folks were forced to close it up due to vandalism and such, it really is a shame that future generations of kids won't get to experience this sweet place. Only a memory for me. I think I was 12 the last time I was there. :(
Thank you so much for posting this video tour! I can’t find much about it online. I went there when I was about 4 in 1972. I only have a couple photos, one was at the front under the books. Like others have said it seems like a long lost memory. I remember it scared the hell out of me! Ha! The creepy music you added reinforces my fear and suppressed memory. LOL It seems like such a long, long time ago in a galaxy far, far away from producing TV shows and feature films in Southern California now. I always wanted to go back for nostalgia’s sake but I know it’s all gone now. When I see the Simpsons go to Story Time Village it reminds me of this place. ua-cam.com/video/tX6cQYZS3IY/v-deo.html I would love to see you team up with the kid from the “Emilio Exploring” channel for a couple episodes and pool your resources. One trip I would like to see you guys cover is filming locations around Spokane from the TV show “Z Nation” Together you guys could get hundreds of thousands of views from the sci fi Comic Con crowd around the country! Just a thought. Thanks again and take care. Shan
Hey Erin! You might have noticed a lot of people have been clicking on this video, If you didn't know already, Grit City Magazine used this video when they did an article about us! gritcitymag.com/2019/10/tacomas-never-never-land-may-return-to-play-another-day/
Hello! Its me again! I wanted just to update you on something, it seemed that you are sad that the park is gone but I had some plans to rebuild it and update it a bit. We presented the idea to MetroParks and we started a gofundme (we are also going to be talking to investors soon). We were going to make the figures actually move and have sound in the park. It will also have history in it. I thought you might want to know about this especially if it actually goes through and plans are made. Of course you don't have to donate or anything but I would love it if you could maybe share it around! We will also be in contact with people who built the original place! Thank you for reading and here is the link if you want it! bit.ly/302GINX
@@erinbricker-urbanhistorian5803 Just wanted to give you an update. MetroParks saved 34 characters out of 78 from a fire a while back. Most of them are in good condition! The only three that are in poor condition, Little jack horner, 'Flower' the skunk, and the Witch. They even have the original Humpty Dumpty in good condition! We also got in contact with John Hewitt (He trained the rats in the clock and was the son of the last owner). I'll keep you posted on future updates!
@@ewokander Awesome! So the park's department called us today. Good and Bad news. They aren't very interested in the idea of bringing the park back in its original spot. This makes total sense because one day we went there to measure a few things, and the entire parking lot for never never land was filled up because of the picnic area. However, they are interested in bringing the park back in a new location in point defiance! I will have a lot more information next week though. Chances are pretty high that it'll happen! Edit: Oops, completely forgot to update everyone on this, we ultimately decided against the idea of animatronics. We made that decision because we think that it would loose the feel of the park a little bit. You wouldn't really be able to take pictures with them. Instead we would add new scenes, and new waterfalls and ponds. If everything goes accordingly, we should start construction around in March of 2020.
It's at Point Defiance in Tacoma, WA, right next to Fort Nisqually. A one-way road goes through the whole park - you just follow the signs past the zoo to Fort Nisqually, and there's a parking lot there, and the trailhead where Neverland used to be is to the left of the Fort.
@@briansalway9529 a young kid and his Grandpa supposedly bought most of the figurines And was supposed to redo it and put it either in the same place or close by. I actually met the kid wants in Puyallup Washington at Fred Meyer he worked there maybe you could look it up and see if there is any information on it already been done and built
Who would vote this thumbs down? Probably one of the same jerks that vandalized it and caused it to close. I loved this place as a kid. Thanks for posting.
Loved this park as a kid. Mom took my Brother and I there back in the 70's and it sparked my imagination. I wanted to stay there all day and just walk around. Thank you for posting, great memories!!!
Erik Anderson-Keller , they are re- doing it....
I thought I hallucinated this place, but after some Googling turns out it was real. 😂 This was such a cool place to go! I really thought it was just some weird dream I had but here it is. Dang. My childhood.
Yes, it is real.... some people will be re-doing it, and it will be having a make over! :) Thanks for commenting!
So funny...I have been looking this up as an adult because my husband never went as a kid. I am 28 and remember it as a fog. The humpty dumpty and the shoe slide is what I remember most. I hope to share this with my future kids one day! Happy to know this wasnt a made up memory!
I felt the same way! Not much info online about it. Some old pix of a storage shed with Humpty Dumpty and stuff in it. Would love to know “Where are they now?”
i remember going there as a kid in the early 2000's and boy it probably had half the stuff from this video at best, almost all the characters were gone and the brick building was falling to pieces. glad i can see what it use to look like
Thanks for sharing that, I’d forgotten what the place looked like. It took on its real magic during the hours of darkness a real wonderland and childhood treat! 😊
You’re welcome 🙂
Boy oh boy. There's some memories. Used to come over from Port Orchard a lot. Hopefully the plan for getting a new Never Never Land going gets accomplished.
Yes, there is going to be new things going on! :) 2022
Went here today and there are still tiny remnants: I wish it was still around. ❤️
IslandMarigold - some people are going to re- do it and fix it up... look for it to be done around 2021
Made my day! Hard to find photos of NNL and to see a video! Loved this place!
You’re welcome
I have a picture in my baby album that my mom took of me sitting on the edge of the Pumpkin shell from the Peter, Peter, Pumpkin eater figurine. I hope they recreate this enchanted park soon. I'd love to see it just for nostalgia.
They are going to try to re-do everything by 2022
@@ktomsen8528 it was supposed to be the same place... haven’t checked recently.
Cool video...music is awesome, could be soundtrack for ‘Something wicked this way comes’....
Thank you :) They are supposed to be re -doing this Never Never land, and hopefully will be done by 2021
I wish this place was still around!
I have been getting info about someone that is trying to get something going back in there. Hopefully they succeed! :)
Erin Bricker - Urban Historian that would’ve awesome! My parents still live in the area and if this comes back, guess where I’m going? Lol. I heard rumors that these displays are somewhere in storage. Do you think this is true?
Chris the Shrinerdawg - yes, this is true... they are in Tacoma in a storage. One of them was auctioned off... King 5 Evening news contacted me and used a part of my video
Erin Bricker - Urban Historian oh that’s awesome! I love how news networks are using UA-camR footage for their news footage.
@@ChristheShrinerdawg Yep! Sadly though, it won't be in point defiance park. MetroParks doesn't have a place for it. We have contacted Pierce County Parks and we have found a really good place that we are interested in. We have started talking with Jim Reuter who managed the park and we might be checking out the figures and molds in a few weeks. He made the molds so he will know if they are in good shape or not. I'll update once more info comes out. Never Never Land actually had another place in Canada, that is where the auctioned figures was from.
Omg thank you, my parents couldn't remember what this place was called or anything but remember it so clearly from about the same time.
You’re welcome 🙂👍
There was a guy that was supposed to have bought most of the figurines and to rebuild the place up again, so I have to try to find out if that ever happened
@erinbricker-urbanhistorian5803 it's nice to know I wasn't crazy as they couldn't remember and was such a lovely childhood memory. Such strong memories of humpty dumpty, the giant and merlin yet google brought up nothing. It's a shame things like that wouldn't be appreciated by kids today.
Loved this place
Me too
Thanks for uploading, I remember passing this place many times but never actually went in.. I do recall there was a huge 'Gulliver' model from 'Gulliver's Travels' which is nestled in to Adventure Island to this day!
Don't suppose anyone has any footage of the gruesome 'waxworks' museum that used to be along the seafront or any old skool footage inside the Crooked House?
Seems we used to have a fair bit of creepy/fantasy stuff in Southend years ago!
You’re welcome…
Don’t know anything about a wax museum
Are you subscribed to my channel? 🙂
I took my 2 children there in 1985. They loved it. So glad they got to see it before it was no more. I was sad to see how it was treated later...An adult going over the fences which were clearly to keep the displays safe. The lady showed a clear lack of respect for the displays. Now its gone. So Sad.
Bea Kellogg - good news... they will be bringing it back. Not sure if the same location though. Around 2021
This is wonderful so glad you captured this ♡
Neely, thank you so much. 🙂
Love this video so much! I only went once as a kid, but it was magical!
Crystal Mai - awesome... thanks for watching! 🙂
That place was so adorable! My mom took me there when I was very young, in the 70's! I revisited it within the last 20 years, and it was abandoned, broken down, vandalized, and had a horrible creepy feeling about it. Someone had set the hands on the "Hickory Dickory Dock" clock to 4:20! Made me so sad!
I also loved this place.... just have the memories.
I don't know why people have no respect anymore, the parks folks were forced to close it up due to vandalism and such, it really is a shame that future generations of kids won't get to experience this sweet place. Only a memory for me. I think I was 12 the last time I was there. :(
Damn. I was. Born on the wrong time. I just found about this. Soon granger will probably start losing its dinosaurs too.
Probably
Thank you so much for posting this video tour! I can’t find much about it online. I went there when I was about 4 in 1972. I only have a couple photos, one was at the front under the books. Like others have said it seems like a long lost memory. I remember it scared the hell out of me! Ha! The creepy music you added reinforces my fear and suppressed memory. LOL
It seems like such a long, long time ago in a galaxy far, far away from producing TV shows and feature films in Southern California now.
I always wanted to go back for nostalgia’s sake but I know it’s all gone now.
When I see the Simpsons go to Story Time Village it reminds me of this place. ua-cam.com/video/tX6cQYZS3IY/v-deo.html
I would love to see you team up with the kid from the “Emilio Exploring” channel for a couple episodes and pool your resources.
One trip I would like to see you guys cover is filming locations around Spokane from the TV show “Z Nation”
Together you guys could get hundreds of thousands of views from the sci fi Comic Con crowd around the country!
Just a thought.
Thanks again and take care.
Shan
You’re welcome..... I went there and filmed all of this before destruction.
I run a Never Never Land facebook page there's lots of photos there! Come check it out :) facebook.com/NeverNeverLandTacoma
Was that you in there kicking butt? Too funny!
Yes, when it was open. :)
Another update, we will be on King 5's New Day Northwest on the 19th! It will air around 11am for about 6-7 minutes!
Thanks :)
Hi, did you re- do this place?
Just wondering. 🙂
loved the video thanks!!!!!!!
You're welcome :)
Hey Erin! You might have noticed a lot of people have been clicking on this video, If you didn't know already, Grit City Magazine used this video when they did an article about us! gritcitymag.com/2019/10/tacomas-never-never-land-may-return-to-play-another-day/
Yes, I did notice... thank you so much! I read the article... :) Can't wait!
Hello! Its me again! I wanted just to update you on something, it seemed that you are sad that the park is gone but I had some plans to rebuild it and update it a bit. We presented the idea to MetroParks and we started a gofundme (we are also going to be talking to investors soon). We were going to make the figures actually move and have sound in the park. It will also have history in it. I thought you might want to know about this especially if it actually goes through and plans are made. Of course you don't have to donate or anything but I would love it if you could maybe share it around! We will also be in contact with people who built the original place! Thank you for reading and here is the link if you want it! bit.ly/302GINX
Wow, that would be so awesome! Please keep me posted if everything goes through.
@@erinbricker-urbanhistorian5803 Just wanted to give you an update. MetroParks saved 34 characters out of 78 from a fire a while back. Most of them are in good condition! The only three that are in poor condition, Little jack horner, 'Flower' the skunk, and the Witch. They even have the original Humpty Dumpty in good condition! We also got in contact with John Hewitt (He trained the rats in the clock and was the son of the last owner). I'll keep you posted on future updates!
This sounds like a great idea. Would love to take my Grandson to the 'new' park if it happens...please keep us all posted.
@@ewokander Awesome! So the park's department called us today. Good and Bad news. They aren't very interested in the idea of bringing the park back in its original spot. This makes total sense because one day we went there to measure a few things, and the entire parking lot for never never land was filled up because of the picnic area. However, they are interested in bringing the park back in a new location in point defiance! I will have a lot more information next week though. Chances are pretty high that it'll happen!
Edit: Oops, completely forgot to update everyone on this, we ultimately decided against the idea of animatronics. We made that decision because we think that it would loose the feel of the park a little bit. You wouldn't really be able to take pictures with them. Instead we would add new scenes, and new waterfalls and ponds. If everything goes accordingly, we should start construction around in March of 2020.
beast sounds awesome!!! Hope everything goes well!!! Thanks for the update!!! 👍👍👍😃
Very nice,, love the music., kinda creepy
My husband put the music on.... I like it, but yes... sort of creepy.
Sad. Why can't we have nice things?
I agree
Where was this theme park located?
It is in Tacoma, Wa. :) Not there anymore.
All of the figure's were taken out and are in storage somewhere... that place was fun to go to and look around at the time.
All the items in storage were either sold or destroyed as of 2010, except rumor has it, for Humpty Dumpty. The new tribune covered the story.
Point Defiance Park in Tacoma, WA.
It's at Point Defiance in Tacoma, WA, right next to Fort Nisqually. A one-way road goes through the whole park - you just follow the signs past the zoo to Fort Nisqually, and there's a parking lot there, and the trailhead where Neverland used to be is to the left of the Fort.
I wish that was still around I think my niece's nephews would really enjoy it
It was supposed to be redone and brought back.
@@erinbricker-urbanhistorian5803 Do you think it actually ever will?
@@briansalway9529 a young kid and his Grandpa supposedly bought most of the figurines And was supposed to redo it and put it either in the same place or close by. I actually met the kid wants in Puyallup Washington at Fred Meyer he worked there maybe you could look it up and see if there is any information on it already been done and built
@@briansalway9529 plus it was on the King 5 news about a year ago, or King 5 evening news
@@erinbricker-urbanhistorian5803 It would be really Awesome if they brought it back
Who would vote this thumbs down? Probably one of the same jerks that vandalized it and caused it to close. I loved this place as a kid. Thanks for posting.
Probably, or they never got a chance to go there. You are so welcome, and thanks for watching & commenting! :)