I was just thinking about
- cheap tickets
- very cheap grocery store and free-to-use kitchens, maybe conveniently within the park
- no fences unless they’re there to protect people from hazards
- And if you like, you can donate money at the entrance to help out others with less money than you have fun too.
Even though I love theme parks and they bring out my inner child, I haven’t been to a theme park in many years because I’m can’t afford it. I’m sure there are many in this world who basically share a neighborhood with a theme park, and still cannot afford to go until all these things I listed are implemented.
How else do you think socialism could make a theme park more accessible and overall be a better place?
If you wanted an honest appraisal of what that might look like in practice so far, I would research Parque Lenin, an amusement park built in Cuba during the 70s when the economy was doing its best. Nowadays it’s abandoned due to the economic pressures instituted by the bloqueo, but it would have been the first socialist amusement park (as far as I know, and certainly in the western hemisphere atleast)
The pictures of it that seem most lively in the 70’s are charming. I’m not sure where to find out more about it. Little details like cost of tickets and themes of rides would be interesting to know about. I wish i could have an brochure with a theme park map in English of Parque Lenin.