Fun Spot Atlanta closing starts Aug. 2, when Fun Spot America will permanently shut its Fayetteville park after 36 years. The company says the Georgia site will keep regular daily hours until its final day of operation.
John Arie Jr. said, "This was an extremely difficult decision" and added, "Our Atlanta team has poured their hearts into serving our guests and creating a place where families could have fun together." He said the family-owned company is ending a long run that began with its first five-acre Florida attraction on Dec. 24, 1997.
Fayetteville park on Aug. 2
The closure affects guests with season passes and gift cards, along with employees and visitors at the Fayetteville park. Season passes and gift cards remain valid at the Georgia location until the closure, and after Aug. 2 Fun Spot America will honor them at its Orlando and Kissimmee, Florida, parks.
Fun Spot America said it will share information about outstanding group events, field trips, and other park reservations in Georgia with affected guests in the coming weeks. That gives customers a short window to use the Fayetteville site as scheduled before any remaining bookings are handled through the company’s next steps.
John Arie Jr. on the closure
The company has not disclosed specific reasons behind the decision to close the park. That leaves the shutdown as a business decision announced with a closing date, but without a public explanation for why the Fayetteville property is being taken offline.
Fun Spot America has grown to more than 150 acres across three unique locations, including Orlando, where the flagship park features 33 attractions and Florida's only wooden roller coaster, White Lightning, and Kissimmee, which offers 29 attractions. After Aug. 2, the focus shifts to where passes, gift cards, and pending reservations are handled, not to whether the Fayetteville park stays open.
Georgia reservations after Aug. 2
Officials have not yet said what will happen to the Fayetteville property or the rides after the park shuts down. For people with unused passes, gift cards, or booked events, the practical move is to use them before Aug. 2 or expect them to carry over only through the Florida parks the company named.
