What Is 'happy Land' ?

[Trevor]

Is Happy Land some kind of theme or children's park? I can't find any website or reports on the Internet. No doubt has double-pricing for farang? Has anyone been there? Thanks.

[gpt]

The only Happy Land that I know of is Soi Happy Land 1 & 2 opposite The Mall, Bang Kapi

[sbk]

Happy Land is a (or was) a fresh air market opposite the Mall, Bang Kapi.

[BambinA]

Is Happy Land some kind of theme or children's park? I can't find any website or reports on the Internet. No doubt has double-pricing for farang? Has anyone been there? Thanks.

Happy land was an amusement park ~15-20 yrs ago

[sbk]

Where Bambi? My brother-in-law lives just behind there and I recall visiting him about 15 years ago but saw no amusement park nearby.

Just curious if the fresh air market is still there or not? I haven't been to his house for years (the traffic was horrendous as I recall) and he said it might be closed due to lack of business last time I was there.

[The Skipper]

There is a pleasure palace in Bang Saen with a big sign out front, HAPPY WORLD. No kidding

[MiG16]

dont knwo about the fresh market, but bambi is right...there was an amusement park there......was a long long time ago though since I was in that area

[BambinA]

Where Bambi?

I dont know.. i 've never been there .. anyway , the area "happy land" t came from that amusement park 's name

in BKK , there were 2 amusement park

1 Happy land - the 1st amusement park in TH after it has closed ,it is a market

2Magic land( Daan nay ra mit) - It closed on May 28, 2000

My brother-in-law lives just behind there and I recall visiting him about 15 years ago but saw no amusement park nearby.

i just found the exactly date that happyland closed กันยายน พ.ศ. 2522 / Sep 1979 (27 yrs ago) .. that why you did not see Happyland when you went to see your brother 15 yrs ago

dont knwo about the fresh market, but bambi is right...there was an amusement park there......was a long long time ago though since I was in that area

looklike somebody is in the same generation of mine )

Edited December 14, 2006 by BambinA

[sbk]

i just found the exactly date that happyland closed กันยายน พ.ศ. 2522 / Sep 1979 (27 yrs ago) .. that why you did not see Happyland when you went to see your brother 15 yrs ago

dont knwo about the fresh market, but bambi is right...there was an amusement park there......was a long long time ago though since I was in that area

looklike somebody is in the same generation of mine )

Bit before my time. I think I was still in Jr high school then

My brother-in-law moved there ages ago tho so he probably remembers the amusement park.

[MiG16]

i resent that SBK

i think i was in kindergarten at the time. not even sure I ever went to happyland...but know it existed...we did go to daen neramit every now and then though (again was never often for me cos in those days I was a bannork little girl who visited bangkok about once a year)

but yes bambi.....we might be around the same (almost) generation...but I wil claim the younger title deal? :D

[teacup]

Oh yes "The Happyland" - amusement park.....still remember it until this day. I had to pass this amusement park everyday,from my way to and back from school. It was on Sukapiban 1 rd. in Bangkapi. This was used to be THE hottest meeting place of boys & girls in my generation. I used to attend both my kindergarden & elementary school yrs at the Somapa school located a few min from there on the same rd. My dad also donated some land for used as a public park across the street from the Happyland.

Yes...many happy moments during my childhood yrs were born there.

[soihok]

There is a happy land down South Pattaya Beach Road ,Soi 7 , its a beer bar.

Edited December 14, 2006 by soihok

[thaihome]

Isn't that the name of a property development company?

TH

[asanee]

AFAIK Happyland (yes, the very same in Thai spelling) was/is also the name of the nearby ''council housing'' estates, about he very first for BKK-mahanakorn and BMA-owned, with the recentlly completely renovated fresh market with the samer name opened to cater for those living there. of course the mall and the Tesco only came years and years later. there still was ricefield between Bangkapi and RamKamHeang(where I now sit). As it had BMA-land a plenty, indeed loads of busroutes still end there (and the area after has much less traffic potential, so needs fewer busroutes)

[Gary A]

I once went to Happy Land with a group of Thai men. It was an amusement park but not the sort for children. It was kind of a man's Disneyland. It was in Chonburi somewhere but I was totally lost and could never have found it back. There were a large group of bars there offering entertainment for men.