ALAMANCE COUNTY, NC - A plan for a theme park in the Triad has fallen through.
Developer Bob Baranick said financial partners couldn't come up with enough money for the 'Whirligig Woods' project slated to be on Highway 87 near Saxapahaw.
Not enough investors were willing to commit according to Baranick.
"Our financial partners were not able to come up with enough funds to do the project to the level of quality that I wanted, or that North Carolina and the community deserve," Baranick said in an email to WFMY News 2 this weekend.
Baranick helped design parks for Disney, Universal Studios and Six Flags. In March 2017, Baranick said he'd bought 21 acres on Highway 87 for the park and spoke of a 10-year master plan to make the park a destination spot with 25 rides and tree house hotels.
For now, he says they'll keep the land bought for the park as is.
"We will hold on to the land and protect the wonderful old growth trees and natural beauty," Baranick said. "We have no plans for a public use facility."
