Morgan’s Wonderland – A Special Place for Special People
A wonderful for children and adults with special needs opened last weekend in San Antonio, Texas. Morgan’s Wonderland was created by Gordon Hartman whose 16-year-old daughter, Morgan, has severe cognitive delay and has faced limitations her whole life. Mr. Hartman, a retired real estate developer, decided to build a fully-accessible park so his daughter and others with special needs could experience the joy of an amusement park.
But, this park is not like other amusement parks. It is not overloaded with rides, rides and more rides. Every activity is wheelchair accessible and designed with its special visitors in mind. There is a carousel, rugged-looking jeeps that give an off-road adventure on a winding track, a fishing lake, waterworks and other sensory activities, a train that goes around the park, and specially-designed playground equipment. (The water activities will be especially popular in the hot South Texas sun.) It’s a place for the whole family. Special needs visitors get in free; others pay $5.
Hartman contributed $1 million of his own and then raised $29 million to create the 25-acre park. There’ll be no long lines, either, because the number of visitors allowed in the park at any one time is limited.
It’s the first of its kind in the world; however, it likely won’t be the only one for long. Hartman has had inquiries from all over the world.
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