
These eerie pictures offer a glimpse inside an abandoned Florida theme park that once boasted one of the biggest wooden rollercoasters in the world.

The Hurricane was one of the many attractions at the defunct Boomers! theme park, which is now falling into disrepair in Dania Beach.

The rollercoaster closed in April 2011, and the theme park later shut its doors in January last year.

The ride, which opened on November 1, 2000, stands at 3,200ft long and 100ft tall, and when it opened the ride was the largest wooden rollercoaster in Florida.

It was designed by Jules Ross and the Stand Company and was built by Coaster Works, Inc.

Although it stood in the Boomers! park, it was owned and operated separately by Dania Woody LLC, and the theme park owners stated 'business reasons' for closing the ride.

It is thought the costs of maintaining a wooden rollercoaster in Florida's warm climate led to its closure, combined with not enough people using the ride.

The Dania Beach Hurricane is a wooden rollercoaster at the Boomers! theme park in Dania Beach, Florida

The Dania Beach Hurricane opened on November 1, 2000. At 3,200-feet-long, 100-feet-tall, the coaster was the largest wooden roller coaster in Florida

Despite being located at the Boomers! amusement park, it was owned and operated separately by Dania Woody LLC

After its closure, the firm tried to find a non-profit to either take the coaster away to renovate and run elsewhere

They also appealed for someone to pay to take down the coaster in exchange for owning the salvage parts, but had no luck

In August 2014, it was reported that the Aventura-based developer, Master Development, had a contract on the land to build a development

The new development on the site of the old theme park will include shops, a hotel, restaurants and apartments

Boomers! theme park also later closed down, shutting its doors on January 25, 2015

It is thought the costs of maintaining a wooden rollercoaster in Florida's warm climate have led to its closure, combined with not enough people using the ride

Developers are planning to name the next complex The Landings at Dania Beach, a $250million-plus project

It will include big-box retail stores, casual and formal restaurants, at least one hotel, apartments and possibly condos and offices

It was later stated that the company had filed for bankruptcy. It is a joint venture of Master Development, Salzman Real Estate Advisors of Dania Beach and the New York-based Kimco real estate investment trust

Plans to tear down the roller coaster were postponed because signing leases and getting city approvals for the shopping center were much more important

Demolition of the buildings and structures on the property have since been demolished, but the old wooden rollercoaster still remains standing

The following statement was posted to the Boomers! website when the rollercoaster closed: 'We have been informed that the third party who owns and operates the wooden rollercoaster adjacent to the Boomers Family Fun Center in Dania/Ft. Lauderdale, Florida has ceased operations effective immediately'

The statement continued: 'The closure of the roller coaster does not and will not affect the operations of the Boomers Family Fun Center'