Maggie Valley’s Ghost Town in the Sky, one of North Carolina’s most unique amusement parks and family destinations, will re-open under new ownership after being closed for three years. Alaska Presley purchased this park at a bankruptcy auction this past spring.  Since then, she has been working diligently on getting the park prepared for a partial opening, Phase One, projected sometime this summer.
The first phase will include the  chairlift ride, which takes passengers 3,500 feet up and back down the side of Buck Mountain, with breathtaking views of the Smoky Mountains above and the valley below.  Alongside the chairlift are railway tracks that in the past, hauled passengers up the Incline Railway.  When the park re-opened in 2007, the Incline was not restored and hasn’t been operating ...