  5 Insane Theme Parks You Won't Believe Were Almost Built  Here
at Cracked, we've examined plenty of screwball amusement parks
that hucksters with dollar signs for eyes had the gumption to
actually build. But sometimes these ideas for weirdo playlands
never make it past concept art stage. Here are five theme parks
you'll never ever attend, unless you know the secret of turning
a dump truck full of venture capital into a time machine. And
it's too bad, because we really wouldn't have minded visiting
...  #5. The Life-Size USS Enterprise of Las Vegas  The Goddard
Group  In 1992, Las Vegas was giddy with a building boom. The
old Mafia-run casinos had been run out of town years before, and
corporations muscled in. When a prime piece of property opened
up at the end of the Strip, a consortium known as the Goddard
Group decided to honor Las Vegas' martini-and-Rat Pack past and
plop down the entire goddamn USS Enterprise there.  The Goddard
Group Kirk's gambling problem sorta snowballed in the later
years.  Yes, th