Whispering Oaks Amusement Park

"Hey! Whispering Oaks! Shit, I used to go there when I was a kid!"

- Coach "Oh, good. Now we can die there as adults."

- Nick

Whispering Oaks Amusement Park is a fictional amusement park in Griffin County. It is located west, off the exit of Interstate 16 where vehicles would then exit South onto Whispering Oaks Boulevard. It is the main plot locale of the Dark Carnival campaign in Left 4 Dead 2.

History
Most residents from Georgia have, at one point in their childhood, spent some time at this legendary amusement park. It is a family attraction where people from all different ages can attend and enjoy themselves. Younger toddler children can enjoy the park's simple rides in the famous Kiddie Land area, teenagers and young adults (such as Ellis) can enjoy the park rides (such as The Screaming Oak) and for an older crowd, the famous Peach Pit stadium where live bands (such as The Midnight Riders) would play and perform entertaining the public.

The mascots of this carnival are a peanut character named Li'l Peanut and a villain-like pistachio named Moustachio. Various games can be found throughout the park involving these two characters. The Midnight Riders were the main performers scheduled to play at The Peach Pit in Whispering Oaks.

Rides and Attractions
Whispering Oaks Amusement Park has many rides and attractions, some of the main rides are:


 * Milk Bottle Game
 * Li'l Peanut Gallery
 * Kiddie Land
 * Li'l Peanut Rocket Rides
 * Li'l Peanut Buggies
 * Li'l Peanut Trains
 * Li'l Peanut Giant Slide
 * Li'l Peanut Rockets Carousel
 * Tunnel of Love
 * The Screaming Oak Rollercoaster
 * Dixieland Diner
 * Moustachio Strong Man Game
 * Crash City Bumper Cars
 * 'Stache Whacker
 * Petting Zoo/Barns
 * The Zipper Ride
 * Ferris Wheel
 * The Peach Pit Stadium

There are also several restrooms, restaurants, ticket booths, carnival games, refreshment stands and vendors found throughout the park as well. Also, Coach mentions the possibility of a Burger Tank somewhere in the park.

Fair Game Achievements
To get the three achievements, Stache Whacker, Gong Show, and Guardin' Gnome, there are three fair games that must be played, they include:
 * Moustachio Strong Man: A test of strength, where you must smash a red weight with a melee weapon and send a disk flying up to Moustachio. To win, you must use adrenaline along with a melee weapon. Winning this game awards the player the Gong Show achievement, but will also cause the top of the game to "explode" summoning a horde. Only the person that hit the gong will receive the achievement.
 * 'Stache Whacker: A "Whac-A-Mole" type game featuring Moustachio, where you must achieve a score of 42. Anyone can hit the Moustachio "moles" after the game starts. You can restart the game with the Use key as many times as you like. If the score of 42 is reached, the machine will let out loud congratulatory noises and anyone that hit a Moustachio during the winning game will be awarded the achievement. Winning the game awards the Stache Wacker achievement and summons a horde.
 * Li'l Peanut Gallery: Lastly, there is a shooting gallery game. Achieving 750 points awards the Survivors with Gnome Chompski. Skeletons (Peanut Bandits) carrying a red or blue bag are worth 10 points. Skeletons identical to the previously shot skeleton (red-red or blue-blue) are worth 20 points. Moustachio is worth 100 points. Li'l Peanut, however, will subtract 100 points if a Survivor shoots him. A mountain climber can be randomly found in the gallery, but doesn't affect score if a Survivor shoots him. Any Survivor can shoot the targets.

Current Status
CEDA converted this amusement park into an evacuation center once the Green Flu virus hit and used the Whispering Oaks Motel as a staging area for the military. CEDA set up the evacuation site further in the park at The Peach Pit stadium to make extra time before the infection could reach them and due to the large capacity of people the stadium can hold. Apparently, some refugees have been waiting several days (even weeks) before being evacuated and according to the graffiti found in the stadium safe room, The Midnight Riders were one of the first groups to be evacuated.

The Survivors are forced to make their way through the fairgrounds due to the highway being obstructed by numerous abandoned vehicles and seeing the search lights still active, drawing Survivors towards this park. The Survivors must make their way through the surrounding area while fighting off the infected until they spot a helicopter. In hopes of rescue, they head into the heart of the park itself to be evacuated by a helicopter going through some of the amusement parks major rides such as Kiddie Land, the Tunnel of Love, and The Screaming Oak roller-coaster. Once the Survivors reach The Peach Pit stadium, they must defend themselves on stage where a concert for the signature band of Left 4 Dead 2, the Midnight Riders, was supposed to take place. The Survivors use the fireworks display and pyrotechnics as well as the loud music to signal the chopper to rescue them.