The Land of Oz is an amusement park located in the resort town of Beech Mountain, North Carolina, USA. It was opened in 1970 by Grover Robbins, who had been successful with Tweetsie Railroad, and was fully operational until 1980. It is now open on weekends in June, July, and the fall. The costumes of the actors were based more on the book descriptions until later on in the park's history when they were changed to look more like the film (one obvious exception was that the shoes worn by "Dorothy" around the park were red, representing the ruby slippers from the movie, instead of silver as in the book). Visitors take a walk down the Yellow Brick Road, "experience" the tornado which struck Dorothy's house, and visit with the Scarecrow, Tin Woodman, the Cowardly Lion and the Wicked Witch of th