Wonderland Drive-In

5028 Burwell Road,
Webster, FL 33597

400 cars

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Previous Names: Lakeside Drive-In

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Wonderland Drive-In

Located in Webster to the northeast of Lacoochee, FL. The Lakeside Drive-In was opened prior to 1951 and advertised itself as being located in Locoochee. It was an African-American theatre and was operated by C.E. Ritter & Herman Ritter. It was still open in 1957. It was later renamed Wonderland Drive-In, still an African-American theatre.

Contributed by Ken Roe

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Drive-In 54
Drive-In 54 on August 26, 2018 at 10:24 am

The address is Burwell Rd & Cortez Blvd Ridge Manor, FL 33597

Kenmore
Kenmore on August 26, 2018 at 11:26 am

Burwell Rd & Cortez Blvd is the closest intersection, so it makes for a good address.

To be more accurate, the drive-in itself is located about ¼ mile south of the intersection on the west side of the road. It was just on the south side of a large pond.

Today, the property is used for a pasture as cows are present in the street-level map. The ramps are still visible, but nothing else remains of the drive-in.

50sSNIPES
50sSNIPES on May 26, 2024 at 11:35 am

Kenmore, I need your help here. Do you think the Lakeside and the Wonderland are both the same drive-in?

The opposite side of 5028 Burwell Road, Webster, FL 33597 appears to show the Wonderland in two aerial views from 1957 and 1958 but was gone by 1960. Earlier today, I read an advertisement from the Lakeside that said that the theater was located three miles north on County Road 575 which immediately targets the same theater.

Kenmore
Kenmore on May 26, 2024 at 1:43 pm

I can’t be 100% certain without more information, but I’m going to say yes.

A 1960 topo map shows a drive-in where the Wonderland is located. And does not show any other drive-in anywhere near that area that I can see. If a topo map shows one, it should show another if it existed.

50sSNIPES
50sSNIPES on May 27, 2024 at 11:53 am

I’m very sure that the car capacity is truly around 120 cars.

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