While the stakeholders engaged in tedious litigations the compound felt into disrepair. The fence around the site was moldering slowly thereby making room for a rampant adventure playground on the ruins of the once palmy amusement park of the GDR. Solely the big wheel was still in sight reminding of past glory days.

There were interested parties that planned to revive and operate the park as a rather traditional European-like pleasure ground for families. The area was supposed to be reduced to just 15 Hektars (38 Acres) with additional 4 to 5 Hektars (10 to 12 Acres) reserved for parking lots.

But one of the main problems is the investor's plan to include the water front along the river Spree although it has never been part of the amusement park. The district municipality refused to assign the area at a low cost mainly because it would cut the leafy waterfront between the public areas "Plänterwald" and "Treptower Park". However, it would highly valorize the leisure park.

In October 2005 a Danish company withdraw their bid mainly because of the disadvantageous business situation in Germany, but also due to the roughly 23 people that still inhabit the Western village even to this day. It is still unsure whether the municipality gets back to former interested parties such as the French company Grévin & Cie—a famous operator of amusement parks.