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rfunk at 05:00pm on 06/04/2007
rfunk at 05:00pm on 06/04/2007What is there to say about this one?
No Screaming Allowed on the 'Screamer'
It does remind me of my days working at a small amusement park next to the Columbus Zoo. (Now sadly dismantled.) Luckily I didn't have to operate rides; I was on games. (I got pretty good at guessing the month you were born within two months either way.) Anyway, I wonder what their Dublin/Powell neighbors thought of their rides.
No Screaming Allowed on the 'Screamer'
A suburban amusement park has gotten so many complaints from neighbors about bloodcurdling screams that it has instituted a no-shrieking rule for its scary new thrill ride, the Scandia Screamer, a gigantic, windmill-like contraption that sends people plunging 16 stories to Earth at nearly 60 mph.
Riders who let out a screech - or just about any other noise - are pulled off and sent to the back of the line.
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As passengers are strapped into the two metal baskets, the operator recites this warning: "We are required to remove you from this ride if you make any noise. If you feel you might make a noise, please cover your mouth tightly with your hand, like this (The operator then covers mouth with hand). If we hear any noise through your hand, we will remove you from the ride. So please remain silent and enjoy the Screamer."
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The ban can also be confusing for the ride's operators. Last weekend, park employees stopped the Screamer only to realize it wasn't a rider who ran afoul of the new policy, but a customer on the park's miniature golf course who howled after hitting a hole-in-one.....
It does remind me of my days working at a small amusement park next to the Columbus Zoo. (Now sadly dismantled.) Luckily I didn't have to operate rides; I was on games. (I got pretty good at guessing the month you were born within two months either way.) Anyway, I wonder what their Dublin/Powell neighbors thought of their rides.
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