amusement parks
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Prototype Roller Coaster That Makes Riders Do Barrel Rolls Is a Next-Generation Puke Factory
As with almost everything, the roller coaster wars, where theme parks across the country try to top each other with wilder attractions every Summer, were put on hold for 2020. But that hasn’t stopped coaster designers from continuing to toy with the laws of physics. If you love to spend your weekends vomiting, the Axis…
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7 Spooky Abandoned Amusement Parks You Can Visit Around The World
Amusement parks are completely fascinating to me. I’m not sure whether it’s my lack of exposure as a child, their weird, dark underbellies, or the fact that so many of them go out of business and leave rotting, decaying husks on the surface of the Earth.
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The Urban Legend About Scattering Human Ashes At Disney Is True, And It’s Worse Than We Thought
For at least 11 years, an unnerving story has made the rounds on Disney fan blogs: People regularly scatter the ashes of loved ones at Disneyland and Disney World. Well, today, The Wall Street Journal has confirmed the urban legend. And we aren’t talking about a couple of isolated cases. This happens on a monthly…
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Operators Of Verrückt, World’s Largest Water Slide, Charged In 2016 Death Of 10-Year-Old Rider
A grand jury in Wyandotte County, Kansas has returned an indictment against waterpark and resort operator Schlitterbahn and one of its managers, charging them with “involuntary manslaughter, aggravated battery and reckless endangerment of a child” over the 2016 death-by-decapitation of 10-year-old Caleb Schwab on the world’s tallest water slide, the Kansas City Star reported.