amusement parks
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A Water Slide With A Loop That Won’t Break Your Neck Is Coming In 2016
Before you start screaming in the comments that New Jersey’s Action Park was actually the first amusement park to have a water slide with a vertical loop back in the ’80s, you’ll be happy to hear that’s exactly where this one is headed come 2016. Except that this updated version will actually house riders in…
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The Jetsons Amusement Park Ride That Never Was
Bruce Bushman was a designer whose name you may not know, but whose work you’ve almost certainly seen. He worked on everything from the design of the Disneyland castle to episodes of The Flintstones TV show. But there’s one project that Bushman worked on that sadly never became a reality: a Jetsons theme park ride.
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How Not To Die On The World’s Tallest Waterslide (By Someone Who Lived)
The world’s tallest waterslide, located in Schiltterbahn’s Kansas City waterpark, opened to the public last Thursday. I had the honour/horror of being part of that public. This is my story.
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A New Terrifying Ride Drops You Face First At 100km/h
Amusement parks love those heart-stopping vertical drop rides because they don’t take up much space. But when you’ve ridden one, you’ve ridden them all. At least until Busch Gardens’ new 102m tall Falcon’s Fury ride is open to the public.