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SlingShot is a reverse bungee ride manufactured by Funtime and featured at several Six Flags amusement parks, including Cedar Point, Carowinds, and Canada's Wonderland. The first installation opened at Kings Island in 2002, but the park retired the ride in 2022.
In 2011, Quest Venture Partners invested $450,000 in Tripping.com, bringing total investment to over $1,000,000 in seed money and bringing Tripping.com out of beta version. [4] In 2012, Tripping.com became a metasearch engine for vacation rentals. [5] On May 19, 2014, the company closed its Series A round in the $5 million to $10 million range. [6]
The reverse bungee (also known as catapult bungee, slingshot, or ejection seat) is a modern type of fairground ride. Video of SlingShot at Cedar Point The ride consists of two telescopic gantry towers mounted on a platform, feeding two elastic ropes down to a two-person passenger car constructed from an open sphere of tubular steel.
A day trip is a visit to a tourist destination or visitor attraction from a person's home, hotel, or hostel in the morning, returning to the same lodging in the evening. The day trip is a form of recreational travel and leisure to a location that is close enough to make a round-trip within a day but does not require an overnight stay.
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The Daytripper is a Texas travel program, hosted by Chet Garner as he travels the state with his crew. The Daytripper is a 15-time Lone Star Emmy Award winning travel show airing on PBS that highlights the culture, outdoors and food of a single tourist destination or area within each episode.
Canada is a country that has four different seasons throughout the year. In this day and age, with the proper camping equipment, it is possible to camp all over Canada all year round. At the end of the 19th century, Canada started establishing areas all over the territory to be later named "National Parks". [19]
The park takes its name from a bend in Barren River where stands of beech trees are scattered throughout the area. The area was used for picnics as early as the 1880s. Charles Garvin purchased the park property in the early 1940s, adding amusements both rides and recreational activities over the