Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
On July 24, 1949, a 40-year-old man was killed after falling 20 feet (6.1 m) from the ride. Park officials stated that the safety restraints were not properly secured. [66] On October 29, 2013, two women were injured after riding the roller coaster. Reports have said that they may have hit their faces on the lap bar during their ride. [67]
A funhouse or fun house is an amusement facility found in amusement parks and funfair midways, equipped with various devices designed to surprise, challenge, or amuse visitors. Unlike thrill rides or dark rides , fun houses are participatory attractions where visitors enter and move around at their own pace. [ 1 ]
A house of mirrors in the Czech Republic House of mirrors in Carters Steam Fair 2009. A house of mirrors or hall of mirrors is a traditional attraction at funfairs (carnivals) and amusement parks. The basic concept behind a house of mirrors is to be a maze-like puzzle (made out of a myriad of mirrors). [1]
A fair is a gathering of people for a variety of entertainment or commercial activities. Funfair may also refer to: Amusement park; Midway (fair) Sideshow alley (in Australia) Traveling carnival (US English) Travelling funfair (British English) Volksfest (in Germany)
In 1893, the Chicago's World's Columbian Exposition (also called the Chicago World's Fair) was the catalyst for the development of the modern traveling carnival. [3] The Chicago World's Fair had an area that included rides, games of chance, freak shows, and burlesque.
Six Flags Darien Lake (also known as Six Flags Darien Lake Resort and formerly known as Darien Lake Fun Country, Darien Lake, and Darien Lake Theme Park Resort) is a 1,200-acre (4.86 km 2) amusement park and resort located in Darien, New York, off of Interstate 90 between Buffalo and Rochester.
Amusement Today is a monthly periodical that features articles, news, pictures and reviews about all things relating to the amusement park industry, including parks, rides, and ride manufacturers.
"A Bug's Land" (stylized "a bug's land") was an area of Disney California Adventure themed after the 1998 Pixar film A Bug's Life.The land consisted of Flik's Fun Fair, which opened on October 7, 2002, and was set in a representation of the film's fictional universe with four rides targeted towards young children; Flik's Flyers, Francis' Ladybug Boogie, Tuck and Roll's Drive 'Em Buggies, and ...