This is a red flag for a theme park. Thrill seekers at Six Flags America were in for quite the ride over the weekend: Thirty-two people got stuck on the SteamWhirler ride at the Bowie, Maryland park for more than an hour due to a mechanical malfunction on Saturday. Emergency crews from Prince George’s County … Read more
There’s much fun to be had at an amusement park. You just have to wait in line for it. However, a woman has questioned if she was wrong to adhere to queue etiquette after a mother attempted to cut ahead of her. The recount of the ordeal comes from TikTok account lisa.divass, who is retelling her follower’s story. “It was absolutely packed … Read more
Two camels made a great escape on Tuesday after they broke out of their enclosure and roamed free at a roller-coaster park, video shows. The incident happened at Cedar Point, an amusement park in Sandusky, Ohio, on June 11. Footage of the incident shows the camels trotting around the park’s sidewalks. “That dude almost died,” an adult man is … Read more
A theme park in China meant to rival Disney World is now an eerie, abandoned zombie-like wasteland. Travel-lover and urban explorer Bob Thissen spent two days adventuring in the shuttered park, which is located in Jiangxi province. Thissen posts about his many adventures on social media where he boasts hundreds of thousands of followers across … Read more
Thirty-six years after it was shuttered, Luna Luna amusement park, a wonderland of contemporary art, will soon reopen in Los Angeles, thanks to Drake. The Canadian rapper and his media company DreamCrew purchased the one-of-a-kind pleasure ground, slated to be unveiled this month in a 60,000-square-foot warehouse space in downtown L.A. The exhibit, “Luna Luna: … Read more
Carmen’s son Ethan adores Halloween. But not for the lollies, or the decorations, or the Halloween-themed movies (shout-out to the Nightmare Before Christmas!). The six-year-old boy loves the gore, the horror, the fear. In Carmen’s words, “the creepier the better”. “He desperately wants to be as scary as possible in his costume, and to him that means swords, masks, ‘bloody … Read more
Memorial Day is the unofficial start to summer, meaning that more families will be heading back to amusement parks. In 2021 alone, 1,281 people were involved in injuries related to amusement park rides, according to the National Safety Council. Here’s a look at some recent amusement park incidents: Orlando FreeFall – March 24, 2022: Fourteen-year-old Tyre … Read more
Coney Island’s Luna Park has some air-conditioned competition. A giant new playground for kids has cut the ribbon in Brooklyn. National chain Urban Air Adventure Park opened its first New York City location on New Year’s Eve, and the 40,000-square-foot venue was an immediate hit. (New Jersey, meanwhile, currently has six locations.) “We wanted to bring … Read more
It was a wheel of misfortune. The 400-foot-tall Ferris Wheel at Orlando’s ICON Park lost power Saturday — leaving 62 riders suspended in midair at the embattled amusement destination where a teen died after plummeting off a ride earlier this year. “The Wheel lost power Saturday night and we’re working with the Orange County Fire … Read more