Travel and Recreation : Carnival Rides
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I used to like The Scrambler because it didn't involve heights.
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That is known as The Sizzler where I live.
I have been on that ride several times, but I don't really like it too much for the reasons mentioned, but can just cope.
I don't mind The Trabant ride, or Roulette Wheel as it was known at one theme park I went too. And I like The Pirate Ship, as long as I can sit in the back row because it takes you higher.
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I have been on that ride several times, but I don't really like it too much for the reasons mentioned, but can just cope.
I don't mind The Trabant ride, or Roulette Wheel as it was known at one theme park I went too. And I like The Pirate Ship, as long as I can sit in the back row because it takes you higher.
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The closet I came to throwing up was on this horrid ride.
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I've watched it in action, but would never venture onto it. Watching other people get off it was enough.
I have just as much fun with a ride like that being a passive observer.
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I have just as much fun with a ride like that being a passive observer.
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I have just as much fun with a ride like that being a passive observer.
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That's a good point. I got on that ride once, twice at the most. I just can't relax and let myself be taken and if you can't do that, then the ride is no fun at all.
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That's a good point. I got on that ride once, twice at the most. I just can't relax and let myself be taken and if you can't do that, then the ride is no fun at all.
"My life is over. I might as well dance with Johnny Slash!"
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I just can't relax and let myself be taken and if you can't do that, then the ride is no fun at all.Yes, that is a perceptive way to look at it. The ride has to be fun and even pleasurable.
If one is tense and uncomfortable, be it physically and/or mentally, there is no point throwing oneself to caution and needlessly suffering for it in the end.
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Did the contents of your ass spill out?
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Yes, that one is more my speed
If we take the time to see with the heart and not with the mind, we shall see that we are surrounded completely by angels ~ Carlos Santana
If we take the time to see with the heart and not with the mind, we shall see that we are surrounded completely by angels ~ Carlos Santana
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Didn't you get told to shut up while on a ride‽
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One time I was screaming on a roller coaster and the guy I was with said to take it easy or calm down
If we take the time to see with the heart and not with the mind, we shall see that we are surrounded completely by angels ~ Carlos Santana
If we take the time to see with the heart and not with the mind, we shall see that we are surrounded completely by angels ~ Carlos Santana
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What a party pooper! That's what rollercoasters are for: to let go of everything and scream your head off.
Now if you were still screaming a half hour after the ride was over, that would be something else.
"My life is over. I might as well dance with Johnny Slash!"
Now if you were still screaming a half hour after the ride was over, that would be something else.
"My life is over. I might as well dance with Johnny Slash!"
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I think I was screaming his ear off
If we take the time to see with the heart and not with the mind, we shall see that we are surrounded completely by angels ~ Carlos Santana
If we take the time to see with the heart and not with the mind, we shall see that we are surrounded completely by angels ~ Carlos Santana
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I have a female friend who would go all hysterical on these kinda of rides. She avoids them now though. She got me needlessly worried for her and after it was over, it was like an exaggerated reaction.
It was just too much extreme behavior, like a projection of fear, but born out of something else and the ride becomes the scapegoat.
Knowing what I'm like on many rides, I think if I can handle it, there was no reason for her to get all cray as though she was being attacked by a psycho instead of just going in for the moderate thrill of it all.
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It was just too much extreme behavior, like a projection of fear, but born out of something else and the ride becomes the scapegoat.
Knowing what I'm like on many rides, I think if I can handle it, there was no reason for her to get all cray as though she was being attacked by a psycho instead of just going in for the moderate thrill of it all.
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It's the fear of falling that gets to me so I avoid the scary ones
I do like the Matterhorn at Disneyland though
Mister Toad's Wild Ride teacup ride is more my speed too
If we take the time to see with the heart and not with the mind, we shall see that we are surrounded completely by angels ~ Carlos Santana
I do like the Matterhorn at Disneyland though
Mister Toad's Wild Ride teacup ride is more my speed too
If we take the time to see with the heart and not with the mind, we shall see that we are surrounded completely by angels ~ Carlos Santana
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How fast do those teacups spin around?
Norman! What did you put in my tea?
Norman! What did you put in my tea?
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I thought it was teacups but it's not. Anyway, not fast at all
If we take the time to see with the heart and not with the mind, we shall see that we are surrounded completely by angels ~ Carlos Santana
If we take the time to see with the heart and not with the mind, we shall see that we are surrounded completely by angels ~ Carlos Santana
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My kind of ride.
Norman! What did you put in my tea?
Norman! What did you put in my tea?
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If we take the time to see with the heart and not with the mind, we shall see that we are surrounded completely by angels ~ Carlos Santana
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I've seen those teacup rides, and I don't think I would like em'. While still on the ground, they do spin around fast. Just another version of The Waltzer.
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Yeah, I think I've tried that ride before
If we take the time to see with the heart and not with the mind, we shall see that we are surrounded completely by angels ~ Carlos Santana
If we take the time to see with the heart and not with the mind, we shall see that we are surrounded completely by angels ~ Carlos Santana
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I've seen similar rides and have been on one when I was a teen. I threw up after it in the corner of pavilion tent and a little kid was watching me and I felt very embarrassed.
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Something more appetising. I think I had hot chips and a hotdog on a stick smothered in ketchup and boy, NZ tomato sauce is divine.
It was a shame really, because they were enjoyable at the time and then the ride ruined it.
I recall too, that there was spew on the seat of the ride that someone else had done before me. I was trying real hard to avoid sliding into it.
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You don't have carnival games where you're located?
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Oh yes, I know what you're referring to.
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In the USA traveling carnivals are a thing too with both rides and games. Many of them are referred to as State fairs.
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those places in the US I was referring to only had the games and they had aa permeant location unlike traditional carnivals in the UK.
I believe you are referring to Arcades.
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Those places are everywhere too.
I am more referring to traveling or annual carnivals that get set up every year at the same place/showgrounds. In Oz and NZ its the Easter Show and Qld has what they call an EKKA, which is just slang for Exhibition.
Of course the midway isn't the only attraction at these places.
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I am more referring to traveling or annual carnivals that get set up every year at the same place/showgrounds. In Oz and NZ its the Easter Show and Qld has what they call an EKKA, which is just slang for Exhibition.
Of course the midway isn't the only attraction at these places.
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I rarely go to them now and in these Covid times, I'd say these places aren't the best places to hang around. Of course many had been cancelled.
The best time to go is the evening when its all lit up and sometimes there are fireworks which is always a bonus.
Norman! What did you put in my tea?
The best time to go is the evening when its all lit up and sometimes there are fireworks which is always a bonus.
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They are usually set up during the last few weeks of August here. I've always associated them with the end of summer and a return to school as a kid.
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I can manage to enjoy this kind of a ride. They are pretty fun. Not overly insane.
"My life is over. I might as well dance with Johnny Slash!"
"My life is over. I might as well dance with Johnny Slash!"
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Wouldn't that be a little dangerous though, if someone really freaks out and can create trampling?
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Was the deformed woman real, or just like a dummy thing or hologram? I didn't think freak shows were considered ethical anymore.
At any rate, sounds like something out of a Rob Zombie movie.
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At any rate, sounds like something out of a Rob Zombie movie.
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That's wild. But I guess I shouldn't be too surprised. Carnys are pretty notorious. And anything for a buck. I mean have you ever seen "Freaks"?
"My life is over. I might as well dance with Johnny Slash!"
"My life is over. I might as well dance with Johnny Slash!"
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There's a fair every year in my hometown that's mainly ran by gypsies.
One year there was some sort of huge, white rectangle trailer with monitors on it showing people running out scared, and some mad surgeon dude stood outside.
Have you ever seen them bringing in the rides on the 18 wheelers? I've never seen them traveling on the road either with the equipment. They must arrive during the night and have all the rides set up before morning.
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I love the merry go round. I could never handle this swing ride either…
Norman! What did you put in my tea?
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I'd never go on that thing!
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I thought it looked harmless, swinging around in the air, but I couldn't even walk straight after it and felt real queasy.
I ain't no fun to take to carnivals….
Norman! What did you put in my tea?
I ain't no fun to take to carnivals….
Norman! What did you put in my tea?
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I don't know how people can bear these rides. Even the Rock n' Roll is too much for me and I've always been like this.
I like this ride though, The Rainbow 🌈. Must be because I'm a homo:
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