December 15, 2015

Lost in Space: Tourists stranded at top of Vienna wheel

Two tourists from Poland got an extra thrill on the Wiener Riesenrad, the giant Ferris wheel at Vienna’s Prater amusement park: an attendant turned off the ride and went home, leaving them in the dark at the top of the 212-foot ride. The couple, last to board the ride near the end of the day, were still circling when the operator handed over controls to a colleague tasked with shutting down for the night. The new operator apparently did not know there were still passengers on board. At…

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A Few Signs of Gatorland

Recently we featured the old-fashioned family park, Gatorland .  The park has a number of clever signs posted around it’s grounds, such as the ones you see above and below this paragraph. My favorites of the bunch were two signs that were about 10 feet apart.  Here’s the first: And here’s the second: Smile!  It’s a joke.

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Lost in Space: Tourists stranded at top of Vienna wheel

Two tourists from Poland got an extra thrill on the Wiener Riesenrad, the giant Ferris wheel at Vienna’s Prater amusement park: an attendant turned off the ride and went home, leaving them in the dark at the top of the 212-foot ride. The couple, last to board the ride near the end of the day, were still circling when the operator handed over controls to a colleague tasked with shutting down for the night. The new operator apparently did not know there were still passengers on board. At…

Read More

A Few Signs of Gatorland

Recently we featured the old-fashioned family park, Gatorland .  The park has a number of clever signs posted around it’s grounds, such as the ones you see above and below this paragraph. My favorites of the bunch were two signs that were about 10 feet apart.  Here’s the first: And here’s the second: Smile!  It’s a joke.

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