Tag: AMUSEMENTPARKS

When you think about rides at county fairs, safety probably isn't the first thing to pop into your head. More than likely, you'll think of corn dogs, vomit, and the sheer terror that your chosen ride will fall apart at any second. It shouldn't come as much of a surprise, then, that ride operators at a Chicago-area fair were discovered to be texting instead of monitoring their rides. This month, ...

Summer is roller coaster season, folks. Those extra hours of daylight means less time in the office and more time strapping into hard plastic seats in order to barrel down a track at the whim of nothing but gravity. We don't expect the dual threat of long lines and nausea to deter anyone from hopping onto Universal Studios Florida's newest thrill ride, either. That's because, according to the ...