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Bidenomics is ruining the affordable cost of fun in America. Nearly 60 percent of Americans are cutting back on spending on live entertainment — including amusement parks, rock concerts, and the performing arts — as prices continue to soar through the roof, according to a new survey of 1,000 individuals conducted by the Wall Street Journal and Credit Karma.

Police said they got a call at 12:50 p.m. that a car was stuck in a ride in Tivoli Friheden and several people were stuck. Two people were sitting on the rear seats and were taken by emergency workers, the newspaper reported. Ragborg Olsen told the Ekstra Bladet daily that the two had been seriously injured and were taken to the hospital. The accident occurred on the Cobraen roller-coaster and the park has been shut down... The roller-coaster is 25 meters (82 feet) tall and the wagons have a top speed of 70 kilometers per hour (44 mph)... The roller...

Tech temp tattoos are nearly here. Microsoft Research and MIT's Media Lab have published details of Tattio, a futuristic research project looking into "on skin" technology. Inspired by the kind of metallic temporary tattoos you'd find at Coachella or Glastonbury, the team used gold imitation leaf metal and applied it to tattoo paper with stencil traces. In terms of functions, Microsoft Research and the Media Lab then experimented with a few ideas. The first was NFC tags to act as your digital identity and the idea is that people could choose how big an antenna they want to use in...

State lawmakers are set to consider a bipartisan bill that would allow Disneyland, Six Flags Magic Mountain and other theme parks to reopen ahead of the current California guidelines.

72-year-old John Schooley has been charged with second-degree murder in the tragic death of a child on the water slide he co-designed. Schooley was arrested at the Dallas Fort Worth International Airport on Monday, just after returning from China. In addition to murder, Schooley also faces charges of aggravated battery and aggravated endangerment of a child. A Kansas grand jury has indicted all three men involved in the incident that resulted in the decapitation of Caleb Schwab, son of Kansas State Representative Scott Schwab. The boy’s raft lost control on the 17-foot slide, and he was killed as he hit...

A man claiming to be wheelchair bound has been jailed for three years after he was caught on camera dancing with a rabbit mascot at an amusement park in western Sweden. The 33-year-old's father was also given a three year sentence by Halmstad district court for his role in the major disability benefits swindle, local newspaper Hallandsposten reports. As The Local reported in July, the 33-year-old man was asked to repay millions of kronor in social insurance benefits after authorities obtained a picture of him dancing with a life-sized rabbit at the Liseberg amusement park in Gothenburg. The 33-year-old, from...

What are your favorite/scariest/best amuesement park rides? OR what are some of the lamest out there? My all-time favorite is the "Tower of Terror" at Disney MGM studios. Mixes a cute storyline with a stomach churning drop at the end. Also, even though the wedgies have to be surgically removed, love the steep slides at the water parks. Happy summer everyone! :o)

10/3/2003 9:54 AM By: Associated Press (PHILADELPHIA) -- An Ohio-based company that owns amusement parks from California to Pennsylvania says it's dropping its discounts for seniors. A spokesman for Cedar Faire LP says seniors are more active than they used to be -- and don't need an extra incentive to visit. But John Schmitt, 72, says the extra cost means he and his wife will probably give up their season pass next season and she loves the roller coaster. Schmitt says at his age, eliminating the senior discount is like taking his bread away. Other amusement parks say they're happy...

American Sets New Roller Coaster Record BERLIN - An American set a world record for roller-coaster riding Tuesday, surpassing his own mark of 147 hours after six days of careening rides in a German amusement park, organizers said. Richard Rodriguez, 43, followed Guinness Book of World Records rules requiring eight-hour periods of riding with no more than 15-minute breaks, the Holiday Park in the southwest German town of Hassloch said in a statement. Rodriguez, who teaches English at Loyola University in Chicago, used two roller-coasters at the amusement park in his record chase. For the purpose, one car on each...

Starting today, Six Flags Great America visitors will see signs throughout the amusement park prohibiting them from eating gum, candy and other foods while on rides. The new restrictions come two days after the death of an 11-year-old Gary, Ind. girl who choked on a piece of taffy while riding the Raging Bull roller-coaster. Officials at the Gurnee amusement park say signs had been in place at some rides with a more general warning forbidding "food and drinks." "We are now making sure that (signs) will be at every single ride at the park," spokeswoman Susie Storey said Monday. No...

Two people were injured at an amusement park in central Japan when the world's tallest and longest roller coaster screeched to a halt after dropping wheels. The Steel Dragon 2000, which zooms along a 2479m track and drops 93.5m, lost several wheels from the right side of the front coach at the Nagashima Superland park outside Nagoya.

Teen Awarded $40,000 In Amusement Park Lawsuit Company Declines Comment On Court's Decision POSTED: 11:53 a.m. EDT August 13, 2003 UPDATED: 5:03 p.m. EDT August 13, 2003 MUSKEGON, Mich -- Cedar Fair LP, of Sandusky, Ohio, has paid $40,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by a teenager who was injured two years ago in a ride accident at one of the company's amusement parks in Michigan. Lashana Brown, of Portage, Mich., was 14 at the time of the accident at Michigan's Adventure Park. She suffered cuts to her knees, which caused permanent scars, when the "Chaos" ride collapsed on...

Thursday, June 19, 2003 Kings Island sued by family -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By Erica Solvig The Cincinnati EnquirerA Laurel, Ind., family is suing Paramount's Kings Island, claiming the park failed to warn them of an electrical storm during a June 2001 visit. The suit, filed last week in Hamilton County Common Pleas Court says Shawn Perkins was hit by lightning in the parking lot as he and his family left the park. "A bolt of lightning hit the car, touched him, threw him several feet and blew the tires," said Drake Ebner, the family's attorney. "A lot of voltage passed through his...