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Party Till You Puke: Rockin’ Amusement Park Rides

4/17/07, 4:38 pm EST

If any of you have savored the unique joy of the “Aerosmith Rock & Roller Coaster” at Disney World — and have been pining for a similarly rockin’ experience — you might want to plan a trip to Myrtle Beach: A soon-to-be-opened Hard Rock Theme Park in the South Carolina beach town is getting ready to unveil a Led Zeppeliln-themed ride of its own. The new roller coaster, dubbed “Stairway to Heaven,” will blast classics like “Whole Lotta Love” at thrill-seekers as they endure a series of Zep-worthy twists and turns. The ride is merely one of dozens of rock-inspired attractions planned for the new park, which is set to open next spring.

The news got us daydreaming about some other famous songs that might lend themselves to amusement park rides. Here’s what we came up with so far. Share your (presumably even wittier) creations with us:

  1. “Highway to Hell” – Road rage catharsis — racecars equipped with horns that spew insults in Angus Young’s voice.
  2. “The Downward Spiral” – A killer spinner that makes you feel like you’re circling the black drain of death . . . mics and video cameras in each car capture your every sound and move for extra paranoia.
  3. “Touch the Sky” – A nose-bleeder of a Ferris wheel that’ll put the stars within reach . . . an elevated sense of self is unavoidable.
  4. “Slow Ride” – Go-carts with a maximum speed of 5 mph. Capable of lulling Courtney Love to sleep back in her Yay-days. Don’t embarrass yourself by being caught on these Driving Miss Daisy-mobiles unless you’re baby-sitting or hanging out with Grandma.
  5. “Twist and Shout” – A high-energy spinning-cup ride that seems sweet and innocent at first glance. But like love — and rock bands — things get complicated toward the end. Especially if you have a sensitive stomach.
  6. “Free Fallin’” – This parachute drop puts the world’s tallest waterfall to shame and the fear of God in your heart — both in under 10 seconds.
  7. “(Don’t Fear) The Reaper” – A shit-scary take on the Tunnel of Love takes you through dark caverns filled with the ghosts of roadies past — all while blasting Blue Oyster Cult. It’ll have you praying for the end.

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jared | 4/17/2007, 5:18 pm EST

even flow – a ravaging water raft ride

Kristin | 4/17/2007, 11:21 pm EST

Crash (Dave Matthews) – Bumper Cars

Boo | 4/17/2007, 11:36 pm EST

Stairway to Heaven – a roller coaster that slowly climbs up through a series of heavenly scenes only to suddenly drop off as the roller coaster rips down through scary scenes of the afterlife

global affairs hater | 4/18/2007, 12:07 am EST

Dazed and Confused – a slow, soothing boat ride through a misty haze and clouds of smoke that leaves you feelin good

Grace remix | 4/18/2007, 1:31 am EST

A Gracefull ride through the water park with a mixture of grace and some wild turns that will make your head spin.

Kobi | 4/18/2007, 8:50 am EST

The Final Countdown: An indoor rollercoaster, think space mountain, where you ascend the massive first hill while the epic intro of the final countdown plays and a massive 5-4-3-2-1 in red numerals is shown right before the drop.

whazzzup | 4/18/2007, 10:43 am EST

crazy-aerosmith- a cra-z ass rollercoaster!

DT | 4/18/2007, 11:52 am EST

How about the Kurt Cobain final bullet ride, with detailed, enlarged images of the inside of the human head

Marty P. | 4/18/2007, 11:57 am EST

How about the “Ice Pick Stabbing Your Ears Ride”, where you are locked inside a soundproof booth and forced to listen to Bob Dylan sing?

Paul M. | 4/18/2007, 12:10 pm EST

“The Angry Chair”-strap in and get thrown around for 2 minutes, corkscrewws, upside down, wind gusts, mist, the whole nine.
“The Bends”-a compression/decompression chamber guaranteed to make everybody puke. (in a fun way though)

mullet man | 4/18/2007, 12:16 pm EST

pink floyd and roger waters concerts are already like theme park rides.

Blackwood | 4/18/2007, 12:29 pm EST

HIM – Rebel Yell

w0nderwall | 4/18/2007, 12:33 pm EST

All Around the World by Oasis. Yeah, sounds cheesy, but hey, nothing wrong with taking a yellow submarine and making calls with an AT&T phone card, is there? Oasis haters, STAY CLEAR!

howard k. stern | 4/18/2007, 12:38 pm EST

Civil War- GNR: Battlefield simulation. With booze.

Me | 4/18/2007, 12:49 pm EST

How about a rollercoaster called the “Casey Jones”. You would have to put one depraved crack head manning the controls. I bet that would make for a very interesting ride.

Kyle | 4/18/2007, 12:52 pm EST

-steppenwolf’s magic carpet ride

-pink floyd’s innerstellar overdrive

Killa | 4/18/2007, 12:56 pm EST

Welcome to the Jungle-

A ‘Thunder River’-themed ride through raging rapids in a rain forrest-esque setting. Throw in some Amazon babes and rubber snakes falling from the trees for effect.

Francisco Valdes | 4/18/2007, 12:58 pm EST

“Love Rollercoaster” Equiped with red naked lady shaped seats and the ohio players song blasting troughout the ride.

“Walk on The Wild Side” a Pirates of the caribbean style ride except it features new york city, hookers, pimps, pushers and images of lou reed circa 1970. very cool.

ragnarok | 4/18/2007, 12:58 pm EST

“Bullet With Butterfly Wings”- One of those spinning swing sets.

robbiek | 4/18/2007, 1:16 pm EST

“Helter Skelter”- A deranged, hellish roller coaster that starts off slow (anthology 3 version) and picks up into a series of twists and dives… with a series of false stops at the end.

“This Wheel’s On Fire”- strapped into a big friggin wheel… on fire. Psychadelia enues.

“Nausea”- with Beck yowling into headphones stuck to your head, your body is hurtled around in various directions in cages.

“The Rollercoaster Ride”- the saddest, most gentle coaster ever (belle and sebastian, anybody?)

“Astro”- a rocking, broke ass county fair rocket ship ride, spinning you around in shakey circles.

Donny | 4/18/2007, 1:34 pm EST

How about the World Wide Suicide in which people kill themselves after having to watch American Idol.

SATAN | 4/18/2007, 1:55 pm EST

Rape Me – Nirvana

The ride would consist of having a big man have his way with you.

abandonedstation | 4/18/2007, 2:00 pm EST

The Mud Shark- a rough river rafting trip into the pink cave of wonders.

The Eye of the Tiger – A blue steel out-and-back coaster that feels very familiar in a nostalgic sort of way but still leaves you unfulfilled.

Alice Cooper’s Nightmare Roller Coaster – he could be on a video screen before the train leaves the station saying, ‘Welcome to…’. When you’ve returned after the trip he could appear again and praise jesus that you made it safely.

The Dark Star – a large spinning wheel that constantly speeds and slows down while turning in every which direction. A crazy light show is projected against the ride (it’s like the Wheels on the Fire, I guess).

The Cripple Creek Ferry – a nice boat ride that because a theme adventure when it ’sinks’ in shallow water because of Neil Young’s fragile mind.

The Yellow Submarine/The Octopus’ garden – kiddie ride. I’m actually surprised Disney hasn’t at least tried to get this idea off the ground…

Nick | 4/18/2007, 2:01 pm EST

Subterrainian Homesick Blues. A roller coaster that goes underground and shoots back up.

tomcolours | 4/18/2007, 2:08 pm EST

Spiral Staircase-Kings Of Leon
A massive staircase which takes you up then crashes you down all bumpy ouch!

70'sRockMustDie | 4/18/2007, 2:19 pm EST

How about the Freebird. You ride on the back of an inbred yokel over scrap yards and shacks until you crash into an inbreeding swamp orgy.

The Seeker | 4/18/2007, 3:16 pm EST

Blood Mountain – like Space Mountain, but with a lot of red and unimaginably grotesque monsters threatening to throw the careening cars off the twisting track. Also, Mastodon will be blasting at eardrum-bursting volumes from the indoor speakers.

Anonymous | 4/18/2007, 3:41 pm EST

UMM…Riders on the Storm

Hey Joe | 4/18/2007, 4:08 pm EST

Three Days by Jane’s Addiction would make a killer roller coaster.

T. Rex | 4/18/2007, 4:08 pm EST

Vicarious – they tie you to a chair and you have to watch endless shitty TV while playing Vicarious at maximum volume in your ears

dk | 4/18/2007, 4:25 pm EST

vertigo u2

psyco dork | 4/18/2007, 4:30 pm EST

If you want a rige called Vertigo you should use the Libertines song- NOT U2

david | 4/18/2007, 5:53 pm EST

Brass monkey: A zoo :-D hotel california : a haunted house! Gar Numan cars,: bumper cars! wellcome to the jungle: other zoo! I wanna be your dog, another zoo! wonderwall! : I dont really know, buts its a cool name 4 a ride! under the bridge: a water Ride! a dance, mary janes last dance. a jiant pinball game: pinball wizard!

charliemapleton | 4/18/2007, 7:30 pm EST

“Talib Kweli’s Shock Body”-a subway like rollercoaster ride through a subway station like tunnel which also includes a Brooklyn setting.

“Beck’s Novacane Hurricane”-a spiral rollercoaster that goes through a tunnel illustrated with the artwork from the “Odelay” CD booklet(you can imagine everyone yelling “Odelay” as well).

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