The chicken-fried bacon stand at the Texas State Fair last year had the longest line out of any of the food stalls. I love bacon, but the smell was positively revolting and I decided to pass this one up in favor of the deep-fried chocolate covered strawberries. I believe I made the wiser choice.
Creepy. I've worked at three amusement parks and been there for a couple.
I was working at Knott's Halloween Haunt the night this happened: "Sunday, October 20, 1996 - A 56-year-old employee of Knott’s Berry Farm theme park in Buena Park, California was killed when he got caught between two steam-engine train cars." I actually walked those same tracks the night before on my way to first aid (for something minor).
I started my shift at Disneyland a couple of hours after the Christmas Eve 1998 Columbia incident happened. There were helicopters over the park all day long. I'm surprised they caught the carousel incident from that day. It was mostly overshadowed by the boat incident. Rumor around the park on that one was that the boy's parent was instructed by a cast member to put the belt around him, but then the parent removed it to take a picture of the boy on the carousel while it was in motion and he fell off the horse.
Most people who were working at Disneyland at the time have all heard a very similar story about the infamous Roger Rabbit incident. Apparently, the mom picked the kid up to hand to another adult in a different car during the ride and accidentlly dropped him in between the cars. Rumor has it that it's on security tape.
I took most rumors with a truckload of salt. You can never truly believe everything you hear since by the time they reach you they could be completely wrong. But the media stalked the hell out of cast members whenever anything happened. They waited for us at the local McDonalds and other hangouts, trying to get anyone to talk. Anything for a juicy quote, no matter how wrong, I suppose.
Aretha's hat ruled. Hats need to become fashionable again.
Cody, how about people stop bashing him until he's done something to deserve it? He's taking over a very broken country and will have to make unfavorable decisions to fix it. I'm sure you'll have plenty of opportunities to complain.
BTW, when the story originally broke, there was someone at their house to interview them and he asked the kid what his name was. He wouldn't answer, and they said it was a typical reaction from him. How sad is it that a 3 year old knows there is something very wrong with his name and is ashamed to say it?
This one was funnier.
http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v306/queeniexb/macros%20gifs%20etc/attachment.jpg
I was working at Knott's Halloween Haunt the night this happened: "Sunday, October 20, 1996 - A 56-year-old employee of Knott’s Berry Farm theme park in Buena Park, California was killed when he got caught between two steam-engine train cars." I actually walked those same tracks the night before on my way to first aid (for something minor).
I started my shift at Disneyland a couple of hours after the Christmas Eve 1998 Columbia incident happened. There were helicopters over the park all day long. I'm surprised they caught the carousel incident from that day. It was mostly overshadowed by the boat incident. Rumor around the park on that one was that the boy's parent was instructed by a cast member to put the belt around him, but then the parent removed it to take a picture of the boy on the carousel while it was in motion and he fell off the horse.
Most people who were working at Disneyland at the time have all heard a very similar story about the infamous Roger Rabbit incident. Apparently, the mom picked the kid up to hand to another adult in a different car during the ride and accidentlly dropped him in between the cars. Rumor has it that it's on security tape.
I took most rumors with a truckload of salt. You can never truly believe everything you hear since by the time they reach you they could be completely wrong. But the media stalked the hell out of cast members whenever anything happened. They waited for us at the local McDonalds and other hangouts, trying to get anyone to talk. Anything for a juicy quote, no matter how wrong, I suppose.
Cody, how about people stop bashing him until he's done something to deserve it? He's taking over a very broken country and will have to make unfavorable decisions to fix it. I'm sure you'll have plenty of opportunities to complain.
http://www.roastmyweenie.com/Roast_Your_Weenie/Home.html
Looks like she went shopping in Ugly Betty's closet.
Holy crap.