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/p * ^ By Yardei AP Wr Oldtimer ur?oi ir:_^ HCBl VHgJ inability to Cyclone ro After a 9( off the car THE CY amusemen and still surrnundin But the n to New Y< amusemen boom in wl steepest ar Bearing Scream Mi many built extras as figurations The "rol park exper "TKa 200 coastei Earlier tl conference mania" m< on the bra ARROW the "Gemi Since 1974, Knott's Be roller coas Before tl lessspecta "The rol uiuwii oau from great set off by "Some o themselves bors, and 8 someone c then so mi What's t open cars < "IT'S Tl . Montgon the new "< "Colossus, consecutiv sensation < ride was di His com; "They're 1 added that people's n< for such ti THE D/ amusemei I Three p< ride at Six a similar s | old boy fel j and a 13-yi [ the Skydiv I But indi | safer than [ Wharton A I 1977 there [ parks surv I Safety si must be in [ leaving sal Safety st must be ir leaving saf ON THI 'fatality on >// '<55. ?< na Arar iter s at New York's Coney I inia coal miner sufferi speak-whose doctor tol< ller coaster. Ksecond, gut-twisting ric and said: "I feel sick. CLONE , built in 192 t parks, was certainly o: looms mencaingly ov? gs. liner-perhaps an apocn )rk for a cure now. A t parks across the coun lat seems to be a race t< id generally most hair-i such fanciful names aj ichine" and "Montezum ; of steel instead of the 1 one or two 360-degree . The scarier-looking ler coaster arms race" t Gary Kyriazi calls it. I Great American Amuse *8 all over the country, [lis summer, Kyriazi spo at Ohio's Cedar Point jeting drew hundreds of nd-new "Gemini" coast UEVELOPMENT CO. C mi," also can testify to when it built the pion rry Farm in Anaheim, C ters at an average cost oi sen, said Arrow vice pre cular coaster averaged i ler coaster is the biggest 1. He said he think* the c er competition following Disneyland's success in f these parks, several y s," Brown said. "Now th <0 they look for things th< an advertise the biggest, uch the better." ehind the coaster craze' town incredibly steep in< IE EXCITEMENT, the < lery of San Diego, who r Colossus" at Magic Mo " billed as "the world' '?? Hrnrva nf mnpo ikon V \*m auvk V UHU1 )f weightlessness 11 tim angerous I wouldn't ride ments meshed nicely wit tind of flirting with an i ; some psychologists beli eed for adventure witho hings as mountain clim INGEKS are not totalh it park rides were seen iople died when a steel c Flags over Mid-Americi incident on the Ease's 1 I out of a coaster in Wilch jar-old boy fell to his dea er ride at Peony Park in istry spokesmen say ai automobiles. A study b; pplied Research Center were 63 accidents reqi eyed-one accident for e :andards vary by state, spected bny state officii fety to the park and its ir andards vary by state. I.J I aMUSO inpetieu uy autic uuitio ety to the park and its in 2 FEDERAL level, a a type of ride known 30*te sland like to tell the story akxx ing from aphonia-a psycholc d him to ride the amusement p le, the story goes, the man stun 99 8 in the first "Golden Age ne of the biggest coasters of it er its now somewhat run rphal character-wouldn't have fter a hiatus of almost 50 > try are on a roller coaster bui n flnim tho foofost hinhocf Iai LT VAMUIl MJV ?WOVVtlli| lU^lIVUV) AVI raising ride. s "Rebel Yell," "Great Ame ia's Revenge/' these new coaa traditional wood-often feature loops or multiple corkscrew the ride, the longer the is what self-described amuse le is the author of a pictorial hi ment Parks," and has ridden n ke at the first national roller cc ; Amusement park. The "Coi coaster fans for seminars and er-the park's sixth. >f Mountain View, Calif., which i fhp PAnatpr'o raitouiod nnniil eer "Corkscrew" roller coast* ?alif., Arrow has sold some 30 I $3 million. sident Terry Brown, sales of a ibout one or two a year. t thrill ride and it always has b urrent coaster building boom r \ an amusement park building i the mid-1950s. ears ago, kind of had the marl ey need to compete with their 1 ey can advertise or promote...j , the scariest, the moat colossal ? Why do millions of American dines at speeds up to 08 mph? langer that's involved/' said F ecently drove some 150 miles t untain park near Los Angelet s greatest roller coaster," ha 100 feet and guarantees ridei es."Of course, if I really thoug it," Montgomery said, th Kyriazi's view of coasterma magined danger," said Kyria leve coaster and other thrill rid ut the expense or expertise n bing or flying. / imaginary. This summer, s< es of fatal accidents, ar plunged 70 feet from the Sk; i in Eureka, Mo., and a man di< flight at Magic Mountain. Anil vood, N.J., and died of brain in; th when a door opened in a c Omaha, Neb. nusement park rides are gen y the University of Pennsylv showed that in February -Nov< Airing hospitalization on rides very 6 million rides rides taken In some states, like California lis Other HtAtps hnvp nn rptfiili tsurance company. In some states, like California ils. Other states have no regult surance company. 1877 court decision stemming f as the Zipper gave the Con 'I fee Americans lov rs *4 urc rgical ark's nbled >H of s day down i_ v.-s s g XV^?. >\ v"\ . : .KW *>s5 tog0 ' ^ - :* n ears, l?l^#>r'N ~ x * r :vh*:.:^5. -;* > J ding igest, ^ ^1? V ? ' rican < ter?8UCh 'M '' Swe ^ ^ Commission authority to regulate ai -ye*r- rides. juries, rp^e commission jS now trying to 1 age on declared unsafe as the result of se Other ride accidents are being irn erally Mana Jennings, a commission attor ania s Meanwhile, the International 8I?4nn Amusement Parks and Attraction a about 750 amusement parks and othc rid** working to develop a voluntary safe 'tin? Terrence Cullinan, a consultant j 1 o ' Research Institute) International wl leisure, said many of the accidents , rides . j , ... itions naers wno ao noi ot>ey mstructior whose arm was injured when he stui rom a 'Mind Bender' roller coaster at Si sumer Georgia. I sick' i? e being 'scared ** . .<. ^ . J ? ;-3?? > ^ ? < ... jp.. * $ * v 1/... musement park 6rF1| , , . 1 I hey re kind c have the Zipper SgatedhsSci imagined darij mAir n*>jr, Association of s, representing ;r attractions, is sty code. amuSG onr/fi * * i i i U Ju tti ormoianiora 10 specializes in are caused by , As for the mecha i8--like the boy Cullinan says, 'People ck it ouyt of the people and machines ix Flags Over Disneyland, in 20 years one fatality. i to death' 8 ' J^r < / t f ;; f m ?/flirting with an trer' i -' -- GaryKyriazi i m n t ~ - ? 1 mucin |JUI Fv fcJXpfcJM nically caused accidents, get hurt whenever there are involved.' He noted that i of operatioin, has had only