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Daddy Days: The bathroom amusement park
I’m pretty sure there’s a massive business opportunity for a bathroom-themed water park. Every boy aged 2 to 7 would be begging to go. After all, young boys think the bathroom is an amusement ...
CNN2y
Tyre Sampson was 14 when he died after falling off an amusement ride last year. His mother was there as the ride was dismantled
including ICON park, the ride’s operator, Slingshot, its manufacturer, Funtimes Handels, or the manufacturer of the ride’s chairs, Gerstlauer Amusement Rides. On Wednesday, the family said ...
CBS News2y
Florida amusement park dismantles ride where teen fell to his death last year
Workers at a Florida amusement on Wednesday began dismantling ... according to its safety manual. ICON Park, where the ride is located, is also supporting the proposed safety legislation, a ...
USA Today2y
Orlando amusement park ride where teen fell to his death will be taken down, operator says
The Florida amusement park ride where a 14-year-old ... Orlando Slingshot, which operated the Orlando FreeFall ride at ICON Park in Orlando, said Thursday it will be shutting down the 400 ...
Los Angeles Times1y
Armed man who killed himself apparently planned to attack amusement park, police say
DENVER — A heavily armed man took his own life rather than carry out an apparent plan to shoot up a mountaintop amusement park in Colorado, with his body discovered in a bathroom next to the ...