# Scary/Awesome Russian Amusement Park Ride
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scary-awesome-russian-amusement-park-ride/633173
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [August 30, 2012, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scary-awesome-russian-amusement-park-ride/633173 "2012-08-30T18:34:48Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)
#### Post date: [August 30, 2012, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scary-awesome-russian-amusement-park-ride/633173/1 "2012-08-30T18:34:48Z")
This is similar in concept to the old Tomb Raider ride at Kings Island here in Cincinnati…but this thing moves in some crazy-assed ways!
Would you ride this?
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### Author:  [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)
#### Post date: [August 30, 2012, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scary-awesome-russian-amusement-park-ride/633173/2 "2012-08-30T18:38:17Z")
Not only would I not ride on it, I’d probably betray nuclear secrets to avoid being put on it.
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### Author:  [@stpauler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stpauler)
#### Post date: [August 30, 2012, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scary-awesome-russian-amusement-park-ride/633173/3 "2012-08-30T18:41:51Z")
At first I was like “seen it before”.
Then I was like “OMG it’s broken”.
Then I’m like “Hell. No.”
Anything that spins triggers my barf reflex.
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### Author:  [@EmAnJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmAnJ)
#### Post date: [August 30, 2012, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scary-awesome-russian-amusement-park-ride/633173/4 "2012-08-30T18:42:38Z")
They have those at some parks here in Canada. I went on one of those at Klondike Days in Edmonton back in the 90’s.
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### Author:  [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)
#### Post date: [August 30, 2012, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scary-awesome-russian-amusement-park-ride/633173/5 "2012-08-30T18:42:57Z")
Oh hell yeah.
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### Author:  [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)
#### Post date: [August 30, 2012, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scary-awesome-russian-amusement-park-ride/633173/6 "2012-08-30T18:45:09Z")
> [@Finagle](#):
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> Not only would I not ride on it, I’d probably betray nuclear secrets to avoid being put on it.
But listen to that awesome music that accompanies the ride!
😃
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### Author:  [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)
#### Post date: [August 30, 2012, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scary-awesome-russian-amusement-park-ride/633173/7 "2012-08-30T18:47:01Z")
That’s not a ride, that’s a Russian torture device
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### Author:  [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)
#### Post date: [August 30, 2012, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scary-awesome-russian-amusement-park-ride/633173/8 "2012-08-30T18:49:43Z")
I’d do it.
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### Author:  [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)
#### Post date: [August 30, 2012, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scary-awesome-russian-amusement-park-ride/633173/9 "2012-08-30T18:50:27Z")
:eek: Holy crap, that thing makes me queasy just _watching_ it. No, thanks!
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### Author:  [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)
#### Post date: [August 30, 2012, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scary-awesome-russian-amusement-park-ride/633173/10 "2012-08-30T18:53:11Z")
> [@Inigo\_Montoya](#):
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> I’d do it.
But would you respect it in the morning?
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### Author:  [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)
#### Post date: [August 30, 2012, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scary-awesome-russian-amusement-park-ride/633173/11 "2012-08-30T18:55:38Z")
Well, they could make it just a bit worse.
1. Move a little faster.
2. Riders aren’t allowed to see how it works. You just get on and THEN you find out.
3. Make sure it makes horrible grinding and breaking sounds and you have the odd “fake” pieces fall off at various intervals here and there. All the while have the operators screaming, running around, and looking like they are frantically trying to shut it down.
Yeah, that should do it.
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### Author:  [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)
#### Post date: [August 30, 2012, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scary-awesome-russian-amusement-park-ride/633173/12 "2012-08-30T18:56:42Z")
Seems pretty tame. It didn’t really even do much of anything.
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### Author:  [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)
#### Post date: [August 30, 2012, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scary-awesome-russian-amusement-park-ride/633173/13 "2012-08-30T18:59:09Z")
No f’n’ way.
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### Author:  [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)
#### Post date: [August 30, 2012, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scary-awesome-russian-amusement-park-ride/633173/14 "2012-08-30T19:03:31Z")
Yeah, I think if it rotated faster it would up the ante quite a bit. And **billfish’s** ideas are pretty funny…especially the one about the fake breaking parts, grinding noises, etc.
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### Author:  [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)
#### Post date: [August 30, 2012, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scary-awesome-russian-amusement-park-ride/633173/15 "2012-08-30T19:12:15Z")
> [@FoieGrasIsEvil](#):
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> But would you respect it in the morning?
I’d respect it even _more_. 😉
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### Author:  [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)
#### Post date: [August 30, 2012, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scary-awesome-russian-amusement-park-ride/633173/16 "2012-08-30T19:25:47Z")
> [@billfish678](#):
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> Well, they could make it just a bit worse.
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> 1. Move a little faster.
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> 2. Riders aren’t allowed to see how it works. You just get on and THEN you find out.
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> 3. Make sure it makes horrible grinding and breaking sounds and you have the odd “fake” pieces fall off at various intervals here and there. All the while have the operators screaming, running around, and looking like they are frantically trying to shut it down.
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> Yeah, that should do it.
Not enough. Bruce the shark should attack it as it dunks into the water.
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### Author:  [@Yeticus\_Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeticus_Rex)
#### Post date: [August 30, 2012, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scary-awesome-russian-amusement-park-ride/633173/17 "2012-08-30T20:29:11Z")
Love it!..Until it starts riding me…
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### Author:  [@Corcaigh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Corcaigh)
#### Post date: [August 30, 2012, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scary-awesome-russian-amusement-park-ride/633173/18 "2012-08-30T21:30:31Z")
😃
Ah that brought back happy memories! I’ve been on a similar ride in a park in England (it didn’t do the thing where the arms move independently).
So yes, I would go on that!!
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### Author:  [@RedFury](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RedFury)
#### Post date: [August 30, 2012, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scary-awesome-russian-amusement-park-ride/633173/19 "2012-08-30T21:43:59Z")
Looks fun. Sure, I’d ride it.
\*Amusement park – specially roller-coasters – junkie still going @56
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### Author:  [@Bozuit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bozuit)
#### Post date: [August 30, 2012, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scary-awesome-russian-amusement-park-ride/633173/20 "2012-08-30T21:52:39Z")
Doesn’t look that scary as far as some rides go. But no, I wouldn’t ride it. I had an experience of riding something somewhat different , but it still involved being upside down without centrifugal force to keep you in (i.e. it relies on restraints so you don’t die). Unfortunately the restraints sucked so I had to hold on with my feet. I wouldn’t call myself “traumatized” but don’t especially feel the need to do it again either.
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