Don't Make A Peep On "The Screamer"
A Thrill Ride At Sacramento's Scandia Park Tells Riders To Keep Quiet
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At 168 feet tall and spinning at nearly 60 miles an hour, The Screamer, a thrill ride at the Scandia Family Fun Center is causing an uproar with the neighbors. John Blackstone reports.
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Sacramento's Scandia Park placed a moratorium on making noise on the thrill ride called The Screamer because neighbors complained. (CBS/EARLY SHOW)
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Mike Bayless is one of the neighbors who complained. (CBS/EARLY SHOW)
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Scandia Park wasn't much more than mini-golf until The Screamer opened last month. Scandia's general manager, Steve Baddley, said that people were loudly enjoying the ride and that was trouble. The neighbors didn't appreciate the noise.
"Screaming is a staccato, sharp sound that immediately puts you on alert," neighbor Mike Bayless told CBS News correspondent John Blackstone.
So the rule came down: No screaming on The Screamer. Ride attendants instruct riders to cover their mouths tightly if they felt the need to make noise. Passengers are, Baddley said, "still screaming on the inside." But six stories up it can be a struggle to keep screams inside.
"Don't have a ride called 'Sky Screamer' if you can't scream while you're in the air," one rider said.
To be sure, it's not a quiet neighborhood. There are eight lanes of freeway running through it.
"My complaint isn't solely based on sound," Bayless said, "I mean, this is an eyesore."
Thus, the ride has become 168 feet of silent fear.
"You're not thinking about much other than, 'Get me down and now,' " Baddley said. "It's fantastic."
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- I doubt that such a monstrous park just appears in a quiet low density residential area without an economic basis. If a freeway was needed for all the lemmings who clump together, there is no room to complain about the attendent development.
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- The place has had bumper boats and go-carts too... doubt those gas motors were silent either...
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