The Daily blog of SeeMidTN.com, pictures from Middle Tennessee and nearby cities.
Monday, September 23, 2013
Lake Winnepesaukah's Wave Swinger
This type of ride is my wife's favorite type of amusement park ride. Looking back to her childhood, she fondly remembers riding the Tennessee Waltz out at Opryland. I think everybody knows someone who has a story of losing a shoe or losing their lunch on a ride like this.
From wikipedia:
The swing ride or chair swing ride (sometimes called a swing carousel, wave swinger, yo-yo, Chair-O-Planes or swinger) is a fairground ride that is a variation on the carousel in which the chairs are suspended on chains from the rotating top of the carousel. On some versions, particularly on the Wave Swingers, the rotating top of the carousel also tilts for additional variations of motion.
I took this photo almost 1 year ago, on the last day the theme park was open in 2012. Their last day in 2013 is this upcoming Sunday. (Excluding their Halloween season.)
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