The Tilt-A-Whirl is a near-perfect blend of chaos and skill. Most amusement park rides have two problems: they are devoid of randomness and your participation usually starts and ends with getting in and holding on. No matter how exciting the ride is, you're usually stuck with what you might call a passive experience. You don't have those problems with the Tilt-A-Whirl.
Tilt-A-Whirl Randomness
You never know which way your car is going to spin. If you sit there and try to do nothing, one minute you could be spinning clockwise and the next minute you're spinning the other way.
You never know which way your car is going to spin. If you sit there and try to do nothing, one minute you could be spinning clockwise and the next minute you're spinning the other way.
Tilt-A-Whirl Control
The person at the controls can affect your spin at certain times if they want to, but skillful riders can also:
1. Influence the direction of the spin during lulls.
2. Make their car spin faster.
3. Help to defuse the spin in some cases if they are riding with someone who starts to feel sick to their stomach.
The person at the controls can affect your spin at certain times if they want to, but skillful riders can also:
1. Influence the direction of the spin during lulls.
2. Make their car spin faster.
3. Help to defuse the spin in some cases if they are riding with someone who starts to feel sick to their stomach.
Tilt-A-Whirl Tip for Newbies
You can try to get your car to spin in the direction you'd like during lulls, but if your car seems to be favoring a certain direction, it's usually best to go with the flow. If you don't fight it and choose to help it along, the ride will usually be more enjoyable since you'll get faster spins.
Tilt-A-Whirl Tips for Wimps
1. If spinning fast makes you sick, don't get on the Tilt-A-Whirl.
2. Stay away from the Tilt-A-Whirl if you hate the uncertainty that randomness provides.
3. When you don't want to ride the Tilt-A-Whirl because of one of the reasons above, but someone talks you into it anyway, watch the cars while standing in line. Sometimes one of the cars will be kind of a dud. It just doesn't seem to want to spin that much. Keep your eye on that car and try to be the first to grab it when you're let in.
4 comments:
I really didin't know tilt-a-whirls existed any longer. I'd moved on to the spinning teacups at Disney. Your blog brought back memories...so where do you fall on the continuum of tilt-a-whirlers? whimp, newbie, or reckless abandon whirler?
for me i would have to say...reckless abandoned whirler...i think.
I dare you to ride with Katie sometime. She can make even the most avid whirlers want to hurl!
I have never been on one. Now I want to go find a carnival.
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