Ferris Wheel

Believe it or not, this is one of the scarier if not the scariest ride in the park. Just like the Antique Carousel, this ride has been here since I went as a little kid back in the 80’s.
It looks harmless but as soon as you sit down and the ride operator lifts her foot off the bottom of the base, you literally start leaning backwards like its about to flip over. Of course as soon as the whole thing starts rotating it naturally rocks a little. It rocks the most when you stop because people are getting off and new people are getting on. the couple times we were stopped me and my brother were actually at the highest point. It was within those 60 seconds or so that we realized that this ride was really old. The overall composition of the ride looked like the metal itself was fragile and not really solid. Im just glad I didn’t hear any squeaks or squeals. At least that tells you that they oil it every now and then.
Definitley not a thrill ride and I am not a afraid of heights but everything that I just described actually terrified me a bit.
Unilocal 2015 Review #56
555 overall