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Over on my humor blog, I'm Reviewing _Popeye and Son_, Episode 13: Damsel in Distress, the finale of the series! Am I done reviewing this obscure and little-loved cartoon? You'd think, wouldn't you? But you'd also think I was done with Kennywood pictures from July and I'm not nearly there yet. Have some pictures of a signature ride here:
Walking back underneath Steel Curtain, a shot that as I caption it I realize I've used like twelve times already this photo group.
The roller coaster is the centerpiece of the Steelers Country section, although I can't remember any attractions in the area besides the coaster, the gift shop, and a giant football helmet you can get photos in. We failed to get any daytime photos in it.
Well, over to Noah's Ark, another all-but-vanished ride that Kennywood holds on to. You see the boat up above there, which is actually rocking, but what does the whale bring to the proceedings?
The back of the whale, and a goofy worm joke. The railing up above there is for people walking through a non-rocking section (the rocks) to the rocking section (the boat, which is to say, not the rocks).
Here you can see a group of people about to enter the rocking ship and the second half of the attraction.
So here's what the whale adds to things: you enter through its mouth, giving the ride that important starting element of vore! Happy esophagus!
Right up front are these boxes. I question the historical plausibility of a pre-Colombian Exchange ship having both potatoes and bananas.
The various boxes have gimmicks to produce sounds and other effects suggestive of what's in them, which is why crickets and cats are up front and potatoes are in the unreachable backdrop.
Skunks get you a little puff of air, if you dare.
Since you walk through, you have the time to pause and take pictures of stuff, but it all comes out like this. I think it's from a giant spider lurking over top of something but we'll have to wait for the KennyKon where you get a lights-on tour of the ride to know.
And here I'm up to the railing already, getting a few seconds outside and the chance to see the park from above-ish. The back of the whale is in front here.
Another view from the walkway, and you can see the curl of the whole whale there.
Trivia: The word ``causeway'' is a concatenation of ``causey way''. ``Causey'' comes from Old North French's cauciée (in Modern French, ``chaussée'', as in ``rez-de-chaussée'', ground floor). This likely derives from the Medieval Latin ``via calciata'', paved highway. The root ``calx'' may refer to either limestone (as in the word which gives us 'calculus') or heel (as in the thing using the road). Source: Webster's Dictionary of Word Origins, Editor Frederick C Mish.
Currently Reading: Around the World in Eighty Games: From Tarot to Tic-Tac-Toe, Catan to Chutes and Ladders, a Mathematician Unlocks the Secrets of the World's Greatest Games, Marcus Du Sautoy.
