Blue Flash Lives!

[warfelg]

 

[Zachary]

I know everyone likes a good redemption story... but maybe we coulda found a better place to send these things... like, you know, the Roller Coaster Museum? Why are we excited about tainting Blue Flash and Blue Too with this sketchy-as-fuck PR nightmare of a place? Death may have been a far more charitable option.

[…] The attraction features political and religious statements, such as President Obama's head mounted on a wall. […]

[…] This year's talking point has been an upside-down, reversed American flag displayed above the attraction. […]

[…] Some other controversial components of the attraction include:

• A suicide via shotgun -- Ballinger inserts a shotgun in his mouth and pulls the trigger.
• A demon birth during which a pregnant woman is hit with a sledgehammer. The baby is knocked from the woman's womb.
• Scenes from the Sept. 11 terrorist attack projected outside the building […]
• Nuns bearing Swastikas […]

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/weird/2015/10/23/haunted-hoochie-sparks-controversy/74475794/

A Halloween venue in Ohio that held a “Swastika Saturday” the day a gunman opened fire at a Jewish synagogue in Pittsburgh killing 11 said “we screwed up big time.”

Haunted Hoochie in Pataskala put out a Facebook promotional post that day referring to “Swastika Saturday.” The owner says it’s the traditional last day of the season when some actors paint swastikas on themselves. […]

Halloween venue hosts 'Swastika Saturday' on day of shooting

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A Halloween venue in Ohio that held a "Swastika Saturday" the day a gunman opened fire at a Jewish synagogue in Pittsburgh killing 11 said "we screwed up big time." Haunted Hoochie in Pataskala put out a Facebook promotional post that day referring to "Swastika Saturday."...

apnews.com

I’m pretty anti-Haunt-censorship but holy shit guys, this is just so goddamn trashy. I can’t even begin to understand. It ain’t a good look. Not at all.

 

[Dombot]

...welp. ?

 

[Jonesta6]

To be honest, I'm really curious if they're going to be able to get it certified for public rides.

Also, watching the video I was kind of half expecting a gathering of juggalos based on the descriptions of that sort of event a buddy sometimes goes to.

 

[Zachary]

To be honest, I'm really curious if they're going to be able to get it certified for public rides.

I’ll lose all faith in Ohio ride inspections if they do.

 

[warfelg]

I know everyone likes a good redemption story... but maybe we coulda found a better place to send these things... like, you know, the Roller Coaster Museum? Why are we excited about tainting Blue Flash and Blue Too with this sketchy-as-fuck PR nightmare of a place? Death may have been a far more charitable option.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/weird/2015/10/23/haunted-hoochie-sparks-controversy/74475794/

Halloween venue hosts 'Swastika Saturday' on day of shooting

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A Halloween venue in Ohio that held a "Swastika Saturday" the day a gunman opened fire at a Jewish synagogue in Pittsburgh killing 11 said "we screwed up big time." Haunted Hoochie in Pataskala put out a Facebook promotional post that day referring to "Swastika Saturday."...

apnews.com

I’m pretty anti-Haunt-censorship but holy shit guys, this is just so goddamn trashy. I can’t even begin to understand. It ain’t a good look. Not at all.

I'm with you that I hate where it went.

But:
Given it's not a certified ride, never has been inspected, and was SBNO; my guess is he sold it more because someone just offered him a dollar amount he couldn't refuse than actually liking where it went.

 

[belsaas]

The whole time I watched that, I was thinking about the ethics of exposing so many eyes to that place. Like, some people that wouldn't have heard about it before are now going to be interested.