The shouting mitigation guidelines proposed by the California theme park association also apply to indoor attractions and shows. All those airborne particles could fly onto riders in the rear seats. The concern in the “new normal” world of COVID-19 are the microscopic droplets of saliva released from riders’ mouths when they let loose a heart-stopping scream just as the coaster crests over the top of the lift hill. So much so that the shrieks of summer are often incorporated into the very names of the coasters: Rebel Yell at Virginia’s Kings Dominion, Great American Scream Machine at Six Flags Over Georgia, Hoot N’ Holler at Six Flags Darien Lake in New York and Howler at Indiana’s Holiday World. Roller coasters and screaming go together like theme parks and funnel cakes. The Greenland amusement park in Japan offers screaming stickers that visitors can adhere to their masks in lieu of yelling. The East Japan and West Japan Theme Park Associations represent major theme parks such as Tokyo Disneyland and Universal Studios Japan along with coaster-centric amusement parks like Fuji-Q Highland and Nagashima Spa Land.įuji-Q Highland near Tokyo instructed coaster riders to “scream inside your heart” with an online video of stern-faced amusement park executives on the 80-mph Fujiyama coaster that went viral. No screaming on California roller coasters and thrill rides, theme park association recommendsĪ Japanese theme park industry group proposed a ban on screaming, shouting and yelling on the country’s roller coasters in the organization’s Guidelines to Prevent the Spread of Infection of the Novel Coronavirus.
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