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Spent another excellent day at Europa-Park 🎢

The Fountain of Friendship by the park entrance; the sun still sits low in the blue sky, throwing long shadows across the ground.

Park entrance, decorated with European country pennants.

At night in the background, the EuroMir coaster lit up with Christmas lights; in the foreground, on the ground, a life‑size replica of the EuroMir space station glowing in blue/purple light.

An alley in the park at night: a tree illuminated in green up front, with Christmas trees behind it festooned with little white lights and other seasonal decorations.

Episode 105 "SBNO" released this weekend and it's available at https://sidefriction.com or your favorite podcast platform.

#RollerCoasters #AmusementParks #Podcast #SixFlags

A Jenga tower with each block having the name of a Six Flags park on it. Executives are standing around it as if they were placing bets and Travis Kelce is trying to catch the tower. In the background there is a vault with additional Jenga blocks in it labeled "My Museum". Text on the side says "S B N O" and text at the bottom says "Side Friction Episode 105“

What's a theme park really?

https://youtu.be/pIasolupLxU

#themeparks #kingsisland #rollercoasters

🌶️🔥 Capsaicin, the compound that makes #peppers spicy, hijacks your nervous system by binding to the TRPV1 receptor – the same alarm your body uses to detect actual damage.

Through repeated exposure, your #brain learns the sensation is harmless and under your control, transforming pain into pleasure through a mechanism similar to why people enjoy scary #movies and #rollercoasters.

👉 https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/nov/10/why-do-people-love-spicy-food-even-when-it-hurts-to-eat-it

#neuroscience #food #science #biology #learning #psychology #culture #history

Episode 104 "End of America" released this weekend and aside from the normal news coverage Bob shares his experience visiting Six Flags America on it's last ever operating day. If you haven't listened yet you can find it at https://sidefriction.com or on you favorite podcast platform.

#SixFlagsAmerica #Podcast #RollerCoasters #AmusmentParks

A picture of the top of the plaza entrance/exit at Six Flags America at night with an image of the "Thank you for 50 years of fun" poster that appeared in the park on it's final days which shows the previous names the park operated as. There is also a light switch with an animated hand turning the lights off. The text overlay at the bottom says "Side Friction Episode 104" and at the top says "End of America"

In which we inject some novelty again and the general smarts and breadth of appeal go down. This park's lovely to look at though

https://youtu.be/NGBMATBs5RE

#themeparks #rollercoasters

Episode 102 "Kelce and the Moose" released Saturday night and if you haven't listened yet you can find it at https://sidefriction.com or on your favorite podcast platform.

#ThemeParks #RollerCoasters #Podcast

A 45rpm record and it's sleeve laying on a yellow background. The sleeve has a picture of Travis Kelce standing next to a moose and says "Kelce and the Moose". The record says "Bailout Dreams" and repeats the title "Kelce and the Moose" and the text at the top and bottom of the image says "Side Friction Episode 102"

WET IDIOT

https://youtu.be/I2P0FC7IqH8

#themeparks #rollercoasters #kingsisland #wetidiot

Episode 101 "Small Parks, a Sweatshirt and Some Chickens" released this weekend. You can find it at https://sidefriction.com or on your favorite podcast platform.

#Podcast #RollerCoasters #AmusementParks

Chickens riding in a roller coaster. A sweatshirt can be found on the roller coaster track and various rides found in the background. Text says "Small Parks, a Sweatshirt and Some Chickens" at the top and "Side Friction Episode 101" at the bottom.

I don't think there's a good reason to keep doing this and that's why I'm doing it #redemptionarc #kingsisland #rollercoasters #themeparks https://youtu.be/wSCDifwskQg

Our day at Copenhagen's Tivoli:

https://mmcirvin.dreamwidth.org/513765.html

#rollercoasters

It's finally here. Episode 100 "Do a Line, Get In Line" just released. Thank you for everyone that has been listening weekly. We've brought together everyone who has played a part in getting here to join in this week's conversation.

Check it out now at https://sidefriction.com or wherever you get podcasts.

#RollerCoasters #AmusmentParks #Podcast #100

An image of old roller coaster cars in a warehouse with souvenir cups laying on the floor and in the foreground are the straws from those cups. The entire image is covered in dust. Text says "Side Friction Episode 100“ at the top and "Do a Line, Get In Line"

We just got done recording our 100th episode! We brought everyone back from Coaster Talk and Side Friction and had a blast.

Saturday night you'll get to hear not only from Greg, Ryan, and Bob but also Steph, James and Timmy.

Here's to another hundred!

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#RollerCoasters #AmusementPark #Podcasts

Rutschebanen at Tivoli Gardens, Copenhagen, which I believe is currently the second-oldest operating #rollercoaster in the world, opened 1914.

This is a side-friction coaster, which means it has no upstop wheels holding it vertically to the track (one of the first to have them was Jack Rabbit at Seabreeze which I rode earlier this year), and this one also has a brake operator who rides on a jump seat in the middle of the train.

It's a good ride that actually gives little pops of airtime on some of the drops, remarkably given the mechanics of it (aside from the train having no upstop wheels, the brake operator basically has no restraint either, so obviously it couldn't give too much). I love the old-school rockwork and many dark tunnels too.

#rollercoasters

View from above of Tivoli's Rutschebanen. An imposing fake mountain peeks out from behind fall foliage, with wooden coaster tracks running along dipping ridges in the mountain and into and out of dark holes. A coaster train is ascending one of the dips, with passengers and a brake operator behind the lead car.

Episode 98 "Not the Fountain!" released this weekend. You can find it at https://sidefriction.com or on your favorite podcast platform. RSS is available as well in our profile or at our website.

#AmusementParks #RollerCoasters #Podcast #ThemeParks

Mythos and Mystic Fountain at Universal Islands of Adventure with a wrecking ball hanging in front of it. Text at the top says "Not the Fountain!" and at the bottom it says "Side Friction Episode 98"

Episode 97 "The Ride is Out There" released this weekend. Airtime Myke joins Bob and Ryan in a very strange episode. It's the longest episode yet but potentially one of the most thought provoking. Check it out at https://sidefriction.com or on your favorite podcast platform.

#AmusmentParks #RollerCoasters #ThemePark #ConspiracyTheory #Podcast

An image of 2 people standing with their shadows casting an X in the style of the X-Files. Text at the top says "The Ride is Out There" and text at the bottom says "Side Friction Episode 97"

Episode 95 "Show Me the Weather" released this weekend and is available at https://sidefriction.com and on your favorite podcast platform or via RSS. We talk about Disney, the new ACE documentary, some random smaller stories and, of course, the latest in the saga of Six Flags.

#RollerCoasters #AmusementParks #SixFlags #Podcast

A picture in a dry desert with a guy in a rain coat holding an umbrella with money falling on him from the umbrella. Text says "Show Me the Weather" and "Side Friction Episode 95“

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Last Saturday episode 94 "Electric Mayhem" released and if you haven't listened already you can find it on your favorite podcast platform or at https://sidefriction.com

#RollerCoasters #AmusementParks #Podcast #ThemeParks