This week, I learned about the dearly departed Fly Over slide at the Duinrell amusement park in the Netherlands. From 1994 to 2010, a waterslide which completely submerged the rider was in operation. You can click to watch a very unsatisfying video of the whole thing.1 Better, though, is Barry Petchesky’s demand that the Fly Over be rebuilt and used to drown him.
Unlike boring, standard, “safe” waterslides, the water was not merely a lubricant to help riders go faster have “fun,” but filled the tube to the brim and completely submerged anyone brave enough to ride it, and generated tangible anxiety in anyone who even heard about it.
I can vouch for that anxiety.
Footnotes:
The video is archived here. ↩︎
