What would you say if I told you that there was a place you could dine where your feet wouldn’t touch the ground during your entire meal?
Interested?
If I told you that it would require eating at a table suspended 165 feet in the air with chairs that swivel 180 degrees would you still be game?
Then grab your appetites because the “Dinner in the Sky,” attraction is making its U.S. debut Monday in Orlando at the annual International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions convention.
More than 25,000 industry insiders are expected to gather at the one-stop-shopping event, where new thrill rides are introduced to amusement park owners. They are the ones who will decide if the high-flying dining ride is installed at an amusement park or other popular travel spot near you.
“Dinner in the Sky” is already a hit overseas after being introduced in Europe last year. The ride consists of a platform suspended from a crane. Riders are harnessed into 22 seats, with space in the center for a chef and two helpers.
The designers of the dangling restaurant dream of installing the ride at various American landmarks, including the Grand Canyon and Niagara Falls. Though, I’m not sure how much business they will see given the cost for eight hours is about $11,500 — not including catering.
This next wacky attraction doesn’t cost nearly as much as “Dinner in the Sky.” In fact, as long as you have a sense of humor you can get in for free.
Pasadena, California’s 30-somethingth Occasional Doo Dah Parade gets underway a week from today. For those of you unfamiliar with the popular parade about everything and nothing, this event has absolutely no cohesive theme or purpose. The “occasional” (as opposed to annual) Doo Dah Parade attracts more than 45,000 people each year and spoofs the pageantry of the annual Rose Parade, held each New Year’s Day in another part of Pasadena. And to prove that the event is legit, in 2004, Reader’s Digest voted the pre-Thanksgiving festival the Best Parade in America.
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