i am the blog » coney island http://perrycrowe.com/blog and the blog is me Thu, 01 Jul 2010 19:38:41 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 ghost hole http://perrycrowe.com/blog/ghost-hole/ http://perrycrowe.com/blog/ghost-hole/#comments Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:10:40 +0000 perry http://perrycrowe.com/blog/?p=140 What is a ghost hole?  It’s a nebulous concept.  Webster’s Dictionary defines a “ghost hole” as… well, no, Webster’s Dictionary doesn’t define a ghost hole at all.  It’s the name of a ride at Coney Island.  Wikipedia tells me it used to be called the “hell hole,” but I guess that language wasn’t family friendly enough.  I didn’t even go in the ghost hole, but was mesmerized by this weird animatronic display in front of the ride:

Click here to view the embedded video.

What is going on here?  Is it a suggestion that the ride will make you so scared you will puke and shit violently (if liquidly), basically a complete meltdown of the gastrointestinal system?  I’m going to say yes.

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