Fav park smells

My fave has been and always will be the smell of telephone pole TAR!   Yea, you heard me!

Whats that got to do with anything?

Well, whenever I smell that tar they use on telephone poles I think of the Cedar Creek Mine Ride.....

Always have always will, since 1969 when I rode it on it's opening year (yea I'm THAT old!)

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La Rosa's Pizza at PKI!  YUM!
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It's really amazing how much of a "sensory overload" a park is. My aunt and I were talking about how much we really love the way a park smells this summer at Kennywood. It's really a combination of all the smells for me: Grease (for the rides), grease (for the food), sugar, tar, etc.

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*** This post was edited by chris on 12/4/2001. ***

Nice to know there is someone here at least as old as I am! And yes, I remember that smell too, and the bbq chicken from the stand that was taken out to make way for MF.

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Every time I'm at Valleyfair, the chain grease and oil of Wild Thing and Excalibur......    I love that smell!  Also the wood chips by corkscrew!

Of course the cotton candy and funnel cakes, and pretty much all theme park foods.... (especially the Coasters restraunt!)

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At sfgadv did you ever pass the casa de taco near the big chair photo while going to medusa? It smells so bad theres no dumpsters around or anything can someone explain this nasty smell?
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Sam, I know exactly what you mean! :)
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I love the smell of gear grease and heavy oil in the morning! Coal smoke and steam oil do me in also. These are but a few of my favorite smells.

That vaguely musty smell you get in old dark rides.

 

Jeff

The smell of a coaster's chain lift!

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The smell of those little blue things they put in the urinals... heavenly !!!!

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jdancisin, you are a sick sick man... ;)

The dark ride(i forget its name where the looney tunes are catching yosemity sam) at SFOT has a great smell! i dont know how to explain it but hey its great!

-ryan

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I love the smell of the fire in say...Poseidon's Fury or the BGW "enhanced shoot the chutes" (whose name I seem to have lost....)

Magnum in the morning and the smell of the fresh spring rain at CP

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Gina
Magnum Crew 2001
Magnum ATL 2002

Incline looper, I think we've had this conversation about CCMR before. Definately smells good in there.

As other people have said, the smell of a dark ride is truly memorable. Also, when I was younger, I remember the smell of oil in Kiddie Land at Lincoln Park, MA. (Probably from the train.)

In recent times, the smell of BBQ food being prepared in the Crack-Axle Canyon section at SFNE, and the misty tunnels on SROS.

You gotta love chain grease! Best smell hands down. Anything fried is great as well. Least pleasant smell... crushed mayflies. ewww...... :(

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Chain grease is great. Especially on an old coaster like Thunderbolt, where on the path to the entrance, you walk right under the chain, and the smell overwhelms you.

Nothing beats however, the smell of strong chlorine in a water ride's tunnel, especially when they have recently added the chemicals. It adds to the exitement a heap if the main lift hill is enclosed and you smell this all the way up.

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