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Title: The sickest theme park ever? Tourists flock to experience real-life CREMATION in ‘death simulator’ at Chinese amusement park
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Daily Mail Online
URL Source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/peo ... or-Chinese-amusement-park.html
Published: May 9, 2015
Author: Edward Chow
Post Date: 2015-05-09 15:13:24 by cranky
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Views: 397
Tourists around the world are being drawn to a bizarre 'death simulator' at a Chinese amusement park, that offers you the chance to experience cremation. The ride, called 'The Cremator', offers the morbidly curious to opportunity to find out what it might feel like to be cremated using a system of hot air and light projections. But punters at the 'Window of the World' amusement park must first be settled into their temporary coffins, according to the People's Daily Online. Scroll down for video Punters settle into a coffin to enjoy the 'cremation' experience at the Window of the World amusement park All those who experience the ride emerge covered in sweat, and many swore they were 'never coming back' The Window of the World park is a 'cultural theme park' in Shenzhen that boasts an incredible range of attractions crammed into its 48 hectares. Among these are an astonishing 130 models of the world's most famous landmark attractions in miniature, including Buckingham Palace, the Eiffel Tower, the Colosseum, the Leaning Tower of Pisa and Mount Rushmore. But the park has branched out to include oddities such as 'The Cremator'. The experience begins with a journey through the 'morgue', following which they are placed in a coffin and put on a conveyor belt. A conveyor belt carries visitors through chambers of hot air and light projections to simulate flames After emerging the visitors are free to enjoy the other attractions of the park, including 130 of the world's most famous attractions in miniature They are then carried through a chamber filled with hot air, to simulate the flames used during cremation. Screams and shrieks echo through the chamber, and everyone who tries the ride comes out drenched in sweat. Although whether the sweat is from fear or from the extreme heat has not been made clear. 'I am never coming back,' said a number of women on leaving the ride, while laughing nervously. Another added: 'It was horrifying.' Monuments in miniature are also a big draw of the park, including the Piazza San Marco in Venice, and the Eiffel Tower 'The experience was quite good,' added another park-goer. 'Quite good fun.' Staff at the ride said that the 'cremation' effect is actually a clever use of hot air machines, which pump out air at 40 degrees Celsius. The staff explained that the customers who are passing through the ride feel a sudden blast of hot air, 'which makes them feel as though they are being cremated'. 
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