Half a croissant, on a plate, with a sign in front of it saying '50c'
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Mr. Yuk's disgusting ride

Find sights, sounds, and smells that make you sick and sell tickets.
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I remember reading about King Arthur or some fabled hero going to a cave of meat and innards (some long past the sell by date) and just the reading of it making me feel queasy.

Snakes, spider, sulfur and rancid smells, Something for everyone. A coroner is not going to mind dead bodies, but something will turn his gorge.

Have a train with 1st and 2nd class seating going through 20+ rooms of things in quantity that scare, disgust, annoy. One class open so things can spay or drip or drop onto the passengers. The other class isolated and air conditioned. But which class can you charge more for?

Boys to the right girls to the left - So headless Barbie dolls, and GI Joe s in drag offend the proper group.

Plenty of puke bags and gross/goth ride attendants to help set the mood.

http://www.chp.edu/CHP/mryuk

popbottle, Aug 11 2013

Mr.Yuk http://www.chp.edu/CHP/mryuk
Yuk's web page. He has a song and you can get free stickers! [popbottle, Aug 11 2013]

Mr.Yuk http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._Yuk
Letting children know that they probably should be drinking him [mofosyne, Aug 13 2013]

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       The re-creation of the Viking city if Joric at the Viking Center in York prides itself on simulating not just the sights and sounds but also the smells of 10th Century life-- including the latrine. It's pretty realistic, although I was more impressed with the simulated forge smell.
Alterother, Aug 11 2013
  

       This is like the tunnel Willy Wonka takes the children through on the tour of his chocolate factory?
rcarty, Aug 11 2013
  

       Erm..Baker Street station, Circle/District line platform. the west end of the platform there is like a bridge over the tracks. This has served as gentleman's urinal since time immemorial. It's practically urea molecules packed shoulder to shoulder.   

       For another olfactory extravaganza try any of the small streets west or north of Chinatown on a summer morning. I found some poop there, which given the size, was definitely not out of the back of a dog.   

       Top prize for foreign location is the roadhouse between Cairo and Dahab in the Sinai. The toilets there can be smelt though the glass windows of the coach.
not_morrison_rm, Aug 11 2013
  

       Any town or city that has a paper factory in it! The whole town stinks.
xandram, Aug 11 2013
  

       Having dwelt in Wolverhampton for three years(in my youth)...my friend down the road was in between the brewery and the tyre factory. Apparently the worst was when the wind combined the odours.
not_morrison_rm, Aug 11 2013
  

       Take the train through Widnes on a hot day with a light breeze.
8th of 7, Aug 11 2013
  

       I was entirely shocked at the Mt Yuk website's libellous portrayal of carbon monoxide as being the "Silent Killer". Not one successful prosecution has been brought against carbon monoxide.
not_morrison_rm, Aug 11 2013
  

       // Any town or city that has a paper factory in it! //   

       I take it you've been to Stinkin' Lincoln, [Xandra]?
Alterother, Aug 11 2013
  

       It's always a notable discovery whether from man or beast.
rcarty, Aug 12 2013
  

       Modeled ride after Disney: Mr. Toad's Wild Ride or It's a small world after all
popbottle, Aug 12 2013
  

       Yuck.
FlyingToaster, Aug 12 2013
  

       You could always take a tour of a pink slime factory...
RayfordSteele, Aug 12 2013
  

       Mr Yuk is mean, and Mr Yuk is green, but that is his job and his motives are the best. He is trying to save the lives of little children. I think he would be hurt to find himself associated with all that is revolting and repulsive.   

       I have heard that the backstory of Mr Yuk may be interesting - I think he did not see wider use because of moneygrubbingness of his owners, leading to spinoffs like Officer Ug, and ultimately nihilism for the prospect of saving kids from poison.
bungston, Aug 12 2013
  

       AND what well known comic or celebrity would you suggest?   

       Pig Pen Adams Family Mr. Natural ?   

       Getting the legal right to use Mr. Yuk to promote such a ride would be expensive and would limit the scope of things on display.   

       An entire Amusement Park near here shut down, because the new owner's were too cheap to buy the old name when they bought the park. The new park mascot was almost the same, but people wouldn't bother going though almost nothing changed.
popbottle, Aug 13 2013
  

       If the old owners sold it I suspect the park had problems beforehand.
RayfordSteele, Aug 13 2013
  

       I tried to hate this idea. [+]
Voice, Aug 13 2013
  
      
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