Thrill seekers are getting a first look at what a ride on Cedar Point‘s newest coaster could feel like! Cedar Point hasn’t earned the nickname “America’s Roller Coast” for nothing. The amusement park has 19 roller coasters, which includes its newest, ‘Siren’s Curse,’ set to open this year. On Monday, Cedar Point posted an animation video to their social media pages. The video runs 1 minute and 20 seconds and shows the view from the ride’s front row. You can see it, HERE. The coaster is billed as the “tallest, longest, fastest ’tilt’ coaster in North America.” The ride climbs a 160-foot hill to a dead-end of the track, which then tilts down, connecting to the rest of the track and sending riders on a 3-thousand-foot ride. The coaster reaches a top speed of 58 miles per hour and features 13 weightless airtime moments. Read more, here. Cedar Point’s opening day this year is Saturday, May 3.
For those who celebrate such things, Groundhog Day is Sunday.
If PETA has any influence, people will just leave Punxsutawney Phil alone.
Their suggestion is to go another way entirely and bring a “weather reveal cake” to the celebration. Ideally, the cake would function similarly to a gender reveal, where someone would cut the cake, and the color inside would tell everyone what the weather will be like. Spoiler alert – whether you believe in a rodent’s shadow or a cake, Spring will still start on March 20th.
Spirit Airlines has tightened up its dress code for passengers, with "offensive" tattoos now on the forbidden list. But what constitutes "offensive" in the case of body art is not spelled out, notes the New York Times. Some of the new changes. Flyers can get booted off a plane if they are "barefoot or inadequately clothed (ie, see-through clothing; not adequately covered; exposed breasts, buttocks, or other private parts) or whose clothing or article, including body art, is lewd, obscene, or offensive in nature," according to the rules, per NBC News. The airline did not specify why it updated the rules, though the move comes a few months after two women said they were kicked off a flight because they were wearing crop tops. Would crop tops now qualify as "inadequately covered?" It's tough to say. Still, the Times notes that Spirit's language, while vague in parts, goes into more detail than the rules at other major airlines.