Risks, raves and roller coasters
Earlier this summer I found myself at a theme park, celebrating my son’s birthday. These places have changed very little in some ways since I last visited one about 25 years ago. But the rides seem to have got bigger and a whole lot scarier. The roller coasters aren’t just a straight-forwardly thrilling white knuckle ride; they now have narratives like horror or disaster films, complete with immersive environments, so that even the queues are designed to increase your adre