{"id":208,"date":"2020-01-01T03:45:58","date_gmt":"2020-01-01T03:45:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/parktimes.com\/ptsarticles\/?page_id=208"},"modified":"2020-01-22T05:16:10","modified_gmt":"2020-01-22T05:16:10","slug":"elsombrero","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/parktimes.com\/ptsarticles\/welcome\/sections\/mexico\/elsombrero\/","title":{"rendered":"El Sombrero \u2013 The Hat Ride"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
\n Year Installed: <\/strong>\n\n\n1965\n\n\n\n
Last Year Operated: <\/strong>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Section: <\/strong>\n\n\nMexico\n\n\n\n
Manufacturer: <\/strong>\n\n\nChance Rides\n\n\n\n
Other Names and Nicknames: <\/strong>\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

    The El Sombrero<\/strong><\/em>, or the \u201cHat Ride\u201d as it is known, was first opened in the park in 1965. This makes it the seventh oldest operating ride in the park. Most likely manufactured by Chance Rides, the Hat is a generic carnival ride, often know as the Wagon Wheel, the Tabrant, or the Chaos. The ride is designed to look like a giant Mexican Sombrero. The riders sit is a circle of two adult seats which constitute the rim of the hat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"mxhat1.jpg<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

    The ride begins by spinning around on an off-center axis. As the ride picks up speed, an arm raises the ride in to the air at approximately a 45 degree angle. These leave the riders spinning in all directions, around the circle of the hat, up and down at the angle of the arm, and around the platform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The ride was originally installed at the site of the short lived\u00a0La Cucaracha Roller Coaste<\/a>r<\/a>, in an area next to the current location of the\u00a0Silver Star Carousel<\/a>. It was later moved to its near the\u00a0The La Vibora (Avalanche Bobslide) Ride<\/a>, at the current site of the Tea Cups<\/a>. It’s currently location is at the Border of the Mexico section, near the front gate plaza.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    The ride is currently painted with a yellow base. Earlier, the ride was painted blue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(c) Davis McCown, 1998<\/strong>, JANUARY 1, 2020 by DAVIS_MCCOWN<\/a> (Edit)<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    The El Sombrero, or the \u201cHat Ride\u201d as it is known, was first opened in the park in 1965. This makes it the seventh oldest operating ride in the park. Most likely manufactured by Chance Rides, the Hat is a generic carnival ride, often know as the Wagon Wheel, the Tabrant, or the Chaos. … Continue reading “El Sombrero \u2013 The Hat Ride”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":148,"menu_order":24,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36,43,41],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/parktimes.com\/ptsarticles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/208"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/parktimes.com\/ptsarticles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/parktimes.com\/ptsarticles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parktimes.com\/ptsarticles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parktimes.com\/ptsarticles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=208"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/parktimes.com\/ptsarticles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/208\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1350,"href":"https:\/\/parktimes.com\/ptsarticles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/208\/revisions\/1350"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parktimes.com\/ptsarticles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/148"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/parktimes.com\/ptsarticles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=208"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parktimes.com\/ptsarticles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=208"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parktimes.com\/ptsarticles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=208"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}