Titanic Adventure Fun Slide

[morosco]

Posted: 9/25/09 at 2:56pm

I find this a little offensive. What's next? World Trade Center bungee jump?

[SNAFU]

Posted: 9/25/09 at 3:14pm

I so want that at my next birthday party!
Or the Triangle Shirt and Waistcoat Factory Funhouse!

[Reginald Tresilian]

Posted: 9/25/09 at 3:17pm

We're having a clown dressed as Pol Pot!

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 9/25/09 at 3:25pm

Well, I guess if it was a choice between that and the Hindenberg hot air balloon ride, I'd take the slide.

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 9/25/09 at 3:27pm

Classy.

[PalJoey]

Posted: 9/25/09 at 3:29pm

I'm arranging for the "Pan Am Flight 103--Let's Try to Emerge from the Wreckage" O-Rama for my next party.

[morosco]

Posted: 9/25/09 at 3:35pm

And I guess this is the deluxe slide. It comes with an iceberg.

[HollyGolightly2]

Posted: 9/25/09 at 3:52pm

^ And it looks like it also comes with no lifeboats! Props for being historically accurate!


I just ordered a Berlin Wall inflatable rock climb for my birthday.

[PalJoey]

Posted: 9/25/09 at 3:57pm

Missy Golightly, TEAR DOWN THAT WALL!!!

[HollyGolightly2]

Posted: 9/25/09 at 4:08pm

Hell no! I paid $200 to rent it for the ENTIRE DAY! I'm gettin' my money's worth!
Updated On: 9/25/09 at 04:08 PM

[TheatreDiva90016]

Posted: 9/25/09 at 4:27pm

What?

Too soon?

[singtopher]

Posted: 9/25/09 at 8:07pm

Women and Children slide down first. Steerage occupants must jump off the top and hope for the best.

[JerseyGirl2]

Posted: 9/25/09 at 8:18pm

I have seen these multiple times. Each time I remark how tacky it is. lol

[best12bars]

Posted: 9/25/09 at 8:40pm

I'm holding out for the Princess Diana bumper cars!

[misschung]

Posted: 9/25/09 at 8:44pm

There you go.

I've seen this before. Actually, they also have a Titanic cat tree, believe it or not.

This could possibly pass for being delightfully campy if it wasn't for all the victims of that tragedy.

Ladies and gentlemen, step right up to try to World Trade Center bungee jump!

[BwayTday]

Posted: 9/25/09 at 9:26pm

If only hitting an actually iceberg was that fun! I have decided, I will have this and Berlin Wall rock climb for my next birthday! It could be a theme!

but really, I have seen these before, but never really thought about how horribly tacky it is.

[morosco]

Posted: 9/26/09 at 12:12am

Challenger Space Shuttle Slide?

[morosco]

Posted: 9/26/09 at 12:22am

Tsunami Slide.

[morosco]

Posted: 9/26/09 at 12:24am

Shark Attack Slide.

[BwayTday]

Posted: 9/26/09 at 12:25am

these fun-house companies are making bank on these horrible events, brillant!

I'm thinking natural diaster candy next.

[morosco]

Posted: 9/26/09 at 12:33am

[HollyGolightly2]

Posted: 9/26/09 at 1:41am

What a lovely party gift this Titanic transformer would make!



Updated On: 9/26/09 at 01:41 AM

[WishingOnlyWounds2]

Posted: 9/26/09 at 12:42pm

Unfortunately that slide is nothing new, I remember when I was younger right after the movie came out at a church carnival; they had one of those, I was so excited. It never dawned on me back then how disrespectful it was.

[best12bars]

Posted: 9/26/09 at 1:33pm

I must confess to owning TITANIC, the board game. It was a gag gift from a friend of mine on my birthday.



I was horrified.

Then we actually played it on the spot, you know, because of the "wrongness" factor. We first made a big pitcher of margaritas, then put on one of the Gold Collection Loony Tunes DVD sets, and had ourselves a tacky time navigating through this tragic, historical event.

The object of the game is to gather up all these items first: your health certificate, room key, jewelry, life jacket, etc., then you pay your way into First Class, and make it into a lifeboat before the ship sinks.

Fun! And totally wrong.

And I loved playing it. In fact, we went through a good period where at least once every couple of weeks, we would drag out this game, the cartoon DVDs, pour the margaritas, and enjoy being morally hideous and completely disconnected from reality in our living room.

I know that humor can be a natural coping mechanism for dealing with the uglier sides of life. This "bad joke" ran its course soon enough, and the game hasn't been touched in years now.

Oh, and it wasn't meant to be "funny" either! There's nothing blatantly irreverent or campy about it. Almost like the creators were oblivious to how horrible the concept really was. And it says, "Ages 7 and up" on the box. Disturbing.

It does make me wonder how soon it will be before we see games for 9/11, Princess Diana, and (God forbid), even the Holocaust.

[James885]

Posted: 9/26/09 at 1:48pm

I've seen those types of Titanic slides before. One of my neighbors actually rented one for a party a while back. It never occurred to me that it was disrespectful.