Park officials hope the no-scream rule will minimize possible spread of the coronavirus.
actions such as coughing and screaming will spread the disease.College student Rika Matsuura thinks the new no-scream rule will be hard to enforce at places like“There’s just no way not to scream,” she told The Wall Street Journal. “It’s kind of torture to be back at your favorite place in the world and to not be able to scream and enjoy everything 100%.”
In order to give customers guidance on how to avoid screaming, the Fuji-Q Highland park in Fujiyoshida made a video showing two top executives sitting stone-faced on a coaster zipping around at 80 miles an hour. See the video below: “We received complaints that the theme park association’s request to not make loud noises was impossible and too strict. That’s why we decided to release the video,” a Fuji-Q spokesman said.
The video ends with the line , “Please scream inside your heart” ― an instruction Twitter users found, well, amusing: Japan’s theme parks have banned screaming on roller coasters because it spreads coronavirus. “Please scream inside your heart.”
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