Shakedown
I liked one midway ride I saw. It was like a giant ice-cube tray, but carrying people instead of ice cubes. Supports carried the tray from its ends. Gears within the supports allowed the tray to be spun on its longitudinal axis.

The concept was simple. The tray was carried out over an area open only to carnival personnel, then inverted. I could hear coins, cell phones, and personal belongings falling out of people's pockets onto the pavement below (where grasping carnies lurked in the shadows). For separating cash from customer in an efficient manner, there was no better ride on the midway!
(Perv With A Dog had his eyes pecked out by scrub jays on, Fri 10 Jun 2011, 19:51, 1 reply)

That sounds a lot like "Submission" at Alton Towers
Never twigged that hidden benefit when I was there though!
(FirstBendBunching All four back please..., Fri 10 Jun 2011, 22:51, closed)