After eating Chinese takeout in the food court of Destiny USA the other day before taking in the movie for my weekly film review blog for the Syracuse New Times site, an odd new addition to the space caught my eye.
Somebody is climbing in that?
What might be that big ball over there, wondered I?
I had to take a closer look after finishing my last sip of Diet Lemon Snapple and wiping my chin.
KIds are in that thing.
Oh, yes, there are two young people strapped inside that ball.
And the worker is making sure that they are secured tightly before closing it up, giving it a mighty manual spin, and flipping a switch on an electronic box.
Hope you liked your dinner. Now say goodbye.
And off it went spinning in place, fast.
The gathered crowd took pictures with their phones, same as me.
I snapped two, then beat my retreat before something let loose from the spinning sphere.
What an odd attraction to place in the food court was my thought as I took the escalator up to the movie theater complex.
Would you consider riding on the spinning ball at any time of the day? What do you think about this new phenomena of putting rides in mall food courts? Popeyes chicken, Boston Market chicken, Arby’s roast beef, Taco Bell, Sbarro’s, Wendy’s or Chinese takeout before “Let’s Be Cops” for you?
Mark Bialczak 
Looks like great fun…but o my on an empty stomach!
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Definitely not with burger aboard, Amanda! Good to see you. I owe you a visit, my friend.
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WOW! That looks like SO MUCH FUN!!!! I want that thing in my house! Now, I really have to take a road trip to Syracuse! See you soon! (Oh, and Taco Bell or Chinese.) 😀
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I like the Beef Mexi Melt, Rachel, hot sauce packet. See you soon!
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On my way! 😀
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no no no no no no no no no. and chinese takeout.
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I have to admit this is the lamest Chinese place I’ve ever had the misfortune (cookie) to eat the food from, Kerbey. Ick.
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okay. Wendy’s.
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I would spin in a ball at any given time of day just for the fun of it. But putting contraptions in food courts and restaurants….I think they’ll be sorry. Only because food may reappear from consumers if riding the ride after eating.
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Yes, CBXB. The words “food” and “reappear” should never appear in the same sentence.
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None of this for me and I think it is rather strange to feature such an attraction after the possibility that the rider would have just eaten a mean. I am sure the janitorial staff loves this one! Yikes!
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oops meal! I meant meal! LOL Can’t take that one back!
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Yeah, Upmom, mean mop work needed again in the sphere aisle!
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I’d commandeer that thing and get to spinning. I’d spin like a mother. I would be a speed fiend. They razed my Arby’s too and I miss it. And my KFC is gone and mcdonalds has been razed to rebuild McDonald’s universal building with play area. Dangit, i miss my iced mocha, fries and burger.
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They are either knocking down or building up your entire fast food universe, Apple PIe. Yeesh. You do need a fast spin in a small sphere.
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Not for me. Nope! I avoid most rides except the tamest ones. You’re right, Mark. It does seem an odd placement for a ride. Knowing kids. Food and a really fast ride – bad combo. 😉
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Now all the food stands have to hand out those little plastic bibs to everybody …
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That doesn’t make sense. At all.
Um……. Arbys. Curly fries!
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Yum. Arby’s anything. With barbecue sauce on the sandwich and ketchup on the curlies.
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It looked like it was spinning mighty fast.
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Very fast Kim!
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Yuk! Maybe they had done something their parent didn’t approve of?!
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Punishment at the food court! That might be the case, Rachel!
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maybe i should invest in one! then the lap top would be all mine!
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What the what? Seriously? I have seen these at some outdoor fairs but never indoors or near food. Interesting, indeed. 🙂
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I wouldn’t go on this anywhere, Mrs. B!
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Oh, I have never done well, with rotating and circling rides! I am great at the tall drops which somehow aren’t upsetting my equilibrium, Mark! I liked your idea of asking what rides are in malls, wanted to tell you that inside the Marion/Southland Mall which still has a few stores left, including Elder Beermans and Sears, they have a theater and several of those little rides, which are not like stomach turners! I have taken my grandies to them, using my supply of quarters up, while they slowly go up and down on a horse, round and round on a two person animal carousel and they have fun on these, then get off and run to the little play area in the mall that is padded and quite like an obstacle course. There is my longest comment today! Smiles, Robin
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That is good, to have play areas for the grandies. That’s a mall with rides suited for a food court, I think, Robin!
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Oh, you may really laugh at this, but this mall is so small it doesn’t have a food court! ha ha! I am glad you like play areas for grandchildren, someday in the future, you may be like me, buying a coffee and sitting on a bench watching a little one (or 2). Smiles, Robin
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I hope so, Robin!
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The ball and then Chinese, yes…only in that order.
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Smart order, Aud. Ha!
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Perhaps it’s a new form of weight loss Mark? As I am sure I would lose the contents of my stomach on that ball!
As for your question, I’m really not a fan of fast food, although occasionally I have to satisfy my craving for French fries!
Diana xo
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Now I want french fries. Thanks, Diana!
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Haha me too!
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Food snob that I am, there a quite enough stomach turners in the food court already – I don’t need a machine! LOL!!
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Peach of a comment, Barbara!
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Oh, hell no.
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We have taken our stance, Jennifer!
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I wouldn’t have even got in that spinning deathtrap when I was a youngster! Just looking at your picture makes me want to hurl…..
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Yes, indeed. Yucko, ESN.
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stomach turned
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Indeed, Martha!
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this is my worst nightmare and why in the food court area? i suppose it is no worse than eating elephant ears and carnival food and then going on the tilt-a-whirl. even looking at the picture made me a bit dizzy ) no way for me!
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Yes, it is like the fair-goers doing those sorts of rides after wolfing down goodies. I wouldn’t do that, either, Beth!
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I would not ride the ball in the mall. Not me says she!
And of the choices listed, today I would choose Arby’s, get some bbq and horseradish sides. 🙂
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Arby’s sounds like a winner to me, no ball rides included, Colleen!
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Whoa horsey! Absolutely, positively, undoubtably not the ball for me. But, hey, to each his/her own. If it draws kids, then why not? Although I’d have to look away while eating. Gulp!
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The spinning got me some, it did, Paul. Uck.
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you have such pleasant and active blog!!!
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This surely was an active ride, but not so pleasant to me, mihrank!
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