HAVE GERMAN WILL TRAVEL Oktoberfest OKTOBERFEST FROM A TO Z Sitten und Gebrauche / Customs and Traditions ·~.. ,.. l~ •- Fahrgeschafte auf der Wies'n (rides at the meadow) 1. Riesenrad (ferris wheel) . Today's Oktoberfest is a record-beater, ., 2. der Toboggan with the emphasis, ori food, drin~--anl' . - ,.,. ' 3. Zuspitzbahn (roller coaster) entertammenL Over 50,000 hektoliters of ~eer ari dn.inf,:_:8~_6,35 De'uts~_hm~rkTa~ 4. Todeswand .later this year._ Up t9 700,000 barbecued:, 5. Teufelsrad (devil's wheel) chickens arid 350,000 grilled ·s·aiisiig'es ~i-'e~ 6. Flip Fly :eaten.;~All M~nich breweries have be.irt '!:~~s}f ~h~ :pkt.?_b,~r(es( ~pec,i.~( :vhtiti~ { 7. Power Tower II 1 1 .t~nsp~rt· f!'_f}~!!.~s . art: laid 1 o.n;,'.,f al.rv"i 8. Parkour g~~ll~- ope~!ors,. 669 of them, ruri.,b,g i d1pper.s, fer:ns wljeels, doclgem·s, and car•.' 9. Techno Power :ousels, withnewei-~'bigger, and more'dar-2 10. Silberturm : jng a~tricti<J#{~y lli,e year:.~11 .~~e~JJ.,e'diirl 11. Hex'n Wipp'n 's~fety, ?,f C?ll-:S~: x~ad!li~~~!_featii-,er~lf,?.ii _lo o ~ .. .!~rge ~.-,~~v~r1~_n, ~ra~s. ,~3;11_~~.•.,~\?gj 12. Olympia Looping dancers, flea circuses, clauvoyarits, _and • 13. das GeisterschloB (haunted castle) rifle ranges.:.:'...aJJ iii,duii of the fair: .'And~ after the Lord Mayor's.show, the garbage.1 14. Skyfall wagon _is at.lh~\~eady;:wi_th_!-'lunic::h g~r{ 15. die Alpina Bahn (roller coaster) bagemen on standby to ·cart off an 0.esli~ 16. Hollenblitz-der Coaster mated 12,000 cubic mele;.-s'of garbage.;,~ 17. die Munchner Rutsch'n (slide) 18. Hippodrome Reitbahn (horse rides) T hen there are the interest­ 19. Wellenflieger Circus Welt ing odds-and-ends our on the fair­ 20. Karussel (merry-go-round) grounds, or "Wiesn," worth search­ 21. Skater ing our durin g your tent hopping. 22. Boat Swing Next to the Schutzen-Festhallc you 23. Schaukel (swing) can iind the "Vogelmeister," a charac­ 24. Flohmarkt (flea circus) ter of a man in traditional dress with 25. Oberschlag (somersault) a handlebar mustache who attracts 26. Go-Kart-Bahn crowds to his booth with expert imi­ 27. Tunnel of Love tations of a wide range of birdcalls, 28. Chair-o-plane Stick around for the audience partici­ 29. Wellenflieger Circus Welt pation and he will show (or attempt 30. Konga to show) how to use h is unique tiny mouthpiece to make these authentic 31. Frisbee bird sounds. 32. Freefall n,,,eam;es n; <~ready to provide fun ofall sort> at the io16 Oktoberfest Tlie Oktllbe.rft<St has alway; ,ported a special mix of high tech and nostalgia_ So it's not just spemcular rides like the"Hollenblit7' or th y'all' but also traditional ms:itutions you will find a lmon nowhere et!e for e-.<ample the 'Tour~:srad the•Kr,nnline or the Zum Sch,chtel vaud~v,lle sh, As many as one hundred fi~y different amusement stands and rides help fill the Wiesn grounds every year, including roller coasters, rides that spin and swing around, Ferris wheels, slides, and more. c;. Triple looping, Brave young men have ample oppurtunities to demonstrate their manly hood by taki11g their dates onto the equivalent of a jet fighter. Near free fall speeds and up to 4 G's await you on some of the rides. Just following the cars on the spaghetti like tracks makes you feel di zzy, daredevils better prove their braveness before settling down in one of the tents. .