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Mom to theme parks: Get Haystack Dryers!

Posted by ThemeParkMom on November 19, 2008 | No Comments

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One of Theme Park Mom’s tenets is that you plan for getting wet at a theme park by wearing lightweight clothing, bringing a change of clothes or a bathing suit, etc. But what if you could get your family dry almost as quickly as they got wet?

Enter the U.K.-company Haystack Dryers. The dryers are on display at an Orlando convention for amusement park operators this week. They use infra-red lamps to dry you and your clothing in minutes after that wet ride. The company says the theme-park version will dry a family of five.

A number of theme parks in Europe provide the dryers. There’s often a charge of about $2 to use them. Unless it’s a very hot day, I’d gladly pay $2 to get my family dry. How about you?

The dryers were installed at Dollywood earlier this fall. Theme Park Mom hopes this trend sweeps the U.S.!