- An amusement park on the theme of the Belle Époque has been set up in the garden of the Cimiez arenas.
- Its inventor Jean-Pierre Speidel replaced the motors with manual mechanisms.
- Perents and grandparents are used to run the rides instead of looking at their screens.
Her imagination has no limits. The whimsical Niçois Jean-Pierre Speidel imagined an amusement park with parental propulsion in the garden of the arenas of Cimiez, in Nice, to reconnect the link between the adults and their offspring.
“When I go to the fun fair, I see parents who get rid of their children and who stick their noses on their smartphones. They must not consider amusement parks as a daycare center, ”criticizes the creator of the World Festival of Fantastic Records.
Wrist strength
To develop this park dedicated to the Belle Époque, Jean-Pierre Speidel recovered elements of old rides, which he then tinkered with. In order to claim to be “100% green”, the motors were removed in favor of gears and manual mechanisms.
Parents (and grandparents) must push the cute swings, turn the crank of the flying chairs or hold the bar to rock a small four-seater boat. “Here they contribute. It makes them work out in the gym, ”says the former director of the museum of curiosity and the unusual in Nice.
Shows (which change during each holiday period) are also organized under a marquee, next to a caravan. "AAAAAaaaaahhh! He's there! Strident howls resound at the sight of the wolf, during the performance of Guignol. Children are having a blast. The parents' eardrums are bleeding. At the end of the session, a mother and her son were unanimous: “It was too good! "
#Guignol is still as popular with children. This representation was given under the marquee of the parental propulsion amusement park, at # Nice06.
NB: Tinnitus guaranteed if you listen to it through headphones 🎧 pic.twitter.com/BqKbS0C7qU
A dream life
Insatiable huckster, Jean-Pierre Speidel draws his inspiration from his childhood dreams. “My mother brought me to the fairgrounds in Paris. There was the fairground, the merry-go-rounds and these rides that were so beautiful. Today, there is no longer that dream of yesteryear. "
The speech of the former artistic director of the Partouche group even becomes political when he addresses his action that some might accuse of being of an outdated nostalgia: "You know, faced with a world of brutes and violence, it is important to dream. The greatest reward anyone can give me is to be told "You made me dream." "
In addition to his two other parks at Castel des Deux rois and Carol from Romania, the Divertissements 06 coordinator would now like to set up a parenting carousel in the city center of Nice.
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