The 19th Annual Lemonade Days Festival, sponsored by the Dunwoody Preservation Trust, will thrill festival-goers with the most hair-raising carnival ride in its history when it opens on Wednesday, April 18. Called the Nemesis 360, the ride is not for the faint of heart, for it is without doubt the most stomach-churning ride in the entire country.
Imported from the Netherlands, the Nemesis 360 consists of a hub of three sets of seats, each holding four passengers, that spin and flip while its main arm simultaneously swings from side to side like a giant pendulum and up and around in a circular 360 degrees from the ground up to nearly 80 feet in the sky, where it inverts completely around and upside down. Riders experience substantial hang time while upside-down at the top and crushing G’s at the bottom.
The Nemesis 360 will be joined on the Lemonade Days festival midway by 30 other full-scale carnival rides, including another exciting new ride called Alien Abduction and favorites such as the Flying Dutchman and the Expo Wheel, which also offer fantastic heights.
The five-day event will also feature more than 20 fabulous food-and-beverage vendors, a 5K run, a Country Store, multiple craft vendors, children’s rides, ponies, a petting zoo, three days of center-stage performances with live music and its now-famous Dunwoody Idol contest.
Lemonade Days is Dunwoody Preservation Trust’s major fundraiser, with the profits going to the rehabilitation and maintenance of the historic 1870 Donaldson-Bannister House and Gardens – an historic restoration partnership of the City of Dunwoody, DPT and the community. This year also marks the official opening of the Donaldson-Bannister House as a public special-event and educational facility.
Lemonade Days will run April 18-22, with the following hours of operation:
Wed., April 18, 4pm-10pm
Turs., April 19, 4pm-10pm
Fri., April 20, 4pm-10pm
Sat., April 21, 10am-10pm
Sun., April 22, 12noon-6pm
Wristbands for unlimited rides are available for $20 (Wednesday) and $25 (Thursday-Sunday). Brook Run Park is located at 4770 North Peachtree Road in Dunwoody, Georgia 30338.
For basic information about Lemonade Days, please go to http://dunwoodylemonadedays.org, where $5 wristband discount coupons are available. Weather updates will be provided on Twitter @Lemonadedays.
About DPT:
Founded in 1995, the Dunwoody Preservation Trust is a 501(c)(3) organization committed to the preservation of the history and heritage of the Dunwoody community. A volunteer non-profit organization, the DPT owns and manages the circa 1906 Cheek-Spruill House, Dunwoody’s signature building at the corner of Mt. Vernon and Chamblee Dunwoody roads. Current efforts include the rehabilitation of the Donaldson-Bannister Farm and Gardens, a public park owned by the City of Dunwoody. More information is at https://dunwoodypreservationtrust.org.
