"When do we get to the ride?"

"Ah no! A power outage! Now we are stuck on it."

lol such a simple life back then

"An escalator can never break. It can only become stairs."

"Escalator temporarily stairs. Sorry for the convenience."

As long as children aren’t allowed on it

Shit now I feel pretentious and snobby for not enjoying my escalator rides more.

I have a 6 and 3 year old. They love an escalator ride (and window elevator). We can go to the mall and kill an hour or 2.

This is old footage of the last wooden escalator in Boston's subway system.

Your time code is messed up. It starts just AFTER the wooden escalator part.

"Escalator" was also a brand name, but the term underwent genericide.

Is there a state in the US with escalators quantity in the single digits?

How many days before it broke down?

And the word "escalate" came later, derived from the escalator!

Seeing as escala is the latin root for both stairs and ladder, I dont think this is true.

You say novelty ride, I say beta testing

Another fun fact, the first building with an elevator shaft actually predates the first elevator by 4 years.

so an

So, I should really should be able to take a Tilt-a-Whirl between floors…

Explains why escalators are so insanely dangerous.