Lisa Fleisher of
MyrtleBeachOnline.com reports that one Horry County woman is paying $654 —more than $4 per second — to ride the signature roller coaster at
Hard Rock Park in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.
Cindy Ennis, 45, said she is the top bidder in a charity eBay auction for seats on
Led Zeppelin - The Ride's first public run.
The park this week auctioned off 15 seats, and
Ennis said she snagged four — two in the front row, two in the second row — for a total of $1,829.
"I'm not a roller coaster enthusiast," she said. "But it was just the idea of being so close [to the front of the ride], and being the first of something — that's really what did it."
Plus, she said, the money would go to charity.
The first public ride will be held April 15, when the $400 million, 55-acre park off of U.S. 501 will open to a paying audience for the first time.
Read more at
MyrtleBeachOnline.com.
Watch video footage of the christening and first public test run of
Led Zeppelin - The Ride below (filmed in December 2007).
