SACRAMENTO Screams on a thrill ride, it's hard to imagine a ride without them. One local community is saying keep your mouth shut as you enjoy the ride.



It turns out that noise is just one part of the dispute. We are looking over residential rooftops toward The Scandia Screamer, a thrill ride that's thrilling customers but it's also irritating to neighbors who are threatening to sue.



At 168 feet tall, spinning at 60 miles an hour, pulling 3.5 gs, there is no thrill in Sacramento that compares with this screamer.



“It was breathtaking,” said one rider.



In fact, you're not allowed to scream.



Neighbors who live in the shadow of the new ride across I-80 complained about the noise, so management at the Scandia Family Fun Center enacted a strict policy.



“There is no noise on the ride,” said a park employee.



“If you feel like you might make noise cover your mouth like this because if we can hear a noise we're required to take you off the ride so it's aggressive,” said Steve Baddley, Scandia’s general manager. “We believe we're taking every effort to make this a really mutually-beneficial relationship between the business owner the county and the residents,” said Steve



During our visit people were getting bumped off for sounding out.



“I didn't think we were that loud,” said one rider who was ejected. “It’s hard to tell. It’s a human reaction to yell when you’re going in the sky, face-down on the freeway.”



But neighbors we talked to said the sound isn’t the only problem. They say it’s an eyesore at night when it’s all lit up.



“It's like going from fire crackers to the atomic bomb,” said Mike Bayless, neighbor. “I mean, it’s like you’re going from small family entertainment to something that's grossly grossly out-of-place out of place in a neighborhood.”



And then there's the issue of privacy.



“And when they’re on the top of that thing they’re looking right down in my backyard,” said John Eams, neighbor.



And now, there’s even talk amongst the neighbors of a class-action lawsuit.



“I'm certainly willing to participate in the class action lawsuit but it's going to be a long road to hoe and I'm sure we will see great loss in our property values in the interim,” said Bayless.



“I would love to hear your opinions and options. Help us implement policy or words to policy that you think might be more effective” said Baddley.



The county approved this ride after taking a lot of public input, but the neighbors say their input was not adequately considered. For Scandia’s side, they say they chose this particular ride because it's one of the quietest thrill rides that you can get as far as the motor. They say they needed the ride to stay viable in a competitive marketplace.