The Screaming Oak

Located next to the Tunnel of Love and The Barns, The Screaming Oak is another major setting locale of the third chapter, The Coaster, in Dark Carnival campaign in Left 4 Dead 2.

History
This ride is the pride and signature of Whispering Oaks Amusement Park. It is a wooden roller coaster that follows the theme of a scary haunted house. It is located next to the Tunnel of Love and provides entertainment and thrills to mostly a teenage and adolescent crowd (mostly due to the theme and "rush" they get from the ride). Due to safety concerns, riders were required to be at least taller then 48" and had to remain seated at all times since it poses a severe risk of personal injury. Similar to the rides in Kiddie Land and the Li'l Peanut Rocket Carousel, it also takes six tickets for admission.

Current Status
When the infection was near Whispering Oaks Amusement Park, riders abandon it and headed for the CEDA evac site at the Peach Pit stadium. It seems however, that a few stragglers may have used the ride as a vantage point to shoot the infected as it seems the ride was in the middle of its run cycle and not at the beginning of the ride (where it should have been). It seems they got to a point and then left the coaster in the haunted house and ran towards the stadium.

The survivors come through the Tunnel of Love ride, hop over the fence where they are forced to finish the roller coaster cycle to be able to proceed onward to the safe room. Once they re-activate the coaster, the alarm sounds due to the incompletion of the cycle and the survivors have to run through the track to get to the operator's station and shut off the alarm alerting the horde. Once they get through the twists and turns, the ups and downs of the roller coaster track, they finally deactivate the alarm and are able to safely proceed on to the safe room where they can rest and catch their breath.