An edition of Ticket to Ride: The Essential Guide to the World'S Greatest Roller Coasters and Thrill Rides (2019)

Ticket to Ride

The Essential Guide to the World's Greatest Roller Coasters and Thrill Rides

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An edition of Ticket to Ride: The Essential Guide to the World'S Greatest Roller Coasters and Thrill Rides (2019)

Ticket to Ride

The Essential Guide to the World's Greatest Roller Coasters and Thrill Rides

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Ticket To Ride takes you through the history of roller coasters, from the first in seventeenth century St. Petersburg to today’s gigantic theme park attractions—complete with a tour of the most hair-raising and fantastic examples.

The adrenaline rush of a roller coaster ride provides its fans with a leg-wobbling wave of euphoria and exhilaration unmatched by any other experience. It takes a certain amount of courage—or foolhardiness—to climb onto a roller coaster, but what a ride. Fans travel the world to experience the latest and most gut-wrenching rides, and they have quite a selection to choose from.

Ticket To Ride looks at the development of roller coasters and how they have evolved into the biggest theme park attractions in the world, taking you on a tour of the greatest, most spectacular examples.

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Chartwell Books, Greene Media LTD, Quatro Group
Language
English
Pages
208

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Subjects

Amusement rides, Roller coasters, theme parks, roller coaster history, history, amusement parks, wooden roller coaster, steel roller coaster, coasters, coaster, roller coaster, vacation guide, guidebook, Roller coaster manufacturer, Alton Towers, Cedar Point, Kings Island, Six Flags, Six Flags America, drop tower, theme park history, amusement park history, ride history, indoor coaster, ride design, amusement park design, roller coaster design, track layout, roller coaster blueprint, technology, physics, engineering, PTC, Philadelphia Toboggan Company, Coney Island, B&M, Vekoma, Schwarzkopf, Intamin, GCI, Great Coasters International, RMC, Rocky Mountain Construction, hybrid coaster, hybrid roller coaster, Arrow Dynamics, Arrow, Bolliger & Mabillard, The Beast, Son of Beast, Dinn Corporation, Gerstlauer, Hopkins Rides, Premier Rides, Pinfari, Reverchon, Sansei Technologies, S&S Worldwide, Zamperla, Zierer, Thorpe Park, Six Flags Great Adventure, Six Flags Over Texas, Orlando, Hypercoaster, Giga coaster, Dorney Park, Universal Studios

People

John A. Miller, Alan Schilke, John Wardly, Jack Rouse, Mike Boodley, Dennis McNulty, Larry Bill, Steve Okamoto, Franz Mack, Stan Checketts, Robert Staveley, Curtis D. Summers, Ron Toomer, Anton Schwarzkopf, Al Collins, Jeff Gramke, John C. Allen, William Cobb, Don Rosser, Frank F. Hoover, Carl Phare, Walker LeRoy, Herbert Paul Schmeck, Svend Jarlstom, Valdemar Lebech, Charlie Paige, Vernon Keenan, Harry G. Traver, Fredrick Church, Frank Prior, Andy Vettel, Arthur Looff, John J. McElwee, James McElwee, Fred Ingersoll, Arthur Jarvis, Christopher Feucht, Edward Joy Morris, Prince Albert, George Washington Gale Ferris, LaMarcus Adna Thompson, Karl Bodmer, Benjamin Paterssen, Marks Barfield

Places

USA, London, England, Russia, Canada, Netherlands, Italy, United Kingdom, Japan, China, Germany, Sweden, Abu Dhabi, UAE, South Korea

Times

1777-2019
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Table of Contents

Introduction:. What makes a Thrill Ride?
Page 6
The Driving Forces. 10
The Track Layouts and Ride Design. 12
Glossary. 14
Chapter One:. A-Z of Thrill Ride Types
Page 16
Wooden Thrill Rides. 18
Steel Thrill Rides. 26
Other Kinds of Thrill Rides. 54
Chapter Two:. Thrill Ride Records
Page 56
Chapter Three:. The Early Years
Page 66
The Early Years - 1899. 68
1900 - 1919: The Beginning of the Thrill Ride Era. 78
1920 - 1929: The Golden Age. 86
1930-1939: The Depression. 93
1940 - 1949: The Decline. 96
Chapter Four:. The Future Starts
Page 98
1950 - 1959: A New Beginning. 100
1960 - 1969: Amusement Parks. 106
1970 - 1979: Fall & Rise. 111
1980 - 1989: Reincarnation. 119
Chapter 5:. Bigger, Better, Faster
Page 124
1990 - 1999: Relocation, Restoration, & Preservation. 126
Chapter 6:. The Present Day
Page 146
2000-2019: Age of Extreme. 148
Chapter 7:. Manufacturers
Page 192
Index of Rides. 208

Edition Notes

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New York, New York, USA
Copyright Date
2019

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Cover Design
Greene Media LTD/Eleanor Forty Design
Contributor
Mark Franklin

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Format
Hardcover
Number of pages
208

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL28687633M
ISBN 13
9780785835776
OCLC/WorldCat
1108621379

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