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Amusement Parks of Pennsylvania Jim Futrell
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America's Top Roller Coasters and Amusement ParksPete TrabuccoAmusement Parks |
America's Top Roller Coasters and Amusement Parks So what's it like to ride the best roller coaster in the country? Roller coaster enthusiast Pete Trabucco, a pilot and freelance writer, has ridden hundreds of top roller coasters around the nation. Pete takes the reader behind the scenes and presents a free e-ticket ride to the best amusement parks and roller coasters on the planet. He also has included tips for those (like himself) who once feared these mega monsters of the midway. With thousands of new gravity-defying contraptions across the nation, and more cropping up every day, roller coasters and thrill rides truly are the driving force behind any amusement park, and in most cases are the sole basis of that amusement park's very existence. Inside these pages, you will see the best of the best roller coasters around the country and get an inside look at why this billion-dollar business attracts almost 100 million people a year to its gates. Over the years, Pete has traveled around the country (as well as internationally) in the hectic world of corporate aviation. Since he is often on the road, he has acquired a peculiar hobby o... |
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Amusement Park Rides (Ultimate 10)Susan MitchellBooks |
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Ripley's Believe It or Not! Amusement Park Oddities & Trivia Tim O'Brien
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The Great American Amusement ParksGary KyriaziBooks |
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LeSourdsville Lake Amusement Park (Images of America Series) (Images of America (Arcadia Publishing))Scott E. FowlerBooks |
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Theme Park DesignSteve AlcornBooks |
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Amusement Parks of New YorkJim FutrellBooks |
Theme Park (Reaktion Books - Objekt) Theme parks are a uniquely interactive and enduring form of entertainment that have influenced architecture, technology, and culture in surprising ways for more than a century, as Scott Lukas now reveals in his compelling historical chronicle. Theme Park takes the primitive amusements of pleasure gardens as its starting point and launches from there into a rich, in-depth investigation of the evolution of the theme park over the twentieth century. Lukas examines theme parks in countries around the world—including in the United States, Mexico, Europe, Japan, China, South Africa, and Australia—and how themed fairs and parks developed through diverse means and in a variety of settings. The book examines world-famous and lesser-known parks, including the early parks of Coney Island; Madrid's Movieworld; a series of World Fairs and their luxurious exhibition halls; Six Flags parks and virtual theme parks today; and, of course, the unparalleled achievements of Disneyland and Disney World. Lukas analyzes the theme park as a living entity that unexpectedly shapes people, their rel... |
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Theme Park (Reaktion Books - Objekt)Scott A. LukasAmusement Parks |
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American Amusement Park Dale Samuelson
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