Ticket to Ride

Description:

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.

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