Ticket to Ride
Subtitle: The Essential Guide to the World's Greatest Roller Coasters and Thrill Rides
Publisher: Chartwell Books; Greene Media LTD; Quatro Group
Published: 2019
Place of publication: New York, New York, USA
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9780785835776
Copyright date: 2019
Subjects: Amusement rides; Roller coasters
Table of contents: label: Introduction:
title: What makes a Thrill Ride?
pagenum: 6; label: The Driving Forces
title: 10; label: The Track Layouts and Ride Design
title: 12; label: Glossary
title: 14; label: Chapter One:
title: A-Z of Thrill Ride Types
pagenum: 16; label: Wooden Thrill Rides
title: 18; label: Steel Thrill Rides
title: 26; label: Other Kinds of Thrill Rides
title: 54; label: Chapter Two:
title: Thrill Ride Records
pagenum: 56; label: Chapter Three:
title: The Early Years
pagenum: 66; label: The Early Years - 1899
title: 68; label: 1900 - 1919: The Beginning of the Thrill Ride Era
title: 78; label: 1920 - 1929: The Golden Age
title: 86; label: 1930-1939: The Depression
title: 93; label: 1940 - 1949: The Decline
title: 96; label: Chapter Four:
title: The Future Starts
pagenum: 98; label: 1950 - 1959: A New Beginning
title: 100; label: 1960 - 1969: Amusement Parks
title: 106; label: 1970 - 1979: Fall & Rise
title: 111; label: 1980 - 1989: Reincarnation
title: 119; label: Chapter 5:
title: Bigger, Better, Faster
pagenum: 124; label: 1990 - 1999: Relocation, Restoration, & Preservation
title: 126; label: Chapter 6:
title: The Present Day
pagenum: 146; label: 2000-2019: Age of Extreme
title: 148; label: Chapter 7:
title: Manufacturers
pagenum: 192; label: Index of Rides
title: 208