The Amusement Park Guide, 4th: Coast to Coast Thrills [Paperback]

Tim O'Brien (Author)

Book Description

Series: Amusement Park Guide, 4th ed | Publication Date: July 1, 2001

This guidebook to the most thrilling fantastic amusement parks in North America, covering more than 290 locations, delivers the goods.

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From the Back Cover

This guidebook to the most thrilling fantastic amusement parks in North America, covering more than 290 locations, delivers the goods - what to see, what to do, and when - or where to go for the rides of your life. Check 'em out! Spiderman Adventure: This Orlando ride has it all - moving vehicles, 3-D filmed action, and live action. Millennium Force: Experience a 300-foot, 80-degree drop on North America's tallest coaster in Sandusky, Ohio. Hold on! Soarin' Over California: Sit below glider wings, swing into a dome-shaped movie screen, and fly from the Golden Gate Bridge to the San Diego Bay - while your body remains in Anaheim. Hypersonic XLC: Go from 0 to 80 in 1.8 seconds on this pneumatically powered coaster in Doswell, Virginia. (4 3/4 X 8 1/2, 336 pages, b&w photos, icons)

About the Author

Tim O'Brien serves as Southeast editor for Amusement Business Newsweekly, an international trade publication for the outdoor mass entertainment industry. He calls the job a "great marriage" because it combines his experience as a reporter and editor with his love of parks (and roller coasters). Tim is also an accomplished photographer.

Product Details

• Paperback: 336 pages
• Publisher: Globe Pequot; 4th edition (July 1, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0762708670
• ISBN-13: 978-0762708673
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 4.7 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,726,589 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Bible of park guidebooks---absolutely outstanding!!, August 18, 2002

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"gontu" (Raleigh, NC, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Amusement Park Guide, 4th: Coast to Coast Thrills (Paperback)

This book is just awesome...it reviews over 350 theme parks, amusement parks, and waterparks all over the U.S. and Canada, providing everything you'd want to know about every park...the great roller coasters and other thrill rides, costs, operation schedule, directions, special tips, insider facts and trivia, historical milestones, etc. Also gives phone numbers and website addresses for each park. The author is a life-long park expert and senior editor of a major park industry publication...he really seems to know his stuff, and he injects some fun and personality into the book. It's a great guide to use to plan your park trips and to carry with you for quick reference. It's also fun to to sit down and read through it because it gives so much interesting trivia on the parks. Just a fantastic, authoratative, fun, easy-to-use resource on parks.