[PDF] Amusement Business eBook

Author : Tim O'Brien
Publisher : Casa Flamingo Literary Arts
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 26,55 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Amusement ride owners
ISBN : 9781893951136

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OBriens multi-book series pays homage to the greatest of the great--those who made the amusement parks, theme parks, and waterparks what they are today.

Author : Andy Mulvihill
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 34,58 MB
Release : 2020-06-30
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0525506292

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"Citizen Kane does Adventureland." —The Washington Post The outlandish, hilarious, terrifying, and almost impossible-to-believe story of the legendary, dangerous amusement park where millions were entertained and almost as many bruises were sustained, told through the eyes of the founder's son. Often called "Accident Park," "Class Action Park," or "Traction Park," Action Park was an American icon. Entertaining more than a million people a year in the 1980s, the New Jersey-based amusement playland placed no limits on danger or fun, a monument to the anything-goes spirit of the era that left guests in control of their own adventures--sometimes with tragic results. Though it closed its doors in 1996 after nearly twenty years, it has remained a subject of constant fascination ever since, an establishment completely anathema to our modern culture of rules and safety. Action Park is the first-ever unvarnished look at the history of this DIY Disneyland, as seen through the eyes of Andy Mulvihill, the son of the park's idiosyncratic founder, Gene Mulvihill. From his early days testing precarious rides to working his way up to chief lifeguard of the infamous Wave Pool to later helping run the whole park, Andy's story is equal parts hilarious and moving, chronicling the life and death of a uniquely American attraction, a wet and wild 1980s adolescence, and a son's struggle to understand his father's quixotic quest to become the Walt Disney of New Jersey. Packing in all of the excitement of a day at Action Park, this is destined to be one of the most unforgettable memoirs of the year.

Author : LeRoy Ashby
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
Page : 713 pages
File Size : 45,90 MB
Release : 2006-05-12
Category : History
ISBN : 0813123976

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With Amusement for All contextualizes what Americans have done for fun since 1830, showing the reciprocal nature of the relationships among social, political, economic, and cultural forces and the ways in which the entertainment world has reflected, changed, or reinforced the values of American society.

Author : Jim Hillman
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 119 pages
File Size : 44,48 MB
Release : 2013-05-10
Category : History
ISBN : 0747813582

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From Jones's Woods, America's first amusement resort, to Coney Island during the golden age of the mid-1900s, and well beyond into the twenty-first century, the thrills of the amusement park have been a treasured part of childhood for Americans from coast to coast. Though many of the country's grand amusement treasures have now vanished, and many other parks are struggling for survival, their memory and legacy are very much alive: there will be a fascination with these American classics as long as the clatter of the old coaster cars and the thumping of the carousel band organ remains. Through thoroughly researched text and historic images, Amusement Parks author and park enthusiast Jim Hillman captures the sights, smells, and continuing vitality of a grand American tradition.

Author : Richard Harris
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 35,19 MB
Release : 2008
Category : History
ISBN : 9780738559476

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The Orange County coast had its Joy Zone and its Fun Zone in the early decades of the 20th century. Knott's Berry Farm sprouted from a simple berry stand in Buena Park. The spot that would become Walt Disney's theme-park empire began as a citrus grove in Anaheim. Before long, Orange County was recognized as the nurturing ground for the growing amusement park industry. This book concerns the early history of such parks in the county east and south of Los Angeles, before high-tech digitization, when custom cars, enormous alligators, stunt planes, dolphin leaps, and movie stars' wax likenesses thrilled patrons. Some amusement parks have come and gone over a century of development, and some are still here, changing with the times to create new adventure and excitement for park goers.

Author : David Forsyth
Publisher : University Press of Colorado
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 15,58 MB
Release : 2016-04
Category : History
ISBN : 160732430X

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Conclusion: A Century of Fun at Lakeside Amusement Park -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index