Roller Coasters, Flumes and Flying Saucers

Roller Coasters, Flumes and Flying Saucers
Author: Robert Reynolds
Publisher: Northern Lights Publishing; ISBN: 0965735354
Description: Hardcover - 192 pages (April 7, 1999)
ISBN: 0965735354

Roller Coasters, Flumes and Flying Saucers chronicles the development of the modern amusement park ride. Ed Morgan and Karl Bacon of Arrow Development are the inventors behind some of the world's most popular amusement attractions. Winners of the Hall of Fame, Living Legends award presented by the amusement industry for lifetime achievement, their influence can not be overstated. They are the inventors of the tubular steel roller coaster, first used at Disneyland as the Matterhorn Mountain Bobsleds. Later, Karl Bacon developed the flume ride and other varieties of controlled water vehicles that became the ride systems for It's a Small World and Pirates of the Caribbean at Disneyland. A few years later Ed and Karl returned to a roller coaster element long forgotten; the loop. They invented the first modern looping coaster the Corkscrew, at Knott's Berry Farm. Working for almost twenty years in close collaboration with Walt Disney and the Disney organization, they are responsible for many of the innovative ride systems constructed at Disneyland and Walt Disney World. If you have ever been to an amusement or theme park, you have probably ridden upon one of Ed and Karl's remarkable creations. This is the story of their journey, in their own words, from a poor machine shop to a company creating attractions throughout the world.

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