Theme Park Design & The Art of Themed Entertainment

Fantastic book. There's a heavy influence on examples for the Disney parks but also attention given to parks worldwide such as Legoland, Windsor and Universal Studios, Hollywood.Everything you could possibly want to know and more is here from queue management techniques to track and vehicle design. Ever wondered how the Indiana Jone's ride works? How they get the Idol to disappear in The Tower of Terror pre-show over in Tokyo Disney? Why the Haunted Mansion became a ride instead of a walk-through attraction?The who, what's and why's are all here in abundance with quotes from Disney Imagineers and ride designers. You'll find a few of your old favourites mentioned here too plus brand new rides are touched on as well such as Jimmy Fallon in Universal Studios, Orlando.It'll take me a while to read cover to cover but I like to pick it up and read bits here and there.There are no pictures in this book - it's not a picture book. This is not a fault in the book, it is more of a text book and there are some diagrams included. If you've been on a ride you can visualse it but if you haven't you may want to YouTube the ride so you can get an idea of some of what the book describes. I'll be reading and referring to this book for many years to come.

What a fantastic book. Took me six months to read from cover to cover but it was worth the journey. This is a text book which goes into incredible detail about all elements of design for a theme park. This is not a book about how specific coasters are made or behind the scenes secrets of your fave rides. However it is a conprensive, well thought out book to every element that goes into the design and artitecture of a theme park. Their are no pictures, but it does reference back to parks and rides - which I did use google to get any visual references. it is a little heavy on Disney references but I think this was more for familiarity reasons. Excellent reference book for anyone who is studying design of parks or like me has a fascination for how theme parks work. I would highly reccomend.

Absolutely fantastic as a reference book and for reading cover to cover. i'm currently doing the latter but it will take me a few years still!

Really good.

This book is like a masters course in themed design. If you work in the industry or want to someday, or just love theme parks, you have to read it!Part encyclopaedia, part history book, part manual - it covers everything from Audio Animatronics to Zoological Gardens with tremendous depth, real life examples and insights from industry legends.

Very interesting book but be aware this is definitely a textbook. It's goes into excruciating detail about things other people might not find that exciting unless you're obsessed with theme parks. The printing quality isn't fantastic but we've given it 4 stars just for the sheer amount of information we've never seen anywhere else.

This is an essential book for anyone interested in theme park design. It has so much detail that I've spent a long time reading it, and expect to be referencing it for many years to come. The book starts out by setting the scene, defining what themed design is, what the business case for it is and how the design process works from blue sky to completion. Then it explores story, theme and design techniques (including things I was familiar with like forced perspective but also dozens of other techniques I hadn't come across before) and then applies them to parks, zones and rides. It's a must for any theme park designer, student or fan.

This is a fantastic book for Theme Park enthusiasts. It has so much detail on all aspects of Theme Parks. Everything you would ever want to know its brilliant