About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 231. Not illustrated. Chapters: Intamin, Kingda Ka, Millennium Force, El Toro, Maverick, California Screamin', Fahrenheit, American Eagle, Top Thrill Dragster, Tower of Terror, Xcelerator, Stealth, Bizarro, Volcano, the Blast Coaster, Batman: the Escape, Furius Baco, White Cyclone, Thirteen, Possessed, Shockwave, Wicked Twister, Disaster Transport, Superman - Ride of Steel, Monte Makaya, Superman: the Escape, Superman Escape, T Express, Expedition Geforce, Goliath, Colossus, Alpine Bobsled, Intimidator 305, Vertical Velocity, Steel Venom, Speed Monster, Kanonen, Balder, Rita - Queen of Speed, Flashback, Perilous Plunge, Colossos, V2: Vertical Velocity, Thunder Dolphin, Comet Express, Skull Mountain, La Vibora, Tenth Ring Roller Coaster, Bob Track, Half Pipe, Kirnu, Tornado, Tutuki Splash, Apocalypse, Jr. Gemini, Ispeed, Avatar Airbender, Cobra, the Space Diver. Excerpt: Intamin Worldwide is a designing and manufacturing company in Wollerau, Switzerland. It is best known for creating thrill rides and roller coasters worldwide. The U.S. division of the company is located in Glen Burnie, Maryland, and is headed by Sandor Kernacs. The Intamin brand name is an abbreviation for: INTernational AMusement INstallations. The company distributes approximately 5-7 roller coasters from their workshops in Switzerland and Glen Burnie each year. Intamin is a major player in the amusement park attractions industry, supplying some 22 different styles of rides to a variety of parks. Their first roller coaster installation was The Great American Revolution, a roller coaster at Six Flags Magic Mountain in 1976. Since then they have installed a total of 70 coasters in several countries around the globe. They designed and built the first "river rapids ride" known as "Thunder River" based on the idea supplied by Bill Crandall, a past General Manager at ...
