An amusement ride designer is any entity, such as a person or organization, that has designed an amusement park ride.
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| x Werner Stengel |
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Stealth |
Werner Stengel (born 22 August 1936) is a German roller coaster designer and engineer. Stengel is the founder of Stengel Engineering, also known as Ingenieur Büro Stengel GmbH (or Ingenieur Buero Stengel GmbH).
Born 22 August 1936, in Bochum,...
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| x Frank Prior | Giant Dipper | ||
| x Fredrick Church | Giant Dipper | ||
| x Stengel Engineering |
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| x Ron Toomer | Magnum XL-200 |
Ron Toomer (birth name: Ronald Valentine Toomer) (May 31, 1930 - September 26, 2011) was an American roller coaster designer credited for designing 93 roller coasters around the world. He graduated from the University of Nevada, Reno in 1961 with a...
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| x Walt Disney Imagineering |
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Haunted Mansion |
Walt Disney Imagineering (also known as WDI or simply Imagineering) is the design and development arm of the Walt Disney Company, responsible for the creation and construction of Disney theme parks worldwide. Founded by Walt Disney in 1952 to...
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| x Blauer Enzian | Flying Fish | ||
| x Industrial Light and Magic |
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Star Tours |
Industrial Light & Magic (ILM) is an Academy Award-winning motion picture visual effects company that was founded in May 1975 by George Lucas and is owned by Lucasfilm. Lucas created the company when he discovered that the special effects department...
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| x Steve Okamoto | Steel Dragon 2000 | ||
| x The Gravity Group | Hades |
The Gravity Group, based in Cincinnati, Ohio, is an American based roller coaster design firm. The firm was founded in July 2002 out of the engineering team of the famed but now defunct Custom Coasters International. The design and engineering team...
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| x Arrow Dynamics |
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Matterhorn Bobsleds |
Arrow Dynamics was a roller coaster and amusement ride design company based in Clearfield, Utah, United States. In 2002, the company went bankrupt but was quickly bought by fellow amusement ride manufacturer S&S; Power to form S&S; Arrow.
During its...
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| x John Wardley | Runaway Mine Train |
John Wardley (born 1950) is a British award-winning concept designer and developer for theme parks, mainly for rides such as roller coasters.
Wardley started off as a stage manager at Windsor's Theatre Royal then moved on to the film industry,...
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| x William Cobb | Rolling Thunder |
This article is about the engineer. For other persons by this name, see William Cobb (disambiguation)
William L. "Bill" Cobb (1917 – December 17, 1990), was an American designer and engineer of roller coasters, as the founder and head of William...
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| x Tony Baxter | Big Thunder Mountain Railroad |
Tony Wayne Baxter is currently Senior Vice President, Creative Development, Walt Disney Imagineering, and is responsible for overall creative direction for the Disneyland Resort.
Growing up in Southern California, Baxter started his career at...
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| x John C. Allen | Blue Streak |
John C. Allen (May 21, 1907 – August 17, 1979) was a roller coaster designer who was responsible for the revival of wooden roller coasters which began in the 1970s. He attended Temple University. He started working for the Philadelphia Toboggan...
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| x Frank F. Hoover | Blue Streak | ||
| x Don Rosser | Screamin' Eagle | ||
| x MACK Rides | Ricochet |
Mack Rides is a German company that designs and constructs roller coasters. The family that owns the company also owns Europa Park.
The creation of the Mack company goes back to 1780, by Paul Mack, when he started building carriages. The Mack...
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| x Maurer Söhne | Hollywood Rip, Ride, Rockit |
Maurer Söhne is a steel construction company and roller coaster manufacturer. Founded in Munich, Germany in 1876, the company has built many styles of steel buildings, ranging from bridges, industrial buildings, and even art structures. While known...
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| x Zierer |
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Orange Stinger |
Zierer is a German company located close to Deggendorf. Zierer manufactures Tivoli and Force line of roller coasters, as well as panoramic wheels, wave swingers, flying carpets, Hextentanz and Kontiki rides. The company also has partnered with...
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| x Don Dorsey |
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Don Dorsey is an American audio production consultant, and a designer and director of fireworks and nighttime spectacular shows (including IllumiNations and Sorcery in the Sky.) From 1975 to 1992 he served as the main audio recording and post...
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| x Bradley and Kaye | Little Leaper |
Bradley and Kaye are roller coaster manufacturers. The company was co-founded by David Bradley. Although they made several junior roller coasters, they are best known for their carousels.
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| x John Miller |
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Jack Rabbit |
John A. Miller (born August John Mueller in 1872, Homewood, Illinois - died June 24, 1941, Houston, Texas) was a roller coaster designer and builder. He held over 100 patents, many of which were for roller coaster safety devices (e.g. the safety...
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| x Herbert Paul Schmeck | Wildcat |
Herbert Paul Schmeck (born 1890 in Reading, Pennsylvania, died 1956) was an American roller coaster designer. From 1923 to 1955, Schmeck designed 84 coasters for the Philadelphia Toboggan Company. As a designer and president, the company became the...
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| x The Allan Herschell Company |
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Little Dipper |
The Allan Herschell Company was a company that specialized in the creation of amusement rides, particularly carousels and roller coasters. The company manufactured portable machines which could be used by traveling carnival operators. It was started...
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| x Zamperla |
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Flik's Flyers |
Zamperla is a designing and manufacturing company in Vicenza, Italy. It is best known for creating thrill rides and roller coasters worldwide. The company also makes smaller coin operated rides commonly found inside shopping malls.
Antonio Zamperla...
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| x Ron Logan |
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Disney's Fantillusion |
Ron Logan (born 1939) is a former executive vice president of Walt Disney Entertainment (now Walt Disney Creative Entertainment). After retiring from the company in 2001, he is now a professor at the University of Central Florida Rosen College of...
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| x Mary Blair |
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"it's a small world" |
Mary Blair (October 21, 1911 – July 26, 1978), born Mary Robinson, was an American artist who was prominent in producing art and animation for The Walt Disney Company, drawing concept art for such films as Alice in Wonderland, Peter Pan, Song of the...
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| x Rhythm and Hues Studios |
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It's Tough to be a Bug! |
Rhythm & Hues Studios is a visual effects studio serving the major film studios. It is known for its computer-generated 3D character animation. Recognized as one of the top facilities of its kind in the world, Rhythm & Hues has contributed to more...
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| x S&S Power |
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Hell Cat |
S&S; Worldwide is a company known for its pneumatically powered amusement rides and roller coaster designing.
S&S; Worldwide was founded by Stan Checketts as S&S; Sports, Inc. S&S; Sports manufactures bungee jumping and trampoline equipment. S&S;...
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| x Walt Disney Animation Studios |
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Mickey's PhilharMagic |
Walt Disney Animation Studios is an American animation studio headquartered in Burbank, California. The studio, founded in 1923 as the Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio by brothers Walt and Roy Disney, is the oldest subsidiary of The Walt Disney...
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| x Anton Schwarzkopf | Twist N' Shout |
Anton Schwarzkopf (8 July 1924 – 30 July 2001) was a German engineer of amusement rides, and founder of the Schwarzkopf Industries company, which built numerous rides and large roller coasters for both amusement parks and travelling funfairs.
Anton...
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| x Vekoma |
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Zoomerang |
Vekoma Rides Manufacturing B.V. is a roller coaster and thrill ride designer with its facilities based in the Netherlands. The company was founded in 1926 by Hendrik op het Veld under the name "Veld Koning Machinefabriek" (Veld Koning machine...
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| Blue Tornado | |||
| Lethal Weapon - The Ride | |||
| Moonsault Scramble | |||
| x Paramount Parks |
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Volcano, The Blast Coaster |
Paramount Parks was an operator of theme parks and attractions, which annually attracted about 13 million patrons. Viacom had assumed control of the company as part of its acquisition of Paramount Pictures in 1994.
The company once owned and...
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| x Six Flags |
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The Dark Knight |
Six Flags Entertainment Corp. is the world's largest amusement park corporation based on quantity of properties and the fifth most popular in terms of attendance. The company maintains 14 properties located throughout North America, including theme...
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| x Universal Studios |
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The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera |
Universal Pictures (sometimes called Universal City Studios or Universal Studios for short), a subsidiary of NBCUniversal, is one of the six major movie studios.
Founded in 1912 by Carl Laemmle, it is the oldest American movie studios still in...
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| x Pixar |
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Turtle Talk with Crush |
Pixar Animation Studios, pronounced /ˈpɪksɑr/ (stylized as PIXAR), is an American computer animation film studio based in Emeryville, California. The studio has earned 26 Academy Awards, seven Golden Globes, and three Grammy Awards, among many other...
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| x Walt Disney |
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"it's a small world" |
Walter Elias "Walt" Disney (December 5, 1901 – December 15, 1966) was an American film producer, director, screenwriter, voice actor, animator, entrepreneur, entertainer, international icon, and philanthropist, well-known for his influence in the...
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| x General Motors |
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Test Track |
General Motors Company (NYSE: GM, TSX: GMM.U), commonly known as GM, formerly incorporated (until 2009) as General Motors Corporation, is an American multinational automotive corporation headquartered in Detroit, Michigan and the world's second...
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| x Intamin AG |
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Kali River Rapids |
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...
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| Big Fury | |||
| Intimidator 305 | |||
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| x Sullivan Bluth Studios |
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The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera |
Sullivan Bluth Studios was an American animated film production company established in 1985 by animator Don Bluth. Bluth and several colleagues, all of whom were former Disney animators, left Disney in 1979 to form Don Bluth Productions, later known...
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| x Walt Disney Entertainment | Who Wants To Be A Millionaire - Play It! |
Walt Disney Entertainment is the former wing of the Walt Disney Company that produced all shows and parades for Disney worldwide, including everything from the Disney created Super Bowl Half-time shows to theme parks. The division was altered on...
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| x Hong Kong International Theme Parks | Demon Jungle |
Hong Kong International Theme Parks Ltd. (HKITP) is an incorporated company jointly owned by The Walt Disney Company (TWDC) and the Government of Hong Kong), founded in 1999. It owns and operates the Hong Kong Disneyland Resort, on Lantau Island,...
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| x LaMarcus Adna Thompson |
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LaMarcus Adna Thompson (March 8, 1848 – May 8, 1919) was a US inventor and businessman most famous for developing many highly enjoyable gravity rides.
Thompson, La Marcus, in full LA MARCUS ADNA THOMPSON (b. March 8, 1848, Jersey, Ohio, U.S.--d. May...
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| x Walt Disney Creative Entertainment |
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Indiana Jones Epic Stunt Spectacular! |
Walt Disney Creative Entertainment is the theatrical and technical live entertainment production division of Walt Disney Imagineering, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Walt Disney Company.
Disney Creative Entertainment devises and produces large...
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| Lights, Motors, Action! Extreme Stunt Show | |||
| x Universal Creative | Men In Black: Alien Attack |
Universal Creative is the research and development group responsible for designing rides and attractions for Universal Studios Theme Parks.
It is Universal's equivalent of Walt Disney Imagineering. From 1968 until 1997, Universal Creative was known...
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| Transformers: The Ride | |||
| Storm Force Accelatron | |||
| Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey | |||
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| x The Jim Henson Company |
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Jim Henson's Muppet*Vision 3D |
The Jim Henson Company, an American entertainment organization, traces its origins to the founding of Muppets, Inc. in 1958 by puppeteer Jim Henson, creator of The Muppets. The Muppets helped the company gain worldwide acclaim in family...
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| x Verne Langdon | The Land Of A Thousand Faces |
Verne Langdon (September 15, 1941 – January 1, 2011) was an American musician, composer, singer, songwriter, keyboardist, record producer, actor, makeup artist and writer. He is best known for his tracks "Pipe Dreams" and "The Neanderthal Stomp"....
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| x Jay Stein | The Land Of A Thousand Faces |
Jay Stein was the recreation director of Music Corporation of America. He was responsible for founding the amusement park Universal Studios Florida.
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| x Nickelodeon Animation Studios |
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Jimmy Neutron's Nicktoon Blast |
The Nickelodeon Animation Studio is an American animation studio. The studio is owned and operated by Nickelodeon, and the studio produces many of the network's most popular animated series, including SpongeBob SquarePants, The Fairly OddParents,...
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| x Busch Entertainment Corporation |
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Air Grover |
SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment (abbreviated SeaWorld) is a family entertainment company owned by The Blackstone Group. SeaWorld is responsible for the operation and maintenance of eleven theme parks located throughout the United States. Formerly a...
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| x Channel 4 |
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Splash Mountain |
Channel 4 is a British public-service television broadcaster which began working on 2 November 1982. Although largely commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly owned; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority (IBA),...
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| x Raytheon |
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The Sum Of All Thrills |
Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) is a major American defense contractor and industrial corporation with core manufacturing concentrations in weapons and military and commercial electronics. It was previously involved in corporate and special-mission...
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| x Chance-Morgan |
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Big Dipper |
Chance Morgan Coasters, Inc. is a roller coaster and amusement ride manufacturer. It was formed on June 14, 2001 when Michael Chance, grandson of Chance Rides founder Richard H. Chance, acquired the assets of roller coaster builder D. H. Morgan...
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| x Premier Rides |
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Sky Rocket |
Premier Rides is an amusement ride manufacturer based in the United States. The company was the first to use Linear Induction Motors (LIMs) on their roller coasters. Jim Seay has been the sole owner and company president since 1996.
PLEASE NOTE:...
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| x Harry Traver | Crystal Beach Cyclone |
Harry Guy Traver (25 November 1877 – 27 September 1961) was an American engineer and early roller coaster designer.
Traver was born in Gardner, Illinois. In 1919 he founded the Traver Engineering Company in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, which created...
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| x Eastman Kodak |
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Magic Journeys |
Eastman Kodak Company (OTCQB: EKDKQ), commonly known as Kodak, is an American multinational imaging and photographic equipment, materials and services company headquartered in Rochester, New York, United States and incorporated in New Jersey. It was...
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| x Sea World Gold Coast |
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Jet Rescue |
Sea World is a marine mammal park, oceanarium, and theme park located on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. It includes rides, animal exhibits and other attractions, and promotes conservation through education and through the rescue and...
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| x Marc Davis | Western River Expedition |
Marc Fraser Davis (March 30, 1913, Bakersfield, California – January 12, 2000) was a prominent American artist and animator for Walt Disney Studios. He was one of Disney's Nine Old Men for his knowledge and understanding of visual aesthetics, the...
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| x The Oriental Land Company | BraviSEAmo! |
The Oriental Land Company, Limited (株式会社オリエンタルランド, Kabushikigaisha Orientaru Rando) TYO: 4661 is a Japanese leisure and tourism corporation headquartered in Urayasu, Chiba, Japan. The company owns the Tokyo Disney Resort in Urayasu. The main...
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