John Wardley 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 in the theatre, then later moving on to the film industry (including creating the special effects for five of the James Bond movies). He was later hired by the Tussauds Group due to his experience in designing animated figures and rides for amusement parks. His first project was ...
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John Wardley 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 in the theatre, then later moving on to the film industry (including creating the special effects for five of the James Bond movies). He was later hired by the Tussauds Group due to his experience in designing animated figures and rides for amusement parks. His first project was the creation of the animated show "50 Glorious Years" for Tussauds "Royalty and Empire Exhibition" at Windsor.
After this he was asked by the Tussauds Group to revitalise and transform the ailing Chessington Zoo in Surrey to become Chessington World of Adventures,which included the design of such park favourites as The Vampire Suspended coaster, constructed by Arrow Dynamics. John designed famous rides such as the globally celebrated Nemesis, Oblivion and Air roller coasters and the Haunted House dark ride at Alton Towers.
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