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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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| Batman: The Ride | |||
| Whizzer | |||
| Kingda Ka | |||
| Colossus | |||
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| x Frank Prior | Giant Dipper | ||
| x Fredrick Church | Giant Dipper | ||
| x Stengel Engineering |
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Flight Deck | |
| Volare | |||
| x Ron Toomer | Magnum XL-200 |
Ronald Valentine Toomer (born 31 May 1930) is one of the prominent roller coaster designers in the world.
He graduated from the University of Nevada with a degree in Mechanical Engineering. He was on the design team for the heat shield on the Apollo...
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| Pepsi Max Big One | |||
| Gemini | |||
| Wabash Cannonball | |||
| Python | |||
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| x Walt Disney Imagineering |
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Haunted Mansion |
Walt Disney Imagineering was formed by entertainment mogul Walt Disney on December 16, 1952 as WED Enterprises (WED being Disney's initials) to develop plans for a theme park and to manage Disney's personal assets. It was an independent, private...
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| Space Mountain | |||
| Space Mountain | |||
| Space Mountain | |||
| Star Tours | |||
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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 a 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 at 20th Century Fox...
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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 2002 out of the engineering team of the famed but now defunct Custom Coasters International. The design and engineering team has...
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| The Voyage | |||
| x Arrow Dynamics |
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Matterhorn Bobsleds |
Arrow Dynamics was a roller coaster 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 peak, Arrow...
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| x John Wardley | Runaway Mine Train |
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...
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| Oblivion | |||
| Air | |||
| Nemesis | |||
| Project Dylan | |||
| 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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| Screamin' Eagle | |||
| Sierra Tonante | |||
| Judge Roy Scream | |||
| The Great American Scream Machine | |||
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| x Tony Baxter | Big Thunder Mountain Railroad |
Tony 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 Disneyland...
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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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| Screamin' Eagle | |||
| Skyliner | |||
| Fairly Odd Coaster | |||
| Fairly Odd Coaster | |||
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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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| Cheetah Chase | |||
| Mulholland Madness | |||
| 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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| Silly Symphony Swings | |||
| x Don Dorsey |
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IllumiNations: Reflections of Earth |
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.
See also Category: Bradley and Kaye roller coasters
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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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| The Wild One | |||
| Flying Turns | |||
| Zippin Pippin | |||
| x Herbert Paul Schmeck | Wildcat |
Herbert Paul Schmeck, roller coaster designer, worked for the Philadelphia Toboggan Company. He has been credited with over 50 different roller coaster designs.
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| Thunderhawk | |||
| Phoenix | |||
| Wild Cat | |||
| Comet | |||
| x The Allan Herschell Company |
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Little Dipper |
The 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...
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| x Zamperla | Flik's Flyers |
Zamperla Rides 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...
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| x Ron Logan |
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Disney's Fantillusion |
Ron Logan (born 1939) is the former executive vice president of Walt Disney Entertainment (now Walt Disney Creative Entertainment) and a university professor in Orlando, Florida, United States.
Growing up in Leavenworth, Kansas, Logan studied...
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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 best remembered today for work done for The Walt Disney Company. Blair produced striking concept art for such films as Alice in Wonderland, Peter Pan, Song of...
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| x Rhythm and Hues Studios |
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It's Tough to be a Bug! |
Rhythm & Hues Studios is an Academy Award - winning visual effects studio. It is perhaps best known for its computer generated 3D character animation. Recognized internationally as one of Hollywood's top visual effects and animation facilities,...
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| The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera | |||
| x S&S Power |
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Hell Cat |
S&S; Power is company known for its pneumatically powered rides and roller coaster designing.
S&S; Power was founded by Stan Checketts as S&S; Sports, Inc. S&S; Sports manufactures bungee jumping and trampoline equipment. S&S; Sports was sold in...
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| x Walt Disney Feature Animation |
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Mickey's PhilharMagic |
Walt Disney Animation Studios is a key element of The Walt Disney Company, and the oldest existing animation studio in the world. The feature animation studio was an integrated part of Walt Disney Productions from 1934 the start of production on...
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| x Anton Schwarzkopf | Twist N' Shout |
Anton Schwarzkopf (1924–2001) 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 Schwarzkopf was...
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| Scorpion | |||
| Lisebergbanan | |||
| 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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| Magic Mountain | |||
| Blue Tornado | |||
| 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, Inc. is one of the world's largest chains of amusement parks and theme parks, based on quantity of properties. The company maintains 21 properties located throughout North America, including theme parks, water parks and family...
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| Dark Knight | |||
| Dark Knight | |||
| x Universal Studios |
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The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera |
Universal Studios (sometimes called Universal Pictures, Universal City Studios or Universal for short), a subsidiary of NBC Universal, is one of the six major American movie studios. Its production studios are located at 100 Universal City Plaza...
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| x Pixar |
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Turtle Talk with Crush |
Pixar Animation Studios is a CGI animation production company based in Emeryville, California, United States. To date, the studio has earned twenty-two Academy Awards, four Golden Globes, and three Grammys, among many other awards, acknowledgments...
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| x Walt Disney |
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Fantasyland |
Walter Elias Disney (December 5, 1901–December 15, 1966) was a multiple Academy Award-winning American film producer, director, screenwriter, voice actor, animator, entrepreneur and philanthropist. Disney is famous for his influence in the field of...
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| "it's a small world" | |||
| x General Motors |
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Test Track |
General Motors Corporation (GM) (Pink Sheets: GMGMQ) / (OTCBB: GMGMQ) is a U.S. automaker based in Detroit, Michigan and is the world's second-largest automaker, as ranked by global unit sales for 2008. The company is continuing its operations while...
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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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| Sun Wheel | |||
| Big Fury | |||
| x Sullivan Bluth Studios |
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The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera |
Sullivan Bluth Studios was an animation studio 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 as the Bluth Group. This...
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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. is an incorporated company jointly owned by The Walt Disney Company and the Government of Hong Kong, founded in 1999. It owns and operates the Hong Kong Disneyland Resort, on Lantau Island.
The Hong Kong...
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| Main Street Haunted Hotel | |||
| x LaMarcus Adna Thompson |
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LaMarcus Adna Thompson (March 8, 1848 – May 8, 1919 in Ohio, United States) is best known for his early work developing roller coasters, and is sometimes called the "Father of Gravity". Although over his lifetime, Thompson accumulated nearly thirty...
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| x Walt Disney Creative Entertainment |
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Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color |
Disney Creative Entertainment is the theatrical and technical live entertainment production division of Walt Disney Imagineering, a fully-owned subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company.
Disney Creative Entertainment devises and produces large scale...
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| 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.
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