Theme Park & Attraction Books

Birnbaum's Disneyland 2012
by Birnbaum Travel Guides
This updated edition of Birnbaum's Disneyland Resort, the most respected and well-known name in Disney park guides, takes readers through Walt Disney's first theme park with ease and flair. Since our guide is the only guide that's official, this book includes the most accurate and current information.

Birnbaum's Walt Disney World 2012
by Birnbaum Travel Guides
The most respected and well-known name in travel guides, takes readers to the world's most popular tourist attraction. Since ours is the only guidebook that's official, this book includes the most accurate information on prices, changes, and new attractions for 2012.

Disneyland's Hidden Mickeys: A Field Guide to the Disneyland Resort's Best-Kept Secrets
by Steven Barrett
Camouflaged images of Mickey Mouse are concealed all around Disneyland's theme parks, hotels, and shopping and entertainment district. The author adds to the fun of finding them, nearly 400 hidden Mickeys in all, by turning the search into three scavenger hunts, complete with clues, hints, and points to be scored.

Roller Coaster! Motion and Acceleration
by Paul Mason
Hardcover, Paperback
Roller Coaster! takes a look a which forces make a roller coaster so thrilling. It explains the physics of a roller coaster in a very simply, easy to follow manner. Recommended for reading level age 9 and up.

Roller Coaster: Wooden and Steel Coasters, Twisters and Corkscrews
by David Bennett
Hardcover
A top rated book that takes a look at the history of the roller coaster with excellent color photographs of roller coasters from around the United States.

Roller Coasters: A Thrill Seeker's Guide to the Ultimate Scream Machines
by Robert Coker
Hardcover
From fifteenth-century Russian slides to the original Coney Island Cyclone to modern-day steel megacoasters like Cedar Point's Millennium Force, this breathtaking, fabulously illustrated guide offers a wild trip through the evolution of roller coasters. Features more than 150 awe-inspiring images.

The American Roller Coaster
by Scott Rutherford
Hardcover
From the anything but vertigo inducing roller coasters of the mid-19th century to today's twisted monsters of steel and wooden retro designs, this complete history rattles through all the ups and downs of coaster lore.

The Imagineering Field Guide to Disneyland
by Alex Wright (author), Imagineers (illustrator)
The fourth in a series of pocket-sized paperbacks answers the question, "What would it be like to walk through Disneyland with an Imagineer by your side?" The Imagineering Field Guide to Disneyland provides that experience: pointing out details and telling stories, back stories, and Imagineering insights never before heard, condensed into a portable, easily-referenced park guide.

The Unofficial Guide to Disneyland 2012
by Bob Sehlinger, Seth Kubersky, Len Testa
Featuring, revolutionary, field-tested Touring Plans that can save four hours of standing in line in a single day. Dining chapter with detailed reviews of restaurants, including all full-service restaurants at the Disney hotels, theme parks, and Downtown Disney. Nearly 100, Disneyland Resort and Anaheim hotels rated and ranked, plus proven strategies for getting the best rate. Each theme park attraction described in detail and rated by age group based on a survey of over 16,000 families.

Theme Park Design: Behind The Scenes With An Engineer
by Steve Alcorn
Paperback
Have you ever gone to a theme park and wondered, "How did they do that?" At last there's a book that shows you. Theme Park Design reveals the secrets behind some of the world's greatest attractions.