Ripley's Believe It Or Not! Gives Families Wacky Facts About Wacky Things

Want to learn about the oldest, craziest and weirdest amusement parks in world? If so, then read this book.

The subtitle of this book reads, "A journey through the weird, wacky and absolutely true world of parks and attractions" and Tim O'Brien most certainly takes the reader on this journey. The one-hundred-plus-page book is easy and fun to read as it features thousands of facts about different roller coasters, theme parks and the history of wacky attractions worldwide. The thing that children will love best is that you can just randomly flip open the paperback book to a page and learn an obscure, but also incredibly fascinating, fact. For example, did you know that Dueling Dragon's rollercoaster at Universal's Island of Adventure in Orlando has the highest capacity of any coaster in the world? (It can handle more than 3,000 riders in an hour.) Or, how about that the first wave pool in America was built in 1970 at Point Mallard Park in Alabama? Believe it or not, this book is a great read for any family that loves a day of thrills at the amusement park and enjoys a weird story every once in a while.