metrock Posted November 14, 2007 Share Posted November 14, 2007 First of, I must ask: Where has time gone? I haven't been on TPR very much lately. Going to college seems to have taken up a lot of my leisure time. Anyways, I needed a little help and figured that this forum was a good place to ask. I have been working on a speech about the "History of Roller Coasters" and am having a little trouble with it. After searching the internet and the library, basic facts about the evolution of the coaster are there. But what I haven't been able to find (with the exception of a couple books) is credible knowledge that I can quote. Most of the information is from various roller coaster sites written by Joe Schmoe. Not that the information isn't correct, it just isn't something that would be very good to quote in a speech. Kind of like how professors don't like you to use Wikipedia for the same reason. The other thing I am looking for is "stupid facts." You know, for example to put an emphasis on how many roller coasters there are in the world I could say something like:" if you took all the roller coaster tracks in the world and put them end to end you could travel to the moon". Not exactly something THAT complicated because I'm sure no one has counted up all the track lengths. Then again ... you never know who has a ton of time on their hands. Ha- ha. So I guess if you are able to help in the slightest bit, I would appreciate it very much. Heh ... and I thought doing a speech on roller coasters was going to be easy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airforcekid Posted November 14, 2007 Share Posted November 14, 2007 I Had the same problem heres some hints Instead of facts get somthing out of the ordinary like how X flips riders face down its so and so ft drop or how Tatsu flips you on your gut you know stuff like that. Also Rcdb help me out soooo much! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllenA07 Posted November 14, 2007 Share Posted November 14, 2007 Chris, look over to Ultimate Rollercoaster, they had a great history of amusement parks on there. Not the best source in the world, but I don't think you're going to find a whole lot better then that... BTW: Glad to see that "Bench: The Ride" is still being kept alive after all these years! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metrock Posted November 14, 2007 Author Share Posted November 14, 2007 ^ Allen? As in Allen E California and Rollercoasterz.com? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllenA07 Posted November 14, 2007 Share Posted November 14, 2007 ^That would indeed be me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metrock Posted November 14, 2007 Author Share Posted November 14, 2007 ^ Holly crap! I thought you had fallen of the face of the earth. Good to see your still around! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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