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November 6, 2023
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Derek Potter
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Recent 'Blog Flume' posts from Derek:
Master the Midway: The Theme Park Insider Guide to Winning Carnival Games
(2014-11-21)
Theme Park History: The Dark Story of Thomas Edison and Topsy the Elephant
(2014-11-05)
Hard Rock Park... What's Left, Six Years Later
(2014-09-23)
Kings Island debuts Banshee, the world's longest inverted coaster
(2014-04-18)
Theme Park History: Walt Disney and the beginning of his 'World'
(2013-12-15)
Theme Park History: July 17, 1955 and the original '...And something goes terribly wrong'
(2013-12-03)
Theme Park History: 10 top movies or TV shows filmed in theme parks
(2013-11-16)
Theme Park History: L.A. Thompson, the father of the themed roller coaster
(2013-11-10)
Theme Park History: Cedar Point's near-death experience
(2013-10-27)
Theme Park History: Dr. Martin Couney and the Coney Island 'Child Hatchery'
(2013-10-20)
The worst people you meet in a theme park
(2013-06-08)
Theme Park History: George Tilyou and New York's Steeplechase Park
(2013-03-24)
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