Looking for a Cedar Point book? There have been some good ones published over the years. Dick Kinzel’s book tells how he built the first 200, 300, and 400 foot tall roller coasters. More recently John Hildebrant’s memoir, Always Cedar Point, was the best inside look yet at the day-to-day operations of the park. But both of these books mostly just explored the time periods the authors were involved with the park, not a thorough history.
Enter Rolling Through the Years: A Cedar Point Atlas and Chronology. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the most detailed Cedar Point book yet written.
This book has everything. Literally. Want details of what changed inside the park year by year? It’s in there!
The first half of the book is grouped by category: every previous ride that used to be at Cedar Point, every current ride, and stats on every roller coaster. The second half is arranged chronologically and details for every season include: opening day, closing day, rides opening, rides closing, show schedules, ticket prices, major events, and the map and artwork for that year.
Here are just a few features of this incredibly detailed Cedar Point book:
- 12″ by 18″ – this book is massive in size!
- Weighs 9.4 pounds (yes, I weighed it on my bathroom scale)
- Hardcover. The cover on the limited edition is outstanding.
- 396 pages
- Over 1,200 images
- 75 maps
Unboxing Rolling Through the Years
Want to see just how massive this book is? Watch me unbox it and take a look at the physical book for the first time in the video below.
Learn more about Rolling Through the Years by visiting 1870 Publishing Group.
The book should be available on Amazon starting in late April 2020.
We’ll be back with a full review after we’ve managed to comb through every page of the book, which could take some time!
Have you picked up your copy of Rolling Through the Years? Let us know in the comments below.
Did you ever do a full review of this book? I’m interested in buying it but it looks MUCH too unweildly to read comfortably. Too heavy and big to hold in the lap, and too tall to read comfortably at a table. What was your experience?
You are spot on – I never did a full review because I never read the entire book because it is too large to read comfortably other than laying down on the floor or a bed with it.
*unwieldy