About the RideZone Web Site

Copyright Notice

All contents copyright Joel W Styer unless otherwise noted. Several articles and many pictures have been submitted by others and are so copyrighted by them. Please ask for permission before copying.

Disclaimer

All the information here is subject to change without notice. All data is believed to be correct at time of publishing, however errors can and do creep in. Please send any corrections or errors to webmaster@ridezone.com

Mission

RideZone is a guide to operating parks and a reference to rides. It will be an on going project. Pictures and basic information about the parks will be added when available.

The defunct parks section has grown too large to keep at RideZone and has thus moved to it's own site at www.defunctparks.com.

Laff In The Dark, the Dark Ride and Funhouse Historical Society's web site is hosted at RideZone. The sites main objectives are to promote and preserve classic (and modern) dark rides.

Milestones

August 1996 Amusement Parks in PA site debuts
June 1997 Planning for expanded site begins
08-15-1997 Initial construction begins
10-01-1997 "Look and Feel" are locked, domain name chosen
10-02-1997 Domain name application
10-07-1997 First "public" availability (unfinished) with domain name
03-06-1998 Move to NT server
07-13-1998 New header on most pages
08-10-1998 defunctparks.com is created
03-12-1999 Conversion to new graphics
05-23-1999 Laff In The Dark debuts at RideZone

Software used to create RideZone

Page Layout MicrosoftÆ FrontPage
Graphics JASC, Inc. Paint Shop Pro
Microsoft
Æ Image Composer
Ulead Systems iPhoto Plus
Text & Data Processing CorelÆ Word Perfect
Microsoft
Æ Word
Microsoft
Æ Excel
Microsoft
Æ Access
Microsoft
Æ FoxPro
Testing NetscapeÆ Navigator
Microsoft
Æ Internet Explorer
Misc All running under Windows 98

Credits

Created and Maintained by Joel W Styer
Proofing & Testing Karen L. Ellis
Anne M. Long

© 1999 Joel W Styer. All rights reserved. Updated Friday, October 01, 1999
RideZone is not affiliated in any way with any Amusement Parks,
companies or ride manufacturers at this site