Man Tests Roller coasters For Living
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For John Wardley, life really is full of ups and downs - as Britain's top ROLLER COASTER designer.
John is the brains behind the thrills and spills of the most famous white-knuckle rides at the UK's top theme parks.
He meticulously planned each stomach-churning twist and turn of Oblivion, Nemesis and Blackpool Pleasure Beach's 'Mystique' - along with dozens of others.
And as well as designing the rides, adrenalin junkie John, from Cardiff, South Wales, even volunteers to be the first person to test his creations.
John, 63, said: "My career designing thrilling adventures and attractions for millions of people is the most enjoyable ride of my life.
"There's nothing better than standing and watching people coming off a rollercoaster, seeing their faces and smiles. It is the most satisfying thing about my job.
"Millions of people have ridden in my creations - but I do enjoy always being able to say that I was the first.
"I like pushing the boundary and developing things that no one else has done, and then actually building it."
After bringing the modern roller coaster to Britain in the mid '60s, John quickly became the go-to guy for theme parks around the world.
He was given multi-million pound budgets to build more and more daring rides - creating Nemesis, the world's first inverted roller coaster, at Alton Towers in 1994 - which at the time, cost a record-breaking £10 million.
He's also the brains behind the park's Oblivion, the world's first vertical drop roller coaster, and its most recent installation, the Smiler - which, with 14 turns, has more loops than any other ride in the world.
Theme parks in Germany, Italy and Spain recruited him to help spice up their rides - and he was even drafted in to help create computer game Roller Coaster Tycoon.
John - who used to be part of a team who designed special effects for James Bond films - added: "I'd always been interested in entertaining people and working to live audiences.
"But back in the '60s, British amusement parks were simply laying down tarmac and erecting travelling fairground rides.
"I asked myself 'Why should people travel to an amusement park to ride the same rides that visited their own village green?'
"The exception was Blackpool Pleasure Beach, who had the guts and foresight to build such rides as the Logflume, the Goldmine and the Revolution when other parks were installing dodgems, twists and waltzers.
"I realised that an opportunity existed in developing spectacular attractions, and was inspired by the fledgling theme park industry in America.
"I was already a successful film special effects designer, but I missed entertaining a live audience.
"My family roots were in the variety theatres, and the thought of combining my special effects skills with a live audience led me to investigate the theme park concept. The rest is history."
The key to John's pioneering work of constantly reinventing the wheel was understanding just what audiences enjoy.
With an abundance of shocks and suprises, John learned he could take riders on an experience that they would never forget.
John said: "A good roller coaster takes its riders on an adventurous journey, with unexpected thrills and surprises all along its course.
"Every roller coaster presents new opportunities to create a unique experience, by using the physical features of the site and new technology.
"Nemesis was my first big roller coaster. Almost 20 years on it's still talked about around the world and I will always have a soft spot for it. It's still my favourite."
And after 40 years in the business John is now hanging up his design hat and retiring - but insists that he will never truly be out of the loop.
John said: "When you are a rollercoaster enthusiast, you're a rollercoaster enthusiast for life. You'll never retire from that.
"Alton Towers really put Britain on the roller coaster map - even today men in suits travel to the UK from all around the globe to look at our rides and take them back to their countries to copy them.
"Our designs really did change everything."
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For John Wardley, life really is full of ups and downs - as Britain's top ROLLER COASTER designer.
John is the brains behind the thrills and spills of the most famous white-knuckle rides at the UK's top theme parks.
He meticulously planned each stomach-churning twist and turn of Oblivion, Nemesis and Blackpool Pleasure Beach's 'Mystique' - along with dozens of others.
And as well as designing the rides, adrenalin junkie John, from Cardiff, South Wales, even volunteers to be the first person to test his creations.
John, 63, said: "My career designing thrilling adventures and attractions for millions of people is the most enjoyable ride of my life.
"There's nothing better than standing and watching people coming off a rollercoaster, seeing their faces and smiles. It is the most satisfying thing about my job.
"Millions of people have ridden in my creations - but I do enjoy always being able to say that I was the first.
"I like pushing the boundary and developing things that no one else has done, and then actually building it."
After bringing the modern roller coaster to Britain in the mid '60s, John quickly became the go-to guy for theme parks around the world.
He was given multi-million pound budgets to build more and more daring rides - creating Nemesis, the world's first inverted roller coaster, at Alton Towers in 1994 - which at the time, cost a record-breaking £10 million.
He's also the brains behind the park's Oblivion, the world's first vertical drop roller coaster, and its most recent installation, the Smiler - which, with 14 turns, has more loops than any other ride in the world.
Theme parks in Germany, Italy and Spain recruited him to help spice up their rides - and he was even drafted in to help create computer game Roller Coaster Tycoon.
John - who used to be part of a team who designed special effects for James Bond films - added: "I'd always been interested in entertaining people and working to live audiences.
"But back in the '60s, British amusement parks were simply laying down tarmac and erecting travelling fairground rides.
"I asked myself 'Why should people travel to an amusement park to ride the same rides that visited their own village green?'
"The exception was Blackpool Pleasure Beach, who had the guts and foresight to build such rides as the Logflume, the Goldmine and the Revolution when other parks were installing dodgems, twists and waltzers.
"I realised that an opportunity existed in developing spectacular attractions, and was inspired by the fledgling theme park industry in America.
"I was already a successful film special effects designer, but I missed entertaining a live audience.
"My family roots were in the variety theatres, and the thought of combining my special effects skills with a live audience led me to investigate the theme park concept. The rest is history."
The key to John's pioneering work of constantly reinventing the wheel was understanding just what audiences enjoy.
With an abundance of shocks and suprises, John learned he could take riders on an experience that they would never forget.
John said: "A good roller coaster takes its riders on an adventurous journey, with unexpected thrills and surprises all along its course.
"Every roller coaster presents new opportunities to create a unique experience, by using the physical features of the site and new technology.
"Nemesis was my first big roller coaster. Almost 20 years on it's still talked about around the world and I will always have a soft spot for it. It's still my favourite."
And after 40 years in the business John is now hanging up his design hat and retiring - but insists that he will never truly be out of the loop.
John said: "When you are a rollercoaster enthusiast, you're a rollercoaster enthusiast for life. You'll never retire from that.
"Alton Towers really put Britain on the roller coaster map - even today men in suits travel to the UK from all around the globe to look at our rides and take them back to their countries to copy them.
"Our designs really did change everything."
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