TM & ©2018 Amusement Today, Inc. January 2018 | Vol. 21 • Issue 10 www.amusementtoday.com ! A blockbuster 2018 is coming NEWSTALK PARKS & FAIRS Page 2 Pages 35-44 Dated material. material. Dated RUSH! Thursday, December 21, 2017 December Thursday, BUSINESS, IAAPA NEWSPAPER INTERNATIONAL POSTMASTER: PLEASE Mailed Pages 29-31 Pages 45-61 PERMIT # 2069 # PERMIT FT. WORTH TX WORTH FT. PAID CLASSIFIEDS US POSTAGE US WATER PARKS Page 62 PRSRT STD PRSRT Pages 32-34 2 AMUSEMENT TODAY January 2018 NEWSTALK EDITORIAL: Gary Slade,
[email protected] FLINT’S VIEW: Bubba Flint Safety is the hot topic AT's January 2018 issue kicks the new year off in grand style by featur- ing two big special-interest editorial features. Within the Business section on pag- es 49-60 is our annual 12-page recap Slade of the 2017 IAAPA Attractions Expo. AT had nine staffers on hand at the Expo this year, our largest effort ever, working hard to bring the news back to you in this issue. But the real focus of this issue is our Safety, Main- tenance and Education section found on pages 4-28. This 25-page feature is our largest ever and comes on the heels of our 73 total pages we delivered dur- ing 2017 that were dedicated to industry safety. AT has worked hard for the last 12 years to pro- mote safety within our industry, starting with our one lone AIMS News & Notes page, which continues INDUSTRY OPINION: Andrew Mellor,
[email protected] to this day. That page helped open the door to our Onward and Upward at IAAPA Attractions Expo wide range of safety coverage through the years, as It seems a long time ago now, but event for the industry to savor.