[1] Reader’s Digest - Amusement park scandals and fatalities
[2] Cheddar.com - why US parks aren’t federally regulated
[3] NPR - racial controversy of Tiana’s Bayou Adventure
[4] OSHA - working conditions regulation
[5] USA Today - safety of park rides
[6] Stars Insider.com - that dark side of rides
[7] Mental Floss - terrible history of amusement parks
[8] ASTM - Official amusement park ride standards
[9] CNBC - defending ride safety in modern times
[10] Arcadia Publishing.com - early history of parks in US
[11] Royal Caribbean - another history (slightly different info)
[12] Vox - amusement parks helped define US
[13] Ferris.edu - history of “African Dodger”
[14] Inside the Magic - guests feel scammed by outrages Disney park prices