R & R Inventions

The Ferris Wheel was designed and constructed by George Washington Gale Ferris, Jr as a landmark for the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago.

The roller coaster was patented by LaMarcus Adna Thompson on January 20, 1885.
In 1959 the Disneyland theme park introduced the first roller coaster to use tubular steel track, unlike conventional rails set on wooden railroad ties.



Hotels began in America during the first two centuries of European settlement. In 1889 the Savoy Hotel in London set a new standard, with its own electricity and a host of special services.



Universal Studio was founded by Carl Laemmle, a German Jewish immigrant. On June 8, 1912, Laemmle formed the Universal Film Manufacturing Company. Shortly after Music Corporation of America took over Universal Pictures in 1962, Universal Studios Hollywood grew over the years into a full-blown theme park.


The concept for Disneyland began one Sunday, when Walt Disney was visiting Griffith Park with his daughters Diane and Sharon and opened to the general public on July 18, 1955.


The first cruise ship was the Prinzessin Victoria Luise built in 1900.
Modern day ships has passenger capacity of between 2000 to 5000.


Gambling, in some way or another, has been seen in almost every society in history. One of the first known casinos was the Casinò di Venezia, established in Venice Italy around 1638 and is still in operation.

In 1931, Las Vegas became America's first legalized casinos followed by Atlantic City, America's second largest gambling city.
The casino industry in Macau took form in 1962 when the government granted the Sociedade de Turismo e Diversões de Macau (STDM), a syndicate jointly formed by Hong Kong and Macau businessmen, the monopoly rights to all forms of gambling.



Beer is the world's oldest and most widely consumed alcoholic beverage and the third most popular drink overall after water and tea and is recorded in the written history of ancient Egypt.