Talanoa Park
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The Talanoa series · Claus Frimand

Talanoa Park is not real.
But the stories are.

Thirty-five years of building and opening theme parks, in three books: a murder mystery, a pre-opening handbook and the seven documents that turn an idea into a real project.

All three books

Buy Ready to Open and The Documents That Build a Park together, and get Who Killed the QS Guy? free.

Buy all three

$59$49 launch price until 30 November

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Cover of Who Killed the QS Guy? Cover of Ready to Open Cover of The Documents That Build a Park
Book cover: Who Killed the QS Guy? A navy company tie lying on a theme park blueprint.

Volume 1

Who Killed the QS Guy?

Solve a murder mystery and build a theme park in two hours.

Thirty-four days to opening. $173 million over budget. And now the Quantity Surveyor is dead.

  • A comic murder mystery, 20 chapters
  • Case notes on every stage of theme-park development
  • Gazza's Dictionary of the industry's language
Buy the e-book

$14.90$9.90

Book cover: Ready to Open, pre-opening operations for theme parks.

Volume 2

Ready to Open

Pre-opening operations for theme parks.

A practical guide to turning a finished project into an operating theme park, from recruitment and training to testing, rehearsals and opening day.

  • The eighteen months before opening, step by step
  • Checklists and templates you can use on your own project
  • Lessons from real openings
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$29$24

Team licence, up to 10 people: $119

Book cover: The Documents That Build a Park.

Volume 3

The Documents That Build a Park

Seven documents every theme park needs before it is built.

The documents that turn an idea into a real project, written out in full for Talanoa Park.

  • Feasibility Study and Business Plan
  • Investment Memorandum and Economic Impact Study
  • Operating Agreement, Marketing Plan and Sponsorship Proposal
Buy the e-book

$34$29

Team licence, up to 10 people: $139

Illustrated guest map of the finished Talanoa Park: Fire Mountain with its roller coaster, the Lagoon, Reef Kingdom, the Forest of Whispers, the Lazy River, Star Compass Plaza, Talanoa Village, Turtle Beach and Talanoa Resort.
Guest map, opening day. Some scaffolding may remain. Show times subject to change order.

From the team

"We are on time and we are on budget. I have been told this by everybody, every week, for two years."Ricardo "Ricky" Villareal, Chairman, Villareal Land
"Every attraction will be show-ready on opening day. Or in B-mode. Nobody will notice."Dieter Brandt, Ride & Technical Director
"Our new team members will be outstanding. Once we have a building to train them in."Megan Doyle, Vice President of Operations

The project's Quantity Surveyor was unavailable for comment.

The author

Claus Frimand has spent more than thirty-five years in theme parks and attractions, in more than ten countries across Europe, the Middle East and Asia. He has opened and run parks, served as general manager of a major theme park and advised owners on parks, resorts and world events.

Launch prices until 30 November 2026.