History AllThereInTheManual / ThemeParks

** While ''Ride/TheAmazingAdventuresOfSpiderMan'' explains the gist of its plot during the queue -- the Sinister Six have stolen the Statue of Liberty using a levitation ray, and the Daily Bugle decides to send in tourists to cover the scoop while Spider-Man saves the day -- it is never properly explained where Doctor Octopus' levitation ray came from. He claims that he created it himself, but a tie-in comic book reveals that this was not the case, and that he actually stole it from Stark Industries.

** While ''Ride/TheAmazingAdventuresOfSpiderMan'' explains the gist of its plot during the queue (the Sinister Six have stolen the Statue of Liberty using a levitation ray, and the Daily Bugle decides to send in tourists to cover the scoop while Spider-Man saves the day), it is never properly explained where Doctor Octopus' levitation ray came from. He claims that he created it himself, but a tie-in comic book reveals that this was not the case, and that he actually stole it from Stark Industries.

* Some of the attractions at the Ride/DisneyThemeParks have backstories, but you have to look in books and promotional materials for the parks to find it.
** Some of them are explained by voiceover artists over intercoms or through video packages aired while you're waiting in line, but not everyone pays attention to them -- or they speed through the line too fast to even see them. For an example, at the rival [[Ride/UniversalStudios Universal Studios Florida]] park, ''Ride/RevengeOfTheMummy'' at Universal Studios is based around the concept that you're participating in a filming of another ''Mummy'' movie. If you take the Fast Pass-style line, you'll go through too fast to even figure this out.
** Disney is an odd case of this, as their official policy regarding a ride's backstory is that it is whatever the Cast Members working there that day decide it is. Most rides have a generally accepted story that most Cast Members will stick to, but any details are subject to change at a moments notice, and some of the best parts come from some guy one day deciding to change it up a bit.
** The Blizzard Beach water park has a backstory. One day, Florida was hit with a freak snowstorm and it was decided to create the state's first ski resort. When all the snow melted and the plans were to be cancelled, they saw the Ice Gator sliding down the slopes and they decided to make it a water park.
* In ''Ride/TheAmazingAdventuresOfSpiderMan'', it is never properly explained where Doctor Octopus' levitation ray came from. He claims that he created it himself, however a tie-in comic book reveals that this was not the case and that he actually stole it from Stark Industries.
* Phantom's Revenge at Kennywood tells the story of the ride on their old website and formerly the queue signs.
* The Demon at the Great America Parks is told the story via a song/25-minute story in the queue line.
* Batman the Ride at Six Flags is a notable example, the story is that Batman wants to clean up Gotham City, as told in the queue line.

** Some of them are explained by voiceover artists over intercoms or through video packages aired while you're waiting in line, but not everyone pays attention to them -- or they speed through the line too fast to even see them. For an example, at the rival Universal Studios Florida park, the ride for ''Film/{{The Mummy|1999}}'' at Universal Studios is based around the concept that you're participating in a filming of another ''Mummy'' movie. If you take the Fast Pass-style line, you'll go through too fast to even figure this out.