List of amusement rides
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Clash Royale CLAN TAG#URR8PPP Amusement rides, sometimes called carnival rides, are mechanical devices or structures that move people to create enjoyment.
Contents
1 Types of amusement rides
2 List of amusement rides
3 References
4 External links
Types of amusement rides
- Carousel
- Dark ride
- Drop tower
- Ferris wheel
- Gravity ride
- Gyro tower
- Pendulum ride
- Roller coaster
- Simulator ride
- Swing ride
- Water ride
- Spiral Slide ride
- Circus
- Enterprise
- Gravitron
List of amusement rides
| Year | Name(s) | Image | Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Ali Baba |  | Pendulum ride | ||
Alpine slide |  | |||
Balloon Race |  | |||
| 1965 | Bayern Kurve |  | ||
Booster (Fabbri) |  | Pendulum ride | ||
| 1998 | Booster (HUSS) |  | ||
| 1985 | Breakdance |  | ||
| 1972 | Bumper boats |  | Water ride | |
| 1920s | Bumper cars |  | ||
| 1700s | Carousel |  | ||
| 1925 | Caterpillar |  | ||
Cliffhanger |  | |||
| 1984 | Condor |  | ||
| 2003 | Disk'O |  | ||
c.1910 | Devil's wheel |  | ||
Double Shot |  | Drop tower | ||
| 1972 | Enterprise |  | ||
| 1992 | Evolution |  | ||
| 1893 | Ferris wheel |  | ||
Fireball |  | |||
| 1930s | Flying Scooters |  | ||
| 1982 | Freefall |  | Drop tower | |
| 1994 | Frisbee |  | Pendulum ride | |
Fun Slide |  | |||
| 1983 | Gravitron |  | ||
Gyro tower |  | |||
Hayride |  | |||
| 1905 | Helter skelter |  | ||
| 1940s | Hurricane |  | ||
Jump and Smile |  | |||
| 1984 | Kamikaze |  | Pendulum ride | |
Kiddie ride |  | |||
| 1963 | Log flume |  | Water ride | |
| 1982 | Looping Starship |  | Pendulum ride | |
| 1933 | Loop-O-Plane |  | ||
Loop-the-Loop[1] | ||||
Madhouse |  | Dark ride | ||
Matterhorn |  | |||
| 1930s | Mechanical bull |  | ||
Monster |  | |||
| 1986 | Motion simulator |  | ||
Music Express |  | |||
Octopus |  | |||
Old Mill | Water ride | |||
| 1968 | Omnimover | |||
| 1976 | Orbiter |  | ||
| 1957 | Paratrooper |  | ||
c.1893 | Pirate Ship |  | Pendulum ride | |
| 1999 | Power Surge |  | ||
| 1983 | Rainbow |  | ||
| 1981 | Ranger |  | Pendulum ride | |
Red Baron |  | |||
c.1978 | Reverse bungee |  | ||
River caves | Water ride | |||
| 1980 | River rapids ride |  | Water ride | |
| 1978 | Rockin' Tug |  | ||
| 1948 | Rock-O-Plane |  | ||
| 1700s | Roller coaster |  | The roller coaster is an amusement ride developed for amusement parks and modern theme parks. LaMarcus Adna Thompson obtained a patent regarding roller coasters on January 20, 1885, which were made out of wood, but this patent is considerably later than the "Russian mountains" described in the article. | |
Roll-O-Plane |  | |||
| 1940s | Rotor |  | ||
Round Up |  | |||
| 2004 | Screamin' Swing |  | Pendulum ride | |
| 1884 | Shoot the Chute |  | Water ride | |
| 2003 | Sky Swat |  | ||
| 1992 | Skycoaster |  | ||
| 1965 | Skydiver |  | ||
| 1996 | Space Shot |  | Drop tower | |
Speed |  | Pendulum ride | ||
Star Flyer |  | Swing ride | ||
Super Shot | Drop tower | |||
| 1996 | Super Star |  | ||
| 1960 | Swing Around | |||
Swing boat |  | Pendulum ride | ||
Tagada |  | |||
Teacups |  | |||
| 1914 | The Whip |  | ||
| 1926 | Tilt-A-Whirl |  | ||
| 1996 | Top Scan |  | ||
| 1990 | Top Spin |  | ||
| 2002 | Topple Tower |  | Pendulum ride | |
Tornado (Mondial) |  | |||
Tornado (Wisdom) |  | |||
Tow boat ride |  | Water ride | ||
| 1970s | Troika |  | ||
Tumble Bug |  | |||
| 1800s | Tunnel of love |  | Dark ride | |
Turbo Drop |  | Drop tower | ||
Twist |  | |||
| 1978 | UFO |  | ||
UltraMax |  | |||
| 1933 | Waltzer |  | ||
| 1963 | Wipeout |  | ||
| 1968 | Zipper |  |
References
^ "Self-Powered Loop-the-Loop is Latest Ride" Popular Mechanics, April 1935
External links
 | Wikimedia Commons has media related to Amusement rides. |
- History of Fairs - Fairground Rides - Modern Rides :: National Fairground Archive
- U.S. patents for roller coasters and related rides