List of amusement rides
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Early pleasure wheel in Russia, 1807
Amusement rides, sometimes called carnival rides, are mechanical devices or structures that move people to create enjoyment.
Contents
1 Types of ride
1.1 Specific themes
2 List of amusement rides
3 References
4 External links
Types of ride
- Flat rides are usually considered to be those that move their passengers in a plane generally parallel to the ground, such as rides that spin around a vertical axis, like carousels and twists, and ground level rides such as bumper cars and The Whip.[1][2]
- Gravity rides are those where gravity is responsible for all or some of the movement, and where any vertical movement is not about a fixed point, such as roller coasters and water slides.[1]
- Vertical rides usually move their passengers in a vertical plane and around a fixed point, such as Ferris wheels, Enterprise, and Skydiver.[1]
Specific themes
- Dark ride
- Drop tower
- Pendulum ride
- Roller coaster
- Simulator ride
- Swing ride
- Water ride
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 |  | |||
Freak out | Pendulum ride | ||||
| 1982 | Freefall |  | Drop tower | ||
| 1994 | Frisbee |  | Pendulum ride | ||
Fun Slide |  | ||||
| 1983 | Gravitron |  | |||
Gyro tower |  | ||||
Hayride |  | ||||
| 1905 | Helter skelter |  | |||
| 1940s | Hurricane |  | |||
Infinity | Pendulum ride | ||||
Inversion | Pendulum ride | ||||
Jump and Smile |  | ||||
| 1984 | Kamikaze |  | Pendulum ride | ||
Kiddie ride |  | ||||
| 1963 | Log flume |  | Water ride | ||
| 1982 | Looping Starship |  | Pendulum ride | ||
Loop Fighter | Pendulum ride | ||||
| 1933 | Loop-O-Plane |  | |||
Loop-the-Loop[3] | |||||
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
^ abc Ferris wheels - an illustrated history, Norman D. Anderson
^ Brown, Reynold (July 1949). "Popular Science". Popular Science. Bonnier Corporation. 155: 84. ISSN 0161-7370..mw-parser-output cite.citationfont-style:inherit.mw-parser-output .citation qquotes:"""""""'""'".mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registrationcolor:#555.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration spanborder-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output code.cs1-codecolor:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-errordisplay:none;font-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-errorfont-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-maintdisplay:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-formatfont-size:95%.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-leftpadding-left:0.2em.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-rightpadding-right:0.2em
^ "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