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List of amusement rides
Amusement rides, sometimes called carnival rides, are mechanical devices or structures that move people to create fun and enjoyment.
Rides are often perceived by many as being scary or more dangerous than they actually are. This could be due to the design, having acrophobia, or from hearing about accidents involving rides that are similar.[1] For some, the adrenaline associated with riding amusement rides is part of the experience.[2]
They are common at most annual events such as fairs, traveling carnivals, and circuses around the world. Sometimes music festivals and concerts also host amusement park rides.
Types of rides edit
- Flat rides are usually those that move their passengers on 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.[3][4]
- In gravity rides, gravity is responsible for all or some of the movement where any vertical movement is not about a fixed point, such as roller coasters, water slides and drop towers.[3]
- Vertical rides usually move their passengers in a vertical plane and around a fixed point, such as Ferris wheels, Enterprise and Skydiver.[3]
- As of the 2010s, some rides employ virtual reality.
Specific themes edit
List of amusement rides edit
| Year | Name(s) | Image | Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1954 | Ali Baba | Pendulum ride | The Ali Baba is a type of amusement ride consisting of a stationary horizontal gondola with a 360 degree swinging pendulum. | |
| 1961 | Alpine slide | |||
| 1948 | Balloon Race | |||
| 1965 | Bayern Kurve | |||
| 1952 | Booster (Fabbri) | Pendulum ride | ||
| 1998 | Booster (HUSS) | |||
| 1985 | Breakdance | |||
| 1972 | Bumper boats | Water ride | ||
| 1920s | Bumper cars | Dodgems | ||
| 1700s | Carousel | Merry-Go-Round | ||
| 1925 | Caterpillar | |||
| 1954 | Cliffhanger | |||
| 1984 | Condor | |||
| 2003 | Disk'O | |||
| c.1910 | Devil's wheel | |||
| 1943 | Double Shot | Drop tower | ||
| 1972 | Enterprise | |||
| 1992 | Evolution | |||
| 1893 | Ferris wheel | |||
| 1946 | Fireball | |||
| 1930s | Flying Scooters | |||
| 1953 | Freak out | Pendulum ride | ||
| 1982 | Freefall | Drop tower | ||
| 1994 | Frisbee | Pendulum ride | ||
| 1954 | Fun Slide | |||
| 1983 | Gravitron | |||
| 1954 | Gyro tower | |||
| Hayride | ||||
| 1905 | Helter skelter | |||
| 1940s | Hurricane | |||
| 1960s | Infinity | Pendulum ride | ||
| 1950s | Inversion | Pendulum ride | ||
| 1950s | Jump and Smile | |||
| 1984 | Kamikaze | Pendulum ride | ||
| 1977 | Kiddie ride | |||
| 1963 | Log flume | Water ride | ||
| 1982 | Looping Starship | Pendulum ride | ||
| 1952 | Loop Fighter | Pendulum ride | ||
| 1933 | Loop-O-Plane | |||
| 1933 | Loop-the-Loop[5] | |||
| 1929 | Madhouse | Dark ride | ||
| 1926 | Matterhorn | |||
| 1930s | Mechanical bull | |||
| 1982 [6] | Miami Trip | Thrill ride | ||
| 1977 | Monster | |||
| 1986 | Motion simulator | |||
| 1954 | Music Express | |||
| 1952 | Octopus | |||
| 1926 | 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 | ||
| 1971 | Red Baron | |||
| c.1978 | Reverse bungee | |||
| 1956 | River caves | Water ride | ||
| 1980 | River rapids ride | Water ride | ||
| 1978 | Rockin' Tug | |||
| 1948 | Rock-O-Plane | |||
| 1974 | Rockstar | Pendulum ride | ||
| 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. | ||
| 2013 | Rollglider | The Rollglider is a type of a thrill amusement ride that has a steel pipe track designed with turns, dips and loops, using gravity-propelled trolleys to slide down the track. | ||
| 1970s | Roll-O-Plane | |||
| 1940s | Rotor | |||
| 1940s | Round Up | |||
| 1938 | Scrambler | Flat ride | ||
| 2004 | Screamin' Swing | Pendulum ride | ||
| 1884 | Shoot the Chute | Water ride | ||
| 2003 | Sky Swatter | |||
| 1992 | Skycoaster | |||
| 1965 | Skydiver | |||
| 1963 | Skywheel | The Skywheel is a ride that is essentially a double Ferris Wheel with each wheel attached on each end of a large boom that rotates on its axis causing the wheels to rise and fall while rotating independently as they rotate around the boom axis causing a gravitational thrill more spectacular than an normal Ferris Wheel. The ride was constructed by now defunct company Allan Herschell Company.[7] | ||
| 1996 | Space Shot | Drop tower | ||
| 2000 | Speed | Pendulum ride | ||
| 1940s | Star Flyer | Swing ride | ||
| 1955 | Super Shot | Drop tower | ||
| 1996 | Super Star | |||
| 1960 | Swing Around | |||
| 1920s | Swing boat | Pendulum ride | ||
| 1951 | Tagada | |||
| 1948 | Teacups | |||
| 1914 | The Whip | |||
| 1926 | Tilt-A-Whirl | |||
| 1996 | Top Scan | |||
| 1990 | Top Spin | |||
| 2002 | Topple Tower | Pendulum ride | ||
| 1955 | Tornado (Mondial) | |||
| 1951 | Tornado (Wisdom) | |||
| 1944 | Tow boat ride | Water ride | ||
| 1970s | Troika | |||
| 1940s | Tumble Bug | |||
| 1950s | Turbo Drop | Drop tower | ||
| 1953 | Twist | |||
| 1978 | UFO | |||
| 1957 | UltraMax | |||
| 1933 | Waltzer | |||
| 1963 | Wipeout | |||
| 1968 | Zipper |
Literature edit
- Florian Dering: Volksbelustigungen. Eine bildreiche Kulturgeschichte von den Fahr-, Belustigungs- und Geschicklichkeitsgeschäften der Schausteller vom achtzehnten Jahrhundert bis zur Gegenwart. Greno, Nördlingen 1986, ISBN 3-89190-005-8.
- Karl Ruisinger: Kirmes Special. Karussells 1950er und 1960er Jahre (= Kirmes Special 1). Gemi Verlag, Reichertshausen 2005, ISBN 3-9808913-3-X.
- Sacha-Roger Szabo: Rausch und Rummel. Attraktionen auf Jahrmärkten und in Vergnügungsparks. Eine soziologische Kulturgeschichte. transcript-Verlag, Bielefeld 2006, ISBN 3-89942-566-9 (Zugleich: Freiburg, Univ., Diss., 2006).
References edit
- ^ "Why are people scared of roller coasters? | Highlights Kids". Highlights Kids. Retrieved 2023-01-29.
- ^ Dockrill, Peter (2016-01-20). "The Science Behind Why We Love Terrifying Ourselves on Rollercoasters". ScienceAlert. Retrieved 2023-01-29.
- ^ a b c Ferris wheels - an illustrated history, Norman D. Anderson
- ^ Brown, Reynold (July 1949). "Popular Science". Popular Science. Bonnier Corporation. 155: 84. ISSN 0161-7370.
- ^ "Self-Powered Loop-the-Loop is Latest Ride" Popular Mechanics, April 1935
- ^ "What is the History of the Miami Funfair Ride? | Fairground FAQs".
- ^ "Out of the Past: "The Skywheel" Double Ferris Wheel". Buffalo Stories Archives & Blog. Retrieved 2023-10-28.
External links edit
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- http://www.ride-index.de − Datenbank der Reisenden Fahrgeschäfte in Deutschland (in German)
- U.S. patents for roller coasters and related rides