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'{{Redirect|Rides}} {{Redirect|Carnival ride|the album by Carrie Underwood|Carnival Ride}} '''Amusement rides''', sometimes called '''carnival rides''', are mechanical devices or structures that move people to create enjoyment. {{Anchor|Flat ride|Flat rides}}'''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 [[carousel]]s and [[twist (ride)|twist]]s, and ground level rides such as [[bumper cars]] and [[The Whip (ride)|The Whip]].<ref name=Anderson>[https://books.google.com/books?id=SkFQ5tgWKfEC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Ferris+wheels:+an+illustrated+history&cd=1 Ferris wheels - an illustrated history, Norman D. Anderson]</ref><ref name="Popular Science">{{cite journal|last=Brown|first=Reynold|date=July 1949|journal=Popular Science|publisher=Bonnier Corporation|volume=155|page=84|issn=0161-7370|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iyQDAAAAMBAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false|title=Popular Science}}</ref> {{Anchor|Gravity ride|Gravity rides}}'''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 coaster]]s and [[water slide]]s.<ref name=Anderson/> {{Anchor|Vertical ride|Vertical rides}}'''Vertical rides''' usually move their passengers in a vertical plane and around a fixed point, such as [[Ferris wheel]]s, [[Enterprise (ride)|Enterprise]], and [[Skydiver (ride)|Skydiver]].<ref name=Anderson/> ==List== {{Dynamic list|date=November 2011}} {| class="wikitable sortable" |- !data-sort-type="number" width=25px|Year !width=135px|Name(s) !width=175px class="unsortable"| Image !width=125px|Type ! Notes |- | | [[Ali Baba (ride)|Ali Baba]] | [[File:Jambore.JPG|175px]] | [[Pendulum ride]] | |- | | [[Alpine slide]] | [[File:Alpine Slide in Golden.jpg|175px]] | | |- | | [[Balloon Race (ride)|Balloon Race]] | [[File:Pallokaruselli Linnanmäki Helsinki.JPG|175px]] | | |- | 1965 | [[Bayern Kurve]] | [[File:Bayern Kurve Day 1.jpg|175px]] | | |- | | [[Booster (Fabbri ride)|Booster (Fabbri)]] | [[File:Hydro Max.JPG|175px]] | [[Pendulum ride]] | |- | 1998 | [[Booster (HUSS ride)|Booster (HUSS)]] | [[File:Kieppi Linnanmäki Helsinki.JPG|175px]] | | |- | 1985 | [[Breakdance (ride)|Breakdance]] | [[File:Breakdance-Mueller Corny.jpg|175px]] | | |- | 1972 | [[Bumper boats]] | [[File:Bumper boats (2).jpg|175px]] | [[Water ride]] | |- | 1920s | [[Bumper cars]] | [[File:BumperCar.jpg|175px]] | | |- | 1700s | [[Carousel]] | [[File:ManègeLR1.jpg|175px]] | | |- | 1925 | [[Caterpillar (ride)|Caterpillar]] | [[File:080605 1158 overhead caterpillar Canobie Lake Park.jpg|175px]] | | |- | | [[Cliffhanger (ride)|Cliffhanger]] | [[File:SantaCruz BeachBoardwalk CliffhangerInFlight DSCN9414.JPG|175px]] | | |- | 1984 | [[Condor (ride)|Condor]] | [[File:Bounty_Tower.JPG|175px]] | | |- | 2003 | [[Disk'O]] | [[File:Cavalerie Disk'O Zamperla Fraispertuis City.JPG|175px]] | | |- | c.1910 | [[Devil's wheel]] | [[File:Oktoberfest 2011 Teufelsrad.JPG|175px]] | | |- | | [[Double Shot (ride)|Double Shot]] | [[File:16-doubleshot.jpg|175px]] | [[Drop tower]] | |- | 1972 | [[Enterprise (ride)|Enterprise]] | [[File:Enterprise på TusenFryd.jpg|175px]] | | |- | 1992 | [[Evolution (ride)|Evolution]] | [[File:FabbrGroup Evolution.jpg|175px]] | | |- | 1893 | [[Ferris wheel]] | [[File:London Eye Twilight April 2006.jpg|175px]] | | |- | | [[Fireball (ride)|Fireball]] | [[File:Spring Fling Festival 2013 35.JPG|175px]] | | |- | 1930s | [[Flying Scooters]] | [[File:Flyers-IndianaBeach.jpg|175px]] | | |- | | [[Freefall (ride)|Freefall]] | [[File:Freefall at SFOG.jpg|175px]] | [[Drop tower]] | |- | 1994 | [[Frisbee (ride)|Frisbee]] | [[File:SpinSpider.JPG|175px]] | [[Pendulum ride]] | |- | | [[Fun Slide]] | [[File:Astroglide slide.jpg|175px]] | | |- | 1983 | [[Gravitron]] | [[File:Gravitron At Night.jpg|175px]] | | |- | | [[Gyro tower]] | [[File:Aussichtsturm im Heide-Park.jpg|175px]] | | |- | | [[Hayride]] | [[File:Hayride.jpg|175px]] | | |- | 1905 | [[Helter skelter (ride)|Helter skelter]] | [[File:Helter skelter.jpg|175px]] | | |- | 1940s | [[Hurricane (ride)|Hurricane]] | [[File:Hurricaneride.jpg|175px]] | | |- | | [[Jump and Smile]] | [[File:Jumpin Frog, night.jpg|175px]] | | |- | 1984 | [[Kamikaze (ride)|Kamikaze]] | [[File:Kamikase.jpg|175px]] | [[Pendulum ride]] | |- | | [[Kiddie ride]] | [[File:Kiddyride.jpg|175px]] | | |- | 1963 | [[Log flume (ride)|Log flume]] | [[File:PirateFalls.JPG|175px]] | [[Water ride]] | |- | 1982 | [[Looping Starship]] | [[File:PhoenixBGA.jpg|175px]] | [[Pendulum ride]] | |- | 1933 | [[Loop-O-Plane]] | [[File:Feature. Belmont Park BAnQ P48S1P09132.jpg|175px]] | | |- | | [[Loop-the-Loop (ride)|Loop-the-Loop]]<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=wt8DAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA514&dq=Popular+Science+1935+plane+%22Popular+Mechanics%22&hl=en&ei=zHM2Tpf-IeuFsgLc_MH3Cg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CCwQ6AEwATgK#v=onepage&q=Popular%20Science%201935%20plane%20%22Popular%20Mechanics%22&f=true "Self-Powered Loop-the-Loop is Latest Ride"] ''Popular Mechanics'', April 1935</ref> | <!--[[File:EXAMPLE|175px]] --> | | |- | | [[Madhouse (ride)|Madhouse]] | [[File:Efteling_VillaVolta_inside.jpg|175px]] | [[Dark ride]] | |- | | [[Matterhorn (ride)|Matterhorn]] | [[File:Terminator and Paratrooper, night.jpg|175px]] | | |- | 1930s | [[Mechanical bull]] | [[File:Woman riding mechanical bull.jpg|175px]] | | |- | | [[Monster (ride)|Monster]] | [[File:Monster-ride.JPG|175px]] | | |- | | [[Motion simulator]] | [[File:Motion simulator.JPG|175px]] | | |- | | [[Music Express]] | [[File:Musikexpress.JPG|175px]] | | |- | | [[Octopus (ride)|Octopus]] | [[File:Mustelaka linnanmäki.JPG|175px]] | | |- | | [[Old Mill (ride)|Old Mill]] | <!--[[File:EXAMPLE|175px]] --> | [[Water ride]] | |- | 1968 | [[Omnimover]] | <!--[[File:EXAMPLE|175px]] --> | | |- | 1976 | [[Orbiter (ride)|Orbiter]] | [[File:Extreme - Orbiter, spinning night.jpg|175px]] | | |- | 1957 | [[Paratrooper (ride)|Paratrooper]] | [[File:ParatrooperRide2013.jpg|175px]] | | |- | c.1893 | [[Pirate ship (ride)|Pirate Ship]] | [[File:Viikinki Linnanmäki Helsinki.JPG|175px]] | [[Pendulum ride]] | |- | 1999 | [[Power Surge (ride)|Power Surge]] | [[File:Power Surge cr.png|175px]] | | |- | 1983 | [[Rainbow (ride)|Rainbow]] | [[File:Sateenkaari (Rainbow).JPG|175px]] | | |- | 1981 | [[Ranger (ride)|Ranger]] | [[File:Hansa-Park Fliegender Hai.jpg|175px]] | [[Pendulum ride]] | |- | | [[Red Baron (ride)|Red Baron]] | [[File:Amusement ride in Gagarina park.jpg|175px]] | | |- | c.1978 | [[Reverse bungee]] | [[File:Power Shot - Reverse Bungee 02.jpg|175px]] | | |- | | [[River caves]] | <!--[[File:EXAMPLE|175px]] --> | [[Water ride]] | |- | 1980 | [[River rapids ride]] | [[File:Efteling Pirana.jpg|175px]] | [[Water ride]] | |- | 1978 | [[Rockin' Tug]] | [[File:Rockin' Tug at DippieDoe.JPG|175px]] | | |- | 1948 | [[Rock-O-Plane]] | [[File:Amusement park ride.jpg|175px]] | | |- | 1700s | [[Roller coaster]] | [[File:Luna Park Melbourne scenic railway.jpg|175px]] | | The roller coaster is an [[amusement ride]] developed for [[amusement park]]s and modern [[theme park]]s. [[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]] | [[File:Roll-O-Plane_-_panoramio.jpg|175px]] | | |- | 1940s | [[Rotor (ride)|Rotor]] | [[File:Rotormidcyclelunapraksyd.JPG|175px]] | | |- | | [[Round Up (ride)|Round Up]] | [[File:Roundupride.jpg|175px]] | | |- | 2004 | [[Screamin' Swing]] | [[File:Xtreme Swing.jpg|175px]] | [[Pendulum ride]] | |- | 1884 | [[Shoot the Chute]] | [[File:Snake River Falls-Cedar Point.jpg|175px]] | [[Water ride]] | |- | 2003 | [[Sky Swat]] | [[File:Slammer at Thorpe Park.jpg|175px]] | | |- | 1992 | [[Skycoaster]] | [[File:Xtreme Skyflyer (Arch Tower).JPG|175px]] | | |- | 1965 | [[Skydiver (ride)|Skydiver]] | [[File:Lakemontparkrides.jpg|175px]] | | |- | | [[Space Shot (ride)|Space Shot]] | [[File:Space Shot.jpg|175px]] | [[Drop tower]] | |- | | [[Speed (ride)|Speed]] | [[File:Speed ride crop.jpg|175px]] | [[Pendulum ride]] | |- | | [[Spin Out (ride)|Spin Out]] | [[File:Hershey Park - The Claw.JPG|175px]] | | |- | | [[Star Flyer (ride)|Star Flyer]] | [[File:VolksfestStarFlyer.jpg|175px]] | [[Swing ride]] | |- | | [[Super Shot (ride)|Super Shot]] | <!--[[File:EXAMPLE|175px]] --> | [[Drop tower]] | |- | 1996 | [[Super Star (ride)|Super Star]] | [[File:Super_Star_Ride.jpg|175px]] | | |- | 1960 | [[Swing Around]] | <!--[[File:EXAMPLE|175px]] --> | | |- | | [[Swing boat]] | [[File:Carter's Steam Fair, Prospect Park - geograph.org.uk - 1002180.jpg|175px]] | [[Pendulum ride]] | |- | | [[Tagada]] | [[File:Picswiss BS-55-96.jpg|175px]] | | |- | | [[Teacups]] | [[File:Kahvikupit Linnanmäki Helsinki.JPG|175px]] | | |- | 1914 | [[The Whip (ride)|The Whip]] | [[File:Fatty at Coney Island.jpg|175px]] | | |- | 1926 | [[Tilt-A-Whirl]] | [[File:Tilt-A-Whirl in Saskatchewan.jpg|175px]] | | |- | 1996 | [[Top Scan]] | [[File:Samurai Thorpe Park.jpg|175px]] | | |- | 1990 | [[Top Spin (ride)|Top Spin]] | [[File:Kieputin on Linnanmäki amusement park Helsinki Finland.JPG|175px]] | | |- | 2002 | [[Topple Tower]] | [[File:Toppletower.jpg|175px]] | [[Pendulum ride]] | |- | | [[Tornado (Mondial ride)|Tornado (Mondial)]] | [[File:ShakeAachen.JPG|175px]] | | |- | | [[Tornado (Wisdom ride)|Tornado (Wisdom)]] | [[File:Tornado Ride.jpg|175px]] | | |- | | [[Tow boat ride]] | [[File:Luisenpark_Mannheim_Gondolettas.JPG|175px]] | [[Water ride]] | |- | 1970s | [[Troika (ride)|Troika]] | [[File:Troika Cedar Point.jpg|175px]] | | |- | | [[Tumble Bug]] | [[File:Kennywood Turtle DSCN2732.JPG|175px]] | | |- | 1800s | [[Tunnel of love (ride)|Tunnel of love]] | [[File:At_the_Pleasure_Beach,_Blackpool_-_geograph.org.uk_-_522803.jpg|175px]] | [[Dark ride]] | |- | | [[Turbo Drop]] | [[File:Down Time.jpg|175px]] | [[Drop tower]] | |- | | [[Twist (ride)|Twist]] | [[File:Twister, sunset.jpg|175px]] | | |- | 1978 | [[UFO (ride)|UFO]] | [[File:UFOHalflift.jpg|175px]] | | |- | | [[UltraMax]] | [[File:Oktoberfest_Schaugeschaeft_2007_Richard_Bartz.jpg|175px]] | | |- | 1933 | [[Waltzer]] | [[File:Mannings Supreme Waltzer, spinning 02.jpg|175px]] | | |- | 1963 | [[Wipeout (ride)|Wipeout]] | [[File:Trabant Valleyfair.jpg|175px]] | | |- | 1968 | [[Zipper (ride)|Zipper]] | [[File:Zipper Ride From Paradise Amusements.jpg|175px]] | | |} ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== {{Commons category|Amusement rides}} *[http://www.nfa.dept.shef.ac.uk/history/rides/modern.html History of Fairs - Fairground Rides - Modern Rides :: National Fairground Archive] *[http://www.personal.psu.edu/faculty/v/a/vac3/table.html U.S. patents for roller coasters and related rides] {{Amusement parks}} [[Category:Amusement rides|*]]'