List of amusement rides

Amusement rides, sometimes called carnival rides, are mechanical devices or structures that move people to create enjoyment.

Types of amusement rides

List of amusement rides

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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

  1. ↑ "Self-Powered Loop-the-Loop is Latest Ride" Popular Mechanics, April 1935
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