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Rides redirects here. For the album by Reef, see Rides (album), and for the BBC television series, see Rides (TV series). Rides is a 1999 British rock Album by Somerset group Reef. Track listing "New Bird" Rides was a British Television series produced by the BBC between 1992 and 1993.
An amusement ride at the 2007 Seville Fair in Seville, Spain.
An amusement ride at the 2007 Seville Fair in Seville, Spain. The Seville Spring Fair, Feria de abril de Sevilla, is held in the Andalusian capital of Seville, Spain. Seville ( Spanish: Sevilla, see also different names) is the artistic cultural and financial capital of southern Spain.
4 second exposure night photography .
4 second exposure night photography . Night photography refers to Photographs taken outdoors between dusk and dawn
Flying Scooter ride at Kings Island, Ohio
Flying Scooter ride at Kings Island, Ohio
An assortment of rides at the Royal Melbourne Show
An assortment of rides at the Royal Melbourne Show
An Enterprise
An Enterprise
Amusement ride in Oak's Park in Portland, Oregon
Amusement ride in Oak's Park in Portland, Oregon
Breakdance Ride, Royal Melbourne Show 2005
Breakdance Ride, Royal Melbourne Show 2005
Dodgem Cars, Royal Melbourne Show 2005
Dodgem Cars, Royal Melbourne Show 2005
Amusement Ride Prater 2008
Amusement Ride Prater 2008

An amusement ride is any number of devices found at carnivals, fairs/funfairs, or amusement parks meant to appeal to various senses of the rider. The Royal Melbourne Show is an Agricultural show held at the Royal Melbourne Showgrounds every September The Enterprise is an Amusement ride, manufactured primarily by HUSS Maschinenfabrik in 1972 The Royal Melbourne Show is an Agricultural show held at the Royal Melbourne Showgrounds every September The Royal Melbourne Show is an Agricultural show held at the Royal Melbourne Showgrounds every September The Wiener Prater is a large public park in Vienna 's 2nd district Leopoldstadt. A traveling carnival is an amusement show that may be made up of Amusement rides, food vendors merchandise vendors games of chance and skill thrill acts animal acts Traveling carnival A funfair or simply fair (eg " County fair" " state fair" is a small to medium sized traveling Fair Theme park is the generic term for a collection of rides and other Entertainment attractions assembled for the purpose of entertaining a large group

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Types

Amusement Park rides

Larger rides, normally only found in amusement/theme parks

Carnival or Funfair/Fair/Fairground rides

Traditional and transportable rides found at Carnivals/Fairs, many of which may also be found in amusement parks

Thillers (big coasters etc)

Amusement ride manufactures

Most new amusement rides are innovations of one of the major amusement ride manufacturers, and in fact many ride types are virtually brand names for particular product line. The Zamperla Balloon Race is a tilting circular motion amusement park ride manufactured by Antonio Zamperla S The Condor is the trade name of an Amusement ride sold by HUSS of Bremen Germany A dark ride or darkride is an indoor Amusement ride where riders in guided vehicles travel through specially-lit scenes that typically contain Animation Disk-O/ Skater is a Zamperla Flat ride. Riders sit on a circular platform with outward-facing seats (Disk-O in a long normal gondola looking inwards (Skater and A drop tower is a type of Amusement ride, based around a central structure or tower The Enterprise is an Amusement ride, manufactured primarily by HUSS Maschinenfabrik in 1972 A Ferris wheel (also known as an observation wheel or big wheel) is a Nonbuilding structure consisting of an upright wheel with passenger gondolas attached The Frisbee is an pendulum -motion Amusement ride designed by HUSS Maschinenfabrik. A house of mirrors or hall of mirrors is a traditional attraction at Funfairs (carnivals and Amusement parks The basic concept behind a house of mirrors A Freak Out is a pendulum -based Fairground ride. It is a smaller version of the Afterburner (Fireball ride both of which are manufactured by Drop Tower, formerly known as Drop Zone Stunt Tower, are thrill rides of varying sizes but all of the same name owned by five Cedar Fair parks The Looping Starship (also can be called Space Shuttle) is a Flat ride by Intamin AG of Switzerland. A motion simulator or motion platform is a mechanism that encapsulates riders and creates the effect/feelings of being in a moving object An observation tower is a structure used to view events from a long distance and to create a full 360 degree range of vision A Gyro Tower or Panoramic Tower is an evolution of the observation tower with a vertical moving platform A pirate ship is a type of Amusement ride, consisting of an open seated Gondola (usually in the style of a Pirate ship which swings back and forth The roller coaster is a popular Amusement ride developed for Amusement parks and modern Theme parks LaMarcus Adna Thompson patented the first A ridable miniature railway (USA 'riding railroad' or ' grand scale railroad' is a ground-level large scale model railway that hauls passengers using Locomotives The Sky Swat is a thrill ride which is built by S&S Power of Logan Utah. Screamin' Swing is a pneumatically powered Pendulum ride designed by S&S Power. The reverse bungee (sometimes referred to as a slingshot, catapult bungee, or Ejector Seat) is a modern type of Fairground ride introduced The Huss Swing Around is an amusement park ride manufacturered by Huss Swings are types of amusement rides that have seats attached below a metal structure Teacups is an Amusement ride characterized by cup-style spinning vehicles atop a turntable-like floor A Topple Tower is an Amusement ride produced by HUSS Maschinenfabrik. The Top Spin is a Thrill ride developed by HUSS Maschinenfabrik, which consists of a passenger platform suspended between two counterweighted arms The Troika is an Amusement park ride designed and manufactured by HUSS Maschinenfabrik in the mid-1970s A Tumble Bug is an Amusement park ride with a circular track Only two full-sized Tumble Bugs remain operating today in the United States &mdashone The Breakdance is an Amusement park ride designed by HUSS Maschinenfabrik in 1985 Bumper car is the generic name for a type of Flat ride consisting of several small electric cars which draw power from the floor and/or ceiling and which are turned off by the A carousel ( carrousel in French) is an Amusement ride consisting of a rotating platform with seats for passengers The Chair-O-Planes, sometimes called a swing carousel or wave swinger, is a Fairground ride that is a variation on the Carousel in which the The Cliffhanger, Kite Flyer and Fly Away are rides that simulate hang gliding Sartori's Crazy Wave, Wisdoms's Gee Whiz, and Wisdom's Moby Dick are all amusement rides that each have 2 small arms attached to a gondola below them Evolution is a large thrill ride manufactured by FarFabbri in Italy. A Freak Out is a pendulum -based Fairground ride. It is a smaller version of the Afterburner (Fireball ride both of which are manufactured by A funhouse or fun house is an amusement facility found on Amusement park and Carnival midways in which patrons can have a number of unusual and Frederiksen's Fun Slide is an carnival ride that is popular with kids A ghost train is a Dark ride found at Funfairs primarily designed for children This article is about the amusement ride For the hypothetical elementary particle see Graviton. The Hurricane (also known as the Saturn 6) is an amusement ride created by Frank Hrubretz & Co. A helter skelter is a funfair or Amusement park ride with a slide built in a Spiral around a high tower The Jump & Smile is a type of Fairground ride in which the chair cars are arranged on a number of radial arms around A Kamikaze (also known as a Double-Arm Ranger, The Apollo, or the Skymaster) is a pendulum Amusement ride, usually found as a Kiddie rides are Coin -operated rides for small children Kiddies rides commonly appear in Amusement parks, arcades malls, hotel game rooms The Matterhorn or Flying Bobs, sometimes also known by alternate names such as Musik Express or Terminator in the UK is an Amusement Ride very A Music Express is an Amusement park and carnival ride based on the original Catterpillar rides of Germany The Orbiter is a Fairground ride invented by Richard Woolls in 1976. The Octopus is an Amusement ride in the shape of an Octopus. Eight or five arms attached to a central axis spin and move up and down in random whilst A Paratrooper also known as an "Umbrella Ride" is a type of Fairground ride based on cars suspended below a wheel which rotates at an oblique angle Power Surge is a high-impact Thrill ride designed by Italian ride manufacturer Zamperla. The reverse bungee (sometimes referred to as a slingshot, catapult bungee, or Ejector Seat) is a modern type of Fairground ride introduced A Ranger is a HUSS manufactured inverting Pendulum ride, first manufactured in 1981 The Rock-O-Plane is an amusement park ride. Its shape is similar to that of a Ferris wheel, but with seats that are enclosed and rock and roll as the ride turns The Rotor is an amusement park ride designed by German engineer Ernst Hoffmeister in the late 1940s Larson International's older Ring of Fire, and their newer version called Fireball are both amusement rides that take the shape of a huge circle that is upright The Twist, also known as the Twister, Cyclone, Sizzler, Scrambler or Grasscutter is an Amusement ride in which suspended A motion simulator or motion platform is a mechanism that encapsulates riders and creates the effect/feelings of being in a moving object The Skydiver is a Carnival ride produced from 1965 to 1979 by Chance Rides Manufacturing Inc Speed is an amusement ride design produced by the Dutch company KMG. The Spin Out is a claw type of ride The claw has seats and is attached to an arm Superstar is an Thrill ride manufactured by Super-rides International in the UK Tilt-A-Whirl is one of the best-known Flat rides designed for commercial use at Amusement parks Fairs and Carnivals in which it is commonly found A toboggan is a simple Sled used on snow to carry one or more people (often children down a hill or other slope for recreation The tornado is an Amusement ride manufactured by Wisdom Industries Ltd Train Ride is an award-winning critically acclaimed feature thriller Film written and directed by Rel Dowdell, which was released The UFO is an Amusement park ride designed by HUSS Maschinenfabrik in the 1970s based on the company's Enterprise and Skylab amusement rides Waltzer is also the German word for Waltz A waltzer is a fairground ride that consists of a number of cars which are free to spin The Wave Swinger is an amusement ride often called a "swing" or "swinger" ride like a Yo-Yo or Chair-o-Planes. The Wipeout is a newer form of the Trabant. The rides are very similar as they both were made by Chance-Morgan. The Yo-Yo is a common Amusement ride featured in Carnivals State fairs and similar events The Zipper is a carnival ride designed in 1968 by Chance Rides Manufacturing Inc

From time to time, individual rides are manufactured or reproduced by large engineering companies, but the major manufacturers in the history of amusement rides are:

  • Norson Power (UK)
  • Owen Trailers (USA) [22]
  • Premier Rides (USA)[23]
  • Protech
  • Pollards (UK)
  • PWS (UK)
  • Reverchon Industries (France)[24]
  • Rollercoaster Corporation of America (USA)
  • Ronald Bussink Professional Rides (Switzerland)[25]
  • S&S Power Inc (USA)[26] - Arrow Dynamics
  • Safeco (Spain)
  • Sally Corp (USA)[27]
  • Sartori Rides Int'l Group (Italy)[28] - Claudio Sartori
  • SBF Rides (Italy)[29]
  • Anton Schwarzkopf (Germany)
  • Sellner Manufacturing Co (USA)[30]
  • Smart Amusements Co (Australia) [31]
  • Sobema
  • Sother
  • Soli s. Chance Morgan, a Roller coaster and Amusement ride manufacturer was formed in 2001 with the merger of Chance Industries (a ride manufacturer and D Lee U Eyerly (1892-1963 was an American civil Aviation pioneer and Amusement ride manufacturer Great Coasters International Inc (GCI is a Sunbury Pennsylvania -based Roller coaster manufacturer which has created several award-winning rides Intamin AG is a designing and manufacturing company in Wollerau, Switzerland. Maurer Söhne is a Steel construction company and Roller coaster manufacturer S&S Power is company known for its Pneumatically powered rides and roller coaster designing Anton Schwarzkopf (1924–2001 was a prolific and very highly regarded German Engineer of Amusement rides and founder of the Schwarzkopf Industries company which r. l. (Italy)[32]
  • Soriani
  • Joe and Perrin Stevens (UK)
  • Superides International (UK) [33]
  • Sywell Fabrications (Britain) - Henry Thurston
  • Technical Park (Italy) [34]
  • Thrilltime, Inc
  • Tivoli Enterprises (UK) - Richard Woolls
  • Top Fun (Italy) [35]
  • Traver (US) (bought by Ralph E. Tivoli Enterprises is known for building thrilling amusement rides Chambers in the 1930s)
  • Vekoma (Netherlands)[36]
  • Wards (UK)
  • White Water West Industries (Canada) [37]
  • Wisdom Rides (USA)[38]
  • Zamperla (Italy)[39]
  • Zierer (Germany)[40]

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