Amusement ride
An amusement ride is any number of devices found in funfairs and amusement parks meant to appeal to various senses of the rider.
Types
Amusement park rides
Larger rides, normally only found in amusement parks
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- Dark rides
- Ferris wheels or Big wheels
- Freefall towers
- Gravitron
- House of mirrors
- Log flumes
- Loop-O-Plane
- Megadrop
- Motion platforms
- Observation towers
- Roller coasters
- switchbacks
- Horror train
- Shoot-the-Chutes
- Sightseeing trains
- The Zipper
- Tilt-A-Whirl
- Train rides
Funfair rides
Traditional and transportable rides found in funfairs, many of which may also be found in amusement parks
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- Ark
- Autodrome
- Booster
- Breakdance
- Bumper cars or Dodgems
- Carousels or Merry-go-round
- Chair-O-Planes or Swing Carousel
- Dive bomber
- Flying coaster
- Freak Out
- Gallopers
- Ghost train
- Helter Skelter
- Jolly tubes
- Jump and smile
- Matterhorn
- Miami
- Orbiter
- Octopus
- Paratrooper
- Reverse bungee
- Rotor
- Round up
- Simulator
- Steam yachts
- Super star
- Superbob
- Swinging gyms
- Tagada
- Top spin
- Trabant
- Train rides, "kiddie ride" type
- Tri-star
- Twist
- Waltzer
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| ► | Introduction |
| ► | Types |
| ► | Amusement ride manufactures |
| ► | See also |
| ► | References |
| ► | External links |
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