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An Fairground ride or amusement ride is any number of devices found at carnivals, fairs/funfairs, or static amusement parks meant to stimulate the various senses of the rider.
Types[]
- This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it.
Amusement Park rides[]
Larger rides, normally only found in permanent / seasonal amusement/theme parks
- For list, see Wikipedia:Amusement ride.
Carnival or Funfair/Fair/Fairground rides[]
Traditional and transportable rides found at Carnivals/Steam Fairs, many of which may also be found in amusement parks. (note - most ride 'types' have several names for different builders versions)
- 1001 Nacht / Ali Baba / Falling Star / Joker / Rainbow (also called Flying Carpet)
- Breakdance
- Bumper cars or Dodgems
- Cake Walk
- Carousels or Merry-go-round
- Chair-O-Planes - swing ride
- Chaos
- Crazy shake
- Cliffhanger / Kite Flyer / Fly Away
- Crazy Wave / Gee Whiz / Moby Dick
- Cobra (Venture Rides)
- Dive bomber
- Dodgems
- Enterprise (also called Millennium)
- Evolution
- Flying Coaster (also called Ski Jump or Kangaroo)
- Freak Out
- Funhouses
- Fun Slide
- Gallopers (Carousel)
- Ghost train
- Gravitron / Starship 2000
- Saturn 6 / Hurricane / Downdraft
- Helter Skelter or Slide
- Jump and smile
- Insanity
- Kamikaze
- Kiddie ride
- KMG Afterburner (Fireball)
- Matterhorn / Flying Bobs
- Miami
- Music Express / Himalaya / Rock N Roll / Silver Streak
- Magnum
- Orbiter
- Octopus / Monster / Polyp / Spider
- Paratrooper or Umbrella Ride / Force 10
- Power Surge
- Quasar (also called swing)
- Reverse bungee (also called slingshot or ejection seat)
- Ranger
- Rock-O-Plane
- Roller Coaster
- Rotor
- Round Up / Zero Gravity
- Ring of Fire / Larson Fireball
- Scrambler / Sizzler/ Twist (also called Twister)
- Simulator
- Shoot the Chute (Water Flumes etc)
- Skydiver
- Sky Wheel / Skywheel
- Swing boats (Steam Yachts)
- Speed
- Spin Out (also known as Move-It)
- Super star
- Tagada – riders sit in a large bowl, in which it spins round and jolts about.
- Tilt-A-Whirl
- Tip-top (similar to a Paratrooper, but the ride sends passengers upside down)
- Toboggan
- Tornado
- Train rides, "kiddie ride" type
- Twin Flip
- Typhoon
- UFO
- Waltzer
- Wave Swinger
- Whip
- Wipeout / Trabant (also called Satellite and the Mexican Hat)
- Yo-Yo
- Zipper
Other Attractions (non riding)[]
- Boxing Ring
- Hall of mirrors
- Hook a duck
- Hoops
- Shooting gallery
- Skittle alley
- Test your strength
- Wall of Death
See also[]
- Fairground Organs
- Kiddie rides
- Steam fairs
- Shows and Meets - list of events, mainly in UK (please expand this list)
- Wikipedia:Amusement park
- Wikipedia:Amusement park accidents
- Wikipedia:List of amusement parks
References[]
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- Amusement Ride Extravaganza features history, photos and patent images of various rides.
- Rides Database : Rides Database, the world's biggest funfair rides database.
- UK National Fairground Archive ride histories.
- fairground-rides.co.uk database of UK fairground rides.[dead link]
External links[]
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