List of amusement rides

"Rides" redirects here. For other uses, see Rides (disambiguation).

"Carnival ride" redirects here. For the album by Carrie Underwood, see Carnival Ride.

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

Types of amusement rides

• Carousel
• Dark ride
• Drop tower
• Ferris wheel
• Gravity ride
• Gyro tower
• Pendulum ride
• Roller coaster
• Simulator ride
• Swing ride
• Water ride

List of amusement rides

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by expanding it with reliably sourced entries.

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
	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
	Madhouse		Dark ride
	Matterhorn
1930s	Mechanical bull
	Monster
	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
	Space Shot		Drop tower
	Speed		Pendulum ride
	Spin Out
	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

External links

• History of Fairs - Fairground Rides - Modern Rides :: National Fairground Archive
• U.S. patents for roller coasters and related rides