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2. List of amusement rides - Wikipedia

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   Pendulum ride: The Ali Baba is a type of amusement ride consisting of a stationary horizontal gondola with a 360 degree swinging pendulum. 1961 Alpine slide: A summer toboggan is an amusement or recreational ride which uses a bobsled-like sled or cart to run down a track usually built on the side of a hill.

3. Traveling carnival - Wikipedia

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   A traveling carnival (American English), usually simply called a carnival, travelling funfair or travelling show (British English), is an amusement show that may be made up of amusement rides, food vendors, merchandise vendors, games of chance and skill, thrill acts, and animal acts. A traveling carnival is not set up at a permanent location ...

4. Round Up (ride) - Wikipedia

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   Round Up (ride) Round Up is an amusement ride consisting of a circular horizontal platform with a vertical cage-like wall around the edge. The platform is attached to a motor on a hydraulic arm. The ride starts out by spinning until the centrifugal force is enough to push riders against the wall. Then the arm raises the horizontal platform to a ...

5. Zipper (ride) - Wikipedia

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   Zipper (ride) The Zipper is an amusement ride designed by Joseph Brown under Chance Rides in 1968. Popular at carnivals and fairs in the United States, Canada, Australia, Mexico and New Zealand, it features strong vertical G-forces, numerous spins, and a noted sense of unpredictability. Chance Rides had manufactured the ride continuously from ...

6. Carnival - Wikipedia

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   Carnival in Rome, c. 1650 Rio's Carnival is the largest in the world according to Guinness World Records. [1]Carnival or Shrovetide is a festive season that occurs at the close of the Christian pre-Lenten period, [2] consisting of Quinquagesima or Shrove Sunday, Shrove Monday, and Shrove Tuesday or Mardi Gras.

7. 11-Year-Old Was Reportedly Trapped on Carnival Ride for Over ...

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   The carnival ride company owner, Clint Payne, told local outlets he wasn’t aware of the incident in a statement on Sept. 12. "All our equipment is inspected weekly by State inspectors and if ...

8. Gravitron - Wikipedia

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   A Gravitron at an amusement park in the 1980s. The Gravitron[a] is an amusement ride, most commonly found as a portable ride at fairs and carnivals. The Gravitron first appeared at Morey's Piers in 1983, designed and manufactured by Wisdom Industries. It is a modification of an earlier ride called the Rotor.

9. Scrambler (ride) - Wikipedia

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   Scrambler (ride) The Scrambler, Twist (in the UK), Twister, Cha Cha (in Australia), Sizzler, or Merry Mixer, is an amusement ride in which suspended riders spinning in cars experience centrifugal force, while spinning along two separate axes. Riders are seated in small carriages clustered together and connected by beams at the top to a central ...