List of amusement rides: Difference between revisions

{{Anchor|Flat ride|Flat rides}}'''Flat rides''' are usually considered to be those that move their passengers in a plane generally parallel to the ground, such as rides that spin around a vertical axis, like [[carousel]]s and [[twist (ride)|twist]]s, and ground level rides such as [[bumper cars]] and [[The Whip (ride)|The Whip]].<ref name=Anderson>[https://books.google.com/books?id=SkFQ5tgWKfEC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Ferris+wheels:+an+illustrated+history&cd=1 Ferris wheels - an illustrated history, Norman D. Anderson]</ref><ref name="Popular Science">{{cite journal|last=Brown|first=Reynold|date=July 1949|journal=Popular Science|publisher=Bonnier Corporation|volume=155|page=84|issn=0161-7370|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iyQDAAAAMBAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false|title=Popular Science}}</ref>

{{Anchor|Gravity ride|Gravity rides}}'''Gravity rides''' are those where gravity is responsible for all or some of the movement, and where any vertical movement is not about a fixed point, such as [[roller coaster]]s and [[water slide]]s.<ref name=Anderson/>

{{Anchor|Vertical ride|Vertical rides}}'''Vertical rides''' usually move their passengers in a vertical plane and around a fixed point, such as [[Ferris wheel]]s, [[Enterprise (ride)|Enterprise]], and [[Skydiver (ride)|Skydiver]].<ref name=Anderson/>

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