Coasterpedia:Guide to ride types

This is a working list of different ride types. Please feel free to expand it or discuss it on the discussion page.

Flat rides

All-Round
Ark/Speedway
Autodrome
Barnstormer
Barnyard
Bubble Bounce
Cliffhanger ? https://keansburgamusementpark.com/rides/cliffhanger/
Cobra
Crazy Shake
Extraordinary Bike
Flight Trainer
Fly-O-Plane
Loop-O-Plane
Mega Mix
Monte Carlo Rally/Speedway
Ramba Zamba/Swingaround/Hurricane
Rodeo
Roll-O-Plane
Scat
Simulator
Swinging Gyms
Tango
Tip Top/Force 10
Toboggan Waterslides (similar to Dhingy Waterslides, below)
Whirligig

Sky Wheels

List

Table

Name	Notes	Type
Acrobat		Circle
Air Race	A product from Zamperla.	Circle
Balloon Race		Circle
Balloon Tower		Tower, circle
Bayern Kurve		Circle
Booster		Swing
Breakdance		Circle
Cakewalk	An old ride with moving walkways that riders must navigate.	Walk-through
Calypso	Like a "Twist"/"Scrambler" ride but tilted.	Circle
Capriolo	A product from Mondial. Similar to a Booster, but only one end of the arm has a gondola.
Carousel	Includes Gallopers and double-decker rides. Also known as Merry-go-Round or Roundabout.	Circle
Caterpillar		Circle
Chair-O-Plane	A spinning ride. Does not tilt, unlike the Waveswinger. Includes Intamin Flying Dutchman?	Circle
Chaos	A product from Chance Rides.	Circle
Condor	A HUSS product, though similar rides have since been produced by Chinese companies.	Tower
Cobra
Crazy Daisy		Circle
Cycle Monorail		Track
Dinghy Waterslides		Track, water
Disk'O	Introduced by Zamperla, now built by multiple companies.	Track
Dodgems	Also known as "Bumper Cars".
Drop Tower		Tower
Enterprise		Circle
Evolution	Similar to a frisbee ride that makes a full inversion, but the seats also tilt. Both Fabbri and Nauta Bussink have made these.
Experience	A product from KMG.
Ferris Wheel	Also known as Big Wheel.
Flight Trainer	A product from Intamin.	Circle
Flipper	Also known as Superbowl. Superbowl/Flipper
Flying Carpet	Also known as a Magic Carpet. Riders face toward each-other.
Flying Coaster		Circle
Flying Island	An observation ride from Intamin.
Flying Scooters		Circle
Free Fall	"Free Fall" was an Intamin product. Intamin is the only company that has produced this sort of ride. Unlike later drop tower rides, this was a tracked ride.	Track, tower
Frisbee	Includes fully inverting frisbee rides, variants with seats facing outward, inward, and the original inward-facing seats with floor.	Swing
Funhouse	A walk-through attraction.	Walk-through
Giant Slide	Also known as Astroglide or Fun Slide.	Slide
Happy Swing	A product from Zamperla.
Helter Skelter	Also known as a Slip. A spiral-shaped slide.	Slide
Hexentanz	A product produced by Zierer.
Hot Air Balloon Ride	A product produced by W.G.H. Transportation Engineering	Tower
Inverter
Jets	Small vehicles spin round a central point. Each gondola rises and falls independently of another.	Circle
Jolly Tubes	Simple faiground ride consisting of a walk-through hollow spinning tube.	Walk-through
Jump & Smile		Circle
Log Flume		Track, water
Looper/Rock 'n' Roll		Circle
Madhouse	Large motorised type. Includes Vekoma Mad House and Mack Mystery Swing rides.
Magic	A product from HUSS.
Matterhorn		Circle
Miami
Miniature Railway	Only railways within parks are covered.	Track
Mixer	A product from Zamperla.
Monorail	May be used for transport and/or observation. Only monorails within parks are counted.	Track
Moonrocket	Produced by Maxwell and Lakin in the UK and Allan Herschell in the US.
Move It	Also known as Spin Out. The entire platform on which this ride sits, spins.
Musik Express	Aso known as Superbob. Information	Circle
NebulaZ	A product from Zamperla.
Observation Tower	Spinning observation tower. Single or double-decker.	Tower
Octopus	Fairly simple spinning ride with rising and falling cars. Could be viewed as a simpler version of the Polyp.	Circle
Orbiter	Also known as Extreme.	Circle
Paratower	A tower ride with parachutes.	Tower
Paratrooper
Pegasus	A product from Technical Park.
Pirate Ship	Also known as Galleon. A non-inverting pendulum ride.	Swing
Polyp		Circle
Pony Trek		Track
Power Surge	A product from Zamperla.
Quasar	A spinning ride that looks similar to an Enterprise, but it doesn't tilt up, rather it wobbles while spinning.	Circle
Ranger	Also known as a Traum Boot.	Swing
Rainbow	Also known as Ali Baba. Riders face outward. Usually has a single boom but includes the Chance Falling Star which has two.	Swing
River Rapids		Track, water
Rock-O-Plane	Looks like a ferris wheel, but riders can control the vertical spinning of their car. A skilled rider can apply the brake to perform loops or keep their car upside-down.
Rockin' Tug	Smaller than a Disk'O	Track
Ropeway	Also known as Cable Car.	Track
Rotor	Also known as Gravitron.	Circle
Rotoshake
Round-Up	Also known as Meteorite. Includes the more extreme HUSS "UFO" ride	Circle
Roundabout		Circle
Satellite	Also known as Trabant.	Circle
Santa Maria	Also known as Shuttle Boat. A product from Schwarzkopf. Like a Pirate Ship on rails, or a Disk'O but with the spinning car swapped for a non-spinning pirate ship.
Scrambler	Also known as Cha Cha, Sizzler, Twist.	Circle
Screamin' Swing	A product from S&S Worldwide. A giant swing ride which does not spin.	Swing
Sea Storm		Circle
Shoot The Chute		Track
Skid	Also known as Swirl, Ben Hur.
Skycoaster
Sky Fly	A product from Gerstlauer.
Sky Racer	Originally a product from Gerstlauer, later copied by SBF Visa
Sky Roller	A product from Gerstlauer	Tower
Sky Sling	A product from S&S Worldwide.
Sky Swat	A product from S&S Worldwide.
Sky Wheel	Also known as Double Ferris Wheel. Produced by Allan Herschell Company who were acquired by Chance Rides in 1970.
Slingshot
Splash Battle		Track, water
Star Flyer		Tower
Steam Yachts	A ride produced by Savage.
Super Loop	Also known as Ring of Fire.	Track
Super Nova	Super Nova produced by Mondial, Canyon Trip produced by Soriani & Moser. Like a Vekoma Waikiki Wave but the seats face inward, towards the centre of the ride.
Superstar	Produced by UK firms Protech and Northern Amusements. Riders sit at the end of arms attached to a spinning central point. This is in turn attached to an arm which raises riders into the air then also spins.
Tagada		Circle
Take Off
Teacups		Circle
Tempest
Tilt-A-Whirl		Circle
Top Spin	Includes variants such as Waikiki Wave by Vekoma, where each arm is able to rotate independently.
Top Scan	A ride with a single arm with seats at the end. The seats rock while the arm moves to create a unique ride experience.
Tornado	Riders sit in four-person suspended cars, whose spinning can be controlled by the rider. These cars are suspended from a central, spinning tower.
Tri-Star	A product from HUSS.
Troika		Circle
Tube Slide		Slide
Tumble Bug	A ride with a circular track with one or more bumps. Features a "train" which is attached to a central spinning point. Includes the original Traver "Tumble Bug" rides and the modern "Bayern Express" rides from Gerstlauer.	Circle
Twin Spin	A product from A.R.M. Riders sit on a spinning disc which is raised up and spun vertically.
Twist 'n' Splash	A combination of Tea cups and a Splash battle	Circle, water
Typhoon	Similar to the Passat ride (a precursor to the Enterprise), but the spinning section of the ride travels up and over an upside-down U shaped track.
Waltzer	Similar to a Tilt-A-Whirl, popular in the UK.	Circle
Waveswinger	Like the Chair-O-Plane, but the top part tilts when the ride is at speed.	Circle
Whip
Zipper	A product from Chance Rides.

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Omitted rides

Due to their size, ubiquity, and difficulty to track, some attraction types are deliberately omitted from ride lists. These attractions do not warrant articles, though where reliable sources are available information on them may be added in the "History" section on the amusement park page.

Arcade games
Bumper boats or bumper cars that don't pick up power from the ceiling or floor
Cinema attractions, even if they use ride-like gimmicks
Go-Karts not within parks with other amusement rides
Miniature Railways not within parks with other amusement rides
Rides or Simulators that are coin-operated
Meet-and-greet character facilities unless the experience is optional and has a walk-through attraction connected to it
Playgrounds
Ropes Course
Splash Pads
Walk-Through attractions not within parks with other amusement rides