Amusement ride
An amusement ride is any number of devices found in
funfairs and
amusement parks meant to appeal to various senses of the rider.
Encyclopedia
An
amusement ride is any number of devices found in
funfairs and
amusement parks meant to appeal to various senses of the rider.
Types
Amusement park rides
Larger rides, normally only found in amusement parks
Funfair rides
Traditional and transportable rides found in funfairs, many of which may also be found in amusement parks
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Amusement ride manufactures
Most new amusement rides are innovations of one of the major amusement ride manufactures, and in fact many ride types are virtualy brand names for particular product line.
From time to time, individual rides are manufactured or reproduced by large engineering companies, but the major manufactures in the history of amusement rides are:
- Aero Affiliates
- AMECO
- A.R.M. - Turnagain
- Bakker
- Bembom Rides
- Bennetts
- Bertazzon
- Cadoxton
- Chance Rides Manufacturing - Chance Morgan
- Church
- Dartron Industries
- Eli Bridge
- Lee Eyerly
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- Far Fabbri -
- Gravity Works, Inc
- Great Coasters International
- Edwin Hall
- Hayes Fabrication
- Hopkins Amusement Rides
- HUSS Maschinenfabrik
- Hrubetz
- Intamin AG
- Ital International
- Jacksons
- Caspar Klaus
- KMG - Kermis Machinebouw Gaasendam
- L & T Systems Amusement Rides
- Lang Wheels
- Larson International
- Lusse Company
- Mack Rides
- Maxwells
- Mondial Rides
- Moser Rides
- Norson Power
- Premier Rides
- Protech
- Pollards
- PWS
- Reverchon Industries
- Rollercoaster Corporation of America
- Ronald Bussink Professional Rides
- S&S Power
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Inc - Arrow Dynamics
- Safeco
- Sally Corp
- Sartori Rides Int'l Group - Claudio Sartori
- SBF Rides
- Anton Schwarzkopf
- Sellner Manufacturing Co
- Smart Amusements Co
- Sobema
- Soli s.r.l.
- Sonacase - Monty Hammond
- Soriani
- Joe and Perrin Stevens
- Sywell Fabrications - Henry Thurston
- Technical Park
- Thrilltime, Inc
- Tivoli Enterprises - Richard Woolls
- Top Fun
- Traver
- Vekoma
- Wards
- White Water West Industries
- Wisdom Rides
- Zierer
Amusement Ride Operators
- Conklin Shows - One of the oldest and world's largest traveling company. Operating out of Canada has one of the largest fleets of rides, and various midway games.
Smart Amusements
See also
There are many different carnival operators in the world. In the United States there is Paul Maurer Shows, Ray Cammack Shows, Astro Amusements, Paradise Amusements, Helm and Sons, Amusements of America, Davis Enterprises, American Traveling Shows, Butler Amusements, Shamrock Shows, K & B Amusements, just to name a few. Most carnivals are not made up of just one operator. There is a carnival owner who usually owns the majority of the rides and possibly a few special interest items , there are people who "book" rides in with a carnival that pay the owner a percentage of what the ride grosses. There are also concessionaires who run food wagons or games. You may have 1 or 30 or more concessionaires and book ride owners along with the owner to make up a modern day carnival. Most of the "committees" usually just know the carnival's name and assume it is all the same company.
References
- ride histories.
- database of UK fairground rides.
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