Talk:List of amusement rides

message: I'm surprised this hasn't come up before. I moved Gravitron, Tilt-A-Whirl, and Zipper to fairground rides. They are more at fairs/carnivals than amusement parks. There are some of these at amusement parks, but it's very small portion. Also, Huss Top Spins, and Enterprises are at more amusement parks than fairs/carnivals. So, they put them above. 
Also, Top Scan, Super Bowl, Steam Yachts, Jolly Tubs, Pharaoh's Fury, and Roll-O-Plane didn't go anywhere except to add a new page. So, I removed them. This is disappointing. If you can find a link to those rides, please put them back on.
Flying Coaster doesn't belong here. It's a roller coaster from Elitch Gardens. I removed that.
:Um... There's a flat-ride called the Flying Coaster.  If they were referring to the Volare, then by all means keep it removed. Timetrial3141592 00:53, 18 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The Zipper is a carnival ride.  The Tilt-A-Whirl is both a carnival ride and a park ride. Timetrial3141592 00:53, 18 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Removed Some Links and Fairground/Amusement Park

message: Will the person who added the link to Kamikaze please disambiguate it?  Cactus Wren 12:38, 28 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Kamikaze?

message: Is the ride traditionally described as "the Caterpillar" in New England linked under another name?  ◄HouseOfScandal►02:11, 30 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Caterpillar

message: Anybody know the name for those inflatable jumping thingies that you see at every amusement park? Aelffin 02:07, 24 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Jumping Thingy 

message: *dark rides?
*ferris wheels?
*drop towers?  and then in a different line, megadrop?  
*pirate ship/ pharaoh's fury?
*house of mirrors?
*teacups?
*top spin?
*roller coasters?
* i'm sure there are others, but i'm tired of looking at the list.
i have personally set-up and/or tore-down each of the rides i have just listed aside from the megadrop, and i have seen more than one trailer mounted megadrop.  and i have never worked in a theme park.
i suggest perhaps one complete list of rides, with an indication of whether a ride was manufactured as a park model, as a portable, or both.  then in the entry for the ride, there would be further information concerning that ride's history (i.e. originally a park model, but engineered for portability by acme rides in 1978)  this list would preferably list all rides by their generic name or most commonly known name.  (a zipper will always be a zipper; a giant wheel, a century wheel, an eli 16, and a grand wheel are all ferris wheels; a starship 2000 is nothing more than a renamed gravitron)  even this would provide difficulties, though, i.e. is a ranger the same as a kamikaze?  perhaps call two rides equivalent if and only if they have the same motions.  a ranger would be a kamikaze, because a body in a seat wouldn't know the difference, but a bobs would be different from a himalaya due to the increased motion of the swaying seats.  a silver streak would be the same as a himalaya, though, only scaled for children.  
Carnydog (talk) 07:08, 29 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  amusement rides only found in theme parks? 

message: "Flat rides" (linked from here) redirects to this article, in which the phrase "flat ride" appears nowhere. --152.15.24.58 (talk) 19:18, 12 November 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: - now redirects to List of amusement rides#Flat rides. 82.132.229.186 (talk) 06:46, 13 January 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: Flat rides

message: I've just moved several rides where transportable examples exist from the former section to the latter, per the lead sentences in those sections. There are now only six rides left in the "Amusement park rides" section. As potentially huge rides such as roller coasters and Ferris wheels belong in the "Carnival or funfair rides" section (because "These are traditional and transportable rides found at carnivals/fairs, many of which may also be found in amusement parks.") I suggest the distinction is pointless and the two sections be merged. 2.26.147.56 (talk) 21:41, 31 October 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: I support this proposal. Themeparkgc  Talk  21:52, 31 October 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Done.  2.26.167.200 (talk) 17:40, 7 November 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Proposal to merge "Amusement park rides" & "Carnival or funfair rides" 

message: this edit was reverted with an edit summary that this is a type of ride. This is true -- but there are other types of rides on the list (roller coasters, carousels, etc). I'll let someone else re-add. -- phoebe / (talk to me) 07:05, 20 December 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: types

message: The sentence in the intro: "Rides are often perceived by many as being scary or more dangerous than they actually are. This could be due to the design or from hearing about accidents involving rides that are similar" is not cited, and it is unclear on what basis these claims are made. (It strikes me as over-intellectualizing the actual emotion, but that's just an estimation by me). Ted BJ (talk) 00:39, 26 October 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Possible original research regarding scariness of rides 

message: :The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
The result of the move request was: not moved. Consensus thinks that this page is a list, and that the title should show that. (non-admin closure) - 🔥𝑰𝒍𝒍𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝑭𝒍𝒂𝒎𝒆 (𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒌)🔥 14:27, 14 July 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: List of amusement rides →  – This article would be move. Christiancardenas732 (talk) 00:41, 30 June 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Requested move 30 June 2023