An amusement ride (100, 500) comprising: a support tower (200, 600); a track (101, 501) mounted on the support tower (200, 600) having a first bottom rail and a second bottom rail, said bottom rails (112, 113) being substantially parallel to each other; a first helical section (102, 502) of the track (101, 501) wherein the first bottom rail is an inner rail mounted on the support tower (200, 600) and the second bottom rail is an outer rail spaced radially outward from the inner rail, wherein the first section (102, 502) of the track (101, 501) is a helix wrapping around at least a portion of the tower (200, 600); a second helical section (103, 503) of the track (101, 501) mounted on the support tower (200, 600) wherein the second bottom rail is the inner rail and the first bottom rail is the outer rail spaced radially outward from the inner rail, wherein the second section (103, 503) of the track is a helix wrapping around at least a portion of the tower (200, 600); and the first and second sections (102, 502, 103, 503) of the track (101, 501) being connected together at a top of the support tower (200, 600) by a first switch back section and at a bottom of the support tower (200, 600) by a second switch back such that a rider carriage moveably mounted on the bottom rails (112, 113) can move in a continuous loop on the bottom rails (112, 113) and such that a first side of the rider carriage is facing outward on the first helical section (102, 502) of the track (101, 501) and a second side of the rider carriage is facing outward on the second helical section (103, 503) of the track (101, 501), the first and second sides of the rider carriage being opposite each other, wherein the first section (102, 502) and second section (103, 503) are evenly spaced apart for a majority of the length of the sections (102, 502, 103, 503), a plurality of rider carriages suspended below the bottom rails (112, 113) and pivotally attached to a mounting section, said mounting section being slidably attached to the bottom rails (112, 113); the rider carriages having doors on both sides of the rider carriage. a support tower (200, 600); a track (101, 501) mounted on the support tower (200, 600) having a first bottom rail and a second bottom rail, said bottom rails (112, 113) being substantially parallel to each other; a first helical section (102, 502) of the track (101, 501) wherein the first bottom rail is an inner rail mounted on the support tower (200, 600) and the second bottom rail is an outer rail spaced radially outward from the inner rail, wherein the first section (102, 502) of the track (101, 501) is a helix wrapping around at least a portion of the tower (200, 600); a second helical section (103, 503) of the track (101, 501) mounted on the support tower (200, 600) wherein the second bottom rail is the inner rail and the first bottom rail is the outer rail spaced radially outward from the inner rail, wherein the second section (103, 503) of the track is a helix wrapping around at least a portion of the tower (200, 600); and the first and second sections (102, 502, 103, 503) of the track (101, 501) being connected together at a top of the support tower (200, 600) by a first switch back section and at a bottom of the support tower (200, 600) by a second switch back such that a rider carriage moveably mounted on the bottom rails (112, 113) can move in a continuous loop on the bottom rails (112, 113) and such that a first side of the rider carriage is facing outward on the first helical section (102, 502) of the track (101, 501) and a second side of the rider carriage is facing outward on the second helical section (103, 503) of the track (101, 501), the first and second sides of the rider carriage being opposite each other, wherein the first section (102, 502) and second section (103, 503) are evenly spaced apart for a majority of the length of the sections (102, 502, 103, 503), a plurality of rider carriages suspended below the bottom rails (112, 113) and pivotally attached to a mounting section, said mounting section being slidably attached to the bottom rails (112, 113); the rider carriages having doors on both sides of the rider carriage.