Patent ID: 7351154

Claim:
A fun-ride, more particularly for amusement parks, festivals and the like, comprising at least one rail vehicle ( 1 ) and a guide lap for the vehicle ( 1 ) with a lap section ( 2 ), which in a lateral projection essentially constitutes a loop, the lap section ( 2 ) having a first ascending section ( 3 ) and a second descending section ( 4 ) the top ends of the sections being connected together, said vehicle ( 1 ) being arranged to ride along the side, facing the inner side of the loop, of the sections ( 3 and 4 ), means ( 5 ) for engagement with the vehicle ( 1 ) positioned at a stationary location along at least a portion of the first ascending section ( 3 ) to engage and hold the vehicle ( 1 ) after the vehicle's ascent of the first ascending section ( 3 ) has been slowed under the force of gravity and to impede the vehicle's descent of the first ascending portion ( 3 ), and transport means that cooperates with the vehicle ( 1 ) being held by the means ( 5 ) for engagement with the vehicle ( 1 ) to transport the vehicle along at least a portion of the guide lap.