Patent ID: 7784408

Claim:
A ride for amusement parks and similar, comprising: a drive track, comprising a guide device ( 3 ) for guiding at least one vehicle ( 2 ) along said guide device ( 3 ) in a movement direction (v); at least one vehicle ( 2 ), comprising a normal vector (n), fixated relative to the vehicle ( 2 ) and oriented perpendicular to the movement direction (v); and a drive pattern ( 1 ), comprising at least a first track section ( 6 , 7 ), comprising an incline/decline, and a second track section ( 8 , 9 ), comprising an incline/decline, comprising a prefix, which is inverse to the prefix of the incline/decline of the first track section ( 6 , 7 ), wherein the first track section ( 6 , 7 ) and the second track section ( 8 , 9 ) are connected amongst one another, forming at least a partial section of a loop, wherein the guide device ( 3 ) is configured, so that the normal vector (n) in the first track section ( 6 , 7 ) is rotated from an orientation to the outside or to the inside with reference to the loop at the entry into the first track section ( 6 , 7 ) through a rotation of the normal vector (n) about an axis parallel to the movement direction (v) into an orientation to the inside or the outside, and the normal vector (n) in the second track section ( 8 , 9 ) is rotated from the orientation to the inside or to the outside back to an orientation to the outside or to the inside, wherein the guide device ( 3 ) is furthermore configured, so that the normal vector (n) of the vehicle ( 2 ), when passing through the drive pattern ( 1 ), is not oriented upward, so that the vehicle does not assume an overhead position at any location in the drive pattern ( 1 ).