What is Amusement Parks ?

feature of amusement parks. Early rides include the carousel,

which originally developed from cavalry training methods

first used in the Middle Ages. By the 19th century,

carousels were common in parks around the world.

Another such ride which shaped the future of the

amusement park was the roller coaster.

The origins of roller coasters can be traced back to

17th-century Russia, where gravity-driven attractions,

which at first only consisted of individual sleds

or carts riding freely down chutes on top of specially constructed

snow slopes with piles of sand at the bottom for braking,

were used as winter leisure activities.

These crude and temporarily built curiosities, known as Russian Mountains,

were the beginning of the search for even more thrilling amusement park rides

. The Columbian Exposition of 1893 was a particularly

fertile testing ground for amusement rides and included

some that the public had never seen before, such as the world's

first Ferris wheel, one of the most recognized products of the fair

. In the present day, many rides of various types are set around a specific theme.

first of its kind to feature a water element
Flat rides
Flat rides are usually

considered to be those that move their passengers in a plane generally parallel to the ground.

There is a core set of flat rides which most amusement parks have, including the enterprise, tilt-a-whirl, gravitron, chairswing, swinging inverter ship, twister, and top spin. However, there is constant innovation, with new variations on ways to spin and throw passengers around appearing in an effort to keep attracting customers. Manufactures such as Huss and Zamperla specialise in creating flat rides among other amusement attractions.[citation needed]

Roller coasters
Main article: Roller coaster

Roller coasters, such as Behemoth at Canada's Wonderland, have fast and steep drops from high altitudes

Amusement parks often feature multiple roller coasters of primarily