What is Amusement Parks ?

timber or steel construction. Fundamentally,

a roller coaster ride is one in which a specialized railroad system

with steep drops and sharp curves, passengers sit and are restrained in cars,x

with steep drops and sharp curves, passengers sit and are restrained in cars, xs

usually with two or more cars joined to form a train.

Some roller coasters feature one or more inversions

(such as vertical loops) which turn the riders upside down.

Over the years there have been many roller

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 timber or steel construction. Fundamentally, a roller coaster ride is one in which a specialized railroad system with steep drops and sharp curves, passengers sit and are restrained in cars, usually with two or more cars joined to form a train. Some roller coasters feature one or more inversions (such as vertical loops) which turn the riders upside down. Over the years there have been many roller coaster manufacturers with a variety of types of roller coasters.

Manufacturers today include:

coaster manufacturers with a variety of types of roller coasters.

Manufacturers today include

Amusement park railways have had a long and varied history

in American amusement parks as well as overseasx

in American amusement parks as well as overseas. x

Some of the earliest park trains were not really trains; they were trolleys,

which brought park patrons to the parks on regular rail lines

from the cities to the end of the rail lines where the parks

were located. As such, some older parks, such as Kennywood in

Pennsylvania, were referred to as trolley parks. The earliest park

trains that only operated on lines within the park's boundaries

, such as the one on the ridable miniature Zephyr Railroad in Dorney Parkx

were mostly custom-built. Amusement park railways tend to be narrow gauge,

meaning the space between their rails is smaller than that of 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)

standard gauge railroads. Some specific narrow gauges that are common on amusement park

railroads are 3 ft (914 mm) gauge, 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) gauge, 2 ft (610 mm) gauge, and 15 in (381 mm) gauge.