Drop Tower

Similar topics in Freebase

• 

  Roller coaster

  The roller coaster is a popular amusement ride developed for amusement parks and modern theme parks. LaMarcus Adna Thompson patented the first coasters on January 20, 1885. In essence a specialized railroad system, a roller coaster consists of a track that rises in designed patterns, sometimes with...
• 

  Ferris wheel

  A Ferris wheel (also known as an observation wheel or big wheel) is a nonbuilding structure, consisting of an upright wheel with passenger gondolas attached to the rim. The original Ferris wheel was designed by George Washington Gale Ferris, Jr., as a landmark for the 1893 World's Columbian...
• 

  Bumper car

  Bumper car is the generic name for a type of flat ride consisting of several small electric cars which draw power from the floor and/or ceiling, and which are turned off by the operator at the end of a session. They are also known as dodgem cars, or simply dodgems, the last name being the usual...
• 

  Water slide

  A water slide is a type of slide or tube designed for warm-weather or indoor recreational use, typically with water pumped to its top and allowed to flow down its surface, although some may simply be wet. A person is able to sit directly on the slide, or on a raft or tube designed to be used with...
• 

  Carousel

  A carousel (from French carrousel, from Italian carosello), or merry-go-round, is an amusement ride consisting of a rotating circular platform with seats for riders. The "seats" are traditionally in the form of rows of wooden horses or other animals mounted on posts, many of which are moved up and...
• 

  Chairlift

  An elevated passenger ropeway, or chairlift, is a type of aerial lift, which consists of a continuously circulating steel cable loop strung between two end terminals and usually over intermediate towers, carrying a series of chairs. They are the primary onhill transport at most ski areas (in such...
• 

  Shoot-the-Chutes

  Shoot-the-Chutes is an amusement ride consisting of a flat-bottomed boat that slides down a ramp or inside a flume into a lagoon. Unlike a log flume, a Shoot the Chutes generally has larger boats and one single drop. The first of this type of amusement ride was built by J.P. Newberg in 1884 down...
• 

  Helter skelter

  A helter skelter is a funfair or amusement park ride with a slide built in a spiral around a high tower. Users climb up inside the tower and slide down the outside, usually on a mat. Typically the ride will be of wooden construction and, in the case of fairground versions, designed to be...
• 

  Trackless train

  A trackless train (or land train, parking lot tram, Dotto train, Tschu-Tschu train) is a road going articulated vehicle used for the transport passengers, comprising a driving vehicle pulling one or more carriages connected by drawbar couplings, in the manner of a road going railway train....
• 

  Wave pool

  A wave pool is a swimming pool in which are artificially generated reasonably large waves, similar to the ocean's. Wave pools are often a major feature of water parks. Several locations claim to have developed the first wave pool in the United States, including Big Surf in Tempe, Arizona, in 1969,...