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  2. List of roller coaster rankings - Wikipedia

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    Formula Rossa, the world's fastest roller coaster. Roller coasters are amusement rides developed for amusement parks and modern theme parks. Early iterations during the 16th and 17th centuries, which were popular in Russia, were wooden sleds that took riders down large slides made from ice.

  3. List of amusement rides - Wikipedia

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    The Booster is an amusement park ride made originally by HUSS Maschinenfabrik starting in 1998. 1985 Breakdance: Breakdance is an amusement ride designed by Huss Maschinenfabrik GmbH & Co. KG in 1985. 1972 Bumper boats: Water ride: Bumper boats are an amusement park ride that uses inner tube shaped watercraft that can be steered by the rider.

  4. Traveling carnival - Wikipedia

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    In 1893, the Chicago's World's Columbian Exposition (also called the Chicago World's Fair) was the catalyst for the development of the modern traveling carnival. [3] The Chicago World's Fair had an area that included rides, games of chance, freak shows, and burlesque.

  5. List of amusement park rankings - Wikipedia

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    Amusement parks and theme parks are terms for a group of entertainment attractions, rides, and other events in a location for the enjoyment of large numbers of people.. Amusement parks are located all around the world with millions of people visiting them ever

  6. Carnival - Wikipedia

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    Patras holds the largest annual Carnival in Greece, and one of the largest in the world. The famous Patras Carnival is a three-day spectacle replete with concerts, theatre performances, parading troupes, an elaborate treasure hunt game, three major parades, parallel celebrations specifically for children, and many masquerade balls including the ...

  7. Tivoli Gardens - Wikipedia

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    Tivoli Gardens, also known simply as Tivoli (Danish pronunciation: [ˈtsʰiwoli]), is an amusement park and pleasure garden in Copenhagen, Denmark.The park opened on 15 August 1843 and is the third-oldest operating amusement park in the world, [3] after Dyrehavsbakken in nearby Klampenborg, also in Denmark, and Wurstelprater in Vienna, Austria.

  8. Kings Island - Wikipedia

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    In addition, Kings Island has won Golden Ticket Awards in the annual publication from Amusement Today, including "Best Kids' Area" in the world for eighteen consecutive years (2001–2018) and "Best New Ride" in 2017 for Mystic Timbers. In the same publication, The Beast consistently ranks as one of the top ten wooden coasters in the world.

  9. List of Hersheypark attractions - Wikipedia

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    Hersheypark has 20 kiddie rides. All kiddie rides are rated as a 1. [1] Founder's Way. The kiddie rides that were built prior to 1971 were part of an area of the park known as Kiddieland, an area of the park that existed from 1949-1971. A number of the rides in this area of the park came from that era.