History of Rides

By Kybo21

  • First Loop to Loop Ride

    First Loop to Loop Ride
    The first looping roller coaster was built in Brittain and transported to Paris, the first of it's kind and a shaping moment.

  • First Paid switchback railway

    First Paid switchback railway
    The first switchback railway at Coney Island, New York, USA. This ride proved that people would pay for the experience of riding in a car down a wooden track.

  • First Scenic Railway

    First Scenic Railway
    The first scenic railway ride opens to the public in Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA.

  • First Vertical Loop

    First Vertical Loop
    The first ride with a vertical loop is built and opened. However, due to excessive G-forces it closes soon afterwards due to public safety..

  • Beginning of Rides

    Beginning of Rides
    Chicago's Columbian Exposition and the World's Fair began the concept of rides. They displayed an area of rides with the world's first Ferris Wheel.

  • First lap bar restraint

    First lap bar restraint
    In hope of public safety The Drop-the-Dips ride opens, with the first use of a lap bar restraint to hold riders in.

  • Rides Flourish

    Rides Flourish
    From the 1940's - 1960's many rollercoasters begin to be built, a few are still operating today.

  • First vertical drop

    First vertical drop
    The rollercoaster Oblivion opens at Alton Towers. The first vertical drop on a rollercoaster