Amusement parks

Amusement parks

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double loop

Entertainment; Amusement parks

A term used to describe an element of two vertical loops together or may be used to describe a roller coaster with two vertical inversions, and no other inversions.

A term used to describe an amusement park that is designed to carry a theme in one or more areas of the park. The theme may carry over to the rides and attractions in that area as well. Examples of ...

traditional amusement park

Entertainment; Amusement parks

A term used to describe an amusement park that continues to operate in a manner similar to the way parks operated in the early 1900's. Examples include Kennywood, Knoebels Amusement Resort, Lake ...

out and back

Entertainment; Amusement parks

A term used to describe a type of layout on a roller coaster. An out and back roller coaster layout is where the train leaves the station and heads out to a point where there is a turnaround to send ...

hypercoaster

Entertainment; Amusement parks

A term used to describe a steel roller coaster designed for speed and airtime. Hypercoasters have large drops for speed, have no inversions and have plenty of camelbacks, bunny hops or speed bumps ...

multielement

Entertainment; Amusement parks

A term used to describe a roller coaster with multiple inversion elements.

shuttle

Entertainment; Amusement parks

A term used to describe a roller coaster track that does not form a complete circuit. Instead the train or car is required to traverse the track in one direction and then reverse directions and ...