Amusement parks

Amusement parks

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Indoor roller coaster

Entertainment; Amusement parks

An indoor roller coaster operates inside a building, such as an indoor amusement park, mall or other venue.

Car barn

Entertainment; Amusement parks

An enclosed or partially enclosed structure used to house the roller coaster cars or trains when they're not in use. The car barn may also house the roller coaster's maintenance area.

Pay-one-price

Entertainment; Amusement parks

Amusement Park admission structure where you pay-one-price for all rides, shows and attractions and is often called a POP ticket. The other option if available is to pay-as-you-go, in which case ...

Swoop term

Entertainment; Amusement parks

A turn that incorporates a medium-to-small dip in the middle of the turn. A swoop turn usually begins at the crest of the hill and descends into the turn and then ascends out of the turn to crest ...

A turn on a wooden coaster designed with a sweeping curve from the entrance to the exit of the turn. Fan curves are usually used to describe a change of direction of less than 90-degrees and turn is ...

Helix

Entertainment; Amusement parks

A turn on a roller coaster course that forms a radius of more than 360-degrees.

Ratchet

Entertainment; Amusement parks

A toothed steel bar or device that is usually placed on the lift hill or other hills on a roller coaster that prevents the train from rolling backwards when the ratchet dog (anti-rollback device) ...