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[[File:Kiddie Ride bus.jpg|thumb|A bus kiddie ride in [[Marbella]]]]
[[File:Kiddyride.jpg|thumb|A train kiddie ride]]
A '''kiddie ride'''<ref name="auto3">{{cite web|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2014/12/the-rise-and-fall-of-the-american-kiddie-ride/383942 |title=Rise and Fall of the American Kiddie Ride |work=The Atlantic |date=2014-12-27 |access-date=2014-12-31}}</ref> is a child-sized, themed, mildly interactive coin-operated ride that can be ridden by young children for amusement. Kiddie rides are commonly available in [[amusement park]]s, [[video arcade|arcade]]s, [[Shopping mall|malls]], hotel game rooms, outside [[Supermarket|supermarkets]], and large [[Department store|department stores]]. Less commonly, they may also appear in other venues such as restaurants, [[food court]]s, [[Grocery store|grocery shops]], and [[Car dealership|auto dealerships]]. When activated by a coin, a kiddie ride entertains the rider for a short time with a mild motion that replicates the theme of the ride. Most rides also include sounds and music. Some even feature flashing lights, [[Car controls#Pedals|pedals]]{{Broken anchor|date=2024-10-04|bot=User:Cewbot/log/20201008/configuration|target_link=Car controls#Pedals|reason= The anchor (Pedals) [[Special:Diff/817316915|has been deleted]].}}, and/or [[Push-button|button]]s. Commercial kiddie rides are often colorful with an animal, vehicle, or popular cartoon character theme, which appeals to young children. They are usually driven by a heavy-duty [[electric motor]], which is usually disguised inside or underneath the metal, [[fiberglass]], or [[Vacuum forming|vacuum formed]] plastic body of the ride.
== History ==
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Certain rides play a running narration or tell a story instead.
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[[File:Vertical Modern Ride With Digital Screen and Controller.jpg|thumb|left|175px|Vertical Modern Ride With Digital Screen and Controller]]
Newer, more advanced rides do not usually start as soon as coins are inserted; instead they prompt the rider, parent or guardian to press a start button, so as to allow the rider to seat him/herself comfortably before starting the ride. Often, these rides will also play a message before movement begins and may also play an ending message once the ride ends, to let the rider know that it is safe to disembark.
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*a slow start/stop action so as not to shock or frighten younger riders.
To attract attention, most rides occasionally flash their lights or play a sound, or both, at set intervals, although many older rides, as well as low-cost, or [[Dupes|knockoff]], rides do not have an attract mode.
Some rides may narrate a story through sound or using a video monitor, the latter providing limited interaction with the video displayed.
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*[[Peacock]]<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxjvpfZUMq0 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211222/LxjvpfZUMq0 |archive-date=2021-12-22 |url-status=live|title=大寶坐電動搖搖|via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
*[[Police transport|Police vehicle]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFvVXJ3ZIw8|title=2013_0901 第一次坐搖搖車|via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}{{Dead Youtube links|date=February 2022}}</ref>
*[[Postman Pat]]
*[[Roller coaster]]
*[[School bus]]
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These rides are a hybrid of kiddie rides and arcade video games. The rides usually incorporate a video display, and while the motion is synchronized to the events happening on the screen, the ride will start and end following the events on the screen. The ride is usually interactive and there are push-buttons to allow the rider to interact with the on-screen actions.
These rides should not be mistaken for [[simulators]], which reproduce the ''action'' of a video game without offering further interactivity. Furthermore, the video-game hybrid is time-based and ends at a predetermined time, regardless of the actions of the user. An example of a hybrid ride would be the ''[[List of Sonic the Hedgehog video games|Waku Waku Sonic Patrol Car]]'' ride and other ''waku-waku'' and ''wanpaku'' series of rides manufactured by [[Sega]]
== Character rides ==
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* In the ''[[SpongeBob SquarePants season 3|SpongeBob SquarePants]]'' "My Pretty Seahorse" episode, Scooter mistakes Mystery outside the Krusty Krab for a kiddie ride and tries to put a coin in her, at which point he is bucked across the parking lot.
*In ''[[Lilo & Stitch]]'', Stitch
*In ''[[Pee-
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