Canada: Roller Coaster Valleys at Canada’s Wonderland During Storm, Riders Stranded

Two of Canada's Wonderland's flagship roller coasters briefly failed to complete their cycles on Saturday, May 23, leaving riders temporarily stranded at the Vaughan, Ontario theme park. Leviathan and Behemoth both experienced what is known as "valleying" — when a coaster loses momentum and stops in a low point on the track — during a torrential downpour with high winds and unseasonably cold weather. Six passengers on Leviathan were safely unloaded and accommodated by park staff, while Behemoth had no riders on board at the time.

China: Golden Retriever Joins Children on Swing Ride at Henan Amusement Park

On January 3, 2026, at an amusement park in Shangqiu, located in central China’s Henan province, a video recorded children riding a rotating swing chair attraction. Among the riders was a golden retriever sitting calmly on one of the seats. As the ride began spinning, the dog stayed seated and moved along with the chair. It did not appear nervous or panicked while the swing continued circling through the air.

China: Tiny Parrot Turns Fluffy Chick Into Its Personal Ride at Amusement Park

On November 9, 2025, in Hebei Province, northern China, a bright green parrot hopped onto the back of a fluffy chick at a children's amusement park, perching there like a tiny rider. The impatient parrot pecked the chick a few times to urge it forward, sending the startled chick trotting anxiously across the floor.

China: Dog Rides Rotating Swing at Amusement Park

On December 28, 2025, in Henan, China, a golden retriever calmly rode a rotating swing at an amusement park, swaying with the motion. The dog, owned by the park operator, appeared relaxed throughout, delighting viewers online.

PRINCESS MADELEINE TIVOLI DAY

PRINCESS MADELEINE TIVOLI DAY

Princess Madeleine and Mattias Banker, owner and chairman of the board of Parks and Resorts, ride the Teacups at the foundation My Big Day (Min Stora Dag) Tivoli Day at amusement park Gröna Lund in Stockholm, Sweden 7 September 2025.Photo: Magnus Lejhall / TT / Code 10658

PRINCESS MADELEINE TIVOLI DAY

PRINCESS MADELEINE TIVOLI DAY

Princess Madeleine and Mattias Banker, owner and chairman of the board of Parks and Resorts, ride the Teacups at the foundation My Big Day (Min Stora Dag) Tivoli Day at amusement park Gröna Lund in Stockholm, Sweden 7 September 2025.Photo: Magnus Lejhall / TT / Code 10658

PRINCESS MADELEINE TIVOLI DAY

PRINCESS MADELEINE TIVOLI DAY

Princess Madeleine and Mattias Banker, owner and chairman of the board of Parks and Resorts, ride the Teacups at the foundation My Big Day (Min Stora Dag) Tivoli Day at amusement park Gröna Lund in Stockholm, Sweden 7 September 2025.Photo: Magnus Lejhall / TT / Code 10658

PRINCESS MADELEINE TIVOLI DAY

PRINCESS MADELEINE TIVOLI DAY

Princess Madeleine and Mattias Banker, owner and chairman of the board of Parks and Resorts, ride the Teacups at the foundation My Big Day (Min Stora Dag) Tivoli Day at amusement park Gröna Lund in Stockholm, Sweden 7 September 2025.Photo: Magnus Lejhall / TT / Code 10658

PRINCESS MADELEINE TIVOLI DAY

PRINCESS MADELEINE TIVOLI DAY

Princess Madeleine and Mattias Banker, owner and chairman of the board of Parks and Resorts, ride the Teacups at the foundation My Big Day (Min Stora Dag) Tivoli Day at amusement park Gröna Lund in Stockholm, Sweden 7 September 2025.Photo: Magnus Lejhall / TT / Code 10658

PRINCESS MADELEINE TIVOLI DAY

PRINCESS MADELEINE TIVOLI DAY

Princess Madeleine and Mattias Banker, owner and chairman of the board of Parks and Resorts, ride the Teacups at the foundation My Big Day (Min Stora Dag) Tivoli Day at amusement park Gröna Lund in Stockholm, Sweden 7 September 2025.Photo: Magnus Lejhall / TT / Code 10658

PRINCESS MADELEINE TIVOLI DAY

PRINCESS MADELEINE TIVOLI DAY

Princess Madeleine and Mattias Banker, owner and chairman of the board of Parks and Resorts, ride the Teacups at the foundation My Big Day (Min Stora Dag) Tivoli Day at amusement park Gröna Lund in Stockholm, Sweden 7 September 2025.Photo: Magnus Lejhall / TT / Code 10658

PRINCESS MADELEINE TIVOLI DAY

PRINCESS MADELEINE TIVOLI DAY

Princess Madeleine and Mattias Banker, owner and chairman of the board of Parks and Resorts, ride the Teacups at the foundation My Big Day (Min Stora Dag) Tivoli Day at amusement park Gröna Lund in Stockholm, Sweden 7 September 2025.Photo: Magnus Lejhall / TT / Code 10658

PRINCESS MADELEINE TIVOLI DAY

PRINCESS MADELEINE TIVOLI DAY

Princess Madeleine and Mattias Banker, owner and chairman of the board of Parks and Resorts, ride the Teacups at the foundation My Big Day (Min Stora Dag) Tivoli Day at amusement park Gröna Lund in Stockholm, Sweden 7 September 2025.Photo: Magnus Lejhall / TT / Code 10658

PRINCESS MADELEINE TIVOLI DAY

PRINCESS MADELEINE TIVOLI DAY

Princess Madeleine and Mattias Banker, owner and chairman of the board of Parks and Resorts, ride the Teacups at the foundation My Big Day (Min Stora Dag) Tivoli Day at amusement park Gröna Lund in Stockholm, Sweden 7 September 2025.Photo: Magnus Lejhall / TT / Code 10658

Daily Life In Gaza

Daily Life In Gaza

Children ride on a damaged amusement ride in an open lot in Gaza on March 8, 2025. Despite widespread destruction, residents continue daily life. Photo by Moiz Salhi/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Kyiv in winter

Kyiv in winter

KYIV, UKRAINE - FEBRUARY 17, 2025 - The Ferris wheel is in Kontraktova Square in winter, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine. (Photo by Danylo Antoniuk/Ukrinform)

Kyiv in winter

Kyiv in winter

KYIV, UKRAINE - FEBRUARY 17, 2025 - The Ferris wheel is in Kontraktova Square in winter, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine. (Photo by Danylo Antoniuk/Ukrinform)

Kyiv in winter

Kyiv in winter

KYIV, UKRAINE - FEBRUARY 17, 2025 - The Ferris wheel in Kontraktova Square dominates the view of the Podil neighbourhood as seen from Volodymyrska Hirka (St Volodymyrs Hill) Park in winter, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine. (Photo by Kirill Chubotin/Ukrinform)

Kyiv in winter

Kyiv in winter

KYIV, UKRAINE - FEBRUARY 17, 2025 - The Ferris wheel is in Kontraktova Square in winter, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine. (Photo by Kirill Chubotin/Ukrinform)

Vistas of Kyiv

Vistas of Kyiv

KYIV, UKRAINE - JANUARY 24, 2025 - The Ferris wheel is in Kontraktova Square in the Podil neighbourhood, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine. (Photo by Eugen Kotenko/Ukrinform)

Winter Country project in Kyiv

Winter Country project in Kyiv

KYIV, UKRAINE - DECEMBER 28, 2024 - People are on a swing ride decorated with Ukrainian flags at the Expocenter of Ukraine (VDNG) hosting the 10th Winter Country project, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine.

Winter Country project in Kyiv

Winter Country project in Kyiv

KYIV, UKRAINE - DECEMBER 28, 2024 - People are on a swing ride decorated with Ukrainian flags at the Expocenter of Ukraine (VDNG) hosting the 10th Winter Country project, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine.

Winter Country project in Kyiv

Winter Country project in Kyiv

KYIV, UKRAINE - DECEMBER 28, 2024 - A baby with a deer antler headband goes down a slide at the Expocenter of Ukraine (VDNG) hosting the 10th Winter Country project, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine.

Winter Country project in Kyiv

Winter Country project in Kyiv

KYIV, UKRAINE - DECEMBER 28, 2024 - People are on a swing ride decorated with Ukrainian flags at the Expocenter of Ukraine (VDNG) hosting the 10th Winter Country project, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine.

Winter Country project in Kyiv

Winter Country project in Kyiv

KYIV, UKRAINE - DECEMBER 28, 2024 - People are on a swing ride decorated with Ukrainian flags at the Expocenter of Ukraine (VDNG) hosting the 10th Winter Country project, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine.

Winter Country project in Kyiv

Winter Country project in Kyiv

KYIV, UKRAINE - DECEMBER 28, 2024 - People enjoy amusement rides at the Expocenter of Ukraine (VDNG) hosting the 10th Winter Country project, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine.

Winter Country project in Kyiv

Winter Country project in Kyiv

KYIV, UKRAINE - DECEMBER 28, 2024 - People visit food stalls near a swing ride at the Expocenter of Ukraine (VDNG) hosting the 10th Winter Country project, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine.

Winter Country project in Kyiv

Winter Country project in Kyiv

KYIV, UKRAINE - DECEMBER 28, 2024 - Children enjoy a slide at the Expocenter of Ukraine (VDNG) hosting the 10th Winter Country project, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine.

Winter Country project in Kyiv

Winter Country project in Kyiv

KYIV, UKRAINE - DECEMBER 28, 2024 - People are on a swing ride decorated with Ukrainian flags at the Expocenter of Ukraine (VDNG) hosting the 10th Winter Country project, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine.

Winter Country project in Kyiv

Winter Country project in Kyiv

KYIV, UKRAINE - DECEMBER 28, 2024 - People are on a swing ride decorated with Ukrainian flags at the Expocenter of Ukraine (VDNG) hosting the 10th Winter Country project, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine.

Winter Country project in Kyiv

Winter Country project in Kyiv

KYIV, UKRAINE - DECEMBER 28, 2024 - People are on a swing ride decorated with Ukrainian flags at the Expocenter of Ukraine (VDNG) hosting the 10th Winter Country project, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine.

EGYPT-CAIRO-EID AL-ADHA-AMUSEMENT PARK

EGYPT-CAIRO-EID AL-ADHA-AMUSEMENT PARK

(240617) -- CAIRO, June 17, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- People take a ride on a swing carousel at an amusement park during the Eid al-Adha holiday in Cairo, Egypt, on June 17, 2024. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Ahmed Gomaa)

EGYPT-CAIRO-EID AL-ADHA-AMUSEMENT PARK

EGYPT-CAIRO-EID AL-ADHA-AMUSEMENT PARK

(240617) -- CAIRO, June 17, 2024 (Xinhua) -- People take a ride on a swing carousel at an amusement park during the Eid al-Adha holiday in Cairo, Egypt, on June 17, 2024. (Xinhua/Ahmed Gomaa)

IRAQ-BAGHDAD-EID AL-FITR

IRAQ-BAGHDAD-EID AL-FITR

(240410) -- BAGHDAD, April 10, 2024 (Xinhua) -- People take a ride on a swing carousel at an amusement park during the Eid al-Fitr holiday in Baghdad, Iraq, on April 10, 2024. (Xinhua/Khalil Dawood)

INDONESIA-TANGERANG-DAILY LIFE-AMUSEMENT

INDONESIA-TANGERANG-DAILY LIFE-AMUSEMENT

(230618) -- TANGERANG, June 18, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People enjoy a pirate ship ride at a shopping center, in Tangerang, Banten Province, Indonesia, on June 17, 2023. (Xinhua/Agung Kuncahya B.)

Scene in Kyiv

Scene in Kyiv

Children ride on a carrousel at an amusement park in Kyiv on Dec. 28, 2022, as Russian missile attacks continue.

CHINA-BEIJING-PARK-ICE AND SNOW-AMUSEMENT (CN)

CHINA-BEIJING-PARK-ICE AND SNOW-AMUSEMENT (CN)

(221228) -- BEIJING, Dec. 28, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A child rides on a "polar bear" ride at an ice and snow carnival at Taoranting park in Beijing, capital of China, Dec. 28, 2022. (Xinhua/Chen Zhonghao)

Pyongyang amusement park in full swing

Pyongyang amusement park in full swing

PYONGYANG, North Korea - North Koreans go on a ride at Pyongyang's Kaeson Youth Park, which was refurbished earlier in the year, on Aug. 13, 2010. According to its guide, the park featuring six new rides has 5,000 visitors a day.

Boy falls from ride at Toshimaen park

Boy falls from ride at Toshimaen park

TOKYO, Japan - Police officers examine a ride at Toshimaen amusement park in Tokyo's Nerima Ward on May 7, 2010, after a 15-year-old boy fell from it. The boy, a student at a senior high school for disabled children who was on a school excursion, appeared to be uninjured.

Amusement ride in Osaka halts, traps 9 people for half an hour

Amusement ride in Osaka halts, traps 9 people for half an hour

OSAKA, Japan - The rotating gondola 'G-Force' attraction at an amusement park in Suita, Osaka Prefecture, suddenly halted during operation on Aug. 20, trapping nine people on board for half an hour.

Pokemon amusement park opens in Nagoya

Pokemon amusement park opens in Nagoya

NAGOYA, Japan - The Poke Park dedicated to the Japanese Pokemon cartoon characters opens in Nagoya at one of the sites for the 2005 World Exposition in Aichi Prefecture on March 18. The park, which will run until Sept. 25, sports 12 attractions, including a 50-meter-tall Ferris wheel depicting Monster Balls and a Pikachu-shaped ride.

JORDAN-AMMAN-EID AL-ADHA-HOLIDAY

JORDAN-AMMAN-EID AL-ADHA-HOLIDAY

(220710) -- AMMAN, July 10, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Children take a ride on a swing carousel at an amusement park during the Eid al-Adha holiday in Amman, Jordan, on July 10, 2022. (Photo by Mohammad Abu Ghosh/Xinhua)

JORDAN-AMMAN-EID AL-ADHA-HOLIDAY

JORDAN-AMMAN-EID AL-ADHA-HOLIDAY

(220710) -- AMMAN, July 10, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Children take a ride on a swing carousel at an amusement park during the Eid al-Adha holiday in Amman, Jordan, on July 10, 2022. (Photo by Mohammad Abu Ghosh/Xinhua)

SWEDEN-HELSINGBORG-H22 CITY EXPO

SWEDEN-HELSINGBORG-H22 CITY EXPO

(220617) -- HELSINGBORG (SWEDEN), June 17, 2022 (Xinhua) -- People ride an amusement facility made of used materials at H22 City Expo in Helsingborg, Sweden, on June 17, 2022. H22 City Expo, taking place in Helsingborg from May 30 to July 3, invites the world to explore new twists on a sustainable city, and discovers how innovation and collaboration can inspire everyday solutions to the world's biggest challenges. (Xinhua/Fu Yiming)

SYRIA-DAMASCUS-EID AL-FITR

SYRIA-DAMASCUS-EID AL-FITR

(220503) -- DAMASCUS, May 3, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Children take a ride on a swing carousel at an amusement park during Eid al-Fitr holiday in Damascus, Syria, on May 3, 2022. (Photo by Ammar Safarjalani/Xinhua)

Pokemon amusement park opens in Nagoya

Pokemon amusement park opens in Nagoya

NAGOYA, Japan - The Poke Park dedicated to the Japanese Pokemon cartoon characters opens in Nagoya at one of the sites for the 2005 World Exposition in Aichi Prefecture on March 18. The park, which will run until Sept. 25, sports 12 attractions, including a 50-meter-tall Ferris wheel depicting Monster Balls and a Pikachu-shaped ride. (Kyodo)

Roustabout - film (1964)

Roustabout - film (1964)

Joan Freeman & Elvis Presley Characters: Cathy Lean & Charlie Rogers Film: Roustabout (USA 1964) Director: John Rich 11 November 1964 Date: 11-Nov-64

Pyongyang amusement park in full swing

Pyongyang amusement park in full swing

PYONGYANG, North Korea - North Koreans go on a ride at Pyongyang's Kaeson Youth Park, which was refurbished earlier in the year, on Aug. 13, 2010. According to its guide, the park featuring six new rides has 5,000 visitors a day. (Kyodo)

Amusement ride in Osaka halts, traps 9 people for half an hour

Amusement ride in Osaka halts, traps 9 people for half an hour

OSAKA, Japan - The rotating gondola 'G-Force' attraction at an amusement park in Suita, Osaka Prefecture, suddenly halted during operation on Aug. 20, trapping nine people on board for half an hour. (Kyodo)

Boy falls from ride at Toshimaen park

Boy falls from ride at Toshimaen park

TOKYO, Japan - Police officers examine a ride at Toshimaen amusement park in Tokyo's Nerima Ward on May 7, 2010, after a 15-year-old boy fell from it. The boy, a student at a senior high school for disabled children who was on a school excursion, appeared to be uninjured. (Kyodo)