Gallery: Top Wired-Reader Amusement-Park Photos
01The Big Wheel
See Also:[](http://stag-komodo.wired.com/thisdayintech/2011/06/0616gravity-roller-coaster/) [June 16, 1884: A Technology With Plenty of Ups and Downs](http://stag-komodo.wired.com/thisdayintech/2011/06/0616gravity-roller-coaster/)[](http://stag-komodo.wired.com/culture/lifestyle/multimedia/2008/06/gallery_roller_coasters) Photo Gallery [The Coolest Coasters From Around the Globe](http://stag-komodo.wired.com/culture/lifestyle/multimedia/2008/06/gallery_roller_coasters)We're not the coaster cruisers we used to be, but this week's submissions to our [Amusement Park Photo Contest](http://stag-komodo.wired.com/rawfile/2011/06/wired-photo-contest-amusement-parks/) have us craving the adrenaline of one of these well-greased terror trains. After a week of voting, the results are in. What follows are a selection of the top reader-voted photos and a few that we think should've made the cut. Enjoy! __Above:__ __The Big Wheel__, by Jason Willis "Part of a series of grid/collage images I'm doing that are taken with an Apple iPhone & the Hipstamatic app."
02Wild Ride
__Wild Ride__ by Amber Buck "Carousel Horse, Boston, Massachusetts. ISO 200, F5.6, 1/13 second."
03Spin
__Spin__ by Richard "Ferris Wheel spinning through the night at the Volks Fest in Heilbronn, Germany."
04Parachute Jump
__Parachute Jump__ by Sam Horine "The legendary Coney Island Parachute Jump in Brooklyn, New York. Shot with Polaroid SX-70 film during the summer of 2005."
05Kiddieland
__Kiddieland__ by Rich Carroll "Unfortunately, Kiddieland is no more."
06Scary Fun
__Scary Fun__ by Zach "A dark view of a fun event."
07Castle Lights
__Castle Lights__ by D.M. Rosner "Cinderella's Castle, decked out for the holidays. Magic Kingdom, Walt Disney World, Florida, 2008."
08Flying
__Flying__ by Jennifer Hattam "Alameda County Fair, Pleasanton, California. Photo taken with a Holga plastic camera."
09Endless Ride
__Endless Ride__ by Amber Buck "Carousel located in Boston, Massachusetts. 10-second shutter speed, ISO 200, F22."
10Fun Slide
__Fun Slide__ by K Maziarz "Colorful and bright."
11City Coaster
__City Coaster__ by Henry Burrows "The rollercoaster at the Tokyo Dome amusement park in Japan."
12Sky Flyers - Luna Park Coney Island
__Sky Flyers - Luna Park Coney Island__ by Jeff Rosen "A beautiful Saturday at Coney Island."
13Colossos
__Colossos__ by Karsten "Colossos, the steepest wooden roller coaster worldwide. It was taken just when a car was released on the first slope, which would be the time of the loudest screams and hands in the air, a weird ritual every visitor would witness about every two minutes while waiting in line."
Porter Gifford14Tom Never's Head
__Tom Never's Head__ by P. Gifford "Seven years old and flying!"
15Minato Mirai
__Minato Mirai__ by Kuroe "The Cosmo Clock Ferris Wheel as viewed from the Dockyard Garden, in Minato Mirai, Yokohama, Japan. These days, thanks to the power shortage, they don't light it up at night anymore."
