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Template:Refimprove Reverchon Industries is a developer, designer and manufacturer of amusement park attractions that were sold all over the world. Its production unit is still set in the French city of Samois-sur-Seine, near Fontainebleau.

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History

Gaston Reverchon, a young coach builder, created his own workshop in the suburbs of Paris in 1929. He adapted the coachwork he used on real cars to bumper cars at a time when bumper cars were nothing more than a steering wheel and a seat attached to a wooden board on wheels. The first Reverchon bumper car had a metallic color and design inspired by the American cars of that period. In 1937, he started building complete bumper car rides including the Télécombat, a ride featuring small military airplanes. After World War II, Reverchon began to provide attractions for distraction-thirsty Europeans. Joined by his sons Michel and Christian, working respectively as designer and technician ("Gaston Reverchon" became "Gaston Reverchon and Sons"), he began a second diversification, designing and producing a full range of complete rides. In 1956, they were the first to develop polyester as part of the bumper cars' coachwork.

  • 1950–1971: These two decades marked a golden age for Reverchon, throughout which the company created new rides and improved old ones. The production unit was relocated to Samois-sur-Seine, where 2,000 cars and 50 rides were produced every year and a new model designed every 5 years. In 1971, 270 workers were working in the company.

In 1973, Reverchon presented his two latest attractions: Himalaya and Paratrooper. The public found the rides very fun and the aesthetic pleasing but the rides took very long to set up (3 days for 3 people).

  • 1976: In 1976, Reverchon made its first flume ride at Bagatelle Park, in Berck France.
  • 1978: Having learned a lesson from 1973, Reverchon launched a bumper car system to be set up using hydraulics. Now, rather than requiring two days for six people, the owner could do the work all on his or her own.
  • 1990: The first Reverchon roller coaster is installed at Le Pal in France.[1]
  • 1997: The first Crazy Mouse coaster opens at Dinosaur Beach in Wildwood, New Jersey, U.S.[2]
  • 2003: During the 2003 IAAPA Expo, Alberto Zamperla and Gilles Reverchon announced Zamperla would manufacture and sell Reverchon amusement rides worldwide under a license agreement.[3] The first coaster built under this arrangement is installed in 2004 at Six Flags Great America.[4]
  • 2005: The Zamperla and Reverchon agreement is dissolved, however and since this time Zamperla continued to build Spinning Coaster with the Reverchon designs. It is virtually identical to the Reverchon model except for the use of individual restraints mounted to the floor of the vehicle – the Reverchon passenger restraints pull down from overhead.


List of roller coasters

As of 2023, Reverchon Industries has built more than 80 roller coasters around the world.[5]

Name Model Park Country Opened Status Ref
Tigre de Sibérie
Formerly Grand 8		 Custom Coaster Le Pal Template:Flagicon France 1990 Operating [6]
Monkey Mayhem Spinning Coaster West Midland Safari Park Template:Flagicon United Kingdom 1998 Operating [7]
Crazy Mouse Spinning Coaster South Pier Template:Flagicon United Kingdom 1998 Removed [8]
Dizzy Mouse Spinning Coaster Wiener Prater Template:Flagicon Austria 1998 Operating [9]
Spinning Coaster Spinning Coaster Yokohama Cosmoworld Template:Flagicon Japan 1998 Operating [10]
Crazy Mouse Spinning Coaster Hirakata Park Template:Flagicon Japan 1998 Operating [11]
Spin Mouse Spinning Coaster Greenland Template:Flagicon Japan 1998 Operating [12]
Crazy Mouse Spinning Coaster Steel Pier
Dinosaur Beach		 Template:Flagicon United States 1999
1997 to 1998		 Operating [13]
[14]
Exterminator Spinning Coaster Kennywood Template:Flagicon United States 1999 Operating [15]
Roller Boom Spinning Coaster Fiabilandia Template:Flagicon Italy 2000 Removed [16]
Crazy Mouse Spinning Coaster Brighton Pier Template:Flagicon United Kingdom 2000 Operating [17]
Crazy Mouse Spinning Coaster Motor World Template:Flagicon United States 2000 Removed [18]
Twister
Formerly Treetop Twister		 Spinning Coaster Lightwater Valley Template:Flagicon United Kingdom 2001 Removed [19]
Crazy Mouse Spinning Coaster Magic World Template:Flagicon Italy 2001 Closed [20]
Flagermusen Spinning Coaster Fårup Sommerland Template:Flagicon Denmark 2001 Operating [21]
Crazy Mouse Spinning Coaster Allou Fun Park Template:Flagicon Greece 2002 Removed [22]
Souris Mécaniques
Formerly Papillons d'Alice		 Junior Spinning Coaster Jardin d'Acclimatation Template:Flagicon France 2002 Operating [23]
Primeval Whirl Spinning Coaster Disney's Animal Kingdom Template:Flagicon United States 2002 Removed [24]
[25]
Magic Mouse Spinning Coaster Fantasia Luna Park
Funland Park		 Template:Flagicon Greece 2003
1998 to 2003		 Removed [26]
[27]
Crazy Mouse Spinning Coaster DelGrosso's Amusement Park Template:Flagicon United States 2004 Operating [28]
Famous Jack
Formerly Ragondingue
Formerly Mouse Trap		 Spinning Coaster Bagatelle
Pleasurewood Hills		 Template:Flagicon France 2006
2000 to 2005		 Operating [29]
[30]
[31]
Speed Mouse Spinning Coaster Fami P.A.R.C Template:Flagicon France 2006 Removed [32]
Wild Mouse Spinning Coaster Plopsa Coo Template:Flagicon Belgium 2006 Removed [33]
Magic Mouse Spinning Coaster Brean Theme Park Template:Flagicon United Kingdom 2007 Operating [34]
Bukkerittet
Formerly Crazy Mouse		 Spinning Coaster Kongeparken
Wild West World
Myrtle Beach Grand Prix		 Template:Flagicon Norway 2008
2007
1999 to 2006		 Operating [35]
[36]
[37]
Gold Mine Custom Coaster Pirat' Parc Template:Flagicon France 2008 Operating [38]
Crazy Mouse Spinning Coaster Lunapark Fréjus Template:Flagicon France 2009 Operating [39]
Crazy Mouse Spinning Coaster Dreamland
Brean Theme Park		 Template:Flagicon United Kingdom 2015
2002 to 2006		 Removed [40]
[41]
[42]
Crazy Mouse Compact Spinning Coaster Coney Beach Pleasure Park
Bundoran Adventure Park		 Template:Flagicon United Kingdom 2016
2014		 Removed [43]
[44]
Boulets de Canon Junior Spinning Coaster Kid Parc Template:Flagicon France 2016 Operating [45]
Fantasy Mouse Spinning Coaster Fantasy Island Template:Flagicon United Kingdom 2017 Removed [46]
Crazy Mouse Spinning Coaster Azur Park Template:Flagicon France 2017 Operating [47]
Crazy Coaster Spinning Coaster South Pier
Arcadia City
Plopsaland		 Template:Flagicon United Kingdom 2018
2014 to 2017
2009 to 2010		 Operating [48]
[49]
[50]
Ice Mountain
Formerly Magic Mouse
Formerly Fantasy Mouse		 Spinning Coaster Fantasy Island
Dreamland
Fantasy Island		 Template:Flagicon United Kingdom 2018
2017 to 2018
2000 to 2016		 Operating [51]
[52]
[53]
[54]
Pierre de Tonnerre Junior Spinning Coaster Parc du Petit Prince Template:Flagicon France 2019 Operating [55]
Wild Mouse Compact Spinning Coaster Barry Island Pleasure Park Template:Flagicon United Kingdom 2019 Removed [56]
€uro-Coaster Gliding Coaster Wiener Prater Template:Flagicon Austria 2020 Removed [57]
Mouse Coaster Spinning Coaster Magic World (France) Template:Flagicon France 2020 Operating [58]
Ratón Vacilón con Gato Comilón Spinning Coaster Tivoli World Template:Flagicon Spain 2020 Removed [59]
Dingo Racer Spinning Coaster - Second Version Aussie World Template:Flagicon Australia 2022 Operating [60]
RidderStrijd
Formerly Ratón Loco		 Spinning Coaster Avonturenpark Hellendoorn
La Feria Chapultepec Magico		 Template:Flagicon Netherlands 2023
1999 to 2019		 Operating [61]
[62]

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