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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.
Company type | Private company |
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Founded | 1927 |
Founder | Gaston Reverchon |
Area served | Worldwide |
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.
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).
As of 2023, Reverchon Industries has built more than 80 roller coasters around the world. [5]
Name | Model | Park | Country | Opened | Status | Ref |
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Tigre de Sibérie Formerly Grand 8 |
Custom Coaster | Le Pal | France | 1990 | Operating | [6] |
Monkey Mayhem | Spinning Coaster | West Midland Safari Park | United Kingdom | 1998 | Operating | [7] |
Crazy Mouse | Spinning Coaster | South Pier | United Kingdom | 1998 | Removed | [8] |
Dizzy Mouse | Spinning Coaster | Wiener Prater | Austria | 1998 | Operating | [9] |
Spinning Coaster | Spinning Coaster | Yokohama Cosmoworld | Japan | 1998 | Operating | [10] |
Crazy Mouse | Spinning Coaster | Hirakata Park | Japan | 1998 | Operating | [11] |
Spin Mouse | Spinning Coaster | Greenland | Japan | 1998 | Operating | [12] |
Crazy Mouse | Spinning Coaster |
Steel Pier Dinosaur Beach |
United States | 1999 1997 to 1998 |
Operating |
[13] [14] |
Exterminator | Spinning Coaster | Kennywood | United States | 1999 | Operating | [15] |
Roller Boom | Spinning Coaster | Fiabilandia | Italy | 2000 | Removed | [16] |
Crazy Mouse | Spinning Coaster | Brighton Pier | United Kingdom | 2000 | Operating | [17] |
Crazy Mouse | Spinning Coaster | Motor World | United States | 2000 | Removed | [18] |
Twister Formerly Treetop Twister |
Spinning Coaster | Lightwater Valley | United Kingdom | 2001 | Removed | [19] |
Crazy Mouse | Spinning Coaster | Magic World | Italy | 2001 | Closed | [20] |
Flagermusen | Spinning Coaster | Fårup Sommerland | Denmark | 2001 | Operating | [21] |
Crazy Mouse | Spinning Coaster | Allou Fun Park | Greece | 2002 | Removed | [22] |
Souris Mécaniques Formerly Papillons d'Alice |
Junior Spinning Coaster | Jardin d'Acclimatation | France | 2002 | Operating | [23] |
Primeval Whirl | Spinning Coaster | Disney's Animal Kingdom | United States | 2002 | Removed |
[24] [25] |
Magic Mouse | Spinning Coaster |
Fantasia Luna Park Funland Park |
Greece | 2003 1998 to 2003 |
Removed |
[26] [27] |
Crazy Mouse | Spinning Coaster | DelGrosso's Amusement Park | United States | 2004 | Operating | [28] |
Famous Jack Formerly Ragondingue Formerly Mouse Trap |
Spinning Coaster |
Bagatelle Pleasurewood Hills |
France | 2006 2000 to 2005 |
Operating |
[29] [30] [31] |
Speed Mouse | Spinning Coaster | Fami P.A.R.C | France | 2006 | Removed | [32] |
Wild Mouse | Spinning Coaster | Plopsa Coo | Belgium | 2006 | Removed | [33] |
Magic Mouse | Spinning Coaster | Brean Theme Park | United Kingdom | 2007 | Operating | [34] |
Bukkerittet Formerly Crazy Mouse |
Spinning Coaster |
Kongeparken Wild West World Myrtle Beach Grand Prix |
Norway | 2008 2007 1999 to 2006 |
Operating |
[35] [36] [37] |
Gold Mine | Custom Coaster | Pirat' Parc | France | 2008 | Operating | [38] |
Crazy Mouse | Spinning Coaster | Lunapark Fréjus | France | 2009 | Operating | [39] |
Crazy Mouse | Spinning Coaster |
Dreamland Brean Theme Park |
United Kingdom | 2015 2002 to 2006 |
Removed |
[40] [41] [42] |
Crazy Mouse | Compact Spinning Coaster |
Coney Beach Pleasure Park Bundoran Adventure Park |
United Kingdom | 2016 2014 |
Removed |
[43] [44] |
Boulets de Canon | Junior Spinning Coaster | Kid Parc | France | 2016 | Operating | [45] |
Fantasy Mouse | Spinning Coaster | Fantasy Island | United Kingdom | 2017 | Removed | [46] |
Crazy Mouse | Spinning Coaster | Azur Park | France | 2017 | Operating | [47] |
Crazy Coaster | Spinning Coaster |
South Pier Arcadia City Plopsaland |
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 |
United Kingdom | 2018 2017 to 2018 2000 to 2016 |
Operating |
[51] [52] [53] [54] |
Pierre de Tonnerre | Junior Spinning Coaster | Parc du Petit Prince | France | 2019 | Operating | [55] |
Wild Mouse | Compact Spinning Coaster | Barry Island Pleasure Park | United Kingdom | 2019 | Removed | [56] |
€uro-Coaster | Gliding Coaster | Wiener Prater | Austria | 2020 | Removed | [57] |
Mouse Coaster | Spinning Coaster | Magic World (France) | France | 2020 | Operating | [58] |
Ratón Vacilón con Gato Comilón | Spinning Coaster | Tivoli World | Spain | 2020 | Removed | [59] |
Dingo Racer | Spinning Coaster - Second Version | Aussie World | Australia | 2022 | Operating | [60] |
Unknown Formerly Ratón Loco |
Spinning Coaster |
Avonturenpark Hellendoorn La Feria Chapultepec Magico |
Netherlands | 2023 1999 to 2019 |
Under construction |
[61] [62] |