Mack Rides

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Mack Rides
Private, family-owned
Industry Amusement park
Founded 1780 (1780)
Founder Paul Mack
Headquarters Waldkirch, Germany
Area served
 Worldwide
Products Roller coasters, water rides and other amusement rides
Owner Mack Family
Subsidiaries Europa Park
Website www.mack-rides.com

Mack Rides GmbH & Co KG,[1] also known simply as Mack Rides is a German company that designs and constructs amusement rides. Mack Rides in headquartered in Waldkirch, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Mack Rides is one of the world's oldest amusement industry suppliers and builds all kinds of amusement devices including several types of flat rides, dark rides, log flumes, tow boat rides and roller coasters.[2] The family that owns Mack Rides also owns Europa-Park.[3]

History

1780s-1950s

Mack Rides traces its roots back to 1780 when Paul Mack, a young entrepreneur, started building carriages and stagecoaches. The Mack Company began building organ wagons and caravans for traveling showmen in 1880 commencing the company's involvement in the amusement industry. The first wooden roller coaster was built in 1921, the first car ride in 1936 and the first wooden bobsled ride in 1951. By 1952 Mack Rides started increasing its exports of rides into the U.S. market.[2]

1950s-present

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See also: Europa-Park
Franz Mack

Europa-Park is run by the Mack family. Franz Mack (1921–2010) in 1958 took over the family firm, Mack GmbH & Co (now Mack Rides), together with his brothers. Together with his son Roland (b. 1949) he visited the USA in 1972 and was inspired to open a theme park in Germany, as an exhibition site for his company's products.[citation needed]

At first the park was planned to be located in Breisach. It was named "Europa-Park" after Breisach's nearby Europaweiher, a small artificial lake which commemorates a historical pilot poll in Breisach held in 1950, in which 95.6% of voters were in favour of European unification. The Breisach site was deemed unsuitable because of flooding hazard, and the project was moved some 30 km further north, where the Macks bought the park of the historical Balthasar castle in Rust.[citation needed]

The park opened in 1975 with an area of 16 hectares. It counted 250,000 visitors in the first year, 700,000 in the second, passing the million mark in 1978.[citation needed]

Installations

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See also: Category:Rides at Europa-Park
Ride Park Location Type Opened
Pulsar Walibi Belgium Belgium Wavre, Belgium Powersplash 2016 [4]
Aqua Twist La Ronde Canada Montreal, Quebec, Canada Twist 'n' Splash 2013 [5]
Arthur – The Ride Europa-Park Germany Rust, Germany Suspended, powered, dark ride 2014 [6]
Avalanche Kings Dominion United States Doswell, Virginia, USA Bobsled roller coaster 1988 [7]
Battle Galleons Alton Towers United Kingdom Alton, Staffordshire, United Kingdom Splash Battle 2008
Duel - The Haunted House Strikes Back! Alton Towers United Kingdom Alton, Staffordshire, United Kingdom Dark ride 2003
Avalanche Pleasure Beach Blackpool United Kingdom Blackpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom Bobsled roller coaster 1988 [8]
Battle Boats Sea World Australia Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia Splash Battle 2010 [9]
Blue Fire
Battle of Blue Fire / 蓝火之战
The Dragon Zmey Gorynych		 Europa-Park
Euro Park
Sochi Park		 Germany Rust, Germany
China Qihe, China
Russia Sochi, Russia		 Launched roller coaster 2009
2014
2014		 [10]
[11]
[12]
Bubbleworks Chessington World of Adventures United Kingdom Chessington, Greater London, United Kingdom Water Dark ride 2006
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: The Ride Alton Towers United Kingdom Alton, Staffordshire, United Kingdom Dark ride 2006
Coast Rider Knott's Berry Farm United States Buena Park, California, USA Wild Mouse roller coaster 2013 [13]
Cobra's Curse Busch Gardens Tampa Bay United States Tampa, Florida, USA Spinning roller coaster 2016
The Dark Knight Coaster Six Flags Great Adventure
Six Flags Great America
Six Flags México
Six Flags New England		 United States USA Wild Mouse roller coaster/dark ride 2008
2008
2009
Cancelled		 [14][15][16][17]
Dragon Falls Chessington World of Adventures United Kingdom Chessington, Greater London, United Kingdom Log flume 1987 [18]
Dudley Do-Right's Ripsaw Falls Islands of Adventure United States Orlando, Florida, USA Log flume 1999 [19]
Euro-Mir Europa-Park Germany Rust, Germany Spinning roller coaster 1997 [20]
The Fly Canada's Wonderland Canada Ontario, Canada Wild Mouse roller coaster 1999 [21]
Flying Dutchman Gold Mine Walibi Holland Netherlands Biddinghuizen, Netherlands Wild Mouse roller coaster 2000 [22]
Flying Fish Thorpe Park United Kingdom Chertsey, Surrey, United Kingdom Powered roller coaster 1983 [23]
Ghost Chasers Movie Park Germany Germany Bottrop, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Wild Mouse roller coaster 2000 [24]
Goofy's Sky School Disney California Adventure Park United States Anaheim, California, USA Wild Mouse roller coaster 2001 [25]
Journey to Atlantis SeaWorld San Antonio
SeaWorld San Diego
SeaWorld Orlando		 United States USA Super Splash
Water Coaster
Water Coaster		 2007
2004
1998		 [26][27][28]
Lego Technic Test Track Legoland Billund
Legoland California
Legoland Deutschland
Legoland Florida
Legoland Malaysia
Legoland Windsor		 Denmark Denmark
United States USA
Germany Germany
United States USA
Malaysia Malaysia
England England		 Wild Mouse roller coaster 2002
2001
2002
2011
2012
2004		 [29][30][31][32][33][34]
Loggers Leap Thorpe Park United Kingdom Chertsey, Surrey, United Kingdom Log flume 1989
Manta SeaWorld San Diego United States San Diego, California, USA Launched roller coaster 2012 [3][35]
Pikajuna Linnanmäki Finland Helsinki, Finland Powered roller coaster 1990 [36]
Helix Liseberg Sweden Gothenburg, Sweden Launched roller coaster 2014 [37]
Ricochet Carowinds United States Charlotte, North Carolina USA Wild Mouse roller coaster 2002 [38]
Ricochet Kings Dominion United States Doswell, Virginia, USA Wild Mouse roller coaster 2002 [39]
River Battle Dollywood United States Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, USA Splash Battle 2008 [40]
Runaway Mine Train Alton Towers United Kingdom Alton, Staffordshire, United Kingdom Powered roller coaster 1992 [41]
Safari Skyway Chessington World of Adventures United Kingdom Chessington, Greater London, United Kingdom Monorail 1986
Sand Serpent Busch Gardens Tampa Bay United States Tampa Bay, Tampa, Florida, USA Wild Mouse roller coaster 2004 [42]
Scooby-Doo Spooky Coaster Warner Bros. Movie World Australia Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia Wild Mouse roller coaster/dark ride 2002 [43]
Scorpion Express Chessington World of Adventures United Kingdom Chessington, Greater London, United Kingdom Powered roller coaster 2014
Seastorm Chessington World of Adventures United Kingdom Chessington, Greater London, United Kingdom Sea Storm Ride 1995
Sea Dragons Chessington World of Adventures United Kingdom Chessington, Greater London, United Kingdom Spinning Boat Ride 2004
Sierra Sidewinder Knott's Berry Farm United States Buena Park, California, USA Spinning roller coaster 2007 [44]
Space Fantasy – The Ride Universal Studios Japan Japan Konohana-ku, Osaka, Japan Spinning roller coaster 2010 [45]
Storm Coaster Sea World Australia Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia Water Coaster 2013 [46]
Storm Force Accelatron Islands of Adventure United States Orlando, Florida, USA Teacups 2000 [47]
The Flume Alton Towers United Kingdom Alton, Staffordshire, United Kingdom Log flume 2004
Thunder Run Canada's Wonderland Canada Vaughan, Ontario Canada Powered roller coaster 1981 [48]
Tiger Express Mer de Sable France France Wild Mouse roller coaster 2011 [49]
Tsunami Soaker Six Flags Discovery Kingdom
Six Flags St. Louis		 United States Vallejo, California, USA
United States Eureka, Missouri, USA		 Twist 'n' Splash 2014
Tomb Blaster Chessington World of Adventures United Kingdom Chessington, Greater London, United Kingdom Dark ride 2002
Tulireki Linnanmäki Finland Helsinki, Finland Steel roller coaster 2004 [50]
Wild Mouse Hersheypark United States Derry Township, Pennsylvania, USA Wild Mouse roller coaster 1999 [51]

See also

References

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