Mack Rides

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 travelling showmen in 1880, commencing the company's involvement in the amusement industry. Its 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 to the U.S. market.^[2]

1950s–present

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. With his son Roland (b. 1949), he visited the United States 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 to be located in Breisach. It was named "Europa-Park" after Breisach's nearby Europaweiher, a small artificial lake that 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 30 km north, where the Macks bought the park of the historical Balthasar castle in Rust.^{[citation needed]}

Europa-Park opened in 1975 with an area of 16 hectares. It had 250,000 visitors in its first year, 700,000 in the second, then passed one million in 1978.^{[citation needed]}

As of February 2022, Mack Rides has built 156 roller coasters around the world.^[4]

Name	Model	Park	Country	Opened	Status	Ref
Run A Way Mine Train	Powered Coaster	Gold Reef City	South Africa	Unknown	Operating	[5]
Turmbahn	Unknown	Tivoli Gardens	Denmark	1938	Removed	[6]
Meteor	Unknown	Sportland Pier Freedom Land USA Sportland Pier	United States	1966 1963 to 1965 1960 to 1961	Removed	[7] [8] [9]
Apache Whirlwind	Powered Coaster	Frontier Village Amusement Park	United States	1976	Removed	[10]
Wizard's Cavern Formerly Love Bugs Formerly Broadway Trip	Unknown	Casino Pier Canadian National Exhibition Palisades Amusement Park Cedar Point Fun Forest Amusement Park	United States	1979 1972 to 1978 1966 to 1971 1964 to 1965 1962 to 1962	Removed	[11] [12] [13] & [14] [15] [16]
Blauer Enzian	Powered Coaster	Gröna Lund	Sweden	1980	Removed	[17]
Tokaido	Powered Coaster	Ankara Luna Park	Turkey	1980	Operating	[18]
Thunder Run Formerly Blauer Enzian	Powered Coaster	Canada's Wonderland	Canada	1981	Operating	[19]
Flying Fish Formerly Space Station Zero	Powered Coaster	Thorpe Park	United Kingdom	1983	Operating	[20] & [21]
Alpenexpress Enzian Formerly Grottenblitz	Powered Coaster	Europa-Park	Germany	1984	Removed	[22]
Schweizer Bobbahn	Bobsled	Europa-Park	Germany	1985	Operating	[23]
Grottenblitz	Powered Coaster	Heide Park	Germany	1985	Operating	[24]
Odinexpressen	Powered Coaster	Tivoli Gardens	Denmark	1985	Removed	[25]
Little Eagle	Unknown	Broadway Grand Prix Myrtle Beach Pavilion	United States	Unknown 1986 to 2006	Removed	[26] [27]
Scorpion Express Formerly Runaway Train	Powered Coaster	Chessington World of Adventures	United Kingdom	1987	Closed	[28]
Gruvbanan Formerly Berg-o-dal-banan	Powered Coaster	Skara Sommarland	Sweden	1987	Operating	[29]
Reptilian Formerly Avalanche	Bobsled	Kings Dominion	United States	1988	Operating	[30]
Electro Formerly Capitale Express	Unknown	Méga Parc	Canada	1988	Operating	[31]
Avalanche	Bobsled	Blackpool Pleasure Beach	United Kingdom	1988	Operating	[32]
Eurosat - CanCan Coaster Formerly Eurosat	Gravity Coaster	Europa-Park	Germany	1989	Operating	[33]
Blauer Enzian	Powered Coaster	Freizeit-Land Geiselwind	Germany	1989	Operating	[34]
Idän Pikajuna	Powered Coaster	Tykkimäki	Finland	1989	Operating	[35]
Pikajuna Formerly City Express	Powered Coaster	Linnanmäki	Finland	1990	Operating	[36]
Munich Autobahn	Bobsled	Kobe Portopialand	Japan	1991	Removed	[37]
Rexplorer Formerly Explorer	Powered Coaster	Mirabilandia	Italy	1992	Operating	[38]
Runaway Mine Train	Powered Coaster	Alton Towers	United Kingdom	1992	Operating	[39]
Gold Mine Train	Powered Coaster	Nigloland	France	1992	Operating	[40]
Spreeblitz Formerly Le Dragon des Sortilèges	Powered Coaster	Spreepark Mirapolis	Germany	1992	Closed	[41] [42]
Kansas City-Express Formerly Blauer Enzian	Powered Coaster	Fränkisches Wunderland Movie Park Germany Tivoli Karolinelund	Germany	1993 1987 to 1991 Unknown	Removed	[43] [44] [45]
Bobbahn Formerly Schweizer Bobbahn	Bobsled	Heide Park	Germany	1994	Operating	[46]
Gran Montserrat	Unknown	Parque Espana-Shima Spain Village	Japan	1994	Operating	[47]
Wild Mouse	Wilde Maus	Nagashima Spa Land	Japan	1996	Operating	[48] & [49]
Wild Mouse	Wilde Maus	Magic Land	Egypt	1996	Removed	[50]
Runaway Train	Powered Coaster	Elitch Gardens	United States	1996	Removed	[51]
Euro-Mir	Spinning Coaster	Europa-Park	Germany	1997	Operating	[52]
Dragen	Powered Coaster	Legoland Billund	Denmark	1997	Operating	[53]
Blauer Enzian	Powered Coaster	Toshimaen	Japan	1997	Removed	[54]
Gletscherblitz	Powered Coaster	Steinwasen Park	Germany	1998	Operating	[55]
Journey to Atlantis	Water Coaster	SeaWorld Orlando	United States	1998	Operating	[56]
Speedy Bob	Wilde Maus	Bobbejaanland	Belgium	1998	Operating	[57] & [58]
Taunusblitz	Wilde Maus	Taunus Wunderland	Germany	1999	Operating	[59]
Matterhorn Blitz	Wilde Maus	Europa-Park	Germany	1999	Operating	[60]
The Fly	Wilde Maus	Canada's Wonderland	Canada	1999	Operating	[61]
Wild Mouse	Wilde Maus	Hersheypark	United States	1999	Operating	[62]
Ghost Chasers Formerly Mad Manor Formerly Tom and Jerry's Mouse in the House	Wilde Maus	Movie Park Germany	Germany	2000	Operating	[63]
Spatiale Expérience	Gravity Coaster	Nigloland	France	1998	Operating	[64]
Water Rollercoaster Poseidon	Water Coaster	Europa-Park	Germany	2000	Operating	[65]
Bob Express	Powered Coaster	Bobbejaanland	Belgium	2000	Operating	[66]
Goofy's Sky School Formerly Mulholland Madness	Wilde Maus	Disney California Adventure	United States	2001	Operating	[67]
Trace Du Hourra	Bobsled	Parc Astérix	France	2001	Operating	[68]
Technic Coaster	Wilde Maus	Legoland California	United States	2001	Operating	[69]
Das Große LEGO Rennen Formerly Project X - Test Strecke	Wilde Maus	Legoland Deutschland	Germany	2002	Operating	[70]
Ricochet	Wilde Maus	Carowinds	United States	2002	Operating	[71]
Apple Zapple Formerly Ricochet	Wilde Maus	Kings Dominion	United States	2002	Operating	[72]
X-treme Racers	Wilde Maus	Legoland Billund	Denmark	2002	Operating	[73]
Scooby-Doo Spooky Coaster	Wilde Maus	Warner Bros. Movie World	Australia	2002	Closed	[74]
SuperSplash	SuperSplash	TusenFryd	Norway	2003	Operating	[75]
Sand Serpent Formerly Cheetah Chase Formerly Wild Maus Formerly Izzy	Wilde Maus	Busch Gardens Tampa Busch Gardens Williamsburg	United States	2004 1996 to 2003	Removed	[76] [77]
Draak	Powered Coaster	Plopsaland	Belgium	2004	Operating	[78]
Tulireki	E-Motion Coaster	Linnanmäki	Finland	2004	Operating	[79]
Journey to Atlantis	Water Coaster	SeaWorld San Diego	United States	2004	Operating	[80]
Atlantica SuperSplash	SuperSplash	Europa-Park	Germany	2005	Operating	[81]
Dynamite Express	Powered Coaster	Drievliet	Netherlands	2005	Operating	[82]
Reaper, Drop ride to doom!	E-Motion Coaster	Amsterdam Dungeon	Netherlands	2005	Removed	[83]
Montanha Russa	Water Coaster	Aquashow Family Park	Portugal	2006	Operating	[84]
Pegasus - The YoungStar Coaster	YoungSTAR Coaster	Europa-Park	Germany	2006	Operating	[85]
Expreso Minero	Powered Coaster	Parque Plaza Sesamo	Mexico	2006	Operating	[86]
Schlitt'Express	Wilde Maus	Nigloland	France	2007	Operating	[87]
Journey to Atlantis	SuperSplash	SeaWorld San Antonio	United States	2007	Operating	[88]
Sierra Sidewinder	Spinning Coaster	Knott's Berry Farm	United States	2007	Operating	[89]
Armada Invencible Formerly Caribbean Splash	SuperSplash	Formosan Aboriginal Culture Village	Taiwan	2008	Operating	[90]
Götterblitz	YoungSTAR Coaster	Familypark	Austria	2008	Operating	[91]
The Dark Knight	Wilde Maus	Six Flags Great Adventure	United States	2008	Operating	[92]
		Six Flags Great America	United States	2008	Operating	[93]
		Six Flags Mexico Six Flags New England	Mexico	2009 2008	Operating	[94] [95]
Eurospeed Formerly Rothaarblitz	Powered Coaster	Europark Panorama Park	France	2009 1982 to 2007	Operating	[96] [97]
blue fire Megacoaster powered by GAZPROM	Launch Coaster	Europa-Park	Germany	2009	Operating	[98]
Vértigo Formerly Speedy Bob	Wilde Maus	Parque de Atracciones de Madrid Bobbejaanland	Spain	2009 1998 to 2008	Operating	[99] [57]
Correcaminos Bip, Bip	YoungSTAR Coaster	Parque Warner Madrid	Spain	2009	Operating	[100]
Young Star Coaster	YoungSTAR Coaster	Chimelong Paradise	China	2010	Operating	[101]
Space Fantasy - The Ride Formerly Kyary Pamyu Pamyu XR Ride	Spinning Coaster	Universal Studios Japan	Japan	2010	Operating	[102]
Twist	Spinning Coaster	Le Pal	France	2011	Operating	[103]
Wilde Maus Formerly Zig Zag	Wilde Maus	Freizeit-Land Geiselwind Sommerland Syd Attractiepark Toverland Walygator Parc	Germany	2011 2010 2004 2003	Removed	[104] [105] [106] [107]
Skatteøen	Water Coaster	Djurs Sommerland	Denmark	2011	Operating	[108]
Tiger Express Formerly Flying Dutchman Gold Mine	Wilde Maus	La Mer de Sable Walibi Holland	France	2011 2000 to 2010	Operating	[109] [110]
Great Lego Race Formerly Project X Formerly Jungle Coaster	Wilde Maus	Legoland Florida Legoland Windsor	United States	2011 2004 to 2009	Operating	[111] [112]
Vilde Mus	Wilde Maus	Bakken	Denmark	2012	Operating	[113]
Manta	Launch Coaster	SeaWorld San Diego	United States	2012	Operating	[114]
Arctic Blast	Powered Coaster	Ocean Park Hong Kong	Hong Kong	2012	Operating	[115]
Great Lego Race Formerly Project X	Wilde Maus	Legoland Malaysia	Malaysia	2012	Operating	[116]
Dwervelwind Formerly d'wervelwind	Spinning Coaster	Attractiepark Toverland	Netherlands	2012	Operating	[117]
Storm	Mega Coaster	Etnaland	Italy	2013	Operating	[118]
Coast Rider	Wilde Maus	Knott's Berry Farm	United States	2013	Operating	[119]
Storm Coaster	Water Coaster	Sea World	Australia	2013	Operating	[120]
Dragon	Launch Coaster	Sochi Park Adventureland	Russia	2014	Operating	[121]
Sharolet	Wilde Maus	Sochi Park Adventureland	Russia	2014	Operating	[122]
Wild Mouse	Wilde Maus	Antibes Land Walygator Parc Expoland	France	2014 2008 to 2013 1996 to 2007	Operating	[123] [124] [125]
Walrus Splash	SuperSplash	Chimelong Ocean Kingdom	China	2014	Operating	[126]
Polar Explorer	Water Coaster	Chimelong Ocean Kingdom	China	2014	Operating	[127]
Alpina Blitz	Mega Coaster	Nigloland	France	2014	Operating	[128]
Helix	Launch Coaster	Liseberg	Sweden	2014	Operating	[129]
Battle of Blue Fire	Launch Coaster	Quancheng Euro Park	China	2014	Operating	[130]
ARTHUR	Inverted Powered Coaster	Europa-Park	Germany	2014	Operating	[131]
Velikoluksky Miasokombinat	Launch Coaster	Wonder Island	Russia	2015	Operating	[132]
Turbulence	Spinning Coaster	Adventureland	United States	2015	Operating	[133]
Miniwah	Powered Coaster	Freizeitpark Plohn	Germany	2015	Operating	[134]
Flash Formerly Lightning	Hyper Coaster	Lewa Adventure	China	2016	Operating	[135]
Lost Gravity	BigDipper	Walibi Holland	Netherlands	2016	Operating	[136]
Flight of the Hippogriff	YoungSTAR Coaster	Universal Studios Hollywood	United States	2016	Operating	[137]
Dragon Express	Spinning Coaster	Oriental Neverland	China	2016	Operating	[138]
Pulsar	PowerSplash	Walibi Belgium	Belgium	2016	Operating	[139]
Cobra's Curse	Spinning Coaster	Busch Gardens Tampa	United States	2016	Operating	[140]
Ba-a-a-Express	Children's Roller Coaster	Europa-Park	Germany	2016	Operating	[141]
Spider-Man: Doc Ock's Revenge	Spinning Coaster	IMG Worlds of Adventure	United Arab Emirates	2016	Operating	[142]
Velociraptor	Launch Coaster	IMG Worlds of Adventure	United Arab Emirates	2016	Operating	[143]
Capitol Bullet Train	Launch Coaster	Motiongate Dubai	United Arab Emirates	2017	Operating	[144]
Dragon Gliders	Inverted Powered Coaster	Motiongate Dubai	United Arab Emirates	2017	Operating	[145]
Star Trek: Operation Enterprise	Launch Coaster	Movie Park Germany	Germany	2017	Operating	[146]
DC Rivals HyperCoaster	Hyper Coaster	Warner Bros. Movie World	Australia	2017	Operating	[147]
Dancing Oscar	Spinning Coaster	Shinhwa Theme Park	South Korea	2017	Operating	[148]
Slinky Dog Dash	Launch Coaster	Disney's Hollywood Studios	United States	2018	Operating	[149]
Icon	Launch Coaster	Blackpool Pleasure Beach	United Kingdom	2018	Operating	[150]
Time Traveler	Xtreme Spinning Coaster	Silver Dollar City	United States	2018	Operating	[151]
Hyper Coaster	Hyper Coaster	Land of Legends Theme Park	Turkey	2018	Operating	[152]
Launch Coaster	Launch Coaster	Colourful Yunnan Happy World	China	2018	Operating	[153]
Tiger Leaping Gorge	SuperSplash	Colourful Yunnan Happy World	China	2018	Operating	[154]
Kraken's Revenge	Water Coaster	Desaru Coast Adventure Waterpark	Malaysia	2018	Operating	[155]
Power Splash	PowerSplash	Happy Valley Shenzhen	China	2019	Operating	[156]
Dynamite	BigDipper	Freizeitpark Plohn	Germany	2019	Operating	[157]
Copperhead Strike	Launch Coaster	Carowinds	United States	2019	Operating	[158]
Steam Racers	Launch Coaster	Wuxi Sunac Land	China	2019	Operating	[159]
Gods of Egypt - Battle for Eternity	Powered Coaster	Lionsgate Entertainment World	China	2019	Operating	[160]
Mælkevejen	Powered Coaster	Tivoli Gardens	Denmark	2019	Operating	[161]
Max & Moritz	Powered Coaster	Efteling	Netherlands	2020	Operating	[162]
DUPLO Dino Coaster	Children's Roller Coaster	Legoland Windsor Resort	United Kingdom	2020	Operating	[163]
Storm Chaser	Spinning Coaster	Paultons Park	United Kingdom	2021	Operating	[164]
Twin Spin	Spinning Coaster	Enchanted Kingdom	Philippines	2021	Operating	[165]
Krampus Expédition	Water Coaster	Nigloland	France	2021	Operating	[166]
The Ride to Happiness	Xtreme Spinning Coaster	Plopsaland	Belgium	2021	Operating	[167]
Blu Power	PowerSplash	Tetysblu Theme Park	Kazakhstan	2021	Operating	[168]
Rockin' Blu	Spinning Coaster	Tetysblu Theme Park	Kazakhstan	2021	Operating	[169]
Flight of the Hippogriff	YoungSTAR Coaster	Universal Studios Beijing	China	2021	Operating	[170]
Jurassic Flyers	Inverted Powered Coaster	Universal Studios Beijing	China	2021	Operating	[171]
Steel Taipan	Launch Coaster	Dreamworld	Australia	2021	Operating	[172]
Blue Fire	Launch Coaster	Xuzhou Paradise	China	2021	Operating	[173]
Giant Digger	Launch Coaster	Lotte's Magic Forest	South Korea	2022	Operating	[174]
Giant Splash	PowerSplash	Lotte's Magic Forest	South Korea	2022	Operating	[175]
T-Rex Family Coaster	Powered Coaster	Djurs Sommerland	Denmark	2022	Operating	[176]
Carrara	Powered Coaster	Mandoria	Poland	2022	Operating	[177]
Beyond the Cloud	Launch Coaster	Suzhou Amusement Land Forest World	China	2022	Operating	[178]
Aquaman: Power Wave	PowerSplash	Six Flags Over Texas	United States	2023	Operating	[179]
Fjord Explorer	Water Coaster	Le Pal	France	2024	Operating	[180]
Voltron Nevera	Stryker Coaster	Europa-Park	Germany	2024	Operating	[181]
Alpenexpress Enzian	Powered Coaster	Europa-Park	Germany	2024	Operating	[182]
Hyperia	Hyper Coaster	Thorpe Park Resort	United Kingdom	2024	Temporarily Closed	[183]
Gobbi Express Formerly Galaxie Express	Powered Coaster	Taunus Wunderland Space Center	Germany	2024 2003 to 2004	Under construction	[184] [185]
Wiener Looping	BigDipper	Wiener Prater	Austria	2024	Under construction	[186]
Unknown	Water Coaster	Happy Valley Xi'an	China	2024	Under construction	[187]
Unknown	BigDipper	Sun World Bà Nà Hills	Vietnam	2024	Under construction	[188]
Starfall Racers	Racing Launch Coaster	Universal Epic Universe	United States	2025	Under construction	[189]
Unknown	Unknown	Universal Epic Universe	United States	2025	Under construction
Unknown	Stryker Coaster	Fantasiana	Austria	2025	Under construction	[190]
Unknown	Xtreme Spinning Coaster	Holiday Park	Germany	2026	Under construction	[191]
Saw Mill Falls	Water Coaster	Six Flags Qiddiya	Saudi Arabia	TBD	Under construction	[192]
Unknown	PowerSplash	Bollywood Parks Dubai	UAE	Unknown	In storage	[193]
Unknown	Hyper Coaster	Bollywood Parks Dubai	UAE	Unknown	In storage	[194]
Unknown	PowerSplash	Sunac Cultural Tourism City	China	TBD	In Storage	[195]
Unknown	Hyper Coaster	Sunac Cultural Tourism City	China	TBD	In Storage	[196]

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