Reverchon Industries

Reverchon Industries was a developer, designer and manufacturer of amusement park attractions that were sold all over the world. The company went into liquidation in September 2008, filing for bankruptcy and closing down their manufacturing and operations plant.

Its production unit was set in the French village of Samois-sur-Seine, near Fontainebleau.

Reverchon Industries
Private company
FateBankruptcy
Founded1929
FounderGaston Reverchon
Defunct2009
Headquarters
Samois-sur-Seine 
,
France 
Area served
Worldwide
Websitewww.reverchon-attraction.com 

History
  • 1929: Gaston Reverchon, a young coach builder, created his own workshop in the suburbs of Paris. The rides business began there when Gaston Reverchon thought to adapt the coachwork he used on real cars to bumper cars. At the time, bumper cars were nothing more than a steering wheel and a seat attached to a wooden board on wheels. The first Reverchon bumper-car with its metallic color and design inspired by the American cars of that period went on to the market and was an instant success.
  • 1937: It occurred to Gaston Reverchon to not only make parts for bumper-car rides but the whole ride itself and that year, on the dawn of the second world war, Télécombat, a ride featuring small military airplanes, was born.
  • 1956: After progress had been halted by the war, 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.
  • 1973: 1973 proved to be a big year for Reverchon Industries, when Christian Reverchon presented his two latest attractions in Chicago: Himalaya and Paratrooper. Here, the company understood its strength and weaknesses: 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). It also revealed Reverchon Industries' desire to expand beyond Europe.
  • 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 Zamperla retains the rights to build and market its own spinning mouse coaster calling it the Twister Coaster. 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.
  • 2008: Reverchon announced that they have filed for bankruptcy and are closing down their manufacturing and operations.[5] On September 26, 2008 the company ceased trading. Rival roller coaster company Zamperla continues marketing the Twister Coaster.

List of roller coasters


As of 2019, Reverchon Industries has built 39 roller coasters around the world.[6]

NameModelParkCountryOpenedStatusRef
Tigre de Sibérie
Formerly Grand 8		Custom CoasterLe Pal France1990Operating[7]
Wall's Twister RideSpinning CoasterWest Midland Safari Park United Kingdom1998Operating[8]
Crazy MouseSpinning CoasterSouth Pier United Kingdom1998Removed[9]
Dizzy MouseSpinning CoasterWiener Prater Austria1998Operating[10]
Spinning CoasterSpinning CoasterYokohama Cosmoworld Japan1998Operating[11]
Crazy MouseSpinning CoasterHirakata Park Japan1998Operating[12]
Spin MouseSpinning CoasterGreenland Japan1998Operating[13]
Crazy MouseSpinning CoasterSteel Pier
Dinosaur Beach		 United States1999
1997 to 1998		Operating[14]
[15]
Ratón LocoSpinning CoasterLa Feria Chapultepec Magico Mexico1999Operating[16]
ExterminatorSpinning CoasterKennywood United States1999Operating[17]
Roller BoomSpinning CoasterFiabilandia Italy2000Removed[18]
Crazy MouseSpinning CoasterBrighton Pier United Kingdom2000Operating[19]
Crazy MouseSpinning CoasterMotor World United States2000Removed[20]
Twister
Formerly Treetop Twister		Spinning CoasterLightwater Valley United Kingdom2001Removed[21]
Crazy MouseSpinning CoasterMagic World Italy2001Closed[22]
FlagermusenSpinning CoasterFårup Sommerland Denmark2001Operating[23]
Crazy MouseSpinning CoasterAllou Fun Park Greece2002Removed[24]
Souris Mécaniques
Formerly Papillons d'Alice		Junior Spinning CoasterJardin d'Acclimatation France2002Operating[25]
Primeval WhirlSpinning CoasterDisney's Animal Kingdom United States2002Closed[26]
[27]
Magic MouseSpinning CoasterFantasia Luna Park
Funland Park		 Greece2003
1998 to 2003		Removed[28]
[29]
Crazy MouseSpinning CoasterDelGrosso's Amusement Park United States2004Operating[30]
Famous Jack
Formerly Ragondingue
Formerly Mouse Trap		Spinning CoasterBagatelle
Pleasurewood Hills		 France2006
2000 to 2005		Operating[31]
[32]
[33]
Speed MouseSpinning CoasterFami P.A.R.C France2006Removed[34]
Wild MouseSpinning CoasterPlopsa Coo Belgium2006Removed[35]
Magic MouseSpinning CoasterBrean Theme Park United Kingdom2007Operating[36]
Bukkerittet
Formerly Crazy Mouse		Spinning CoasterKongeparken
Wild West World
Myrtle Beach Grand Prix		 Norway2008
2007
1999 to 2006		Operating[37]
[38]
[39]
Gold MineCustom CoasterPirat' Parc France2008Operating[40]
Crazy MouseSpinning CoasterLunapark Fréjus France2009Operating[41]
Crazy MouseSpinning CoasterDreamland
Brean Theme Park		 United Kingdom2015
2002 to 2006		Removed[42]
[43]
[44]
Crazy MouseCompact Spinning CoasterConey Beach Pleasure Park
Bundoran Adventure Park		 United Kingdom2016
2014		Removed[45]
[46]
Boulets de CanonJunior Spinning CoasterKid Parc France2016Operating[47]
Fantasy MouseSpinning CoasterFantasy Island United Kingdom2017Removed[48]
Crazy MouseSpinning CoasterAzur Park France2017Operating[49]
Crazy CoasterSpinning CoasterSouth Pier
Arcadia City
Plopsaland De Panne		 United Kingdom2018
2014 to 2017
2009 to 2010		Operating[50]
[51]
[52]
Ice Mountain
Formerly Magic Mouse
Formerly Fantasy Mouse		Spinning CoasterFantasy Island
Dreamland
Fantasy Island		 United Kingdom2018
2017 to 2018
2000 to 2016		Operating[53]
[54]
[55]
[56]
Pierre de TonnerreJunior Spinning CoasterParc du Petit Prince France2019Operating[57]
Wild MouseCompact Spinning CoasterBarry Island Pleasure Park United Kingdom2019Operating[58]
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  39. Marden, Duane. "Crazy Mouse  (Myrtle Beach Grand Prix)". Roller Coaster DataBase. Retrieved June 12, 2012.
  40. Marden, Duane. "Gold Mine  (Pirat' Parc)". Roller Coaster DataBase. Retrieved June 12, 2012.
  41. Marden, Duane. "Crazy Mouse  (Lunapark Fréjus)". Roller Coaster DataBase. Retrieved July 4, 2011.
  42. Marden, Duane. "Crazy Mouse  (Dreamland)". Roller Coaster DataBase. Retrieved June 12, 2012.
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  46. Marden, Duane. "Crazy Mouse  (Bundoran Adventure Park)". Roller Coaster DataBase. Retrieved June 12, 2012.
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