Reverchon Industries Explained

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.

Reverchon Industries
Type:	Private company
Founded:	1927
Area Served:	Worldwide
Founder:	Gaston Reverchon

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		France	1990		^[6]
Monkey Mayhem	Spinning Coaster		United Kingdom	1998		^[7]
Crazy Mouse	Spinning Coaster		United Kingdom	1998		^[8]
Dizzy Mouse	Spinning Coaster		Austria	1998		^[9]
Spinning Coaster	Spinning Coaster		Japan	1998		^[10]
Crazy Mouse	Spinning Coaster		Japan	1998		^[11]
	Spinning Coaster		Japan	1998		^[12]
Crazy Mouse	Spinning Coaster	Steel Pier Dinosaur Beach	United States	1999 1997 to 1998		^[13] ^[14]
	Spinning Coaster		United States	1999		^[15]
	Spinning Coaster		Italy	2000		^[16]
	Spinning Coaster		United Kingdom	2000		^[17]
	Spinning Coaster		United States	2000		^[18]
Twister Formerly Treetop Twister	Spinning Coaster		United Kingdom	2001		^[19]
	Spinning Coaster		Italy	2001		^[20]
	Spinning Coaster		Denmark	2001		^[21]
	Spinning Coaster		Greece	2002		^[22]
Souris Mécaniques Formerly Papillons d'Alice	Junior Spinning Coaster		France	2002		^[23]
	Spinning Coaster		United States	2002		^[24] ^[25]
	Spinning Coaster	Fantasia Luna Park Funland Park	Greece	2003 1998 to 2003		^[26] ^[27]
Crazy Mouse	Spinning Coaster		United States	2004		^[28]
Famous Jack Formerly Ragondingue Formerly Mouse Trap	Spinning Coaster	Bagatelle Pleasurewood Hills	France	2006 2000 to 2005		^[29] ^[30] ^[31]
	Spinning Coaster		France	2006		^[32]
	Spinning Coaster		Belgium	2006		^[33]
	Spinning Coaster		United Kingdom	2007		^[34]
Bukkerittet Formerly Crazy Mouse	Spinning Coaster	Kongeparken Wild West World Myrtle Beach Grand Prix	Norway	2008 2007 1999 to 2006		^[35] ^[36] ^[37]
	Custom Coaster		France	2008		^[38]
	Spinning Coaster		France	2009		^[39]
	Spinning Coaster	Dreamland Brean Theme Park	United Kingdom	2015 2002 to 2006		^[40] ^[41] ^[42]
	Compact Spinning Coaster	Coney Beach Pleasure Park Bundoran Adventure Park	United Kingdom	2016 2014		^[43] ^[44]
	Junior Spinning Coaster		France	2016		^[45]
	Spinning Coaster		United Kingdom	2017		^[46]
	Spinning Coaster		France	2017		^[47]
	Spinning Coaster	South Pier Arcadia City Plopsaland	United Kingdom	2018 2014 to 2017 2009 to 2010		^[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		^[51] ^[52] ^[53] ^[54]
	Junior Spinning Coaster		France	2019		^[55]
	Compact Spinning Coaster		United Kingdom	2019		^[56]
	Gliding Coaster		Austria	2020		^[57]
Mouse Coaster	Spinning Coaster		France	2020		^[58]
Ratón Vacilón con Gato Comilón	Spinning Coaster		Spain	2020		^[59]
	Spinning Coaster - Second Version		Australia	2022		^[60]
RidderStrijd Formerly Ratón Loco	Spinning Coaster	Avonturenpark Hellendoorn La Feria Chapultepec Magico	Netherlands	2023 1999 to 2019		^[61] ^[62]

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Notes and References

1. Roller Coaster Search Results. Company = Reverchon. December 27, 2012. http://rcdb.com/r.htm?ot=2&co=6902&page=1&order=10.
2. Roller Coaster Search Results. Reverchon Spinning Coaster. December 27, 2012. http://rcdb.com/r.htm?ot=2&mo=8195&page=1&order=10.
3. Web site: Fun Alliance. https://web.archive.org/web/20160310011806/https://business.highbeam.com/53/article-1G1-111204257/fun-allianceduring-iaapa-convention-orlando-alberto. dead. March 10, 2016. Amusement Business. December 14, 2012.
4. Rajin' Cajun. Six Flags Great America. 2654. December 27, 2012.
5. https://rcdb.com/6902.htm Reverchon Industries - rcdb.com
6. Tigrre de Sibérie. Le Pal. 960. June 12, 2012.
7. Wall's Twister Ride. West Midland Safari Park. 838. June 12, 2012.
8. Crazy Mouse. South Pier. 889. June 12, 2012.
9. Dizzy Mouse. Wiener Prater. 1096. June 12, 2012.
10. Spinning Coaster. Yokohama Cosmoworld. 1291. June 12, 2012.
11. Crazy Mouse. Hirakata Park. 1303. June 12, 2012.
12. Spin Mouse. Greenland. 1215. June 12, 2012.
13. Crazy Mouse. Steel Pier. 458. June 12, 2012.
14. Crazy Mouse. Dinosaur Beach. 457. June 12, 2012.
15. Exterminator. Kennywood. 538. June 12, 2012.
16. Roller Boom. Fiabilandia. 1754. June 12, 2012.
17. Crazy Mouse. Brighton Pier. 833. June 12, 2012.
18. Crazy Mouse. Motor World. 714. June 12, 2012.
19. Twister. Lightwater Valley. 1314. June 12, 2012.
20. Crazy Mouse. Magic World. 1641. June 12, 2012.
21. Flagermusen. Fårup Sommerland. 1164. June 12, 2012.
22. Crazy Mouse. Allou Fun Park. 2255. June 12, 2012.
23. Souris Mécaniques. Jardin d'Acclimatation. 1576. June 12, 2012.
24. Primeval Whirl. Disney's Animal Kingdom. 1566. June 12, 2012.
25. Primeval Whirl. Disney's Animal Kingdom. 1868. June 12, 2012.
26. Magic Mouse. Fantasia Luna Park. 2594. June 12, 2012.
27. Magic Mouse. Funland Park. 882. June 12, 2012.
28. Crazy Mouse. DelGrosso's Amusement Park. 2597. June 12, 2012.
29. Famous Jack. Bagatelle. 12641. June 12, 2012.
30. Ragondingue. Bagatelle. 3414. June 12, 2012.
31. Mouse Trap. Pleasurewood Hills. 853. June 12, 2012.
32. Speed Mouse. Fami P.A.R.C. 3555. June 12, 2012.
33. Wild Mouse. Plopsa Coo. 3522. June 12, 2012.
34. Magic Mouse. Brean Theme Park. 3526. June 12, 2012.
35. Bukkerittet. Kongeparken. 4196. June 12, 2012.
36. Crazy Mouse. Wild West World. 3462. June 12, 2012.
37. Crazy Mouse. Myrtle Beach Grand Prix. 575. June 12, 2012.
38. Gold Mine. Pirat' Parc. 4275. June 12, 2012.
39. Crazy Mouse. Lunapark Fréjus. 16515. July 4, 2011.
40. Crazy Mouse. Dreamland. 12842. June 12, 2012.
41. Crazy Mouse. Brean Theme Park. 3525. June 12, 2012.
42. Crazy Mouse. Brean Theme Park. 1672. June 12, 2012.
43. Crazy Mouse. Coney Beach Pleasure Park. 12732. June 12, 2012.
44. Crazy Mouse. Bundoran Adventure Park. 12177. June 12, 2012.
45. Boulets de Canon. Kid Parc. 13610. June 12, 2012.
46. Fantasy Mouse. Fantasy Island. 14923. June 12, 2012.
47. Crazy Mouse. Azur Park. 16513. June 12, 2012.
48. Crazy Coaster. South Pier. 14721. June 12, 2012.
49. Crazy Coaster. Arcadia City. 15572. July 4, 2011.
50. Crazy Coaster. Plopsaland. 9025. June 12, 2012.
51. Fantasy Mouse. Fantasy Island. 16606. June 12, 2012.
52. Magic Mouse. Dreamland. 14886. June 12, 2012.
53. Fantasy Mouse. Fantasy Island. 13774. June 12, 2012.
54. Fantasy Mouse. Fantasy Island. 1625. June 12, 2012.
55. Pierre de Tonnerre. Parc Du Petit Prince. 17081. June 12, 2012.
56. Wild Mouse. Barry Island Pleasure Park . 17521 . June 12, 2012.
57. €uro-Coaster. Wiener Prater. 18313. June 12, 2012.
58. Mouse Coaster. Magic World. 18573. June 12, 2012.
59. Ratón Vacilón con Gato Comilón. Tivoli World. 18438. June 12, 2012.
60. Dingo Racer. Aussie World. 18090. June 12, 2012.
61. RidderStrijd. Avonturenpark Hellendoorn. 19652. June 12, 2012.
62. Ratón Loco. La Feria Chapultepec Magico. 657. June 12, 2012.