Maurer AG

The non-inverting loop element of Hollywood Rip Ride Rockit at Universal Studios Florida, a music X-Car.

In 1993, Maurer took over the amusement ride division of a fellow German firm, BHS.[3] BHS constructed four Schwarzkopf-designed roller coasters, working with Sansei Yusoki and Zierer in the process.[4][5][6][7] Maurer's first ride was a custom looping roller coaster called Venus GP that opened at Space World in 1996.[8][9] Since then they have produced almost 50 roller coasters including spinning, launched, racing and wild mouse roller coasters.[10][11]

One of the first types of roller coaster that Maurer manufactured was a wild mouse. The design, known as Wilde Maus Classic, was first installed as Kopermijn at Drievliet Family Park in 1996.[12] At the end of 2010, the Wilde Maus Classic design has been replicated at 13 locations around the world.[13]

In 2000, the S-Coaster was introduced by Maurer.[9] The S-Coaster is Maurer's spinning roller coaster design.[14] It is the most popular design (in terms of installations) that Maurer has ever produced with over 21 installations worldwide.[15]

Maurer's X-Coaster comes in a variety of different designs: X-Car, X-Train and SkyLoop. Under the X-Car category Maurer manufactures rides with launches,[16] vertical lifts,[17] floorless cars[18] and cars with embedded music systems.[19] An X-Train X-Coaster is one which features 4-across seating (2 seats above the track and one on either side of the track as a floorless seat). Under the SkyLoop category Maurer has a variety of models including XT 150 (150 m (490 ft) in length),[20] XT 450 (450 m (1,480 ft) in length),[21] launched[22] and custom designs.[23]

Most recently, in 2010, Maurer introduced the R-Coaster. The R-Coaster is a type of racing roller coaster which features several sets of Linear Synchronous Motors on two parallel tracks. The first, and currently only, R-Coaster is Fiorano GT Challenge at Ferrari World in Abu Dhabi.[24][25] In 2018, it was announced that Maurer would be building the first roller coaster at sea, on the Carnival cruise ship Mardi Gras.[26]

Sky Wheel at Skyline Park is a SkyLoop XT 150 X-Coaster.

As of 2023, Maurer AG has built 68 roller coasters around the world.[27]

Name	Model	Park	Country	Opened	Status	Ref
Star Wars	Spinning Coaster	Wonder Island	Russia	Never opened	Removed	[28]
Kopermijn	Wild Mouse	Drievliet	Netherlands	1996	Operating	[29]
Crazy Mine	Wild Mouse	Hansa Park	Germany	1997	Operating	[30]
Wilde Maus	Wild Mouse	Wiener Prater	Austria	1997	Operating	[31]
Wild Mouse	Wild Mouse	Lagoon	United States	1998	Operating	[32]
Rattlesnake	Wild Mouse	Chessington World of Adventures	United Kingdom	1998	Operating	[33]
Wild Mouse	Wild Mouse	Dorney Park	United States	2000	Operating	[34]
Go Bananas! Formerly Bug Out	Wild Mouse	Wild Adventures	United States	2000	Operating	[35]
Twistrix	Spinning Coaster	Drievliet	Netherlands	2001	Operating	[36]
Winjas	Spinning Coaster SC3000	Phantasialand	Germany	2002	Operating	[37]
Spider	Spinning Coaster SC2000	Lagoon	United States	2003	Operating	[38]
Wild Storm	Spinning Coaster Compact	O-World	South Korea	2003	Operating	[39]
Whirlwind	Spinning Coaster SC2000	Seabreeze Amusement Park	United States	2004	Operating	[40]
Dragon's Fury	Spinning Coaster SC3000	Chessington World of Adventures	United Kingdom	2004	Operating	[41]
Spinball Whizzer Formerly Sonic Spinball	Spinning Coaster SC2200	Alton Towers	United Kingdom	2004	Operating	[42]
Steel Dragon	Spinning Coaster SC2000	Waldameer	United States	2004	Operating	[43]
Sky Wheel	SkyLoop XT 150	Skyline Park	Germany	2004	Operating	[44]
Twister	Spinning Coaster SC3000	Habtoorland	Lebanon	2004 to 2010	Removed	[45]
Tarántula	Spinning Coaster SC3000	Parque de Atracciones de Madrid	Spain	2005	Operating	[46]
G Force	X-Car	Drayton Manor	United Kingdom	2005-2018	Removed	[47]
Unknown	Wild Mouse	Al Hokair Land Theme Park	Saudi Arabia	2006	Removed	[48]
X Coaster	SkyLoop XT 150	Magic Springs & Crystal Falls	United States	2006	Operating	[49]
Abismo	SkyLoop XT 450	Parque de Atracciones de Madrid	Spain	2006	Operating	[50]
Formule X	X-Car	Drievliet	Netherlands	2007	Operating	[51]
Crush's Coaster	Spinning Coaster	Walt Disney Studios Park	France	2007	Operating	[52]
Salama	Spinning Coaster SC3000	Linnanmäki	Finland	2008	Operating	[53]
Hollywood Rip Ride Rockit	X-Car	Universal Studios Florida	United States	2009	Operating	[54]
Spinning Coaster	Spinning Coaster Compact	Holnemvolt Park	Hungary	2009	Removed	[55]
Wild Mouse	Wild Mouse	Funtown Splashtown USA Jolly Roger Amusement Park	United States	2009 2002 to 2006	Operating	[56] [57]
Dream Coaster	X-Car	Dream City	Iraq	2010	Operating	[58]
Fiorano GT Challenge	Family Launch Coaster	Ferrari World	United Arab Emirates	2010	Operating	[24]
Shock	X-Car	Rainbow MagicLand	Italy	2011	Operating	[59]
Naga Bay Formerly Dizz	Spinning Coaster SC3000	Bobbejaanland	Belgium	2011	Operating	[60]
Gotham City Gauntlet: Escape from Arkham Asylum Formerly Road Runner Express	Wild Mouse	Six Flags New England Kentucky Kingdom	United States	2011 2000 to 2009	Operating	[61] [62]
Cagliostro	Spinning Coaster SC3000	Rainbow MagicLand	Italy	2011	Operating	[63]
Ukko	SkyLoop XT 150	Linnanmäki	Finland	2011	Operating	[64]
Spinner Formerly Speedy	Spinning Coaster Compact	Skara Sommarland Abenteuer Park Oberhausen	Sweden	2011 2001 to 2010	Operating	[65] [66]
Clouds Of Fairyland	SkyLoop XT 150	Joyland	China	2011	Operating	[67]
Freischütz	X-Car	Bayern Park	Germany	2011	Operating	[68]
Wilde Maus	Wild Mouse	Freizeit-Land Geiselwind	Germany	2012	Removed	[69]
Hidden Anaconda	SkyLoop XT 150	Happy Valley Wuhan	China	2012	Operating	[70]
Terror Twister	SkyLoop XT 150	Fantawild Adventure Zhengzhou	China	2012	Operating	[71]
Crazy Car Formerly FamilyCo Express	X-Car	Happy Valley Wuhan	China	2013	Operating	[72]
Terror Twister	SkyLoop XT 150	Nantong Adventure Land	China	2013	Operating	[73]
Sky Spin Formerly Whirlwind	Spinning Coaster SC2000	Skyline Park Camelot Theme Park	Germany	2013 2003 to 2012	Operating	[74] [75]
Insider Formerly Spinning Coaster Maihime	Spinning Coaster Compact	Wiener Prater Tokyo Dome City	Austria	2013 2000 to 2011	Operating	[76] [77]
Undertow	Spinning Coaster SC2000	Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk	United States	2013	Operating	[78]
Marble Madness Formerly Wild Mouse	Wild Mouse	Pleasurewood Hills Flamingo Land	United Kingdom	2014 1997 to 2012	Operating	[79] [80]
Terror Twister	SkyLoop XT 150	Fantawild Dreamland Xiamen	China	2015	Operating	[81]
Laff Trakk	Spinning Coaster SC2000	Hersheypark	United States	2015	Operating	[82]
Unknown	Spinning Coaster	Respublika	Ukraine	2015	Closed	[83]
Dragon Legend	X-Car	Romon U-Park	China	2016	Operating	[84]
Dragon Flight	Spinning Coaster SC3000	Eontime World	China	2015	Removed	[85]
Sky Dragster	Spike Dragster	Skyline Park	Germany	2017	Operating	[86]
Käpt'n Jack's Wilde Maus Formerly Holly's Wilde Autofahrt Formerly Rat Formerly Wild Mouse	Wild Mouse	Eifelpark Holiday Park Loudoun Castle Dreamland	Germany	2017 2010 to 2016 2005 to 2009 1998 to 2004	Operating	[87] [88] [89] [90]
Wilde Maus	Wild Mouse	Anapa Park Jungle Attrapark	Russia	2018 2007 to 2016	Operating	[91] [92]
Desmo Race	Spike Dragster	Mirabilandia	Italy	2019	Closed	[93]
Phoenix	Spinning Coaster SC2000	Adventureland	United States	2019	Operating	[94]
Alien Taxi Formerly Xtreme	Spinning Coaster SC2000	Trans Studio Action Zone Blue Bayou and Dixie Landin' Drievliet	Indonesia	2019 2007 to 2017 2004 to 2006	Operating	[95] [96] [97]
Roller Coaster	Spinning Coaster	Galaxy Amusement Park	Ukraine	2020	Operating	[98]
Spinning Racer	Spinning Coaster SC2000	Fantasy Island	United Kingdom	2021	Removed	[99]
Bolt: Ultimate Sea Coaster	Spike Cruise Racing	Mardi Gras cruise ship	Bahamas	2021	Operating	[100]
Now You See Me: High Roller	Spinning Coaster	Motiongate Dubai	United Arab Emirates	2022	Operating	[101]
Venus GP	Looping Coaster	Himeji Central Park Rusutsu Resort Space World	Japan	2022 2019 1996 to 2017	Operating	[102] [103] [8]
Bolt: Ultimate Sea Coaster	Spike Cruise Racing	Carnival Celebration cruise ship Skyline Park	Panama	2022	Operating
Project Zero Formerly BuzzSaw	SkyLoop XT 150	Gumbuya World Dreamworld	Australia	2022	Operating	[104] [105]
Speedy Nuts	Wild Mouse	Papéa Parc Antibes Land Fabrikus World	France	2023 2011 to 2013 2007 to 2010	Operating	[106] [107] [108]
Unknown	Spinning Coaster	Sunac Cultural Tourism City	China	TBD	Under Construction	[109]
Unknown	Spike Custom	Nickelodeon Universe Mall of China	China	TBD	Under Construction	[110]
Space Cruiser	Spike Cruise Racing	Global Dream cruise ship	China	TBD	Under Construction	[111]

Maurer German Wheels is a subsidiary of Maurer Söhne. It manufactures the R80XL giant Ferris wheel under licence from Bussink Design.[112]

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