Paul Mack founded MACK Rides in 1780 in Germany, where the company built stagecoaches and carriages. One hundred years later, MACK Rides began building circus caravans, but it didn’t start manufacturing fairground rides until 1920. The company’s first wooden coaster came a year later, and in 1936, it produced its first fuel-powered ride. MACK Rides also pioneered the wooden wild mouse coaster in 1957.
Confident in its ride portfolio, MACK Rides opened Europa Park in Rust, Germany, in 1975 to showcase them. Beyond pioneering the log flume and Splash Battle rides, MACK Rides also produces dark rides, revolving houses (similar to Vekoma’s Mad House), and other common theme park rides, such as spinning Tea Cups.
The MACK Rides Launch Coasters are essentially the company’s counter to Intamin’s Ultra Coaster (Mega-Lite) design, but with LSM launches. The trains differ from standard coasters (and Mega-Lites) in that the seats are exposed. MACK Rides Launch Coasters tend to have well-spaced inversions, making the ride experience fun and family-friendly rather than incredibly intense.
In 2025, Universal’s Epic Universe opened in Orlando, Florida, featuring Stardust Racers, MACK Rides’ first dueling Launch Coaster, as the theme park’s centerpiece attraction.
Helix at Liseberg, Sweden
Alpina Blitz at Nigloland, France
Manta at SeaWorld San Diego, USA
blue fire Megacoaster at Europa Park, Germany
See also: LSM Launch Coasters
MACK Rides opened Voltron, the company’s first Stryker Coaster, at Europa Park in 2024. Combining a dark ride with a launched coaster and BigDipper-style trains (see below), it features a launch lift hill, Vertical Bounce Track, Turntable, Jr. Scorpion tail, and seven inversions: a Top Hat (inside and outside), an Immelmann, a Zero-G Stall, and three Corkscrews. And it’s themed around Nikola Tesla’s experiments with electricity! No wonder it was voted the best new roller coaster at the 2024 Golden Ticket Awards.
Like many other manufacturers, MACK Rides Hyper Coasters are the company’s behemoths. They are the tallest, fastest, and longest rides in their catalog. It began in 2016 with the opening of Flash at Lewa Adventure in China, followed over the next two years by DC Rivals HyperCoaster at Warner Bros. Movie World in Australia and Hyper Coaster at Land of Legends Theme Park in Turkey. However, the opening of Hyperia at Thorpe Park near London in 2024 captured the nation’s attention and revived interest in Mack Rides’ big boys.
MACK Rides first Spinning Coaster, Euro Mir, opened in 1997 at Europa Park in Germany. The train cars spin as they move along the track. The train consists of several four-seater cars, with riders facing each other or sitting back-to-back, and the spin can be controlled either by non-connecting magnets on the track or by free spinning. Demand for MACK Rides spinning coasters was low after Euro Mir’s debut compared with other manufacturers’ spinners, but that has changed in recent years thanks to the addition of elevator lifts, launches, and inversions.
Storm Chaser at Paultons Park, UK
d’Wervelwind at Toverland, Netherlands
Cobra’s Curse at Busch Gardens Tampa, USA
Turbulence at Adventureland Long Island, USA
See also: Spinning Coasters
In 2018, MACK Rides built its first Xtreme Spinning Coaster: Time Traveler at Silver Dollar City in Missouri, USA. It was the first spinner to invert, sending riders upside down as it spun. In addition to a Dive Loop and Zero-G Roll, it also features an LSM launch and LSM boost, another first for Spinners. No wonder they call it extreme!
The second to open in 2021 was Ride To Happiness at Plopsaland Belgium, which is even more extreme than its predecessor, and won Best New Attraction at that year’s Golden Ticket Awards.
Time Traveler at Silver Dollar City, USA
See also: Spinning Coasters
A MACK Rides Water Coaster is a roller coaster with a water splash. The ride usually begins with a coaster section with several turns and drops. The finale is a steep drop into a large pool of water, which creates a wave that drenches riders. The splash volume can also be adjusted to be less intense in colder weather. The company’s first water coaster to open was Journey to Atlantis at SeaWorld Orlando, in 1998.
Journey to Atlantis at SeaWorld Orlando, USA
Skatteøen at Djurs Sommerland, Denmark
Journey to Atlantis at SeaWorld San Diego, USA
Poseidon at Europa Park, Germany
See also: Water Coasters
MACK Ride’s SuperSplash coasters are similar to their Water Coasters, except they have mid-ride turntables, so riders experience backward drops. The first turntable spins 45° counterclockwise, so the car drops backward and up onto the second turntable, which spins another 45° counterclockwise, so the car drops forward into the ride’s splash section.
SuperSplash at Plopsaland De Panne in Belgium is the exception, with an elevator lift replacing the turntables and reverse drop.
Journey to Atlantis at SeaWorld San Antonio, USA
SuperSplash at TusenFryd, Norway
SuperSplash at Plopsaland De Panne, Belgium
Atlantica SuperSplash at Europa Park, Germany
See also: Water Coasters
MACK Rides’ PowerSplash roller coasters differ from its Water Coasters in several ways. It’s basically an LSM Launch Coaster with a U-shaped track, a turntable loading platform, a small airtime hill, and a Splash Track between the two vertical spikes. During the third backward ascent, the Splash Track rapidly fills with water, creating a huge splashdown after the final forward drop.
Pulsar at Walibi Belgium, Belgium
See also: Water Coasters
MACK Rides unveiled its first Wing Coaster in 2016 with the opening of Lost Gravity at Walibi Holland in the Netherlands. The “BigDipper”-style cars on Lost Gravity have seats similar to those on Intamin wing coasters, with two center seats above the track and outer seats slightly lower on either side. However, the cars have only two rows of seats, allowing the coaster to feature inversions, something Intamin’s wing coasters do not.
Lost Gravity at Walibi Holland, Netherlands
See also: Wing Coasters
MACK Rides’ first Eurosat Coaster opened at Europa Park in 1989. The dark ride coaster is housed inside a geodesic sphere and features a spiral lift hill.
During a major overhaul in 2018, its original space theme was replaced with a Moulin Rouge variety theater theme, and optional Virtual Reality was added to the ride experience. The VR theme is based on ‘The Phantom of the Opera’.
Only two E-Motion coasters have been built; the second, Spatiale Expérience at Nigloland in France, does not feature a geodesic dome or the VR option.
Spatiale Expérience at Nigloland, France
Eurosat (original) at Europa Park, Germany
A Powered Coaster is a roller coaster that (rarely) has a lift hill because the ride operator controls the train’s speed. A Powered Coaster lets the action begin immediately and lets the operator control speed through the corners.
MACK Rides Powered Coasters are occasionally referred to as “Blauer Enzian” coasters, a reference to the name of powered trains in 1950’s Germany. Powered coasters are often themed to mine trains. Spinning cars (see above) can be used instead of standard ones.
Odinexpressen at Tivoli Gardens, Denmark
Le Train de la Mine at Nigloland, France
Dynamite Express at Familiepark Drievliet, Netherlands
Alpenexpress Enzian (original) at Europa Park, Germany
MACK Rides one-upped its Powered Coaster model by opening Arthur at Europa Park in 2014. Unlike the standard version, the vehicles are suspended from the track above rather than running on top of it. Arthur also features multiple indoor dark show sections in addition to the outdoor track layout.
In 1957, MACK Rides built the first wooden prototype of the wild mouse coaster. The company’s first permanent steel Wild Mouse coasters appeared in 1996. The track features several tight, 180° hairpin turns and small drops. As the vehicles careen around corners, riders on the “Wilde Maus” will feel as if they are falling off the track, adding to the thrill.
MACK Rides E-Motion Coaster has a standard roller coaster track layout; it’s the vehicles that make the difference. They have a spring suspension (see photo) that causes them to rock and shake in multiple directions. The first E-Motion Coaster to open was Tulireki at Linnanmäki in Finland, in 2004. Only two E-Motion coasters were built; the second, Reaper: Drop Ride to Doom! at Amsterdam Dungeon in the Netherlands. It closed in 2014 after only nine years of operation.
In 2006, MACK Rides opened Pegasus, the company’s junior family coaster, at Europa Park. The nearly identical Götterblitz at Family Park in Austria opened two years later. The most well-known MACK Rides Youngstar Coasters are the Flight of the Hippogriff attractions at the Universal Studios parks in Hollywood and Beijing.
In addition to amusement attractions, MACK Rides also manufactures transport rides, including monorails and bendy-buses!
MACK rides are generally very reliable, but if something goes wrong, MACK offers same-day dispatch of spare parts and even a 24-hour help line!
MACK Rides is one of the top 100 businesses in Germany.
MACK Rides GmbH
Mauermattenstr. 4
D-79183 Waldkirch
Germany
Phone: +49 7681-2000-0
Website
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Mack Rides was founded in 1780 by Paul Mack in Germany, where building stage coaches and carriages was the main business. One hundred years later, Mack began to build caravans for circuses, but it wasn’t until 1920 that they started to manufacturer fairground rides.
Their first wooden coaster came a year later and, in 1936, they produced their first petrol-powered ride. Mack pioneered the wooden wild mouse ride in 1957.
Confident with their portfolio of rides, Mack opened Europa-Park in Rust, Germany, in 1975 to showcase their rides. Apart from pioneering the log flume and Splash Battle rides, Mack also produces dark rides, revolving houses (similar to Vekoma‘s Mad House) and other common theme park rides like spinning Tea Cups.
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The Mack Mega Coaster is, in essence, a standard roller coaster design. It’s Mack’s take on the classic sit-down coaster, albeit with optional inversions and LSM launches, and the company’s counter to Intamin’s Mega-Lite design. The trains are slightly different compared to standard coasters and Mega-Lites in that the seats are exposed. Mack Mega Coasters tend to have well-spaced inversions, making the ride experience fun and family-friendly rather than incredibly intense.
Helix at Liseberg, Sweden
Alpina Blitz at Nigloland, France
Manta at SeaWorld San Diego, USA
blue fire Megacoaster at Europa Park, Germany
See also: LSM Launch Coasters
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Mack’s Bobsled Coasters emulate the bobsleigh tracks seen at the Winter Olympics. Each Bobsled train has seven two-seater cars. Once the train leaves the lift hill, it runs freely along the channel without the aid of tracks. Bobsled Coasters usually have several long, high-speed turns where the train tilts up to 75° on its side. The first Mack Bobsled Coaster, Schweizer Bobbahn at Europa Park in Germany, opened in 1985.
La Trace du Hourra at Parc Astérix, France
Bobbahn at Heide Park, Germany
Avalanche at Pleasure Beach Blackpool, UK
Schweizer Bobbahn at Europa Park, Germany
See also: Bobsled Coasters
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A powered coaster is a roller coaster that (rarely) has a lift hill because the speed of the train is controlled by the ride operator. The benefit of a powered coaster is that the action can begin immediately, and the speed through the corners can be controlled. Mack Powered coasters are occasionally referred to as “Blauer Enzian” coasters, a reference to the name of powered trains in 1950’s Germany. Powered coasters are often themed to mine trains. Spinning cars (see below) can be used instead of standard ones.
Odinexpressen at Tivoli Gardens, Denmark
Le Train de la Mine at Nigloland, France
Dynamite Express at Familiepark Drievliet, Netherlands
Alpenexpress Enzian at Europa Park, Germany
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Mack’s first Spinning Coaster, Euro Mir, appeared in 1997 at Europa Park in Germany. The cars on the train spin as they move along the track. The train is made up of several four-seater cars where riders either face one another or sit back-to-back, and the spin can either be controlled using non-connecting magnets on the track or a free-spinning movement. Demand for Mack spinning coasters was low following Euro Mir’s debut compared to other manufacturers offering spinners, but that has changed in recent years, thanks to the addition of elevator lifts, launches and inversions.
Cobra’s Curse at Busch Gardens Tampa, USA
d’Wervelwind at Toverland, Netherlands
Turbulence at Adventureland Long Island, USA
See also: Spinning Coasters
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In 2018, Mack Rides built its first Xtreme Spinning Coaster: Time Traveller at Silver Dollar City in Missouri, USA. It was the first spinner to invert, sending riders upside down while spinning round and round. In addition to a Dive Loop and Zero-G Roll, it also features an LSM launch and LSM boost, another first for Spinners. No wonder they call it extreme.
Time Traveler at Silver Dollar City, USA
See also: Spinning Coasters
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In 1957, Mack created the prototype for the wild mouse coaster out of wood. The first permanent steel Mack Wild Mouse coasters appeared in 1996. The track is characterised by several tight, hairpin 180° turns and small drops. As the cars careen around the corners, riders of the Wild Mouse will have the illusion that the car is falling off the track, providing another great thrill.
Project X – Test Strecke at Legoland Deutschland, Germany
Ricochet at Kings Dominion, USA
Goofy’s Sky School at Disney California Adventure Park, USA
Coast Rider at Knott’s Berry Farm, USA
See also: Wild Mouse (Steel) Coasters and Wild Mouse (Wood) Coasters
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Mack’s E-Motion Coaster has a standard coaster track layout; it’s the cars that make the difference. The cars have a spring suspension that causes them to rock and shake in multiple directions. The first E-Motion Coaster to open was Tulireki at Linnanmäki in Finland, in 2004. Only two E-Motion coasters have been built, the second one – Reaper: Drop ride to doom! at Amsterdam Dungeon in the Netherlands – closed in 2014 after just nine years of operation.
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A Mack Water Coaster is a roller coaster with a water splash. The ride usually begins with a roller coaster section with several turns and drops. The finale is a steep drop into a large water pool, which creates a wave that drenches riders. The splash volume can also be controlled so the splash is less intense in colder weather. The company’s first water coaster to open was Journey to Atlantis at SeaWorld Orlando, USA, in 1998.
Skatteøen at Djurs Sommerland, Denmark
Journey to Atlantis at SeaWorld San Diego, USA
Poseidon at Europa Park, Germany
Journey to Atlantis at SeaWorld Orlando, USA
See also: Water Coasters
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Mack’s SuperSplash coasters are similar to their Water Coasters, except these have turntables mid-ride so riders experience drops backwards. The first turntable spins counterclockwise 45°, so the car drops backwards down and up onto the second turntable, which spins another 45° counterclockwise so the car drops forward into the splash section of the ride.
SuperSplash at Plopsaland De Panne in Belgium is the exception, with an elevator lift taking the place of the turntables and reverse drop.
Journey to Atlantis at SeaWorld San Antonio, USA
SuperSplash at TusenFryd, Norway
SuperSplash at Plopsaland De Panne, Belgium
Atlantica SuperSplash at Europa Park, Germany
See also: Water Coasters
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Mack’s PowerSplash coasters vary from their Water Coasters in many aspects. It’s basically an LSM Launch coaster with a U-shaped track featuring a turntable loading platform, small airtime hill and Splash Track between the two vertical spikes. The Splash Track rapidly fills up with water during the third backwards spike ascent, allowing for a huge splash down after the final forwards drop.
Pulsar at Walibi Belgium, Belgium
See also: Water Coasters
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Mack unveiled their first Wing Coaster in 2016 with the opening of Lost Gravity at Walibi Holland in the Netherlands. The “BigDipper” style cars on Lost Gravity have seats similar to those found on Intamin wing coasters, with the two centre seats above the track and the outer seats a little lower on either side. However, the cars have only two rows of seats, which allows the coaster to feature inversions – something Intamin’s do not.
Lost Gravity at Walibi Holland, Netherlands
See also: Wing Coasters
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As well as rides, Mack also manufactures transport rides such as monorails and bendy-buses!
Mack rides are generally very reliable, but in case something goes wrong, Mack offers a same-day dispatch for spare parts and even has a 24-hour help line!
Mack Rides is one of the top 100 businesses in Germany.
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Mack Rides GmbH
Mauermattenstr. 4
D-79183 Waldkirch
Germany
Phone: +49 7681 2000 205
Website
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