Bolliger & Mabillard

Bolliger & Mabillard Ingénieurs Conseils SA
legal form	Private
founding	1988
Seat	Monthey, Switzerland
management	Walter Bolliger and Claude Mabillard
Branch	Roller coaster manufacturer
Website	www.bolliger-mabillard.com

A B&M Inverted Coaster

Bolliger & Mabillard Ingénieurs Conseils SA ( B&M for short ) is a Swiss engineering office and well-known manufacturer of roller coasters from Monthey .

history

Walter Bolliger and Claude Mabillard worked at Intamin on the first stand-up coaster and founded their own company in 1988. B&M not only pioneered the Inverted Coaster and Floorless Coaster , but also built the first roller coaster with an almost vertical descent with Oblivion in Alton Towers . Apart from their main business area - the steel roller coasters - they also built the trains for the wooden roller coaster Psyclone ( Six Flags Magic Mountain ). While B&M is mainly represented in the USA , there are significantly fewer railways from the manufacturer in Europe. In Germany these are Black Mamba (2006) in Phantasialand , Silver Star (2002) in Europa-Park and KRAKE (2011) and Flight of Demons (2014) in Heide Park Resort . The Shambhala roller coaster in Port Aventura near Tarragona is also from B&M.

Roller coaster models

First dive coaster Oblivion

model	Examples
Dive Coaster	Oblivion in Alton Towers ; OCTOPUS at Heide Park Resort
Floorless coaster	Superman - La atracción de acero in Parque Warner Madrid
Flying Coaster	Tatsu at Six Flags Magic Mountain
Inverted Coaster	Katun in Mirabilandia , Black Mamba in Phantasialand
Stand-up coaster	The Riddler's Revenge at Six Flags Magic Mountain
Sitting Coaster	Dragon Khan in PortAventura
Hyper Coaster	Silver Star in Europa-Park ; Behemoth in Canada's Wonderland
Wing Coaster	Raptor in Gardaland , flight of demons in Heide Park Resort , Fēnix in Toverland

List of B&M railways

Dive Coaster

Surname	park	country	Opening year	particularities
Oblivion	Alton Towers	United Kingdom	1998	smallest facility and first dive coaster
Diving Machine G5	Janfusun Fancyworld	Taiwan	2000
SheiKra	Busch Gardens Tampa Bay	United States	2005	Equipped for the first time with 90-degree drop and splashdown and first model with inversion: Immelmann
griffon	Busch Gardens Williamsburg	United States	2007	Equipped for the first time with bottomless trains, also the widest trains: 10 seats per row
Dive Coaster	Chimelong Paradise	China	2008
Diving coaster	Happy Valley Shanghai	China	2009	almost identical to SheiKra, which has a 3 meter longer track
octopus	Heath Park Resort	Germany	2011	First dive coaster with only 6 seats in a row and the only dive coaster that plunges into the splashdown after first drop
Oblivion - The Black Hole	Gardaland	Italy	2015
Baron 1898	Efteling	Netherlands	2015	No splashdown, dive underground into a tunnel, 6 seats in a row
Valravn	Cedar Point	United States	2016	no splashdown, 8 seats in a row, vest bar, highest dive coaster together with Yukon Striker
Draken	Gyeongju World	South Korea	2018	similar layout to Griffon
Valkyria	Liseberg	Sweden	2018	Replaces cannons
Flying over the Western Region	Happy Valley Chengdu	China	2018
Yukon Striker	Canada's Wonderland	Canada	2019	fastest and longest dive coaster, longest drop on a dive coaster, highest dive coaster together with Valravn , dive coaster with the most inversions

Floorless coaster

Surname	park	country	Opening year	particularities
Bizarre	Six Flags Great Adventure	United States	1999
Octopuses	Sea World Orlando	United States	2000
Medusa	Six Flags Discovery Kingdom	United States	2000	first equipped with Sea-Serpent-Roll
Superman: Krypton Coaster	Six Flags Fiesta Texas	United States	2000
Insane speed	Janfusun Fancyworld	Taiwan	2001
Batman - The Dark Knight	Six Flags New England	United States	2002
Superman - La atracción de acero	Parque Warner Madrid	Spain	2002
Scream	Six Flags Magic Mountain	United States	2003
Dæmons	Tivoli	Denmark	2004
Hydra the Revenge	Dorney Park & ​​Wildwater Kingdom	United States	2005	First equipped with inclined dive loop
Dominator was previously Batman: Knight Flight	Kings Dominion Geauga Lake & Wildwater Kingdom	United States	2008 2000 to 2007	longest floorless coaster in the world
Hair raiser	Ocean Park Hong Kong	China	2011
Nitro	Adlabs Imagica	India	2013
Rougarou was previously Mantis	Cedar Point	United States	2015 1996 to 2014	first equipped with inclined loop, it was formerly stand up
Patriot was previously Vortex	California's Great America	United States	2017 1991 to 2016
Firebird was before the Apocalypse was before Iron Wolf	Six Flags America Six Flags America Six Flags Great America	United States	2012 2012 to 2018 1990 to 2011	First roller coaster from the manufacturer B&M

Flying Coaster

Surname	park	country	Opening year	particularities
Air	Alton Towers	United Kingdom	2002
Superman: Ultimate Flight	Six Flags Over Georgia	United States	2002
Superman: Ultimate Flight	Six Flags Great America	United States	2003
Superman: Ultimate Flight	Six Flags Great Adventure	United States	2003
Tatsu	Six Flags Magic Mountain	United States	2006	highest pretzel loop in the world and fastest flying coaster
Crystal wings	Happy Valley Shanghai	China	2006
manta	SeaWorld Orlando	United States	2009
Starry Sky Ripper	World Joyland	China	2011
Harpy	Xishuangbanna Theme Park	China	2015
Acrobat	Nagashima Spa Land	Japan	2015	similar to Manta
Flying dinosaur	Universal Studios Japan	Japan	2016	longest flying coaster

Hyper Coaster

The hypercoasters manufactured by B&M always have a routing of the type "Out - & - Back", which means that the trains move away from one point on an almost straight route, then turn around and return to the starting point. The only exception here is the Raging Bull railway .

Surname	park	country	Opening year	particularities
Apollo's chariot	Busch Gardens Williamsburg	United States	1999
Raging Bull	Six Flags Great America	United States	1999
Nitro	Six Flags Great Adventure	United States	2001
Silver Star	Europe Park	Germany	2002
Behemoth	Canada's Wonderland	Canada	2008
Goliath	La Ronde	Canada	2006
Goliath	Six Flags Over Georgia	United States	2006
Hollywood Dream: The Ride	Universal Studios Japan	Japan	2007
Diamondback	Kings Island	United States	2009
Intimidator	Carowinds	United States	2010
Leviathan	Canada's Wonderland	Canada	2012
Shambhala	Port Aventura	Spain	2012
Fury 325	Carowinds	United States	2015	highest, fastest and longest run of this type
Mako	SeaWorld Orlando	United States	2016
Unknown	Hot Go Dreamworld	China	2017
Flight of the Himalayan Eagle Music Roller Coaster	Happy Valley Beijing	China	2019

Inverted Coaster

Surname	park	country	Opening year	particularities
Batman: The Ride	Six Flags Great America	United States	1992
Batman: The Ride	Six Flags Great Adventure	United States	1993
Flight deck	California's Great America	United States	1993
Batman: The Ride	Six Flags Magic Mountain	United States	1994
Nemesis	Alton Towers	United Kingdom	1994
Raptor	Cedar Point	United States	1994
Diavlo	Himeji Central Park	Japan	1994
Montu	Busch Gardens Tampa Bay	United States	1996	first roller coaster with Immelmann
Alpine spirit	Busch Gardens Williamsburg	United States	1997	highest inverted coaster in the world
Batman: The Ride	Six Flags Over Georgia	United States	1997
Pyrenees	Shima Spain Mura	Japan	1997
Great Bear	Hersheypark	United States	1998
The great white	SeaWorld San Antonio	United States	1998
Afterburn	Carowinds	United States	1999
Dragon Challenge	Islands of Adventure	United States	1999	world's only dueling inverted coaster
Batman: The Ride	Six Flags Over Texas	United States	1999
Katun	Mirabilandia	Italy	2000	longest inverted coaster in Europe
Talon	Dorney Park & ​​Wildwater Kingdom	United States	2001
Vampires	La Ronde	Canada	2001
Batman la Fuga	Parque Warner Madrid	Spain	2002
Nemesis Inferno	Thorpe Park	United Kingdom	2003	the world's only inverted coaster with interlocking corkscrews
Lightning	Entertainment City	Kuwait	2004
Silver Bullet	Knott's Berry Farm	United States	2004
patriot	Worlds of Fun	United States	2006
Black Mamba	Phantasialand	Germany	2006	first equipped with Inclined-Immelmann
Phaethon	Gyeongju World	South Korea	2007
Goliath was previously Batman: The Ride was previously Gambit	Six Flags Fiesta Texas Six Flags New Orleans Thrill Valley	United States	2008 2003 to 2005 1995 to 2002
The Monster was previously Orochi	Walygator Parc Expoland	France	2010 1996 to 2007
Oz'Iris	Parc Asterix	France	2012
banshee	Kings Island	United States	2014	First new ironing system (wing coaster) for an inverted coaster, the longest and fastest inverted coaster in the world
Family Inverted Coaster	Happy Valley (Songjiang, Shanghai)	China	2014	no inversions, row of two seats
Unknown	Grönalund	Sweden	2020

Sitting Coaster

Surname	park	country	Opening year	particularities
Kumba	Busch Gardens Tampa Bay	United States	1993	First dive loop
Dragon Khan	Port Aventura	Spain	1995
Incredible Hulk Coaster	Islands of Adventure	United States	1999	Tire Propelled Launch
Wildfire	Silver Dollar City	United States	2001	Has trains based on the Hyper Coaster variant
Dragon's Run was previously Time Machine / Led Zeppelin	Dragon Park Freestyle Music Park	Vietnam	2017 2008 to 2009

Stand-up coaster

Surname	park	country	Opening year	particularities
Vortex	Carowinds	United States	1992
The Riddler's Revenge	Six Flags Magic Mountain	United States	1998
Georgia Scorcher	Six Flags Over Georgia	United States	1999
Green Lantern was previously Chang	Six Flags Great Adventure Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom	United States	2011 1997 to 2009

Wing Coaster

First Wing Coaster Raptor

Surname	park	country	Opening year	particularities
Raptor	Gardaland	Italy	2011
The Swarm	Thorpe Park	United Kingdom	2012
Wild eagle	Dollywood	United States	2012
X-Flight	Six Flags Great America	United States	2012
GateKeeper	Cedar Point	United States	2013
Parrot Coaster	Ocean Kingdom	China	2014
Flight of the demons	Heath Park Resort	Germany	2014	first wing coaster in Germany
Thunderbird	Holiday World	United States	2015	first B&M coaster with LSM launch
Flying Wing Coaster	Happy Valley Chongqing	China	2017
Falcon	Wuxi Sunac Land	China	2019	Highest and fastest wing coaster in the world
Unknown	Hot Go Dreamworld	China	2017
Wing Coaster	Colorful Yunnan Happy World	China	2018
Fēnix	Toverland	Netherlands	2018

photos

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  Georgia Scorcher in Six Flags Over Georgia (Stand-Up Coaster)

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  Behemoth in Canada's Wonderland (Hyper Coaster)

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  Raptor inCedar Point(Inverted Coaster)

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  Kumba in Busch Gardens (Sitting Coaster)

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  Hydra the Revenge at Dorney Park & ​​Wildwater Kingdom (Floorless Coaster)

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  Manta atSeaWorld Orlando(Flying Coaster)

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  KRAKE atHeide Park Resort(Dive Coaster)

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  Raptor inGardaland(Wing Coaster)

See also

• Category: Roller coaster manufactured by Bolliger & Mabillard

Web links

Commons : Bolliger & Mabillard  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Homepage of Bolliger & Mabillard
• List of B&M railways in the RCDB

Coordinates: 46 ° 15 '49 "  N , 6 ° 56' 51.3"  E ; CH1903:  five hundred sixty-two thousand one hundred and thirty-nine  /  123694