Premier Rides

Premier Rides
legal form	Incorporated
founding	1994
Seat	Baltimore , USA
management	Jim Seay
Branch	Rides , roller coasters
Website	www.premier-rides.com

Premier Rides Inc. is an American manufacturer of roller coasters from Baltimore , which was founded in the 1994th The company was the first to use linear induction motor (LIM) technology on a roller coaster . Jim Seay has been the sole owner of the company since 1996 .

history

Premier Rides was founded in 1994 by the German Peter Schnabel. Schnabel had previously worked for Intamin for a long time . In 1996 Premier Rides established the first two roller coasters with Flight of Fear in Kings Island and Kings Dominion . With the roller coasters, the acceleration is achieved for the first time by LIMs. This system was revolutionary and changed the entire industry. With the Vonkaputous water rollercoaster in Linnanmäki , Finland , the first premier ride attraction opened on European soil in 2001. In addition, the company is responsible for the highest vertical loop at 49 meters . This is located on the route from Full Throttle in Six Flags Magic Mountain .

Roller coaster models

Mr Freeze

LIM roller coasters

Surname	park	country	Opening year
Flight of Fear	Kings Dominion	United States	1996
Flight of Fear	Kings Island	United States	1996
Unknown Batman and Robin: The Chiller	Beto Carrero World Six Flags Great Adventure	Brazil United States	stored 1997–2007
Mr. Freeze	Six Flags Over Texas	United States	1998
Mr. Freeze: Reverse Blast	Six Flags St. Louis	United States	1998
Joker's Jinx	Six Flags America	United States	1999
poltergeist	Six Flags Fiesta Texas	United States	1999
Unknown Speed ​​- The Ride	Akita Plaza Sahara Las Vegas	United States United States	stored 2000–2011
Revenge of the Mummy	Universal Studios Florida	United States	2004
Revenge of the Mummy	Universal Studios Hollywood	United States	2004
Backlot stunt coaster	Canada's Wonderland	Canada	2005
Backlot stunt coaster	Kings Island	United States	2005
Backlot stunt coaster	Kings Dominion	United States	2006
Crazy Cobra Mad Cobra	Discoveryland Suzuka	People's Republic of China Japan	2006 1998-2003
Revenge of the Mummy	Universal Studios Singapore	Singapore	2010

LSM roller coasters

Surname	park	country	Opening year
Sky rocket	Kennywood	United States	2010
Yamaha Racing Coaster	Trans Studio Bandung	Indonesia	2011
Superman Ultimate Flight	Six Flags Discovery Kingdom	United States	2012
Full throttle	Six Flags Magic Mountain	United States	2013
Sky Scream	Holiday Park	Germany	2014
Tempesto	Busch Gardens Williamsburg	United States	2015
Zombie Ride	Bosque Magico	Mexico	2015
Phobia Phear Coaster	Lake Compounce	United States	2016
Hype	Särkänniemi	Finland	2017
Sky rocket	Chimelong Paradise	People's Republic of China	2017
Unknown	Great Mall of China	People's Republic of China	Under construction
Dragonfire	Adventure Island	Qatar	Under construction
Electric Eel	SeaWorld San Diego	United States	Under construction

Suspended & steel coasters

Surname	model	park	country	Opening year
Runaway Mountain	Steel roller coaster	Six Flags Over Texas	United States	1996
Soak'd Slippery When Wet	HydroFighter Coaster (Suspended)	Freestyle Music Park Hard Rock Park	United States United States	2008 (not in operation since 2010)
Round About Maximum RPM!	Revolver Coaster	Freestyle Music Park Hard Rock Park	United States United States	2008 (not in operation since 2010)
Deep space	Steel roller coaster	Adlabs Imagica	India	2013

Water coasters

Surname	park	country	Opening year
Buzz Saw Falls	Silver Dollar City	United States	1999-2003
Vonkaputous	Linnanmäki	Finland	2001

Web links

Commons : Premier Rides  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

• Official website
• All Premier Rides roller coasters in the RCDB

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Premier Rides People ( Memento of the original from September 18, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Premier Rides website. Retrieved January 28, 2014. (English) 
2. ↑ Schnabel named Intamin president. ( Memento of the original from February 2, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . business.highbeam.com. Retrieved January 28, 2014. (English) 
3. ↑ Linear induction motors - with full steam on the magnetic shaft . Coasterandmore. Retrieved January 28, 2014.
4. ↑ Vonkaputous in the RCDB . rcdb.com. Retrieved January 28, 2014.
5. ↑ "Full Throttle" comes in spring 2013 - Six Flags Magic Mountain ( Memento of the original from October 13, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . coaster-junkies.de. Retrieved January 28, 2014. 

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