Martin & Vleminckx Ltd.

Trade name	MV Rides
Company type	Private
Industry	Manufacturing
Founder	Ghislain Martin Alain Vleminckx
Headquarters	Montreal,Quebec , Canada
Area served	Worldwide
Number of employees	50
Website	mvrides.com

Martin & Vleminckx Ltd. (doing business asMV Rides) is a thrill ride androller coaster manufacturing and construction company headquartered inMontreal, Québec, Canada^[1] with an affiliated office inVancouver, British Columbia, Canada, a manufacturing facility inOrlando, Florida, United States, and two subsidiaries, including a warehouse in China.

Martin & Vleminckx, founded in 1984, is a world leader in the design, manufacture, fabrication and installation of traditional wooden roller coasters.

In November 2022, Martin & Vleminckx acquired the patent portfolio of Bill Kitchen that includes products such as the Unicoaster®, the Unicoaster® 2.0, the SkyBlazer™, the Skyspire™, the Polercoaster™, the G-Storm™, the Vistawheel™ and the Thrillwheel™.

The company offer an innovative and exciting attractions catalogue of products to serve the amusement park and recreational industry.

Since 1984, Martin & Vleminckx has erected over 100 roller coasters and other amusement rides manufactured by a variety of companies from around the world. Including:Bolliger & Mabillard,^[2]Chance Morgan,^[3]Hopkins Rides,^[4][5]Intamin,^[6]Maurer AG,^[7]ProSlide Technology,^[8]Vekoma,^[9]Zamperla,^[10] Martin & Vleminckx installed the two tallest roller coasters in the world; Kingda Ka in New Jersey, and Top Thrill Dragster in Ohio. Martin & Vleminckx has built wooden roller coasters all over the world. Some key rides include the Fireball, the first wooden roller coaster ever built in China, and the Leviathan, the first wooden roller coaster in Australia since 1985. Most roller coasters manufactured by Martin & Vleminckx were designed byThe Gravity Group.

Martin & Vleminckx also conducts repair and maintenance works on coasters around the world including Boulder Dash & Wildcat at Lake Compounce, USA and Coaster at PNE in Vancouver, Canada.

• Coastersaurus atLegoland Florida^[11]
• Boardwalk Bullet atKemah Boardwalk^[12][13]
• Wooden Coaster - Fireball atHappy Valley Shanghai^[14][15][16]
• Zippin Pippin atBay Beach Amusement Park^[17]
• Dauling Dragon atHappy Valley Wuhan^[18][15]
• Fjord Flying Dragon atHappy Valley Tianjin^[19]
• Time Traveler atHot Go Park^[20]
• Jungle Trailblazer atOriental Heritage Jinan^[21]
• Jungle Trailblazer atFantawild Dreamland Zhengzhou^[22]
• Jungle Trailblazer atOriental Heritage Wuhu^[23]
• Jungle Trailblazer atOriental Heritage Ningbo^[24]
• Jungle Trailblazer atFantawild Dreamland Zhuzhou^[25]
• Jungle Trailblazer atOriental Heritage Xiamen^[26]
• Jungle Trailblazer atFantawild Asian Legend Nanning^[27]
• Thunder Eagle at Race World in Pigeon Forge, TN
• Thunder Coaster at Tusenfryd in Oslo, Norway
• Robin Hood at Walibi Holland in Biddinghuizen
• Comet at Great Escape in Lake George, NY
• Arkansas Twister at Magic Springs in Hot Springs, AR
• LeMonstre at Six Flags LaRonde in Montreal
• Twisted Sisters at Kentucky Kingdom in Louisville, KY

• Zippin Pippin atBay Beach Amusement Park – a reconstruction of theLibertyland wooden roller coaster, with The Gravity Group consulting on engineering^[28]

Martin & Vleminckx has retracked 19 coasters^[29]

• Arkansas Twister atMagic Springs and Crystal Falls
• Big Dipper atGeauga Lake
• Blue Streak atCedar Point
• Cheetah atWild Adventures
• Coaster atPNE
• Excalibur atFuntown Splashtown USA
• Great White atMorey's Piers
• Hercules atDorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom
• Le Monstre atLa Ronde
• Mean Streak atCedar Point
• Raging Wolf Bobs atGeauga Lake
• Shivering Timbers atMichigan's Adventure
• Thunder Run atKentucky Kingdom
• Villain atGeauga Lake
• Boulder Dash atLake Compounce
• Wildcat atLake Compounce
• Wild One atSix Flags America
• Wolverine Wildcat atMichigan's Adventure
• Yankee Cannonball atCanobie Lake Park

• Arkansas Twister atMagic Springs and Crystal Falls^[30]
• Batman: The Dark Knight atSix Flags New England^[2]
• Boomerangs atElitch Gardens Theme Park,Jerudong Park,Kentucky Kingdom,La Ronde,Montjuïc,Parque de la Costa,Six Flags Fiesta Texas,Six Flags Mexico,Six Flags New Orleans,Visionland, andWild Adventures^[9]
• Chang atKentucky Kingdom^[2]
• Comet atCrystal Beach Park andGreat Escape^[31][32]
• Dragon atLegoland Florida^[9]
• Flying Coaster atElitch Gardens Theme Park^[10]
• Flying School atLegoland Florida^[9]
• Goliath atLa Ronde^[2]
• Kingda Ka atSix Flags Great Adventure^[6]
• Le Monstre atLa Ronde^[33]
• Le Vampire atLa Ronde^[2]
• Roller Skater atKentucky Kingdom^[9]
• Super Manège atLa Ronde^[9]
• Suspended Looping Coasters atElitch Gardens Theme Park,Hunt's Pier,Kentucky Kingdom,Magic Springs and Crystal Falls,Opryland,Parque de la Costa,Six Flags America,Six Flags New England, andWild Adventures^[9]
• Thundercoaster atTusenfryd^[34]
• Thunder Eagle at Belle Island Village^[35]
• Top Thrill Dragster atCedar Point^[6]
• Twisted Twins atKentucky Kingdom^[36]
• X-Coaster atMagic Springs and Crystal Falls^[7]

• Bugs' White Water Rapids atSix Flags Fiesta Texas^[5]
• Drop Tower: Scream Zone atCalifornia's Great America^[6]
• Giant Wheel atKentucky Kingdom^[9]
• Grand Carousel atLa Ronde^[3]
• Grande Roue atLa Ronde^[9]
• Manitou atLa Ronde^[10]
• Menhir Express atParc Astérix^[5]
• Mile High Falls atKentucky Kingdom^[5]
• Navy Pier Ferris Wheel atNavy Pier^[9]
• Splash atLa Ronde^[6]
• Superman: Tower of Power atKentucky Kingdom^[6]
• Tour de ville atLa Ronde^[10]
• Tower of Doom atElitch Gardens Theme Park^[6]
• Vertigo atLa Ronde^[10]

As of 2019, Martin & Vleminckx has built 16roller coasters around the world.^[37]

Name	Model	Park	Country	Opened	Status	Ref
Coastersaurus	Wood Support Structure	Legoland Florida	United States	2004	Operating	[11]
Boardwalk Bullet	Wood Support Structure	Kemah Boardwalk	United States	2007	Operating	[12]
Wooden Coaster - Fireball	Wood Support Structure	Happy Valley Shanghai	China	2009	Operating	[14]
Zippin Pippin	Wood Support Structure	Bay Beach Amusement Park	United States	2011	Operating	[17]
Dauling Dragon	Wood Support Structure	Happy Valley Wuhan	China	2012	Operating	[18]
Fjord Flying Dragon	Wood Support Structure	Happy Valley Tianjin	China	2013	Operating	[19]
Time Travel	Wood Support Structure	Hot Go Park	China	2014	Operating	[20]
Jungle Trailblazer	Wood Support Structure	Oriental Heritage Jinan	China	2015	Operating	[21]
Jungle Trailblazer	Wood Support Structure	Fantawild Dreamland Zhengzhou	China	2015	Operating	[22]
Jungle Trailblazer	Wood Support Structure	Oriental Heritage Wuhu	China	2015	Operating	[23]
Jungle Trailblazer	Wood Support Structure	Oriental Heritage Ningbo	China	2016	Operating	[24]
Jungle Trailblazer	Wood Support Structure	Fantawild Dreamland Zhuzhou	China	2016	Operating	[25]
Jungle Trailblazer	Wood Support Structure	Oriental Heritage Xiamen	China	2017	Operating	[26]
Jungle Trailblazer	Wood Support Structure	Fantawild Asian Legend	China	2018	Operating	[27]
Wooden Dragons Roller Coaster	Wood Support Structure	Sunac Jinan	China	2021	Operating	[38]
Leviathan	Wood Support Structure	Sea World	Australia	2022	Operating	[39]

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• Martin & Vleminckx at theRoller Coaster DataBase

• Construction and civil engineering companies of the United States
• Manufacturing companies based in Florida
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