Marble Madness

Roller coaster in the United Kingdom
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Marble Madness
Marble Madness in 2014
Pleasurewood Hills
Location Lowestoft, Suffolk, England, UK
Coordinates 52°30′26″N 1°44′51″E / 52.507317°N 1.747536°E / 52.507317; 1.747536
Status Operating since 27 June 2014
Rider height 125 cm minimum
Flamingo Land
Name Wild Mouse
Location Malton, North Yorkshire, England, UK
Coordinates 54°12′38″N 0°48′34″W / 54.210664°N 0.809314°W / 54.210664; -0.809314
Operated 1997 to 2 November 2012
Replaced by Hero
Statistics
Manufacturer Maurer Rides
Product Wilde Maus Classic
Designer / calculations Ing.-Büro Stengel GmbH
Type Steel - Wild Mouse
Riders per train 4
Hourly capacity 900
Propulsion Chain lift hill
Area 18 metres × 40 metres
Height 15 metres
Top speed 45 km/h
Length 370 metres
Inversions 0
Drop angle 46°
Duration 1:10
HELP
The roller coaster in 2016
The ride in its original paint job

Marble Madness is a steel wild mouse roller coaster at Pleasurewood Hills in Lowestoft, Suffolk, England, UK. Built by Maurer Rides, the ride opened on 27 June 2014. It previously operated at Flamingo Land from 1997 to 2012.

History

Wild Mouse was built in 1997. The track was painted pink and the supports yellow.

The Wild Mouse received recorded audio announcements (in a squeaky mouse voice) in 2007. The following year, the station building was changed and the ride received a new paint job (blue track with orange supports).

After the 2012 season, the Wild Mouse was dismantled.[1] In July 2013, Hero opened where the Wild Mouse once stood. It is a Volare roller coaster manufactured by Zamperla.

In early 2013, Wild Mouse appeared on Zamperla's used rides website. It was later sold to Pleasurewood Hills. The name was revealed to be Marble Madness on February 5, 2014.[2] The ride was renovated, with the track being repainted orange and the supports purple. Faces were added to the trains. It reopened on June 27, 2014.[3] It is located on the former spot of Fireball, which has been relocated within the park.

In November 2023, the park announced that it would dismantle and refurbish the ride. Marble Madness is expected to reopen in 2024 with a new name and theme.[4]

Design

Elements

Marble Madness features seven switchbacks and a few drops and twists after those. It also has a transfer track which can store some of the cars when not in use.

Trains

Single cars. Riders are arranged 2 across in 2 rows, for a total of 4 riders per car. As part of its relocation to Pleasurewood Hills, the cars were repainted yellow and model eyes were added to the front.

Images

The following photographs were taken in 2010, while the roller coaster was at Flamingo Land.

References

  1. Wild Mouse rollercoaster leaves Flamingo Land - Ride Rater
  2. Photo on Pleasurewood Hills Facebook page
  3. "Marble Madness Coaster". Themeparks-UK. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
  4. "Theme park announces huge changes to 'family favourite' rollercoaster". Eastern Daily Press (in English). 2023-11-23. Retrieved 2023-11-29.

External links

Articles on Flamingo Land