Random Coaster Question About the Wild Mouse

[robbalvey]

Anyone know when (or when about) the very first Wild Mouse was built and why exactly they are called a Wild "Mouse?"

 

Please post links if you find information on line!

 

Thanks!

 

--Robb

[snuggles]

The earliest I could find on RCDB was 1957. It probably dates back to about 1950 though.

[IceDragon]

first built was Blackpool, Kennywood, in 1958... although DandiLion Park has had one since 1929 'or later'... probably not, but you know...

 

linky: http://www.rcdb.com/ir.htm?coasternamee=Wild%20Mouse&page=1

 

 

 

 

my thought on the name 'Wild Mouse' is because wild mice are usually really jerky and take sharp turns... hence the sharp turns and brakes everywhere...

[Tmcdllr]

What about the origin of the spinning wild mouse?

[cfc]

Robb,

 

Here's a link that might be of some help: http://www.personal.psu.edu/faculty/v/a/vac3/wdm.html.

 

Chuck

[Fallen Heretic]

^ I spent along time looking for info in the Wild Mouse a while ago, and that site is the best I found. It seems the origins are a little uncertain. Im pretty sure it came from Germany first.

[robbalvey]

Thanks everyone! This is great help. Funny, still no real explanation as to why it was called a "mouse."

 

I don't need any information about the spinning mouse, but thanks for the inquiry!

 

--Robb

[Calvin]

The most logical explanation would simply be that mice run around really quickly and make sharp turns a lot. This inspired the back-and-forth design, also a vehicle for the oh-no turns. Also, the original cars were probably shaped like mice.

[cfc]

^^I have two pet theories about why it's called a mouse:

 

1. It's a little wooden coaster.

2. The hairpin turns the cars take as they switch back-and-forth on the track are kind of like the movements a mouse makes as it scampers across a floor (those little suckers can do an "about face" like nobody else's business).

 

Just my two cents.