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Ride Entertainment Group

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Industry
  
Entertainment

Key people
  
Ed Hiller (CEO)

Area served
  
Worldwide

Website
  
rideentertainment.com

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Divisions
  
Sales Operations Financial Partnerships Installations SkyCoaster®.

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Ride Entertainment is an firm based in the United States specializing in the construction, sales, service, and operation of amusement rides.

Contents

Sales

The Sales division is responsible for the sale of amusement rides. A number of firms have partnerships with this division, including:

  • Gerstlauer – all of Gerstlauer's sales in the Western Hemisphere are handled by Ride Entertainment. The company's products are manufactured in a factory in Germany. Dare Devil Dive, Untamed, and FireChaser Express are among the roller coasters Ride Entertainment has sold.
  • Funtime – North American sales of the Austrian company's products are handled by Ride Entertainment Systems. Star Flyers and Slingshots are among the most common products, having been installed at many Six Flags amusement parks (e.g. SkyScreamers).
  • HIT Entertainment – Ride Entertainment manages the amusement park integration of HIT Entertainment brands including Thomas the Tank Engine, Bob the Builder, and Barney the Dinosaur. This includes the Thomas Towns installed at Six Flags amusement parks, as well as the Thomas Towns at Drayton Manor and Fuji-Q Highland.
  • Ropes Courses, Inc. – Ride Entertainment is the North American distributor of Ropes Courses, Inc. products for amusement parks. Ropes courses at Indiana Beach and West Edmonton Mall were sold and installed by Ride Entertainment Group.

    • Operations

    This division operates amusement parks and entertainment facilities at locations throughout North America, including such prominent locations as Forest Park and Fantasy Forest in New York, Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway in Boston, and the Seaglass Carousel in New York to name a few.

    Financial Partnerships

    This divisions works with various entertainment venues and provides the capital and attraction for many of the top locations around the world. This division is regarded as the largest in the world.

    Installations

    This division installs and rehabs amusement rides around the world. The company has worked with many different park groups like Six Flags, OCT, and the Roller Coaster at New York, New York.

    SkyCoaster

    SkyCoaster is the most successful attraction in the amusement industry with over 75 locations worldwide.

    SkyCoaster, Inc. operated as a wholly owned division of ThrillTime Entertainment International. In 2005, SkyCoaster, Inc. as well as ThrillTime's other amusement ride, Top Eliminator, were sold to Ride Entertainment. This was followed in 2006 by a reverse merger transaction where ThrillTime was acquired by Advanced Proteome Therapeutics.

    References

    Ride Entertainment Group Wikipedia
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