Preston & Barbieri

Preston & Barbieri

Type	Private
Industry	Manufacturing
Predecessor	Preston (1986-1999) Barbieri Rides (1954-1999)
Founded	Reggio Emilia, Emilia-Romagna (1954 (1954))
Headquarters	Reggio Emilia, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Area served	Worldwide
Products	Amusement rides, roller coasters, water rides
Website	www.prestonbarbieri.com

Preston & Barbieri is an amusement ride manufacturing company based in Reggio Emilia, Italy. The company was founded in 2000 as a merger of the Preston and Barbieri Rides companies. The company manufactures a wide range of flat rides, water rides and roller coasters out of its 70,000-square-metre (750,000 sq ft) property in Italy.

History

In 1954, Barbieri Rides was formed by the Barbieri brothers. In 1986, Preston was formed by a team of managers from various local companies.^[1] As the two companies were both based in Reggio Emilia and manufacturing similar attractions, they merged in 2000 to form Preston & Barbieri.^[2][3]

Preston & Barbieri is based in Emilia-Romagna, an administrative district of Italy.^[2] This district has been home to a collection of amusement ride manufacturing firms over the years, many of which have links to the company. S.D.C. was founded by Walter Spaggiari, Mack Duce and Giancarlo Casoli. It manufactured several roller coasters and amusement rides. Among the rides, S.D.C. manufactured bumper cars which were attributed as the creations of Spagiari, Duce, and Barbieri. The company went bankrupt in 1993, with the rights for their rides being bought by other Italian firms C&S, S&MC, and Zamperla.^[4] S&MC and L&T Systems were established by former S.D.C. workers, with both companies remaining in the Emilia-Romagna area.^[5][6] L&T Systems ultimately disbanded in 2009, with Preston & Barbieri purchasing the rights to their rides.^[5]

Preston & Barbieri has also collaborated directly with other companies to design rides including 3DBA for Splash Battles,^[7] and D.P.V. Rides for family roller coasters,^[8] among others.

Installations

Roller coasters

Name	Park	Model	Manufacturer	Opened	Status
Achtbaan	Kinderstad Heerlen		Preston & Barbieri	02013-06-01-0000June 2013	Operating	[9]
Cosmic Coaster	Worlds of Fun	Wacky Worm	Preston	01993-04-03-0000April 3, 1993	Operating	[10]
Gran Canyon	Luna Park, Beirut	Grand Canyon	Barbieri Rides	02002-01-01-00002002	Operating	[11]
Grand Canyon	Bugok Hawaii	Grand Canyon	Barbieri Rides	01994-01-01-00001994	Operating	[12]
Lightning Train	Pyeonghwa Land	Wacky Worm	Preston & Barbieri	02005-10-19-0000October 19, 2005	Operating	[13]
Max Adventures Master Thai	Mirabilandia	Mobius Loop	Preston & Barbieri	02011-08-05-0000August 5, 2011	Operating	[14]
Nitro	Dennlys Parc	Mobius Loop	Preston & Barbieri	02010-07-25-0000July 25, 2010	Operating	[15]
Python	Splash Zone Water Park	Classic Family Coaster	Preston / D.P.V. Rides	01996-01-01-00001996	1999 !Closed in 1999	[8]
Python	Coney Island, Ohio	Classic Family Coaster	Preston / D.P.V. Rides	01999-01-01-00001999	Operating	[16]
Rapidly Train	Atayal Resort	Grand Canyon	Barbieri Rides	02006-01-01-00002006	Operating	[17]
Stampbanan	Liseberg		Preston & Barbieri	02013-04-27-0000April 27, 2013	Operating	[18]
Wacky Worm	Lake Winnepesaukah	Wacky Worm	Preston	01991-01-01-00001991	Operating	[19]
Wacky Worm	Sofia Land	Wacky Worm	Preston & Barbieri	02002-01-01-00002002	2006 !Closed in 2006	[20]
ZZZ !unknown	Harikalar Diyari	Family Coaster Compact	Preston & Barbieri	02009-01-01-00002009	Operating	[21]
ZZZ !unknown	Citywide Recreation Park		Preston & Barbieri	02012-01-01-00002012	Operating	[22]

Amusement rides

Mira Express at Mirabilandia

SpongeBob SplashBash at Movie Park Germany

Name	Park	Model	In conjunction with	Opened	Status
Air Jumbo	Six Flags Great Adventure	Flying Elephants		02005-01-01-00002005	Operating
Arthur & Fanny	Mirabilandia	Flying Elephants		02006-01-01-00002006	Operating	[23]
Banana Battle	Bobbejaanland	Splash Battle	3DBA, P&P Projects	02008-01-01-00002008	Operating	[24][25]
Battaglia Navale	Rainbow Magicland	Splash Battle		02013-01-01-00002013	Operating	[26]
Bongo	Allou! Fun Park	Flying Elephants			Operating	[27]
Boom Boom	Allou! Fun Park	Mini bumper cars			Operating	[27]
Carousel	Allou! Fun Park	Carousel			Operating	[27]
Crazy Barn	Story Land	Crazy House		02003-01-01-00002003	Operating	[28][29]
Dodgem Cars	Warner Bros. Movie World	Bumper cars		02007-01-01-00002007	Operating	[30]
Flying Arturo	Mirabilandia	Flying Elephants			Operating	[31]
Flying Jumbos	Chessington World of Adventures	Flying Elephants		01987-01-01-00001987	Operating
Jumbo	Great Escape	Flying Elephants			Closed in 2004
Jungle Water Fight	Happy Valley, Shenzhen	Splash Battle (trackless)	3DBA, Falcon's Treehouse, Frog AGV, P&P Projects	02008-01-01-00002008	Operating	[32][33]
Legend	Allou! Fun Park	Music Express			Operating	[27]
Magic Carousel, The !The Magic Carousel	Adlabs Imagica	Carousel		02013-04-18-0000April 18, 2013	Operating	[34]
Mira Express	Mirabilandia	Monorail			Operating	[31]
New York	Allou! Fun Park	Bumper cars			Operating	[27]
Raratonga	Mirabilandia	Splash Battle	3DBA	02007-01-01-00002007	Operating	[31]
Roger the Dodger's Dodgems	Chessington World of Adventures	Bumper cars		02000-01-01-00002000	Operating	[35]
Save the Pirate	Adlabs Imagica	Interactive Tower		02013-04-18-0000April 18, 2013	Operating	[34]
Splash Ahoy!	Adlabs Imagica	Splash Battle	3DBA	02013-04-18-0000April 18, 2013	Operating	[26]
Splash Battle	Chimg Long Paradise	Splash Battle	3DBA	02006-01-01-00002006	Operating	[32][36]
Splash Battle	Flamingoland	Splash Battle	P&P Projects	02007-07-01-0000July 2007	Operating	[37]
Splash Battle	Indiana Beach	Splash Battle	3DBA		Operating	[32]
Splash Battle	Legoland California	Splash Battle	3DBA	02006-01-01-00002006	Operating	[38]
Splash Battle	Walibi World	Splash Battle	3DBA	02005-01-01-00002005	Operating	[32]
Splash Battle Egypt	Story Land	Splash Battle	3DBA	02011-01-01-00002011	Operating	[39]
SpongeBob Splash Bash	Movie Park Germany	Splash Battle	3DBA	02007-01-01-00002007	Operating	[40]
Tubby Takes Off	Adlabs Imagica	Flying Elephants		02013-04-18-0000April 18, 2013	Operating	[34]
ZZZ !unknown	Celebration City	Bumper cars		02003-01-01-00002003	Operating	[41]
ZZZ !unknown	Happy Valley, Shanghai	Splash Battle	3DBA	02009-01-01-00002009	Operating	[42]
ZZZ !unknown	Liseberg	Bumper cars		02012-01-01-00002012	Operating	[34]
ZZZ !unknown	M&D's	Flying Elephants		02006-01-01-00002006	Operating	[23]
ZZZ !unknown	Movie Park Germany	Flume Ride		02008-01-01-00002008	Operating	[43]
ZZZ !unknown	Phantasialand	Monorail			Operating	[44]
ZZZ !unknown	Sofia Land	Ferris wheel		02002-07-01-0000July 2002	Operating	[45]
ZZZ !unknown	Sofia Land	Drop tower		02002-07-01-0000July 2002	Operating	[45]
ZZZ !unknown	Sofia Land	Star Fire		02002-07-01-0000July 2002	Operating	[45]
ZZZ !unknown	Zoo Marine	River rapids ride	L&T Systems	02008-01-01-00002008	Operating	[24][25]
ZZZ !unknown	Zoomarine	Splash Battle	3DBA	02012-01-01-00002012	Operating	[34]

References

External links

• Official website