Wild Mouse (Memphisworld 1989)

Wild Mouse was a steel hybrid wild mouse formerly located at Memphisworld in Germantown, Tennessee, USA. It was Wild Mouse model built by B. A. Schiff & Associates, formerly operated at Adventureland in North Webster, Indiana, USA from unknown date to 1988.

At Adventureland
The ride operated at Adventureland from at least 1986 until 1988. The ride was later sold to Memphis Entertainment Company, who announced plans to reopen the ride at Memphisworld in 1989.

At Memphisworld
The ride opened at Memphisworld on April 26, 1989. It replaced Galaxi, which had only operated at the park for two seasons.

In 1995, the park announced that the coaster would be removed after the end of the season due to age and maintenance issues. There was also an incident during the coaster's final month of operating (see Incidents below), but this was unrelated to the park's initial plans of removing the ride.

Later, a worker was injured during demolition of the ride (also see Incidents), and the following lawsuit that was issued led directly to M.E. Company's bankruptcy in early 1996.

The coaster was replaced with Zyklon in 1996, the ride was nearly fully scrapped except for a lone car.

Media
The coaster's media day featured several mouse-related festivities, including free bags of Cheetos for all attendees, 12 flavors of cheesecake, 20 types of cheese to try, free mousetraps for all attendees, and a raffle to win a life-size hamster wheel.

Adventureland Amusement Park
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Memphisworld
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Trains
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Incidents

 * On September 8, 1995, at 4:18 pm, a wheel on one of the Wild Mouse cars came loose after a huge drop. Luckily, no one was injured, but the ride itself was closed forever due to the fact that it was not only a maintenance nightmare but also because it was already on the chopping block. Things got worse, however, as during the off-season demolition of Wild Mouse, a member of the demolition crew (Caleb Walker, 39) fell from the 30 foot wooden support structure after a rainstorm made the wood wet, and "had his back broken into a million pieces". He later sued M.E Company for $25 million. The lawsuit was settled out of court as MEC was in the process of merging with Premier after a massive money scandal all but wiped out MEC's money reserves.

Trivia

 * The ride was sponsored by Cheetos during it's years of operation.