Wender·Vista
Rock 'n' Roller Coaster Starring Aerosmith
shown on ceramic, 12-inch tileFrance
at Walt Disney Studios Park, east of Paris

Rock 'n' Roller Coaster Starring Aerosmith

— — the launch the rest of the queue couldn't quite believe.

— Where it lives

Not only on a wall.

A small tile on the nightstand catching the morning. A larger one above the fire. Yours, wherever you spend the slow hours.
— On the nightstand, a 6-inch on a walnut stand
— Among the books, a 6-inch leaning into the spines
— Beside the kettle, a 12-inch propped
— Down a quiet hall, an 18-inch floating off the wall
— Above the fire, the 24-inch in a walnut surround
— a note from the studio

“From 2002 to early 2019 a low warehouse at Walt Disney Studios Park in Marne-la-Vallée held a coaster that went from standstill to 92 km/h in under three seconds. Aerosmith on the speakers, three inversions in the dark, then back to the loading platform before the song finished. The ride closed for a retheme in January 2019 and reopened in 2022 as something else.

from the studio
Rock 'n' Roller Coaster Starring Aerosmith
— bring it home

Rock 'n' Roller Coaster Starring Aerosmith, on ceramic.

Each tile is finished by hand in our Knoxville studio. Artwork is slowly infused into the ceramic surface under high heat and pressure, and rests beneath a thin glossy finish. The colour lives in the surface, not on top of it.

What kind of piece?
One tile — square or rectangle.
How big?
the popular one — counter, shelf, nightstand
6 × 6 in · 15 cm · 1.6 lb
Surface finish
A clear glossy finish — the artwork reads as if under resin. Ideal for show-pieces and framed wall art.
How it sits
A hidden cleat — sits ¼″ proud of the wall.
$58
Hand-finished and shipped from our studio at the foot of the Smokies. On your wall in about ten days.
— size
6 × 6 in
15 cm
— weighs
1.6 lb
solid in the hand
— surface
ceramic, hand-finished
art rests beneath a thin glossy finish
— from
Knoxville, TN
our family studio, at the foot of the Smokies
— start a Coaster Set

Pick any four 4-inch tiles — National Parks you've been to, a Smokies set, the four seasons of one place. $ for a set of , cork-backed, ready to live on the table.

— about Rock 'n' Roller Coaster Starring Aerosmith

The place, in three passes.

A little of what's known, in case you fall down the rabbit hole — or want to go see it yourself.
— the place

Walt Disney Studios Park is the second gate at Disneyland Paris, opened in March 2002 in Marne-la-Vallée, about 32 kilometres east of central Paris. The Rock 'n' Roller Coaster Starring Aerosmith opened on 6 June 2002 as one of the park's launch-day attractions, housed in a windowless show building styled as a record-pressing plant. Vekoma built the steel track; the launch system was a linear synchronous motor that accelerated the trains from zero to 92 km/h in 2.8 seconds. The ride closed on 6 January 2019 and was rethemed; the Aerosmith version no longer operates at this park.

— the year

For just under seventeen years the ride ran the same Aerosmith soundtrack, with five mixed versions of tracks including "Sweet Emotion" and "Love in an Elevator" piped through onboard speakers tied to ride synchronisation. Each circuit lasted about 1 minute 22 seconds across 1,071 metres of track, with three inversions: two corkscrews and a single sea-serpent roll. The final run took place on 5 January 2019. The trains, track, and launch hardware were retained for the 2022 retheme as Avengers Assemble: Flight Force.

— the visit

Walt Disney Studios Park is reached from central Paris in about 40 minutes on RER A to Marne-la-Vallée – Chessy, the same station that serves Disneyland Park next door. A Park Hopper ticket is needed to move between the two parks. The show building that held Rock 'n' Roller Coaster sits in the Production Courtyard area, near the Tower of Terror. The ride has operated as Avengers Assemble: Flight Force since 20 July 2022; the Aerosmith version is no longer available at this park.

— where
France · Marne-la-Vallée, Seine-et-Marne
— within
Walt Disney Studios Park
— position
48.8714° N · 2.7795° E
— the neighborhood

What's nearby.

A handful of named places within an hour's walk or short drive. Some we've already painted; some we will.
at the lake
The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror
drop tower
1 km E
Disneyland Park
theme park
1 km N
Marne-la-Vallée – Chessy station
RER station
at the lake
Disney Village
dining and retail district
N
Rock 'n' Roller Coaster Starring Aerosmith
The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror
Disneyland Park
Marne-la-Vallée – Chessy station
Disney Village
— common questions

What people ask.

A few questions we get about Rock 'n' Roller Coaster Starring Aerosmith — and about bringing the piece home.
— about the place

No. The Paris version closed on 6 January 2019 and was rethemed. The same track and trains now operate as Avengers Assemble: Flight Force, which opened on 20 July 2022 at Walt Disney Studios Park.

The ride opened on 6 June 2002 as part of the opening-day lineup of Walt Disney Studios Park, the second gate at Disneyland Paris in Marne-la-Vallée.

The linear synchronous motor launch accelerated the trains from zero to 92 km/h (57 mph) in 2.8 seconds. The full ride covered 1,071 metres of track in roughly 1 minute 22 seconds.

Three: two corkscrews and a single sea-serpent roll. The entire layout sat inside a windowless show building styled as a record-pressing plant on the Production Courtyard.

Vekoma, a Dutch manufacturer, built the steel-track layout. The same model, a Vekoma LSM coaster, is also installed at Disney's Hollywood Studios in Florida, where the Aerosmith theming continues to operate.

Avengers Assemble: Flight Force, themed to Iron Man and the Avengers, opened on 20 July 2022 using the original track, trains, and launch hardware. The show scenes and onboard audio were fully replaced.

— about the piece in your home

Yes. The Paris Rock 'n' Roller Coaster ran for under seventeen years and is one of the more missed attractions among Disneyland Paris regulars. A Small or Medium reads well as a memento for someone who has photos but no longer has the ride.

The dark warehouse exterior and red accents work in music-room and theatre interiors, in eighties-leaning Maximalist rooms, and against a charcoal or oxblood feature wall. It also sits well in a teenager's room with a music or theme-park theme.

A single Large works above a console or in a hallway. A four-tile Mural reads at sofa scale and brings the building's full façade into the room. A nine-tile Mural is for wider walls in a finished basement or media room.

Yes, in the Dura Satin or Matte finish. Both handle humidity and scrub well. The Glossy finish is best for dry rooms: entryways, hallways, libraries, framed wall pieces.

A microfibre cloth and water. The colour is slowly infused into the ceramic surface under high heat and pressure, so it doesn't lift or fade. Skip ammonia and abrasive sponges.

Yes. Reid Wender curates the WenderVista atlas from our single studio in Knoxville, Tennessee. No licensing, no outside vendors. Every piece is hand-finished in-house.

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