1987 in coasters

Events by year

1986	1987 in coasters	1988
1986	1987 in rides	1988
1986	1987 in water slides	1988

This page is for everything related to roller coasters, powered coasters, and alpine coasters, that occurred during the year 1987.

Opened

Class	Name	Park	Country	Type	Manufacturer	Opened
Roller	Air Race	Bobbejaanland	Belgium	Suspended	Vekoma	April 30
Roller	Bat	Canada's Wonderland	Canada	Shuttle	Vekoma	Unknown
Roller	Bavarian Mountain Railroad	Kobe Portopialand	Japan	Sit-Down	Zierer	March
Roller	Big Apple	Botton's Pleasure Beach	UK	Kiddie	Pinfari	Unknown
Roller	Big Boom	Nasu Highland Park	Japan	Sit-Down	Meisho Amusement Machines	Unknown
Roller	Big One	Takarazuka Family Land	Japan	Sit-Down	Sansei Technologies	March 19
Roller	Big Thunder Mountain	Tokyo Disneyland	Japan	Sit-Down	Vekoma	July 4
Roller	Boomerang	Starcoast World	UK	Shuttle	Vekoma	Unknown
Powered	Buffalo Coaster	Drayton Manor	UK	Sit-Down	Zamperla	Unknown
Powered	Buffalo Stampede	American Adventure	UK	Family	Zamperla	June
Roller	Clownaround	Chessington World of Adventures	UK	Kiddie	Pinfari	Unknown
Roller	Dawson Mine	Bagatelle	France	Family	Soquet	May 23
Roller	Familienachterbahn	Schloß Beck Freizeitpark	Germany	Kiddie	Zierer	Unknown
Roller	Galaxy	Noble Park Funland	USA	Sit-Down	SDC	Unknown
Roller	Hill Billy Rail Road Texas Bronco	Tojoko Toy Kingdom	Japan	Sit-Down	Meisho Amusement Machines	Unknown
Roller	Iron Dragon	Cedar Point	USA	Suspended	Arrow Dynamics	June 11
Roller	Jetline	Gröna Lund	Sweden	Sit-Down	Zierer	Unknown
Roller	Lisebergbanan	Liseberg	Sweden	Terrain	Zierer	April 18
Roller	Log Coaster	Gulliver's Kingdom	UK	Family	Cavazza Diego	Unknown
Roller	Polar Coaster	Story Land	USA	Family Terrain	Hopkins	Unknown
Powered	Runaway Train	Chessington World of Adventures	UK	Family	Mack Rides	Unknown
Roller	Vortex	Kings Island	USA	Sit-Down	Arrow Dynamics	April 11
Powered	Wagon Wheels' Mine Train	American Adventure	UK	Family	Big Country Motioneering	June

Relocations

Class	Name	Park	Location	Type	Manufacturer	Opened	Formerly
Powered	Blauer Enzian	Neue Traumland	Germany	Family	Mack Rides	June	Blauer Enzian travelling with Alfons Kaiser
Roller	Blue Streak	Great America	USA	Kiddie	Intamin	Unknown	Scooby Doo at Hanna Barbera Land
Roller	Canobie Corkscrew	Canobie Lake Park	USA	Sit-Down	Arrow Dynamics	Unknown	Corkscrew at Alabama State Fairgrounds
Roller	Galaxi	Santa's Village	USA	Sit-Down	SDC	Unknown	Unknown
Roller	King Kobra	Jolly Roger Amusement Park	USA	Launched Shuttle	Schwarzkopf	Unknown	King Kobra at Kings Dominion
Roller	Korkkiruuvi	Särkänniemi	Finland	Sit-Down	Vekoma	May 1	Whirlwind at Clacton Pier
Roller	Rat Ride	Lightwater Valley	UK	Enclosed	Schwarzkopf	Unknown	Wildcat at Manning's Amusement Park
Roller	Skyliner	Lakemont Park	USA	Wooden	Philadelphia Toboggan Coasters	Unknown	Skyliner at Roseland Park
Roller	Starchaser	Kentucky Kingdom	USA	Enclosed	Schwarzkopf	Unknown	Jet Star at Noble Park Funland
Roller	Zyklon	Bland's Park	USA	Sit-Down	Pinfari	Unknown	Zyklon at Wild West World

Rethemed/Refurbishments

Class	Name	Park	Location	Type	Manufacturer	Opened	Formerly
Roller	Dragon	Alton Towers	UK	Family	Pinfari	1983	Mini Dragon
Roller	Texas Tornado	Frontierland Western Theme Park	UK	Wooden	Charles Paige	1939	Cyclone

Closures

Class	Name	Park	Country	Type	Manufacturer	Opened	Closed	Relocated
Roller	Comet	Lincoln Park	USA	Wooden	National Amusement Device Company	1946	Unknown	N/A
Roller	Comet	Rocky Glen	USA	Wooden	Philadelphia Toboggan Coasters, Inc.	1959	Unknown	N/A
Roller	Demon	Kings Island	USA	Launched Shuttle	Arrow Dynamics	April 16, 1977	Unknown	Camden Park
Roller	River King Mine Train	Six Flags Over Mid-America	USA	Hybrid Terrain	Arrow Dynamics	June 1971	Unknown	Dollywood
Roller	Silly Serpent	Worlds of Fun	USA	Kiddie	Allan Herschell Company	May 26, 1973	Unknown	N/A
Roller	Wild Mouse	Kaydeross Park	USA	Wild Mouse Hybrid	B. A. Schiff & Associates	1967	Unknown	N/A
Roller	Z-Force	Six Flags Great America	USA	Sit-Down	Intamin	July 10, 1985	Unknown	Six Flags Over Georgia