1996 in rides

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This page is for everything related to amusement rides that occurred during the year 1996.

Opened

Name Park Country Type Manufacturer Opened
Aero Nomad Legoland Windsor
UK
Junior Ferris Wheel Zamperla March 17, 1996
Al Bosque con Diego Parque de Atracciones de Madrid
Spain
Zamperla 1996
Albatros Jaderpark
Germany
Metallbau Emmeln April 1996
Area 51 - Top Secret Movie Park Germany
Germany
Intamin 1996
AS-1 SegaWorld London
UK
September 7, 1996
AS-1 Tokyo Joypolis
Japan
July 12, 1996
Aztek Express Bobbejaanland
Belgium
Mack Rides June 1996
Aztek Express Bobbejaanland
Belgium
Mack Rides June 1996
Ballonkarussell Rasti-Land
Germany
Zamperla 1996
Balloon Ride Fantasy Island
UK
W.G.H. Transportation Engineering 1996
Bateau Pirate Fraispertuis City
France
Pirate Ship Fabbri 1996
Beaver Dam Explorer Six Flags Darien Lake
USA
Zamperla 1996
Belgian Skooter Geneviéve Besanger (Belgium)
Belgium
Adesko 1996
Big Easy Speedway Six Flags America
USA
J&J Amusements 1996
Big Shot The STRAT SkyPod
USA
Drop Tower S&S Worldwide 1996
Big Wave Dieter Milz (Germany)
Germany
KMG 1996
Blue Dragon Fort Fun Abenteuerland
Germany
Zierer 1996
Bogey Run Marshall Nichols (UK)
UK
Modern Products 1996
Brass Ring Carousel LeSourdsville Lake Amusement Park
USA
Chance Rides 1996
Break Dance E. Friedrich (Germany)
Germany
HUSS 1996
Break Dance Groß (Germany)
Germany
HUSS 1996
Break Dance Peter Bredemeyer (Germany)
Germany
HUSS 1996
Break Dance Thieme (Germany)
Germany
HUSS 1996
Break Dance Torsten Freiwald (Germany)
Germany
HUSS 1996
Break Dance 3 Lauwers (Belgium)
Belgium
HUSS 1996
Break Dancer Holger Sobczyk (Germany)
Germany
HUSS 1996
Bridgestone Go-Karts Blackpool Pleasure Beach
UK
Formula K 1996
Bucky's Barrels Six Flags Darien Lake
USA
Zamperla 1996
Carousel Brighton Palace Pier
UK
John H. Rundle 1996
Carousel Chessington World of Adventures
UK
Bertazzon 1996
Chair-O-Plane John Crow (UK)
UK
1996
Chaos Michigan's Adventure
USA
Chance Rides 1996
Les Chevaux du Roy Parc Astérix
France
Euro Sujets 1996
Chubasco Six Flags Great America
USA
Zamperla 1996
Chucky's Mud Buckets Six Flags Darien Lake
USA
Zamperla 1996
Clown Slide Bobbejaanland
Belgium
Modern Products June 1996
Coaster Richard Buss Lang Wheels 1996
Crazy Barrels Gulliver's Kingdom
UK
Gulliver's 1996
Crazy Clown Ride Fantasy Island
UK
W.G.H. Transportation Engineering 1996
Crazy Funhouse Coney Beach Pleasure Park
UK
Walter Murphy 1996
Desert Chase Legoland Windsor
UK
Bertazzon March 17, 1996
Detonator Worlds of Fun
USA
S&S Worldwide April 13, 1996
Dive Bomber Alley Six Flags Over Texas
USA
Sky Fun 1 Inc. March 9, 1996
Dive Devil Six Flags Magic Mountain
USA
Sky Fun 1 Inc. 1996
Dora's Adventure Express Movie Park Germany
Germany
Zamperla 1996
Dragon Adventure Island
UK
Zierer 1996
Dragon's Wing Six Flags St. Louis
USA
Sky Fun 1 Inc. April 5, 1996
Dragons Volants Nigloland
France
Severn Lamb 1996
Drakker Walygator Sud-Ouest
France
Reverchon 1996
Drop Tower: Scream Zone California's Great America
USA
Intamin March 16, 1996
Drop Tower: Scream Zone Carowinds
USA
Intamin March 30, 1996
Dubbeldek Carrousel Bobbejaanland
Belgium
Peter Petz June 1996
Duplo Airport Legoland Windsor
UK
Flash Dance Zamperla March 17, 1996
Duplo Express Legoland Windsor
UK
Junior Railway 1996
Earth Shaker Paul Warwick (UK)
UK
F.G.L. June 1996
Enchanted Teacups Six Flags Great Adventure
USA
Zamperla 1996
Excalibur - Secrets of the Dark Forest Movie Park Germany
Germany
Intamin 1996
Fairy Tale Brook Legoland Windsor
UK
Scenic Boat Ride W.G.H. Transportation Engineering March 1996
Ferris Wheel Andrew Symons (UK)
UK
Eli Bridge Company 1996
Flash Pang Pang Everland
South Korea
Vekoma 1996
Fliegender Teppich Gorky Park
Russia
Zierer 1996
Flying Pharoah Clementon Park and Splash World
USA
Chance Rides 1996
Fun Slide Reithoffer Shows (USA)
USA
Frederiksen Industries 1996
Gantu Top Spin Serengeti Park
Germany
HUSS 1996
Get Set Go Tree Top Adventure Alton Towers
UK
MSI Transportation 1996
Ghost Hunters II Fukuoka Joypolis
Japan
Sega AM5 April 20, 1996
Ghost Hunters II Shinjuku Joypolis
Japan
October 4, 1996
Ghost Train John Fowkes (UK)
UK
Modern Products 1996
Giant Slide Wild- & Freizeitpark Klotten
Germany
Metallbau Emmeln 1996
Los Globos Locos Parque de Atracciones de Madrid
Spain
Zamperla 1996
Grizzly Run Geauga Lake
USA
Intamin May 10, 1996
Halfpipe Tokyo Tokyo Joypolis
Japan
July 12, 1996
Haunting Drayton Manor Resort
UK
Madhouse (ride type) Vekoma 1996
Helter Skelter Charles Gooch (UK)
UK
Supercar 1996
Hot Wheels Jimmy Dobson (UK)
UK
Lang Wheels 1996
Hurricane Everland
South Korea
Frisbee HUSS 1996
J & J Railroad Storybook Land
USA
Chance Rides 1996
Järvikaruselli Särkänniemi
Finland
Gerstlauer 1996
Kanufahrt Jaderpark
Germany
SBF Visa Group April 1996
Keinukaruselli Tykkimäki
Finland
Waveswinger Zamperla 1996
Kenny's Parkway Kennywood
USA
CTEC 1996
Kinder-Riesenrad Jaderpark
Germany
Visa International April 1996
Kindereisenbahn Jaderpark
Germany
Junior Railway Metallbau Emmeln 1996
King Waltzer Axels Nojesfalt (Sweden)
Sweden
K.T. Enterprises 1996
Legoland Express Legoland Windsor
UK
Miniature Railway Severn Lamb March 1996
Liechtensteiner Ballonfahrt Europa-Park
Germany
Balloon Race Morgan 1996
Live To Ride John Mohan (Ireland)
Ireland
Freddy Mattia April 1996
Logger's Leap Loudoun Castle
UK
Reverchon 1996
Mad Bazooka SegaWorld London
UK
Sega AM4 September 7, 1996
Magic Spangenberger (Germany)
Germany
HUSS 1996
Magic Kingdom Michael Lock (UK)
UK
Neil Renton May 1996
Marienkäferbahn Jaderpark
Germany
Modern Products April 1996
Kongo Serengeti-Park
Germany
HUSS 1996
Le O'Galop Bagatelle
France
Metallbau Emmeln 1996
Octopus Lightwater Valley
UK
Bennett 1996
Orbiter Reithoffer Shows (USA)
USA
Tivoli Manufacturing 1996
Pachanga Hirakata Park
Japan
Intamin March 1996
Panorama Lift Panorama Park
Germany
Leitner Ropeways 1996
Para-Glider Reece Evans (UK)
UK
Maxwell 1996
Peter Pan Everland
South Korea
Mack Rides 1996
Pferdereitbahn Jaderpark
Germany
Metallbau Emmeln April 1996
Pharaoh's Fury Keansburg Amusement Park
USA
Pirate Ship Chance Rides 1996
Pipeline Plunge Dutch Wonderland
USA
WhiteWater West 1996
Pirate Falls Treasure Quest Legoland Windsor
UK
Log Flume Zamperla March 1996
Pop-Expressen Gröna Lund
Sweden
HUSS 1996
Pow Wow Hansa Park
Germany
Zamperla 1996
Professor Delbert's Frontier Fling Cedar Point
USA
Sky Fun 1 Inc. May 11, 1996
Racing Cars Bernhard Tovar (Germany)
Germany
Adesko 1996
Rainbow MGM Dizzee World
India
HUSS 1996
Los Rápidos Parque de Atracciones de Madrid
Spain
River Rapids Hopkins May 27, 1996
Raptor Dream World
Thailand
Höpler 1996
Rio Grande Rapids Enchanted Kingdom
Philippines
Hopkins 1996
RipCord Valleyfair
USA
Sky Fun 1 Inc. May 10, 1996
RipCord Worlds of Fun
USA
Sky Fun 1 Inc. May 10, 1996
River Rocker Six Flags Great America
USA
Zamperla 1996
Safari-Jeepfahrt Fantasiana
Austria
SBF Visa Group May 1996
Satellite Smiling Lockie (South Africa)
South Africa
Chance Rides 1996
Scrambler Hemsby Fun Park
UK
Scrambler Eli Bridge Company 1996
Sea Dragon Pacific Park
USA
Pirate Ship Chance Rides May 25, 1996
Seabreeze Carousel Seabreeze Amusement Park
USA
Seabreeze Amusement Park 1996
Side Kick John Silcock (UK)
UK
Nottingham UK February 1996
Sizzler Billy Joe Butlin (UK) Sonacase 1996
Sizzler George Simons (UK)
UK
Sonacase February 1996
Ski Jump Joe Rowland & Sons (UK)
UK
Pollard Engineering 1996
Sky Rider Legoland Windsor
UK
Monorail MSI Transportation March 1996
Skycoaster Six Flags Over Georgia
USA
Sky Fun 1 Inc. 1996
Skycoaster Blackpool South Pier
UK
Montic 1996
SkyCoaster TusenFryd
Norway
Sky Fun 1 Inc. 1996
Skye's High Flyer Movie Park Germany
Germany
Zamperla 1996
Skyglider Fantasiana
Austria
Modern Products May 1996
Sombrero Suomen Tivoli (Finland)
Finland
Soriani & Moser 1996
Søløven BonBon-Land
Denmark
1996
Spin City Waltzer John Turbett (Ireland)
Ireland
H.P. Jackson 1996
Spinning Spider Legoland Windsor
UK
Teacups Intamin March 1996
Star Chaser Justin Codona (UK)
UK
Orton & Spooner 1996
Superbowl Gorky Park
Russia
SDC 1996
Superbowl John Collins (UK)
UK
A.R.M. December 1996
Superbowl Remond (France)
France
SDC 1996
Take Off Ruppert (Germany)
Germany
HUSS 1996
Terminator Swales Bailey (UK)
UK
Sobema 1996
Thunder Alley Kings Island
USA
J&J Amusements April 20, 1996
Thunder Blazer Legoland Windsor
UK
Junior Chair-O-Plane Bertazzon March 17, 1996
Thunder Bolt Bell's Amusements (Australia)
Australia
DanFab Engineering 1996
Thunder River Waldameer
USA
Hopkins 1996
Tidal Wave Adventure Island
UK
Interlink 1996
Tilt-A-Whirl Land Of Make Believe
USA
Sellner Manufacturing 1996
Tilt-A-Whirl Michigan's Adventure
USA
Sellner Manufacturing 1996
Top Gun Flamingo Land
UK
Intamin 1996
Top Spin Fresh Manfred Zehle (Germany)
Germany
HUSS 1996
Tour d'Europe Kopf (Germany)
Germany
Adesko 1996
Trailblazer Six Flags Great America
USA
Zamperla 1996
Treasure Panic Tokyo Joypolis
Japan
July 12, 1996
Tree Stump Turnpike Six Flags Darien Lake
USA
Zamperla 1996
Turtle Twirl Story Land
USA
Tilt-A-Whirl Sellner Manufacturing 1996
Uppskjutet Liseberg
Sweden
S&S Worldwide June 17, 1996
Vankkuripyörä Linnanmäki
Finland
Zamperla 1996
Viking Boats Adventure Island
UK
Zierer 1996
Villa Volta Efteling
Netherlands
Vekoma 1996
Viva! Skydiving Tokyo Joypolis
Japan
Drop Tower July 12, 1996
Vliegende Hollander Avonturenpark Hellendoorn
Netherlands
SBF Visa Group 1996
Voodoo Drop Six Flags America
USA
Intamin 1996
Voyage Au-dessus du Monde Le Pal
France
Soquet 1996
Wagon Wheel Six Flags Fiesta Texas
USA
Schwarzkopf 1996
Wally's Weather Balloons Six Flags Darien Lake
USA
Zamperla 1996
Waltzer Dreamland Margate
UK
Maxwell June 1996
Waschzuber-Rafting Erlebnispark Tripsdrill
Germany
River Rapids HAFEMA Water Rides 1996
Waterspin Duinrell
Netherlands
HUSS 1996
Wave Breaker Pleasurewood Hills
UK
WhiteWater West 1996
Wellenflieger Fort Fun Abenteuerland
Germany
Zierer 1996
Wellenrutsche Jaderpark
Germany
Metallbau Emmeln April 1996
Westerneisenbahn Fantasiana
Austria
SBF Visa Group May 1996
White Water M&D's Scotland's Theme Park
UK
Reverchon 1996
Wildwasserbahn Jaderpark
Germany
SDC April 1996
XLR8R Elitch Gardens
USA
Sky Fun 1 Inc. 1996
Xtreme Skyflyer Canada's Wonderland
Canada
Sky Fun 1 Inc. 1996
Xtreme Skyflyer Kings Dominion
USA
Sky Fun 1 Inc. March 30, 1996
Yo-Yo Bay Beach Amusement Park
USA
Waveswinger Chance Rides 1996
Zambezi Water Splash West Midland Safari Park
UK
Reverchon 1996

Closed

Name Park Country Type Manufacturer Closed
Alice In Wonderland Barry Island Resort
UK
Modern Products 1996
Alice In Wonderland Barry Island Resort
UK
Modern Products 1996
Big Splash Pleasure Island Family Theme Park
UK
Weber 1996
Cyclone New Brighton Palace
UK
Bennett 1996
Dodgems J. Walters (UK)
UK
Lang Wheels 1996
Ferris Wheel Andrew Symons (UK)
UK
Eli Bridge Company 1996
Flying Dutchman Six Flags Over Georgia
USA
Pirate Ship Intamin 1996
Ghost Train Pleasureland Southport
UK
1996
Giant Slide Blackpool Pleasure Beach
UK
Giant Slide 1996
Gusano Loco Parque de Atracciones de Madrid
Spain
Caterpillar Robles Bouso Atracciones 1996
Hurricane Jets Jimmy Manning (UK)
UK
Lang Wheels 1996
Jumping Ships Clacton Pier
UK
Allan Herschell Company 1996
Knightrider Raymond Richmond (UK)
UK
R.J. Lakin January 1996
Knightrider Raymond Richmond (UK)
UK
R.J. Lakin January 1996
Monorail Riverside Park
USA
Universal Design 1996
Parachute Tower Bobbejaanland
Belgium
Vekoma 1996
Paratrooper Swales Bailey (UK)
UK
Bennett 1996
Phileas Fogg's Balloon Ride Six Flags Great Adventure
USA
Soli 1996
Pirate Ride Cedar Point
USA
Arrow Dynamics 1996
Powder Keg Six Flags Over Mid-America
USA
Intamin 1996
Quasar Coney Beach Pleasure Park
UK
A.R.M. 1996
Racing Rivers Kings Dominion
USA
New Wave Rides 1996
Rollendes Weinfaß Erlebnispark Tripsdrill
Germany
Haunted Swing 1996
Swing Around Ocean Park
China
HUSS 1996
Twister M&D's Scotland's Theme Park
UK
Eli Bridge Company 1996
Veteran Cars Gulliver's Kingdom
UK
Supercar Leisure 1996
Wipeout Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk
USA
Chance Rides 1996
World of Motion Epcot
USA
Dark Ride January 2, 1996