2018

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This page is for everything related to roller coasters that occurred during the year 2018.

Amusement parks

Opened

• 
  Ankapark
• 
  Warner Bros. World Abu Dhabi

Closed

• 
  Ratanga Junction

New rides

The following roller coasters are planned to open in 2018.

Name	Park	Country	Type	Manufacturer	Opened
Adrenaline Peak	Oaks Amusement Park	USA	Euro-Fighter	Gerstlauer	March 24
Dragonfire	Adventure Island	Qatar	Launched	Premier Rides	Unknown
Dragon	Legoland Korea	South Korea	Family	Unknown	Unknown
Draken	Gyeongju World	South Korea	Steel	Bolliger & Mabillard	Unknown
Electric Eel	SeaWorld San Diego	USA	Launched	Premier Rides	Unknown
Fénix	Toverland	Netherlands	Winged	Bolliger & Mabillard	July 7
HangTime	Knott's Berry Farm	USA	Sit-Down	Gerstlauer	Unknown
Hyperion	Energylandia	Poland	Hyper	Intamin	Unknown
Icon	Blackpool Pleasure Beach	UK	Launched	Mack Rides	Unknown
Iron Dragon	Travelling			Interpark	Unknown
Junior Red Force	Ferrari Land	Spain	Family	SBF Visa Group	Unknown
Merlin's Mayhem	Dutch Wonderland	USA	Inverted	S&S Worldwide	Unknown
Oscar's Wacky Taxi	Sesame Place	USA	Wooden	The Gravity Group, LLC	Unknown
RailBlazer	California's Great America	USA	Single rail	Rocky Mountain Construction	Unknown
Slinky Dog Dash	Disney's Hollywood Studios	USA	Family Launched	Mack Rides	June 30
Steel Vengeance	Cedar Point	USA	Hybrid	Rocky Mountain Construction	May
Tantrum	Darien Lake	USA	Sit-Down	Gerstlauer	Unknown
Tiki Waka	Walibi Belgium	Belgium	Sit-Down	Gerstlauer	Unknown
Time Traveler	Silver Dollar City	USA	Launched Spinning	Mack Rides	Unknown
Tweestryd	Wildlands Adventure Zoo Emmen	Netherlands	Family Shuttle Twin	Vekoma	March
Twisted Cyclone	Six Flags Over Georgia	USA	Hybrid	Rocky Mountain Construction	Unknown
Twisted Timbers	Kings Dominion	USA	Hybrid	Rocky Mountain Construction	Unknown
Valkyria	Liseberg	Sweden	Dive Coaster	Bolliger & Mabillard	Unknown
Wicker Man	Alton Towers	UK	Wooden	Great Coasters International	March
Wild Whizzer	Morey's Piers	USA	Spinning	SBF Visa Group	Unknown
Wonder Woman Golden Lasso Coaster	Six Flags Fiesta Texas	USA	Single rail	Rocky Mountain Construction	Unknown
Wood Express	Parc Saint Paul	France	Wooden	The Gravity Group, LLC	Unknown
Yukon Quad	Le Pal	France	Launched	Intamin	Unknown

Relocations

Name	Park	Location	Type	Manufacturer	Opened	Former Location
unknown	Attractiepark Rotterdam	Netherlands	E-Motion	Mack Rides	Unknown	Amsterdam Dungeon
unknown	Attractiepark Rotterdam	Netherlands	Shuttle	Vekoma	Unknown	Pleasure Island Family Theme Park
unknown	Attractiepark Rotterdam	Netherlands	Shuttle	Schwarzkopf	Unknown	Toshimaen

Rethemes/Refurbishments

Name	Park	Location	Manufacturer	Type	Opened	Previously Known As
Eurosat 2.0	Europa Park	Germany	Mack Rides	Enclosed	1989	Eurosat
Incredicoaster	Disney California Adventure Park	USA	Intamin	Launched	2001	California Screamin'
Walking Dead: The Ride	Thorpe Park	UK	Vekoma	Enclosed	1996	X

Closures

Name	Park	Country	Manufacturer	Type	Closed	Relocated
Bushwhacker	Ratanga Junction	South Africa	Vekoma	Family	May 1	Unknown
Cape Cobras	Ratanga Junction	South Africa	Vekoma	Inverted	May 1	Unknown
Robin Hood	Walibi Holland	Netherlands	Vekoma	Wooden	October 28	-
White Cyclone	Nagashima Spa Land	Japan	Intamin	Wooden	January 28	-
Vleermuis	Plopsaland De Panne	Belgium	Caripro	Suspended	January 7	Unknown