2018 in coasters

Events by year

2017	2018 in coasters	2019
2017	2018 in rides	2019

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

Opened

Class	Name	Park	Country	Type	Manufacturer	Opened
Roller	3 Loops Coaster	Central Park	Uzbekistan	Spinning Kiddie	SBF Visa Group	Unknown
Roller	Achterbahn	Ferienzentrum Schloss Dankern	Germany	Family	ABC Rides	March 17
Roller	Achterbahn	Flippolino	Germany	Indoor Kiddie	SBF Visa Group	April
Roller	Adrenaline Peak	Oaks Amusement Park	USA	Sit-Down	Gerstlauer	March 24
Roller	African Spin	Tatzmania Löffingen	Germany	Spinning Kiddie	SBF Visa Group	August 3
Roller	Coaster	Central Park	Uzbekistan	Family	Preston & Barbieri	Unknown
Roller	Cruiser Coaster	Craig's Cruisers Family Fun Center	USA	Spinning Kiddie	SBF Visa Group	February 2
Roller	Cyclon Coaster	Central Park	Uzbekistan	Family	SBF Visa Group	Unknown
Roller	Draken	Gyeongju World	South Korea	Dive Floorless Hyper	Bolliger & Mabillard	May 1
Roller	Electric Eel	SeaWorld San Diego	USA	Launched	Premier Rides	May 10
Roller	En Avant Seccotine	Parc Spirou Provence	France	Kiddie	Zierer	June 16
Roller	Fēnix	Toverland	Netherlands	Wing	Bolliger & Mabillard	July 7
Roller	Flying Apsaras in Western Region	Happy Valley	China	Dive Floorless	Bolliger & Mabillard	February 10
Roller	Flying Eagle	Legoland Billund	Denmark	Family	Zierer	March 24
Roller	HangTime	Knott's Berry Farm	USA	Dive	Gerstlauer	May 18
Powered	Harley Quinn Crazy Coaster	Six Flags Discovery Kingdom	USA	Single rail	Skyline Attractions	Unknown
Roller	Hyperion	Energylandia	Poland	Hyper	Intamin	July 14
Roller	Icon	Blackpool Pleasure Beach	UK	Launched	Mack Rides	May 25
Roller	Iron Dragon	Travelling	USA	Sit-Down	Interpark	Unknown
Roller	Jungle Rally	Djurs Sommerland	Denmark	Family	Zierer	April 27
Roller	Junior Red Force	Ferrari Land	Spain	Family	SBF Visa Group	May 22
Roller	K2	Karls Erlebnis-Dorf	Germany	Family	ABC Rides	April 21
Roller	Merlin's Mayhem	Dutch Wonderland	USA	Inverted Family	S&S Worldwide	April 28
Roller	Oscar's Wacky Taxi	Sesame Place	USA	Wooden Hybrid Family	The Gravity Group, LLC	May 26
Roller	Penguin Coaster	Chimelong Ocean Kingdom	China	Family	Zierer	Unknown
Roller	Pinball X	Dreamland Margate	UK	Spinning Wild Mouse	Zamperla	July
Roller	Pioneer	OK Corral	France	Motorbike Sit-Down	Zierer	June 2
Roller	RailBlazer	California's Great America	USA	Single rail	Rocky Mountain Construction	June 14
Roller	Roller Coaster	OrheiLand	Moldova	Sit-Down	Unknown	June 1
Roller	Rum Runner	Twinlakes Park	UK	Spinning Family	SBF Visa Group	Unknown
Roller	Sea Viper	Palace Playland	USA	Sit-Down	Preston & Barbieri	June 9
Roller	Slinky Dog Dash	Disney's Hollywood Studios	USA	Launched Family	Mack Rides	June 30
Roller	Spirou Racing	Parc Spirou Provence	France	Sit-Down	Zierer	June 16
Roller	Steel Vengeance	Cedar Point	USA	Hybrid Hyper	Rocky Mountain Construction	May 5
Roller	Tantrum	Darien Lake	USA	Sit-Down	Gerstlauer	May 25
Roller	Tiki-Waka	Walibi Belgium	Belgium	Sit-Down	Gerstlauer	April 7
Roller	Time Traveler	Silver Dollar City	USA	Launched Spinning	Mack Rides	March 14
Roller	Tweestryd	Wildlands Adventure Zoo Emmen	Netherlands	Shuttle Twin	Vekoma	March 28
Roller	Twisted Cyclone	Six Flags Over Georgia	USA	Hybrid	Rocky Mountain Construction	May 25
Roller	Twisted Timbers	Kings Dominion	USA	Hybrid	Rocky Mountain Construction	March 24
Roller	Valkyria	Liseberg	Sweden	Dive Floorless	Bolliger & Mabillard	August 10
Roller	Wanted Dalton	Parc Spirou Provence	France	Sit-Down	Zierer	June 16
Roller	Wicker Man	Alton Towers	UK	Wooden	Great Coasters International	March 20
Roller	Wild Mouse	Funland at The Tropicana	UK	Sit-Down	Interpark	May 5
Roller	Wild Whizzer	Morey's Piers	USA	Spinning Kiddie	SBF Visa Group	June 2
Roller	Wonder Woman	Six Flags México	Mexico	4th Dimension Wing	S&S Worldwide	June 1
Roller	Wonder Woman Golden Lasso Coaster	Six Flags Fiesta Texas	USA	Single rail	Rocky Mountain Construction	May 12
Roller	Wood Express	Parc Saint Paul	France	Wooden Hybrid	The Gravity Group, LLC	July 1
Roller	Yippe	Parque Del Café	Colombia	Launched	Gerstlauer	March 22
Roller	Yukon Quad	Le Pal	France	Launched	Intamin	April 7

Relocations

Class	Name	Park	Country	Type	Manufacturer	Opened	Formerly
Roller	Big Apple	Ocean Beach Pleasure Park	UK	Family	D.P.V. Rides	Unknown	Big Apple at Clarence Pier
Roller	Crash Test	Ocean Beach Pleasure Park	UK	Spinning Wild Mouse	Cedeal Rides	May 4	Travelling
Roller	Emerald Coaster	Sam's Fun City	USA	Sit-Down	Pinfari	March 16	Cat & Mouse at Ocean Beach Pleasure Park
Roller	Jet Star	Travelling	France	Sit-Down	Schwarzkopf	March 30	Alpina Bobs at Holly Park
Roller	Looping Star	Parko Paliatso Luna Park	Cyprus	Sit-Down	Schwarzkopf	April 1	Thunder Loop at Attractiepark Slagharen

Rethemes/Refurbishments

Class	Name	Park	Location	Type	Manufacturer	Opened	Formerly
Roller	Apple Zapple	Kings Dominion	USA	Wild Mouse	Mack Rides	March 23, 2002	Ricochet
Roller	Boss	Six Flags St. Louis	USA	Wooden Terrain	Custom Coasters International, Inc.	April 29, 2000	N/A
Roller	Eurosat - CanCan Coaster	Europa Park	Germany	Enclosed	Mack Rides	August 5, 1989	Eurosat
Roller	GhostRider	Knott's Berry Farm	USA	Wooden	Custom Coasters International, Inc.	December 8, 1998	N/A
Roller	Incredicoaster	Disney California Adventure Park	USA	Launched	Intamin	February 8, 2001	California Screamin'
Roller	Kraken	SeaWorld Orlando	USA	Floorless	Bolliger & Mabillard	June 1, 2000	Kraken Unleashed
Roller	Python	Efteling	Netherlands	Sit-Down	Vekoma	April 12, 1981	N/A
Roller	Racer 75	Kings Dominion	USA	Wooden Twin	Philadelphia Toboggan Coasters, Inc.	May 3, 1975	Rebel Yell
Roller	Riddler Revenge	Six Flags New England	USA	Inverted	Vekoma	May 24, 1997	Mind Eraser
Roller	Sapphire Speedster Coaster	Merimbula's Magic Mountain	Australia	Sit-Down	Pinfari	1994	Diamond Python
Roller	Sprocket Rockets	Six Flags Great America	USA	Family	Vekoma	1998	Spacely's Sprocket Rockets
Roller	Toos-Express	Toverland	Netherlands	Indoor	Vekoma	May 19, 2001	Boomerang
Roller	Walking Dead: The Ride	Thorpe Park	UK	Enclosed	Vekoma	March 23, 1996	X
Roller	Wilderness Run	Carowinds	USA	Kiddie	E&F Miler Industries	1998	Lucy's Crabbie Cabbie

Closed

Class	Name	Park	Country	Type	Manufacturer	Opened	Closed	Relocated
Roller	Atomic Coaster	Beijing Shijingshan Amusement Park	China	Sit-Down	Senyo Kogyo Co., Ltd.	1986	Unknown	N/A
Roller	Bushwhacker	Ratanga Junction	South Africa	Sit-Down	Vekoma	1998	May 1	Mer de Sable
Roller	Cannonball Run	Waterville USA	USA	Wooden	Custom Coasters International	1995	September 30	N/A
Roller	Cobra	Ratanga Junction	South Africa	Inverted	Vekoma	1998	May 1	Lost Island Theme Park
Roller	Circus Clown	Oakwood Theme Park	UK	Kiddie	Pinfari	1997	Unknown	Camel Creek Adventure Park
Roller	Corkscrew	Playland	Canada	Sit-Down	Vekoma	1994	Unknown	N/A
Roller	Crazy Mouse	Children's Grand Park	South Korea	Mite Mouse	Interpark	2008	Unknown	N/A
Roller	Crazy Train	Gulliver's Warrington	UK	Family	Pinfari	2015	September 15	Southport Pleasureland
Roller	Crossbow	Bowcraft Playland	USA	Sit-Down	Zierer	July 2006	September 30	N/A
Roller	Dolphin Coaster	Wakayama Adventure World	Japan	Sit-Down	Senyo Kogyo Co., Ltd.	≤ 2007	January 31	N/A
Roller	Dragon	Bowcraft Playland	USA	Family	Wisdom Rides	1998	September 30	Clementon Amusement Park
Roller	Dragon Wagon	Indiana Beach	USA	Family	Wisdom Rides	May 22, 2015	Unknown	N/A
Powered	Dragon Wagon	Sandy Lake Amusement Park	USA	Kiddie	Wisdom Rides	2001 or earlier	September 16	N/A
Roller	Firehawk	Kings Island	USA	Flying	Vekoma	May 26, 2007	October 28	N/A
Roller	Flitzer	Jenkinson's Boardwalk	USA	Sit-Down	Zierer	1992	Unknown	Jolly Roger Amusement Park
Roller	Flitzer	Morey's Piers	USA	Sit-Down	Zierer	1983	September 30	N/A
Roller	G Force	Drayton Manor	UK	Sit-Down	Maurer AG	July 26, 2005	Unknown	N/A
Roller	Galaxy 500	Hydro Adventures	USA	Sit-Down	SDC	July 7, 2016	Unknown	Cedar Valley's Wild Frontier Fun Park
Roller	Gravity Coaster	Science City	India	Family	Unknown	≤ 2007	Unknown	N/A
Roller	Horská Dráha	Lunapark	Czech Republic	Sit-Down	SDC	1973	May	N/A
Roller	Karavanen	Tivoli Gardens	Denmark	Kiddie	Zierer	1999	Unknown	Le Fleury
Roller	Little Dipper	Sandy Lake Amusement Park	USA	Kiddie	Allan Herschell Company	1971	September 16	N/A
Roller	Looping Star	Ita Park	Brazil	Sit-Down	Schwarzkopf	September 7, 2016	Unknown	Travelling
Roller	Mad Mouse	Joyland Amusement Park	USA	Wild Mouse	Allan Herschell Company	1976	Unknown	Arnolds Park
Roller	Magic Mouse	Dreamland Margate	UK	Spinning Wild Mouse	Reverchon	May 26, 2017	January	Fantasy Island
Powered	Odinexpressen	Tivoli Gardens	Denmark	Family	Mack Rides	1985	December 1	N/A
Roller	Orkanens Øje	Tivoli Friheden	Denmark	Sit-Down	Pinfari	1986	October 21	Baghdad Island
Roller	Pipeline Express	Wild Water & Wheels	Canada	Sit-Down	Bailey	1988	Unknown	N/A
Roller	Python	Gulliver's Land	UK	Family	Pinfari	April 12, 2003	Unknown	Kingoland
Roller	Robin Hood	Walibi Holland	Netherlands	Wooden	Vekoma	2000	October 28	N/A
Roller	Roller Coaster	Magic Forest Park	USA	Kiddie	Allan Herschell Company	1985	Unknown	N/A
Roller	Sand Blaster	Boardwalk Amusements	USA	Sit-Down	Pinfari	August 2013	June 14	N/A
Roller	Stingray	Giant Wheel Park of Suzhou	China	Flying	Vekoma	July 18, 2009	September 10	N/A
Roller	Switchback	Gulliver's Kingdom	UK	Family	I.E. Park	July 24, 2004	Unknown	N/A
Roller	Viking Voyage	Wild Adventures	USA	Family	E&F Miler Industries	2010	Unknown	Fun Spot America
Roller	Vleermuis	Plopsaland De Panne	Belgium	Suspended Single rail Twin Family	Caripro	2000	January 7	Trans Studio Bali
Roller	Volcano The Blast Coaster	Kings Dominion	USA	Launched Inverted	Intamin	August 3, 1998	Unknown	N/A
Roller	White Cyclone	Nagashima Spa Land	Japan	Wooden	Intamin	1994	January 28	N/A
Roller	Wild Kitty	Frontier City	USA	Kiddie	Allan Herschell Company	2013	Unknown	N/A

Short operations

Class	Name	Park	Location	Type	Manufacturer	Opened	Formerly	Closed	Relocated
Roller	Happy Caterpiller	Clarence Pier	UK	Family	Pinfari	Unknown	Happy Caterpiller at Blackpool South Pier	Unknown	Happy Caterpiller at South Parade Pier

Incidents

• June 14 - A train with ten riders on board partially derailed on Sand Blaster at Boardwalk Amusements. Six riders were taken to hospital, including two who fell from the train.
• September 15 - A wheel assembly fell from the Crazy Train at Gulliver's Warrington, leaving riders stranded for two hours.