1978 in coasters

Events by year

1977	1978 in coasters	1979
1977	1978 in rides	1979

This page is for everything related to roller coasters, powered coasters, and alpine coasters, that occurred during the year 1978.

Opened

Class	Name	Park	Location	Type	Manufacturer	Opened
Roller	Avonturenslang	Avonturenpark Hellendoorn	Netherlands	Kiddie	Zierer	Unknown
Roller	Big Apple	Dreamland Margate	UK	Kiddie	Pinfari	Unknown
Roller	Blazing Fury	Silver Dollar City	USA	Enclosed	Self-Built	June 6
Roller	Colossus	Magic Mountain	USA	Wooden Twin	International Amusement Devices, Inc.	June 29
Roller	Corkscrew	Geauga Lake	USA	Sit-Down	Arrow Dynamics	Unknown
Roller	Corkscrew	Myrtle Beach Pavilion	USA	Sit-Down	Arrow Dynamics	Unknown
Roller	Florida Hurricane	Circus World Showcase	USA	Wooden	Michael Black and Associates	June 18
Roller	Galaxi	Funtown Splashtown USA	USA	Sit-Down	SDC	Unknown
Roller	Galaxy	Codona's Amusement Park	UK	Sit-Down	SDC	Unknown
Roller	Gemini	Cedar Point	USA	Hybrid Twin	Arrow Dynamics	June 17
Powered	Grand Canyon Bahn	Phantasialand	Germany	Sit-Down	Schwarzkopf	Unknown
Roller	Greezed Lightnin'	Six Flags AstroWorld	USA	Launched Shuttle	Schwarzkopf	Unknown
Roller	Lightnin' Loops	Six Flags Great Adventure	USA	Launched Shuttle	Arrow Dynamics	May 23
Roller	Lightnin' Loops	Six Flags Great Adventure	USA	Launched Shuttle	Arrow Dynamics	July 18
Roller	Loch Ness Monster	Busch Gardens: The Old Country	USA	Terrain	Arrow Dynamics	June 6
Roller	Mind Bender	Six Flags Over Georgia	USA	Terrain	Schwarzkopf	March 31
Roller	Montezooma's Revenge	Knott's Berry Farm	USA	Launched Shuttle	Schwarzkopf	May 26
Roller	Ragin' Cajun	Pontchartrain Beach	USA	Sit-Down	Arrow Dynamics	Unknown
Roller	Screw Coaster	Nara Dreamland	Japan	Sit-Down	Arrow Dynamics	July 1
Roller	Shock Wave	Six Flags Over Texas	USA	Sit-Down	Schwarzkopf	April 22
Roller	Thunderail	Hamel's Park	USA	Sit-Down	Pinfari	Unknown
Roller	Tidal Wave	Marriott's Great America	USA	Launched Shuttle	Schwarzkopf	Unknown
Roller	Timber Ride	Legoland Billund	Denmark	Kiddie	Zierer	Unknown
Roller	Tornado	Adventureland	USA	Wooden	Frontier Construction Company	July 1
Roller	Wild Cat	Pleasureland Southport	UK	Sit-Down	Pinfari	Unknown

Relocated

Class	Name	Park	Country	Type	Manufacturer	Opened	Formerly
Roller	Galaxi	Fun Fair Park	USA	Sit-Down	SDC	Unknown	Galaxi at Pontchartrain Beach
Roller	Jumbo Jet	Walibi	Belgium	Sit-Down	Schwarzkopf	Unknown	Travelling as Jumbo Jet with Kinzler

Refurbished/Rethemed

Class	Name	Park	Country	Type	Manufacturer	Opened	Formerly
Roller	Giant Dipper	Belmont Park	USA	Wooden	Unknown	July 4, 1925	Earthquake
Roller	Matterhorn Bobsleds	Disneyland Park	USA	Twin	Arrow Dynamics	June 14, 1959	N/A
Roller	Screechin' Eagle	Americana Park	USA	Wooden	John A. Miller	May 25, 1940	Space Rocket

Closed

Class	Name	Park	Country	Type	Manufacturer	Opened	Closed	Relocated
Roller	Bavarian Beetle	Kings Island	USA	Sit-Down	SDC	April 29, 1972	Unknown	N/A
Roller	Big Dipper	Chippewa Lake Park	USA	Wooden	Unknown	1925	Unknown	N/A
Roller	Jumbo Jet	Cedar Point	USA	Sit-Down	Schwarzkopf	1972	Unknown	Palace Playland
Roller	Little Dipper	Chippewa Lake Park	USA	Kiddie	Allan Herschell Company	Unknown	Unknown	N/A
Roller	Wild Mouse	Chippewa Lake Park	USA	Hybrid Wild Mouse	B. A. Schiff & Associates	1971 or later	Unknown	N/A
Roller	Wildcat	Cedar Point	USA	Sit-Down	Schwarzkopf	May 23, 1970	Unknown	Valleyfair