1980 in rides

Events by year

1979	1980 in coasters	1981
1979	1980 in rides	1981
1979	1980 in water slides	1981

This page is for everything related to amusement rides that occurred during the year 1980.

Opened

Name	Park	Country	Type	Manufacturer	Opened
1863 CP Huntington	Land Of Make Believe	USA		Chance Rides	1980
The Battering Ram	Busch Gardens Williamsburg	USA	Pirate Ship	Intamin	1980
Big Wheel	Kenny Raywood (UK)	UK		Blackburn Engineering	September 1980
Blade	Alton Towers	UK	Pirate Ship	HUSS Park Attractions	1980
Buccaneer	Six Flags Great Adventure	USA	Pirate Ship	Intamin	1980
Buccaneer	Six Flags Magic Mountain	USA	Pirate Ship	Intamin	1980
Buccaneer	Six Flags St. Louis	USA	Pirate Ship	Intamin	April 14, 1980
Bush Flyers	Busch Gardens Tampa	USA	Junior Jets	Chance Rides	1980
Caterpillar	Morecambe Pleasure Park	UK			1980
Chairlift	Jamberoo Action Park	Australia	Ropeway	Transfield	1980
Cloud Grabber	Silver Dollar City	USA	Paratower		1980
Cyclone	Freddy Webb Jnr. (UK)	UK		Bennett	September 1980
Dante's Dungeon	Morey's Piers	USA		Soli	1980
Dino's Derby	Kings Dominion	USA			1980
Dodgems	Harbour Park	UK		A.P.E.	1980
Dodgems	Knightly's Fun Park	UK		Lang Wheels	1980
Dragon Swing	Knott's Berry Farm	USA		Chance Rides	1980
Enterprise	Boblo Island	Canada	Enterprise	HUSS	1980
Flying Dutchman	Six Flags Over Georgia	USA	Pirate Ship	Intamin	1980
The Flying Machine	Busch Gardens Williamsburg	USA		Tivoli Manufacturing	1980
Galaxy	Adventureland	USA		Soli	1980
Galaxy	Adventureland	USA		Soli	1980
Galaxy	Adventureland	USA		Soli	1980
Grand Carousel	Six Flags Darien Lake	USA			1980
Hampton Cars	Adventureland	USA	Roundabout	Hampton Rides	1980
Hampton Cars	Adventureland	USA	Roundabout	Hampton Rides	1980
Hampton Cars	Adventureland	USA	Roundabout	Hampton Rides	1980
Haunted House	Adventureland	USA		Funni Frite	1980
Haunted House	Adventureland	USA		Funni Frite	1980
Haunted House	Adventureland	USA		Funni Frite	1980
Haymaker	Six Flags Darien Lake	USA	Lifting Paratrooper	Heinz Fahtz	1980
Helter Skelter	Barry Island Pleasure Park	UK		Supercar	1980
Lasso	Six Flags Darien Lake	USA		Zierer	1980
The Little Balloons	Busch Gardens Williamsburg	USA	Balloon Race	Bradley & Kaye	1980
Log Flume	Barry Island Pleasure Park	UK		Reverchon	May 1980
Megaspin Waltzer	Tramore Amusement Park	Ireland		Maxwell	March 1980
Meteor	John Searle (UK)	UK		Cadoxton Engineering	March 1980
Monorail	Rhyl Seafront	UK		Universal Design	August 1980
Musik Express	Meinecke (Germany)	Germany		Mack Rides	1980
Musik-Express	Reminder (Germany)	Germany		Mack Rides	1980
Octopus	Juan Antonio Cervera (Spain)	Spain		Robles Bouso Atracciones	1980
Oldtimers	De Waarbeek	Netherlands	Track Ride	Ihle	1980
Paratrooper	Indiana Beach	USA	Paratrooper	Hrubetz	1980
Piraat	Drievliet Family Park	Netherlands		HUSS	1980
Pirat	Toshimaen	Japan		HUSS	1980
Pirate	Hersheypark	USA		HUSS	1980
Poland Springs Plunge	Six Flags New England	USA	Log Flume	Reverchon	1980
Randonnée Africaine	Le Pal	France		Soquet	1980
Riesenrad	Neue Traumland	Germany		Bavaria Maschinenbau Ulm	1980
Rio Do Cafe	Bellewaerde Park	Belgium	Log Flume	Reverchon	1980
Roter Baron	Europa-Park	Germany		Mack Rides	1980
Round Up	Canobie Lake Park	USA	Round-Up	Hrubetz	1980
Sea Dragon	Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom	USA	Pirate Ship	Chance Rides	1980
Sea Dragon	Elitch Gardens	USA	Pirate Ship	Chance Rides	1980
Secret de la Licorne	Walibi Wavre	Belgium	Dark Boat Ride	Mack Rides	1980
Silver Bullet	Six Flags Darien Lake	USA		Heinz Fahtz	1980
Snagglepuss' Parachute School	Paramount's Kings Dominion	USA	Paratower	Intamin	1980
Star Wars	Ocean Beach Fun Fair	UK		Sobema	July 1980
Swashbuckler	Six Flags Great Adventure	USA	Round-Up	Hrubetz	1980
Swing Around	Toshimaen	Japan		HUSS	1980
Swingamajig	Dollywood	USA	Waveswinger	Chance Rides	1980
Swiss Bob	Six Flags Great Adventure	USA	Bayern Kurve	Schwarzkopf	1980
Tempest	Butlin's Skegness	UK		Grover Watkins	1980
Thunder River	Six Flags AstroWorld	USA	River Rapids	Intamin	May 30, 1980
Tick Tack	Yokohama Dreamland	Japan		SDC	April 27, 1980
Tidal Wave	Lagoon	USA		HUSS	1980
Trabant	Butlin's Bognor Regis	UK		Turnagain	July 1980
Twist	Harry Sharland (UK)	UK		Church Engineering	February 1980
Up Periscope	Thorpe Park	UK		Modern Products	1980
Viking	Nagashima Spa Land	Japan	Pirate Ship	Intamin	1980
Viking	Tokyo Dome City	Japan	Pirate Ship	Intamin	1980
Vintage Cars	Blackpool Pleasure Beach	UK	Track Ride		1980
Waltzer	Knightly's Fun Park	UK		H.P. Jackson	1980
Wellenflug	Christian Baumgartner (Germany)	Germany	Waveswinger	Zierer	1980
Wildwasserbahn	Heide Park Resort	Germany	Log Flume	Mack Rides	1980
Wildwaterbaan	Bobbejaanland	Belgium	Log Flume	Intamin	1980

Closed

Name	Park	Country	Type	Manufacturer	Closed
Astroglide	Happy Hour Amusement Park	UK		Playsafe	1980
Astrolift	Six Flags Over Texas	USA		Von Roll	1980
Barnstormer	Old Chicago	USA		Bradley & Kaye	1980
Barnstormer	Old Chicago	USA		Bradley & Kaye	1980
Barnstormer	Old Chicago	USA		Bradley & Kaye	1980
Bayern Kurve	Geauga Lake	USA	Bayern Kurve	Schwarzkopf	1980
Carousel	Twin Grove Park	USA	Carousel	Philadelphia Toboggan Coasters	1980
Caterpillar	Dreamland Margate	UK		Spillman Engineering	1980
Chair-O-Plane	Charlotte Whitelegg (UK)	UK			1980
Ghost Train	Belle Vue	UK		Supercar	1980
Monorail	Rhyl Seafront	UK		Universal Design	1980
Peter Pan Railway	Happy Hour Amusement Park	UK		Supercar	1980
Six Flags Great Adventure Railroad	Six Flags Great Adventure	USA	Miniature Railway	Crown Metal Products	1980
Sky Wheel	Cedar Point	USA	Ferris Wheel	Allan Herschell Company	1980
Skyride	Los Angeles County Fair Grounds	USA	Ferris Wheel	Phoenix Iron Company	1980
Toonerville Trolley	Adventureland	USA			1980
Wagon Wheel	Carowinds	USA		Chance Rides	1980
Whirlwind	Gröna Lund	Sweden		H.P. Jackson	1980
Wing Ding	Worlds of Fun	USA		Eyerly Aircraft Company	1980