1981 in coasters

This page is for everything related to roller coasters, powered coasters, and alpine coasters, that occurred during the year 1981.

Opened

Class	Name	Park	Country	Type	Manufacturer	Opened
Roller	American Eagle	Marriott's Great America	USA	Wooden	Intamin	May 23
Roller	Bat	Kings Island	USA	Suspended	Arrow Dynamics	April 26
Roller	Big Boom	Myoko Sunshine Land	Japan	Sit-Down	Meisho Amusement Machines	Unknown
Powered	Blauer Enzian	Canada's Wonderland	Canada	Family	Mack Rides	May 23
Roller	Catarina Voladora	Reino Aventura	Mexico	Sit-Down	Zierer	Unknown
Roller	Colossus	Robrahn & Bruch (Travelling)	Germany	Sit-Down	Schwarzkopf	Unknown
Roller	Double Loop	Kobe Portopialand	Japan	Sit-Down	Schwarzkopf	March
Roller	Dragon Fyre	Canada's Wonderland	Canada	Sit-Down	Arrow Dynamics	Unknown
Roller	Jet Scream	Six Flags Over Mid-America	USA	Sit-Down	Schwarzkopf	April 4
Roller	Ladybug	Darien Lake	USA	Kiddie	Zierer	Unknown
Roller	Mighty Canadian Minebuster	Canada's Wonderland	Canada	Wooden	Curtis D. Summers	Unknown
Roller	Python	Efteling	Netherlands	Sit-Down	Vekoma	April 12
Roller	Scooby's Gasping Ghoster Coaster	Canada's Wonderland	Canada	Wooden Family	Philadelphia Toboggan Coasters	Unknown
Roller	Super Manège	La Ronde	Canada	Sit-Down	Vekoma	Unknown
Roller	Super Tornado	Hollywood & Safaripark Stukenbrock	Germany	Sit-Down	Vekoma	Unknown
Roller	Tornado	Kintetsu Ayameike	Japan	Sit-Down	Togo	March 19
Roller	Wild Waves Rollercoaster	Sea World	Australia	Sit-Down	SDC	Unknown
Roller	Wilde Beaste	Canada's Wonderland	Canada	Wooden	Curtis D. Summers	Unknown
Roller	Wirbelwind	Fort Fun Abenteuerland	Germany	Sit-Down	Vekoma	June

Class	Name	Park	Location	Type	Manufacturer	Opened	Formerly
Roller	Blitzen	Holiday World	USA	Sit-Down	Pinfari	Unknown	Cyclone at Geauga Lake
Roller	Jumbo Jet	Ölands Djur & Nöjespark	Sweden	Sit-Down	Schwarzkopf	Unknown	Radar at Gröna Lund
Roller	Keverbaan	Bellewaerde Park	Belgium	Sit-Down	Zierer	Unknown	Marienkäferbahn at Gröverland

Class	Name	Park	Location	Type	Manufacturer	Opened	Formerly
Roller	Excalibur	Six Flags AstroWorld	USA	Sit-Down	Arrow Dynamics	1972	Dexter Frebish's Electric Roller Ride
Roller	La Revolución	Six Flags Magic Mountain	USA	Terrain	Schwarzkopf	May 8, 1976	Great American Revolution
Roller	Whizzer	Marriott's Great America	USA	Sit-Down	Schwarzkopf	1976	Willard's Whizzer
Roller	Whizzer	Marriott's Great America	USA	Sit-Down	Schwarzkopf	1976	Willard's Whizzer


Class	Name	Park	Location	Type	Manufacturer	Opened	Closed	Relocated
Roller	Big Dipper	Springlake Park	USA	Wooden	Unknown	1926	1981	N/A
Powered	Blauer Enzian	Peter Schütz & Co. (Travelling)	Germany	Family	Mack Rides	1980	Unknown	Alfons Kaiser (Travelling )
Roller	Radar	Gröna Lund	Sweden	Sit-Down	Schwarzkopf	1965	Unknown	Ölands Djur & Nöjespark
Roller	Big Beast	Edgewater Park	USA	Wooden	John A. Miller	1927	1981	N/A