This page is for everything related to amusement rides that occurred during the year 1981.
Opened
| Name
|
Park
|
Country
|
Type
|
Manufacturer
|
Opened
|
| Alton Towers Dungeon
|
Alton Towers
|
UK
|
|
Mack Rides
|
1981
|
| American Plunge
|
Silver Dollar City
|
USA
|
Log Flume
|
Barr Engineering
|
1981
|
| Antikes Pferdekarussell
|
Holiday Park
|
Germany
|
Carousel
|
|
1981
|
| Antique Carousel
|
Canada's Wonderland
|
Canada
|
Carousel
|
Philadelphia Toboggan Company
|
May 23, 1981
|
| Arctic Blast
|
Reithoffer Shows (USA)
|
USA
|
|
Mack Rides
|
1981
|
| Barco Pirata
|
Parque Ítalo Americano
|
Venezuela
|
Pirate Ship
|
SDC
|
1981
|
| Bayern's Curve
|
Paramount Canada's Wonderland
|
Canada
|
Bayern Kurve
|
Schwarzkopf
|
1981
|
| Big Yoyo
|
Walibi Wavre
|
Belgium
|
|
Vekoma
|
1981
|
| Bouncing Bugs
|
Alton Towers
|
UK
|
|
Marcel Lutz
|
1981
|
| Carousel
|
National Mall
|
USA
|
Carousel
|
Allan Herschell Company
|
1981
|
| Character Carrousel
|
Canada's Wonderland
|
Canada
|
Carousel
|
Bradley & Kaye
|
May 23, 1981
|
| Chocón Grande
|
Parque Ítalo Americano
|
Venezuela
|
|
Bertazzon
|
1981
|
| Circus Wheel
|
Six Flags Magic Mountain
|
USA
|
Tilt-A-Whirl
|
Sellner Manufacturing
|
1981
|
| Circus Wheel
|
Six Flags Magic Mountain
|
USA
|
Tilt-A-Whirl
|
Sellner Manufacturing
|
1981
|
| Circus Wheel
|
Six Flags Magic Mountain
|
USA
|
Tilt-A-Whirl
|
Sellner Manufacturing
|
1981
|
| Congo Rapids
|
Six Flags Great Adventure
|
USA
|
|
Intamin
|
June 16, 1981
|
| Conquête de l'ouest
|
Le Pal
|
France
|
|
Soquet
|
1981
|
| Conquistador
|
Six Flags Over Texas
|
USA
|
Pirate Ship
|
Intamin
|
1981
|
| Corn Popper
|
Six Flags Darien Lake
|
USA
|
|
Arrow HUSS
|
1981
|
| Crazy Cakewalk
|
John Sheldon (UK)
|
UK
|
|
George Butlin
|
1981
|
| Crazy Quilt
|
Darien Lake
|
USA
|
|
Mack Rides
|
1981
|
| Djurs Expressen
|
Djurs Sommerland
|
Denmark
|
Miniature Railway
|
|
1981
|
| Ferris Wheel
|
Bobby Foster (UK)
|
UK
|
Ferris Wheel
|
Hayes Fabrication
|
May 1981
|
| Fliegender Holländer
|
Hansa-Park
|
Germany
|
|
Arrow HUSS
|
1981
|
| Flume
|
Alton Towers
|
UK
|
Log Flume
|
Mack Rides
|
1981
|
| Flume Ride
|
Everland
|
South Korea
|
|
Sansei Technologies
|
1981
|
| Forêt Enchantée
|
Le Pal
|
France
|
|
Soquet
|
1981
|
| Frequent Flyers
|
Canada's Wonderland
|
Canada
|
Balloon Race
|
Bradley & Kaye
|
1981
|
| Fury
|
Paramount Canada's Wonderland
|
Canada
|
Polyp
|
Eyerly Aircraft Company
|
1981
|
| Gallopers
|
Attractiepark Slagharen
|
Netherlands
|
Carousel
|
Zierer
|
1981
|
| Gallopers
|
Attractiepark Slagharen
|
Netherlands
|
Carousel
|
Zierer
|
1981
|
| Gallopers
|
Attractiepark Slagharen
|
Netherlands
|
Carousel
|
Zierer
|
1981
|
| Geister Rikscha
|
Phantasialand
|
Germany
|
Tracked Dark Ride
|
Schwarzkopf
|
June 5, 1981
|
| Ghost Train
|
Charlie Wright (UK)
|
UK
|
|
Hayes Fabrication
|
October 1981
|
| Giant Sky Wheel
|
Canobie Lake Park
|
USA
|
Ferris Wheel
|
Barbieri
|
1981
|
| Gold Rusher
|
Kennywood
|
USA
|
|
Bradley & Kaye
|
1981
|
| Gondoletta
|
Efteling
|
Netherlands
|
Scenic Boat Ride
|
Intamin
|
April 13, 1981
|
| Grizzly River Rampage
|
Opryland USA
|
USA
|
River Rapids
|
Intamin
|
June 6, 1981
|
| Joe Cool's Dodgem School
|
Canada's Wonderland
|
Canada
|
Junior Dodgems
|
Lusse Bros.
|
May 23, 1981
|
| Jokey's Jalopies
|
Canada's Wonderland
|
Canada
|
|
Bradley & Kaye
|
1981
|
| Kantti x Kantti
|
Särkänniemi
|
Finland
|
|
Ihle
|
1981
|
| KidZville Station
|
Canada's Wonderland
|
Canada
|
|
Mack Rides
|
May 23, 1981
|
| Klockwerks
|
Canada's Wonderland
|
Canada
|
|
Arrow HUSS
|
May 23, 1981
|
| Krachenwagen
|
Canada's Wonderland
|
Canada
|
Dodgems
|
Lusse Bros.
|
May 23, 1981
|
| Little Gliders
|
Busch Gardens Williamsburg
|
USA
|
Junior Jets
|
Bradley & Kaye
|
1981
|
| Log Flume
|
Drayton Manor Theme Park
|
UK
|
Log Flume
|
Reverchon
|
March 1981
|
| Lunar Carousel
|
Blackpool Pleasure Beach
|
UK
|
|
H.P. Jackson
|
1981
|
| Maanraket
|
De Valkenier
|
Netherlands
|
|
Robin G. Mitchell
|
1981
|
| Merry-Go-Round
|
Dutch Wonderland
|
USA
|
|
Chance Rides
|
1981
|
| Ocean Motion
|
Cedar Point
|
USA
|
Pirate Ship
|
Arrow HUSS
|
May 16, 1981
|
| Oldtimers
|
Bellewaerde
|
Belgium
|
|
Metallbau Emmeln
|
1981
|
| Orbiter
|
Canada's Wonderland
|
Canada
|
Enterprise
|
Arrow HUSS
|
1981
|
| Pharaoh's Eye
|
Canada's Wonderland
|
Canada
|
|
Hrubetz
|
1981
|
| Pharaoh's Eye
|
Canada's Wonderland
|
Canada
|
|
Hrubetz
|
1981
|
| Pharaoh's Eye
|
Canada's Wonderland
|
Canada
|
|
Hrubetz
|
1981
|
| Pirate
|
Six Flags Darien Lake
|
USA
|
|
Arrow HUSS
|
1981
|
| Pulpo
|
Parque Diversiones
|
Costa Rica
|
Polyp
|
Eyerly Aircraft Company
|
1981
|
| Raging Seas
|
Darien Lake
|
USA
|
|
Mack Rides
|
1981
|
| Roaring Rapids
|
Six Flags Magic Mountain
|
USA
|
|
Intamin
|
1981
|
| Rolling Thunder
|
Keith Turner (UK)
|
UK
|
|
R.J. Lakin
|
June 1981
|
| Sawmill River
|
Crystal Beach Park
|
Canada
|
Log Flume
|
Hopkins
|
1981
|
| Scrambler
|
Kathleen Graham
|
UK
|
|
Pollard Engineering
|
1981
|
| Scream Machine
|
John Studt
|
UK
|
|
Maxwell
|
February 1981
|
| Sleighride
|
Six Flags Darien Lake
|
USA
|
|
Mack Rides
|
1981
|
| Snoopy vs Red Baron
|
Canada's Wonderland
|
Canada
|
Junior Jets
|
Bradley & Kaye
|
May 23, 1981
|
| Snoopy's Space Race
|
Canada's Wonderland
|
Canada
|
|
Bradley & Kaye
|
May 23, 1981
|
| Sparklett’s Log Flume
|
State Fair of Texas
|
USA
|
Log Flume
|
Arrow Development
|
1981
|
| Spinovator
|
Canada's Wonderland
|
Canada
|
Calypso
|
Mack Rides
|
May 23, 1981
|
| Swan Lake
|
Canada's Wonderland
|
Canada
|
|
Bradley & Kaye
|
May 23, 1981
|
| Swing Of The Century
|
Canada's Wonderland
|
Canada
|
Waveswinger
|
Zierer
|
May 23, 1981
|
| Tagada
|
Ingo Wiesbauer (Austria)
|
Austria
|
|
Soriani & Moser
|
1981
|
| Tagada
|
Parque Ítalo Americano
|
Venezuela
|
|
Fabbri
|
1981
|
| Thrillbilly
|
Darien Lake
|
USA
|
|
Arrow HUSS
|
1981
|
| Thunder Rapids
|
Darien Lake
|
USA
|
Log Flume
|
Arrow HUSS
|
1981
|
| Tin Lizzy's
|
Six Flags Darien Lake
|
USA
|
|
Arrow HUSS
|
1981
|
| Viikinkilaiva
|
Linnanmäki
|
Finland
|
|
Zierer
|
1981
|
| Viking
|
Seibuen Yuenchi
|
Japan
|
Pirate Ship
|
Intamin
|
1981
|
| Viking's Rage
|
Canada's Wonderland
|
Canada
|
Pirate Ship
|
Arrow HUSS
|
May 1981
|
| Weinkübelfahrt
|
Erlebnispark Tripsdrill
|
Germany
|
Track Ride
|
Metallbau Emmeln
|
1981
|
| Western Waltzer
|
Frontierland Western Theme Park
|
UK
|
|
R.J. Lakin
|
1981
|
| Wilde Knight Mares
|
Canada's Wonderland
|
Canada
|
Round-Up
|
Arrow HUSS
|
May 23, 1981
|
| Wildwasserbahn
|
Rasti-Land
|
Germany
|
|
Self-built
|
1981
|
| Zumba Flume
|
Paramount Canada's Wonderland
|
Canada
|
Log Flume
|
Arrow HUSS
|
1981
|
| Zumba Flume
|
Paramount Canada's Wonderland
|
Canada
|
Log Flume
|
Arrow HUSS
|
1981
|
| Zumba Flume
|
Paramount Canada's Wonderland
|
Canada
|
Log Flume
|
Arrow HUSS
|
1981
|
Closed
