1983 in coasters

Events by year

1982	1983 in coasters	1984
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This page is for everything related to roller coasters, powered coasters, and alpine coasters, that occurred during the year 1983.

Opened

Class	Name	Park	Country	Type	Manufacturer	Opened
Roller	Dragon Mountain	MarineLand	Canada	Terrain	Arrow Dynamics	July 16
Roller	Flitzer	Morey's Piers	USA	Sit-Down	Zierer	Unknown
Roller	Ice Mountain Bobsled	Enchanted Forest (Oregon)	USA	Terrain Family	Ascot Design	Unknown
Roller	Montaña Rusa	Diverland	Venezuela	Sit-Down	Vekoma	Unknown
Roller	Riverside Cyclone	Riverside Amusement Park	USA	Wooden	William Cobb & Associates	June 24
Roller	Timberline Twister	Knott's Berry Farm	USA	Kiddie	Bradley and Kaye	Unknown

Relocations

Class	Name	Park	Location	Type	Manufacturer	Opened	Formerly
Roller	Colossus The Fire Dragon	Lagoon	USA	Sit-Down	Schwarzkopf	Unknown	W.Bruch & R.Robrahn (travelling)
Roller	Wildcat	Manning's Amusement Park	UK	Sit-Down	Schwarzkopf	Unknown	Unknown

Rethemed/Refurbishments

Class	Name	Park	Location	Type	Manufacturer	Opened	Formerly
Roller	Extremeroller	Worlds of Fun	USA	Stand-Up	Arrow Dynamics	April 10, 1976	Screamroller

Closures

Class	Name	Park	Country	Type	Manufacturer	Opened	Closed	Relocated
Roller	Bat	Kings Island	USA	Suspended	Arrow Dynamics	April 26, 1981	August	N/A
Roller	Die Wildkatze	Busch Gardens: The Old Country	USA	Sit-Down	Schwarzkopf	1976	Unknown	Williams Grove Amusement Park
Roller	Galaxi	Kings Dominion	USA	Sit-Down	S.D.C.	1975	Unknown	Unknown
Roller	Ragin' Cajun	Pontchartrain Beach	USA	Sit-Down	Arrow Dynamics	1978	Unknown	Great Escape
Roller	Screamin' Demon	Poconos' Magic Valley and Winona Five Falls	USA	Sit-Down	Schwarzkopf	1978	Unknown	Keansburg Amusement Park
Roller	WildCat	Riverside Amusement Park	USA	Sit-down	Schwarzkopf	1968	Unknown	N/A
Roller	Zephyr	Pontchartrain Beach	USA	Wooden	Edward A. Vettel	June 30, 1939	September 23	N/A
Roller	Zephyr Jr.	Pontchartrain Beach	USA	Wooden Hybrid Family	National Amusement Device Company	1949	September 23	Kamper Park