1988 in coasters

Events by year

1987	1988 in coasters	1989
1987	1988 in rides	1989
1987	1988 in water slides	1989

This page is for everything related to roller coasters, powered coasters, and alpine coasters, that occurred during the year 1988.

Opened

Class	Name	Park	Country	Type	Manufacturer	Opened
Roller	African Big Apple	West Midland Safari Park	UK	Kiddie	Pinfari	Unknown
Roller	Avalanche	Blackpool Pleasure Beach	UK	Bobsled	Mack Rides	June 22
Roller	Avalanche	Kings Dominion	USA	Bobsled	Mack Rides	Unknown
Roller	Bandit	Yomiuriland	Japan	Sit-Down	TOGO	March
Roller	Boomerang	Avenir Land	France	Shuttle	Vekoma	Unknown
Roller	Capitale Express	Méga Parc	Canada	Family Indoor	Mack Rides	Unknown
Roller	Coca-Cola Roller	Glasgow Garden Festival	UK	Shuttle	Vekoma	April
Roller	Cyclone	Genting Theme Park	Malaysia	Sit-Down	Pinfari	Unknown
Roller	Dragon Coaster	Flamingo Land	UK	Kiddie	Diego Cavazza	Unknown
Roller	Jetline	Gröna Lund	Sweden	Sit-Down	Zierer	Unknown
Roller	Live Oak Ladybug	Carousel Gardens Amusement Park	USA	Family	Zierer	Unknown
Roller	Loopen	TusenFryd	Norway	Sit-Down	Vekoma	Unknown
Roller	Miralooping	Mirapolis	France	Sit-Down	Vekoma	Unknown
Roller	Nessi	Coney Beach Pleasure Park	UK	Family	Diego Cavazza	Unknown
Roller	Nightmare	Boblo Island	Canada	Enclosed Family	Vekoma	Unknown
Roller	Ninja	Six Flags Magic Mountain	USA	Suspended Terrain	Arrow Dynamics	May 21
Roller	Raging Wolf Bobs	Geauga Lake	USA	Wooden	Dinn Corporation	May 28
Roller	Red Devil	Ghost Town in the Sky	USA	Sit-Down	Hopkins	September
Roller	Roller Coaster	MetroLand	UK	Indoor Family	Zierer	February
Roller	Runaway Train	Fort Fun Amusement Park	UK	Kiddie	Big Country Motioneering	Unknown
Roller	Sea Dragon	Peter Pan's Playground	UK	Kiddie	Big Country Motioneering	Unknown
Roller	ShockWave	Six Flags Great America	USA	Sit-Down	Arrow Dynamics	June 3
Roller	Soopa Loopa	Lightwater Valley	UK	Sit-Down	Soquet	June
Roller	Wolverine Wildcat	Michigan's Adventure	USA	Wooden	Dinn Corporation	May 14

Relocations

Class	Name	Park	Location	Type	Manufacturer	Opened	Formerly
Roller	Alton Beast	Alton Towers	UK	Sit-Down	Schwarzkopf	Unknown	Unknown
Roller	Alton Mouse	Alton Towers	UK	Wild Mouse	Vekoma	Unknown	Speedy Gonzales at Prater
Roller	Boomerang	Reino Aventura	Mexico	Shuttle	Vekoma	Unknown	Boomerang at Rafaela Padilla
Roller	Looping Star	OK Corral	France	Sit-Down	Schwarzkopf	Unknown	Looping Star at Pleasureland Southport
Roller	Rudy's Rapid Transit	Santa's Village	USA	Sit-Down	Zierer	Unknown	Firefly Roller Coaster at New England Playworld
Roller	Shuttle Loop	Goetzke (Travelling)	Germany	Launched Shuttle	Schwarzkopf	Unknown	Wiener Looping at Circus World
Roller	Stampede	Frontierland Family Theme Park	UK	Sit-Down	Pinfari	Unknown	Cyclone at Blackpool Pleasure Beach
Roller	Thunderbolt Express	Camden Park	USA	Launched Shuttle	Arrow Dynamics	Unknown	Demon at Kings Island
Roller	Z-Force	Six Flags Over Georgia	USA	Sit-Down	Intamin	Unknown	Z-Force at Six Flags Great America

Rethemed / Refurbishments

Class	Name	Park	Location	Type	Manufacturer	Opened	Formerly
Powered	Beast	Camelot Theme Park	UK	Family Enclosed	Unknown	1983	Space Mountain
Roller	Black Hole II	Alton Towers	UK	Enclosed	Schwarzkopf	1983	Black Hole
Roller	Eureka Mountain Mine Ride	Dreamworld	Australia	Wild Mouse Enclosed	B. A. Schiff & Associates Hyfab	1986	N/A
Roller	Montaña Rusa	Juegos Mecánicos de Chapultepec	Mexico	Wooden Möbius	National Amusement Device Company	1964	N/A
Roller	Nessie the Dreamy Dragon	Darien Lake	USA	Kiddie	Zierer	1981	Ladybug
Roller	Revolution	Six Flags Magic Mountain	USA	Terrain	Schwarzkopf	May 8, 1976	La Revolución

Closures

Class	Name	Park	Location	Type	Manufacturer	Opened	Closed	Relocated
Roller	Cyclone	Coney Beach Pleasure Park	UK	Sit-Down	Pinfari	1980	Unknown	Funland Hayling Island
Roller	Extremeroller	Worlds of Fun	USA	Sit-Down	Arrow Dynamics	April 10, 1976	Unknown	Formosa WonderWorld
Roller	Galaxy	Noble Park Funland	USA	Sit-Down	SDC	1987	Unknown	LeSourdsville Lake Amusement Park
Roller	Himalayabahn	Herhaus (Travelling)	Germany	Sit-Down	Schwarzkopf	1968	Unknown	Schwaben Park
Roller	Jet Scream	Six Flags Over Mid-America	USA	Sit-Down	Schwarzkopf	1981	Unknown	Six Flags AstroWorld
Roller	Mini Mine Train	Six Flags Over Georgia	USA	Hybrid Kiddie	Arrow Dynamics	July 1969	Unknown	N/A
Roller	Sarajevo Bobsled	Six Flags Great Adventure	USA	Bobsled	Intamin	1984	Unknown	Six Flags Great America
Roller	Shockwave	Six Flags Magic Mountain	USA	Stand-Up	Intamin	May 16, 1986	Unknown	Six Flags Great Adventure
Roller	Ultra Twister	Six Flags Great Adventure	USA	Pipeline	TOGO	June 6, 1986	Unknown	Six Flags AstroWorld
Roller	White Lightnin'	Carowinds	USA	Launched Shuttle	Schwarzkopf	May 14, 1977	October 16	Gold Reef City
Roller	Whizzer	Great America	USA	Sit-Down	Schwarzkopf	1976	Unknown	N/A