1990 in coasters

Events by year

1989	1990 in coasters	1991
1989	1990 in rides	1991

This page is for everything related to roller coasters, powered coasters, and alpine coasters, that occurred during the year 1990.

Opened

Class	Name	Park	Location	Type	Manufacturer	Opened
Roller	Aeroplane	Aérocity Parc	France	Suspended	Big Country Motioneering	Unknown
Roller	Big Apple	National Garden Festival	UK	Kiddie	Pinfari	May 18
Roller	Black Hole Scramble	Space World	Japan	Enclosed	Nippon	Unknown
Roller	Blizzard	Peter Pan's Playground	UK	Sit-Down	Diego Cavazza	August
Roller	Boogie-woogie Space Coaster	Space World	Japan	Sit-Down	Senyo Kogyo Co., Ltd.	April 22
Roller	Boomerang	Knott's Berry Farm	USA	Shuttle	Vekoma	April 6
Roller	Boomerang	Parque de Atracciones de Montjuic	Spain	Shuttle	Vekoma	Unknown
Powered	City Express	Linnanmäki	Finland	Family	Mack Rides	Unknown
Roller	Cyclone	Spanish City Amusement Park	UK	Sit-Down	Pinfari	Unknown
Roller	Dragon	Adventureland	USA	Sit-Down	Hopkins	May 12
Powered	Dragon	Funcoast World	UK	Family	Zamperla	May 12
Powered	Dragon	Somerwest World	UK	Family	Zamperla	May 12
Powered	Dragon	TusenFryd	Norway	Family	Zamperla	Unknown
Roller	Flying Dragon	Funderland Amusement Park	USA	Kiddie	Wisdom Rides	Unknown
Roller	Galaxy	Luna Park	Australia	Sit-Down	SDC	Unknown
Roller	Georgia Cyclone	Six Flags Over Georgia	USA	Wooden	Dinn Corporation	March 24
Roller	Grand 8	Le Pal	France	Sit-Down	Reverchon	Unknown
Roller	Iron Wolf	Six Flags Great America	USA	Stand-Up	Bolliger & Mabillard	April 28
Roller	Looping Star	Great Yarmouth Pleasure Beach	UK	Sit-Down	Pinfari	Unknown
Roller	Nessi	Fun City	UK	Family	Diego Cavazza	Unknown
Roller	Nessi	Ocean Beach Fun Fair	UK	Family	Diego Cavazza	Unknown
Roller	Ortobruco Tour	Gardaland	Italy	Family	Pinfari	Unknown
Roller	Predator	Darien Lake	USA	Wooden	Dinn Corporation	May 25
Roller	Texas Giant	Six Flags Over Texas	USA	Wooden	Dinn Corporation	March 17
Roller	Thunder Run	Kentucky Kingdom	USA	Wooden	Dinn Corporation	August
Roller	Tornado	Avonturenpark Hellendoorn	Netherlands	Sit-Down	Vekoma	Unknown
Roller	Trans'Arverne	Parc Astérix	France	Kiddie	Zierer	Unknown
Roller	Vampire	Chessington World of Adventures	UK	Suspended	Arrow Dynamics	April 11
Roller	Viper	Six Flags Magic Mountain	USA	Sit-Down	Arrow Dynamics	April 7

Relocations

Class	Name	Park	Country	Type	Manufacturer	Opened	Formerly
Roller	Corkscrew	Flamingo Land	UK	Sit-Down	Vekoma	Unknown	Corkscrew at Spanish City Amusement Park
Roller	Corkscrew	Silverwood Theme Park	USA	Sit-Down	Arrow Dynamics	Unknown	Corkscrew at Knott's Berry Farm
Roller	Shockwave	Six Flags Great Adventure	USA	Stand-Up	Intamin	April 21	Shockwave at Six Flags Magic Mountain
Roller	Sidewinder	Elitch Gardens	USA	Launched Shuttle	Arrow Dynamics	Unknown	Roaring Tornado at Magic Springs
Roller	Thunderlooper	Alton Towers	UK	Launched Shuttle	Schwarzkopf	Unknown	King Kobra at Jolly Roger Amusement Park
Roller	Ultra Twister	Six Flags AstroWorld	USA	Pipeline	TOGO	Unknown	Ultra Twister at Six Flags Great Adventure
Roller	Vampire	Kentucky Kingdom	USA	Shuttle	Vekoma	Unknown	Boomerang at Star Lake Amusement Park
Roller	Zyklon	Fun Spot Indiana	USA	Sit-Down	Pinfari	Unknown	Zyclone at Morey's Piers

Rethemed / Refurbishments

Class	Name	Park	Country	Type	Manufacturer	Opened	Formerly
Roller	Black Hole	Alton Towers	UK	Enclosed	Schwarzkopf	1983	New Black Hole
Roller	Disaster Transport	Cedar Point	USA	Bobsled Enclosed	Intamin	1985	Avalanche Run
Powered	Flying Fish	Thorpe Park	UK	Family	Mack Rides	1983	Space Station Zero
Roller	Rattlesnake	Pleasurewood Hills	UK	Family	Zierer	1986	Ladybird

Closures

Class	Name	Park	Country	Type	Manufacturer	Opened	Closed	Relocated
Roller	4 Man Bob	Alton Towers	UK	Sit-Down	Zierer	1985	Unknown	Pleasure Island Family Theme Park
Roller	Alpen Express	Purwin (Travelling)	Germany	Sit-Down	Schwarzkopf	1968	Unknown	Hofmann & Jehn (Travelling )
Roller	Der Flitzer	Adventureland	USA	Sit-Down	Zierer	1974	Unknown	Avonturenpark Hellendoorn
Roller	Florida Hurricane	Boardwalk and Baseball	USA	Wooden	Michael Black and Associates	June 18, 1978	January 17	Magic Springs
Roller	Galaxy	Adventureland	USA	Sit-Down	SDC	1973	September 3, 1990	Brazil
Roller	Laser Loop	Kennywood	USA	Launched Shuttle	Schwarzkopf	1980	Unknown	La Feria Chapultepec Magico
Roller	Mad Mouse	Seven Peaks Water Park Duneland	USA	Wild Mouse	Allan Herschell Company	Unknown	Unknown	Little A-Merrick-A
Roller	Runaway Train	Harem Leisure Fun Park	UK	Family	Big Country Motioneering	1989	Unknown	Botton's Pleasure Beach
Roller	Unknown	Billing Aquadrome	UK	Sit-Down	Pinfari	1989	Unknown	Flamingo Land
Roller	Zoomerang	Boardwalk and Baseball	USA	Launched Shuttle	Arrow Dynamics	1977	January 17	Fun Spot Park