1996 in coasters

Events by year

1995	1996 in coasters	1997
1995	1996 in rides	1997
1995	1996 in water slides	1997

This page is for everything related to roller coasters, powered coasters, and alpine coasters, that occurred during the year 1996.

Opened

Class	Name	Park	Location	Type	Manufacturer	Opened
Roller	Barnstormer	Magic Kingdom	USA	Sit-Down	Vekoma	Unknown
Roller	Batflyer	Lightwater Valley	UK	Suspended Single rail Kiddie	Unknown	Unknown
Roller	Big Apple	M&D's Scotland's Theme Park	UK	Kiddie	Pinfari	Unknown
Roller	Boomerang	Fantasilandia	Chile	Shuttle	Vekoma	Unknown
Roller	Coaster	Utsunomiya Zoo	Japan	Sit-Down	Unknown	December 11
Roller	Colorado Adventure	Phantasialand	Germany	Sit-Down	Vekoma	May 11
Roller	Coyote's und Roadrunner's Achterbahn	Warner Bros. Movie World Germany	Germany	Sit-Down	Vekoma	Unknown
Roller	Dragon Wagon	Adventureland	USA	Kiddie	Wisdom Rides	Unknown
Roller	Fujiyama	Fuji-Q Highland	Japan	Hyper	Togo	July
Roller	Great White	Morey's Piers	USA	Wooden Hybrid	Custom Coasters International	June 10
Roller	Grizzly	Silverwood Theme Park	USA	Wooden	Custom Coasters International	May 25
Roller	High Roller	Stratosphere Tower	USA	Family	S&MC	April 29
Roller	Hurricane	Rusutsu Resort	Japan	Inverted	Vekoma	Unknown
Roller	Izzy	Busch Gardens Williamsburg	USA	Wild Mouse	Mack Rides	April 12
Roller	Joker's Revenge	Six Flags Fiesta Texas	USA	Sit-Down	Vekoma	May 10
Roller	Junior Rhombus Rocket	Fantasy Island	UK	Kiddie Indoor	W.G.H. Transportation Engineering	Unknown
Roller	Kopermijn	Drievliet Family Park	Netherlands	Wild Mouse	Maurer Rides GmbH	Unknown
Roller	Lethal Weapon Pursuit	Warner Bros. Movie World Germany	Germany	Twin	Intamin	June
Roller	Lil' Phantom	Kennywood	USA	Kiddie	Molina & Son's	Unknown
Roller	Looping Star	Jolly Roger at the Pier	USA	Sit-Down	Pinfari	Unknown
Roller	Looping Thunder	Oaks Amusement Park	USA	Sit-Down	Pinfari	May 25
Roller	Mantis	Cedar Point	USA	Stand-Up	Bolliger & Mabillard	May 11
Roller	Mega Blitz	Coney Beach Pleasure Park	UK	Sit-Down	Pinfari	Unknown
Roller	Megafobia	Oakwood Theme Park	UK	Wooden	Custom Coasters International, Inc.	Unknown
Roller	Mind Eraser	Geauga Lake	USA	Shuttle	Vekoma	May 10
Roller	Montu	Busch Gardens Tampa	USA	Inverted	Bolliger & Mabillard	May 16
Roller	Orochi	Expoland	Japan	Inverted	Bolliger & Mabillard	March 15
Roller	Outer Limits: Flight of Fear	Paramount's Kings Island	USA	Launched Enclosed	Premier Rides	June 18
Roller	Outer Limits: Flight of Fear	Paramount's Kings Dominion	USA	Launched Enclosed	Premier Rides	June 18
Roller	Pegasus	Big Chief Carts And Coasters	USA	Wooden Family	Custom Coasters International, Inc.	Unknown
Roller	Python	Playland's Castaway Cove	USA	Sit-Down	Pinfari	Unknown
Roller	Python Pit	Jeepers	USA	Kiddie Indoor	E&F Miler Industries	Unknown
Roller	Python Pit	Jeepers	USA	Family Indoor	E&F Miler Industries	Unknown
Roller	Rioolrat	Avonturenpark Hellendoorn	Netherlands	Enclosed Family	Vekoma	Unknown
Roller	Rolling Thunder	Riverside Amusement Park	USA	Family	E&F Miler Industries	Unknown
Roller	Runaway Mountain	Six Flags Over Texas	USA	Enclosed	Premier Rides	June 12
Roller	Santa Monica West Coaster	Pacific Park	USA	Sit-Down	Morgan	May 25
Roller	Skull Mountain	Six Flags Great Adventure	USA	Enclosed	Intamin	June 3
Roller	Tatilya Express	Tatilya	Turkey	Indoor	Vekoma	Unknown
Roller	Teddy Bear	Stricker's Grove	USA	Wooden Kiddie	Ralph Stricker	Unknown
Roller	Turbo	Brighton Palace Pier	UK	Sit-Down	Pinfari	Unknown
Roller	Underground	Adventureland	USA	Wooden Enclosed Dark ride	Custom Coasters International, Inc.	Unknown
Roller	Venus	Space World	Japan	Sit-Down	Maurer Rides GmbH	February 13
Roller	Viper	Barry Island Pleasure Park	UK	Sit-Down	Interpark	Unknown
Roller	Wild Mouse	Expoland	Japan	Wild Mouse	Mack Rides	Unknown
Roller	Wild Mouse	Nagashima Spa Land	Japan	Wild Mouse Twin	Mack Rides	Unknown
Roller	Wild Thing	Valleyfair	USA	Hyper	Morgan	May 11
Roller	Wildcat	Hersheypark	USA	Wooden	Great Coasters International	May 26
Roller	X:/ No Way Out	Thorpe Park	UK	Enclosed	Vekoma	March 23
Roller	Zillerator	Playland	Canada	Sit-Down	D.P.V. Rides	Unknown

Relocations

Class	Name	Park	Location	Type	Manufacturer	Opened	Formerly
Roller	Blizzard	Walton Pier	UK	Sit-Down	Cavazza Diego	Unknown	Blizzard at Great Yarmouth Pleasure Beach
Roller	Crazy Loop	Pleasure Island Family Theme Park	UK	Sit-Down	Pinfari	March 31	Crazy Loop at Flamingo Land
Roller	Cyclone	Sandspit Cavendish Beach	Canada	Sit-Down	Schwarzkopf	Unknown	Cyclone at Rocky Point Park
Roller	Devil's Mine	Fort Fun Abenteuerland	Germany	Family	Vekoma	Unknown	Terror Train at Planet FunFun
Roller	Fun Express	Spreepark	Germany	Family	FAB	Unknown	Achterbahn at Erlebnispark Schloss Thurn
Roller	Marienkäferbahn	Traumland auf der Bärenhöhle	Germany	Kiddie	Zierer	Unknown	Leppäkerttujuna at Wasalandia
Roller	Mäuseachterbahn	Spielerei Rheda-Wiedenbrück	Germany	Sit-Down	Zierer	Unknown	Rioolrat at Avonturenpark Hellendoorn
Roller	Mighty Mouse	Playland's Castaway Cove	USA	Wild Mouse	Miler Manufacturing	Unknown	Mighty Mouse travelling with Royal American Shows
Roller	Nightmare At Phantom Cave	Darien Lake	USA	Enclosed	Schwarzkopf	Unknown	Starchaser at Kentucky Kingdom
Roller	Viper	Lightwater Valley	UK	Sit-Down	Schwarzkopf	Unknown	Zyklon at Billing Aquadrome

Rethemed / Refurbishments

Class	Name	Park	Country	Type	Manufacturer	Opened	Formerly
Roller	Gladiators	American Adventure	UK	Sit-Down	Soquet	1995	Iron Wolf
Roller	Legend	Arnolds Park	USA	Wooden	Outdoor Amusement Enterprise, Inc.	June 8, 1930	Giant Coaster
Roller	Mild Thing	Valleyfair	USA	Kiddie	Allan Herschell Company	1976	Kiddie Coaster
Roller	Mine Train	Six Flags Over Texas	USA	Hybrid	Arrow Dynamics	June 1966	Run-A-Way Mine Train
Roller	New Roller Coaster	New MetroLand	UK	Family Indoor	Zierer	February 1988	Roller Coaster
Roller	Rails	Valleyfair	USA	Sit-Down	Schwarzkopf	1979	Wild Rails
Powered	Venom	Camelot Theme Park	UK	Family Enclosed	Soquet	1983	Beast

Closures

Class	Name	Park	Country	Type	Manufacturer	Opened	Closed	Relocated
Roller	Bunny Rabbit	Seabreeze	USA	Kiddie	Allan Herschell Company	1985	Unknown	Island in Pigeon Forge
Roller	Galaxi	Santa's Village	USA	Sit-Down	SDC	1987	Unknown	Mexico
Roller	Montagnes Russes	Old Indiana Fun-n-Water Park	USA	Sit-Down	Schwarzkopf	June 29, 1985	August 11	State Fair of Texas
Roller	Thunderlooper	Alton Towers	UK	Launched Shuttle	Schwarzkopf	1990	November 3, 1996	Hopi Hari