1997 in coasters

Events by year

1996	1997 in coasters	1998
1996	1997 in rides	1998
1996	1997 in water slides	1998

This page is for everything related to roller coasters, powered coasters, and alpine coasters, that occurred during the year 1997.

Opened

Class	Name	Park	Location	Type	Manufacturer	Opened
Roller	Alpengeist	Busch Gardens Williamsburg	USA	Inverted Terrain	Bolliger & Mabillard	March 22
Roller	Batman The Ride	Six Flags Over Georgia	USA	Inverted	Bolliger & Mabillard	May 3
Roller	Bear Trax	Seabreeze	USA	Kiddie	E&F Miler Industries	Unknown
Roller	Big Dipper	Barry's Amusements	UK	Sit-Down	Pinfari	Unknown
Roller	Boomerang	Playcenter São Paulo	Brazil	Shuttle	Vekoma	Unknown
Roller	Boomerang Coast to Coaster	Great Escape	USA	Shuttle	Vekoma	May 23
Roller	Chang	Kentucky Kingdom	USA	Stand-Up	Bolliger & Mabillard	April 4
Roller	Chenille	Nigloland	France	Kiddie	Pinfari	Unknown
Roller	Circus Clown	Oakwood Theme Park	UK	Kiddie	Pinfari	Unknown
Powered	Clone Zone	Milky Way Adventure Park	UK	Suspended Single rail Enclosed Family Dark ride	Caripro	Unknown
Roller	Crazy Mine	Hansa-Park	Germany	Wild Mouse	Maurer Rides GmbH	Unknown
Roller	Crazy Mouse	Dinosaur Beach	USA	Spinning Wild Mouse	Reverchon	Unknown
Roller	Delphis	Festivalgate	Japan	Sit-Down	Senyo Kogyo	July 18
Powered	Dragon	Kijima Kogen	Japan	Kiddie	Zamperla	July 18
Roller	Dragon's Flight Coaster	Rainbow's End	New Zealand	Kiddie Dark ride	Unknown	Unknown
Roller	Eagle Coaster	Japan Monkey Park	Japan	Terrain	Senyo Kogyo	Unknown
Roller	Euro Mir	Europa-Park	Germany	Spinning	Mack Rides	June 12
Roller	Gladiators Skytrak	Granada Studios	UK	Flying	Skytrak International	October
Roller	Great White	SeaWorld San Antonio	USA	Inverted	Bolliger & Mabillard	February
Roller	HangOver	Liseberg	Sweden	Inverted Shuttle	Vekoma	Unknown
Roller	Jaguar	Isla Mágica	Spain	Inverted	Vekoma	June 28
Roller	Kiddie Coaster	Lake Compounce	USA	Kiddie	Molina & Son's	June 27
Roller	Looping Star	Playcenter Pernambuco	Brazil	Sit-Down	Pinfari	Unknown
Roller	Manhattan Express	New York, New York Hotel & Casino	USA	Hyper	TOGO	January 3
Roller	Mayan Adventure	Formosan Aboriginal Culture Village	Taiwan	Inverted	Vekoma	Unknown
Roller	Mega Coaster “Four Dimensions”	Hamanako Pal Pal	Japan	Sit-Down	Togo	1997
Roller	Mind Eraser	Darien Lake	USA	Inverted	Vekoma	May 17
Roller	Mind Eraser	Elitch Gardens	USA	Inverted	Vekoma	June 2
Roller	Mind Eraser	Riverside Amusement Park	USA	Inverted	Vekoma	May 24
Roller	Mini Race	R. Broeckx (travelling)	Belgium	Wild Mouse	Interpark	Unknown
Roller	Nio	Greenland	Japan	Inverted	Vekoma	Unknown
Roller	Pyrenees	Parque Espana-Shima Spain Village	Japan	Inverted	Bolliger & Mabillard	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	Python Pit	Jeepers	USA	Family Indoor	E&F Miler Industries	July 15
Roller	Python Pit	Jeepers	USA	Kiddie Indoor	E&F Miler Industries	Unknown
Roller	Rail Chase The Ride	Sega World Sydney	Australia	Enclosed Dark Ride	Masago Industrial	March 6
Roller	Rhythmical Coaster	Harmonyland	Japan	Sit-Down	Unknown	Unknown
Roller	Road Runner Express	Six Flags Fiesta Texas	USA	Sit-Down	Arrow Dynamics	April 30
Roller	Sea Serpent	Playland's Castaway Cove	USA	Kiddie	E&F Miler Industries	Unknown
Roller	Silverado	Parque Do Gugu	Brazil	Indoor	Intamin	July 5
Roller	Stampida	Port Aventura	Spain	Wooden Twin	Custom Coasters International, Inc.	March 17
Roller	Steel Force	Dorney Park	USA	Hyper	Morgan	May 30
Roller	Super 8er Bahn	Prater	Austria	Sit-Down	Pinfari	Unknown
Roller	Superman The Escape	Six Flags Magic Mountain	USA	Launched Shuttle	Intamin	March 15
Roller	Taxi Jam	Paramount's Kings Dominion	USA	Kiddie	E&F Miler Industries	March 29
Roller	Tomahawk	PortAventura	Spain	Wooden	Custom Coasters International, Inc.	March 17
Roller	Tonnerre de Zeus	Parc Astérix	France	Wooden	Custom Coasters International, Inc.	Unknown
Powered	Tornado	Wild Waves and Enchanted Village	USA	Family	Zamperla	Unknown
Roller	Tower of Terror	Dreamworld	Australia	Launched Shuttle	Intamin	January 23
Roller	Tren de Potosí	Isla Mágica	Spain	Kiddie	C&S	Unknown
Roller	Wild Mouse	Flamingo Land	UK	Wild Mouse	Maurer Rides GmbH	Unknown
Roller	Windjammer Surf Racers	Knott's Berry Farm	USA	Twin	TOGO	March 26
Roller	Windstorm	Old Town	USA	Sit-Down	Zamperla	February 15
Roller	Zeus	Big Chief Carts And Coasters	USA	Wooden	Custom Coasters International	June 7
Roller	Zoomerang	Lake Compounce	USA	Shuttle	Vekoma	June 27

Relocations

Class	Name	Park	Country	Type	Manufacturer	Opened	Formerly
Roller	Runaway Coaster	Rotunda Amusement Park	UK	Wooden Side friction	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Roller	Silberpfeil	Skyline Park	Germany	Launched	Schwarzkopf	Unknown	Unknown
Roller	Wild Thing	Wild Waves and Enchanted Village	USA	Sit-Down	Arrow Dynamics	June 24	Loop Corkscrew at Rocky Point Park

Rethemed/Refurbishments

Class	Name	Park	Location	Type	Manufacturer	Opened	Formerly
Roller	BMRX	Kobe Portopialand	Japan	Sit-Down	Zierer	March 1987	Bavarian Mountain Railroad
Roller	Brain Teaser	Darien Lake	USA	Kiddie	Zierer	1981	Nessie the Dreamy Dragon
Roller	Cyclone	Williams Grove Amusement Park	USA	Wooden	Oscar Bitler	1933	N/A
Roller	Dragon Fire	Paramount Canada's Wonderland	Canada	Sit-Down	Arrow Dynamics	1981	Dragon Fyre
Roller	Jetline	Gröna Lund	Sweden	Sit-Down	Zierer	1988	N/A
Roller	Lightning Bolt	MGM Grand Adventures	USA	Family	Intamin	1993	N/A
Roller	Mini Mine Train	Six Flags Over Texas	USA	Hybrid Family	Arrow Dynamics	Unknown	N/A
Powered	Runaway Train	American Adventure	UK	Family	Big Country Motioneering	June 1987	Yosemite Mine Train
Roller	Scooby-Doo's Ghoster Coaster	Paramount's Kings Dominion	USA	Wooden	Philadelphia Toboggan Coasters, Inc.	1974	Scooby Doo
Roller	Sky Looper	American Adventure	UK	Sit-Down	Soquet	1995	Gladiators
Roller	Timber Terror	Silverwood Theme Park	USA	Wooden	Custom Coasters International, Inc.	May 25, 1996	Grizzly
Roller	Wild Beast	Paramount Canada's Wonderland	Canada	Wooden	Unknown	1981	Wilde Beaste
Roller	Wild Maus	Busch Gardens Williamsburg	USA	Wild Mouse	Mack Rides	1996	Izzy

Closed

Class	Name	Park	Location	Type	Manufacturer	Opened	Closed	Relocated
Roller	Chaos	Opryland USA	USA	Enclosed	Vekoma	March 25, 1989	October 25	Old Indiana Fun Park (Never setup)
Roller	Firecracker	Holiday World	USA	Sit-Down	Pinfari	1981	Unknown	Jolly Roger Amusement Park
Roller	Galaxi	Myrtle Beach Pavilion	USA	Sit-Down	SDC	Unknown	Unknown	N/A
Roller	Hangman	Opryland USA	USA	Inverted	Vekoma	May 1, 1995	October 25	Marine World Africa USA
Roller	New Beast	Alton Towers	UK	Sit-Down	Schwarzkopf	1988	Unknown	Divertido
Roller	Rock n' Roller Coaster	Opryland USA	USA	Sit-Down	Arrow Dynamics	May 27, 1972	December 31	Old Indiana Fun Park
Roller	Screamin' Delta Demon	Opryland USA	USA	Bobsled	Intamin	1984	December 31	Old Indiana Fun Park
Powered	Tokaydo Express	Blackpool Pleasure Beach	UK	Sit-Down	Pinfari	1980	Unknown	Brean Leisure Park
Roller	Wabash Cannonball	Opryland USA	USA	Sit-Down	Arrow Dynamics	1975	December 31	Old Indiana Fun Park
Roller	Wild Mouse	Brean Theme Park	UK	Sit-Down	Butlin's	1986	Unknown	N/A
Roller	Wildcat	Bell's Amusement Park	USA	Sit-Down	Schwarzkopf	1974	April 20	Jolly Roger Amusement Park
Roller	Zambezi Zinger	Worlds of Fun	USA	Sit-Down	Schwarzkopf	May 26, 1973	Unknown	Parque del Café
Roller	Zillerator	Playland	Canada	Sit-Down	D.P.V. Rides	1996	Unknown	Butler Amusements (travelling)