1998 in coasters

Events by year

1997	1998 in coasters	1999
1997	1998 in rides	1999
1997	1998 in water slides	1999

This page is for everything related to roller coasters, powered coasters, and alpine coasters, that occurred during the year 1998.

Opened

Class	Name	Park	Location	Type	Manufacturer	Opened
Roller	Aska	Nara Dreamland	Japan	Wooden	Intamin	Unknown
Alpine	Bärenbob	Sommerrodelbahn Grafenau	Germany	Sit-Down	Wiegand	Unknown
Roller	Batman And Robin: The Chiller	Six Flags Great Adventure	USA	Launched Shuttle Twin	Premier Rides	April 4
Roller	Bayside Coaster	Onokoro	Japan	Sit-Down	Meisho	Unknown
Roller	Big Apple	EsselWorld	India	Kiddie	Pinfari	Unknown
Roller	Blue Tornado	Gardaland	Italy	Inverted	Vekoma	Unknown
Roller	Boomerang	Wild Adventures	USA	Shuttle	Vekoma	August 7
Roller	Boomerang Coast to Coaster	Darien Lake	USA	Shuttle	Vekoma	May 16
Roller	Boomerang Coast to Coaster	Six Flags Marine World	USA	Shuttle	Vekoma	March 27
Roller	Bushwhacker	Ratanga Junction	South Africa	Sit-Down	Vekoma	Unknown
Roller	Cobra	Ratanga Junction	South Africa	Inverted	Vekoma	Unknown
Roller	Crazy Mouse	Blackpool South Pier	UK	Spinning Wild Mouse	Reverchon	May
Roller	Diamond Devil Run	Ratanga Junction	South Africa	Sit-Down	Vekoma	Unknown
Roller	Dizzy Mouse	Prater	Austria	Spinning Wild Mouse	Reverchon	Unknown
Roller	Doo Wopper	Morey's Piers	USA	Wild Mouse	Zamperla	August 7
Roller	Dragon	Legoland Windsor	UK	Terrain Dark ride	W.G.H. Transportation Engineering	Unknown
Roller	Dragon Wagon	Old Town	USA	Kiddie	Wisdom Rides	Unknown
Roller	Excalibur	Funtown Splashtown USA	USA	Wooden	Custom Coasters International, Inc.	June 5
Roller	Familienachterbahn	Erlebnispark Schloss Thurn	Germany	Kiddie	Zierer	Unknown
Powered	Flying Dragon	First World Indoor Theme Park	Malaysia	Sit-Down	Zamperla	Unknown
Roller	G'sengte Sau	Erlebnispark Tripsdrill	Germany	Sit-Down	Gerstlauer	Unknown
Roller	GhostRider	Knott's Berry Farm	USA	Wooden	Custom Coasters International, Inc.	December 8
Roller	Great Bear	Hersheypark	USA	Inverted	Bolliger & Mabillard	May 23
Roller	Green Scream	Adventure Island	UK	Family	Zierer	April
Roller	Il Bruco Magico	Mirabilandia	Italy	Family	Unknown	Unknown
Roller	Imorinth	Himeji Central Park	Japan	Kiddie	Pinfari	March
Roller	Invertigo	Paramount's Great America	USA	Inverted Shuttle	Vekoma	March 21
Roller	Joust	Dutch Wonderland	USA	Family	Chance Rides	May 23
Roller	Kukomotív	Vidámpark	Hungary	Family	D.P.V. Rides	Unknown
Roller	Linear Gale	Korakuen Amusement Park	Japan	Inverted Launched Shuttle	Intamin	Unknown
Roller	Mad Cobra	Suzuka Circuit	Japan	Launched	Premier Rides	March 21
Roller	Mad Mouse	Fuji-Q Highland	Japan	Wild Mouse	Sansei Yusoki	April
Roller	Mad Mouse	Myrtle Beach Pavilion	USA	Wild Mouse	Arrow Dynamics	June 13
Roller	Magic Mouse	Rotunda Amusement Park	UK	Spinning Wild Mouse	Reverchon	Unknown
Roller	Mamba	Worlds of Fun	USA	Hyper	Morgan	April 18
Roller	Marvel Mania	VisionLand	USA	Kiddie	E&F Miler Industries	May 23
Roller	Monte Makaya	Terra Encantada	Brazil	Sit-Down	Intamin	January 16
Roller	Mr. Freeze	Six Flags Over Texas	USA	Launched Shuttle	Premier Rides	March 24
Roller	Mr. Freeze	Six Flags St. Louis	USA	Launched Shuttle	Premier Rides	April 11
Roller	Oblivion	Alton Towers	UK	Dive	Bolliger & Mabillard	March 14
Roller	Orient Express	Fantasy Island	USA	Kiddie	Wisdom Rides	Unknown
Roller	Orient Express	Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk	USA	Family	Wisdom Rides	Unknown
Powered	Piuí	Terra Encantada	Brazil	Family	Zamperla	January 16
Roller	Python Pit	Jeepers!	USA	Family Indoor	E&F Miler Industries	Unknown
Roller	Rampage	VisionLand	USA	Wooden	Custom Coasters International, Inc.	May 23
Roller	Rattlesnake	Chessington World of Adventures	UK	Wild Mouse	Maurer Rides GmbH	Unknown
Roller	Riddler's Revenge	Six Flags Magic Mountain	USA	Stand-Up	Bolliger & Mabillard	April 4
Roller	Roar	Six Flags America	USA	Wooden	Great Coasters International	May 2
Roller	Scooby's Ghoster Coaster	Paramount's Kings Island	USA	Suspended Single rail Kiddie	Caripro	April 18
Roller	Sea Serpent	Keansburg Amusement Park	USA	Kiddie	E&F Miler Industries	Unknown
Roller	Serial Thriller	Geauga Lake	USA	Inverted	Vekoma	May 9
Roller	Shivering Timbers	Michigan's Adventure	USA	Wooden	Custom Coasters International, Inc.	May 23
Roller	Spacely's Sprocket Rockets	Six Flags Great America	USA	Sit-Down	Vekoma	Unknown
Roller	Speedy Bob	Bobbejaanland	Belgium	Wild Mouse	Mack Rides	July 2
Roller	Spin Mouse	Mitsui Greenland	Japan	Spinning Wild Mouse	Reverchon	July 9
Roller	Spinning Coaster	Yokohama Cosmoworld	Japan	Spinning Wild Mouse	Reverchon	Unknown
Roller	Spook Express	Joyland Childrens Fun Park	UK	Kiddie	W.G.H. Transportation Engineering	Unknown
Roller	Tami Tami	PortAventura	Spain	Sit-Down	Vekoma	July
Roller	Taxi Jam	Paramount Carowinds	USA	Kiddie	E&F Miler Industries	Unknown
Roller	Taxi Jam	Paramount Canada's Wonderland	Canada	Family	E&F Miler Industries	Unknown
Roller	Tiger Terror	Wild Adventures	USA	Kiddie	Wisdom Rides	Unknown
Powered	Tiny Toot	Silverwood Theme Park	USA	Family	Zamperla	May 2
Roller	Tornado	M&D's Scotland's Theme Park	UK	Sit-Down	Pinfari	Unknown
Powered	Tropical Coaster	Wakayama Adventure World	Japan	Indoor	Senyo Kogyo	Unknown
Roller	Twisted Sisters	Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom	USA	Wooden Hybrid Twin	Custom Coasters International, Inc.	June 20
Roller	Typhoon	Santa's Village AZoosment Park	USA	Sit-Down	Top Fun	July 27
Roller	Vapor Trail	Sesame Place	USA	Sit-Down	Vekoma	Unknown
Roller	Vogel Rok	Efteling	Netherlands	Enclosed	Vekoma	April 9
Roller	Volcano The Blast Coaster	Kings Dominion	USA	Launched Inverted	Intamin	August 3
Roller	Wall's Twister Ride	West Midland Safari Park	UK	Spinning Wild Mouse	Reverchon	Unknown
Roller	Wild Mouse	Dreamland Margate	UK	Wild Mouse	Maurer Söhne	Unknown
Roller	Wild Mouse	Lagoon	USA	Wild Mouse	Maurer Söhne	April 10
Roller	Wild Mouse	Mirabilandia	Italy	Wild Mouse	L&T Systems	Unknown

Relocations

Class	Name	Park	Country	Type	Manufacturer	Opened	Formerly
Roller	Alpine Bobsled	Great Escape & Splashwater Kingdom	USA	Bobsled	Intamin	Unknown	Rolling Thunder at Six Flags Great America
Roller	Big Apple	Great Yarmouth Pleasure Beach	UK	Kiddie	Pinfari	Unknown	Mini Apple at Alton Towers
Powered	Figure of Eight	Brean Leisure Park	UK	Sit-Down	Pinfari	Unknown	Tokaydo Express at Blackpool Pleasure Beach
Roller	Flying Trapeze	Flamingo Land	UK	Sit-Down	Zierer	Unknown	Four Man Bob at Pleasure Island Family Theme Park
Roller	Kong	New Marine World Theme Park	USA	Inverted	Vekoma	May	Hangman at Opryland USA
Roller	Miner Mike	Gillian's Wonderland Pier	USA	Kiddie	Wisdom Rides	Unknown	Miner Mike at Peter Piper Pizza
Roller	Montanha Russa	Walter World	Brazil	Sit-Down	Pinfari	Unknown	Zyklon at Tivoli Park
Roller	Taz's Texas Tornado	Six Flags AstroWorld	USA	Sit-Down	Schwarzkopf	March 14	Traveling as Thriller

Refurbished/Rethemed

Class	Name	Park	Country	Type	Manufacturer	Opened	Formerly
Roller	Calamity Mine	Walibi Wavre	Belgium	Sit-Down	Vekoma	July 16, 1992	Colorado
Roller	Top Cat's Taxi Jam	Paramount's Kings Island	USA	Kiddie	E&F Miler Industries	1992	Scooby Zoom

Closures

Class	Name	Park	Country	Type	Manufacturer	Opened	Closed	Relocated
Roller	Achterbahn	Hofmann & Jehn (Travelling)	Germany	Sit-Down	Schwarzkopf	1991	Unknown	Skyline Park
Roller	Bobsled	Santa's Village	USA	Kiddie	Allan Herschell Company	1962	March 1	N/A
Roller	Boomerang	Parque de Atracciones de Montjuic	Spain	Shuttle	Vekoma	1990	Unknown	Jazzland
Roller	Boomerang	Starcoast World	UK	Shuttle	Vekoma	1987	Unknown	Blue Bayou Dixie Landin'
Roller	Ciclón	Parque de Atracciones de Montjuic	Spain	Sit-Down	Robles Bouso Atracciones	1973	Unknown	PPS Park Platja d'Aro
Roller	Crazy Mouse	Dinosaur Beach	USA	Spinning Wild Mouse	Reverchon	1997	Unknown	Steel Pier
Roller	Drachen Fire	Busch Gardens Williamsburg	USA	Sit-Down	Arrow Dynamics	April 4, 1992	July 11	N/A
Roller	Excalibur	Six Flags AstroWorld	USA	Sit-Down	Arrow Dynamics	1972	Unknown	Frontier City
Roller	Flitzer	York's Wild Kingdom	USA	Sit-Down	Zierer	1991	Unknown	N/A
Roller	Galaxy	Codona's Amusement Park	UK	Sit-Down	SDC	1978	Unknown	Loudoun Castle
Roller	Golden Nugget	Dinosaur Beach	USA	Hybrid Enclosed	Philadelphia Toboggan Coasters, Inc.	1960	Unknown	Knoebels Amusement Park & Resort
Roller	Katapulta	Selva Mágica	Mexico	Launched	Schwarzkopf	Unknown	Unknown	N/A
Roller	Looping Star	Parque de Atracciones de Madrid	Spain	Sit-Down	Schwarzkopf	June 1992	Unknown	Plutón Park
Roller	Nightmare At Phantom Cave	Darien Lake	USA	Enclosed	Schwarzkopf	1996	Unknown	Great Escape & Splashwater Kingdom
Roller	Python	Adventure World	USA	Launched Shuttle	Arrow Dynamics	1993	Unknown	N/A
Roller	Rails	Valleyfair	USA	Sit-Down	Schwarzkopf	1979	Unknown	Jolly Roger Amusement Park
Roller	Roller Coaster	Tybee Island Amusement Park	USA	Kiddie	Allan Herschell Company	Unknown	September 6	N/A
Roller	Stampede	Frontierland Western Theme Park	UK	Sit-Down	Pinfari	1988	Unknown	Billing Aquadrome
Roller	The Great Alonzo's Cannonball Coaster	Adventure World	USA	Kiddie	Molina & Son's	≤ 1993	Unknown	N/A
Roller	Thunder Express	Dollywood	USA	Hybrid	Arrow Dynamics	1989	Unknown	Magic Springs & Crystal Falls
Roller	Toboggan	Great Yarmouth Pleasure Beach	UK	Sit-Down	Chance Rides	1993	Unknown	John Whittle (Travelling )
Roller	Wilde Maus	Otto Barth (Travelling)	Germany	Wild Mouse	Mack Rides	1995	Unknown	Taunus Wunderland
Roller	Zyklon	Harbour Park	UK	Sit-Down	Pinfari	1986	Unknown	Ocean Beach Pleasure Park

Short operations

Class	Name	Park	Location	Type	Manufacturer	Opened	Closed	Relocated
Roller	Toboggan	Arnolds Park	USA	Sit-Down	Chance Rides	May 16	Unknown	Grand Prix Amusements