1999 in coasters

Events by year

1998	1999 in coasters	2000
1998	1999 in rides	2000

This page is for everything related to roller coasters, powered coasters, and alpine coasters, that occurred during the year 1999.

Opened

Class	Name	Park	Location	Type	Manufacturer	Opened
Roller	Anaconda	Gold Reef City	South Africa	Inverted	Giovanola	Unknown
Roller	Apollo's Chariot	Busch Gardens Williamsburg	USA	Hyper	Bolliger & Mabillard	March 27
Roller	Batman The Ride	Six Flags Over Texas	USA	Inverted	Bolliger & Mabillard	May 26
Roller	Big Dipper	Michigan's Adventure	USA	Kiddie	Chance Rides	Unknown
Powered	Billi-Billi	Hopi Hari	Brazil	Kiddie	Zamperla	Unknown
Roller	Blackbeard's Lost Treasure Train	Six Flags Great Adventure	USA	Family	Zierer	Unknown
Roller	Boomerang	Six Flags Elitch Gardens	USA	Shuttle	Vekoma	April 30
Roller	Boomerang	Six Flags Fiesta Texas	USA	Shuttle	Vekoma	March 13
Roller	Canyon Blaster	Six Flags Magic Mountain	USA	Kiddie	E&F Miler Industries	Unknown
Roller	Coccinelle	Walibi Wavre	Belgium	Kiddie	Zierer	Unknown
Roller	Crazy Mouse	Gulliver's Land	UK	Kiddie Enclosed	L&T Systems	Unknown
Roller	Crazy Mouse	Myrtle Beach Grand Prix	USA	Spinning Wild Mouse	Reverchon	June 7
Roller	Diving coaster “Vanish!”	Yokohama Cosmoworld	Japan	Sit-Down	Senyo Kogyo	March 18
Roller	Dragon	Legoland California	USA	Sit-Down	Vekoma	March 20
Roller	Dragon's Apprentice	Legoland Windsor	UK	Family	W.G.H. Transportation Engineering	Unknown
Roller	Dueling Dragons	Universal's Islands of Adventure	USA	Inverted Twin	Bolliger & Mabillard	May 28
Roller	Exterminator	Kennywood	USA	Spinning Enclosed Wild Mouse	Reverchon	April 18
Roller	Face/Off	Paramount's Kings Island	USA	Inverted Shuttle	Vekoma	April 17
Roller	Fly	Paramount Canada's Wonderland	Canada	Wild Mouse	Mack Rides	May 2
Roller	Flying Dragon Wagon	Branson USA	USA	Kiddie	Wisdom Rides	May
Roller	Georgia Scorcher	Six Flags Over Georgia	USA	Stand-Up	Bolliger & Mabillard	May 8
Roller	Gold Rush	Wild Adventures	USA	Family	Chance Rides	Unknown
Roller	Great Chase	Six Flags America	USA	Family	Zamperla	May 8
Roller	Gwazi	Busch Gardens Tampa	USA	Wooden Twin	Great Coasters International	June 18
Roller	Hangman	Wild Adventures	USA	Inverted	Vekoma	May 8
Roller	Howler	Holiday World	USA	Family	Zamperla	May 8
Powered	Humlebien	Fårup Sommerland	Denmark	Kiddie	CAM Baby Kart	Unknown
Roller	Iceland Roller Coaster	Foton World	UAE	Family	Modern Products	December
Roller	Incredible Hulk Coaster	Universal's Islands of Adventure	USA	Launched	Bolliger & Mabillard	May 28
Roller	Joker's Jinx	Six Flags America	USA	Launched	Premier Rides	May 8
Roller	Karavanen	Tivoli Gardens	Denmark	Kiddie	Zierer	Unknown
Roller	Ladybird	Wicksteed Park	UK	Kiddie	Zierer	Unknown
Roller	Limit	Heide-Park Soltau	Germany	Inverted	Vekoma	Unknown
Roller	Log Coaster	Gulliver's Land	UK	Family	Rides and Fun	Unknown
Roller	Looping	Magic Park	Brazil	Sit-Down	Pinfari	December 12
Roller	Mad Mouse	Michigan's Adventure	USA	Wild Mouse	Arrow Dynamics	Unknown
Roller	Mad Mouse	Valleyfair	USA	Wild Mouse	Arrow Dynamics	May 8
Roller	Matterhorn Blitz	Europa-Park	Germany	Wild Mouse	Mack Rides	March 25
Roller	Medusa	Six Flags Great Adventure	USA	Floorless	Bolliger & Mabillard	April 2
Roller	Millennium Roller Coaster	Fantasy Island	UK	Sit-Down	Vekoma	May 22
Roller	Montezum	Hopi Hari	Brazil	Wooden	Roller Coaster Corporation of America	Unknown
Roller	Oachkatzl	Märchenwald im Isartal	Germany	Family	Gerstlauer	Unknown
Roller	Pirates Island Typhoon	Shibamasa World	Japan	Sit-Down	Meisho Amusement Machines	Unknown
Roller	Poltergeist	Six Flags Fiesta Texas	USA	Launched	Premier Rides	May 28
Roller	Pteranodon Flyers	Universal's Islands of Adventure	USA	Suspended Single rail Family	Setpoint SpectraF/X Inc.	May 28
Roller	Python Pit	Jeepers	USA	Family Indoor	E&F Miler Industries	Unknown
Roller	Raging Bull	Six Flags Great America	USA	Hyper	Bolliger & Mabillard	May 1
Roller	Ratón Loco	La Feria Chapultepec Magico	Mexico	Spinning Wild Mouse	Reverchon	Unknown
Roller	Road Runner Railway	Six Flags Great Adventure	USA	Family	Zamperla	Unknown
Roller	Roadrunner Express	Six Flags Marine World	USA	Family	Zamperla	Unknown
Roller	Roar	Six Flags Marine World	USA	Wooden	Great Coasters International	May 14
Roller	Rock 'n' Roller Coaster	Disney's Hollywood Studios	USA	Launched Enclosed	Vekoma	July 29
Roller	Roller Coaster	Boomers Family Fun Center	USA	Family	Zamperla	June 11
Roller	Rollies Coaster	Morey's Piers	USA	Sit-Down	Pinfari	Unknown
Roller	Sea Serpent	Deno's Wonder Wheel Amusement Park	USA	Kiddie	E&F Miler Industries	Unknown
Roller	Serial Thriller	Six Flags AstroWorld	USA	Inverted	Vekoma	May 29
Roller	Silver Comet	Martin's Fantasy Island	USA	Wooden Hybrid	Custom Coasters International	May 1
Powered	Silver Streak	Storyland	Philippines	Indoor	Zamperla	Unknown
Roller	Steel Eel	SeaWorld San Antonio	USA	Sit-Down	Morgan	March 6
Roller	Superman - Ride Of Steel	Six Flags Darien Lake	USA	Hyper	Intamin	May 15
Roller	Taxi Jam	Paramount's Great America	USA	Family	E&F Miler Industries	Unknown
Roller	Tennessee Tornado	Dollywood	USA	Sit-Down	Arrow Dynamics	April 17
Roller	Tiger Express	Oakland Zoo	USA	Kiddie	Wisdom Rides	Unknown
Roller	Top Gun - The Jet Coaster	Paramount Carowinds	USA	Inverted	Bolliger & Mabillard	March 20
Roller	Tornado	Parque de Atracciones de Madrid	Spain	Inverted	Intamin	May 23
Roller	Traumatizer	Pleasureland Southport	UK	Inverted	Vekoma	Unknown
Roller	Tree Top Racers	Adventure City	USA	Wild Mouse	Miler Manufacturing	Unknown
Roller	Tremors	Silverwood Theme Park	USA	Wooden	Custom Coasters International	May 15
Roller	Twister	Knoebels	USA	Wooden	Self-Built	July 24
Roller	Two-Face: The Flip Side	Six Flags America	USA	Inverted Shuttle	Vekoma	May 8
Roller	Vampire	Walibi Wavre	Belgium	Inverted	Vekoma	Unknown
Roller	Vurang	Hopi Hari	Brazil	Spinning Enclosed	Intamin	Unknown
Roller	Wild Mine Ride	Gulliver's World	UK	Wild Mouse	L&T Systems	Unknown
Roller	Wild Mouse	Casino Pier	USA	Wild Mouse	E&F Miler Industries	May 28
Roller	Wild Mouse	Hersheypark	USA	Wild Mouse	Mack Rides	May 8
Roller	Wild West Mine Train	Ocean Park	China	Sit-Down	Zamperla	Unknown
Roller	Wild Wild West	Warner Bros. Movie World Germany	Germany	Wooden	Roller Coaster Corporation of America	May 7
Roller	Woodstock Express	Cedar Point	USA	Sit-Down	Vekoma	May 10
Roller	Woody Woodpecker's Nuthouse Coaster	Universal Studios Florida	USA	Sit-Down	Vekoma	March 13
Roller	Zoooooom	Oaks Amusement Park	USA	Kiddie	E&F Miler Industries	Unknown

Relocations

Class	Name	Park	Country	Type	Manufacturer	Opened	Formerly
Roller	Achterbahn	Skyline Park	Germany	Sit-Down	Schwarzkopf	Unknown	Achterbahn with Purwin (Travelling )
Roller	Crazy Mouse	Steel Pier	USA	Spinning Wild Mouse	Reverchon	Unknown	Crazy Mouse at Dinosaur Beach
Powered	Drachen Bahn	Taunus Wunderland	Germany	Family	Zamperla	Unknown	Travelling
Roller	Firestorm	Branson USA	USA	Sit-Down	S&MC	May	Travelling
Roller	Galaxy	Loudoun Castle	UK	Sit-Down	SDC	Unknown	Codona's Amusement Park
Roller	Katapul	Hopi Hari	Brazil	Launched Shuttle	Schwarzkopf	Unknown	Thunderlooper at Alton Towers
Roller	Nightmare at Crack Axle Canyon	Great Escape & Splashwater Kingdom	USA	Enclosed	Schwarzkopf	Unknown	Starchaser at Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom
Roller	Pepsi Python	Coney Island	USA	Sit-Down	D.P.V. Rides	Unknown	Python at Splash Zone Water Park
Roller	Taunusblitz	Taunus Wunderland	Germany	Wild Mouse	Mack Rides	Unknown	Wilde Maus with Otto Barth (Travelling )
Roller	Toboggan	Grand Prix Amusements	Canada	Sit-Down	Chance Rides	Unknown	Toboggan at Arnolds Park
Roller	Wacky Worm	Loudoun Castle	UK	Kiddie	Unknown	Unknown	Wacky Worm with Derek Codona (Travelling )
Roller	Wildcat	Jolly Roger Amusement Park	USA	Sit-Down	Schwarzkopf	Unknown	Rails at Valleyfair

Refurbished/Rethemed

Class	Name	Park	Country	Type	Manufacturer	Opened	Formerly
Roller	Corkscrew	Alton Towers	UK	Sit-Down	Vekoma	April 4, 1980	N/A
Roller	Daidarasaurus	Expoland	Japan	Möbius	Sansei Yusoki	1970	N/A
Roller	Froschflitzer	Serengeti-Park	Germany	Sit-Down	Zierer	1983	Marienkäferbahn
Roller	Great Chase	Six Flags Elitch Gardens	USA	Kiddie	Allan Herschell Company	May 27, 1995	Wild Kitten
Roller	Jellikins Coaster	Fantasy Island	UK	Kiddie Indoor	W.G.H. Transportation Engineering	1996	Kiddy Fun Coaster
Roller	Slangen	Tivoli Gardens	Denmark	Sit-Down	Zierer	1989	Kometen
Roller	Texas Tornado	Six Flags AstroWorld	USA	Sit-Down	Schwarzkopf	March 14, 1998	Taz's Texas Tornado
Roller	Turbine	Walibi Wavre	Belgium	Launched Shuttle	Schwarzkopf	1982	Sirocco
Roller	Twin Looper	American Adventure World	UK	Sit-Down	Soquet	1995	Sky Looper

Closures

Class	Name	Park	Country	Type	Manufacturer	Opened	Closed	Relocated
Roller	American Coaster	Frontierland Western Theme Park	UK	Kiddie	Supercar	1984 or earlier	Unknown	John Bagnall (Travelling )
Roller	Big Apple	Dreamland Margate	UK	Kiddie	Pinfari	1978	Unknown	N/A
Roller	Black Widow	Riverside Amusement Park	USA	Launched Shuttle	Arrow Dynamics	1977	Unknown	Old Indiana Fun-n-Water Park (Never set-up)
Roller	Corkscrew	Myrtle Beach Pavilion	USA	Sit-Down	Arrow Dynamics	1978	September 6	Salitre Magico
Roller	Galaxi	Fun Fair Park	USA	Sit-Down	SDC	1978	Unknown	Blue Bayou Dixie Landin'
Roller	Jet Star	Morey's Piers	USA	Sit-Down	Schwarzkopf	1993	Unknown	Luna Park La Palmyre
Roller	Ladybird	Dreamland Margate	UK	Family	Zierer	March 1982	Unknown	N/A
Roller	Little Rickie's Little Twiste	Riverside Amusement Park	USA	Kiddie	Allan Herschell Company	1978 or earlier	Unknown	Old Indiana Fun-n-Water Park (Never set-up)
Roller	Mäuseachterbahn	Spielerei Rheda-Wiedenbrück	Germany	Sit-Down	Zierer	1996	Unknown	Freizeitpark Plohn
Roller	Mini Roller Coaster	Rotunda Amusement Park	UK	Kiddie	Lang Wheels	1993 or earlier	Unknown	Gary Penfold (Travelling )
Roller	Orient Express	Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk	USA	Family	Wisdom Rides	1998	Unknown	Palace Playland
Roller	Rattler	Frontierland Western Theme Park	UK	Kiddie	Pinfari	1991	Unknown	Blackpool Pleasure Beach
Roller	Runaway Mine Train	Frontierland Western Theme Park	UK	Wooden Wild Mouse	Blackpool Pleasure Beach	1960	Unknown	Pleasureland Southport
Powered	Runaway Train	Paultons Park	UK	Family	Big Country Motioneering	1992	Unknown	Dunes Leisure
Roller	Super Screamer	Adventureland	USA	Sit-Down	SDC	1976	Unknown	Splash Kingdom Waterpark
Roller	Texas Tornado	Frontierland Western Theme Park	UK	Wooden	Charles Paige	1939	Unknown	N/A
Roller	Thunderail	Hamel's Park	USA	Sit-Down	Pinfari	1978	Unknown	Celebration City
Roller	Thunderbolt Express	Camden Park	USA	Launched Shuttle	Arrow Dynamics	1988	Unknown	N/A
Roller	Vampire	Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom	USA	Shuttle	Vekoma	1990	Unknown	Six Flags New England
Roller	Wervelwind	Bobbejaanland	Belgium	Sit-Down	Vekoma	1982	Unknown	Bosque Mágico
Roller	Zyklon	Morey's Piers	USA	Sit-Down	Pinfari	1967 - 1969	Unknown	N/A

Short Operations

Class	Name	Park	Country	Type	Manufacturer	Opened	Closed	Relocated
Roller	Wild Wonder	Gillian's Wonderland Pier	USA	Wild Mouse	Zamperla	July 1	August 28	Magic Springs