2001 in coasters

Events by year

2000	2001 in coasters	2002
2000	2001 in rides	2002
2000	2001 in water slides	2002

This page is for everything related to roller coasters, powered coasters, and alpine coasters, that occurred during the year 2001.

Opened

Class	Name	Park	Location	Type	Manufacturer	Opened
Roller	Achtbaan	Toverland	Netherlands	Indoor	Vekoma	May 19
Roller	Achterbahn	Bayern Park	Germany	Sit-Down	Zierer	Unknown
Roller	Batflyer	Hamanako Pal Pal	Japan	Suspended Single rail Kiddie	Caripro	Unknown
Roller	Batwing	Six Flags America	USA	Flying	Vekoma	June 16
Roller	Birdmen	Fuji-Q Highland	Japan	Flying	Hoei Sangyo Co., Ltd.	Unknown
Roller	California Screamin'	Disney's California Adventure	USA	Launched	Intamin	February 8
Roller	Cheetah	Wild Adventures	USA	Wooden Hybrid	Custom Coasters International	June 16
Roller	Cobra	Six Flags Belgium	Belgium	Shuttle	Vekoma	April 28
Roller	Colossos	Heide-Park Soltau	Germany	Wooden	Intamin	April 13
Roller	Cornball Express	Indiana Beach	USA	Wooden Hybrid	Custom Coasters International	May 18
Roller	Déjà Vu	Six Flags Great America	USA	Inverted Shuttle	Vekoma	October 6
Roller	Déjà Vu	Six Flags Magic Mountain	USA	Inverted Shuttle	Vekoma	August 25
Roller	Déjà Vu	Six Flags Over Georgia	USA	Inverted Shuttle	Vekoma	September 1
Roller	Dodonpa	Fuji-Q Highland	Japan	Launched	S&S Worldwide	December 21
Roller	Dolphin Coaster	Sea Paradise	Japan	Wild Mouse	Top Fun	Unknown
Roller	Elf	Hirakata Park	Japan	Wooden	Intamin	March
Roller	Eraser	Warner Bros. Movie World Germany	Germany	Inverted	Vekoma	April 6
Roller	Expedition GeForce	Holiday Park	Germany	Sit-down	Intamin	June 18
Roller	Family Adventure	Mirabilandia	Italy	Sit-Down	Vekoma	April 1
Roller	Flagermusen	Fårup Sommerland	Denmark	Spinning Wild Mouse	Reverchon	May 11
Roller	Flounder's Flying Fish Coaster	Tokyo DisneySea	Japan	Kiddie	TOGO	September 4
Roller	Happy Mountain	Terra Encantada	Brazil	Family	Três Eixos	December
Roller	HyperSonic XLC	Paramount's Kings Dominion	USA	Launched	S&S Worldwide	March 24
Roller	Insane Speed	Janfusun Fancyworld	Taiwan	Floorless	Bolliger & Mabillard	Unknown
Roller	Kombo	Indianapolis Zoo	USA	Family	Zierer	April 19
Roller	Kumba	Superland	Israel	Inverted	Vekoma	June 16
Roller	Loup-Garou	Six Flags Belgium	Belgium	Wooden	Vekoma	April 28
Roller	Merlin's Revenge	Castle Park	USA	Family	Vekoma	July 13
Roller	Mine Train	Attractiepark Slagharen	Netherlands	Sit-Down	Vekoma	April
Roller	Mulholland Madness	Disney's California Adventure	USA	Wild Mouse	Mack Rides	August 21
Roller	Nitro	Six Flags Great Adventure	USA	Hyper	Bolliger & Mabillard	April 7
Roller	Pedro's Mouse	Pedroland Park	USA	Wild Mouse	L&T Systems	July 17
Roller	Phantom's Revenge	Kennywood	USA	Hyper Terrain	Morgan	May 19
Roller	Psycho Mouse	California's Great America	USA	Wild Mouse	Arrow Dynamics	March 24
Roller	Quicksilver Express	Bonfante Gardens Theme Park	USA	Terrain	Morgan	June 15
Roller	Rugrats Runaway Reptar	Paramount's Kings Island	USA	Inverted	Vekoma	April 7
Roller	Screaming Condor	Leofoo Village Theme Park	Taiwan	Inverted Launched Shuttle	Intamin	Unknown
Roller	Silver Streak	Paramount Canada's Wonderland	Canada	Inverted	Vekoma	May 6
Roller	Sky Rider	Skyline Park	Germany	Suspended Spinning Single rail	Caripro	Unknown
Roller	Talon	Dorney Park	USA	Inverted	Bolliger & Mabillard	May 5
Roller	Technic Coaster	Legoland California	USA	Wild Mouse	Mack Rides	April 7
Roller	Thundercoaster	TusenFryd	Norway	Wooden	Vekoma	May 1
Roller	Timber Twister	Bonfante Gardens Theme Park	USA	Kiddie	Zierer	June 15
Roller	Titan	Six Flags Over Texas	USA	Hyper	Giovanola	April 27
Roller	Tornado	Särkänniemi	Finland	Inverted	Intamin	April 30
Roller	Tower of Terror	Gold Reef City	South Africa	Sit-down	Unknown	December
Roller	Trace Du Hourra	Parc Astérix	France	Bobsled	Mack Rides	March 31
Roller	Twistrix	Drievliet Family Park	Netherlands	Spinning Kiddie	Maurer Rides GmbH	Unknown
Roller	V²	Six Flags Great America	USA	Inverted Launched Shuttle	Intamin	May 18
Roller	V²: Vertical Velocity	Six Flags Marine World	USA	Inverted Launched Shuttle	Intamin	June 8
Roller	Wild Thing	Lake Winnepesaukah	USA	Wild Mouse	L&T Systems	Unknown
Roller	Wildfire	Silver Dollar City	USA	Sit-down	Bolliger & Mabillard	April 4
Roller	Wile E. Coyote's Grand Canyon Blaster	Six Flags Over Texas	USA	Kiddie	Chance Rides	March 10
Roller	X-Flight	Geauga Lake	USA	Flying	Vekoma	May 26

Relocations

Class	Name	Park	Location	Type	Manufacturer	Opened	Formerly
Roller	Galaxi	Blue Bayou Dixie Landin'	USA	Sit-Down	SDC	July 11	Galaxi at Fun Fair Park
Roller	Looping Star	Vidámpark	Hungary	Sit-Down	Schwarzkopf	Unknown	Thunder Loop Express at Loudoun Castle
Roller	Ragin' Cajun	Blue Bayou Dixie Landin'	USA	Shuttle	Vekoma	July 11	Boomerang at Starcoast World
Roller	Tornado	Bosque Mágico	Mexico	Sit-Down	Vekoma	April 7	Wervelwind at Bobbejaanland
Roller	Wildcat	Williams Grove Amusement Park	USA	Sit-Down	Schwarzkopf	May 20	Wildcat at Steel Pier

Rethemed / Refurbishments

Class	Name	Park	Country	Type	Manufacturer	Opened	Formerly
Roller	Coleoz'Arbres	Bagatelle	France	Sit-Down	Schwarzkopf	April 3, 1994	Jet Star
Roller	Cyclone	Six Flags New England	USA	Wooden	William Cobb & Associates	July 20, 1983	N/A
Roller	Flight of Fear	Paramount's Kings Dominion	USA	Launched Enclosed	Premier Rides	June 18, 1996	Outer Limits: Flight of Fear
Roller	Flight of Fear	Paramount's Kings Island	USA	Launched Enclosed	Premier Rides	June 18, 1996	Outer Limits: Flight of Fear
Roller	Goliath Jr.	Six Flags Magic Mountain	USA	Kiddie	Bradley and Kaye	1971	Wile E. Coyote Coaster
Roller	Ladybug Coaster	Adventureland	USA	Family	Zierer	2000	Paul Bunyan Express
Roller	Magic Mouse	New Pleasurewood Hills	UK	Spinning Wild Mouse	Reverchon	2000	Crazy Coaster
Roller	Temple of the Night Hawk	Phantasialand	Germany	Enclosed	Vekoma	April 1, 1988	Space Center

Closed

Class	Name	Park	Country	Type	Manufacturer	Opened	Closed	Relocated
Roller	Big Dipper	Luna Park	Australia	Sit-Down	Arrow Dynamics	1995	January 27	Dreamworld
Roller	Bone Shaker	Knowsley Safari Park	UK	Kiddie	Unknown	1991 or earlier	Unknown	N/A
Roller	Crazy Mouse	Motor World	USA	Spinning Wild Mouse	Reverchon	May 24, 2000	Unknown	Amusements of America (travelling)
Powered	Figure of Eight	Brean Leisure Park	UK	Sit-Down	Pinfari	1998	Unknown	Vidampark
Roller	Flying Dragon Wagon	Branson USA	USA	Kiddie	Wisdom Rides	May 1999	Unknown	FastTrax Entertainment
Roller	Flying Trapeze	Flamingo Land	UK	Sit-Down	Zierer	1998	November	Grove Land
Roller	Fun Express	Spreepark	Germany	Family	FAB	1996	Unknown	N/A
Roller	Gebirgsbahn	Phantasialand	Germany	Sit-Down	Schwarzkopf	1975	May 1	N/A
Powered	Grand Canyon Bahn	Phantasialand	Germany	Sit-Down	Schwarzkopf	1978	May 1	N/A
Roller	Himalaya	Luneur	Italy	Sit-Down	Pinfari	1968 or earlier	Unknown	N/A
Roller	Jet Star	Spreepark	Germany	Sit-Down	Schwarzkopf	1970	Unknown	Play Land Park
Roller	Joker's Revenge	Six Flags Fiesta Texas	USA	Sit-Down	Vekoma	May 10, 1996	August 25	Six Flags New Orleans
Roller	King Cobra	Paramount's Kings Island	USA	Stand-Up	TOGO	April 22, 1984	November 5	N/A
Roller	Mega Looping Bahn	Spreepark	Germany	Sit-Down	Vekoma	Unknown	Unknown	Euro Park
Powered	Spreeblitz	Spreepark	Germany	Family	Mack Rides	Unknown	Unknown	N/A
Roller	Thunder Eagle	Race World	USA	Wooden	Coaster Works, Inc.	May 1, 2000	July	Cascades d'eau de Piedmont
Powered	Tornado	Castle Amusement Park	USA	Family	Zamperla	Unknown	July	N/A
Roller	Tornado	La Feria Chapultepec Magico	Mexico	Sit-Down	Schwarzkopf	1993	Unknown	Selva Mágica
Roller	Tornado	Playcenter São Paulo	Brazil	Sit-Down	Schwarzkopf	1982	Unknown	Beto Carrero World (Never operated)
Roller	Viper	Lightwater Valley	UK	Sit-Down	Schwarzkopf	1996	Unknown	Loudoun Castle
Roller	Wildcat	Jolly Roger Amusement Park	USA	Sit-Down	Schwarzkopf	1999	Unknown	Jolly Roger Amusement Park
Roller	Zyklon	Branson USA	USA	Sit-Down	Pinfari	2000	Unknown	Saginaw County Fairgrounds