2002 in coasters

Events by year

2001	2002 in coasters	2003
2001	2002 in rides	2003

This page is for everything related to roller coasters, powered coasters, and alpine coasters, that occurred during the year 2002.

Opened

Class	Name	Park	Location	Type	Manufacturer	Opened
Roller	Abandon Mine	Uncle Bernie's Theme Park	USA	Kiddie	Molina & Son's	Unknown
Roller	Air	Alton Towers	UK	Flying	Bolliger & Mabillard	March 16
Roller	Avalancha	Xetulul	Guatemala	Sit-Down	Intamin	June
Roller	Barry's Big Dipper	Barry's Amusements	UK	Sit-Down	Pinfari	July
Roller	Bat Coaster	Nigloland	France	Inverted	Pinfari	March 30
Roller	Batman - The Dark Knight	Six Flags New England	USA	Floorless	Bolliger & Mabillard	April 20
Roller	Batman la Fuga	Parque Warner Madrid	Spain	Inverted	Bolliger & Mabillard	April 6
Roller	Butterfly	Mega Speelstad	Belgium	Kiddie Shuttle	Sunkid Heege GmbH	Unknown
Roller	Butterfly	Abenteurwelt Mautern	Austria	Kiddie Shuttle	Sunkid Heege GmbH	Unknown
Roller	Camel Trophy	Al-Hamrah Entertainment Village	Saudi Arabia	Family	Pax Company	August
Roller	Colossus	Thorpe Park	UK	Sit-Down	Intamin	March 22
Roller	Crazy Mouse	Brean Leisure Park	UK	Spinning Wild Mouse	Reverchon	Unknown
Roller	Flying Coaster	Elitch Gardens	USA	Flying	Zamperla	May 18
Roller	Fruit Worm Coaster	Sun Park	China	Kiddie	Golden Horse	Unknown
Roller	Goliath	Six Flags Holland	Netherlands	Sit-Down	Intamin	March 29
Roller	Jammin	M&D's Scotland's Theme Park	UK	Spinning Family	Barbisan	July 3
Roller	Jubilee Odyssey	Fantasy Island	UK	Inverted	Vekoma	May 25
Roller	Klondike Gold Rusher	Wild Waves and Enchanted Village	USA	Wild Mouse	Zamperla	Unknown
Roller	Lost Coaster of Superstition Mountain	Indiana Beach	USA	Wooden Hybrid Enclosed	Custom Coasters International	June 8
Roller	Mine Coaster	Happy Valley (Shenzhen)	China	Sit-Down	Vekoma	May 1
Roller	New Mexico Rattler	Cliff's Amusement Park	USA	Wooden Hybrid	Custom Coasters International	September 28
Roller	Primeval Whirl	Disney's Animal Kingdom	USA	Spinning Wild Mouse	Reverchon	March 21
Roller	Queen Bee	Botton's Pleasure Beach	UK	Inverted Family	Pinfari	Unknown
Roller	Ricochet	Paramount Carowinds	USA	Wild Mouse	Mack Rides	March 23
Roller	Ricochet	Paramount's Kings Dominion	USA	Wild Mouse	Mack Rides	March 23
Roller	Roller Coaster	Rotary Storyland and Playland	USA	Kiddie	Molina & Son's	Unknown
Roller	Roller Soaker	Hersheypark	USA	Suspended Family	Setpoint	May 4
Roller	Rugrats Runaway Reptar	Dreamworld	Australia	Inverted Family	Vekoma	December 26
Roller	Silver Star	Europa Park	Germany	Hyper	Bolliger & Mabillard	March 23
Roller	Snow Mountain Flying Dragon	Happy Valley (Shenzhen)	China	Inverted	Vekoma	May 1
Roller	Star Jet	Casino Pier	USA	Sit-Down	E&F Miler Industries	Unknown
Roller	Stunt Fall	Parque Warner Madrid	Spain	Inverted Shuttle	Vekoma	August 8
Powered	Super Jet	Calaway Park	Canada	Kiddie	Wisdom Rides	Unknown
Roller	Superman Ultimate Flight	Six Flags Over Georgia	USA	Flying	Bolliger & Mabillard	April 6
Roller	Superman: La Atracción de Acero	Parque Warner Madrid	Spain	Floorless	Bolliger & Mabillard	April 6
Roller	Teletren	Parque Diversiones	Costa Rica	Family	Zamperla	December
Roller	Tiger Terror	Safari Land	USA	Family	Wisdom Rides	September 17
Roller	Vampire	La Ronde	Canada	Inverted	Bolliger & Mabillard	May 18
Roller	Wally Whales Deep Dive Adventure	Farglory Ocean Park	Taiwan	Family	Vekoma	Unknown
Roller	Wicked Twister	Cedar Point	USA	Inverted Launched Shuttle	Intamin	May 5
Roller	Wild Mine Company	Sofia Park	Bulgaria	Wild Mouse	L&T Systems	Unknown
Roller	Wildcat	Wild Island	USA	Sit-Down	E&F Miler Industries	June
Roller	Winjas	Phantasialand	Germany	Spinning Indoor Twin	Maurer AG	March 30
Roller	X	Six Flags Magic Mountain	USA	4th Dimension Winged Hyper	Arrow Dynamics	January 12
Roller	Xcelerator	Knott's Berry Farm	USA	Launched	Intamin	June 22

Relocations

Class	Name	Park	Country	Type	Manufacturer	Opened	Formerly
Roller	Big Bad John	Magic Springs & Crystal Falls	USA	Hybrid	Arrow Dynamics	Unknown	Thunder Express at Dollywood
Roller	Chicken Express	High Hopes Orchard	USA	Kiddie	Allan Herschell Company	Unknown	unknown at Bayville Amusements
Roller	Looping Star	Luneur	Italy	Sit-Down	Schwarzkopf	Unknown	Looping Star at Plutón Park
Powered	Speed Chenille	Fami P.A.R.C	France	Family	Soquet	Unknown	Chenille at Jardin d'Acclimatation
Roller	Tom y Jerry	Parque Warner Madrid	Spain	Family	Zierer	April 6	Boardwalk Canyon Blaster at Six Flags Fiesta Texas
Roller	Viper	Loudoun Castle	UK	Sit-Down	Schwarzkopf	July 20	Viper at Lightwater Valley

Refurbished/Rethemed

Class	Name	Park	Country	Type	Manufacturer	Opened	Formerly
Roller	Tsunami	Six Flags México	USA	Family	Zierer	1981	Catarina Voladora
Roller	Twisted Twins	Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom	USA	Wooden Hybrid	Custom Coasters International, Inc.	June 20, 1998	Twisted Sisters
Roller	Vampire	Chessington World of Adventures	UK	Suspended	Arrow Dynamics	April 11, 1990	N/A
Roller	Viper	Six Flags Great Adventure	USA	Sit-Down	TOGO	June 2, 1995	N/A

Closures

Class	Name	Park	Country	Type	Manufacturer	Opened	Closed	Relocated
Roller	Batflyer	Lightwater Valley	UK	Suspended Single rail Family	Unknown	1996	Unknown	World of Miniature
Roller	Crazy Loop	Pleasure Island Family Theme Park	UK	Sit-Down	Pinfari	March 31, 1996	Unknown	Brean Leisure Park
Roller	Galaxy	Loudoun Castle	UK	Sit-Down	SDC	1999	Unknown	Travelling
Roller	Greased Lightnin'	Paramount's Great America	USA	Launched Shuttle	Schwarzkopf	July 8, 1977	Unknown	Six Flags Marine World
Roller	HangOver	Liseberg	Sweden	Inverted Shuttle	Vekoma	1997	Unknown	Allou! Fun Park
Roller	Happy Mountain	Terra Encantada	Brazil	Family	Três Eixos	December 2001	February 17	N/A
Roller	Jack Rabbit	Clementon Amusement Park	USA	Wooden	Philadelphia Toboggan Coasters, Inc.	1919	Unknown	N/A
Roller	Jumbo Jet	Coney Island	USA	Sit-Down	Schwarzkopf	1980 or later	2002	Xinghai Square
Roller	Little Dipper	LeSourdsville Lake Amusement Park	USA	Kiddie	Allan Herschell Company	Unknown	Unknown	Sluggers & Putters
Roller	Looping Star	Dreamland Margate	UK	Sit-Down	Schwarzkopf	2001	Unknown	Loudoun Castle
Roller	Pedro's Mouse	Pedroland Park	USA	Wild Mouse	L&T Systems	July 17, 2001	Unknown	Travelling
Roller	Runaway Coaster	Rotunda Amusement Park	UK	Wooden Side friction	Unknown	1997	Unknown	N/A
Roller	Screechin' Eagle	LeSourdsville Lake Amusement Park	USA	Wooden	John A. Miller	May 25, 1940	Unknown	N/A
Roller	Serpent	LeSourdsville Lake Amusement Park	USA	Sit-Down	SDC	1989	Unknown	Kokomo's Family Fun Center
Roller	ShockWave	Six Flags Great America	USA	Sit-Down	Arrow Dynamics	June 3, 1988	Unknown	N/A
Roller	Thrillseeker	Sea World	Australia	Sit-Down	SDC	1982	April 30	Travelling
Roller	Tornado	Six Flags Belgium	Belgium	Sit-Down	Vekoma	1979	Unknown	N/A
Powered	Venom	Camelot Theme Park	UK	Family Enclosed	Unknown	1983	Unknown	Tir Prince Family Funfair
Roller	Wacky Worm	Loudoun Castle	UK	Family	Unknown	1999	Unknown	Travelling

Short operations

Class	Name	Park	Location	Type	Manufacturer	Opened	Formerly	Closed	Relocated
Roller	Roller Coaster	Canvey Island Amusement Park	UK	Sit-Down	Pinfari	Unknown	Roller Coaster at Billing Aquadrome	Unknown	Grove Land