2008 in coasters

Events by year

2007	2008 in coasters	2009
2007	2008 in rides	2009
2007	2008 in water slides	2009

This page is for everything related to roller coasters, powered coasters, and alpine coasters, that occurred during the year 2008.

Opened

Class	Name	Park	Location	Type	Manufacturer	Opened
Roller	Avatar Airbender	Nickelodeon Universe Mall of America	USA	Launched Shuttle Indoor	Intamin	March 15
Roller	Behemoth	Canada's Wonderland	Canada	Hyper	Bolliger & Mabillard	May 4
Roller	Big Dipper	Royal Adelaide Show	Australia	Sit-Down	Interpark	Unknown
Roller	Caterpillar Coaster	Harbour Park	UK	Kiddie	D.P.V. Rides	March 23
Roller	Cobra	Tivoli Friheden	Denmark	Inverted	Sartori	June 7, 2008
Roller	Crazy Mouse	Children's Grand Park	South Korea	Wild Mouse	Interpark	Unknown
Roller	Dark Knight	Six Flags Great Adventure	USA	Enclosed Wild Mouse	Mack Rides	May 25
Roller	Dark Knight	Six Flags Great America	USA	Enclosed Wild Mouse	Mack Rides	May 21
Roller	Eagles Life in the Fast Lane	Hard Rock Park	USA	Sit-Down	Vekoma	April 15
Roller	Evel Knievel	Six Flags St. Louis	USA	Wooden	Great Coasters International	June 20
Roller	Fahrenheit	Hersheypark	USA	Sit-Down	Intamin	May 24
Roller	Jet Rescue	Sea World	Australia	Motorbike	Intamin	December 26
Roller	Kawasemi	Tobu Zoo Park	Japan	Sit-Down	Intamin	March
Roller	Lynet	Fårup Sommerland	Denmark	Launched	Gerstlauer	June 5
Roller	Mammut	Erlebnispark Tripsdrill	Germany	Wooden	Ingenieur-Holzbau Cordes	April 28
Roller	Mammut	Gardaland	Italy	Sit-Down	Vekoma	March 19
Roller	Maximum RPM!	Hard Rock Park	USA	Sit-Down	Premier Rides	June 14
Roller	Moto Coaster	Darien Lake	USA	Launched Motorbike	Zamperla	May 3
Roller	Piraten	Djurs Sommerland	Denmark	Sit-Down	Intamin	May 1
Roller	Pony Express	Knott's Berry Farm	USA	Launched Motorbike	Zamperla	May 22
Roller	Ravine Flyer II	Waldameer	USA	Wooden Hybrid	Gravity Group	May 17
Roller	Shake, Rattle & Rollercoaster	Hard Rock Park	USA	Family	Vekoma	April 15
Roller	Slippery When Wet	Hard Rock Park	USA	Suspended	Premier Rides	Unknown
Roller	SpongeBob SquarePants Rock Bottom Plunge	Nickelodeon Universe Mall of America	USA	Indoor	Gerstlauer	March 15
Roller	Steel Hawg	Indiana Beach	USA	Sit-Down	S&S Worldwide	July 5
Roller	T Express	Everland	South Korea	Wooden	Intamin	March 14
Roller	Thunderhawk	Michigan's Adventure	USA	Inverted	Vekoma	May 17
Roller	Time Machine	Hard Rock Park	USA	Sit-Down	Bolliger & Mabillard	April 15
Roller	Tony Hawk's Big Spin	Six Flags Discovery Kingdom	USA	Spinning	Gerstlauer	May 23
Roller	Tony Hawk's Big Spin	Six Flags Over Texas	USA	Spinning	Gerstlauer	May 17
Roller	Troublesome Trucks Runaway Coaster	Drayton Manor	UK	Kiddie	Gerstlauer	March 15

Relocated

Class	Name	Park	Location	Type	Manufacturer	Opened	Formerly
Roller	Aftershock	Silverwood Theme Park	USA	Inverted Shuttle	Vekoma	July 21	Déjà Vu at Six Flags Great America
Roller	Crazy Caterpillar	Tir Prince Fun Park	UK	Family	Pinfari	Unknown	Crazy Caterpillar at Saltcoats Amusement Park
Roller	Dominator	Kings Dominion	USA	Floorless	Bolliger & Mabillard	May 24	Dominator at Geauga Lake
Roller	Goliath	Six Flags Fiesta Texas	USA	Inverted	Bolliger & Mabillard	April 18	Batman The Ride at Six Flags New Orleans
Roller	Tsunami	Isla San Marcos Parque Temático	Mexico	Sit-Down	Schwarzkopf	April 27	Zonga at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom
Roller	Voodoo	Dorney Park	USA	Launched Inverted Shuttle	Intamin	April 30	Steel Venom at Geauga Lake

Rethemed / Refurbishments

Class	Name	Park	Location	Type	Manufacturer	Opened	Formerly
Roller	Afterburn	Carowinds	USA	Inverted	Bolliger & Mabillard	March 20, 1999	Top Gun - The Jet Coaster
Powered	Back at the Barnyard Hayride	Nickelodeon Universe	USA	Kiddie Indoor	Zamperla	1995	Li'l Shaver
Roller	Backyardigans Mission To Mars	Movie Park Germany	Germany	Sit-Down	Vekoma	1996	Rocket Rider Rollercoaster
Roller	Cactus Coaster	Elitch Gardens	USA	Kiddie	Allan Herschell Company	May 27, 1995	Tombstone Tumbler
Roller	Flight Deck	California's Great America	USA	Inverted	Bolliger & Mabillard	March 19, 1993	Top Gun
Roller	Flight Deck	Canada's Wonderland	Canada	Inverted	Vekoma	1995	Top Gun
Roller	Flight Deck	Kings Island	USA	Suspended Terrain	Arrow Dynamics	April 9, 1993	Top Gun
Roller	Flying Tiger	Zoo Safari- und Hollywoodpark Stukenbrock	Germany	Sit-Down	Vekoma	1981	Super Tornado
Roller	Ghost Chasers	Movie Park Germany	Germany	Wild Mouse	Mack Rides	2000	Mad Manor
Roller	Invertigo	Kings Island	USA	Inverted Shuttle	Vekoma	April 17, 1999	Face/Off
Roller	Milky Way	Greenland	Japan	Stand-Up Twin	Togo	1991	Fujin-Raijin
Powered	Mini-Lynet	Fårup Sommerland	Denmark	Kiddie	CAM Baby Kart	1999	Lynet
Roller	Pepsi Orange Streak	Nickelodeon Universe	USA	Indoor	Zierer	August 11, 1992	Pepsi Ripsaw
Roller	Percy's Railway	Six Flags Magic Mountain	USA	Kiddie	Bradley and Kaye	1971	Goliath Jr.
Roller	Star Mountain	Beto Carrero World	Brazil	Sit-Down	Vekoma	1993	Star World Mountain
Roller	Waly Coaster	Walygator Parc	France	Sit-Down	Vekoma	May 9, 1989	Comet Space

Closed

Class	Name	Park	Location	Type	Manufacturer	Opened	Closed	Relocated
Roller	Afterburn	Fun Spot Park	USA	Launched Shuttle	Arrow Dynamics	1991	Unknown	N/A
Roller	Bat Coaster	Antibes Land	France	Inverted	Pinfari	2007	Unknown	Travelling
Roller	Circus Clown	Blackpool Pleasure Beach	UK	Kiddie	Pinfari	1989 or earlier	Unknown	Wicksteed Park
Roller	Cirkusexpressen	Liseberg	Sweden	Kiddie	Zierer	1977	Unknown	Mondo Verde
Roller	Corkscrew	Alton Towers	UK	Sit-Down	Vekoma	April 4, 1980	November 9	N/A
Roller	Dragon Wagon	Old Town	USA	Kiddie	Wisdom Rides	1998	Unknown	Travelling
Roller	Flying Super Saturator	Carowinds	USA	Suspended	Setpoint	April 1, 2000	August	N/A
Roller	Galaxi	Funtown Splashtown USA	USA	Sit-Down	SDC	1978	Unknown	N/A
Roller	Geopanic	Tokyo Dome City	Japan	Enclosed	Togo	1992	January 15	N/A
Roller	High Speed Thrill Coaster	Knoebels	USA	Kiddie	Overland Amusements	1955	Unknown	N/A
Roller	Jumbo Jet	Ölands Djur & Nöjespark	Sweden	Sit-Down	Schwarzkopf	1981	Unknown	N/A
Roller	Laser	Dorney Park	USA	Sit-Down	Schwarzkopf	1986	Unknown	Travelling
Roller	Marienkäferbahn	Freizeit-Land Geiselwind	Germany	Family	Zierer	1989	Unknown	N/A
Powered	Mini-Lynet	Fårup Sommerland	Denmark	Kiddie	CAM Baby Kart	1999	Unknown	Travelling with Martin Hendriks
Roller	New Roller Coaster	New MetroLand	UK	Indoor Family	Zierer	February 1988	April 20	Big Sheep
Roller	Pipeline Express	Sauble Beach Fun World	Canada	Sit-Down	Amusement Rides By Bailey	1988	Unknown	N/A
Roller	Rolling Thunder	Tahoe Amusement Park	USA	Kiddie	Miler Manufacturing	Unknown	Unknown	N/A
Roller	Runaway Train	Stokes Bros. (Travelling)	UAE	Kiddie	Big Country Motioneering	2007	Unknown	Travelling
Roller	Shuttle Loop	Toshimaen	Japan	Launched Shuttle	Schwarzkopf	May 2, 1980	Unknown	Sold, stored
Roller	Speedy Bob	Bobbejaanland	Belgium	Wild Mouse	Mack Rides	July 2, 1998	Unknown	Parque de Atracciones de Madrid
Roller	Starliner	Cypress Gardens Adventure Park	USA	Wooden	Philadelphia Toboggan Coasters, Inc.	July 14, 2007	November 16	N/A
Roller	Thunderbolt	Celebration City	USA	Sit-Down	S&MC	May 1999	October 25	Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park
Roller	Tiger Terror	Wild Adventures	USA	Kiddie	Wisdom Rides	1998	Unknown	Lowry Park Zoo
Roller	Wild Mouse	Playland	Canada	Wild Mouse	Princeton Machine	1979	Unknown	N/A
Roller	Zyklon	Fun Spot Park	USA	Sit-Down	Pinfari	1990	Unknown	Santa's Village AZoosment Park