2009 in coasters

Events by year

2008	2009 in coasters	2010
2008	2009 in rides	2010
2008	2009 in water slides	2010

This page is for everything related to roller coasters, powered coasters, and alpine coasters, that occurred during the year 2009.

Opened

Class	Name	Park	Country	Type	Manufacturer	Opened
Roller	4 Ring Roller Coaster	Daguan Park	China	Sit-Down	Hebei Zhongye Metallurgical Equipment Manufacturing Co., Ltd	January
Roller	Achtbaan	Mini Mundi	Netherlands	Kiddie	Zamperla	May 13
Roller	Anubis: The Ride	Plopsaland De Panne	Belgium	Launched	Gerstlauer	April 5
Roller	Blue Fire Megacoaster	Europa Park	Germany	Launched	Mack Rides	April 4
Roller	Correcaminos Bip, Bip	Parque Warner Madrid	Spain	Sit-Down	Mack Rides	May 16
Roller	Dark Knight	Six Flags México	Mexico	Enclosed Wild Mouse	Mack Rides	March 19
Roller	Delfinexpressen	Kolmården	Sweden	Sit-Down	Vekoma	May 1
Roller	Diamondback	Kings Island	USA USA	Hyper	Bolliger & Mabillard	April 18
Roller	Diving Coaster	Happy Valley	China	Dive	Bolliger & Mabillard	August 16
Roller	Dragon in Clouds	Happy Valley	China China	Inverted	Vekoma	January 19
Roller	Dragon in Snowfield	Happy Valley	China	Sit-Down	Vekoma	January 19
Roller	El Toro	Freizeitpark Plohn	Germany	Wooden	Great Coasters International	April 10
Roller	Falcon	Duinrell	Netherlands	Sit-Down	Gerstlauer	May 14
Roller	Fluch von Novgorod	Hansa-Park	Germany	Launched	Gerstlauer	April 9
Roller	Fly Over Mediterranean	Happy Valley	China	Sit-Down	Intamin	January 17
Roller	Grover's Alpine Express	Busch Gardens Williamsburg	USA	Family	Zierer	April 3
Roller	Hollywood Rip Ride Rockit	Universal Studios Florida	USA	Sit-Down	Maurer AG	August
Roller	Insane	Gröna Lund	Sweden	4th Dimension Winged	Intamin	April 25
Roller	iSpeed	Mirabilandia	Italy	Launched	Intamin	May 20
Roller	Jungle Flying Squirrel	Country Garden Farm	China	Jungle Mouse	Zhongshan Playground Equipment Engineering Co., Ltd.	Unknown
Roller	Kozmo's Kurves	Knoebels Amusement Park	USA	Family	E&F Miler Industries	August 1
Roller	Mad Rats	Happy Valley	China	Spinning Wild Mouse	Golden Horse	January 17
Roller	Manta	SeaWorld Orlando	USA	Flying	Bolliger & Mabillard	May 22
Roller	Mumbo Jumbo	Flamingo Land	UK	Sit-Down	S&S Worldwide	July 4
Roller	Prowler	Worlds of Fun	USA	Wooden	Great Coasters International	May 2
Roller	Rabalder	Liseberg	Sweden	Family	Zierer	April 25
Roller	Saw - The Ride	Thorpe Park	UK	Sit-Down	Gerstlauer	March 14
Roller	Spin Gear	Sega Republic	UAE	Spinning Indoor	Gerstlauer	Unknown
Roller	Stingray	Giant Wheel Park of Suzhou	China	Flying	Vekoma	June 18
Roller	Terminator Salvation: The Ride	Six Flags Magic Mountain	USA	Wooden	Great Coasters International	May 23
Roller	Tornado	Bakken	Denmark	Spinning	Intamin	April 9
Roller	Tranan	Skara Sommarland	Sweden	Suspended Wing	S&S Worldwide	May 29

Relocated

Class	Name	Park	Country	Type	Manufacturer	Opened	Formerly
Roller	Ali Baba	Gloria's Fantasyland	Philippines	Sit-Down	Pinfari	Unknown	Travelling as Backdraft with Butler Amusements
Roller	Circus Clown	Southport Pleasureland	UK	Kiddie	Pinfari	Unknown	Circus Clown at Blackpool Pleasure Beach
Roller	Hornet	Wonderland Amusement Park	USA	Family	Vekoma	June 3	Mayan Mindbender at Six Flags AstroWorld
Roller	Runaway Train	Stokes Bros. (Travelling)	China	Kiddie	Big Country Motioneering	Unknown	Travelling as Runaway Train with Stokes Bros.
Roller	Wild Cat	Southport Pleasureland	UK	Sit-Down	Pinfari	Unknown	Stored with Scott Manning

Refurbished/Rethemed

Class	Name	Park	Country	Type	Manufacturer	Opened	Formerly
Roller	Bizarro	Six Flags Great Adventure	USA	Floorless	Bolliger & Mabillard	April 2, 1999	Medusa
Roller	Bizarro	Six Flags New England	USA	Hyper	Intamin	May 5, 2000	Superman - Ride Of Steel
Roller	Cliff Hanger	Ghost Town in the Sky	USA	Sit-Down	Hopkins	1988	Red Devil
Roller	Dipsy Doodle	Joyland Amusement Park	USA	Kiddie	Miler Manufacturing	≤ 2005	Little Coaster
Roller	Roller Coaster	Upper Clements Park	Canada	Wooden	William Cobb & Associates	1989	Tree Topper
Roller	Romp Bomp A Stomp	Six Flags Fiesta Texas	USA	Kiddie	Vekoma	1992	Rollschucoaster
Roller	Steel First	Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom	USA	Kiddie	Allan Herschell Company	1990	Little Laser

Closures

Class	Name	Park	Country	Type	Manufacturer	Opened	Closed	Relocated
Roller	Atomic	Greenland	Japan	Shuttle	Senyo Kogyo Co., Ltd.	February 27, 1980	2009	N/A
Roller	Big Bad Wolf	Busch Gardens Williamsburg	USA	Suspended Terrain	Arrow Dynamics	June 15, 1984	September 7	N/A
Roller	Chang	Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom	USA	Stand-Up	Bolliger & Mabillard	April 1997	Unknown	Six Flags Great Adventure
Roller	Cliff Hanger	Ghost Town in the Sky	USA	Sit-Down	Hopkins	1988	Unknown	N/A
Roller	Crazy Mouse	Blackpool South Pier	UK	Spinning Wild Mouse	Reverchon	May 1998	Unknown	Anja Goetzke (Travelling )
Roller	Endicott Emerald Mine	Wild Zone Adventures	Canada	Family Indoor	Zierer	≤ 2001	June 30	Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park
Roller	Gold Rush	Wild Adventures	USA	Family	Chance Rides	1999	Unknown	N/A
Roller	Haunted Roller Coaster	Planet Fun	USA	Family Indoor	E&F Miler Industries	1996	February	Story Book Park
Roller	Korkkiruuvi	Särkänniemi	Finland	Sit-Down	Vekoma	May 1, 1987	Unknown	Terra Park (Never operated)
Roller	Little Dipper	Kiddieland	USA	Wooden Family	Philadelphia Toboggan Coasters, Inc.	1950	September 27	Six Flags Great America
Roller	Looping Star	Vidámpark	Hungary	Sit-Down	Schwarzkopf	2001	Unknown	Lion Park Resort
Roller	Mega Blitz	Coney Beach Pleasure Park	UK	Sit-Down	Pinfari	1996	Unknown	N/A
Roller	Odin Express	Kurashiki Tivoli Park	Japan	Sit-Down	Sansei Technologies	Unknown	January 1	Gingko Lake Amusement Park
Roller	Pegasus	Efteling	Netherlands	Wooden	Intamin	July 1, 1991	June 19	N/A
Powered	Ridgeline Racer	American Adventures	USA	Family	Zamperla	1990 - 2003	Unknown	Kirby Family Farm
Roller	Road Runner Express	Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom	USA	Wild Mouse	Maurer AG	May 2000	Unknown	Six Flags New England
Roller	Son of Beast	Kings Island	USA	Wooden Hyper Terrain	Roller Coaster Corporation of America	May 26, 2000	June 16	N/A
Roller	Texas Giant	Six Flags Over Texas	USA	Wooden	Dinn Corporation	March 17, 1990	November 1	N/A
Roller	Tivoli Railroad	Kurashiki Tivoli Park	Japan	Kiddie	Sansei Technologies	Unknown	January 1	Gingko Lake Amusement Park
Roller	Toboggan	Trimper's Rides	USA	Sit-Down	Chance Rides	1970s	Unknown	N/A
Roller	Tumbleweed	Ghost Town in the Sky	USA	Kiddie	B. A. Schiff & Associates	Unknown	Unknown	N/A
Roller	Turbo Mountain	Adventure World	Australia	Sit-Down	Schwarzkopf	1991	Unknown	N/A
Roller	Viper	Barry Island Pleasure Park	UK	Sit-Down	Interpark	1996	Unknown	Clacton Pier
Roller	Windstorm	Fun Forest Amusement Park	USA	Sit-Down	SDC	May 27, 1993	Unknown	Steve Vander Vorste (travelling )