This page is for everything related to roller coasters that occurred during the year 2012.
New rides[edit]
| Name
|
Park
|
Location
|
Type
|
Manufacturer
|
Opened
|
| Arctic Blast
|
Ocean Park
|
Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong, China
|
Powered
|
Mack Rides
|
July 13
|
| Big Grizzly Mountain Runaway Mine Cars
|
Hong Kong Disneyland
|
Lantau Island, New Territories, Hong Kong, China
|
Mine Train
|
Unknown
|
July 13
|
| Bullet Coaster
|
Happy Valley
|
Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
|
Launched
|
S&S Worldwide
|
July 28
|
| Chenille
|
Papéa Parc
|
Yvré-l'Evêque, Pays de la Loire, France
|
Family
|
D.P.V. Rides
|
April 7
|
| Crazy Caterpillar
|
Bayside Fun Park
|
Bridlington, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK
|
Family
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Dauling Dragon
|
Happy Valley
|
Hongshan, Wuhan, Hubei, China
|
Wooden
|
Martin & Vleminckx
|
April 29
|
| Dinoconda
|
China Dinosaurs Park
|
Xinbei, Changzhou, Jiangsu, China
|
4th Dimension
|
S&S Worldwide
|
April 29
|
| Divertical
|
Mirabilandia
|
Savio, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
|
Water Coaster
|
Intamin
|
June 16
|
| Dragon Fly
|
Duinrell
|
Wasenaar, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
|
Steel
|
Gerstlauer
|
March 31
|
| Fruit Worm Coaster
|
Huagudeng Carnival
|
Bengshan, Bengbu, Anhui, China
|
Kiddie
|
Golden Horse
|
May 30
|
| Gold Rush
|
OK Corral
|
Cuges-les-Pins, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France)
|
Family
|
Gerstlauer
|
July 7
|
| Iron Shark
|
Galveston Island Historic Pleasure Pier
|
Galveston, Texas, USA
|
Steel
|
Gerstlauer
|
June 1
|
| Mini Montanha Happy Mountain
|
Parque Mutirama
|
Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil
|
Family
|
Unknown
|
July 7
|
| Project X
|
Legoland Malaysia
|
Nusajaya, Johor, Malaysia
|
Wild Mouse
|
Mack Rides
|
September 15
|
| Leviathan
|
Canada's Wonderland
|
Vaughan, Ontario, Canada
|
Giga
|
Bolliger & Mabillard
|
May 6
|
| Manta
|
SeaWorld San Diego
|
San Diego, California, USA
|
Launched
|
Mack Rides
|
May 26
|
| OzIris
|
Parc Astérix
|
Plailly, Picardie, France
|
Inverted
|
Bolliger & Mabillard
|
April 7
|
| Polar X-plorer
|
Legoland Billund
|
Billund, Jylland, Denmark
|
Steel
|
Zierer
|
April 29
|
| Shambhala
|
PortAventura
|
Salou, Tarragona, Spain
|
Hyper
|
Bolliger & Mabillard
|
May 12
|
| SkyRush
|
Hersheypark
|
Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA
|
Hyper
|
Intamin
|
May 26
|
| Superman Ultimate Flight
|
Six Flags Discovery Kingdom
|
Vallejo, California, USA
|
Launched
|
Premier Rides
|
June 30
|
| Swarm
|
Thorpe Park
|
Chertsey, Surrey, England, UK
|
Wing Coaster
|
Bolliger & Mabillard
|
March 15
|
| TNT Tren de la Mina
|
Parque de Atracciones de Madrid
|
Madrid, Madrid, Spain
|
Family
|
Gerstlauer
|
March 30
|
| Veil of Dark
|
Tokyo Joypolis
|
Odaiba, Minato, Tokyo, Japan
|
Spinning
|
Gerstlauer
|
July 14
|
| Verbolten
|
Busch Gardens Williamsburg
|
Williamsburg, Virginia, USA
|
Launched
|
Zierer
|
May 18
|
| Wild Eagle
|
Dollywood
|
Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, USA
|
Wing Coaster
|
Bolliger & Mabillard
|
March 24
|
| Wodan Timbur Coaster
|
Europa Park
|
Rust, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
|
Wooden
|
Great Coasters International
|
March 31
|
| X-Flight
|
Six Flags Great America
|
Gurnee, Illinois, USA
|
Wing Coaster
|
Bolliger & Mabillard
|
May 16
|
Relocations[edit]
| Name
|
Park
|
Location
|
Type
|
Manufacturer
|
Opened
|
Formerly
|
| Apocalypse
|
Lunapark
|
Agde, Languedoc-Roussillon, France
|
Steel
|
Vekoma
|
June 22
|
Corkscrew at Flamingo Land
|
| Apocalypse
|
Six Flags America
|
Upper Marlboro, Maryland, USA
|
Stand-Up
|
Bolliger & Mabillard
|
June 7
|
Iron Wolf at Six Flags Great America
|
| Cliffhanger
|
Glenwood Caverns
|
Glenwood Springs, Colorado, USA
|
Steel
|
S&MC
|
June 15
|
Thunderbolt at Celebration City
|
| Goliath
|
Six Flags New England
|
Agawam, Massachusetts, USA
|
Inverted, Shuttle
|
Vekoma
|
May 25
|
Déjà Vu at Six Flags Magic Mountain
|
| Super Jet
|
Parque Mutirama
|
Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil
|
Steel
|
Pinfari
|
July 7
|
Super Jet at Playcenter São Paulo
|
| Stinger
|
Dorney Park
|
Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA
|
Inverted, Shuttle
|
Vekoma
|
April 28
|
Invertigo at California's Great America
|
| Triops
|
Bagatelle
|
Merlimont, Nord-Pas de Calais, France
|
Inverted, Shuttle
|
Vekoma
|
June 30
|
Tornado at Sommerland Syd
|
| Wild West Express
|
Glenwood Caverns
|
Glenwood Springs, Colorado, USA
|
Family
|
Zierer
|
May 25
|
Endicott Emerald Mine at Wild Zone Adventures
|
| Western-Expressen
|
TusenFryd
|
Vinterbro, Oslo, Norway
|
Family
|
Vekoma
|
April 28
|
Family Adventure at Mirabilandia
|
Closures[edit]
