2012 in coasters

Events by year

2011	2012 in coasters	2013
2011	2012 in rides	2013
2011	2012 in water slides	2013

This page is for everything related to roller coasters, powered coasters, and alpine coasters, that occurred during the year 2012.

Opened

Class	Name	Park	Location	Type	Manufacturer	Opened
Roller	Across Amazon	Victory Kingdom	China	Water	Golden Horse	July 7
Powered	Arctic Blast	Ocean Park	China	Family	Mack Rides	July 13
Roller	Big Grizzly Mountain Runaway Mine Cars	Hong Kong Disneyland	China	Launched	Vekoma	July 13
Roller	Bullet Coaster	Happy Valley	China	Launched	S&S Worldwide	July 28
Roller	Chenille	Papéa Parc	France	Kiddke	D.P.V. Rides	April 7
Roller	Crazy Caterpillar	Bayside Fun Park	UK	Kiddie	SBF Visa Group	Unknown
Roller	Dauling Dragon	Happy Valley	China	Wooden Twin	Martin & Vleminckx	April 29
Roller	Dinoconda	China Dinosaurs Park	China	4th Dimension Winged	S&S Worldwide	April 29
Roller	Divertical	Mirabilandia	Italy	Water	Intamin	June 16
Roller	Dragon Fly	Duinrell	Netherlands	Sit-Down	Gerstlauer	March 31
Roller	Fruit Worm Coaster	Huagudeng Carnival	China	Kiddie	Golden Horse	May 30
Roller	Gold Rush	OK Corral	France	Family	Gerstlauer	July 7
Roller	Iron Shark	Galveston Island Historic Pleasure Pier	USA	Sit-Down	Gerstlauer	June 1
Roller	Leviathan	Canada's Wonderland	Canada	Giga	Bolliger & Mabillard	May 6
Roller	Manta	SeaWorld San Diego	USA	Launched	Mack Rides	May 26
Roller	Mini Montanha Happy Mountain	Parque Mutirama	Brazil	Family	Unknown	July 7
Roller	OzIris	Parc Astérix	France	Inverted	Bolliger & Mabillard	April 7
Roller	Polar X-plorer	Legoland Billund	Denmark	Sit-Down	Zierer	April 29
Roller	Project X	Legoland Malaysia	Malaysia	Wild Mouse	Mack Rides	September 15
Roller	Shambhala	PortAventura Park	Spain	Hyper	Bolliger & Mabillard	May 12
Roller	Skyrush	Hersheypark	USA	Hyper	Intamin	May 26
Roller	Speed Roller Coaster	Yancheng Chun-Qiu Land	China	Flying	Zamperla	Unknown
Roller	Superman Ultimate Flight	Six Flags Discovery Kingdom	USA	Launched	Premier Rides	June 30
Roller	Swarm	Thorpe Park	UK	Winged	Bolliger & Mabillard	March 15
Roller	TNT Tren de la Mina	Parque de Atracciones de Madrid	Spain	Sit-Down	Gerstlauer	March 30
Roller	Veil of Dark	Tokyo Joypolis	Japan	Launched Spinning	Gerstlauer	July 14
Roller	Verbolten	Busch Gardens Williamsburg	USA	Launched	Zierer	May 18
Roller	Wild Eagle	Dollywood	USA	Winged	Bolliger & Mabillard	March 24
Roller	Wodan Timbur Coaster	Europa Park	Germany	Wooden	Great Coasters International	March 31
Roller	X-Flight	Six Flags Great America	USA	Winged	Bolliger & Mabillard	May 16

Relocations

Class	Name	Park	Location	Type	Manufacturer	Opened	Formerly
Roller	Apocalypse	Lunapark	France	Sit-Down	Vekoma	June 22	Corkscrew at Flamingo Land
Roller	Apocalypse	Six Flags America	USA	Stand-Up	Bolliger & Mabillard	June 7	Iron Wolf at Six Flags Great America
Roller	Cliffhanger	Glenwood Caverns	USA	Sit-Down	S&MC	June 15	Thunderbolt at Celebration City
Roller	Goliath	Six Flags New England	USA	Inverted Shuttle	Vekoma	May 25	Déjà Vu at Six Flags Magic Mountain
Roller	Stinger	Dorney Park	USA	Inverted Shuttle	Vekoma	April 28	Invertigo at California's Great America
Roller	Super Jet	Parque Mutirama	Brazil	Sit-Down	Pinfari	July 7	Super Jet at Playcenter São Paulo
Roller	Triops	Bagatelle	France	Inverted Shuttle	Vekoma	June 30	Tornado at Sommerland Syd
Roller	Western-Expressen	TusenFryd	Norway	Sit-Down	Vekoma	April 28	Family Adventure at Mirabilandia
Roller	Wild West Express	Glenwood Caverns	USA	Family	Zierer	May 25	Endicott Emerald Mine at Wild Zone Adventures

Refurbished / Rethemed

Class	Name	Park	Country	Type	Manufacturer	Opened	Formerly
Roller	Arkham Asylum - Shock Therapy	Warner Bros. Movie World	Australia	Inverted	Vekoma	December 26, 1995	Lethal Weapon - The Ride
Roller	Bag Express	Bagatelle	France	Family	Soquet	May 23, 1987	Bouzouc
Roller	Barnstormer	Magic Kingdom	USA	Sit-Down	Vekoma	1996	N/A
powered	Bat Hatari: Perseguição em Gotham City	Hopi Hari	Brazil	Kiddie	Zamperla	1999	Billi-Billi
Roller	Big One	Blackpool Pleasure Beach	UK	Hyper	Arrow Dynamics	May 28, 1994	Pepsi Max Big One
Roller	Corkscrew	Nagashima Spa Land	Japan	Sit-Down	Arrow Dynamics	1979	N/A
Roller	Cosmic Coaster	Worlds of Fun	USA	Kiddie	Preston & Barbieri	April 3, 1993	Wacky Worm
Roller	Hoot N Holler	Darien Lake	USA	Kiddie	Zierer	1981	Brain Teaser
Roller	Matterhorn Bobsleds	Disneyland Park	USA	Twin	Arrow Dynamics	June 14, 1959	N/A
Roller	Mouse Trap	Wonderland Amusement Park	USA	Sit-Down	Pinfari	Unknown	Big Coaster
Roller	Mr. Freeze: Reverse Blast	Six Flags Over Texas	USA	Launched Shuttle	Premier Rides	March 24, 1998	Mr. Freeze
Roller	Mr. Freeze: Reverse Blast	Six Flags St. Louis	USA	Launched Shuttle	Premier Rides	April 11, 1998	Mr. Freeze
Roller	Revolution	Blackpool Pleasure Beach	UK	Launched Shuttle	Arrow Dynamics	1979	Irn-Bru Revolution
Roller	SOS Numérobis	Parc Astérix	France	Kiddie	Zierer	1990	Périférix
Roller	Twisted Typhoon	Wild Adventures	USA	Inverted	Vekoma	May 8, 1999	Hangman
Roller	Ultra Twister	Nagashima Spa Land	Japan	Pipeline	Togo	1989	N/A
Roller	Xpress	Walibi Holland	Netherlands	Launched	Vekoma	April 2000	N/A

Closed

Class	Name	Park	Country	Type	Manufacturer	Opened	Closed	Relocated
Roller	Boomerang	Playcenter São Paulo	Brazil	Shuttle	Vekoma	1997	April 1	Parque Diversiones
Roller	Cactus Coaster	Elitch Gardens	USA	Kiddie	Allan Herschell Company	May 27, 1995	Unknown	Frontier City
Roller	Caterpillar Capers	Camelot Theme Park	UK	Kiddie	Pinfari	1984	September 2	Gulliver's Warrington
Roller	Disaster Transport	Cedar Point	USA	Bobsled Enclosed	Intamin	May 11, 1985	July 29	N/A
Powered	Dragon	Nasu Highland Park	Japan	Family	Zamperla	March 1997	Unknown	N/A
Powered	Dragon Flyer	Camelot Theme Park	UK	Family	S.C. Italy	1987	September 2	N/A
Powered	Dragon Wagon	Funtown Pier	USA	Kiddie	Wisdom Rides	2002 or earlier	Unknown	N/A
Roller	Dragon's Flight Coaster	Rainbow's End	New Zealand	Kiddie Dark ride	Unknown	Unknown	N/A
Roller	Familien-Achterbahn	Eifelpark	Germany	Kiddie	Zierer	1995	Unknown	Kid City Jurrasic Adventure
Roller	Flashback	Six Flags Over Texas	USA	Shuttle	Vekoma	1989	September 3	Six Flags St. Louis
Roller	Funtown Family Coaster	Funtown Pier	USA	Family	E&F Miler Industries	2004	Unknown	N/A
Roller	Hurricane	Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk	USA	Sit-Down	SDC	1992	September 3	Western Playland
Roller	Jet Star	Särkänniemi	Finland	Sit-Down	Schwarzkopf	1980	Unknown	N/A
Powered	Junior Dragon Coaster	Camelot Theme Park	UK	Kiddie	Unknown	1992	September 2	Oakwood Theme Park
Roller	Kersplash	Washington State Fair	USA	Water	E&F Miler Industries	1995	Unknown	Edaville Family Theme Park
Roller	Kiddie Coaster	Fun Spot America	USA	Kiddie	Unknown	2009	January	N/A
Roller	Knightmare	Camelot Theme Park	UK	Sit-Down	Zierer	July 2007	September 2	N/A
Roller	Looping Coaster	Funtown Pier	USA	Sit-Down	Interpark	August 23, 1989	Unknown	N/A
Roller	Looping Star	Mirabilandia	Brazil	Sit-Down	Pinfari	1997	Unknown	N/A
Roller	Looping Star	Playcenter São Paulo	Brazil	Sit-Down	Schwarzkopf	Unknown	July 29	Ita Park
Roller	Metropolis	Luna Park	Australia	Sit-Down	SDC	1990	Unknown	N/A
Roller	Mighty Mouse	Funtown Pier	USA	Wild Mouse	Miler Manufacturing	2005	Unknown	N/A
Roller	Pandemonium	Six Flags Discovery Kingdom	USA	Spinning	Gerstlauer	May 23, 2008	Unknown	Six Flags México
Roller	Rattler	Six Flags Fiesta Texas	USA	Wooden	RCCA	March 14, 1992	August 4	N/A
Roller	Roller Coaster	Freizeitpark Familienland	Austria	Sit-Down	Interpark	2000	Unknown	Wasalandia
Roller	Roller Soaker	Hersheypark	USA	Suspended	Setpoint	May 11, 2002	September 3	N/A
Roller	Sea Serpent	Playland's Castaway Cove	USA	Kiddie	E&F Miler Industries	1997	Unknown	Fun Spot America
Roller	Star Jet	Casino Pier	USA	Sit-Down	E&F Miler Industries	2012	Unknown	N/A
Powered	Super Jet	Calaway Park	Canada	Kiddie	Wisdom Rides	2002	Unknown	N/A
Roller	Tree Top Racers	Adventure City	USA	Wild Mouse	Miller Manufacturing	1999	Unknown	N/A
Roller	Twist 'n' Shout	Magic Springs	USA	Wild Mouse	Zamperla	2000	Unknown	Family Kingdom
Roller	Whirlwind	Camelot Theme Park	UK	Spinning	Maurer AG	2003	September 2	Skyline Park
Roller	Wild Cat	Keansburg Amusement Park	USA	Sit-Down	Schwarzkopf	June 9, 1985	Unknown	Deggeller Attractions (Traveling)
Roller	Wild Kitty	Frontier City	USA	Kiddie	Allan Herschell Company	1991	Unknown	N/A
Roller	Wild Mouse	Casino Pier	USA	Wild Mouse	E&F Miler Industries	May 28, 1999	Unknown	Scandia Family Fun Center
Roller	Wild Mouse	Flamingo Land	UK	Wild Mouse	Maurer AG	1997	November 2	Pleasurewood Hills