2016

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This page is for everything related to roller coasters that occurred during the year 2016.

Amusement parks

Opened

• 
  IMG Worlds of Adventure
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  Legoland Dubai
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  Motiongate
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  Movie Animation Park Studios
• 
  Shanghai Disneyland

Closed

• 
  Pleasure Island Family Theme Park

New rides

Class	Name	Park	Location	Type	Manufacturer	Opened
Roller	Bandidos	Mer de Sable	France	Spinning	SBF Visa Group	July 23
Roller	Bisværmen	Tivoli Friheden	Denmark	Spinning	SBF Visa Group	April 9
Roller	Cobra's Curse	Busch Gardens Tampa	USA	Spinning	Mack Rides	June 17
Roller	Dragon	Legoland Dubai	United Arab Emirates	Family	Zierer	October 31
Roller	Dragon's Apprentice	Legoland Dubai	United Arab Emirates	Family	Zierer	October 31
Roller	Family Roller Coaster	Wildlife World	USA	Family	Chance Rides	February 1
Roller	Flash	Lewa Adventure	China	Sit-Down	Mack Rides	January 1
Roller	Flight of the Hippogriff	Universal Studios Hollywood	USA	Family	Mack Rides	April 7
Roller	Flight of the Pterosaur	Paultons Park	UK	Family Inverted	Vekoma	May 17
Roller	Flying Aces	Ferrari World	United Arab Emirates	Sit-Down	Intamin	February 24
Roller	Flying Dinosaur	Universal Studios Japan	Japan	Flying	Bolliger & Mabillard	March 18
Roller	Green Hornet: High Speed Chase	Motiongate	United Arab Emirates	Steel	Gerstlauer	December 16
Roller	Imoogi	Le Fleury	France		Unknown	July 10
Roller	Joker	Six Flags Discovery Kingdom	USA	Hybrid	Rocky Mountain Construction	May 30
Roller	Joker	Six Flags Great Adventure	USA	4th Dimension	S&S Worldwide	May 28
Roller	Kung Fu Panda Master	Gardaland	Italy	Spinning	Fabbri	May 14
Roller	Lightning Rod	Dollywood	USA	Wooden	Rocky Mountain Construction	June 13
Roller	Lost Gravity	Walibi Holland	Netherlands	Steel	Mack Rides	March 24
Roller	Mako	SeaWorld Orlando	USA	Hyper	Bolliger & Mabillard	June 10
Roller	Monster	Adventureland	USA	Sit-Down	Gerstlauer	June 4
Roller	Phobia Phear Coaster	Lake Compounce	USA	Launched	Premier Rides	May 7
Roller	Predator	IMG Worlds of Adventure	United Arab Emirates	Sit-Down	Gerstlauer	August 31
Roller	Pulsar	Walibi Belgium	Belgium	Water Shuttle	Mack Rides	June 4
Roller	Raik	Phantasialand	Germany	Shuttle	Vekoma	June 30
Roller	Rollercoaster Formula 1	Energylandia	Poland	Launched	Vekoma	June 25
Roller	Seven Dwarfs Mine Train	Shanghai Disneyland	China	Sit-Down	Unknown	June 16
Roller	Spider-Man Doc Ock's Revenge	IMG Worlds of Adventure	United Arab Emirates	Spinning	Mack Rides	August 31
Roller	Spinning Coaster	Cannon Hill Park	UK	Spinning	SBF Visa Group	June 12
Roller	Storm Chaser	Kentucky Kingdom	USA	Hybrid	Rocky Mountain Construction	April 30
Roller	Taron	Phantasialand	Germany	Launched	Intamin	June 30
Roller	Tron Lightcycles Power Run	Shanghai Disneyland	China	Sit-Down	Unknown	June 16
Roller	Valravn	Cedar Point	USA	Sit-Down	Bolliger & Mabillard	May 7
Roller	Velociraptor	IMG Worlds of Adventure	United Arab Emirates	Launched	Mack Rides	August 31
Roller	Wildfire	Kolmården	Sweden	Wooden	Rocky Mountain Construction	June 28
Roller	Whirlwind	Playland's Castaway Cove	USA	Spinning	SBF Visa Group	May 27

Relocations

Class	Name	Park	Location	Type	Manufacturer	Opened	Formerly
Roller	Cyclon	Nokkakivi Park	Finland	Steel	Interpark	June 11	Cyclon at Wasalandia
Roller	Galaxy 500	Hydro Adventures	USA	Steel	S.D.C.	July 7	1970 Galaxy Rip Tide Coaster at Miracle Strip Pier Park
Roller	Loop Roller Coaster	C.J. Barrymore's	USA	Steel	Pinfari	May 9	Python at Playland's Castaway Cove
Roller	Rampage	Big Sheep	UK	Family	Zierer	March 25	New Roller Coaster at New MetroLand
Roller	Runaway Mine Train	Funland Hayling Island	UK	Wild Mouse	L&T Systems	February 28	Wild Mine Ride at Gulliver's Warrington

Rethemed / Refurbishments

Class	Name	Park	Location	Type	Manufacturer	Opened	Formerly
Roller	Dino Chase	Paultons Park	UK	Kiddie	Zierer	2003	Flying Frog
Roller	Galactica	Alton Towers	UK	Flying	Bolliger & Mabillard	2002	Air
Roller	Incredible Hulk	Universal's Islands of Adventure	USA	Launched	Bolliger & Mabillard	1999	Incredible Hulk

Closed

Class	Name	Park	Location	Type	Manufacturer	Closed	Relocated
Roller	Boomerang	Pleasure Island Family Theme Park	UK	Shuttle	Vekoma	October 29	Unknown
Roller	Cat & Mouse	Ocean Beach Pleasure Park	UK	Steel	Pinfari	Unknown	Sam's Fun City
Roller	Cobra	La Ronde	Canada	Stand-Up	Intamin	Unknown	-
Powered	Go Gator	Pleasure Island Family Theme Park	UK	Kiddie	Wisdom Rides	October 29	Unknown
Roller	Holly's Wilde Autofahrt	Holiday Park	Germany	Wild Mouse	Maurer AG	November 1	Eifelpark
Roller	Jet Coaster	Himeji Tegarayama Amusement Park	Japan		Ikeda Works	January 11	-
Roller	Mean Streak	Cedar Point	USA	Wooden	Dinn Corporation	September 16	-
Roller	Mini Mine Train	Pleasure Island Family Theme Park	UK	Family	Vekoma	October 29	Unknown
Roller	Rattlesnake	Pleasurewood Hills	UK	Family	Zierer	Unknown	-
Roller	Sideshow Spin	Dollywood	USA	Kiddie	L&T Systems	Unknown	Kentucky Shores Family Fun Center
Roller	Spinning Coaster	Chuanlord Holiday Manor	China	Spinning	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Roller	Thunder Loop	Attractiepark Slagharen	Netherlands		Schwarzkopf	October 2	Parko Paliatso Luna Park
Roller	Tsunami	M&D's Scotland's Theme Park	UK	Inverted	Pinfari	June 26	Unknown
Roller	Wild Mouse	Aussie World	Australia	Wild Mouse	Hopkins & Pearce	Unknown	-

Incidents

• June 26 - An entire train derailed on Tsunami at M&D's Scotland's Theme Park with nine people on board, struck a support and landed on the ground in front of the ride. Ten people were injured in the derailment.