2017 in coasters

Events by year

2016	2017 in coasters	2018
2016	2017 in rides	2018
2016	2017 in water slides	2018

This page is for everything related to roller coasters, powered coasters, and alpine coasters, that occurred during the year 2017.

Opened

Class	Name	Park	Location	Type	Manufacturer	Opened
Roller	Arashi	Nagashima Spa Land	Japan	4th Dimension Winged	S&S Worldwide	March 10
Roller	Boomerang	Energylandia	Poland	Shuttle	Vekoma	April 29
Roller	Boomerang	Wuhan Zhongshan Park	China	Sit-Down	HZMEM Co., Ltd	May 23
Roller	Capitol Bullet Train	Motiongate	UAE	Launched	Mack Rides	October 20
Powered	Circus Coaster	Energylandia	Poland	Kiddie	SBF Visa Group	April 17
Roller	Crazy Cab Coaster	Trans Studio Mini	Indonesia	Indoor	Vekoma	Unknown
Roller	Crazy Mouse	Park at OWA	USA	Spinning Wild Mouse	Zamperla	July 21
Roller	DC Rivals HyperCoaster	Warner Bros. Movie World	Australia	Hyper	Mack Rides	September 22
Roller	DrageKongen	Djurs Sommerland	Denmark	Inverted	Intamin	May 6
Roller	Dragon	Legoland Japan	Japan	Sit-Down	Zierer	April 1
Powered	Dragon Gliders	Motiongate	UAE	Inverted Spinning Enclosed	Mack Rides	April 25
Roller	Dragon's Apprentice	Legoland Japan	Japan	Family	Zamperla	April 1
Roller	Fireball	Furuvik	Sweden	Shuttle Family	Vekoma	May 20
Roller	GaleForce	Playland's Castaway Cove	USA	Launched	S&S Worldwide	May 26
Roller	Great Desert-Rally	Happy Valley	China	Wooden	Great Coasters International	August 8
Roller	Hang Ten	Fantasy Island Amusement Park	USA	Spinning Family	SBF Visa Group	June 26
Roller	Heidi: The Ride	Plopsaland De Panne	Belgium	Wooden	Great Coasters International	April 2
Roller	Hydrus	Casino Pier	USA	Sit-Down	Gerstlauer	May 6
Roller	Hype	Särkänniemi	Finland	Launched	Premier Rides	June 18
Roller	InvadR	Busch Gardens Williamsburg	USA	Wooden Hybrid	Great Coasters International	April 7
Roller	Joker	Six Flags Great America	USA	4th Dimension Winged	S&S Worldwide	May 27
Roller	Joker	Six Flags New England	USA	4th Dimension Winged	S&S Worldwide	May 27
Roller	Joker	Six Flags Over Texas	USA	4th Dimension Winged	S&S Worldwide	May 20
Roller	Kampala Express	Knuthenborg Safaripark	Denmark	Kiddie	Gerstlauer	May 25
Roller	Lech Coaster	Legendia	Poland	Sit-Down	Vekoma	July 1
Roller	Madagascar Mad Pursuit	Motiongate	UAE	Launched Enclosed	Gerstlauer	Unknown
Roller	Mine Blower	Fun Spot America	USA	Wooden Hybrid	Gravity Group	June 23
Roller	Mystic Timbers	Kings Island	USA	Wooden	Great Coasters International	April 15
Roller	Pégase Express	Parc Astérix	France	Launched Family	Gerstlauer	June 11
Roller	Red Force	Ferrari Land	Spain	Launched Giga	Intamin	April 7
Roller	Rollin' Thunder	Park at OWA	USA	Sit-Down	Zamperla	July 21
Powered	Sky Dragster	Skyline Park	Germany	Sit-Down	Maurer AG	June 6
Roller	Sky Rocket	Chimelong Paradise	China	Launched	Premier Rides	September 26
Roller	Smurf Village Express	Motiongate	UAE	Sit-Down	Gerstlauer	January 9
Roller	Southern Express	Park at OWA	USA	Kiddie	Zamperla	July 21
Roller	Speed	Energylandia	Poland	Water	Intamin	April 2
Roller	Star Trek: Operation Enterprise	Movie Park Germany	Germany	Launched	Mack Rides	June 14
Roller	Super Cyclone	Santa's Village AZoosment Park	USA	Sit-Down	Interpark	May 13
Roller	Thunderchariot	Discoveryland	China	Sit-Down	Zamperla	October 1
Roller	Wave Breaker: The Rescue Coaster	SeaWorld San Antonio	USA	Launched	Intamin	June 16
Roller	Wild Waves	Playland's Castaway Cove	USA	Sit-Down	E&F Miler Industries	September 7

Relocations

Class	Name	Park	Location	Type	Manufacturer	Opened	Formerly
Roller	Alpen-Coaster	Vorlop (Travelling)	Germany	Sit-Down	Schwarzkopf	Unknown	Himalayabahn at Schwaben Park
Roller	Batman	Tir Prince Family Funfair	UK	Spinning Wild Mouse	Fabbri	March	Batman at Malmö Folkets Park
Roller	Big Blue	Fun Park Mirnovec	Croatia	Sit-Down	Schwarzkopf	July 15	Twist and Shout at Loudoun Castle
Roller	Dragon's Run	Dragon Park	Vietnam	Sit-Down	Bolliger & Mabillard	January 25	Time Machine at Freestyle Music Park
Roller	Flight of the Giant Peach	Oakwood Theme Park	UK	Sit-Down	Pinfari	August 1	Space Coaster at M&D's Scotland's Theme Park
Roller	Veggie Tale Spin	Kentucky Shores Family Fun Center	USA	Family	L&T Systems	Unknown	Sideshow Spin at Dollywood

Rethemes/Refurbishments

Class	Name	Park	Location	Type	Manufacturer	Opened	Formerly
Roller	Cannonball Express	Pleasurewood Hills	UK	Sit-Down	Schwarzkopf	1995	Enigma
Roller	Journey to Atlantis	SeaWorld Orlando	USA	Water	Mack Rides	1998	N/A
Roller	Kraken Unleashed	SeaWorld Orlando	USA	Floorless	Bolliger & Mabillard	June 1, 2000	Kraken
Roller	Patriot	California's Great America	USA	Floorless	Bolliger & Mabillard	March 9, 1991	Vortex
Roller	SpeedSnake FREE	Fort Fun Abenteuerland	Germany	Sit-Down	Vekoma	June 1981	SpeedSnake
Roller	Star Wars Hyperspace Mountain	Disneyland Park	France	Launched Enclosed	Vekoma	June 1, 1995	Space Mountain: Mission 2
Roller	Vol d'Icare	Parc Astérix	France	Sit-Down	Zierer	1994	N/A
Roller	Voyage Dans Le Ciel	Fuji-Q Highland	Japan	Inverted	Hoei Sangyo Co., Ltd.	2001	Great Fluffy Sky Adventure
Roller	Wildcat	Lake Compounce	USA	Wooden	Philadelphia Toboggan Coasters, Inc.	1927	N/A

Closures

Class	Name	Park	Location	Type	Manufacturer	Opened	Closed	Relocated
Roller	Babylon	Happylon	Russia	Indoor Kiddie	Vekoma	March 13, 2010	March 1	N/A
Roller	Black Hole Scramble	Space World	Japan	Enclosed	Nippon	1990	December 31	N/A
Roller	Bobsleigh	Nigloland	France	Sit-Down	Schwarzkopf	1995	November 5	Parc de la Vallée
Roller	Boogie-woogie Space Coaster	Space World	Japan	Sit-Down	Senyo Kogyo Co., Ltd.	April 22, 1990	December 31	N/A
Roller	Boomerang	Knott's Berry Farm	USA	Shuttle	Vekoma	April 6, 1990	April 23	Trans Studio Action Zone
Roller	Clipper	Space World	Japan	Sit-Down	Togo	1995	December 31	N/A
Roller	Coccinelle	Walibi Belgium	Belgium	Kiddie	Zierer	1999	September 11	Stored
Roller	Dragon Challenge	Universal's Islands of Adventure	USA	Inverted Twin	Bolliger & Mabillard	May 28, 1999	September 4	N/A
Roller	Galaxi	Palace Playland	USA	Sit-Down	SDC	1994	September 4	N/A
Roller	Georgia Cyclone	Six Flags Over Georgia	USA	Wooden	Dinn Corporation	March 1990	July 30	N/A
Roller	Green Lantern: First Flight	Six Flags Magic Mountain	USA	4th Dimension Winged	Intamin	July 1, 2011	Unknown	La Ronde
Roller	Looping Thunder	Oaks Amusement Park	USA	Sit-Down	Pinfari	May 25, 1996	September 24	N/A
Roller	Silver Mine	Freizeitpark Plohn	Germany	Sit-Down	Zierer	2000	October 31	N/A
Roller	Skyways	Clarence Pier	UK	Sit-Down	SDC	1980	Unknown	N/A
Roller	Stinger	Dorney Park	USA	Inverted Shuttle	Vekoma	April 28, 2012	Unknown	N/A
Roller	Suspended Looping Coaster	Suzhou Amusement Land	China	Inverted	Vekoma	2003	October 31	N/A
Roller	Thunder Coaster	Nasu Highland Park	Japan	Sit-Down	Meisho Amusement Machines	1979	November 26	N/A
Roller	Titan MAX	Space World	Japan	Sit-Down	Arrow Dynamics	March 5, 1994	December 31	N/A
Roller	Tornado	Salitre Magico	Colombia	Sit-Down	Schwarzkopf	2010	Unknown	N/A
Roller	Venus GP	Space World	Japan	Sit-Down	Maurer Rides GmbH	February 13, 1996	December 31	Rusutsu Resort
Roller	Wild Cat	Southport Pleasureland	UK	Sit-Down	Pinfari	2009	Unknown	N/A
Roller	Wild Mouse	Blackpool Pleasure Beach	UK	Wooden Wild Mouse	Frank Wright	1958	Unknown	N/A
Roller	Zaturn	Space World	Japan	Launched Hyper	Intamin	April 29, 2006	December 31	Golden City

Short Operations

Class	Name	Park	Country	Type	Manufacturer	Opened	Formerly	Closed	Relocated
Roller	Fantasy Mouse	Fantasy Island	UK	Spinning Wild Mouse	Reverchon	March 18	(Mellor Group) Travelling	Unknown	(Ryan Crow) Travelling
Roller	Happy Caterpiller	Blackpool South Pier	UK	Family	Pinfari	Unknown	Happy Caterpiller at Dreamland Margate	Unknown	Happy Caterpiller at Clarence Pier