2020 in coasters

Events by year
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This page is for everything related to roller coasters, powered coasters, and alpine coasters, that occurred during the year 2020.

Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the opening of some coasters has been delayed either to later in the year or until 2021.

Opened

Class Name Park Location Type Manufacturer Opened
Roller Candymonium Hersheypark
USA
Hyper Bolliger & Mabillard July 3
Roller Draken Furuvik
Sweden
Kiddie Zierer May 16
Roller Duplo Dino Coaster Legoland Windsor
UK
Kiddie Mack Rides March 14
Roller Family Thriller Sunac Land Chengdu
China
Sit-Down Unknown September 19
Roller Formula Rossa Junior Ferrari World Abu Dhabi
UAE
Sit-Down Zamperla March 1
Roller F.L.Y. Phantasialand
Germany
Flying
Launched
Vekoma September 17
Roller Fly di Ragga Muffin Mystic Mountain
Jamaica
Suspended Wiegand July
Roller Forest Predator Happy Valley
China
Wing Bolliger & Mabillard November 11
Roller Gesengte Sau Prater
Austria
Sit-Down Gerstlauer July 9
Roller Hals-über-Kopf Erlebnispark Tripsdrill
Germany
Inverted Vekoma June 26
Roller Light of Revenge Happy Valley (Nanjing)
China
Launched Intamin November 12
Powered Max & Moritz Efteling
Netherlands
Twin
Family
Mack Rides June 20
Roller Objectif Mars Futuroscope
France
Spinning
Launched
Intamin June 13
Roller Orion Kings Island
USA
Giga Bolliger & Mabillard July 12
Roller Pearly Whirly Coaster Craig's Cruisers Family Fun Center
USA
Spinning
Hamster Wheel
SBF Visa Group June
Roller Saven Fårup Sommerland
Denmark
Shuttle Vekoma June 5
Roller Texas Stingray SeaWorld San Antonio
USA
Wooden
Hybrid
Great Coasters International February 29
Roller Tsunami Scene 75
USA
Spinning
Kiddie
Indoor
SBF Visa Group December 16
Roller Volldampf Erlebnispark Tripsdrill
Germany
Shuttle Vekoma June 26
Roller Wakala Bellewaerde
Belgium
Sit-Down Gerstlauer July 1
Roller West Coast Racers Six Flags Magic Mountain
USA
Launched
Möbius
Premier Rides January 9
Roller Whirlwind Waldameer
USA
Spinning
Kiddie
SBF Visa Group July 3
Roller Vertika La Récré des 3 Curés
France
Sit-Down Gerstlauer June 6

Relocations

Class Name Park Country Type Manufacturer Opened Formerly
Roller Frank' N Coaster House of Frankenstein
Canada
Sit-Down Wisdom Rides July 13 Thriller Coaster at Sports Plus Entertainment Center
Roller Gold Rush Family Park
France
Family Zierer July 1 Gold Rush at Loudoun Castle
Roller Gold Rush Kingoland
France
Family Pinfari June 20 Python at Gulliver's Land

Rethemes/Refurbishments

Class Name Park Location Type Manufacturer Opened Previously Known As
Roller Leap The Dips Lakemont Park
USA
Wooden
Side Friction
Edward Joy Morris June 2, 1902 N/A
Roller Monkey Mayhem West Midland Safari Park
UK
Spinning
Wild Mouse
Reverchon 1998 Wall's Twister Ride
Roller Royal Scotsman Hansa-Park
Germany
Sit-Down Vekoma 1993 Rasender Roland
Roller Streamliner Coaster Six Flags Fiesta Texas
USA
Kiddie Vekoma 1992 Kiddee Koaster

Closures

Class Name Park Country Type Manufacturer Opened Closed Relocated
Roller Big Apple M&D's Scotland's Theme Park
UK
Kiddie Pinfari 1996 Unknown Web Adventure Park
Powered Blauer Enzian Toshimaen
Japan
Sit-Down Mack Rides 1982 August 31 N/A
Roller Cheetah Wild Adventures
USA
Wooden
Hybrid
Custom Coasters International, Inc. June 16, 2001 March 15 N/A
Roller Corkscrew Toshimaen
Japan
Sit-Down Arrow Dynamics July 7, 1979 August 31 N/A
Roller Cyclone Toshimaen
Japan
Sit-Down Togo August 5, 1965 August 31 N/A
Roller Primeval Whirl Disney's Animal Kingdom
USA
Spinning
Wild Mouse
Twin
Reverchon March 31, 2002 March 15 N/A
Roller Python Pit Go Bananas
USA
Kiddie
Indoor
E&F Miler Industries 1997 March Funtimes Fun Park
Roller Racing Bakken
Denmark
Sit-Down Zierer 1972 September 13 Unknown