Coasterpedia:On this day/05 23

2025	Big Bad Wolf: The Wolf's Revenge, a steel inverted roller coaster manufactured by Bolliger & Mabillard, opens at Busch Gardens Williamsburg in Williamsburg, Virginia, USA Wiener Looping, a steel semi-floorless semi-backwards roller coaster manufactured by Mack Rides, opens at Prater in Vienna, Vienna, Austria
2023	SeaWorld Abu Dhabi opens with 2 rides in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, UAE
2020	Engine 86, a junior flying carpet ride manufactured by Zamperla, opens at Lagoon in Farmington, Utah, USA
2017	Boomerang, a steel roller coaster manufactured by Hebei Zhongye Metallurgical Equipment Manufacturing, opens at Wuhan Zhongshan Park in Jianghan, Wuhan, Hubei, China
2016	Water Slides, a body water slide manufactured by SplashTacular, opens at Camp Shands in Hawthorne, Florida, USA
2015	Batman The Ride, a steel 4th dimension roller coaster manufactured by S&S Worldwide, opens at Six Flags Fiesta Texas in San Antonio, Texas, USA Laff Trakk, a steel spinning enclosed roller coaster manufactured by Maurer AG, opens at Hersheypark in Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA Twisted Colossus, a steel hybrid quasi möbius roller coaster manufactured by Rocky Mountain Construction, opens at Six Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia, California, USA Whirlwind, a steel spinning kiddie roller coaster manufactured by SBF Visa Group, opens at Great Yarmouth Pleasure Beach in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England, UK S.O.S., a multi water slide manufactured by SplashTacular, opens at Surf Lagoon in Pooler, Georgia, USA Justice League: Battle for Metropolis, a 3D Tracked Dark Ride ride manufactured by Oceaneering Entertainment Systems, opens at Six Flags Over Texas in Arlington, Texas, USA
2014	New England SkyScreamer, a star flyer ride manufactured by Funtime, opens at Six Flags New England in Agawam, Massachusetts, USA Colossal Curl, a tube funnel wall water slide manufactured by ProSlide, opens at Adventure Island Tampa Bay in Tampa, Florida, USA Colossal Curl, a tube funnel wall water slide manufactured by ProSlide, opens at Water Country USA in Williamsburg, Virginia, USA
2012	Air Jumbo, an Avio ride manufactured by Barbieri, opens at Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson, New Jersey, USA SkyScreamer, a Star Flyer ride manufactured by Funtime, opens at Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson, New Jersey, USA
2009	Apocalypse, a wooden roller coaster manufactured by Great Coasters International, opens at Six Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia, California, USA Get Off My Cloud, a balloon tower ride manufactured by Zamperla, opens at Freestyle Music Park in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, USA Life Is A Highway, a Convoy ride manufactured by Zamperla, opens at Freestyle Music Park in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, USA Fly Like An Eagle, a Kite Flyer ride manufactured by Zamperla, opens at Freestyle Music Park in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, USA SpinSpider, a Giant Discovery ride manufactured by Zamperla, opens at TusenFryd in Vinterbro, Akershus, Norway Trollfallet, a drop tower ride manufactured by ABC Rides, opens at Hunderfossen Eventyrpark in Fåberg, Oppland, Norway Typhoon Terror, a tube water slide manufactured by ProSlide, opens at Six Flags Hurricane Harbor Rockford in Rockford, Illinois, USA
2008	Pandemonium, a steel spinning wild mouse roller coaster manufactured by Gerstlauer, opens at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom in Vallejo, California, USA
2007	Barnstormer, a drop tower ride manufactured by S&S Worldwide, opens at Loudoun Castle in Galston, East Ayrshire, Scotland, UK
1999	Tornado, a steel inverted roller coaster manufactured by Intamin, opens at Parque de Atracciones de Madrid in Madrid, Community of Madrid, Spain
1998	Alabama Adventure and Splash Adventure opens with 2 rides in Bessemer, Alabama, USA Great Bear, a steel inverted roller coaster manufactured by Bolliger & Mabillard, opens at Hersheypark in Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA Joust, a steel kiddie roller coaster manufactured by Chance Rides, opens at Dutch Wonderland in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA Shivering Timbers, a wooden roller coaster manufactured by Custom Coasters International, Inc., opens at Michigan's Adventure in Muskegon, Michigan, USA
1997	Flashback, a steel shuttle roller coaster manufactured by Vekoma, opens at Six Flags Great Escape in Queensbury, New York, USA
1987	Kentucky Kingdom opens with 2 rides in Louisville, Kentucky, USA Oakwood Theme Park opens in Narberth, Pembrokeshire, Wales, UK Gaz Express, a steel roller coaster manufactured by Soquet, opens at Bagatelle in Merlimont, Hauts-de-France, France
1981	Canada's Wonderland opens with 16 rides in Vaughan, Ontario, Canada American Eagle, a wooden twin roller coaster manufactured by Intamin, opens at Six Flags Great America in Gurnee, Illinois, USA
1980	Corkscrew, a steel roller coaster manufactured by Arrow Development, opens at Valleyfair in Shakopee, Minnesota, USA
1976	Tucktonia opens with 1 ride in Christchurch, Dorset, England, UK
1970	Wildcat, a steel roller coaster manufactured by Schwarzkopf, opens at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio, USA
1964	Blue Streak, a wooden roller coaster manufactured by Philadelphia Toboggan Coasters, Inc., opens at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio, USA
1938	Blue Streak, a wooden roller coaster, opens at Conneaut Lake Park in Conneaut Lake, Pennsylvania, USA