2018 in amusement parks

This is a list of events and openings related to amusement parks that occurred in 2018. These various lists are not exhaustive.

Amusement parks

Opening

Aqua Planet opened in February.

• China Three Gorges Happy World – January 19
• Mexico Kataplum – November 1
• U.S. Adventure Zone at Bear Lake – June 16
• U.S. America's Fun Park – May 18
• China Huayi Brothers Movie World
• Russia Dreamwood
• China Nanjing Wanda Theme Park – June 1
• Poland Holiday Park Kownaty – September 29^[1]
• France Parc Spirou – June 1
• UAE Warner Bros. World Abu Dhabi – July 25^[2]
• Malaysia Skytropolis Funland – December 7
• Indonesia Saloka Park – December 15
• Philippines Aqua Planet – February 24

Change of name

• U.S. Waterworld California » Six Flags Hurricane Harbor Concord
• UAE Sega Republic » VR Park Dubai

Change of ownership

• Darien Lake – Premier Parks » Six Flags
• Frontier City – Premier Parks » Six Flags
• White Water Bay (Oklahoma) – Premier Parks » Six Flags
• Wet'n'Wild SplashTown – Premier Parks » Six Flags
• Wet'n'Wild Phoenix – Premier Parks» Six Flags

Birthday

Carowinds celebrated its 45th anniversary in March.

Dutch Wonderland celebrated its 55th anniversary in March.

• Adventuredome – 25th Birthday
• Alabama Splash Adventure – 20th Birthday
• Belantis – 15th Birthday
• Carowinds – 45th Birthday
• Disney's Animal Kingdom – 20th Birthday
• Dutch Wonderland – 55th Birthday
• Frontier City – 60th Birthday
• Attractiepark Slagharen – 55th Birthday
• Heide Park Resort – 40th Birthday
• Movieland Park – 15th Birthday
• SeaWorld Orlando – 45th Birthday
• SeaWorld San Antonio – 30th Birthday
• Silverwood Theme Park – 30th Birthday
• Tokyo Disneyland – 35th Birthday
• Worlds of Fun – 45th Birthday

Closed

• Ratanga Junction – May 1
• Bowcraft Playland – September 30
• Giant Wheel Park of Suzhou – September 10
• Heritage Amusement Park – June 30

Additions

Roller coasters

New

Name	Park	Type	Manufacturer	Opened	Ref(s)
Achterbahn	Ferienzentrum Schloss Dankern	Family roller Coaster	ABC Rides	March 17	[3]
Adrenaline Peak	Oaks Amusement Park	Euro-Fighter roller coaster	Gerstlauer	March 24	[4]
BoBoiBoy Cattus Coaster	Movie Animation Park Studios	Steel roller coaster	unknown	December 7	[5]
Broken Rail Coaster	Great Xingdong Tourist World	Broken Rail Coaster	Golden Horse	2018	[6]
Bûche Dansante	Babyland-Amiland	Spinning roller coaster	SBF Visa Group	October 6	[7]
Chu-Chu	Kataplum	Family roller Coaster	SBF Visa Group	November 1	[8]
Cobra	Freizeit-Land Geiselwind	Steel roller coaster	Interpark	March 24	[9]
Cruiser Coaster	Craig's Cruisers Family Fun Center, Wyoming	Indoor Spinning roller coaster	SBF Visa Group	February 2	[10]
Dax the Ride	Imagic Park	Indoor Suspended roller coaster	Wiegand	November 23	[11]
Dolle Pier	DippieDoe Attractiepark	Junior roller Coaster	SBF Visa Group	March 30	[12]
Electric Eel	SeaWorld San Diego	Launched roller coaster	Premier Rides	May 10	[13]
En avant Seccotine	Parc Spirou	Junior roller coaster	Zierer	June 16	[14]
Family Coaster	Land of Legends Theme Park	Family roller coaster	Gerstlauer	2018	[15]
Family Inverted Coaster	Happy Valley Beijing	Inverted roller coaster	Bolliger & Mabillard	March	[16]
Fast and Furry-ous	Warner Bros. World Abu Dhabi	Inverted roller coaster	Intamin	July 25	[17]
Flyvende Ørn	Legoland Billund Resort	Family roller Coaster	Zierer	March 24	[18]
Fēnix	Toverland	Wing coaster	Bolliger & Mabillard	July 7	[19]
HangTime	Knott's Berry Farm	Infinity Coaster	Gerstlauer	May 18	[20]
Harley Quinn Crazy Coaster	Six Flags Discovery Kingdom	Skywarp Dual Loop coaster	Skyline Attractions	August 3	[21]
Heaven's Wing	Huayi Brothers Movie World	Wing Coaster	Bolliger & Mabillard	2018	[22]
Hyper Coaster	Land of Legends Theme Park	Hypercoaster	Mack Rides	2018	[23]
Hyperion	Energylandia	Mega Coaster	Intamin	July 14	[24]
Icon	Blackpool Pleasure Beach	Launched roller coaster	Mack Rides	May 25	[25]
Inflaming Beatles	Huayi Brothers Movie World	Steel roller coaster	Beijing Jiuhua Amusement Rides Manufacturing Co.	2018	[26]
Jungle Rally	Djurs Sommerland	Junior roller Coaster	Zierer	April 27	[27]
Jungle Trailblazer	Fantawild Asian Legends, Nanning	Wooden roller coaster	The Gravity Group	August 18	[28]
Junior Red Force	Ferrari Land	Family roller Coaster	SBF Visa Group	May 22	[29]
K2	Karls Erlebnis-Dorf	Family roller Coaster	ABC Rides	April 21	[30]
King Kong - The Giant Ape Adventure	Carthageland	Spinning roller coaster	Eos Rides	March 19	[31]
Laoshan Flying Dragon	Qingdao Wanda Theme Park	Inverted roller coaster	unknown	2018	[32]
Launch Coaster	Colourful Yunnan Paradise	Launched roller coaster	Mack Rides	July 5	[33]
Merlin's Mayhem	Dutch Wonderland	Inverted roller coaster	S&S Worldwide	April 28	[34]
Oscar's Wacky Taxi	Sesame Place	Wooden roller coaster	The Gravity Group	May 26	[35]
Paradise Fall	Sun World Danang Wonders	Launched roller coaster	Intamin	April 9	[36]
Pinball X	Dreamland	Wild Mouse roller coaster	Zamperla	2018	[37]
Pioneer	OK Corral	Steel roller coaster	Zierer	June 2	[38]
RailBlazer	California's Great America	Steel roller coaster	Rocky Mountain Construction	June 14	[39]
Rex's Racer	Shanghai Disneyland	Launched Shuttle roller coaster	Intamin	April 26	[40]
Roller Coaster	Three Gorges Happy World	Steel roller coaster	Qin Long	January 19	[41]
Rollercoaster Wikingów	Majaland Kownaty	Indoor Family roller Coaster	Zierer	September 29	[42]
Speed Rockets	Jardin d'Acclimatation	Steel roller coaster	Gerstlauer	June 1	[43]
Sea Viper	Palace Playland	Steel roller coaster	Preston & Barbieri	June 9	[44]
Slinky Dog Dash	Disney's Hollywood Studios	Launched roller coaster	Mack Rides	June 30	[45]
Speed	Energylandia	Water Coaster	Intamin	April 2	[46]
Spinner	Luneur Park	Spinning roller coaster	Eos Rides	2018	[47]
Spirou Racing	Parc Spirou	Steel roller coaster	Zierer	June 16	[48]
Steel Dolphin	Shanghai Haichang Ocean Park	Blitz roller coaster	Intamin	November 17	[49]
Stress Express	Fantawild Asian Legends, Nanning	Boomerang roller coaster	Vekoma	August 8	[50]
Tantrum	Six Flags Darien Lake	Euro-Fighter roller coaster	Gerstlauer	May 25	[51]
Thunderchariot	Discoveryland, Dalian	Steel roller coaster	Zamperla	March 24	[52]
Tiki-Waka	Walibi Belgium	Steel roller coaster	Gerstlauer	April 7	[53]
Time Traveler	Silver Dollar City	Spinning roller coaster	Mack Rides	March 14	[54]
Tom and Jerry Swiss Cheese Spin	Warner Bros. World Abu Dhabi	Spinning roller coaster	Zamperla	July 25	[55]
Trampolino-Coaster	Trampolino Familien-und Freizeitpark	Cyclon Coaster	SBF Visa Group	May 5	[56]
Tweestryd	Wildlands Adventure Zoo Emmen	Dueling Family Boomerang	Vekoma	March 28	[57]
Twist-N-Shout	Fun Land of Fredericksburg	Spinning roller coaster	SBF Visa Group	June 9	[58]
Valkyria	Liseberg	Dive Coaster	Bolliger & Mabillard	August 10	[59]
Wanted by Lucky Luke	Parc Spirou Provence	Junior roller Coaster	Zierer	June 16	[60]
Western Regions Heaven	Happy Valley Chengdu	Dive Coaster	Bolliger & Mabillard	February 10	[61]
Wicker Man	Alton Towers	Wooden roller coaster	Great Coasters International	March 20	[62]
Boat Workshop	Nanjing Wanda Theme Park	Motorbike roller coaster	Golden Horse	June 1	[63]
Wild Whizzer	Morey's Piers	Spinning roller coaster	SBF Visa Group	June 2	[64]
Insomnio	Kataplum	Suspended roller coaster	Vekoma	November 1	[65]
Carros Locos	Kataplum	Spinning roller coaster	SBF Visa Group	November 1	[66]
Wipeout	Palace Playland	Spinning roller coaster	SBF Visa Group	July 19	[67]
Wonder Woman Coaster	Six Flags Mexico	4th Dimension roller coaster	S&S Worldwide	June 1	[68]
Wonder Woman Golden Lasso Coaster	Six Flags Fiesta Texas	Steel roller coaster	Rocky Mountain Construction	May 12	[69]
Wood Express	Parc Saint Paul	Wooden roller coaster	The Gravity Group	July 1	[70]
Yukon Quad	Le Pal	Launched roller coaster	Intamin	April 7	[71]
Mine 1771	Dreamwood	Mine train roller coaster	Maurer Rides	June 2018	[72]
Tabalugas Achterbahn	Holiday Park	Family roller Coaster	Zierer	July 21	[73]
Wilde Hilde	Schwaben Park	Roller Ball	Ride Engineers Switzerland	October 13	[74]
Wing Coaster	Colourful Yunnan Paradise	Wing Coaster	Bolliger & Mabillard	July 5	[75]

Relocated

Name	Park	Type	Manufacturer	Opened	Formerly	Ref(s)
Circuit Bobsleigh	Parc de la Vallée	Steel roller coaster	Anton Schwarzkopf	2018	Bobsleigh at Nigloland	[76][77]
Crazy Coaster	South Pier, Blackpool	Spinning roller coaster	Reverchon	2018	Crazy Coaster at Arcadia City	[78][79]
Emerald Coaster	Sam's Fun City	Steel roller coaster	Pinfari	March 16	Cat & Mouse at Ocean Beach Pleasure Park	[80][81]
Dragon Challenge	Barry Island Pleasure Park	Junior roller coaster	Pinfari	2018	Beastie at Alton Towers	[82][83]
Looping Star	Parko Paliatso Luna Park	Steel roller coaster	Anton Schwarzkopf	April 1	Thunder Loop at Attractiepark Slagharen	[84][85]
Dragon Coaster	Castle Fun Center	Family roller Coaster	E&F Miler Industries	2018	Python Roller Coaster at Party Zone USA	[86][87]

Refurbished

Name	Park	Type	Manufacturer	Opened	Formerly	Ref(s)
Apple Zapple	Kings Dominion	Wild Mouse roller coaster	Mack Rides	2018	Richocet
Chhota Bheem The Ride	Adlabs Imagica	Steel roller coaster	I.E. Park	2018	Bandits of Robin Hood
Dubai Drone	VR Park Dubai	Spinning roller coaster	Gerstlauer	2018	Spin Gear
Eurosat - CanCan Coaster	Europa-Park	Enclosed roller coaster	Mack Rides	2018	Eurosat
Great Lego Race	Legoland Florida Legoland Malaysia Legoland Deutschland	VR Wild Mouse roller coaster	Mack Rides	2018	Project-X
Incredicoaster	Disney California Adventure	Launched roller coaster	Intamin	June 23	California Screamin'	[88]
Kiddy Hawk	Carowinds	Inverted roller coaster	Vekoma	2018	Flying Ace Aerial Chase
Pandashi	Kobe Oji Zoo	Powered roller coaster	Zamperla	2018	Dragon
Racer 75	Kings Dominion	Wooden Roller Coaster	Philadelphia Toboggan Coasters	2018	Rebel Yell
Riddler Revenge	Six Flags New England	Inverted roller coaster	Vekoma	2018	Mind Eraser
Steel Vengeance	Cedar Point	Steel roller coaster	Rocky Mountain Construction	May 5	Mean Streak
Twisted Cyclone	Six Flags Over Georgia	Steel roller coaster	Rocky Mountain Construction	May 25	Georgia Cyclone
Twisted Timbers	Kings Dominion	Steel roller coaster	Rocky Mountain Construction	March 24	Hurler
The Walking Dead: The Ride	Thorpe Park	Enclosed roller coaster	Vekoma	March 31	X

Other attractions

New

Name	Park	Type	Opened	Ref(s)
Adventure Bay	Nickelodeon Universe Mall Of America	Open-Play area	Oct 25
Battle For Eire	Busch Gardens Williamsburg	VR motion simulator	2018
Crazanity	Six Flags Magic Mountain	Giant Discovery Frisbee	2018
Cyborg Cyber Spin	Six Flags Great Adventure	Gyroscopic Thrill Ride	2018
Delirious	Valleyfair	Super Loop	2018
DreamWorks Theatre	Universal Studios Hollywood	4D film	June 15
Fast & Furious: Supercharged	Universal Studios Florida	3D dark ride	April 23
Flying Canoes	Canada's Wonderland	Interactive Family Ride	May 2018
Harley Quinn Spinsanity	Six Flags New England Six Flags Over Texas	Giant Discovery Frisbee Gyroscopic Thrill Ride	2018
Infinity Falls	SeaWorld Orlando	River rapids ride	2018
Lakeside Lagoon	Splash Works (Canada's Wonderland)	Children's pool & slides	May 2018
Lumberjack	Canada's Wonderland	Hawk	May 2018
Mardi Gras Hangover	Six Flags Great America	Giant Loop	2018
Nordic Chaser	Worlds of Fun	SeaStorm	2018
Pandemonium	Great Escape	Freestyle	2018
Peppa Pig Land	Gardaland	Themed area	March 29
Peppa Pig Land	Heide Park	Themed area	March 24
Rock 'n' Roller	Kentucky Kingdom	Mini Himalaya	2018
San Andreas	Gardaland	4D film	March 29
Scream Xtreme	Kentucky Kingdom	Endeavour	2018
Splashwater Island	Six Flags Hurricane Harbor Concord	Water play area	2018
Tik Tak	Tivoli Gardens	Mondial Shake R5	August 15	[89]
Toy Story Land	Shanghai Disneyland Park Disney's Hollywood Studios	Themed area	April 26 June 30
Tourbillon	La Ronde	Tilt-A-Whirl	2018
Typhoon Twister	Six Flags St. Louis	Waterslide	2018
Wahoo River	Six Flags America	Lazy river	2018

Refurbished

Name	Park	Type	Opened	Formerly	Ref(s)
Camp Snoopy	Carowinds	Themed area	March 24	Planet Snoopy
I Corsari : La Vendetta Del Fantasma	Gardaland	Dark Ride	March 29	I Corsari
Pemburu Badai	Trans Studio Bandung	Drop Tower	August 31	Trans Broadcast Museum
Pixar Pier	Disney California Adventure	Themed area	June 23	Paradise Pier

Closed attractions & roller coasters

Name	Park	Type	Closed	Refs
A Bug's Land	Disney California Adventure	Themed Area	September 4	[90]
Apocalypse	Six Flags America	Stand-up roller coaster	September 5	[91]
Atomic Coaster	Beijing Shijingshan Amusement Park	Steel roller coaster	2018	[92]
Bushwacker	Ratanga Junction	Junior roller coaster	May 1	[93]
Cannonball Run	Waterville USA	Wooden roller coaster	September 30	[94][95]
Circle of Life: An Environmental Fable	Epcot	Cinema	February 3	[96]
Cobra	Ratanga Junction	Vekoma Suspended roller coaster	May 1	[97]
Crossbow	Bowcraft Playland	Steel roller coaster	September 30	[98]
Dinosaurs Alive!	Canada's Wonderland Cedar Point Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom Kings Dominion	Walk-through Exhibit	October 28 September 3 October 28 October 28	[99]
Dragon	Bowcraft Playland	Junior roller coaster	September 30	[100]
Dragon in the Day	Dream World Riz-Zoawd	Steel roller coaster	2018	[101]
El Diablo	Six Flags Great Adventure	Giant Loop	2018	[102]
Firehawk	Kings Island	Vekoma Flying Dutchman roller coaster	October 28	[103]
Flitzer	Jenkinson's Boardwalk	Steel roller coaster	2018	[104]
Flitzer	Morey's Piers	Steel roller coaster	September 30	[105]
G Force	Drayton Manor	Steel roller coaster	2018	[106]
Harley Quinn Spinsanity	Six Flags Over Texas	Troika	November 4	[107]
It's Tough to Be a Bug!	Disney California Adventure	4-D attraction	March 19	[108]
Jimmy Neutron's Atomic Collider	Nickelodeon Universe	Hexentanz	April 20	[109]
Jungle Flyers	Busch Gardens Tampa	Ziplines	2018	[110]
Jurassic Park: The Ride	Universal Studios Hollywood	Shoot the Chute	September 3	[111]
Karavanen	Tivoli Gardens	Family roller coaster	2018	[112]
Kidzopolis	Great Escape	Kids Area	2018
Mad Mouse	Joyland Amusement Park	Wild Mouse roller coaster	2018	[113]
Odinexpressen	Tivoli Gardens	Powered roller coaster	2018	[114]
Orbiter	Canada's Wonderland	Enterprise	October 28*	[115]
Orkanens Øje	Tivoli Friheden	Zyklon roller coaster	October 21	[116]
The Pictorium	Six Flags Great America	Theater	May 4	[117]
Pirates in Batavia	Europa-Park	Dark ride	May 26	[118]
Quest for Chi	Legoland Florida	Splash Battle	May 28	[119][120]
Reese's Xtreme Cup Challenge	Hersheypark	Dark ride	September 3	[121]
Robin Hood	Walibi Holland	Wooden roller coaster	October 28	[122]
Rip’n Roarin Rapids	Carowinds	Rapid	Septem
Scooby-Doo! Ghostblasters: The Mystery of the Haunted Mansion	Six Flags Fiesta Texas	Dark ride	January 7	[123]
Shamu Express	Seaworld Orlando	Junior roller coaster	April 8	[124]
Sky Coaster	Six Flags America	Skycoaster	2018
Stingray	Giant Wheel Park of Suzhou	Stingray roller coaster	September 10	[125]
Twister	Darien Lake	Top Spin	2018
Vleermuis	Plopsaland	Batflyer	January 7	[126]
Volcano: The Blast Coaster	Kings Dominion	Launched Inverted roller coaster	May 6	[127]
White Cyclone	Nagashima Spa Land	Wooden roller coaster	January 28	[128]
Wild Kitty	Frontier City	Kiddie roller coaster
Witches' Wheel	Cedar Point	Enterprise	September 3	[129]

• * This ride's closure was announced after the 2018 season