2011 in amusement parks
This is a list of events and openings related to amusement parks that occurred in 2011. These various lists are not exhaustive.
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Amusement parks
Opening
- Legoland Florida - October 15, replaced the former Cypress Gardens
- Rainbow MagicLand - May 26[1]
- Trans Studio Bandung - June 18
Change of name
- Geauga Lake's Wildwater Kingdom » Wildwater Kingdom
- Walibi World » Walibi Holland
Change of ownership
Birthday
- California's Great America - 35th birthday
- Walt Disney World Resort - 40th birthday
- Canada Canada's Wonderland - 30th birthday
- Disney California Adventure - 10th birthday
- Dreamworld - 30th birthday[2]
- Lagoon Amusement Park - 125th birthday
- Magic Kingdom - 40th birthday
- Michigan's Adventure - 55th birthday
- Toverland - 10th birthday
- Six Flags Great America - 35th birthday
- Six Flags Magic Mountain - 40th birthday
- Six Flags Over Texas - 50th birthday
- Six Flags St. Louis - 40th birthday
- Australia Sea World - 40th birthday[3]
- Valleyfair - 35th birthday
- Warner Bros. Movie World - 20th birthday[4]
- WhiteWater World - 5th birthday[5]
Closed
- Escape Theme Park - November 26
- Wannado City - January 2
- NASCAR Cafe - May 1
- Storyland
- Yongma Land
Additions
New
Relocated
Refurbished
Name | Park | Type | Manufacturer | Opened | Formerly | |
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Apocalypse | United States Six Flags Magic Mountain | Wooden roller coaster | Great Coasters International | January 8 | Terminator Salvation: The Ride | |
Flying School | United States Legoland Florida | Suspended Family Coaster | Vekoma | October 15 | Swamp Thing at Cypress Gardens | |
Goofy's Sky School | United States Disney California Adventure | Wild Mouse | Mack Rides | July 1 | Mulholland Madness | |
Sky Rocket | Australia Dreamworld | Suspended Family Coaster | Vekoma | June 25 | Rugrats Runaway Reptar | |
Superman: Escape from Krypton | United States Six Flags Magic Mountain | Launched shuttle roller coaster | Intamin | March 19 | Superman: The Escape |
New
Closed attractions & roller coasters
Amusement parks in terms of attendance
Worldwide
This section list the top 25 largest amusement parks worldwide in order of annual attendance in 2011.
Poll rankings
Golden Ticket Awards
The 2011 Amusement Today Golden Ticket Awards were held at Holiday World & Splashin' Safari in Santa Claus, Indiana.[95]
Top 10 Steel Roller Coasters | ||||
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Rank | Roller Coaster | Park | Manufacturer | Points |
1 | Millennium Force | Cedar Point | Intamin | 1540 |
2 | Bizarro | Six Flags New England | Intamin | 1201 |
3 | Nitro | Six Flags Great Adventure | B&M | 864 |
4 | Goliath | Six Flags Over Georgia | B&M | 794 |
5 | Phantom's Revenge | Kennywood | Morgan/Arrow | 756 |
6 | New Texas Giant | Six Flags Over Texas | Rocky Mountain | 743 |
7 | Apollo's Chariot | Busch Gardens Williamsburg | B&M | 643 |
Expedition GeForce | Holiday Park | Intamin | ||
9 | Top Thrill Dragster | Cedar Point | Intamin | 627 |
10 | Magnum XL-200 | Cedar Point | Arrow | 510 |
Top 10 Wooden Roller Coasters | ||||
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Rank | Roller Coaster | Park | Manufacturer | Points |
1 | The Voyage | United States Holiday World & Splashin' Safari | The Gravity Group | 1631 |
2 | Phoenix | United States Knoebels Amusement Resort | PTC/Schmeck | 1375 |
3 | El Toro | United States Six Flags Great Adventure | Intamin | 1359 |
4 | Boulder Dash | United States Lake Compounce | CCI | 1267 |
5 | Thunderhead | United States Dollywood | GCI | 1065 |
6 | Ravine Flyer II | United States Waldameer Park | The Gravity Group | 969 |
7 | The Beast | United States Kings Island | KECO | 591 |
8 | Hades | United States Mount Olympus Water & Theme Park | The Gravity Group | 494 |
9 | Shivering Timbers | United States Michigan's Adventure | CCI | 484 |
10 | Prowler | United States Worlds of Fun | GCI | 452 |
Records broken
Record name | Record attribute | Ride | Amusement Park | Date broken | |
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Amusement park with the largest number of roller coasters | 18 roller coasters | Green Lantern: First Flight | United States Six Flags Magic Mountain | July 1 | [note 1][96] |
Steepest Steel Roller Coaster Drop | 113.1° drop | Timber Drop | France Fraispertuis City | July 2 | [22] |
Steepest Steel Roller Coaster Drop | 121° drop | Takabisha | Japan Fuji-Q Highland | July 16 | [21] |
See also
- List of roller coaster rankings
- Category:Amusement rides introduced in 2011
- Category:Roller coasters introduced in 2011
- Category:Amusement rides that closed in 2011
Notes
- Six Flags Magic Mountain has since removed Déjà Vu resulting in the record now being a tie between Six Flags Magic Mountain and Cedar Point with 17 roller coasters each.
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External links
- Listing of 2011 roller coaster openings at the Roller Coaster DataBase
- Listing of 2011 roller coaster closures at the Roller Coaster DataBase
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