Bobsled roller coaster

A bobsled roller coaster is a roller coaster that uses a track design that is essentially a "pipe" with the top half removed and has cars that are sent down this pipe in a freewheeling mode. The name derives from the great similarity to the track design used for the winter sport of bobsleigh.

Most modern bobsled roller coasters are made of steel; however, the first bobsled coasters, known as Flying Turns, were made of wood. On October 4, 2013, after seven years of construction, Knoebels in Pennsylvania opened the world's only modern wooden Flying Turns coaster, Flying Turns. The ride was scheduled to open in 2007, but had been delayed due to dysfunctional wheels and other issues. As there were no historic plans available, the new coaster was designed entirely from scratch.

Both the bobsled coaster and the Flying Turns coaster are buildable in the RollerCoaster Tycoon and Thrillville series of video games.

Notably, the Gerstlauer Bobsled Coaster model is not a bobsled coaster by this definition but rather an improvement on the wild mouse.

Installations

As of 2012, 21 bobsled roller coasters have been built. The roller coasters are listed in order of opening dates.

Name	Park	Country	Opened	Closed	Type	Manufacturer	Status
Flying Turns	Lakeside Park	Template:Flagu	1929	1930 - 1954*	Wood	John Norman Bartlett	Removed
Flying Turns	Euclid Beach Park	Template:Flagu	1930	September 28, 1969	Wood	John Norman Bartlett	Removed
Flying Turns	Rocky Point Park	Template:Flagu	1931	1938	Wood	John Norman Bartlett/Philadelphia Toboggan Coasters	Removed
Flying Turns	Forest Park	Template:Flagu	1934	July 19, 1963	Wood	John Norman Bartlett	Removed
Flying Turns	Steeplechase Park	Template:Flagu	1934	September 14, 1939	Wood	John Norman Bartlett	Removed
Flying Turns	Riverview Park Formerly Century of Progress	Template:Flagu	1935 May 27, 1933	1967 October 31, 1934	Wood	John Norman Bartlett	Removed
Lake Placid Bobsled	Palisades Amusement Park	Template:Flagu	1937	1946	Wood	John Norman Bartlett	Removed
Bobsled	Coney Island Formerly Flushing Meadows Park	Template:Flagu	1941 April 30, 1939	1974 October 27, 1940	Wood	John Norman Bartlett	Removed
Flying Turns	HersheyPark	Template:Flagu	1942 (intended)	N/A	Wood	Philadelphia Toboggan Co.	Cancelled
Screamin' Delta Demon	Opryland USA†	Template:Flagu	April 1984	October 31, 1997	Steel	Intamin	Removed
Schweizer Bobbahn	Europa Park	Template:Flagu	1985	Template:N/A	Steel	Mack Rides	Operating
Disaster Transport Formerly Avalanche Run	Cedar Point	Template:Flagu	May 11, 1985	July 29, 2012	Steel	Intamin	Removed
Bobbaan	Efteling	Template:Flagu	1985	September 1, 2019	Steel	Intamin	Removed
La Vibora Formerly Sarajevo Bobsled	Six Flags Over Texas Six Flags Magic Mountain	Template:Flagu	1986 1984	2024 1986	Steel	Intamin	Removed
Reptilian Formerly Avalanche	Kings Dominion	Template:Flagu	1988	Template:N/A	Steel	Mack Rides	Operating
Avalanche	Pleasure Beach Blackpool	Template:Flagu	June 22, 1988	Template:N/A	Steel	Mack Rides	Operating
Munich Autobahn	Kobe Portopialand	Template:Flagu	April 1991	March 31, 2006	Steel	Mack Rides	Removed
Schweizer Bobbahn	Heide Park	Template:Flagu	1994	Template:N/A	Steel	Mack Rides	Operating
Alpine Bobsled Formerly Rolling Thunder Formerly Sarajevo Bobsled	Six Flags Great Escape and Hurricane Harbor Six Flags Great America Six Flags Great Adventure	Template:Flagu	1998 1989 1984	2023 1995 1988	Steel	Intamin	Removed
Trace Du Hourra	Parc Astérix	Template:Flagu	March 31, 2001	Template:N/A	Steel	Mack Rides	Operating
Flying Turns	Knoebels	Template:Flagu	October 5, 2013	Template:N/A	Wood	Knoebels	Operating
Montanha Russa	Parque Shanghai	Template:Flagu	Template:N/A	Template:N/A	Wood	Template:N/A	Removed

• * Denotes that exact closing date is not known.
• † The Screamin' Delta Demon was transported to Old Indiana Fun Park following Opryland's closure in 1998, but was never reassembled and eventually scrapped.