When parks open a new ride or attraction, a major decision they have to make is the theme the ride will be based around. Will it be scary and sinister? Family-friendly? Meaningful? A large part of determining and marketing the theme of an attraction is deciding on the name, and some parks do this (significantly!) better than others. I, and many of you scoured RCDB to find the most ridiculous, hilarious, weird or outright stupid names given to actual coasters and rides, and together we’ve gathered quite an unusual list, so here are the seven most strange and obscure ride names out there!
Dizzy Love and Whirling Passion, Discoveryland, China
Located in the Liaoning Province in the Northeastern China, Discoveryland is home to four rollercoasters. The majority have relatively normal names, Crazy Cobra, Flying Dragon and Thunderchariot. One coaster stands out from the rest however due to it’s highly unusual name: Dizzy Love and Whirling Passion. This well-known ride is a breed of Suspended Looping Coaster, or SLC, and is considered to be once of the most intense rides at the park, but most people know Dizzy Love and Whirling Passion for it’s obscure and even hilarious name!
Hundeprutten, BonBon Land, Denmark
A guest visiting BonBon Land in Denmark with little to no knowledge of the Danish language would likely just ride this Zierer Family Coaster without realising the meaning of the ride’s name, but if you speak Danish, you’ve probably already realised that Hundeprutten translates into English as Dog Fart! Yes, I’m serious. This is the name the owners of BonBon Land actually went with for their new coaster in 1993!
There is a backstory behind this unusual and comical name though. BonBon Land was the brainchild of a chocolatier that was most known for his strange-sounding flavours, and a favourite among customers was a sweet known simply as Dog Farts! So, no, this family coaster isn’t actually themed to an actual dog fart, but instead the Danish sweet made by the BonBon company.
5 Ring Roller Coaster, Cangzhou Zoo, China
At least the parks the last two coasters on this list are home to, put some thought and choice into naming their new ride, even if it wasn’t necessarily the right choice. But it seems Cangzhou Zoo in the Hubei province of China just lost all creative spirit when naming their 2017 addition, and, the strangest thing about this already obscure coaster name is that it isn’t even truthful! We can assume that the “5 Ring” aspect of the name refers to the number of inversions this ride has, except… it doesn’t. Instead, it only has four! This may be the biggest case of faking an inversion we’ve seen since Tayto Park tried to market Cu Chulainn as an inverting coaster!
Thank you to @coasternerd1 on Instagram for suggesting this hilarious but untruthful name!
The “Inertia” Coasters of China and North Korea
By definition, inertia is “a tendency to do nothing or to remain unchanged”. Knowing this, it would seem like an obvious decision not to name your ride after a word that basically means “not moving”. But still many parks around the world still choose to name or even theme their coasters after the tendency of inertia, and this strange trend is most common in China and North Korea.
Big Worm Inertia Train at Zhongshan Park in China is the most well known among the coaster enthusiast community for it’s extremely weird-sounding name, but this SAMECO Wacky Worm is certainly not the only one! Other “inertia” rides include Inertia Airplane Car at Kaeson Youth Park in North Korea, and Inertia Pulley, Inertia Rollercoaster, Inertia Car and Inertia Coaster at various parks across China. That sure is a lot of inertia for a type of ride that is known for quick twists and turns!
Happy Birthday, Brazil
No, this indoor park in the west of Brazil isn’t hoping you have a great birthday. At least, it probably isn’t. Happy Birthday, located in the Brasilia region of Brazil is home to just one coaster, Mini-Montanha Russa, translating into English as Mini Rollercoaster, among other attractions such as a simulator experience and a bumper cars type ride. The park opened to the public in the early years of last decade and is a popular attraction among locals!
Speed Roller Coaster, Yancheng Chun-Qui Land, China
It’s a rollercoaster, a Zamperla Volare to be exact, that has a high speed. The name says it all really.
Coaster
If you thought 5 Ring Roller Coaster was an uninspired name, you’d be surprised to find how many parks shorten the names of their rollercoasters to just “Roller Coaster, or even “Coaster”! According to RCDB, there are over thirty coasters with the name “coaster” and 309 named “rollercoaster”. The name “Roller Coaster” is common among older coasters, built at a time when rollercoasters and theme parks were not nearly as popular, so a ride named Roller Coaster would likely have been the only coaster in the park when it opened!
Lagoon’s Roller Coaster is the most famous example of this, opening in 1921 and being the oldest coaster in the park today. However, many parks, particularly smaller-scale ones, continue to give their ride this obvious name even now, whether it be because it really is the only coaster in the park, or they’re just out of ideas. It’s a descriptive name, I guess.
Thanks to @tommycoaster1911 on Instagram for sending this one in!
Panic Coaster Back Daaaan, Tokyo Dome City, Japan
Many well-known coaster Youtubers, including Coaster Studios and Theme Park Crazy, have mentioned this unusual ride in a video for how strange it really is, but the experience itself isn’t the only weird thing about the coaster. The name sounds like the designers had too many ideas on what the ride should be named and themed after, so they just squashed very idea randomly together, and came out with the mouthful of a coaster name that is Panic Coaster Back Daaaaan.
And if you think the ride is going to make up for the strange name, you’d be wrong. The coaster is basically just a regular Gerstlauer Family Coaster, except with bright lighting, unusual and innovative visual effects, and a lot of projections. This is certainly a crazy coaster, with an even crazier name!
Have I missed any off this list? What are some of the strangest ride names you’ve seen? Let me know below, and join the conversation!
Your articles are amazing. Thank you for your hard work.
It’s definitely worth a visit! 🙂
Interesting! Never heard of that park before
Love this Lily
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