Galaxi (model)

A car from the now-defunct Galaxi at Funtown Splashtown U.S.A.

The Galaxi (Sometimes called "Galaxy") is a mass-produced portable roller coaster model primarily manufactured by Italian company S.D.C, who went bust in 1993. The design was first produced in the 1970s, and over fifty copies have been produced since.

Sixteen Galaxi roller coasters are currently in park-based operation across North America, Europe and Australia, with another standing but not operating. Over 36 amusement parks have operated, or are operating a Galaxi ride, excluding travelling funfairs.

Design

The Galaxi is a steel roller coaster made of steel. It is designed to be transportable, and disassembles onto seven trailers.

The ride is similar in design to the Zyklon model, manufactured by the now defunct Pinfari, also Italian.

Trains

Single-car trains.

In popular culture

In the Season 4 CSI episode "Turn of the Screws",a Galaxi coaster is the main subject of the investigation. A sabotaged train with five riders derailed and landed in a nearby carpark, killing the passengers and revealing the body of a park employee hidden in the trunk of a car. The roller coaster used for filming was Screaming Mummy at Pharao's Lost Kingdom.

Installations

Due to the sheer amount of Galaxi coasters produced, and how difficult it is to track them, this list may be inaccurate.

Name	Park	Location	Opened	Status
Bavarian Beetle Formerly Galaxi	Kings Island Coney Island	Kings Mills, Ohio, USA Cincinnati, Ohio, USA	1972 1970	Closed 1979 Closed 1971
Cyclone	Queens Park	Long Beach, California, USA	1969	Closed 1979
Galaxi	Indiana Beach	(Monticello, Indiana, USA	1971	Operating
Galaxi Formerly Galaxie	Myrtle Beach Pavillion Kings Dominion	Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, USA Doswell, Virginia, USA	1975	Closed 1997 Closed 1983
Galaxi Formerly Galaxi	Joyland Amusement Park White Swan Park	Lubbock, Texas, USA Coraopolis, Pennsylvania, USA		Operating Closed 1989
Galaxi	Pirate's Fun Park	Salisbury, Massachusetts, USA		Closed
Galaxi	Funtown Splashtown U.S.A.	Saco, Maine, USA	1978	Closed 2008
Galaxi Formerly Galaxy Orbit	Palace Playland Peony Park	Old Orchard Beach, Maine, USA Omaha, Nebraska, USA	1994 1972	Operating Closed 1993
Galaxi	Cliff's Amusement Park	Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA	1976	Operating
Galaxi Formerly Galaxi	Sylvan Beach Amusement Park Fun Forest Amusement Park	Sylvan Beach, New York, USA Seattle, Washington, USA	1993 1974	Operating Closed 1992
Galaxi	Riverview Park & Waterworld	Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin, USA		Cloaed 2007
Galaxi	Santa's Village AZoosment Park	Dundee, Illinois, USA	1987	Closed 1996
Galaxi Formerly Galaxi Formerly Galaxi	Dixie Landin' Family Theme Park Fun Fair Park Pontchartrain Beach	Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA New Orleans, Louisiana, USA	2001 1978	Operating Closed 1999 Closed 1997
Galaxi	Sauzer's Kiddieland	Schererville, Indiana, USA	1970	Closed 1995
Galaxi Formerly Galaxi	Paragon ParK HemisFair '68	Hull, Massachusetts, USA San Antonio, Texas, USA	1969 1968	Closed 1985 Closed 1968
Galaxi	Crystal Beach	Crystal Beach, Ontario, Canada	1984	Closed 1984
Galaxi	Luna Park	Ankara, Ankara, Turkey	1980s	Operating
Galaxi 2000	Hassans Nöjesfältet	Åhus, Skåne, Sweden	1985	Closed 2006
Galaxy	Adventureland	Farmingdale, New York, USA	1973	Closed 1990
Galaxy	Fantasilandia	Santiago, Santiago, Chile	1978	Operating
Grand Huit	Europark	Vias, Languedoc-Roussillon, France	2005	Closed 2006
Himalaya	Parc d'Attractions d'Alger	Algeria, Alger, Algeria	2006	Operating
Horská Dráha	Lunapark	Prague, Czech Republic	1973	Closed 2018
Metropolis	Luna Park	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia		Operating
Moncayo	Parque de Atracciones de Zaragoza	Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain	2002	Operating
Montagna	Magic Park	Thessaloniki, Macedonia, Greece	2001	Operating
Montagne Russe	Parc Sindibad	File:Morocco.png Casablanca, Grand Casablanca, Morocco		SBNO
Montana Rusa	Parque Rodó	Montevideo, Montevideo, Uruguay	2006	Operating
Mont Blank	Edenlandia	Naples, Campania, Italy		Closed 2001
Nightmare Mine	Frontier City	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA	1980	Closed 2000
Nightmare Mine Formerly Galaxi	Frontier City Fun Junction	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA Grand Junction, Colorado, USA	2000	Closed 2000 Closed 1999
Rockin' Rider	Canobie Lake Park	Salem, New Hampshire, USA	1970	Closed 2004
Screaming Mummy Formerly Super Screamer	Pharo's Adventure Park Adventureland	Redlands, California, USA Altoona, Iowa, USA	2000 1976	Closed 2006 Closed 1999
Serpent Formerly Sperpent Formerly Galaxi	Kokomo's Family Fun Center LeSourdsville Lake Amusement Park Nobles Funland Amusement Park	Saginaw, Michigan, USA Middletown, Ohio, USA Paducah, Kentucky, USA	2009 1989 1987	Operating Closed 2002 Closed 1988
Skyways	Clarence Pier	Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, UK	1980	Operating
unknown	Mirapolis	Cergy-Pointoise, Ile-de-France, France	1989	Closed 1991