Boomerang: Coast to Coaster

Boomerang: Coast to Coaster
Boomerang: Coast to Coaster at Six Flags Fiesta Texas
Great Escape
Park section	Storytown
Coordinates	43°20′57.35″N 73°41′25.13″W
Status	Operating
Opening date	May 23, 1997
Cost	$5,000,000
Darien Lake
Coordinates	42.930275°N 78.384400°W / 42.930275; -78.384400
Status	Operating
Opening date	May 16, 1998
Cost	$5, 000,000
Six Flags Discovery Kingdom
Park section	Sky
Coordinates	38.139674°N 122.235574°W / 38.139674; -122.235574
Status	Operating
Opening date	March 27, 1998
Elitch Gardens Theme Park
Coordinates	39.748369°N 105.014343°W / 39.748369; -105.014343
Status	Operating
Opening date	April 30, 1999
Six Flags Fiesta Texas
Park section	Los Festivales
Coordinates	29.598327°N 98.610735°W / 29.598327; -98.610735
Status	Operating
Opening date	March 13, 1999
General statistics
Type	Steel – Shuttle – Boomerang
Manufacturer	Vekoma
Designer	Vekoma
Model	Boomerang
Lift/launch system	Chain lift hill
Height	116.5 ft (35.5 m)
Length	935 ft (285 m)
Speed	47 mph (76 km/h)
Inversions	3
Duration	1:48
Capacity	760 riders per hour
G-force	5.2
Height restriction	48 in (122 cm)
Trains	Single train with 7 cars. Riders are arranged 2 across in 2 rows for a total of 28 riders per train.
Flash Pass available at Great Escape, Discovery Kingdom and Fiesta Texas
Boomerang: Coast to Coaster at RCDB

Boomerang: Coast to Coaster is a steel roller coaster of shuttle design currently in use at five different Six Flags & CNL theme parks. The ride was designed and manufactured by Vekoma, and is considered as one of its boomerang models. Each coaster has one train with a capacity of 28, two across in each row. Unlike Vekoma's suspended trains, "Boomerang: Coast to Coaster" operates a sit-down design. When the coaster starts, the train is pulled backwards up the lift hill, then dropped through the loading gate through a cobra roll and then one loop. At the end of this cycle the train is pulled up the lift hill at the end of the track, then dropped once again allowing the train to go back through the loops backwards, hence the name "Boomerang: Coast to Coaster."

Design and operation

Originally, the coasters had a teal track & white supports. As of 2015, Darien Lake's model still has the original colors; Six Flags Discovery Kingdom's model has teal track and yellow supports; The Great Escape & Splashwater Kingdom's model now has a yellow track & red supports; Elitch Gardens' model has a yellow track and purple supports; and Six Flags Fiesta Texas' has teal track and orange supports.

This is the standard Vekoma Boomerang roller coaster design found at forty-three different amusement parks worldwide. It is currently operating at Darien Lake (CNL), Six Flags Discovery Kingdom, Elitch Gardens (CNL), Great Escape (Six Flags), and Six Flags Fiesta Texas (Six Flags).

List of ride locations

Park	Name	Date Opened	Status
Great Escape	Boomerang: Coast to Coaster	May 23, 1997	Operating
Darien Lake	Boomerang: Coast to Coaster	May 16, 1998	Operating
Six Flags Discovery Kingdom	Boomerang: Coast to Coaster	March 27, 1998	Operating
Elitch Gardens	Boomerang: Coast to Coaster	April 30, 1999	Operating
Six Flags Fiesta Texas	Boomerang: Coast to Coaster	March 13, 1999	Operating

Gallery

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  A Vekoma Boomerang roller coaster at Darien Lake.
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  Boomerang Coast to Coaster at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom.

See also

• Invertigo (roller coaster)

External links

• Vekoma web site
• Boomerang: Coast to Coaster listing at RCDB.com