Boomerang: Coast to Coaster facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Boomerang: Coast to Coaster
Boomerang: Coast to Coaster at Six Flags Fiesta Texas
Six Flags Fiesta Texas
Park section	Los Festivales
Coordinates	29°35′54″N 98°36′39″W / 29.598327°N 98.610735°W / 29.598327; -98.610735
Status	Operating
Opening date	March 13, 1999
Six Flags Darien Lake
Coordinates	42°55′49″N 78°23′04″W / 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°08′23″N 122°14′08″W / 38.139674°N 122.235574°W / 38.139674; -122.235574
Status	Operating
Opening date	March 27, 1998
Elitch Gardens Theme Park
Coordinates	39°44′54″N 105°00′52″W / 39.748369°N 105.014343°W / 39.748369; -105.014343
Status	Operating
Opening date	April 30, 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
Max vertical angle	65°
Capacity	760 riders per hour
G-force	5.2
Height restriction	48 in (122 cm)
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 four different Six Flags & EPR 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 its original colors; Six Flags Discovery Kingdom's model has teal track and yellow 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) and Six Flags Fiesta Texas (Six Flags). It operates at Great Escape (Six Flags) and Six Flags New England as Flashback.

List of ride locations

In 2016 Great Escape & Splashwater Kingdom renamed their Boomerang from Boomerang: Coast To Coaster to Flashback like the version at sister park Six Flags New England.

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.