Boomerang: Coast to Coaster

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''Boomerang: Coast to Coaster''
The Boomerang
The Boomerang

Location 1. The Great Escape & Splashwater Kingdom

2. Darien Lake
3. Six Flags Discovery Kingdom

Type Steel roller coaster
Status Open
Opened 1. 05/23/1997
2. 05/16/1998
3. 03/27/1998
Manufacturer Vekoma
Designer Vekoma
Model Shuttle
Height 116 feet
Drop 116 feet
Length 935 feet
Max speed 47 mph
Inversions 3
Capacity 760 riders per hour
Max G force 5.2
Height Restriction 48 inches
Boomerang: Coast to Coaster at RCDB
Pictures of Boomerang: Coast to Coaster at RCDB
Boomerang train about to descend lift hill.
Boomerang train about to descend lift hill.

Boomerang Coast-To-Coaster is a steel roller coaster of shuttle design currently in use at four different Six Flags & PARC themeparks. Also, identical models under various other names are found in other parks including Lake Compounce, Hersheypark, Knott's Berry Farm, and others.

The ride has one train with a capacity of twenty eight riders, two across in each row. 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 released allowing the train to go back through the loops backwards, hence the name of the coaster.

Originally the three coasters had a Teal Track & White Supports. As of 2008 Darien Lake's model is still 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. Six Flags Fiesta Texas's model 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 (PARC), Six Flags Discovery Kingdom, Six Flags Fiesta Texas,& The Great Escape & Splashwater Kingdom (Six Flags).

Park Name Date Opened Status
The Great Escape & Splashwater Kingdom Boomerang Coast to Coaster 05/23/1997 Operating
Darien Lake Boomerang Coast to Coaster 05/16/1998 Operating
Six Flags Discovery Kingdom Boomerang Coast to Coaster 03/27/1998 Operating


View of the Darien Lake Boomerang from above.
View of the Darien Lake Boomerang from above.
A view of Boomerang: Coast to Coaster at Darien Lake from the Giant Wheel.
A view of Boomerang: Coast to Coaster at Darien Lake from the Giant Wheel.


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