Zydeco Scream

Zydeco Scream
Zydeco Scream
Previously known as Boomerang at Parc de Montjuic (1990-1998)
Six Flags New Orleans
Opening date	June 10, 2000 (2000-06-10)
Closing date	August 25, 2005 (2005-08-25)
Parc de Montjuic
Status	Relocated to Six Flags New Orleans
Opening date	1990
Closing date	1998
General statistics
Type	Steel – Boomerang
Manufacturer	Vekoma
Designer	Arrow Dynamics
Model	Shuttle
Height	116 ft (35 m)
Length	935 ft (285 m)
Speed	47 mph (76 km/h)
Inversions	3
Duration	1:48
Capacity	700 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.
Zydeco Scream at RCDB Pictures of Zydeco Scream at RCDB

Zydeco Scream is a steel roller coaster found at Six Flags New Orleans, in the Eastern New Orleans area of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. Opened on May 20, 2000, as Zydeco Scream at Jazzland. Six Flags took over the lease of the park in 2002, changing the park's name to Six Flags New Orleans, but kept the ride name.

History

Zydeco Scream first started at the former Parc de Montjuic in Barcelona, Spain as Boomerang from 1990 to 1998, with white tracks and green supports. The roller coaster was relocated to Jazzland as Zydeco Scream in 2000. A couple years after Six Flags took over the park, Hurricane Katrina hit the park on August 29, 2005, and the park was severely flooded from the Hurricane. Six Flags started to take out rides like Batman: The Ride in 2007 to be moved to Six Flags Fiesta Texas as Goliath in 2008 and many more roller coasters and attractions, but Zydeco Scream is still standing but not operating (SBNO) at the park with the wooden coaster Mega Zeph and other coasters and attractions. The park is still closed since 2005 and it's no longer a Six Flags park, it is now owned by the city of New Orleans.^[1]

Ride experience

Seeing Zydeco Scream while going toward the park.

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. This is the standard Vekoma Boomerang roller coaster design found at forty-three different amusement parks worldwide.

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