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Boomerang: Coast to Coaster
Boomerang: Coast to Coaster at Six Flags Fiesta Texas
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 Discovery Kingdom and Fiesta Texas

Boomerang: Coast to Coaster is a steel shuttle roller coaster currently at several parks in North America. The roller coaster was designed and manufactured by Vekoma, and is considered as one of its boomerang models. At the time of installation in the late 1990s, the coaster was built at parks operated by Six Flags. All five coasters were originally known as Boomerang: Coast to Coaster, although three have since been renamed.

Design and operation

Originally, the coasters had a teal track & white supports. As of 2015, Six Flags 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. Six Flags Great Escape's was given yellow track and red supports, but is currently in the process of being repainted to its original colors for the 2025 season.

This is the standard Vekoma Boomerang roller coaster design found operating at fifty-two different amusement parks worldwide.

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."

Installations

Gallery

• Boomerang at Elitch Gardens
• Boomerang at Six Flags Darien Lake.
• Boomerang: Coast to Coaster at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom.
• Flashback at Six Flags Great Escape

See also

• Boomerang (roller coaster)

References

1. @SF_GreatEscape (September 22, 2024). "Flashback is getting a makeover! 🚧 While the ride takes a break in..." (Tweet) – via Twitter.
2. Marden, Duane. "Flashback  (Great Escape)". Roller Coaster DataBase. Retrieved September 20, 2024.
3. Marden, Duane. "Boomerang Coast to Coaster  (Six Flags Discovery Kingdom)". Roller Coaster DataBase. Retrieved September 20, 2024.
4. Marden, Duane. "Boomerang Coast to Coaster  (Six Flags Darien Lake)". Roller Coaster DataBase. Retrieved September 20, 2024.
5. Marden, Duane. "Boomerang  (Six Flags Fiesta Texas)". Roller Coaster DataBase. Retrieved September 20, 2024.
6. Marden, Duane. "Boomerang  (Elitch Gardens)". Roller Coaster DataBase. Retrieved September 20, 2024.

External links

• Vekoma web site

• Steel roller coasters
• Shuttle roller coasters
• Boomerang roller coasters
• Roller coasters manufactured by Vekoma
• Roller coasters operated by Six Flags
• Roller coasters in California
• Roller coasters in Colorado
• Roller coasters in New York (state)
• Roller coasters in Texas
• Roller coasters introduced in 1997
• Roller coasters introduced in 1998
• Roller coasters introduced in 1999
• Six Flags Darien Lake
• Elitch Gardens Theme Park
• Six Flags Discovery Kingdom
• Six Flags Fiesta Texas
• Roller coasters operated by Herschend Family Entertainment