Themeparkfanatic | Boomerang at Worlds of Fun @woodencoasterfan | Uploaded August 2024 | Updated October 2024, 1 week ago.
This is Boomerang at Worlds of Fun in Kansas City, Missouri. This coaster was built by Vekoma and is what is known as a shuttle coaster. A shuttle coaster is one that goes out to a point and then returns the same way it went out on. In this case, it is pulled up backwards out of the station by a cable lift system until it reaches the top. Then it is released to go through the station, then a two-inversion element called a Cobra Roll, then a loop, and then up the rear spike. A chain lift then pulls it up to the top where the chain lift then retracts, releasing the train to traverse the course backwards until it reaches the station where the brakes slow it to a stop.
The Boomerang opened here on April 8, 2000 with a length of 935 ft, a height of 116 ft 5 in, a top speed of about 47 mph, a total ride time of about a minute and forty-seven seconds long, and three inversions.
This coaster does have a very low capacity so get there early and make this one of the first rides of the day. Otherwise, you could be looking at queues exceeding two hours long on busy days.
This is Boomerang at Worlds of Fun in Kansas City, Missouri. This coaster was built by Vekoma and is what is known as a shuttle coaster. A shuttle coaster is one that goes out to a point and then returns the same way it went out on. In this case, it is pulled up backwards out of the station by a cable lift system until it reaches the top. Then it is released to go through the station, then a two-inversion element called a Cobra Roll, then a loop, and then up the rear spike. A chain lift then pulls it up to the top where the chain lift then retracts, releasing the train to traverse the course backwards until it reaches the station where the brakes slow it to a stop.
The Boomerang opened here on April 8, 2000 with a length of 935 ft, a height of 116 ft 5 in, a top speed of about 47 mph, a total ride time of about a minute and forty-seven seconds long, and three inversions.
This coaster does have a very low capacity so get there early and make this one of the first rides of the day. Otherwise, you could be looking at queues exceeding two hours long on busy days.
