Vekoma

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Vekoma Rides Manufacturing
Private company
Founder Hendrik op het Veld
Headquarters Vlodrop, The Netherlands
Area served
 Worldwide
Products Amusement rides
Website Official website

Vekoma Rides Manufacturing is a Dutch amusement ride manufacturer. It is perhaps most well known for manufacturing several unique roller coaster models,[citation needed] and it currently has created the most roller coasters in the world,[citation needed] with 287 confirmed rides across the globe.[1]

Ferris wheels

In 2008, Vekoma Rides Manufacturing acquired the Wheels of Excellence range of Ferris wheels from Ronald Bussink, to be handled by a new Vekoma division, Dutch Wheels BV.[2] The Dutch Wheels product range includes the R40, R50, and R60 models, each available in three different types.[3]

Notable installations

Ferris wheel name Location Opened Status
Giant Wheel Morey's Piers, Wildwood, New Jersey, US
1985
 Operating [4]
Navy Pier Ferris Wheel Pier Park, Navy Pier, Chicago, US
1995
 Operating [5][6][7]
Delhi Eye (R50) Kalindi Kunj Park, Okhla, Delhi, India
2014
 Operating [8][9]

Roller coasters

Models

Model First produced Description
Corkscrew with Bayerncurve 1979 (discontinued) Vekoma corkscrew designed by Arrow Dynamics and manufactured by Vekoma.
Boomerang 1984 Shuttle roller coaster with six inversions, height of 117 feet, and speed of 40 mph.
Invertigo 1996 An inverted model of the Boomerang.
Giant Inverted Boomerang 2001 Like Invertigo but with vertical lift hills and slightly different layout.
Suspended Looping Coaster 1994 Inverted coaster with several different models.
Flying Dutchman 2000 First large-scale flying roller coaster built. There are three of these coasters.
Suspended Family Coaster 2001 Similar to the SLC but no inversions and more appropriate for families.
Motorbike roller coaster 2004 Vekoma-launched roller coaster with trains like motorbikes.[citation needed]
Junior Coaster 1990 Roller coaster aimed at children. 207 m and 335 m models.
Wooden roller coaster 2000 Classic wooden coaster produced by Vekoma. There are three examples: the Thundercoaster at TusenFryd, Robin Hood at Walibi Holland, and Loup-Garou in Walibi Belgium.[citation needed]
Big Air 2010 Formerly known as a hammerhead stall due to the spinning function it previously possessed. There is only one installation of this roller coaster.[10]
LSM Launch Coaster[citation needed] 1999 Roller coaster with three inversions. Launched around 55 mph using LSM technology.[citation needed]
Stingray 2009 A compact flying roller coaster designed as the successor to the Flying Dutchman. Only one example has been installed.[11]
Dive Pretzel Coaster[12][13] 2014[14] A roller coaster with a 90 degree climb and several pretzel loop elements.
Splash Party 2013 An inverted slower-paced roller coaster that is designed with several water gun and water bomb placements. Only one installation of this model exists.[15]
Tornado 1986 A modified version of the MK-1200, it consisted of two vertical loops and a standard track.[16] Three installations exist in the world and are all still operating.

Other Vekoma coaster models include Enigma, Hurricane, Illusion, Family Boomerang, Tilt Coaster, and powered coasters. There are also many different custom models.[citation needed]

In 2013, Vekoma signed a deal with Idaho-based Rocky Mountain Construction. The agreement allows Vekoma to sell Rocky Mountain Construction's roller coasters outside the North American market.[17]

Notable installations

As of 2012, Vekoma has built over 270 roller coasters around the world.[18]

Coaster name Location Model Original opening Status
Apocalypse
Formerly Corkscrew
Formerly Corkscrew		 Luna Park
Flamingo Land Theme Park & Zoo
Spanish City Amusement Park		 Sitdown 2012 Operating [19]
Aftershock
Formerly Déjà Vu		 Silverwood Theme Park
Six Flags Great America		 Giant Inverted Boomerang 2001 Operating [20][21]
Arkham Asylum – Shock Therapy Warner Bros. Movie World SLC 765m Extended w/Helix 1995 Operating [22]
Bandit Bomber YAS Waterworld Splash Party 2013 Operating [23]
Babylon Happylon Indoor sitdown 2010 Operating [24]
The Barnstormer Walt Disney World Magic Kingdom Junior Coaster 1996 Operating [25]
The Bat Canada's Wonderland Boomerang 1987 Operating [26]
Bat Lagoon Amusement Park SFC 342m 2005 Operating [27]
Batman - The Ride Six Flags Mexico SLC 689m Standard 2000 Operating [28]
Battlestar Galactica: Human or Cylon Universal Studios Singapore Custom Designed Dueling Coaster 2010 Operating [29]
Ben 10 – Ultimate Mission Drayton Manor Theme Park Family Boomerang 2011 Operating [30]
Big Air E-DA Theme Park Big Air 2010 Operating [31]
Big Thunder Mountain Railroad Disneyland Park (Paris) Mine Train 1992 Operating [32]
Big Grizzly Mountain Runaway Mine Cars Hong Kong Disneyland Sit Down 2012 Operating [33]
Blue Tornado Gardaland SLC 765m Extended w/Helix 1998 Operating [34]
Boomerang Knott's Berry Farm Boomerang 1990 Operating [35]
Boomerang La Ronde Boomerang 1984 Operating [36]
Boomerang Parc Touristique des Combes Family Boomerang 2011 Operating [37]
Boomerang Six Flags Mexico Boomerang 1987 Operating [38]
Boomerang
Formerly Flashback		 Six Flags St. Louis
Six Flags Over Texas		 Boomerang 1989 Operating [39][40]
Boomerang Wild Adventures Boomerang 1998 Operating [41]
Boomerang Worlds of Fun Boomerang 2000 Operating [42]
Boomerang: Coast to Coaster Darien Lake Boomerang 1998 Operating [43]
Boomerang: Coast to Coaster Elitch Gardens Theme Park Boomerang 1999 Operating [44]
Boomerang: Coast to Coaster Great Escape Boomerang 1997 Operating [45]
Boomerang: Coast to Coaster Six Flags Discovery Kingdom Boomerang 1998 Operating [46]
Boomerang: Coast to Coaster Six Flags Fiesta Texas Boomerang 1999 Operating [47]
Booster Bike Toverland Motorbike 2004 Operating [48]
Calamity Mine Walibi Belgium Mine Train 1992 Operating [49]
Carolina Cobra
Formerly Head Spin		 Carowinds
Geauga Lake		 Boomerang 1996 Operating [50][51]
Cobra Walibi Belgium Boomerang 2001 Operating [52]
Dream Catcher
Formerly Air Race		 Bobbejaanland Suspended Coaster 1987 Operating [53]
Ednör – L'Attaque
Formerly Serial Thriller		 La Ronde
Six Flags Astroworld		 SLC 689m Standard 1999 Operating [54][55]
El Condor Walibi Holland SLC 662m Prototype 1994 Operating [56]
Escape from Madagascar Dreamworld SFC 342m 2002 Operating [57]
Expedition Everest Disney's Animal Kingdom Mine Train Custom 2006 Operating [58]
Firehawk
Formerly X-Flight		 Kings Island
Geauga Lake		 Flying Dutchman 1020m 2007 Operating [59][60]
Flashback
Formerly Vampire
Formerly Boomerang		 Six Flags New England
Kentucky Kingdom
Nanhu Amusement Park		 Boomerang 1985 Operating [61][62][63]
Flight Deck
Formerly Top Gun		 Canada's Wonderland SLC 689m Standard 1995 Operating [64]
Flight of the Hippogriff
Formerly Flying Unicorn		 Islands of Adventure
Islands of Adventure		 Junior Coaster 2000 Operating [65]
Fly - The Great Nor'easter Morey's Piers SLC Custom 1995 Operating [66]
Flying Ace Aerial Chase Carowinds SFC 342m 2003 Operating [67]
Flying Ace Aerial Chase Kings Island SFC 342m 2001 Operating [68]
Flying School
Formerly Swamp Thing		 Legoland Florida
Cypress Gardens		 SFC 342m 2004 Operating [69]
Freedom Flyer Fun Spot Action Park SFC 395m 2013 Operating [70]
Gadget's Go Coaster Disneyland Resort
Tokyo Disneyland		 Junior Coaster 1993
1996		 Operating [citation needed]
Goliath
Formerly Déjà Vu		 Six Flags New England
Six Flags Magic Mountain		 Giant Inverted Boomerang 2001 Operating [71][72]
Infusion Blackpool Pleasure Beach SLC 689m Standard 2007 Operating [73]
Invertigo Kings Island Invertigo 1999 Operating [74]
Jimmy Neutron's Atomic Flyer Movie Park Germany SFC 294m 2007 Operating [75]
Jubilee Odyssey Fantasy Island SLC Custom 2002 Operating [76]
Kong
Formerly Hangman		 Six Flags Discovery Kingdom
Opryland USA		 SLC 689m Standard 1995 Operating [77][78]
Kvasten Gröna Lund SFC Custom 2007 Operating [79]
Magic Mountain Gardaland Double Loop Corkscrew 1984 Operating [80]
Mammut Gardaland Mine Train Custom 2008 Operating [81]
Mountain Peak Jinjiang Action Park Giant Inverted Boomerang 2011 Operating [82]
MP Xpress Movie Park Germany SLC 689m Standard 2001 Operating [83]
Muntanya Russa Tibidabo Amusement Park Steel Sitdown 2008 Operating [84]
Nighthawk
Formerly Stealth		 Carowinds
California's Great America		 Flying Dutchman 843m Prototype 2000 Operating [85][86]
Oki Doki
Formerly Vekoma Pipo[87]
Formerly Junior Coaster		 Bobbejaanland Junior Coaster 2004 Operating [88]
Python Efteling Double Loop Corkscrew 1981 Operating [89]
Raptor Paultons Park Family Boomerang 2016 Under Construction
Revolution Bobbejaanland Illusion 1989 Operating [90]
Rock 'n' Roller Coaster Starring Aerosmith
Rock 'n' Roller Coaster avec Aerosmith		 Disney's Hollywood Studios
Disneyland Paris		 LSM Coaster 1999
2002		 Operating [91][92]
Roller Skater Kentucky Kingdom Junior (207m) 1994 Operating [93]
Sea Serpent Morey's Piers Boomerang 1984 Operating [94]
Shells Shuttle Powerland (Treasure Island Pirate Kingdom) Indoor Junior Coaster 2006 Operating [95]
Sidewinder Hershey Park Boomerang 1991 Operating [96]
Silver Streak Canada's Wonderland SFC 342m 2001 Operating [97]
Sky Mountain
Formerly Déjà Vu		 Mirabilandia
Six Flags Over Georgia		 Giant Inverted Boomerang 2001 In storage [98][99]
Space Mountain: Mission 2
Formerly Space Mountain - De la terre à la lune		 Disneyland Park (Paris) Steel 2005
1995		 Operating
Operated		 [100]
Space Shuttle Max
Formerly Cobra		 Enchanted Kingdom
West Midland Safari Park		 Boomerang 1985 Operating [101][102]
Speed of Sound Walibi Holland Boomerang 2000 Operating [103]
Seven Dwarfs Mine Train Disney World-Magic Kingdom Custom Other 2014 Now Open
Steel Lasso Frontier City SFC 294m 2008 Operating [104]
Stinger
Formerly Invertigo		 Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom
California's Great America		 Invertigo 1998 Operating [105][106]
Stress Express Fantawild Adventure Sitdown 2012 Operating [107]
Stunt Fall Parque Warner Madrid Giant Inverted Boomerang 2002 Operating [108]
Swamp Thing Wild Adventures SFC 342m 2003 Operating [108]
T² Kentucky Kingdom SLC 662m Prototype 1995 SBNO since 2010 [109]
Thunderhawk
Formerly Serial Thriller		 Michigan's Adventure
Geauga Lake		 SLC 689m Standard 1998 Operating [110][111]
Triops
Formerly Tornado
Formerly unknown
Formerly HangOver		 Bagatelle
Sommerland Syd
Allou Fun Park
Liseberg		 Invertigo 1997 Operating [112][113][114][115]
Two Face: The Flip Side Six Flags America Invertigo 1999 Defunct since 2007 [116]
Wipeout
Formerly Missile
Formerly Coca-Cola Roller		 Pleasurewood Hills
The American Adventure Theme Park
Glasgow Garden Festival		 Boomerang 1988 Operating [117][118][119]
Woodstock Express Cedar Point Junior 335m 1999 Operating [120]
Xpress: Platform 13 Walibi Holland LSM Launch 2000 Operating [121]
Zoomerang
Formerly The Demon
Formerly Titan		 Alabama Adventure
Wonderland Sydney
World Expo Park		 Boomerang 1988 Defunct from 2011 [122][123][124]
Zoomerang Lake Compounce Boomerang 1997 Operating [125]
Zydeco Scream
Formerly Boomerang		 Six Flags New Orleans
Parc de Montjuic		 Boomerang 1990 Defunct [126][127]

Gallery

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References

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  2. ↑ Giant Wheels go Dutch - Vekoma takes over Bussink range
  3. ↑ Dutch Wheels - our product range
  4. ↑ Ride experts call 11-year-old Pleasantville girl's fatal fall from Wildwood's Morey's Pier Ferris wheel a freak occurrence
  5. ↑ Navy Pier's new attractions deemed 'critical' to luring variety of patrons.
  6. ↑ Historic Navy Pier Attractions - Pier Park
  7. ↑ 10 millionth rider goes for spin on Navy Pier ferris wheel
  8. ↑ Delhi Eye thrown open to the public
  9. ↑ Giant wheel a monumental treat
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External links

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