Boomerang (La Ronde)

Roller coaster in Canada
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Boomerang
Entrance to Boomerang
La Ronde
Location Montréal, Québec, Canada
Coordinates 45°31′23″N 73°31′57″W / 45.523048°N 73.532493°W / 45.523048; -73.532493
Status Operating since 1984
Rider height 121.9 cm minimum
Statistics
Manufacturer Vekoma
Product Boomerang
Type Steel - Shuttle
Track layout Boomerang
Hourly capacity 760
Propulsion Catch car lift hill
Chain lift hill
Area 88 metres × 30 metres
Height 35.5 metres
Top speed 75.6 km/h
Length 285 metres
Track inversions 3
Rider inversions 6
Duration 1:48
Rolling stock
Manufacturer Arrow Dynamics
Riders per train 28
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Boomerang, or Le Boomerang, is a steel shuttle roller coaster located at La Ronde in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is a Boomerang installation from Vekoma.

History

The ride was originally constructed at Tivoli in Spain. This park did not open, and the boomerang was sold and sent to La Ronde.

Design

Elements

See Boomerang (Vekoma product)

When the ride begins, the train is pulled backwards up the lift hill, then dropped through the loading station and into a cobra roll and then a vertical loop. At the end of this cycle the train is pulled up the other lift hill at the end of the track, then dropped once again, allowing the train to go back through the layout backwards.

Colour scheme

Blue track and silver supports. It used to feature white supports up untill 2019. Its original scheme had featured white track in addition to the white supports.

Trains

Single train with 7 cars. In each car, riders are arranged 2 across in 2 rows, for a total of 28 riders per train.

Images

External links


Articles on La Ronde