Wipeout (Pleasurewood Hills)
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| Manufacturer | Vekoma | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Product | Boomerang | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Type | Steel - Shuttle | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Inversions | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rider inversions | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Duration | 1:48 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| G-Force | 5.2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Manufacturer | Vekoma (2007-present) Arrow Dynamics (1988-2004) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Riders per train | 28 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Wipeout is a steel shuttle roller coaster located at Pleasurewood Hills in Lowestoft, Suffolk, England, UK.[1]
It was one of four Boomerang coasters built in the UK and the only one left in the country.
History
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The roller coaster first operated at the Glasgow Garden Festival in Scotland, UK during 1988. It was called Coca-Cola Roller. The following year, it opened at American Adventure Theme Park in Derbyshire, England, UK and was called Missile. It closed in 2004.
It reopened at Pleasurewood Hills on 28 June 2007.
The ride will reportedly add new trains from Sunkid Heege in 2025.[2]
Design
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Colour scheme
Currently has light blue track and dark blue supports. It was painted entirely white when operating in Glasgow, keeping that look on its initial relocation to American Adventure, before being repainted grey with blue supports in the mid-1990s.
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. The original train from Arrow Dynamics was replaced with a Vekoma train from Speed of Sound at Walibi Holland in the Netherlands as part of the move to Pleasurewood Hills.
References
- ↑ "Wipeout". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2025-03-16.
- ↑ "[Wipeout] The uk's only boomerang is receiving new trains by sunkid". Reddit. pajamasamreal. 2025-03-10. Retrieved 2025-03-11.
External links
- Wipeout on the Roller Coaster DataBase.
