Accelerator (roller coaster)

Accelerator is a steel Family Boomerang roller coaster at Drayton Manor Theme Park. The park officially announced the ride in December 2010.[1] The ride is a prototype steel Vekoma Family Boomerang roller coaster. The ride features one lift hill driven by wheels that release the train into a curving figure 8 layout that concludes up a tower with a hump. Upon reaching the top of the tower the coaster train goes through the layout in reverse to the station.[2] It opened on April 21, 2011. In 2017 "Ben 10 – Ultimate Mission" got a name change to "Accelerator," after the ride lost it's Ben Ten sponsorship.[3]

Accelerator
Previously known as Ben 10 – Ultimate Mission (2011–2017)
Drayton Manor
LocationDrayton Manor
Park sectionAerial Park
Coordinates52.610795°N 1.713390°W / 52.610795; -1.713390
StatusOperating
Opening date21 April 2011 (2011-04-21)
Cost£2,100,000
General statistics
TypeSteel – Junior – Boomerang
ManufacturerVekoma
DesignerMeticulous ltd
ModelFamily Boomerang
Lift/launch systemBooster Wheel Lift Hill
Height20 m (66 ft)
Length180 m (590 ft)
Speed60 km/h (37 mph)
Inversions0
Capacity750 riders per hour
G-force3
Height restriction100 cm (3 ft 3 in)
Accelerator at RCDB
Pictures of Accelerator at RCDB

See also

References

  1. "Project Press Release". G-Force Magazine. 2010. Archived from the original on 2012-03-13. Retrieved 2010-12-15.
  2. "Family Boomerang". Vekoma Rides. Archived from the original on 4 February 2012. Retrieved 5 April 2012.
  3. Marden, Duane. "Ben 10 - Ultimate Mission  (Drayton Manor)". Roller Coaster DataBase. Retrieved 27 February 2011.


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