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Stunt Fall at Parque Warner Madrid
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Status | In Production |
First manufactured | 2001 |
No. of installations | 6 |
Manufacturer | Vekoma |
Height | 59 m (194 ft) |
Drop | 54 m (177 ft) |
Length | 367 m (1,204 ft) |
Speed | 65.6 mph (105.6 km/h) |
Capacity | 870 riders per hour |
Vehicles | 1 |
Riders per vehicle | 32 |
Rows | 8 |
Riders per row | 4 |
Duration | About 1:32 minutes |
Restraint Style | Over-the-shoulder |
Giant Inverted Boomerang at RCDB |
A Giant Inverted Boomerang is a type of steel shuttle roller coaster manufactured by Vekoma. The ride is a larger, inverted version of Vekoma's popular Boomerang sit down roller coasters. As of April 2017[update], five installations of the model are operating, with another one in storage.
Giant Inverted Boomerangs were slated to open for the start of the 2001 season at three Six Flags parks, however, sudden errors and malfunctions occurred during testing and caused the openings to be delayed. The first to open was Déjà Vu at Six Flags Magic Mountain on August 25, 2001. Déjà Vu at Six Flags Magic Mountain has since been removed and relocated to Six Flags New England as Goliath. This was followed by the opening of a further two Giant Inverted Boomerangs named Déjà Vu on September 1, 2001, at Six Flags Over Georgia and on October 7, 2001, at Six Flags Great America. The opening of the fourth Giant Inverted Boomerang was delayed even more after the problems were discovered with the first three. Stunt Fall opened on August 8, 2002, at Parque Warner Madrid (then known as Warner Bros. Movie World Madrid).
In 2007, Six Flags announced the removal of Déjà Vu from both Six Flags Over Georgia and Six Flags Great America. They announced that the Six Flags Over Georgia ride would be replaced with a new themed area called Thomas Town (since rethemed to Whistlestop Park). After the Six Flags Great America ride gave its last rides on October 28, 2007, it was removed and replaced with the Buccaneer Battle ride.