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According to my coaster list (in order by state, because I never thought to do chronological order and now it's too late to remember that):

 

Boomerang - Knott's Berry Farm

Tidal Wave - Ocean City MD Boardwalk (I forget which one)

Flashback - SFNE

Sidewinder - Hersheypark

The Bat - Canada's Wonderland

 

The Bat was actually my first coaster with inversions, so I've got that going for me.

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Let's see here...

 

The Bat - Canada's Wonderland

Le Boomerang - La Ronde

Boomerang: Coast to Coaster - Darien Lake

Boomerang: Coast to Coaster - The Great Escape

Flashback - Six Flags New England

Zoomerang - Lake Compounce

Sidewinder - Hersheypark

Invertigo - Kings Island

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JJLehto wrote:

 

One.

Sidewinder at Hershey Park.

 

I'm content on keeping it at one.

Quality over quantity...much as it'd be nice to pad the number I avoid the things.

 

Ironically the new trains on Sidewinder are....*chokes*...smooth!

Turns the ride from brain trauma to actually enjoyable.

 

Hey, If you like Sidewinder and its new train and R-E-S-T-R-A-I-N-T-S, then you should check out The Carolina Cobra at Carowinds; they have the same train and R-E-S-T-R-A-I-N-T-S designs. You can thank me later.

 

"Or you can just skip that one and head to your pillow. You can thank me later!"

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I've ridden:

Boomerang @ Knott's Berry Farm

Boomerang: Coast to Coaster @ Six Flags Discovery Kingdom

Sidewinder @ Hersheypark

 

So, that makes three...which is two too many. To me, boomerangs are merely credits to be obtained through one ride each...as long as I've gotten my fill of the other rides in the park and have the time to spare.

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I believe I'm at 14 now, all in the US.

 

Boomerang, Knott's Berry Farm

Boomerang, Wild Adventures

Boomerang, Six Flags Fiesta Texas

Boomerang Coast to Coaster, Six Flags Discovery Kingdom

Boomerang Coast to Coaster, Great Escape

Boomerang Coast to Coaster, Darien Lake

Carolina Cobra, Carowinds

Flashback, Six Flags Over Texas

Flashback, Six Flags New England

Ragin' Cajun, Dixie Landin' Family Theme Park

Sea Serpent, Morey's Piers

Sidewinder, Hersheypark

Zoomerang, Lake Compounce

Zoomerang, Splash Adventure

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Carolina Cobra - Carowinds (Sometime in 2009, in July)

Boomerang - Painful Adventures (Sometime in 2011, again I think July)

 

JEEZ, Wild Adventures was terrible coaster-wise. The only smooth one was Cheetah, and even then it was kinda violent. But Carolina Cobra was actually pretty fantastic.

First you this, ,and then you this, .

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Boomerang Coast to Coaster - Darien Lake

Boomerang - Elitch Gardens

Flashback - Six Flags New England

Flash Back - Six Flags Over Texas

Sidewinder - Hersheypark

Boomerang - Worlds of Fun

Boomerang - Six Flags Fiesta Texas

Zoomerang - Lake Compounce

Boomerang Coast to Coaster - Great Escape

Deja 'Vu - Six Flags Great America (if it counts)

 

That's a whopping 9 too many boomerangs that I've been on. If you count GIB's, then that is 10. And off the top of my head, the one that was somewhat -remotely- re-ride able was Zoomerang at Lake Compounce.

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Not so many as they're not that common in my area...

 

Knotts Berry Farm - Boomerang - my first with classic Arrow train, with some "nice" headbangs in the Cobra-Roll

Sommerland Syd - Tornado - Inverted Boomerang, this was really fun, surprised that this had no headbanging at all

Walibi Holland - Speed Of Sound - with great brand-new Vekoma trains and rubberbelt-like OTSRs this coaster is top fun

 

In September at Vienna Prater I'll likely add the Boomerang which sports new trains with lapbars only - quite looking forward to it!

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I actually enjoy Boomerangs quite a bit. Although I wouldn't stand in a huge line for any of them.

 

Boomerang - Six Flags Fiesta Texas

Carolina Cobra - Carowinds

Boomerang - Worlds of Fun

 

Carolina Cobra's my favorite because of the trains, but none of these 3 I thought were that rough.

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One.

 

Sidewinder at Hershey.

 

I avoid the things. Even if it means lower count, quality I go for haha

 

Though the new trains/restraints on the Sidewinder made the ride...smooth : O

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Not that I'm proud of, but here's my list:

 

Boomerang - Freizeit-Land Geiselwind

Boomerang - Playcenter São Paulo (by the way, this one no longer exists, it has been sold to Costa Rica)

Boomerang - Fantasilandia

Boomerang - Parque de la Costa

Carolina Cobra - Carowinds

Cobra - Walibi Belgium

Flashback - Six Flags New England

Speed of Sound - Walibi Holland

 

 

We should do the SLC Challenge!

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Just one, at Six Flags Fiesta Texas. Having had that experience, I can say I don't really want to repeat it. I guess it wasn't really all that bad, just not fun. At all. Rough coasters I can take, and even enjoy. I like Timber Wolf and Screamin' Eagle, and both are pretty capable of beating you up. However, a rough looper is another story. Ninja was a once-in-a-lifetime ride; I'm not making that mistake again. Boomerang is of a similar ilke. Hence I've never been on the one at WoF, and I'll probably end up skipping the new old one at SF St. Louis too.

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Boomerang - Knott's Berry Farm

Boomerang - Six Flags Fiesta Texas

Boomerang Coast to Coaster - Great Escape & Splashwater Kingdom

Boomerang Coast to Coaster - Darien Lake

Flashback - Six Flags Over Texas

Flashback - Six Flags New England

Sidewinder - Hersheypark

Zoomerang - Alabama Adventure

Zydeco Scream - Six Flags New Orleans

 

Seen, but didn't ride:

Bat - Canada's Wonderland

 

9 out of a possible 10 for me. I still enjoy them, but they're only worth one ride now, ideally with a short line. Hershey's was definitely the worst (back in 2004 with the old-style Vekoma train) of those I've ridden. Most of the others are pretty comparable to each other, although I think the ones with Arrow trains (KBF, SFOT, AA, SFNO) tended to run a bit smoother than those with Vekoma trains. That may just be my warped perception though...

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