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First of the Vekoma clones you rode?


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Boomerang - Mind Eraster/Head Spin - Geauga lake

SLC - T2 - Kentucky Kingdom

Invertigo - Invertigo - CGA

Giant Inverted Boomerang - Deja Vu - SFGAm

Flyng Dutchman - X Flight - Geauga Lake

Roller Skater - Woodstock Express - CP

Family Suspended - Rugrats Runaway Reptar/Flying Ace - KI

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My first Vekoma was the Wild Mouse at Idlewild (1997), but as for the clones:

 

Boomerang: Sidewinder at Hersheypark (2002)

Flying Dutchman: X-Flight at (then) Six Flags Worlds of Adventures (2003)

Invertigo: Two-Face the Flip Side at Six Flags America (2005)

Junior Coaster: Woodstock's Express at Cedar Point (2010)

MK-1200: Ninja at Six Flags over Georgia (2013)

Mini-SLC: Flying ACE Aerial Chase at Carowinds (2009)

SLC: Serial Thriller at (then) Six Flags Worlds of Adventure (2003)

 

I happen to live in a part of the world that lacks many Vekoma rides, and it's absolutely wonderful.

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Boomerang: Boomerang @ Wild Adventures

SLC: Twisted Typhoon @ Wild Adventures

Flying Dutchman: Nighthawk @ Carowinds

Roller Skater/Junior Coaster: Flying Unicorn @ IOA

Suspended Family: Rugrat's Runaway Reptar & Carowinds

 

The only 2 custom Vekoma's I've been on are Ninja (SFOG) & Expedition Everest

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An asterisk indicates it's the only one of it's type I've been on.

 

Boomerang: Boomerang at Knott's Berry Farm

Flying Dutchman: Stealth at California's Great America*

Giant Inverted Boomerang: Deja Vu at Six Flags Magic Mountain*

Invertigo: Invertigo at California's Great America*

Junior Coaster: Gadget's Go Coaster at Disneyland

MK-1200: Ninja at Six Flags St. Louis

SLC: Kong at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom

Suspended Family Coaster: Flying Ace Aerial Chase at Carowinds

 

The following aren't clones but for completeness these are the other Vekoma models I've experienced:

 

Mine Train: Big Thunder Mountain at Disneyland Paris-Disneyland Park*

Powered: Casey Jr., Le Petit Train du Cirque at Disneyland Paris-Disneyland Park*

Custom: Space Mountain at Disneyland

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Let'S see...

 

Boomerang? Boomerang @ Great Escape (2009)

SLC? Ednör @ La Ronde (2010)

Roller Skater? Woodstock Express @ Cedar Point (2013)

Others? First Vekoma Corskrew = Super Manège @ La Ronde (2008)

 

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Is it sad that the only Vekoma clone I've ridden is a roller skater?

 

You're brain will thank you for some of them haha. I love their Giant Inverted Boomerangs and half of their regular boomerangs. The intensity on these things are awesome. Some of them are unfortunately needlessly rough, but here are my firsts for the Vekomas:

 

Boomerang: Zoomerang (Lake Compounce)

Giant Inverted Boomerang: Goliath (Six Flags New England)

Roller Skater: Barnstormer (Magic Kingdom)

SLC: Mind Eraser (Six Flags New England)

Suspended Family Coaster: Silver Streak (Canada's Wonderland)

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What was your first:

 

Boomerang- Boomerang at Knott's (my first ride was in 2001 or 2002)

G.I.B.- Deja Vu at SFMM (first ride was in 2009)

Mine Train- BTMRR at Disneyland Park (first ride was sometime around 1995)

Roller Skater- Gadget's Go Coaster (first ride was sometime around 1995)

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Boomerang at WOF, and it is the only Boomerang I've ridden. When I had the chance to ride the many others I encountered, I did not know about credits yet, so I unfortunately missed out on a lot of credits lol! I'll reclaim them one day thought lol!

 

And Serial Thriller at Astroworld.

 

I've been on other Vekomas, but those are the first "clones" I've ridden. I did not do the G.I.B. (again was not aware of credits at the time), and I've not had chances for the others so far.

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What was your first:

 

Boomerang- Boomerang at Knott's (my first ride was in 2001 or 2002)

G.I.B.- Deja Vu at SFMM (first ride was in 2009)

Mine Train- BTMRR at Disneyland Park (first ride was sometime around 1995)

Roller Skater- Gadget's Go Coaster (first ride was sometime around 1995)

 

I didn't think Vekoma did BTMRR, and I thought they only did Gadgets Go Coaster in Paris. I was just using Wikipedia for confirmation so I could be completely wrong about that.

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What was your first:

 

Boomerang- Boomerang at Knott's (my first ride was in 2001 or 2002)

G.I.B.- Deja Vu at SFMM (first ride was in 2009)

Mine Train- BTMRR at Disneyland Park (first ride was sometime around 1995)

Roller Skater- Gadget's Go Coaster (first ride was sometime around 1995)

 

I didn't think Vekoma did BTMRR, and I thought they only did Gadgets Go Coaster in Paris. I was just using Wikipedia for confirmation so I could be completely wrong about that.

 

You're right- I was confused with Paris and Tokyo's! Plus I typed this list up when I was a bit tired out. So in that case, here is my amended list:

 

Boomerang- Boomerang at Knott's (my first ride was in 2001 or 2002)

G.I.B.- Deja Vu at SFMM (first ride was in 2009)

Mine Train- Haven't been on one (all the ones I've been on are Arrow)

Roller Skater- Gadget's Go Coaster (first ride was sometime around 1995)

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Boomerang: Carolina Cobra

Flying Dutchman: Nighthawk (fliers are the 1 thing Vekoma does better than B&M, IMO)

Mine train: not sure if this counts or not, but Expedition Everest (doesn't use the clone layout)

Haven't been on any of the others, although I have heard that SFOG's Ninja is a standard sit down version of the SLC except for the corkscrews.

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The first Vekoma clone that I rode was a Suspended Family Coaster (Rugrats Runaway Reptar at Dreamworld) in 2002, then RoadRunner Roller Coaster at Movie World the same year (Rolleskater 335m) and finally taking the courage to ride my first inverting coaster Lethal Weapon (SLC) in 2006.

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What was your first Boomerang? Boomerang at SFFT

Invertigo? None

G.I.B.? None

SLC? SLC Shenlin: Snow Mountain Flying Dragon. SLC689: Gauntlet

Flying Dutchman? None

Mine Train? Mine Coaster at Happy Valley Shenzhen

Roller Skater? Spacely's Sprocket Rockets

Others?

Looper: Ninja

Motor Coaster: Chimelong Paradise

Space Mountain: HKDL

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Digging my memory;

 

Boomerang: Via Volta (now speed of sound) Walibi Holland

Invertigo: Virgin

G.I.B.: Virgin

SLC: El Condor (old school SLC Baby) Walibi Holland

Flying Dutchman: Nighthawk Carowinds

Mine Train: Big Thunder Mountain Disneyland Paris

Roller Skater: Superachtbaan Koningin Julianatoren

Booster Bike: Booster Bike Toverland

Launched looper (RnRC's): Rock'nRoller Coaster Disney Studio's Paris

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What was your first Boomerang? - Boomerang at Knott's Berry Farm, 1995

Invertigo? - Invertigo, Paramount's Great America, 1999

G.I.B.? - Déjà Vu, Six Flags Magic Mountain, 2001

SLC? - Kong, Six Flags Discovery Kingdom, 1999

Flying Dutchman? Stealth, Paramount's Great America, 2001

Mine Train? - Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, Disneyland, 1993

Roller Skater? Gadget's Go Coaster, Disneyland, 1993

Shuttle Loop? Montezooma's Revenge, Knott's Berry Farm, 1995

B&M Dive Machine - SheiKra, Busch Gardens Tampa, 2013

TOGO Death Machine - Manhattan Express, Las Vegas, 1997

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What was your first Boomerang? - Sidewinder at HersheyPark(2nd was sea serpent, morey's)

 

Invertigo? - Invertigo, Kings Island(2nd was stinger, dorney)

 

G.I.B.? - Goliath, Six Flags New England(only 1 so far)

 

SLC? - Great Nor'Easter, Morey's Piers(actually rode this again this past summer, new restraints didn't really help)

 

Flying Dutchman? Firehawk, Kings Island(second was batwing, SFA)

 

Mine Train? Big Thunder Mountain Railroad -WDW MK, or Runaway Mine Train - Six flags Great Adventure probably, possibly Trailblazer at hershey, really not sure.

 

Roller Skater? Barnstormer, WDW; if that counts, Flight of the Hippogriff, again dropping through: Kiddee Koaster SFFT(not sure if size is a thing in this category)/Spacely's Sprocket Rockets, SFGA.

 

Family inverted- Silver Streak, CW

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Boomerang: Flashback at SFOT (now at SFStL)

Invertigo: Kings Island

G.I.B.: Deja Vu at SFOG

SLC: T2 at Kentucky Kingdom

Flying Dutchman: Firehawk at Kings Island

Mine Train: Big Thunder Mountain at WDW

Roller Skater: Woodstock Express at Cedar Point

Jr. SLC: Flying Ace at Kings Island

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