Long Lost Boomerang Discovered?

[The Angry Darren Mullins]

http://tieba.baidu.com/p/2473498367

 

The link I have submitted shows a photo of a Vekoma Boomerang and mentions the city of Zhaoqing. I know this city used to have a park that closed. I wonder if this particular ride is the one they moved to Kentucky Kingdom and later to Six Flags New England.

[gerstlaueringvar]

I've heard about this place before, all I know is that they suffered from low attendance and the park was forced to close.

[Henry M]

I hate it when that happens! Even to small parks it is such a shame.

[cfc]

Is it the legendary "Boomerang of Power" forged by Sauron?

[The Angry Darren Mullins]

@ cfc: Hahahahahahaha!

 

I think this park was called Xingfu Amusement Park. I was told by the locals that it closed because nobody went there. It is amazing if they actually had a boomerang (real or copy) there.

[boldikus]

Not really sure why its considered common knowledge that the boomerang at KK was the first in the U.S. in 1985, when Moreys clearly had theirs up and running a year earlier (I was there).

 

http://rcdb.com/r.htm?ot=2&mo=8191&page=1&order=8

[The Angry Darren Mullins]

Vampire opened at KK in 1990. It opened in 1985 at Nanhu Park in Guangzhou and may have spent some time in Zhaoqing. I doubt the Chinese were copying boomerangs then.

[XII]

Because there weren't enough Boomerangs out in the world, we have been blessed with another one. Though in all seriousness, I am happy when long lost credits get discovered, and this Boomerang has to be better than one of those Jungle Mouse coasters or Chinese Knock-Offs.

[The Angry Darren Mullins]

It seems many of us have probably been on this coaster. It was at Star Lake in Zhaoqing. It is the same boomerang that later opened as Vampire at Kentucky Kingdom and is now at Six Flags New England. RCDB originally had the ride listed for Nanhu in Guangzhou. An ACE publication (maybe Guide To Ride), had it listed as being at Riverside Park. With the true history of this ride being discovered, I can take one away from my total of coasters I discovered before ACE or RCDB. My total drops from 336 to 335.

[Nrthwnd]

I rode Vampire after Memorial Day weekend, in 1995. It was alright.

As well, T2 had just opened, the first SLC (of this size) in the USA, yes? No?

[Gutterflower]

Tthis is indeed the ride that went to KK (Now at SFNE) and was at Star Lake Amusement Park in China first.

 

here's a few more pictures I've dug up over the years.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Jew]

How is it lost if we found it at SFNE?

Edited April 9, 2016 by Jew

[The Angry Darren Mullins]

T2 was the first Vekoma SLC. This boomerang was not lost. The history of it just had a couple pieces of bad information which made this coaster appear from out of left field. Duane at RCDB has since determined that this boomerang is the same one that went to Kentucky and New England.