Shuttle roller coaster
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A shuttle roller coaster is any roller coaster which ultimately does not make a complete circuit, but rather reverses at some point throughout its course and traverses the same track backwards. These are also sometimes referred to as boomerang roller coasters, due to Vekoma's popular Boomerang coaster model. As of 2006, 41 Boomerangs are currently in operation around the world.
Another example of a shuttle roller coaster is the Space Shuttle, located at the Space Station area of Enchanted Kingdom, a theme park in Santa Rosa City, Laguna, Philippines. The ride opened in 1995, becoming the first shuttle-type roller coaster in the country.
The first two launched shuttle coaster designs debuted in 1977 by competitors Anton Schwarzkopf and Arrow Dynamics. Schwarzkopf's first Shuttle Loop installments were King Kobra at Kings Dominion, White Lightnin' at Carowinds, The Tidal Wave at Marriott's Great America (Great America (California)) and Greezed Lightnin' at Astroworld. Arrow's first Launched Loop coasters were Black Widow at Six Flags New England and Boardwalk and Baseball's Zoomerang.
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