Accelerator_(roller_coaster)

Accelerator (roller coaster)

Accelerator (roller coaster)

Roller coaster at Drayton Manor Resort

Accelerator (formerly Ben 10 - Ultimate Mission) is a steel Family Boomerang roller coaster at Drayton Manor Resort.

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Description

The ride is a prototype steel Vekoma Family Boomerang roller coaster. The ride features one lift hill driven by wheels that release the train into a curving figure 8 layout that concludes up a tower with a hump. Upon reaching the top of the tower the coaster train goes through the layout in reverse to the station.[2]

History

  • 2010 - Ride was officially announced by the park [3]
  • April 21, 2011 - Ride opened [1]
  • 2016 - Ride was renamed to Accelerator, after the sponsorship from Cartoon Network ended [1]
  • 2024 - Ride received a light retheme with the introduction of the new Frontier Falls area of the park.

See also

References

  1. [1]
    Marden, Duane. "Ben 10 - Ultimate Mission  (Drayton Manor)". Roller Coaster DataBase. Retrieved 27 February 2011.
  2. [2]
    "Family Boomerang". Vekoma Rides. Archived from the original on 4 February 2012. Retrieved 5 April 2012.
  3. [3]
    "Project Press Release". G-Force Magazine. 2010. Archived from the original on 2012-03-13. Retrieved 2010-12-15.


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