Batgirl Batarang
{{Short description|Boomerang roller coaster}}
{{Infobox roller coaster
|name= Batgirl Batarang
|image= Boomerang (Six Flags México).jpg
|caption=
|location= Six Flags México
|locationarticle=
|section= Villa Hollywood
|type= Steel
|type2= Boomerang
|type3=
|status= Operating
|opened={{Start date|1988}}
|closed=
|extend= {{Infobox roller coaster/extend
|location= Rafaela Padilla
|status= Relocated to Six Flags Mexico
|opened={{Start date|1984}}
|closed={{End date|1986}}
}}
|manufacturer= Vekoma
|designer= Arrow Dynamics
|model= Boomerang
|track=
|lift=
|height_ft= 116.5
|drop_ft=
|length_ft= 935
|speed_mph= 47
|inversions=3
|duration= 1:48
|angle= 65
|capacity= 760
|cost=
|acceleration=
|gforce= 5.2
|restriction_in= 48
|rcdb_number=580
|trains=1
|carspertrain=7
|rowspercar=2
|ridersperrow=2
|coordinates={{Coord|19.293406|-99.207814|display=it}}
|previousnames= Boomerang (1988-1991)/(2000-2024) and Escorpión (1992-1999)}}
Batgirl Batarang (formerly known as Boomerang and Escorpión) is a shuttle roller coaster operating at Six Flags México since 1988. Originally built by Vekoma in 1984, it was the first of the company's Boomerang model.{{Cite RCDB|coaster_name=Batgirl |location=Six Flags México|rcdb_number=580 |access-date=15 April 2025}}{{cite news |title=Boomerang |url=http://www.coaster-net.com/ride-gallery/444-boomerang/ |access-date=12 January 2012}}
History
Boomerang first started at the former Rafaela Padilla in Puebla, Puebla in Mexico as Boomerang. It was built in 1984 as the first Boomerang ever built by Vekoma.{{Cite RCDB|coaster_name=Boomerang |location=Rafaela Padilla|rcdb_number=3826 |access-date=January 12, 2012}} In 1986, the roller coaster was removed from the park, being relocated to Reino Aventura in 1988 and keeping the same name. In 1992, Boomerang was renamed Escorpión and rethemed to a scorpion. In 1999, Six Flags purchased Reino Aventura, which became Six Flags México.{{cite news |last1=Stacom |first1=Don |last2=Byron |first2=Ken |title=Riverside to Ride the Six Flags Name Changes in Agawam: Amusement Park Will Feel $40 Million Rush |url=http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/courant/doc/256304349.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Dec%2009,%201999&author=DON%20STACOM;%20Courant%20Staff%20Writer;%20Staff%20Writer%20Ken%20Byron%20contributed%20to%20this%20story.&pub=Hartford%20Courant&edition=&startpage=&desc=RIVERSIDE%20TO%20RIDE%20THE%20SIX%20FLAGS%20NAME%20CHANGES%20IN%20AGAWAM:%20AMUSEMENT%20PARK%20WILL%20FEEL%20$40%20MILLION%20RUSH |access-date=15 April 2025 |work=Hartford Courant |date=9 December 1999 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307052528/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/courant/doc/256304349.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Dec%2009,%201999&author=DON%20STACOM;%20Courant%20Staff%20Writer;%20Staff%20Writer%20Ken%20Byron%20contributed%20to%20this%20story.&pub=Hartford%20Courant&edition=&startpage=&desc=RIVERSIDE%20TO%20RIDE%20THE%20SIX%20FLAGS%20NAME%20CHANGES%20IN%20AGAWAM:%20AMUSEMENT%20PARK%20WILL%20FEEL%20$40%20MILLION%20RUSH |archive-date=7 March 2016}} In 2000, Escorpión was renamed back to Boomerang. In 2024, Six Flags announced that the roller coaster would be renamed once more, this time to Batgirl Batarang, based on the superhero of the same name.{{cite web |title=Batgirl Batarang - Six Flags Mexico |url=https://www.sixflags.com.mx/mexico/attractions/batgirl-batarang |website=Six Flags |access-date=15 April 2025 |language=es}}
Ride experience
Batgirl Batarang is the first of more than fifty identical Boomerang roller coasters made by Vekoma. The ride begins with the train being pulled backward out of the station and up the {{cvt|116.5|ft|m|adj=on}} lift hill by a catch car. At the top of the lift hill, the train is released and speeds through the station, where it enters a cobra roll. Exiting the cobra roll, the train enters a vertical loop before ascending a chain lift hill. When the train reaches the top, the lift disengages, and the train falls backward through the inversions and tunnel before returning to the station.{{Cite web |last=Marden |first=Duane |title=Boomerang – Other – Vekoma (Vlodrop, Limburg, Netherlands) |url=https://rcdb.com/8191.htm |access-date=September 5, 2022 |website= |publisher=Roller Coaster DataBase |archive-date=4 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220304040122/https://rcdb.com/8191.htm |url-status=live}} One cycle of the roller coaster takes about a minute and forty-eight seconds to complete.
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20111231065723/http://www.sixflags.com.mx/juegos/xtremos.asp?SecID=juegos&OpcID=boo Official Website]
{{Six Flags México}}
Category:Roller coasters in Mexico
Category:Roller coasters introduced in 1988