Recoil (Wonderla Hyderabad)
{{Short description|Roller coaster in Hyderabad, India}}
{{for|the roller coaster at Lake Compounce|Zoomerang (Lake Compounce)}}
{{Infobox roller coaster
| name = Recoil
| image = Zoomerang (Alabama Adventure).jpg
| caption = Recoil when it was Zoomerang at Alabama Adventure
| previousnames=Zoomerang at Alabama Adventure
Demon at Wonderland Sydney
Titan at World Expo Park
|location = Wonderla
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|status = Operating
|opened = {{start date|2016|04|07}}
|year=2016
|closed =
|extend={{Infobox roller coaster extend
|location = Alabama Adventure
|coordinates= {{coord|33.380341|-86.996441|display=title,inline}}
|status = Relocated to Wonderla
|opened = {{start date|2005|05|08}}
|year=2005
|closed = {{End date|2011}}
}}{{Infobox roller coaster extend
|location=Wonderland Sydney
|locationarticle=
|section=
|subsection=
|coordinates={{Coord|-33.799556|150.845800|display=inline}}
|status=Relocated to Alabama Adventure
|opened={{Start date|1992}}
|year=1992
|closed={{End date|2004|4|26}}
|cost=
}}{{Infobox roller coaster extend
|location=World Expo Park
|locationarticle=
|section=
|subsection=
|status=Relocated to Wonderland Sydney
|opened={{Start date|1988|4|30}}
|year=1988
|closed={{End date|1988|10|30}}
|cost=
|coordinates={{coord|27|28|35|S|153|1|6|E|display=inline}}
}}
| type = Steel
| type2 = Shuttle
| manufacturer = Vekoma
| designer =
| model = Boomerang
| height_ft = 116.5
| drop_ft =
| length_ft = 935
| speed_mph = 47
| duration = 1:48
| inversions = 3
| capacity = 760
| restriction_in =48
| rcdb_number=13869
| trains=1
| carspertrain=7
| rowspercar=2
| ridersperrow=2
}}
Recoil is a Boomerang roller coaster located at Wonderla in Raviryal, Hyderabad, India. It was previously located at Alabama Adventure as Zoomerang until new management in 2012 decided to remove its rides and solely operate as a water park called "Splash Adventure".{{cite news|newspaper=The Birmingham News|date=2012-01-06|url=http://blog.al.com/businessnews/2012/01/alabama_adventure_sold_to_comp.html|title=Alabama Adventure sold to company created by former owner|last=Williams|first=Roy L.}} It also operated at Wonderland Sydney as The Demon after being relocated from World Expo Park. The ride was removed in 2013 and sold to Wonderla in India where it was renamed "Recoil".
History
It originally opened in 1988 as Titan at World Expo Park in Brisbane, Australia. It closed after only one season before opening as Demon in 1992 at Wonderland in Sydney. It operated until the park closed in April 2004, where it then was relocated to Alabama Adventure.
Following the 2004 season, Southland Entertainment Group announced that VisionLand would introduce a new steel coaster for the 2005 season.{{cite news
| last =Tomberlin
| first =Michael
| title =New steel roller coaster rocketing to Visionland
| work =Birmingham News
| page =21A
| date =December 5, 2004}} Originally slated for inclusion for the 2006 season, its opening was moved up due to demand and improved attendance numbers. The name Zoomerang was announced in February 2005 and was chosen from a field of over 6,500 suggestions in a name the ride contest.{{cite news
| last =Staff Reporters
| title =News Briefs
| work =Birmingham News
| page =13A
| date =February 26, 2005 }} The ride officially opened on May 8, 2005.{{cite news
| last =Wolfson
| first =Hannah
| title =Visionland goes on rampage Mother's Day opening draws a big crowd
| work =Birmingham News
| page =1B
| date =May 9, 2005}}
Ride
The ride starts with the train being pulled backwards up the first lift via cable to a height of {{convert|116.5|ft|m}}. At the top it is released where it then passes through the station at {{convert|47|mph|km/h}}. It goes through three inversions then goes up a second chain lift. The train is released and travels the course in reverse.
Train
The train was built by German company Sunkid Heege GmbH and features 7 cars, seating 4 per car (28 total).{{cite RCDB|rcdb_number=13869|name=Recoil|location=Wonderla Amusement Park Hyderabad (Hyderabad, Telangana, India)|accessdate=January 2, 2019}} When it was Zoomerang at Alabama Adventure, it used a train manufactured by Arrow Dynamics.{{cite RCDB|rcdb_number=2953|name=Zoomerang|location=Alabama Splash Adventure (Bessemer, Alabama, USA)|accessdate=January 2, 2019}}
See also
References
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External links
- [http://www.wonderlandhistory.net/content/the_titan Pictures of the titan being constructed at World Expo Park]
- [http://www.wonderlandhistory.net/content/the_demon_construction Pictures of the Demon being reconstructed at Australia's Wonderland]
- [http://www.wonderlandhistory.net/content/the_demon_operation Pictures of the Demon in operation at Australia's Wonderland Sydney]
- [http://www.wonderlandhistory.net/demon_video Videos of the Demon in operation at Australia's Wonderland Sydney]
- [http://www.wonderlandhistory.net/content/the_demon_removal Pictures of the Demon being removed from Wonderland Sydney]
- [http://www.wonderlandhistory.net/content/reconstruction_as_the_zoomerang The Zoomerang being constructed at Alabama Adventure]
Category:Former roller coasters in Alabama
Category:Boomerang roller coasters