Accelerator (roller coaster)

Roller coaster at Drayton Manor Resort

Accelerator

Previously known as Ben 10 – Ultimate Mission (2011–2016) [1]
Drayton Manor Resort
Location| Drayton Manor Resort
Park section| Aerial Park
Coordinates| 52°36′39″N 1°42′48″W﻿ / ﻿52.610795°N 1.713390°W﻿ / 52.610795; -1.713390
Status| Operating
Opening date| 21 April 2011 (2011-04-21)
Cost| £2,100,000
General statistics
Type| Steel – Junior – Boomerang
Manufacturer| Vekoma
Designer| Meticulous ltd
Model| Family Boomerang
Lift/launch system| Booster Wheel Lift Hill
Height| 20 m (66 ft)
Length| 180 m (590 ft)
Speed| 60 km/h (37 mph)
Inversions| 0
Capacity| 750 riders per hour
G-force| 3
Height restriction| 100 cm (3 ft 3 in)
Accelerator at RCDB

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

## Description

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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

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* 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

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* 2011 in amusement parks

## References

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

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