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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. 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 in California (now owned by Cedar Fair ), the Tidal Wave at Marriott's Great America in Chicago (now Six Flags Great America ) and Greezed Lightnin' at Astroworld . Arrow's first '''Launched Loop''' coasters were Black Widow at Six Flags New England and Zoomerang at Boardwalk And Baseball . Some other types of shuttle roller coasters are Reverse Freefall Coasters like Tower Of Terror at Dreamworld in Australia , and twisted impulse coasters like Wicked Twister at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio . |
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