Accelerator (roller coaster)
roller coaster at Drayton Manor Theme Park, Drayton Bassett, Staffordshire, England, UK
Accelerator (formerly Ben 10 - Ultimate Mission) is a steel shuttle roller coaster at Drayton Manor Resort.
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.
History
2010 - Ride was officially announced by the park
April 21, 2011 - Ride opened
2016 - Ride was renamed to Accelerator, after the sponsorship from Cartoon Network ended
2024 - Ride received a light retheme with the introduction of the new Frontier Falls area of the park.
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