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Kumali
Kumali entrance.jpg
Kumali entrance
Flamingo Land
Location Flamingo Land
Park section Lost Kingdom Reserve
Coordinates 54.2117°N 0.8066°WCoordinates: 54.2117°N 0.8066°W
Status Operating
Opening date 2006
Cost £6,000,000
General statistics
Type Steel – Inverted
Manufacturer Vekoma
Model SLC Shenlin design
Lift/launch system Chain Lift Hill
Height 117.75 ft (35.89 m)
Drop 111.75 ft (34.06 m)
Length 2,202.75 ft (671.40 m)
Speed 54.9 mph (88.4 km/h)
Inversions 4
Duration 1:32
Max vertical angle 55°
Capacity 1125 riders per hour
G-force 4.7
Height restriction 51 in (130 cm)
Trains Single train with 10 cars. Riders are arranged 2 across in a single row
for a total of 20 riders per train.
Kumali at RCDB
Pictures of Kumali at RCDB
Kumali, installed 2006, is a Vekoma Suspended Looping Coaster (SLC), located in
Flamingo Land Resort in North Yorkshire, England. The ride is an Shenlin model
layout and has four inversions, including the cobra roll which overlooks a lake. It
is named after the alpha male of the zoo's lion pride. In 2008 Flamingo Land added
video recorders to each car so riders can purchase their own video of them on the
ride as well as the on-ride photo. The themed Kumali ride music was written and
produced by ElectricStreetPolice, a British TV composer by the name of Paul
Bickerdike who has credits on TV and in film at Cannes. Kumali is currently only
one of three operating Vekoma SLCs in the UK. The Jubilee Odyssey at Fantasy Island
UK in Ingoldmells, Skegness, is the largest, and the other, Infusion at Pleasure
Beach, Blackpool, is the smallest.

Layout
Kumali is the second of two "Shenlin" SLC installations from Vekoma, the first
opened four years earlier at Happy Valley Shenzhen. The layout has since been
reproduced by Chinese manufacturers.

The train climbs up a 117ft lift hill and drops to the right 111ft and goes
straight into the first inversion, a vertical loop (1 inversion) then slightly
banks right then straight again ready for the next two inversions, a cobra roll (2
inversions) then once out the cobra roll it goes straight into a zero g roll (1
inversion) then does a 360-degree helix to the right and hits the brake run before
turning right into another brake run and finally turns right into the station ready
to unload/load again. In total it has 4 inversions.

Incidents
Kumali has been known for sometimes breaking down on the lift hill leaving people
stranded.

External links
Kumali on Coasterpedia
A review of Kumali
Categories: Operating roller coastersRoller coasters introduced in 2006Steel roller
coastersInverted roller coastersRoller coasters manufactured by VekomaTourist
attractions in North YorkshireRoller coasters in the United Kingdom
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