Vekoma, the Glossary
Vekoma Rides Manufacturing is a Dutch amusement ride manufacturer.[1]
Table of Contents
58 relations: Abbreviation, Arrow Development, Atlantic Water World, Boomerang (roller coaster), Branson, Missouri, Central, Hong Kong, Chance Morgan, Chance Rides, Chicago, Coal mining, Corkscrew with Bayerncurve, Darien, New York, Delhi, E-DA Theme Park, Erlebnispark Tripsdrill, Ferris wheel, Formuła (Energylandia), Giant Inverted Boomerang, Grande roue de Montréal, Hong Kong Observation Wheel, Idaho, Invertigo (roller coaster), Kalindi Kunj, Lech Coaster, List of amusement rides, Mine train roller coaster, Montreal, Morey's Piers, Motorbike roller coaster, Navy Pier, Netherlands, Okhla, Powered roller coaster, Rock 'n' Roller Coaster Starring Aerosmith, Rocky Mountain Construction, Roerdalen, Roller coaster, Ronald Bussink, S&S – Sansei Technologies, Sansei Technologies, Shuttle roller coaster, Six Flags Darien Lake, Subsidiary, Suspended Family Coaster, Suspended Looping Coaster, Suspended roller coaster, The Hindu, The Jester (roller coaster), The Walking Dead: The Ride, Thundercoaster (TusenFryd), ... Expand index (8 more) »
- 1926 establishments in the Netherlands
- Design companies established in 1926
- Manufacturing companies established in 1926
- Roerdalen
- Roller coaster manufacturers
Abbreviation
An abbreviation (from Latin, meaning "short") is a shortened form of a word or phrase, by any method including shortening, contraction, initialism (which includes acronym) or crasis.
Arrow Development
Arrow Development was an amusement park ride and roller coaster design and manufacturing company, incorporated in California on November 16, 1945, and based in Mountain View. Vekoma and Arrow Development are roller coaster manufacturers.
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Atlantic Water World
The Delhi Eye transportable Ferris wheel installation at Kalindi Kunj Park in the Okhla neighbourhood of Delhi, India, opened to the public in October 2014.
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Boomerang (roller coaster)
Boomerang is a model of roller coaster manufactured and designed by Vekoma, a Dutch manufacturer.
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Branson, Missouri
Branson is a city in the U.S. state of Missouri.
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Central, Hong Kong
Central (also Central District) is the central business district of Hong Kong.
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Chance Morgan
Chance Morgan Coasters, Inc. is a roller coaster and amusement ride manufacturer. Vekoma and Chance Morgan are amusement ride manufacturers and roller coaster manufacturers.
Chance Rides
Chance Rides is a roller coaster and amusement ride manufacturer. Vekoma and Chance Rides are amusement ride manufacturers, Companies that filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2001 and roller coaster manufacturers.
Chicago
Chicago is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Illinois and in the Midwestern United States.
Coal mining
Coal mining is the process of extracting coal from the ground or from a mine.
Corkscrew with Bayerncurve
Corkscrew with Bayerncurve is a type of roller coaster that was manufactured by Vekoma.
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Darien, New York
Darien is a town in Genesee County, New York, United States.
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Delhi
Delhi, officially the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi (ISO: Rāṣṭrīya Rājadhānī Kṣētra Dillī), is a city and a union territory of India containing New Delhi, the capital of India.
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E-DA Theme Park
The E-DA Theme Park is a theme park with Greek styling located in Dashu District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
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Erlebnispark Tripsdrill
Erlebnispark Tripsdrill is a wildlife and theme park near Cleebronn in Southern Germany.
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Ferris wheel
A Ferris wheel (also called a Giant Wheel or an observation wheel) is an amusement ride consisting of a rotating upright wheel with multiple passenger-carrying components (commonly referred to as passenger cars, cabins, tubs, gondolas, capsules, or pods) attached to the rim in such a way that as the wheel turns, they are kept upright, usually by gravity.
Formuła (Energylandia)
Formuła is a steel launched roller coaster at Energylandia in Zator, Poland.
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Giant Inverted Boomerang
A Giant Inverted Boomerang is a type of steel shuttle roller coaster manufactured by the Dutch firm Vekoma.
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Grande roue de Montréal
La Grande roue de Montréal is a Ferris wheel built at the Old Port of Montreal, Quebec, Canada for the festivities for the 375th anniversary of the city.
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Hong Kong Observation Wheel
The Hong Kong Observation Wheel (abbr. HKOW) is a tall Ferris wheel located at the Central Harbourfront, Central, Hong Kong.
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Idaho
Idaho is a landlocked state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States.
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Invertigo (roller coaster)
Invertigo is the name of an inverted shuttle roller coaster model developed and manufactured by Dutch company Vekoma.
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Kalindi Kunj
Kalindi Kunj is a public garden and a famous T point road in Delhi, located on the banks of River Yamuna, close to Okhla barrage.
Lech Coaster
Lech Coaster is a steel roller coaster located at Legendia in Chorzów, Poland.
List of amusement rides
Amusement rides, sometimes called carnival rides, are mechanical devices or structures that move people to create fun and enjoyment.
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Mine train roller coaster
A mine train roller coaster is a steel roller coaster whose trains often depict a set of mine carts, with the forward-most car or portions of it sometimes resembling a small steam locomotive.
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Montreal
Montreal is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest in Canada, and the tenth-largest in North America.
Morey's Piers
Morey's Piers & Beachfront Waterparks is a seaside amusement park located on The Wildwoods' boardwalk in Wildwood and North Wildwood, New Jersey.
Motorbike roller coaster
A motorbike roller coaster or motorcycle roller coaster is a type of steel roller coaster designed with motorcycle type cars.
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Navy Pier
Navy Pier is a pier on the shoreline of Lake Michigan, located in the Streeterville neighborhood of the Near North Side community area in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
Netherlands
The Netherlands, informally Holland, is a country located in Northwestern Europe with overseas territories in the Caribbean.
Okhla
Okhla is an urban neighbourhood located near the Okhla barrage in the South East Delhi district of Delhi near the border between Delhi and Uttar Pradesh.
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Powered roller coaster
A powered roller coaster is a railed amusement ride similar to a standard roller coaster.
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Rock 'n' Roller Coaster Starring Aerosmith
Rock 'n' Roller Coaster Starring Aerosmith is an enclosed, launched roller coaster located at Disney's Hollywood Studios within Walt Disney World.
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Rocky Mountain Construction
Rocky Mountain Construction (RMC) is a manufacturing and construction company based in Hayden, Idaho, United States. Vekoma and Rocky Mountain Construction are roller coaster manufacturers.
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Roerdalen
Roerdalen (Roerdale) is a municipality in the southeastern Netherlands, in the province of Limburg.
Roller coaster
A roller coaster is a type of amusement ride employing a form of elevated railroad track that carries passengers on a train through tight turns, steep slopes, and other elements usually designed to produce a thrilling experience.
Ronald Bussink
Ronald A. Bussink has been a leading designer of giant Ferris wheels and similar structures for over 25 years. Vekoma and Ronald Bussink are amusement ride manufacturers.
S&S – Sansei Technologies
S&S – Sansei Technologies (formerly S&S Sports, S&S Power, and S&S Worldwide) is an American company known for its pneumatically powered amusement rides and roller coaster designing. Vekoma and S&S – Sansei Technologies are amusement ride manufacturers and roller coaster manufacturers.
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Sansei Technologies
Sansei Technologies, Inc. (formerly Sansei Yusoki Co., Ltd.) is a Japanese manufacturing firm based in Osaka, Japan. Vekoma and Sansei Technologies are amusement ride manufacturers and roller coaster manufacturers.
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Shuttle roller coaster
A shuttle roller coaster is any roller coaster that ultimately does not make a complete circuit, but rather reverses at some point throughout its course and traverses the same track backwards.
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Six Flags Darien Lake
Six Flags Darien Lake (also known as Six Flags Darien Lake Resort and formerly known as Darien Lake Fun Country, Darien Lake, and Darien Lake Theme Park Resort) is a 1,200-acre (4.86 km2) amusement park and resort located in Darien, New York, off of Interstate 90 between Buffalo and Rochester.
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Subsidiary
A subsidiary, subsidiary company or daughter company is a company owned or controlled by another company, which is called the parent company or holding company, which has legal and financial control over the company.
Suspended Family Coaster
A Suspended Family Coaster is a steel inverted roller coaster built by Vekoma designed for families with no inversions.
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Suspended Looping Coaster
The Suspended Looping Coaster (or SLC, as referred to by coaster enthusiasts) is a model of steel inverted roller coaster built by Dutch manufacturer Vekoma.
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Suspended roller coaster
A suspended roller coaster (not to be confused with an inverted roller coaster) is a steel roller coaster model in which passengers are seated in open-top, boat-like gondolas that hang under the track.
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The Hindu
The Hindu is an Indian English-language daily newspaper owned by The Hindu Group, headquartered in Chennai, Tamil Nadu.
The Jester (roller coaster)
The Jester is a steel roller coaster located at the abandoned Six Flags New Orleans amusement park in New Orleans.
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The Walking Dead: The Ride
The Walking Dead: The Ride (formerly known as X:\ No Way Out and X) is an indoor roller coaster haunted attraction located at Thorpe Park, England.
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Thundercoaster (TusenFryd)
Thundercoaster is a wooden roller coaster located at TusenFryd in Vinterbro, Norway.
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Tusenfryd
Tusenfryd (lit. "Thousand Joys", also Common Daisy) is an amusement park at Vinterbro, Norway.
Vekoma Illusion
The Illusion is a fully enclosed tubular steel roller coaster, manufactured by Vekoma.
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Vekoma Junior Coaster
The Vekoma Junior Coaster is a model of steel roller coaster built by Vekoma.
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Vekoma wooden roller coaster
The Vekoma Wooden roller coaster is a model of wooden roller coaster built by Vekoma.
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Vlodrop
Vlodrop (Vlórp) is a village in the south-eastern part of The Netherlands in the municipality of Roerdalen. Vekoma and Vlodrop are Roerdalen.
Wildwood, New Jersey
Wildwood is a city in Cape May County in the U.S. state of New Jersey.
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Wooden roller coaster
A wooden roller coaster is a type of roller coaster classified by its wooden track, which consists of running rails made of flat steel strips mounted on laminated wood.
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WYRK
WYRK (106.5 FM) is a commercial radio station in Buffalo, New York, and serving Western New York.
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See also
1926 establishments in the Netherlands
- Alphense Zwemclub
- BVV Barendrecht
- BZC Brandenburg
- Babesch
- Christian Democratic Union (Netherlands)
- Communist Party of Holland – Central Committee
- DOS Kampen
- First De Geer cabinet
- RKSV Groene Ster
- RKSV Halsteren
- RKVV EVV
- Roman Catholic State Party
- SV Saestum
- VPRO
- VV Baronie
- VV Geldrop
- Vekoma
- Vossius Gymnasium
Design companies established in 1926
- Frederic P. Wiedersum Associates
- Gousha
- Howard Miller Clock Company
- Malibu Potteries
- Page and Steele
- Pinfari
- UnoAErre
- Vekoma
Manufacturing companies established in 1926
- Ambi Budd
- Anest Iwata
- Banham Group
- Breeze-Eastern
- Command-Aire
- Compañía Electro-Siderúrgica e Industrial de Valdivia
- Companhia Brasileira de Cartuchos
- Container Corporation of America
- Costruzioni Italiane Serrature e Affini
- Crane Payment Innovations
- Dynamic Structures
- Evraz Oregon Steel Mills
- Forbes Marshall
- Goldoni (company)
- Graco Inc.
- Grob-Werke
- Holbrook Bodies
- Howard Miller Clock Company
- Iseki
- Kaz Incorporated
- Kuhn Rikon
- Lockheed Corporation
- Loma Negra
- Malibu Potteries
- Nokona Athletic Goods Company
- Pinfari
- Rayonier Advanced Materials
- Smolensk Aviation Plant
- Sprague Electric
- Spring Air Company
- Stihl
- Taylor Company
- Toyota Industries
- Tudor Watches
- Vekoma
- Vereinigte Stahlwerke
Roerdalen
- Ambt Montfort
- De Meinweg National Park
- Etsberg
- Kolleg St. Ludwig
- Maas-Schwalm-Nette Nature Park
- Melick en Herkenbosch
- Montfort, Netherlands
- Montfortian dialect
- Posterholt
- Reutje
- Roer
- Roerdalen
- Roskam, Netherlands
- Sint Odiliënberg
- Vekoma
- Vlodrop
- Vlodrop-station
Roller coaster manufacturers
- Allan Herschell Company
- Anton Schwarzkopf
- Arrow Development
- Arrow Dynamics
- B.A. Schiff & Associates
- Bolliger & Mabillard
- Chance Morgan
- Chance Rides
- China Metallurgical Group Corporation
- Clermont Steel Fabricators
- Custom Coasters International
- D. H. Morgan Manufacturing
- Dinn Corporation
- Dynamic Structures
- E&F Miler Industries
- Fabbri Group
- Gerstlauer
- Giovanola
- Great Coasters International
- Hopkins Rides
- Intamin
- Kumbak
- Mack Rides
- Martin & Vleminckx
- Maurer AG
- Philadelphia Toboggan Coasters
- Pinfari
- Premier Rides
- Preston & Barbieri
- Rocky Mountain Construction
- Roller Coaster Corporation of America
- S&S – Sansei Technologies
- SBF Visa Group
- Sanoyas Hishino Meisho
- Sansei Technologies
- Senyo Kogyo
- Skyline Attractions
- TOGO
- The Gravity Group
- US Thrill Rides
- Vekoma
- WGH (company)
- Zamperla
- Zierer
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vekoma
Also known as Dutch Wheels, Dutch Wheels BV, Tilt coaster, Vekoma Rides, Vekoma Rides Manufacturing, Vekoma Rides Manufacturing B.V., Vekoma Rides Manufacturing BV, Veld Koning Machinefabriek.
, Tusenfryd, Vekoma Illusion, Vekoma Junior Coaster, Vekoma wooden roller coaster, Vlodrop, Wildwood, New Jersey, Wooden roller coaster, WYRK.