Kumbak
Amusement ride manufacturer
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Kumbak (stylized as KumbaK) is a Dutch amusement ride manufacturing company. In addition to manufacturing its own rides, the company primarily specialises in modifying existing rides and attractions originally made by other manufacturers.
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| Company type | Private |
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| Industry | Amusement rides, roller coasters |
| Founded | November 14, 2001 |
| Founder | 9 former Vekoma employees |
| Headquarters | , |
Area served | Worldwide |
Number of employees | 16 (as of 3 December 2001[update]) |
| Website | www |
History
Kumbak (originally Kumbak Coasters) was formed on 14 November 2001 just months after the bankruptcy of Vekoma, a roller coaster manufacturer. The company was founded by nine former employees of Vekoma. The company expanded to a total of 16 employees less than a month later.[2] Kumbak's first project was to design a passenger evacuation platform for Great Nor'Easter at Morey's Piers.[3] Since then the company has performed a complete upgrade on several rides originally made by different manufacturers,[4] as well as designing their own water coaster and dark rides.[5][6][7][8]
Projects
- Great Nor'Easter, Morey's Piers (2003) – a passenger evacuation platform was constructed for the Vekoma Suspended Looping Coaster[3]
- Space Invader 2, Pleasure Beach Blackpool (2004) – replacement of a portion of track, the lift hill, vehicles, ride controls and brakes on the 1984 Zierer roller coaster[7][9]
- Wereld 3 Stalen Monsters, Nederlands Spoorwegmuseum (2005) – a dark ride designed and constructed by Kumbak[7][8][10]
- Python, Efteling (2005) – the Arrow Dynamics-designed, Vekoma roller coaster had its trains replaced with Kumbak trains, however due to multiple problems they were replaced later by new trains from Vekoma.[11][12]
- Grand National, Pleasure Beach Blackpool (2006) – a new braking and ride control system was added to this Möbius Loop roller coaster[13]
- Phantom's Revenge, Kennywood (2006) – a new braking and ride control system was added to this Arrow Dynamics/Chance Morgan hypercoaster[14]
- De Vliegende Hollander, Efteling (2007) – complete design and construction of this water coaster[5][6][15]
- Stampida, PortAventura Park, PortAventura World (2007) – addition of 4 new trains as well as a new braking and ride control system for this Custom Coasters International wooden roller coaster[7][16]
- Tomahawk, PortAventura Park (2007) – Custom Coasters International wooden roller coaster which had its braking and ride control system replaced[7][17]
- Monkey Rail, Ouwehands Dierenpark (2008) – redesign of this 1979 Mack Rides Monorail to meet current operational requirements[18]
- Miraculum, Vienna Prater (2008) – a 5-D theatre[19][20]
- Vienna Airlines, Vienna Prater (2008) – a 5-D theatre[19][21]
- Hornet, Wonderland Park (2008) – upgrade of original Vekoma ride control system[22]
- Sea Viper, Sea World (2009) – a new train to replace the original 1982 Arrow Dynamics train. The project began in 2005.[1][23]
- Robin Hood, Walibi Holland (2010) – new restraints for this Vekoma wooden roller coaster[24]
- Rutschebanen, Dyrehavsbakken (2010) – overall upgrade to this wooden roller coaster from the early 1930s[1][25]
- Arkham Asylum – Shock Therapy, Warner Bros. Movie World (2012) – a new train for this Vekoma Suspended Looping Coaster[26]
- T3, Kentucky Kingdom (2015) - A new 14 seater train was provided for the 2015 season, when the coaster was refurbished and brought back from a 4 year operation hiatus.[27] A second train was provided for the 2016 season, although only one was in use from June 2018 up to the rides closure. This was done as a precautionary measure after the ride's pair of trains suffered a low-speed station collision.[28]
List of roller coasters
As of March 2025[update], Kumbak has built 1 roller coaster.[29]
| Name | Model | Park | Country | Opened | Status | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| De Vliegende Hollander | Water Coaster | Efteling |  Netherlands | 2007 | Operating | [15] |