Kumbak

One of the boats on the Kumbak-designed De Vliegende Hollander water coaster at Efteling.

Kumbak (originally Kumbak Coasters) was formed on 14 November 2001 just months after the bankruptcy of Vekoma, a roller coaster manufacturer.[2] The company was founded by nine former employees of Vekoma.[2] 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 Morey's Piers' Great Nor' Easter Suspended Looping Coaster.[3] Since then the company has performed a complete upgrade on several rides originally made by different manufacturers,[4] as well as designing their own water coaster and dark rides.[5][6][7][8]

A Kumbak car from the Sea Viper on display at the 2009 IAAPA Expo.

• 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 has in use since June 2018 as a precautionary measure after the ride's pair of trains suffered a low-speed station collision.[28]

As of 2019, Kumbak has built 1 roller coaster around the world.[29]

Name	Model	Park	Country	Opened	Status	Ref
De Vliegende Hollander	Water Coaster	Efteling	Netherlands	2007	Operating	[30]

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