Kumbak
# Kumbak

Kumbak is a Dutch amusement ride manufacturing company. In addition to manufacturing its own rides, the company primarily specialises in changing existing rides and attractions, originally made by other manufacturers.

## 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. Kumbak's first project was to design a passenger evacuation platform for Morey's Piers' Great Nor' Easter Suspended Looping Coaster. Since then the company has performed a complete upgrade on several rides originally made by different manufacturers, as well as designing their own water coaster and dark rides.

## Projects

* Great Nor' Easter, Morey's Piers (2003) – a passenger evacuation platform was constructed for the Vekoma Suspended Looping Coaster
* 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
* Wereld 3 Stalen Monsters, Nederlands Spoorwegmuseum (2005) – a dark ride designed and constructed by Kumbak
* 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.
* Grand National, Pleasure Beach Blackpool (2006) – a new braking and ride control system was added to this Möbius Loop roller coaster
* Phantom's Revenge, Kennywood (2006) – a new braking and ride control system was added to this Arrow Dynamics/Chance Morgan hypercoaster
* De Vliegende Hollander, Efteling (2007) – complete design and construction of this water coaster
* 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
* Tomahawk, PortAventura Park (2007) – Custom Coasters International wooden roller coaster which had its braking and ride control system replaced
* Monkey Rail, Ouwehands Dierenpark (2008) – redesign of this 1979 Mack Rides Monorail to meet current operational requirements
* Miraculum, Vienna Prater (2008) – a 5-D theatre
* Vienna Airlines, Vienna Prater (2008) – a 5-D theatre
* Hornet, Wonderland Park (2008) – upgrade of original Vekoma ride control system
* Sea Viper, Sea World (2009) – a new train to replace the original 1982 Arrow Dynamics train. The project began in 2005.
* Robin Hood, Walibi Holland (2010) – new restraints for this Vekoma wooden roller coaster
* Rutschebanen, Dyrehavsbakken (2010) – overall upgrade to this wooden roller coaster from the early 1930s
* Arkham Asylum – Shock Therapy, Warner Bros. Movie World (2012) – a new train for this Vekoma Suspended Looping Coaster
* 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. 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.

## List of roller coasters

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

| Name | Model | Park | Country | Opened | Status | Ref |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| De Vliegende Hollander | Water Coaster | Efteling | Netherlands | 2007 | Operating | |
