Cascabel 2.0
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| Manufacturer | Schwarzkopf | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Product | Shuttle Loop | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Designer / calculations | Ing.-Büro Stengel GmbH | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Type | Steel - Shuttle - Launched | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Track layout | Shuttle loop | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Riders per train | 28 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Propulsion | Flywheel launch | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Track inversions | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rider inversions | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cascabel 2.0 is a steel shuttle roller coaster which formerly operated at Kennywood and later at La Feria Chapultepec Magico. The ride is currently in storage at Indiana Beach in Monticello, Indiana, USA and at Niagara Amusement Park and Splash World in Grand Island, New York, USA.
History
The coaster operated as Laser Loop at Kennywood from 1980 to 1990. Its station building was reused for Steel Phantom.[1] It opened in 1994 at La Feria Chapultepec Magico in Mexico as Cascabel. The ride became Cascabel 2.0 in 2014. It closed with the park in 2019.
The train from the ride was spotted at Indiana Beach in 2021.[2]
In February 2022, Niagara Amusement Park and Splash World announced that it had purchased the coaster and stated it would start construction as soon as weather permits.[3]
In May 2024, most of the pieces of Cascabel 2.0 were removed from the storage site of Niagara Amusement Park and Splash World and were shipped to sister park Indiana Beach where they arrived at the park and were placed into storage in the back area of the maintenance shed behind All American Triple Loop.[4] As of summer 2025, some track pieces remain in storage at Niagara Amusement Park and Splash World.[5]
Design
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Trains
Single train with 7 cars. In each car, riders are arranged 2 across in 2 rows, for a total of 28 riders per train.
References
- ↑ "Kennywood will name new coaster Steel Phantom". The Pittsburgh Press. 1990-07-27. p. 18.
- ↑ "Achtbaantrein van Schwarzkopf Shuttle Loop gespot in Indiana Beach".
- ↑ "Schwarzkopf Shuttle Loop Coaster Planned to Open at Niagara Amusement Park". NewsPlusNotes. 2022-02-14. Retrieved 2022-02-16.
- ↑ "Coasters_Every_Day". Instagram.
- ↑ "Found the old [Laser Loop] hanging out in the [Niagara Amusement Park] parking lot [Trip Report]". Reddit. kbups53. 2025-06-23. Retrieved 2025-06-23.
External links
- Cascabel 2.0 on the Roller Coaster DataBase.
