Gwazi (Lion Park Resort)

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Gwazi

Lion Park Resort Location Gaborone, South-East, Botswana Coordinates 24.785612°S 25.816331°E / -24.785612; 25.816331 Status Operating since 2011 Rider height 125 cm minimum
Vidámpark (loan) Name Looping Star Location Budapest, Hungary Coordinates 47.520879°N 19.083031°E / 47.520879; 19.083031 Owner Bembom Rides (UK) Operated 2001 to 2009 Replaced by Spinning Coaster Loudoun Castle Name Thunder Loop Express Location Galston, Strathclyde, Scotland, UK Owner Bembom Rides (UK) Operated 1996 to 1998 Replaced by Galaxy Dreamland Margate Name Looping Star Location Margate, Kent, England, UK Owner Bembom Rides (UK) Operated March 1982 to 1995
Statistics
Manufacturer	Schwarzkopf
Product	Looping Star
Designer / calculations	Ing.-Büro Stengel GmbH
Type	Steel
Track layout	Figure-8
Hourly capacity	1700
Propulsion	Chain lift hill
Area	77 metres × 31.5 metres
Height	24.5 metres
Top speed	77 km/h
Length	592 metres
Inversions	1
Duration	2:00

The roller coaster while at Holnemvolt Park

Gwazi is a steel roller coaster located at Lion Park Resort in Gaborone, South-East, Botswana. It is the only known permanent roller coaster in Botswana.

Design

Elements
Chain lift hill Vertical loop Bunny hill

Gwazi is a Looping Star from Schwarzkopf.

Colour scheme

Orange track and red supports. The ride opened with blue track and white supports, being repainted to light brown track and brown supports at Loudoun Castle.

Trains

6 cars per train. In each car, riders are arranged 2 across in 2 rows, for a total of 24 riders per train.

External links

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  Gwazi on the Roller Coaster DataBase.