Looping Star (Keansburg Amusement Park)

Roller coaster in the United States
Watch the on-ride POV
Load video
YouTube
Looping Star
The coaster at Beech Bend in 2006
Keansburg Amusement Park
Location Keansburg, New Jersey, USA
Status Operating since July 5, 2015
Replaced Wild Cat
Sauble Beach Fun World
Location Sauble Beach, Ontario, Canada
Operated During 2011
Beech Bend
Location Bowling Green, Kentucky, USA
Operated 2001 to September 2009
Amusements of America (USA)
Location Travelling
Statistics
Manufacturer Pinfari
Product Zyklon ZL42
Type Steel
Riders per train 12
Propulsion Chain lift hill
Area 139.8 feet × 61 feet
Height 36.1 feet
Length 1197.5 feet
Inversions 1
HELP

Looping Star is a steel roller coaster located at Keansburg Amusement Park in Keansburg, New Jersey, USA. The ride was built by Pinfari.

History

The coaster was manufactured in 1985. It opened at Beech Bend in Bowling Green, Kentucky in 2001,[1] having previously travelled with US carnival operator Amusements of America. It was moved within the park for the 2006 season. Looping Star was closed in September 2009. The attraction was relocated to Sauble Beach Fun World in Ontario, Canada, but only operated during the 2011 season. It sat standing but not operating in 2012 before it was dismantled.

In 2013, Keansburg Amusement Park announced that it had purchased the Looping Star from Sauble Beach and that it would replace the Wild Cat.[2] It was expected to open on Memorial Day (May 30),[3] but was delayed. It opened on July 5, 2015.[4]

Design

Elements

Layout

Looping Star has a single 31.8 foot tall vertical loop. It has two stations, one for loading and one for unloading. It also has a transfer track.

Trains

3 cars per train. In each car, riders are arranged 2 across in 2 rows, for a total of 12 riders per train. Riders are held in by over-the-shoulder harnesses. The train bodies differ to those found on other ZL42 coasters.

References

  1. ↑ "Coaster@the Beech". The Park City Daily News. 2001-04-26. p. 1. Retrieved 2022-04-22.
  2. ↑ "Old coaster taken down in Keansburg". Asbury Park Press. 2013-05-22. pp. B8. Retrieved 2022-04-22.
  3. ↑ Rose, Lisa (2014-04-12). "Amusement parks spring back to life after long winter with new rides, Easter events". NJ.com. Retrieved 2022-04-22.
  4. ↑ "Keansburg Amusement Park Opens New Roller Coaster".

External links

Retrieved from ‘https://coasterpedia.net/w/index.php?title=Looping_Star_(Keansburg_Amusement_Park)&oldid=238509’