Bobbejaanland
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The Looping star was a schwarzkopf coaster located in Bobbejaanland, it was the second, or thirth coaster of the park. Since it opened together with Alpenblitz. It was an iconic ride for Bobbejaanland. The looping was famous for it's location in the park. It was closed at 2 october 2003. A new coaster called Typhoon opened at the location of Loopingstar. When building Typhoon they wanted the looping on the exact same spot. The new coaster has more inversions, but has shorter trains and doesn't look as massive as Looping star was.
The ride has been scrapped because of the many problems the coaster had. It was a ride meant to ride with 2 trains, so the park bought a seconds train in 1997. However, due to the many usage (and probably bad maintainace in the beginning years) the ride's shape has been changed. Yhe ride went from 2 trains to 1 train in 2003 due safety reasons. The park hoped that it was possible to renew the ride. But due the changed ride shape it was impossible to rebuild the coaster. It was also not possible to built it in an other park. So they had to scrap the ride, and built a completely new ride.
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Did you know:
That this was the first coaster in belgium with a looping? From 1979 to 2003 there came a lot more coaster in the country with loopings: 5 in total. However that is not a lot, it's a lot when compared to the amount of coaster in Belgium, there are not so many themeparks. After 2003 2 more coasters with loopings opened in Belgium.
- Popularity Attraction
This attraction was very popular, since it was the one and only coaster with a looping in Bobbejaanland, however, the new coaster is popular too.
- Waiting Times
The waiting times were about 10 to 20 minutes In the last year ramping up to 40.
- Theming attraction
This ride was not themed or landscaped, but the looping did fit the location and was very iconic. The colors were also pretty simple, gray and blue. Not the best themed ride for the park, but it could have been worser.
- Riding Time
The riding time was 2 minutes.
- Disordering of attraction
This attraction was mostly open, but the last years the ride did get more and more disorgering..
''The first loopingstar of the benelux to be removed''
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