Olympia Looping | |
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Full layout at night
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Oktoberfest | |
Status | Operating |
Opening date | September 17, 1989 |
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Type | Steel |
Manufacturer | BHS |
Designer | Anton Schwarzkopf, Werner Stengel |
Lift/launch system | Drive tire lift hill |
Height | 110 ft (34 m) |
Drop | 99 ft (30 m) |
Length | 4,101 ft (1,250 m) |
Speed | 52 mph (84 km/h) |
Inversions | 5 |
Duration | 1:45 |
Max vertical angle | 52° |
G-force | 5.2 |
Height restriction | 54 in (137 cm) |
Trains | Several trains with 5 cars. Riders are arranged 2 across in 2 rows for a total of 20 riders per train. |
Olympia Looping at RCDB Pictures of Olympia Looping at RCDB |
Olympia Looping, also known as Munich Looping, is a portable steel roller coaster designed by Anton Schwarzkopf and built by BHS. It is the largest portable roller coaster in the world, and the only one with five inversions. It appears at many carnivals in Germany, most notably Oktoberfest, where it made its debut in 1989. It is named for its five vertical loops, which resemble the Olympic rings. Although they are clothoid-shaped, their shape is closer to circular than the ones on most other roller coasters, so they exert unusually high g-forces on the passengers (up to 5.2 g). The entire structure weighs 900 tons and requires a space 85 m wide by 36 m deep. The ride usually runs with five cars per train, though at events such as Oktoberfest and Winter Wonderland in Hyde Park, London, it runs with seven to increase throughput in busy periods.
On September 27, 2008, a driving motor failed on the ride, stranding over 20 Oktoberfest attendees at the top of the first hill. They were freed with the help of the Munich Fire Department.
The ride was ranked in the Steel Roller Coasters Poll 11 Year Results Table awards from 1999 to 2010. Below is the table of the rankings of the traveling roller coaster.