Lisebergsloopen, Steel roller coaster in Gothenburg, Sweden
Lisebergsloopen was a steel roller coaster of the Schwarzkopf Looping Star model at Liseberg. Its dark blue track, 592 metres long, was mounted on white pillars within a 77-metre-long, 31.5-metre-deep and 24.5-metre-high structure. The circuit included a 14-metre-diameter vertical loop and several helices, and three grey-blue trains carried 28 riders each.
Lisebergsloopen opened in 1980, replacing the smaller Super 8 coaster. It was the fourth of eight Schwarzkopf Looping Star installations, a model first built as a mobile ride for German fairs before a stationary version appeared in 1978. After the 1995 season it was sold to Playcenter in São Paulo and replaced on its site by Hangover.
The ride's name, Lisebergsloopen ("the Loop"), came from its 14-metre vertical loop, and the park also used the commercial spelling LisebergsLoopen. After the 1995 season it was sold to Playcenter in São Paulo, Brazil, where it ran as Looping Star. Playcenter closed in its then form on 29 July 2012 and passed the ride to Nicolandia Center Park the same year.
The ride no longer exists at Liseberg: it was sold after the 1995 season and replaced by Hangover. The train was pulled up the 60-metre, 35-degree first lift by a chain, then went through a 14-metre loop and several 180-degree helices before the brake run. Riders were held by a single bar pressed against the groin.
The trains were held in by a single bar pressed against the riders' laps, a design made possible because the forces in the loop and helices pushed passengers into their seats. The dark blue rails ran 592 metres on white pillars.
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