Indiana Beach
Monticello, Indiana
June 12, 2023
Page Eleven



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Drier Looping is a portable coaster that began its life on the German fair circuit in 1983. 



Being portable helped it move all around the world after leaving the fair circuit as it operated as Triple Loop Coaster at Malaysia's Sunway Lagoon Park, "Magnum Coaster" at England's Flamingo Land, and finally Quimera at Mexico's Aztlan Parque Urbano before ending up at Indiana Beach.



When the announcement was made that Indiana Beach was getting another Schwarzkopf masterpiece to go along with the parks wickedly fun Tig'rr I will openly admit that my heart skipped a beat and yes I did jump for joy.  It's hard enough to add another Schwarzkopf to your coaster count and to have one arrive a not too long drive away from home is an even bigger bonus.



One of the things that I really love about Anton's coasters is he really went out of his way; so much so that it eventually bankrupted him, to make his coasters as smooth as possible and to last.  Making a coaster that was to be built, torn down, transported, and then built again hundreds of times you really have to put a lot of thought into how to design it.  So Anton Schwarzkopf and his designers created ingenious systems like this cone shaped support connection that is used to connect two sections of track. 



He used them all over making the ride easy to assemble and disassemble as well as creating firm connections between the track and structure.



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