Negative-G - Indiana Beach 2023

Indiana Beach
Monticello, Indiana
June 12, 2023
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The American Triple Loop at Indiana Beach, Monticello Indiana

American Triple Loop has been put together by the parks maintenance staff which is why the ride isn't open yet after standing for several years. Chatting with one of Indiana Beach's two maintenance guys he said they work on it when they can while keeping the rest of the park up and running. Hopefully as they now have one of the coasters trains on the tracks and a second one being worked on it'll be up and running for 2024.

Speaking of the trains what brought this ride, and the rest of Aztlan Parque Urbano to close their doors was an accident. In 2019 due to a severe lack of maintenance, and the park turning the block brakes on the ride off the rear car of one of the trains sheared off causing injuries and deaths. The investigation that followed found the park was at fault and it closed as a result. Thankfully Indiana Beach is not using the original trains. Earlier this year the West Edmonton Mall announced that the legendary Mindbender; which is copy of this coaster, was coming to the end of that rides life. Indiana Beach purchased the trains from Mindbender and are bringing them online for the All American Triple Loop.

Here is a nerd shot of the wheels for all of you coaster nerds out there.

When Gene Staples purchased Quimera from Aztlan Parque Urbano it wasn't the only Schwarzkopf coaster in the park. Cascabel was the parks Schwarzkopf shuttle loop that began its life as Laser Loop at Pittsburgh's Kennywood. Gene purchased that coaster as well and had it trucked up to Indiana. The trains from Cascabel are sitting out behind Tig'rr.

Here's Cascabel's flywheel launch motor. The track for this shuttle loop ended up getting sent to one of Gene's other parks, the old Martin's Fantasy Island in Niagara Falls, New York where it is supposed be added sometime. Despite the word that this coaster will be reborn in New York my hopes are that the rumor I heard the other week that it is going to be installed behind All American Triple Loop ring true. My hopes are that it gets named Tidal Wave" after the old Schwarzkopf shuttle loop that was at Six Flags Great America.