Cascabel (roller coaster)

Cascabel
Location	La Feria Chapultepec Magico
Coordinates	19°24′59″N 99°11′44″W
Status	Operating
Opened	1980 (Kennywood) 1994 (La Feria Chapultepec)
Cost	1 million
Type	Steel - Shuttle
Manufacturer	Anton Schwarzkopf
Designer	Reinhold Spieldiener
Model	Shuttle Loop
Lift/launch system	Flywheel launch
Height	139 ft (42 m)
Length	876 ft (267 m)
Max speed	54 mph (87 km/h)
Inversions	1
Max vertical angle	70°
Capacity	28 riders per hour
Acceleration	0-54 in 3.8 seconds
Cascabel at RCDB
Pictures of Cascabel at RCDB
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Cascabel is a steel shuttle roller coaster that has been at Chapultepec Park in Mexico City since 1991. In 1991, Chapultepec park received the coaster from Kennywood amusement park, near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where the coaster was named "Laser Loop". Chapultepec park would rename the coaster to "Cascabel" (Spanish for "rattle", in reference to a rattlesnake).

Laser Loop was Kennywood's first looping roller coaster, it was built in 1980 by the German Anton Schwarzkopf - the same man who would eventually build Kennywood's Raging Rapids in the winter of 1984. It was built on the site of the old Skooter building above the park entrance, but was removed after the 1990 season to make room for the Steel Phantom. As the ride grew older, costs of maintenance began to outweigh the benefits of the Laser Loop. During its last season at Kennywood, the Laser Loop was closed frequently due to problems with the flywheel & clutch system used to propel the ride. It would eventually be replaced by the Steel Phantom in 1991, which maintained a few of the Laser Loop's features like a vertical loop and fast re-entry to the station.

References

• Cascabel's listing at RCDB.com