Olympia Looping Possibly Closing in 2016

[TTD03]

No idea if this is true or not, but a guy on Facebook claims it, and since I can't read German, have no way of fact checking it. But if it is true, that is sad, since that seems like an amazing work of art coaster.

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Seriously hoping a park gets this ride and keeps it running the way it was designed to!

Should be preserved eternally!

[Paradox]

I want it. I've heard that it is very intense.

I would also love to ride Thriller with the original track.

this is true
olympia looping will close after this year.
if i am right, i will go to a thema park some where in the mid west ( from what i have unstand, dont hold me on that )
the owner of the ride, found it to expensive to travel any longer with it, specialy with a shrinking german fair industry
that it will be scrapped looks verry unlikely

I know this would never happen, but I could forgive cedar fair for taking out the laser @dorney, if they replaced it with its bigger brother

Hey TTD, can u send me the link to that Facebook page, or even to his source?
Since I??m from Germany I got a pretty got chance of understanding it xD.

If I can do it, I??ll translate it and post it into this topic.


@Topic: Hopefully the rumors are false since it??s by far the best moving ride I rode so far. Although I understand their concerns because the ride operates since 1989 so it??s probably pretty hard for them to keep it in the EU??s security guidelines for amusement rides.
I personally hope that they install it at some theme park here as the ride is well known in Germany wouldn??t have to move it around anymore. I saw it once 2.5 weeks before beginn of the Oktoberfest in Munich. It was the only ride on this huge empty area to be installed at that time .

[Dirk_Ermen]

I've been hearing these rumors for a longer time right now. Apparently it's not even attending Oktoberfest in M??nchen this year. Which is normally a yearly visit with 100% fully build up ride. (All trains on track and all cars, most fairs it runs with just 2-3 trains and 5 cars per train.) From what I heard is that the fairground in Herne on 7th of August until 16th of August was going to be the very last fairground it's attending this year. So anyone who haven't ridden it and still would love to ride it. There is (probably) your last chance.

The departure of the ride may seem a bit weird though, since it doesn't seem they are getting rid of it because of a lack of popularity or a lack of profit. As an example: One of the last fairs in D??sseldorf it was running non-stop 3 trains, fully loaded with a price of 7,50 a person. Seem alright with me that you would earn enough during that period of time. On top of that, the queuing time at that moment was about 10 minutes and I haven't seen it decrease at any point.

Would be a shame to see it really leaving. I really hope a themepark wants to buy the ride and properly maintains the ride. This classic needs to be kept running at all costs. It's still way too good/smooth for the scrapyard.

[TTD03]

Der LK 7531 wrote:

Hey TTD, can u send me the link to that Facebook page, or even to his source?
Since I??m from Germany I got a pretty got chance of understanding it xD.

If I can do it, I??ll translate it and post it into this topic.


@Topic: Hopefully the rumors are false since it??s by far the best moving ride I rode so far. Although I understand their concerns because the ride operates since 1989 so it??s probably pretty hard for them to keep it in the EU??s security guidelines for amusement rides.
I personally hope that they install it at some theme park here as the ride is well known in Germany wouldn??t have to move it around anymore. I saw it once 2.5 weeks before beginn of the Oktoberfest in Munich. It was the only ride on this huge empty area to be installed at that time .

It was posted in a Texas Thrill Seeker's group. He provided no source so you would have to google it.

[Coasterkidmwm]

Only if I was rich.

mama123452 wrote:

this is true
olympia looping will close after this year.
if i am right, i will go to a thema park some where in the mid west ( from what i have unstand, dont hold me on that )
the owner of the ride, found it to expensive to travel any longer with it, specialy with a shrinking german fair industry
that it will be scrapped looks verry unlikely

That would be freaking amazing if it went to the midwest US. I don't know which park here would actually buy it though...

[Paradox]

Jonny Richey wrote:

mama123452 wrote:

this is true
olympia looping will close after this year.
if i am right, i will go to a thema park some where in the mid west ( from what i have unstand, dont hold me on that )
the owner of the ride, found it to expensive to travel any longer with it, specialy with a shrinking german fair industry
that it will be scrapped looks verry unlikely

That would be freaking amazing if it went to the midwest US. I don't know which park here would actually buy it though...

If a park in the Midwest US actually bought this ride it could make that area worth visiting.

Midwest already is one of the best regions for theme parks... We have Cedar Point, Kings Island, Holiday World, Great America, and if you consider it Midwest, Silver Dollar City.

Unfortunately I'm betting this is gonna join eurostar rotting in a field somewhere. RIP. If the midwest rumor is somehow true I'm betting kneobles... because they've brought back four rides already. (Black Diamon, Flying Turns, Pheonix, Twister)

[Paradox]

Most Schwarzkopf's go to Mexico to die.

Hi there...

the good news are, Olympia Looping IS on this year's Oktoberfest (2015). You can see it live here:

http://www.wiesn.tv/livestream-webcam/w ... er-bavaria