Kennywood Park’s former Laser Loop for sale in Mexico City
The Laser Loop was removed in 1990 to make room for The Steel Phantom roller coaster, which debuted in 1991 and later became The Phantom's Revenge that we all know today.
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Updated: 11:24 PM EDT Sep 2, 2020
Kennywood Park’s former Laser Loop for sale in Mexico City
The Laser Loop was removed in 1990 to make room for The Steel Phantom roller coaster, which debuted in 1991 and later became The Phantom's Revenge that we all know today.
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Updated: 11:24 PM EDT Sep 2, 2020
HOW ABOUT THIS BLAST FROM THE PAST? >> IT’S AWESOME. >> IT GOES AROUND. JANELLE: A TRIP BACK IN TIME, TO THE 80‘S, ON THE LASER LOOP, KENNYWOOD’S FIRST LOOPING ROLLERCOASTER THAT CLOSED BACK IN 1990. >> OLD ENOUGH TO REMEMBER WHEN IT OPENED AND WHEN IT CLOSED. AND I’M FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO HAVE BEEN ON THE VERY LAST RIDE OF LASER LOOP. JANELLE: 30 YEARS AFTER KENNYWOOD’S OWNERS SOLD THE ROLLERCOASTER TO AN AMUSEMENT PARK IN MEXICO CITY, THE FORMER KENNYWOOD COASTER IS NOW ON SALE FOR $490,000. >> I WOULD ABSOLUTELY GO ANYWHERE IN THE UNITED STATES TO RIDE LASER LOOP AGAIN. IN FACT, I WENT TO MEXICO CITY TO RIDE IT A FEW YEARS BAC JANELLE: THE PITTSBURGH ROLLLERCOASTER ENTHUSIAST SNAPPED SOME PICTURES OF WHAT THE OLD LASER LOOP NOW LOOKS LIKE, A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN HOW WE REMEMBER IT. BUT STILL, THE SAME SPEED OF ZERO TO 55 IN A MATTER OF SECONDS. AN OLD FAN FAVORITE, LINKENHEIMER SAYS, WOULD MAKE A GREAT NEW ADDITION TO A SMALLER PARK LOOKING FOR A BIG ATTRACTION. >> US COASTER ENTHUSIASTS, WE ACTUALLY REALLY LIKE THAT COASTER. WE ACTUALLY THINK IT’S PRETTY GOOD AS IS TODAY, 20 YEARS LATER. IT STILL OPERATES AS WONDERFULLY IN MEXICO CITY AS IT DID AT KENNYWOOD. JANELLE: BRING BACK SOME MEMORIES? IN CASE YOU’RE WONDERING WHY THE FORMER LASER LOOP IS FOR SALE. THE PARK WHERE IT’S CURRENTLY LOCATED IS CLOSED RIGHT NOW AND MAY NOT RE-OPEN. IF YOU’D LIKE TO SEE THE HALF MILLION DOLLAR LISTING OF THE COASTER, AND TRACK WHERE IT MAY END UP, TAP OPEN THE WTAE MOBILE APP OR VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WTAE
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Kennywood Park’s former Laser Loop for sale in Mexico City
The Laser Loop was removed in 1990 to make room for The Steel Phantom roller coaster, which debuted in 1991 and later became The Phantom's Revenge that we all know today.
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Updated: 11:24 PM EDT Sep 2, 2020
Thirty years after Kennywood Park’s owners sold the Laser Loop rollercoaster to an amusement park in Mexico City – it is now up for sale for $490,000.The Laser Loop was removed in 1990 to make room for The Steel Phantom roller coaster, which debuted in 1991 and later became The Phantom's Revenge that we all know today. The ride was relocated to La Feria Chapultepec Magico, an amusement park in Mexico City, where it's now known by a new name: Cascabel.Click here to view the listing.
Thirty years after Kennywood Park’s owners sold the Laser Loop rollercoaster to an amusement park in Mexico City – it is now up for sale for $490,000.
The Laser Loop was removed in 1990 to make room for The Steel Phantom roller coaster, which debuted in 1991 and later became The Phantom's Revenge that we all know today.
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The ride was relocated to La Feria Chapultepec Magico, an amusement park in Mexico City, where it's now known by a new name: Cascabel.