INDIANA BEACH
Monticello, Indiana
(Abbreviation: IB)
Owned By: IB Parks and Entertainment
Park News -
2025 - Nothing is known at this time...
???? - (6/1/2024) The trains for Triple Loop’s sister coaster from Mexico, Cascabel, have been sitting at the park since they arrived with all the parts and pieces of Triple Loop. Meanwhile the rest of Cascabel (a Schwarzkopf Shuttle Loop formerly known as Laser Loop when it ran at Kennywood from 1980 to 1990), have been sitting in a storage lot at Niagara Amusement Park for the past two years. It was assumed, based on some old social media posts when it arrived, that the former Laser Loop (Cascabel) would eventually be set up at the Niagara area park, but in a weird twist of fate, at least half (if not all by now) of the track for the shuttle loop coaster have been loaded up on flatbed trucks and shipped to Indiana Beach in the past week or two. You can see a very recent photo of some track sections being unloaded into a storage area at Indiana Beach below as well.
So what does this all mean? Well, it’s not good news for Niagara Amusement Park for sure, as the park has also been backtracking on their social media accounts as of late when being asked about the shuttle loop. In fact, they’ve gone so far as to reply to questions online to flat out say that they never said that the coaster would be installed at Niagara, when in fact their very first Instagram post from back on February 9, 2022 was to note the arrival of the track at the Niagara park, with the message that “Arriving right here at Niagara Amusement Park, this classic shuttle loop coaster (with flywheel launch!) is expected to begin construction as soon as the weather cooperates!!”
Well, Niagara’s loss is now Indiana Beach’s gain… maybe. While the track and trains are now being reunited as a set at Indiana Beach, this still does not entirely guarantee that it will be installed at Indiana Beach. There is always the possibility that everything is being gathered together in order to ship it all off somewhere else, either for refurbishment or in the case of a possible sale. Then again, now that Indiana Beach has just gone through the lengthy process of refurbishing and re-opening Triple Loop, perhaps they now feel confident in working on the Shuttle Loop as well. The long but narrow footprint required for it may actually make it easier to install at Indiana Beach as opposed to Niagara. In fact, based on the footprint of other identical model rides, I think it would actually fit right into the space along the edge of the parking lot that lies on E Indiana Beach Rd between the Triple Loop and Double Shot, adding yet another roller coaster to this expanded pathway off the main section of the park that is also home to Steel Hawg. Again… not even a rumor of this yet, just a simple observation on my part as to what could possibly happen.
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