Ride through the five Olympic rings on the world's largest travelling rollercoaster
| Fairs Attended | Hyde Park Winter Wonderland (from 2016 as München Looping) |
|---|---|
| Type | Rollercoaster |
| Audience | Thrillseekers |
| Built | 1989 |
| Manufacturer | BHS |
| Height | 107 ft |
| Length | 4101 ft |
| Inversions | 5 |
| Max Speed | 50 mph |
| Designer | Anton Schwarzkopf Werner Stengel |
| Owner | Rudolf Barth |
| Duration | 1¾ minutes |
A train navigates one of the five vertical loops
Standing at over 35 metres high and with over 4000 ft of track, Olympia Looping is the largest travelling rollercoaster in the world.
It features five vertical loops, arranged and painted to form the classic Olympic rings. It was designed by renowned rollercoaster designers Anton Schwarzkopf and Werner Stengel, and is regarded as one of the greatest rollercoasters around.
In the summer months, the ride can be found at major fairs around Germany and, since 2016, it has travelled over the channel to London's Winter Wonderland every Christmas season. Travelling with the 900 ton beast is no easy task - it takes 50 trailers to move from location to location, then ten workers a week to set up.
As well as being visually impressive, the rollercoaster gives a fantastic ride. It is well paced, with just the right amount of time between the inversions, and is amazingly smooth.
Olympia Looping is unique, and probably a one off - estimates have put building a similar ride today at over €25 million, a cost that would be almost impossible to recoup.
Olympia Looping at Winter Wonderland in London
The rollercoaster often draws a crowd of onlookers
Olympia Looping's station
Inside the station
A train about to set off
Top of the lift hill
Descending the first drop
Mid-course
Blue loop
Yellow loop
Traversing the black loop
Inverted
Diving drop
Looping
Upside down
Flying along the track
One of Olympia Looping's trains mid-circuit
Black loop
Dropping off the mid-course brakes
Green loop
Crane used to help construct the ride
Olympia Looping's track and support vehicles