Looping Starship

Amusement ride

Looping Starship

Phoenix at Busch Gardens Tampa Bay, a custom Looping Starship ride

Status| In production
First manufactured| 1982
No. of installations| 14
Manufacturer| Intamin
Height| 14.6 m (48 ft)
Capacity| 650 riders per hour
Duration| approximately 3 minutes and 33 seconds ride time

The Looping Starship is an amusement ride manufactured by Intamin of Switzerland. The ride is a swinging ship that can spin a complete 360-degree revolution. The ride has been modified with custom theming to resemble a number of different vehicles, including a Space Shuttle, a fighter jet, an Egyptian cargo ship, and a Looney Tunes ACME Rocket.

The Looping Starship is manufactured either as a traveling model or a park model. Most parks require riders to be at least 48 inches (1.2 m) tall.

## Locations

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### Existing Looping Starships

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Name  | Park  | Year Opened  | Notes

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Berserker  | Kings Dominion[1] | 1984  | (Themed after a Viking ship)
Looping Starship  | Yomiuriland | 1992  | (Themed after a space shuttle)
Pirate's Revenge  | Sunway Lagoon | 2005  | This ride was the former Bounty's Revenge at Wonderland Sydney,[1] which operated from 1985 to 2004.
Space Shuttle  | Nagashima Spa Land | 1992  | (Themed after a space shuttle)

### Removed

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Name  | Park  | Year Opened  | Year Closed  | Notes

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Power Dive  | Six Flags Great America[1] | 1987  | 2001  | (Themed after a fighter jet. Removed due to maintenance issues)
Looping Starship  | Six Flags Over Georgia[1] | 1989  | 2005  | (Removed to make way for Goliath)
Z-Force  | Six Flags Magic Mountain | 1987  | 1993  | (Removed to make way for Batman: The Ride)
Space Shuttle  | Six Flags AstroWorld | 1986  | 2005  | (Removed due to park's closure, and relocated to Six Flags Over Texas)
Space Shuttle  | Six Flags Great Adventure[1] | 1985  | 2007  | (Removed as a result of cost-cutting, and currently[as of?] in storage)
Aerovarvet  | Liseberg | 1989  | 2002  | (Was rebuilt in the winter between 2001-2002 to a swinging ship ride)
Perilous Pendulum  | Galaxyland[1] | 1985  | 2003  | (The first indoor Looping Starship, but removed for replacement by the Solar Flare ride)
Jet Scream  | Canada's Wonderland | 1990  | 2010  | Removed for WindSeeker. As of August 2011, put up for sale[2]
Bounty  | Walibi Belgium | 1992  | 2002  | (The former "Bateau Ivre" at fr:Zygofolis in France,[1] which operated from 1987 to 1991)
ACME Rock n' Rocket  | Six Flags Over Texas | 2006  | 2014  | (Most of the ride's parts are from the Six Flags Astroworld Looping Starship, which operated from 1986 to 2005. An entirely new chassis was built for its installation, and themed after a Looney Tunes ACME rocket for Justice League: Battle for Metropolis.)
Looping Starship  | Tokyo Summerland[1] | 1986  | 2007  | (Themed as a Space Shuttle)
Looping Starship  | Seibuen Yuenchi  | 1988  | 2011  | (Themed as a Space Shuttle)
Looping

Starship

| Expo 86, Vancouver BC[1] | 1986  | 1986  | (It was themed as a Space Shuttle, in place during the summer run of the world's fair in 1986, and presumably[why?] sold when the fair closed.)
H.M.B. Endeavor  | California's Great America | 1987  | 2017  | (Themed after a pirate ship, formerly called The Revolution, and removed mid-off-season[vague] due to maintenance issues, low ridership and South Bay Shores.)[citation needed]
Looping Starship  | Takarazuka Family Land  | 1991  | 2003  |
Looping Starship  | Parque Grano de Oro  | 2012  | 2017  | (Themed as a Space Shuttle, formerly Jet Scream at Canada's Wonderland \-- which operated from 1990 to 2010)
Phoenix  | Busch Gardens Tampa Bay[1] | 1984  | 2018  | (Themed after an Egyptian[vague] cargo vessel) Demolished in December 2022.
Looping Starship  | Valleyfair[1] | 1985  | 2019  | (Themed after a pirate ship.)
Southern Star  | Carowinds[1] | 1986  | 2022  | (Themed after a viking ship, formerly called Frenzoid)

## References

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1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Intamin". Retrieved February 27, 2018.
2. ^ Looping Starship for Sale, Amusement Trader, August 11, 2011. Retrieved September 7, 2011.

## External links

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* Intamin Looping Starship

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