Double Loop was a steel roller coaster located at Geauga Lake amusement park in Aurora, Ohio, United States. Built by Arrow Development, it opened in 1977 as the first roller coaster in the world to feature two consecutive vertical loops. The roller coaster operated until the park closed permanently in 2007, and it was later sold for scrap at an auction a year later.
History
Riding on the heels of successful innovations like Corkscrew at Knott's Berry Farm, which in 1975 was the first modern looping roller coaster in the world, Utah-based Arrow Development was hired by Geauga Lake amusement park to design and build another industry first.[1] Simply entitled Double Loop, the new design would become the first roller coaster in the world to feature back-to-back vertical loops.[2] It was introduced at the park in 1977 at a total cost of $1.35 million.[3]
The ride featured a 90 ft, a helix, 1800 ft of track, and two vertical loops with one measuring 55 ft in height and the other measuring 50 ft. Double Loop would be followed by the park's very own Corkscrew roller coaster – one of fourteen identical installations eventually produced by Arrow – which opened the following year in 1978.