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unpopularity was attributed to a ride that was improved (over the Flip Flap
Railway), but still very uncomfortable for the ride occupants. One rider wrote of the experience: "Myself and two others went around the loop the loop. Once was enough." The primary difference between Prescott's coasters and the Olentangy Park Loop the Loop was that the Olentangy Park Loop the Loop was a single track coaster, while Prescott's Loop the Loops were both
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on its riders. Adapting the steel construction and teardrop-shaped loop pioneered by Edwin
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Beecher's attempt to modify his earlier ride and apply the teardrop-shaped loop element of Prescott's looping coasters. While the ride had a considerably more mild experience than Beecher's original Flip Flap Railway, it was not popular and it attracted few repeat riders. This
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