If you’ve followed Coaster101 for any portion of time, you know about our fascination with Iowa-based lighting specialists KCL Engineering. Known primarily in the amusement industry for their spectacular lighting packages on roller coasters, KCL has continued to expand their...
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KCL Engineering To Light Marquee Gerstlauer Coaster at Nickelodeon Universe
KCL Engineering created a new gold standard for roller coaster lighting with its first coaster lighting project, Monster at Adventureland, back in 2016. Over the past two years, KCL has continued to push the limits of coaster lighting, counting Hangtime...
Continue reading...Coaster101 Roundtable: The Coasters We Want To Get The “KCL Treatment.”
Last year at the IAAPA Expo, we met KCL Engineering, a mechanical and electrical engineering firm based in West Des Moines, Iowa. As it relates to the amusement industry, KCL is becoming well-known for their roller coaster lighting packages, which...
Continue reading...HangTime at Knott’s Berry Farm Review: Even More Fun to Watch Than it is to Ride
The first ever Infinity coaster on the West Coast, and only the second in the USA, has officially opened to the public. HangTime at Knott’s Berry Farm opened this weekend, the first major new thrill coaster at the park really...
Continue reading...What it Takes to Light a Roller Coaster with Andy Versluys of KCL Engineering
In 2016, Adventureland, located in Altoona, Iowa, opened The Monster, the first Gerstlauer Infinity Coaster to open in the United States. One of the most notable features of The Monster, outside of its beyond-vertical drop and five inversions, is the elaborate...
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