Giant Dipper

Giant Dipper at the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk (Santa Cruz, California, USA) is a wooden roller coaster manufacturer Arthur Looff, opened on 17 May 1924. It was developed by Frank Prior and Fredrick Church a double out- and -back layout constructed in the form. The construction lasted only 47 days and cost $ 50,000. At the time of its opening, the trip cost to you 50 cents. Giant Dipper has been driven by over 50 million people. She felt in some commercials and films, including The Lost Boys, Dirty Harry comes back and Dangerous Minds - Wild Thoughts.

The trains of Giant Dipper each have six cars. In each car four people can (two rows of two people) take place.

Facts

  • The father of Arthur Looff, Charles ID Looff, already built in 1911, the beloved from the Boardwalk carousel, which is also as Giant Dipper in operation.
  • There is another roller coaster with the same name at Belmont Park. It was built in 1925 and has the same dimensions.
  • In 1987, the orbit of the National Park Service as a National Historic Landmark - a recognized national- historic landmark.
  • Looff describes his plans as a combination of earthquake, balloon ascension and plane crash.
  • When the railway was opened, they differed by train known today. Instead of an internal station they had a station in the open air without a tunnel for the start of the ride. Likewise, it was green and not red. Some times were replaced the trains. In February 2007, the front of the train was equipped with a 100 -year mark, and the sides were painted red and blue.
  • Giant Dipper is the sixth oldest roller coaster in America.

Photos

A train pulls into the station

First loop

Going into the old trains

Lifthill

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