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Little Dipper
Wood Family at Six Flags Great America, Gurnee, Illinois. Opened 2010.
- Height
- 30 ft
- Drop
- n/a
- Top speed
- 20 mph
- Length
- 700 ft
- Inversions
- 0
- Ride time
- 50 s
- Designer
- Philadelphia Toboggan Coasters
Little Dipper is a small wooden roller coaster in the Yukon Territory area of Six Flags Great America in Gurnee, Illinois. The Philadelphia Toboggan Company built it to a design by Herbert Paul Schmeck, and it first ran at Kiddieland, a children's amusement park in Illinois; the park lists 1950 as the year it was introduced.
History
When Kiddieland closed in 2009, Six Flags Great America was the high bidder for the coaster at the park's auction, at $33,000. It was moved to Gurnee and reopened there in May 2010.
The ride has 700 feet of track and a chain lift. The park gives its peak height as 30 feet and its top speed as 20 mph, and a ride lasts about 50 seconds. Its single train of four cars carries 16 riders. The park lists a minimum height of 44 inches, or 36 inches with a companion.
Sources
- sixflags.com/greatamerica/attractions/little-dipper (Park page: family coaster in Yukon Territory, originally at Kiddieland, introduced 1950, manufacturer PTC; 30-ft peak, up to 20 mph; 44-inch minimum (36 inches accompanied).)
- rcdb.com/8985.htm (RCDB: Little Dipper, operating at Six Flags Great America since May 27, 2010; Philadelphia Toboggan Coasters junior coaster, designer Herbert Paul Schmeck; length 700 ft, height 28 ft, 0 inversions, duration 0:50; single train of 4 cars, 16 riders; relocated from Kiddieland; park was high bidder at $33,000 at the Kiddieland auction.)
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six_Flags_Great_America (Acquired in late 2009 for $33,000 from Kiddieland, which closed in 2009; opened at Six Flags Great America in mid-2010; in Yukon Territory.)
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