At $65,000 this is now a steal. It would be an amazing addition to Dreamland along with the Scenic. Its a killer ride, much better than Blackpool's big dipper
Ohio - (3/29/10) Screamscape has some great news about the famous and fabled Big Dipper at Geauga Lake. While the coaster, built in 1925, was purchased at the Geauga Lake auction when the park was closed for good, it was hoped that there was some kind of plan to save it , move it, and reopen it some day. While the Big Dipper is one of the few structures still standing at the former amusement park, no formal plans have ever been announced to actually save it.
I’m told that the new owner has been trying to find someone to buy it from them for around $150,000 but has now dropped the asking price down to just $65,000 for this piece of history. Anyone with a serious inquiry and purchase offer for the Big Dipper can send it to ffejkat@yahoo.com or contact “Jeff” as the admin of the Geauga Lake Funtimes page on Facebook.[b]
I have had the chance to ride the Geauga Lake dipper a good few times. Its a great ride, has plenty of airtime and is a real fast coaster for its age. If I get the chance will upload a POV, but have managed to find one on Youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Cd_zey2d7E
I have a few snippets of off ride footage on my Geauga Lake tribute vid. There is not much, but a couple of clips starting at 2:09 and 3:06:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ro5RkWSQCAI
I did not realise there was such a lack of footage of this ride in motion. Will have to rake through my footage to see what I have. I always went to GL when I visit Cedar Point as both parks were owned by the same company and were only around an hour apart, so do have a couple of hours of footage of GL. Will see what I can dig up.
Its a shame it closed actually as it was a great park. But I guess no park could compete close to Cedar Point