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North America · wooden coaster
Giant Dipper
Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk · Santa Cruz, California, USA
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- Height
- 69 ft21 m
- Drop
- 64 ft20 m
- Top speed
- 55 mph89 km/h
- Length
- 2,641 ft805 m
- Inversions
- 0
- Track
- WoodLift hill
- Opened
- 1924
- Status
- Operating
About Giant Dipper
★ U.S. National Historic Landmark (1987); one of the oldest wooden coasters still operating on its original site
Giant Dipper is a wooden roller coaster at Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk in Santa Cruz, California, USA, open since 1924. The ride stands 69 feet tall, drops 64 feet and reaches 55 mph over 2,641 feet of track.
A seaside wooden coaster that has run continuously since 1924, its double out-and-back layout framed by ocean views the whole way.
Field note: Captain Coaster's own listing tags this ride's track material as steel, but every other source, including its National Historic Landmark designation, confirms it as a wood coaster; we've gone with wood here.
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