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The Giant Dipper is located at the northeast corner of Belmont Park, a waterfront amusement park at the junction of Mission Boulevard and West Mission Bay Drive.The coaster occupies an irregular area about 100 by 500 feet (30 m × 152 m) in size, and is accessed via a terminal structure on its west side.
In addition to providing recreation and amusement, it was intended as a way to help Spreckels sell land in Mission Beach. Located on the beach, it attracts millions of people each year. The park's most iconic attraction is the historic Giant Dipper roller coaster, which is considered a local landmark. [2]
The iconic Wonder Wheel and Luna Park (today’s site is a reincarnation of the 1903 original) and its Cyclone roller coaster (this seaside attraction was the site of the world’s first roller ...
The Giant Dipper is a historic wooden roller coaster located at the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk, an amusement park in Santa Cruz, California.The Giant Dipper, which replaced the Thompson's Scenic Railway, took 47 days to build and opened on May 17, 1924, at a cost of $50,000.
The iconic Giant Dipper roller coaster turns 100 years old on Friday and to celebrate this milestone, the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk is promoting a "century of thrills."
Attractions at Mission Bay include SeaWorld San Diego, Aqua Adventures [15] for kayaking and paddleboarding, the Mission Bay Cross Country Course, the Mission Bay Golf Course, [16] and Belmont Park, which features the Giant Dipper Roller Coaster and other rides.
The Mission Beach Plunge (now using fresh water) and the Giant Dipper are the only remaining attractions left from Spreckels' original park; the other structures were razed in the late 1980s. The Plunge was saved from demolition after the Save Mission Beach Plunge Committee of residents put a measure to save the pool on the ballot, which was ...
After 36 years as a gleaming fixture at Six Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia, Calif., the iconic roller coaster 'Colossus' will soon be shutting down -- but to honor the ride's closing, a group of ...