Little Dipper (Six Flags Great America)

For the Memphis Kiddie Park roller coaster, see Little Dipper (Memphis Kiddie Park).
Little Dipper
Location Six Flags Great America
Park section Yukon Territory
Status Operating
Opened 1950 - Kiddieland Amusement Park
2010 - Six Flags Great America
Type Wood
Manufacturer Philadelphia Toboggan Company
Designer Herbert Schmeck
Model Junior Coaster
Lift/launch system Chain lift hill
Height 28 ft (8.5 m)
Length 700 ft (210 m)
Inversions 0
Duration 0:50
Little Dipper at RCDB
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Little Dipper is a wooden roller coaster located at Six Flags Great America, an amusement park in Gurnee, Illinois. Little Dipper was built in 1950 by Philadelphia Toboggan Company and operated at Kiddieland Amusement Park in Melrose Park, Illinois in the Chicago metropolitan area until Kiddieland closed in September 2009. On November 24, 2009, Six Flags Great America purchased the ride for $33,000 at an auction of Kiddieland's rides. The ride reopened on May 27, 2010 in Bugs Bunny National Park with the entrance being in Yukon Territory. No major changes had been made to the ride.[1]

References

  1. ^ "Kiddieland's roller coaster is moving to Six Flags Great America". The Canadian Press. http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5hzBAGlQHUcbGwDDTHEEN7pRYA_Qw. Retrieved 2009-12-04. 
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