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LuvChyld79
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| 6/17/2008 5:50 PM |
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WildeFyre
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So now people can sit and look at it...how fun...
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| 6/17/2008 7:04 PM |
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coasterlove
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I can't believe that's all the value it considered to be worth. I think in many cases, it would be far more valuable to Cedar Fair to move the ride to one of their other parks. It's too bad someone who would be interested in using Big Dipper as an actual ride rather than a display didn't offer to buy it.
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| 6/17/2008 7:45 PM |
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Andrew Polcyn
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Look at it this way...Cedar Fair could have closed everything, not open the water park this year, and let everything fall to rot, like Idora and Chippewa Lake Parks.
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| 6/17/2008 8:25 PM |
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CHILLERLC1
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I could have bought Big Dipper for the $5,000 then but the costs of trucking it to NJ, the dismantling and such. Site would not be too much of a problem.
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| 6/17/2008 8:58 PM |
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Wes
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It's almost as bad as ripping the thing down. This sucks.
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| 6/17/2008 9:03 PM |
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Nitro Luvr
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What makes it the worst is that this is an ACE coaster classic. Granted it is old and I'm quite sure there wouldn't be high bids for such an old ride, you'd think someone would do something better with it than just a display.
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| 6/17/2008 9:37 PM |
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coasterell
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So if RWB isn't sold it's going to another Cedar Fair Park?!? There's a possibility that my favorite woodie will rise again? YAY!
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| 6/17/2008 10:10 PM |
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Thunderhawk
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"Hey kids! Let's go visit a rollercoaster that isn't operating that we never bothered to visit when it worked!" I just don't understand..
^No offense meant, but how can RWB be your favorite wooden coaster? I think it's one of the worst I've ever ridden.
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| 6/17/2008 10:14 PM |
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Nitro Luvr
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^^Maybe it has sentimental value to them, because otherwise I would have to agree, it is one of the worst I have ridden too. But NO woodie is worse than Cheetah at Wild Adventures, IMO.
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| 6/17/2008 11:04 PM |
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PANTSFREE
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That absolutely sucks.
I guess I should be glad I got to ride it last summer... It was a great coaster imo. Plenty of airtime and and very smooth in the front. Easily the biggest surprise and one of my favorite coasters on my trip to the cedar fair parks in ohio and michigan last summer. Hopefully they have a change of heart and will operate it. :-/
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| 6/17/2008 11:10 PM |
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jimhamblin
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Can't believe it could only raise $5K. Of course the buyer has to spend the money to move it too.
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| 6/17/2008 11:15 PM |
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Carowinds 73-03
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LOL....I just laughed at that statement that the coaster would be put of for show. Why even bother.
I wonder what else sold and what didn't.
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| 6/18/2008 12:51 AM |
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Griswold
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This is just pouring salt on the wound for coaster enthusiasts. "Let's go thru all the expense of tearing down and rebuilding a coaster but not put it in operation." It will sit and rot for sure now.
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| 6/18/2008 9:20 AM |
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Katie
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Villain and Double Loop was sold for $55.000 total (for both) and was sold to Cleveland Scrap. Doubt any of those coasters will run again.
Very sad day yesterday.
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| 6/18/2008 10:51 AM |
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KW fan
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Built as a "nostalgia piece" not a ride. WTF!!!!!
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| 6/18/2008 12:55 PM |
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Steven
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Villain sucked anyway. Plus, if you want to ride Big Dipper, write them, offering to pay them for the inspections, electricity, operators, and maintenance.
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| 6/18/2008 2:25 PM |
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Brian F
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It was an auction. It sold for 5K because there was nobody there willing to pay 5K +1
Cedar Fair offered it to ACE for free, but ACE declined. I'm sure it had something to do with the astronomical cost of dismantling it, purchasing a piece of land and rebuilding it.
By that point, you've spent tens of thousands of dollars, and you haven't even thought about running it.
Now, you've got to hire engineers to inspect it to make sure it's safe. You've got to pay to have three phase electricity brought to the coaster. (You can't just plug it into the wall) You have to hire one or two guys to maintain it, and if you're going to open it to the public- INSURANCE.
It's a classic, and it sucks to see it not available for the public to ride, but it takes deep pockets to pull this off.
For a big park to buy it and resurrect it, they're looking at the return on their investment.
We may not like it, but facts are facts.
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| 6/18/2008 2:36 PM |
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Katie
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Actually, the entire ACE executive committee knows NOTHING about Dipper being offered to them. Carole Sanderson (past president of ACE) was at the auction and had a bid in for the land (through another company she works for) her company wanted big dipper and the land. Cedar Fair hadn't decided what to do with the land yet, so put up Dipper for auction anyway.
It was sold at Cedar Fair's discretion and basically they sold it to someone who wasn't going to run the ride.
I just find that crap.
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| 6/18/2008 3:18 PM |
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Mohead
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If you ask me, moving it to say MichAdv would have been a better move, then they could have THEIR employees dismantle it, of-course they would have to pay for shipping, but when you're saving money by not storing it (just store on site while erecting) and not paying for it, (Cedar Fair) and then use local American Carpenters to rebuild, and Bam new old-coaster with an interesting history that goes to a Park that needs more coasters for Maybe $100,000.00 Not bad for a new addition to a park, actually, quite reasonable.
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| 6/18/2008 5:45 PM |
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More about News
Jun. 17th, 2008 -- Geauga Lake's classic Big Dipper coaster was sold at auction for $5,000 to an unknown buyer.