![]() The 2013 project cost nearly $300,000, six times the original cost to build the ride in 1924.When the Dipper received a fresh coat of paint last fall, painters used over 4500 gallons of paint and primer to cover an estimated 327,000 board feet of lumber. One of the last great 1920s classic boardwalk wooden roller coasters The Santa Cruz Giant Dipper is AWESOME Filmed & Edited by Robb Alvey - www.themeparkr. ![]() Record day was June 27, 1987, with 13,729 riders.The fare was 15 cents in 1924 today it is $6.The Giant Dipper was built in just 47 days at a cost of $50,000.The Boardwalk kicks off its summer season on that day too, with a Street Drum Corps presentation and a free beach concert. In honor of the coaster's birthday, the park is offering free Giant Dipper rides on Saturday for one hour from 10 a.m to 11 a.m., which Fuller said is something the boardwalk has never done before. ![]() And that sound of the clickety-clack is so great. “It’s definitely our signature ride,” said park spokeswoman Brigid Fuller. Wilt Chamberlain rides the Giant Dipper at the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk in 1968. The oldest is in Altoona, Pennsylvania, built in 1902. The coaster is billed as the 5th oldest in the country and the 9th oldest in the world. When it opened on May 17 that year, the Santa Cruz Sentinel ran a full-page black-and-white ad for the ride, promising a “wonderful kick from start to finish.” In 1987, the Giant Dipper was designated a National Historic Landmark. It's California’s oldest, designed by Frank Prior and Frederick Church and built in 1924 by Arthur Looff, according to Boardwalk history.
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