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Skyglider Big Dipper User is Offline Joined: 29 Aug 2007 Posts: 815	Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2008 12:00 pm    Post subject: Big Dipper Sold for $5,000 at Auction · Quote No further info other than thread title, anyone know anything else? _________________ "It's a very special ride. We want to make sure it has a proper home." Cedar Fair's Innes on Big Dipper, 12th oldest roller coaster on Earth. "There will not be a lot more work being done on the property" in 2008 said Innes. CF save BD in 09.
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Skyglider Big Dipper User is Offline Joined: 29 Aug 2007 Posts: 815	Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2008 12:03 pm    Post subject: · Quote Media interviews in progress, based on early info believed to be Martin & Vleminckx Amusement Rides (though info not 100% clear; it is a coaster moving outfit though).  Hoorah! They have been trying to sell it, at least it has a chance. MVR page from last fall: http://www.mvr-hr.info/ _________________ "It's a very special ride. We want to make sure it has a proper home." Cedar Fair's Innes on Big Dipper, 12th oldest roller coaster on Earth. "There will not be a lot more work being done on the property" in 2008 said Innes. CF save BD in 09.
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coasterdad Site Admin User is Offline Joined: 01 Jul 2007 Posts: 1678	Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2008 12:13 pm    Post subject: · Quote I just heard the same thing. Lets just hope they didn't buy it for parts _________________ Greed is what caused GL's demise and that just makes me sick. Lets do what we can to rat out Kinzel - hes a snake. In the end the truth will come out and we will then see whos laughing at who.
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Skyglider Big Dipper User is Offline Joined: 29 Aug 2007 Posts: 815	Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2008 12:20 pm    Post subject: · Quote The thing that makes me hopeful is the Thunder Eagle, MVR has it in storage, their website says it "is dismantled, in storage with two PTC reconditioned trains."   It is a bitter disappointment that plans to keep Big Dipper on site did not work out.  But I did not want to see it demolished, if it has to move MVR are the ones to do it.  And though I hate the thought of it being dismantled, that is probably a lot safer than remaining SBNO under Cedar Fair ownership (until they would have decided to demolish it, maybe next month). _________________ "It's a very special ride. We want to make sure it has a proper home." Cedar Fair's Innes on Big Dipper, 12th oldest roller coaster on Earth. "There will not be a lot more work being done on the property" in 2008 said Innes. CF save BD in 09.
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coasterdad Site Admin User is Offline Joined: 01 Jul 2007 Posts: 1678	Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2008 12:31 pm    Post subject: · Quote ^ Agreed, seeing dippers lift hill being torn down (like Thrillers hill in the Euclid Beach videos) would make me sick. Ive always said BD needs to stay on site to regain its classic status. Looking at most of the wood on BD on preview day makes me wonder why anyone would want to reuse it, but what do I know. CF has succeeded in becoming the most hated amusement park companies in history. _________________ Greed is what caused GL's demise and that just makes me sick. Lets do what we can to rat out Kinzel - hes a snake. In the end the truth will come out and we will then see whos laughing at who.
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ChrisC Raging Wolf Bobs User is Offline Joined: 03 Jul 2007 Posts: 409	Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2008 12:32 pm    Post subject: · Quote You guys seem happy about this..? This fucking (excuse my lanuage) sucks! But I guess this is what deep down I thought was going to happen. Big Dipper will never run again....
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ChadV Double Loop User is Offline Joined: 02 Jun 2008 Posts: 224	Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2008 12:34 pm    Post subject: · Quote MVR apparently grabbed the Bobs and Villain too! I wonder why they haven't grabbed the Double Loop?  Or is that later anyway?
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coasterdad Site Admin User is Offline Joined: 01 Jul 2007 Posts: 1678	Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2008 12:37 pm    Post subject: · Quote ChrisC wrote: You guys seem happy about this..? I am not happy at all, but its better than the inevitable. Watch one of your favorite coasters be demolished and then talk. At least there is still a SMALL possibility that we might ride it again. Once you see a coaster lying in a pile of rubble all chances to ever ride it again are gone. _________________ Greed is what caused GL's demise and that just makes me sick. Lets do what we can to rat out Kinzel - hes a snake. In the end the truth will come out and we will then see whos laughing at who. Last edited by coasterdad on Tue Jun 17, 2008 12:38 pm; edited 1 time in total
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DominatorDude05 Raging Wolf Bobs User is Offline Joined: 02 Jul 2007 Posts: 466	Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2008 12:37 pm    Post subject: · Quote DL has welded track, inorder to actually move that thing you're going to need some immaculate welders... _________________ 2008 - Mantis Crew 2007 - Rocket Sled Ride ATL 2006 - Dominator Crew
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Skyglider Big Dipper User is Offline Joined: 29 Aug 2007 Posts: 815	Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2008 12:39 pm    Post subject: · Quote Chris, I see what you are saying.  I'm happier than I would have been with the alternative, which was demolition in the next few weeks.  But still very sad the plan to keep it on site did not work out.  In my view, it is at least better than the worst possible outcome, this buys more time.  MVR has not been able to sell it so far, but maybe something will open up in the near future. I hope we all can ride it again, there is more of a chance of that happening now than there would have been if no one bought it.  I do not doubt it would have very likely been demolished soon if no one bought it. _________________ "It's a very special ride. We want to make sure it has a proper home." Cedar Fair's Innes on Big Dipper, 12th oldest roller coaster on Earth. "There will not be a lot more work being done on the property" in 2008 said Innes. CF save BD in 09.
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Skyglider Big Dipper User is Offline Joined: 29 Aug 2007 Posts: 815	Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2008 1:29 pm    Post subject: · Quote BigDipperLover just posted a Cleveland.com article in another thread, apparently my source was off about MVR but was accurate as to price and that the purchaser wants to relocate it, it sounds like a buyer with a definite location in mind: http://blog.cleveland.com/business/2008/06/landmark_big_dipper_attracts_t.html "Tom Woosnam, who works for Apex Western Machinery Movers, an Akron company that moves amusement rides, bought the coaster Tuesday for $5,000 for a buyer he declined to identify. He said the buyer is a local company -- not in the amusement business --that wants to keep the coaster intact for historical purposes, but he wouldn't say where it would be moved.  Woosnam placed the only bid for the coaster built in 1925, the seventh oldest in the country." As we knew, CF must approve.  "It's a very special ride. We want to make sure it has a proper home," says CF spokesman Robin Innes. Let's hope its a good location and that there are no snags with approval.  This could be much better than indefinite storage. (edited to reflect edit to source article) _________________ "It's a very special ride. We want to make sure it has a proper home." Cedar Fair's Innes on Big Dipper, 12th oldest roller coaster on Earth. "There will not be a lot more work being done on the property" in 2008 said Innes. CF save BD in 09.
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geaugalakeinexile Splash Landing User is Offline Joined: 26 Sep 2007 Posts: 108	Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2008 1:39 pm    Post subject: · Quote [quote=" He said the buyer is a local company -- not in the amusement business --that wants to keep the coaster intact for historical purposes, but he wouldn't say where it would be moved.  Woosnam placed the only bid for the coaster built in 1925, the seventh oldest in the country." As we knew, CF must approve.  "It's a very special ride. We want to make sure it has a proper home," says CF spokesman Robin Innes. Let's hope its a good location and that there are no snags with approval.  This could be much better than indefinite storage. (edited to reflect edit to source article)[/quote] I do not see how Cedar Fair could say no. With the bad press they already have a refusal would be next to impossible.
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coasterdad Site Admin User is Offline Joined: 01 Jul 2007 Posts: 1678	Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2008 1:46 pm    Post subject: · Quote Quote: The Big Dipper was the only sale item requiring Cedar Fair's approval. "It's a very special ride. We want to make sure it has a proper home," said Cedar Fair spokesman Robin Innes. Oh friken gag me already! Who makes up this crap? If it was that special to CF it would have been saved a long time ago!!!! _________________ Greed is what caused GL's demise and that just makes me sick. Lets do what we can to rat out Kinzel - hes a snake. In the end the truth will come out and we will then see whos laughing at who.
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Skyglider Big Dipper User is Offline Joined: 29 Aug 2007 Posts: 815	Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2008 2:08 pm    Post subject: · Quote geaugalakeinexile wrote: I do not see how Cedar Fair could say no. With the bad press they already have a refusal would be next to impossible. I agree about the bad press, and I hope you are right about the approval.  The article has been updated several times, it now says the sale "requires approval from Cedar Fair, which was to make a decision by 5 p.m. Tuesday."  So we may know the approval part by the time the evening news rolls around. _________________ "It's a very special ride. We want to make sure it has a proper home." Cedar Fair's Innes on Big Dipper, 12th oldest roller coaster on Earth. "There will not be a lot more work being done on the property" in 2008 said Innes. CF save BD in 09.
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Katie Double Loop User is Offline Joined: 22 Sep 2007 Posts: 278 Location: Canfield, OH	Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2008 2:36 pm    Post subject: · Quote coasterdad wrote: Quote: The Big Dipper was the only sale item requiring Cedar Fair's approval. "It's a very special ride. We want to make sure it has a proper home," said Cedar Fair spokesman Robin Innes. Oh friken gag me already! Who makes up this crap? If it was that special to CF it would have been saved a long time ago!!!! I completely agree Coasterdad. When I read that article and the crap spewing from Robin Innes' mouth, profanity came to mind and out loud in front of my husband. I think that is crap and we all know it. They could have taken Dipper down before winter last year to preserve the wood that is on the coaster and saved that coaster from a brutal winter. Any idiot of a company would say "Oh this is a historic coaster....we should preserve it ASAP and then decide what to do with it." _________________ Katie http://groups.myspace.com/againstCedarFair www.cnajunkies.com/board
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