Big Dipper!

Jeff this question is directed to you.
My cozen was with his grandparents in Ohio yesterday and he called me to tell me that the Big Dipper was being ether about to be destroyed or they are about to move it. He said there is a crain within feet of the coaster and a couple long flat bed trailers about a yard away. Is there any truth to this story or is he pulling my leg HARD!

What's a cozen?

I don't work out there anymore, I never see it up close.

I know there was a crane there about a month ago. I was informed that they removed a building that was in the turn around. I am going out that way on Saturday. I will try to find out what is going on!

The skyscraper is right there too. If there is a crane there, it could be for that. I'll also be there Saturday. If I can, I'll get some pictures.

I've as well seen the crane but remember that the Intamin SkyTower is close to it so It might be used for that

this is POINTbuzz guys. Please keep the discussion limited to Cedar Point...

Or you could just let us make the moderation decisions. kthanxbi

lladnar said:
this is POINTbuzz guys. Please keep the discussion limited to Cedar Point...

I am pretty sure that everyone here is hinting at it being moved to Cedar Point since we aren't getting anything new. That would be good if they could somehow fit it is somewhere by Planet Snoopy.

^Um what? God not only does that sound extremely ridiculous, Cedar Fair does not even own Big Dipper. They sold it months ago to anonymous buyer....

I suspect there is some sort of specified time limit after which the ride reverts to Cedar Fair's possession: either within the terms of the auction, or some benchmark legal standard. Either way, it's not going to CP.

The last article (about 2 weeks ago +/-) talking about the park being dismantled specifically stated that Cedar Fair has not given the buyers of any of the remaining rides a deadline for removal. That goes for Dipper, Sky Scrapper and Wolf Bobs. The Rip Cord might still be there too. There's not much else besides that left in the park that anyone bought at auction.

I recently saw GL's Ripcord for sale on one of those used ride websites.

Did they use a picture of Cedar Point's Ripcord?

No, it was GL's Ripcord. You can clearly see what I believe to be Grizzly Falls in the background. Here's the link:
http://www.italintl.com/detail_page.php?record_id=1125

That is GL's Rip Cord. You can also see part of the Dominator station.

Yeah, I was wonderinbg, what do these buyers do with those rides? Like Big dipper, does anyone know where it's gonna go? What about Villain? That coaster was a nice ride, I'd hate to see it get torn down.....:(

Villain was bought for scrap and was brought down in not much more than a day. Nobody knows what's happening to Big Dipper.

I'm sorry to be the bearer of bad tidings, but Villain has been torn down for some months now. A scrap dealer was the highest bidder.

It was a nice ride, at least from about 2000 - 2002, and again around 2006 - 2007. During the intervening years, it was nightmarishly painful.
Chris just slipped in ahead of me.

The Skyscraper is probably worth little more than scrap. I'm just guessing here...but I understand that the tower at Knott's Berry Farm has not operated in years. Well, in July of 2007, I rode Knott's tower, while the one at Geauga Lake stood idle. Coincidence?

Kind of like the way that for a couple of years there, if Wicked Twister was operating, then the holding brake on Steel Venom was not. Coincidence?

--Dave Althoff, Jr.

Ralph, apparently my comment was a too obscure reference to the website that has Chaos rides for sale. They used a picture of the one at Cedar Point even though that one is NOT for sale, which, of course, led to much speculation on this site as to whether it was actually for sale or not.