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Big Dipper is Blackpool's classic wooden out-and-back, opened in 1923 and still gloriously rough around the edges.
Big Dipper is exactly the kind of wooden coaster you hope to find at a historic British seaside park: rhythm, rattle, sweeping turns and airtime without any modern polishing. The ride was extended in the 1930s, so it still carries both the early Miller DNA and the later Pleasure Beach expansion.
Pleasure Beach Resort
RCDB lists a 3,300-foot track length, a 60-foot height, no inversions, a 2:30 ride time and two trains seating 24 riders each. The official park page lists 1923, a 1934 rebuild, 3,295 feet, 35 mph, 3 minutes and 672 riders per hour; the RCDB technical data remains the main reference where it is more specific.
Historic wooden coaster with classic Pleasure Beach character, exposed timberwork and genuine icon status inside the park.
Based on available measurements and historical wait-time data.
Spread of wait times, outage duration, and the number of outages per day based on available historical data.
859 measurements
Typical wait time: around 30 min.
It usually falls between 20 min and 40 min.
See more than 40 min? It is probably busier than usual — consider a quieter moment.
Less than 20 min? You are in luck: that does not happen often.
2 outages
On average, an outage lasts about 11 min.
In three out of four cases, the attraction reopens within 13 min.
If it takes longer, expect extra waiting time.
1 day
On days with outages, we see an average of 2 per day.
That usually falls between 2 and 2.
On quiet days it was 2, on busy days up to 2.
Today compared with historical wait times by hour.
