Negative-G Kiddieland 2008 Pictures Page Seven

Kiddieland
Melrose Park, Illinois
August 24, 2008
Page Seven

The Little Dipper Roller Coaster at Kiddieland, Melrose Park, Illinois

The Little Dipper is a nice little coaster that is just twenty-eight feet tall and seven hundred feet long.

The Little Dipper Roller Coaster at Kiddieland, Melrose Park, Illinois

The Little Dipper is actually a production model coaster. Back in the late 40's and 50's small parks sprung up all across the country in response to the baby boom and the Philadelphia Toboggan Company created this design and parks could either buy the kit or pay a little more and have PTC build it for them.

The Little Dipper Roller Coaster at Kiddieland, Melrose Park, Illinois

There were at least two of this designs built, this one at Kiddieland and one at Kiddytown which was a competing park about three miles away. Kiddytown didn't last and that coaster ended up moving to Hillcrest Park which was a picnic park and when Hillcrest closed it moved up north to Wisconsin where it is now the Meteor at Little A-Merek-A.

The Little Dipper Roller Coaster at Kiddieland, Melrose Park, Illinois

What goes up must eventually succumb to the laws of gravity and come down but the Little Dipper isn't too far a fall that thrill seekers of all ages can't enjoy it.