Big Dipper (Luna Park Sydney, 2021)
roller coaster in New South Wales, Australia
Big Dipper is a launched single-rail roller coaster at Luna Park Sydney, in New South Wales, Australia. The ride opened on 26 December 2021, as part of a $30 million investment into the park. It is the prototype of Intamin's Hot Racer model, the ride being the world's first launched single-rail coaster. Big Dipper was named after two roller coasters that came before it, one wooden and one steel.
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Big Dipper is named after two roller coasters of the same name that both operated in its spot. The original Big Dipper was constructed in 1930 for Luna Park Glenelg to a design by Miller & Baker Inc, and was relocated to Sydney in 1935. The ride was continually Luna Park's most popular attraction up until the park's closure in 1979 as a result of the Ghost Train fire. Big Dipper was demolished in 1981 when new management took over the park.
Luna Park was redeveloped through the early 1990s, reopening in 1995. The park's new main attraction was a steel roller coaster designed by Arrow Dynamics, also named Big Dipper.
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