Big Dipper at Camden Park
No seat beltsriders fly out of their seats Weathered woodwarped, paint flaking, rough in places

Camden Park, Huntington, West Virginia

Big Dipper

“That has ejector in any row.”

1900192519501975200020251958older than 428 of theother 445 coasters we cover
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Performance

Vs. other coasters at Camden Park

Going down that actually can provide some ejector air because of the Dipper’s lack of seat belts.

Coaster Critic

That has ejector in any row.

Mr. Roller Coasters

One of the turns almost gave out so they just attached more wood to it, I flew out of my seat as well as a 200-pound man.

@trickiieyes

You literally fly out of your seat on the first hill going down..

@reagan7530

Seats are really comfortable but the coaster isn’t.

Alexander Sims

Its rough in places, the wood has warped and the white paintwork is flaking off badly.

Theme Park James

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What riders say

Praised for

Strong airtimeEjector airtime

Once on the ride, the lack of seat belts and old rumbly wooden feel were fun, as long as I kept the visions of the support structure out of my mind.

Coaster Critic, published review

I always had fun and rode The Big Dipper about a half dozen times.

thunderbeast1968, review

Going down that actually can provide some ejector air because of the Dipper’s lack of seat belts.

Coaster Critic, published review

Its rough in places, the wood has warped and the white paintwork is flaking off badly.

Theme Park James, published review

I have rode so many different roller coasters over the years but there is just something about this one that is so fun.

@urmommabear5monthsago, review

It looks like it’s about to fall down, which just adds to the fun!

@partick1701, review

Photos

View of Big Dipper
Jeremy Thompson, CC BY 2.0

1 photographs. Swipe or drag sideways.

History

1958Opened

Built by National Amusement Device, designed by National Amusement Device Company.

Sources

Restraint types: Captain Coaster. History, incidents and awards: Wikipedia. Specifications and status: Coasterpedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Rider sentiment and performance scores: rider reviews on coastercritic.com, Captain Coaster, themeparkjames.co.uk, read and scored by AirtimeFever.

Photographs via Wikimedia Commons: Carol M. Highsmith (Public domain), Jeremy Thompson (CC BY 2.0). Video thumbnails remain the property of their channels and link back to them.

Quote at the top of the page: Mr. Roller Coasters, Captain Coaster review.

The photo slider at the top: The Coaster Spot's front row POV, Big Dipper | Front Seat 4K POV | Camden Park (Non-Copyright) (YouTube), and the page's Wikimedia Commons photographs.