July 18...big in 1958? The Coasters...so:

http://www.camdenpark.com/coasters.html

A source from under the clown hat says there will also be fireworks!

I miss the Camden Park fireworks. They are few and far between these days.

I am somewhat excited about the 50th Anniversary of the Big Dipper.

^True, but their 4th of July fireworks are awesome!

http://www.dailyindependent.com/columns/lo...=secondarystory

and

http://www.herald-dispatch.com/homepage/x6...g-special-event

Camden Park's Big Dipper Celebrates 50 Years of Thrills:

http://www.herald-dispatch.com/news/x11034...ears-of-thrills

I went to this Friday. I had actually never rode the Big Dipper (had not been tall enough the last time I went) and it was a nice coaster!

Will be posting a report on the day in a few.

http://www.huntingtonnews.net/local/080719...kbigdipper.html

I'm not even going to start pointing out the errors in this one....

Sigh.

Big Dipper Celebrates 50 Years of Ups and Downs:

http://www.wvpubcast.org/newsarticle.aspx?id=3676

(includes audio link:

http://www.wvpbmedia.com/news/2008/0728BigDipper.mp3

It also includes an error or two...for one thing, Big Dipper is NOT the only roller coaster in West Virginia...there's another right there at Camden Park. And some would say two!

Did you know;

That Camden Park housed Kings Island's Demon after it left us? It was called Thunderbolt Express.

You probably did know that

Yep, I might well have! I might even been among the very first riders for that ride both at Kings Island and at Camden Park...but then, it's a small world, after all....

I wasn't one of the first, but I did ride it at both Camden and KI. I still need to make it there this year. I'm really itching to try out that new mini golf.