Whirlwind Dipper

The Whirlwind Dipper is one of 7 Prior & Church designed "Bobs" twisters that opened along the amusement piers of California between 1923 and 1925. All of these coasters had heights of between 70 and 80 feet with first drops of around 70 feet. The trains all had newer two-seater cars with flanged wheels that were connected by ball and socket couplings that could negotiate the tight turns and sharp direction changes.

The Whirlwind Dipper lift hill rose to a height of 78 feet above the pier or 100 feet above the ocean level. Like many of the Prior & Church Bobs coasters, the Giant Dipper's second hill consisted of a beautiful 65 foot tall fan curve that led down into a 45 foot second drop that curved in an S-shaped path back up and alongside the main lift hill.