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The world—famous big dipper roller coaster at blackpool pleasure beach is celebrating its centenary today. thrill—seekers have enjoyed the classic wooden ride since it opened in 1923 and, despite a world war and a serious fire, it's survived to help create a 100 years of memories, as breakfast�*s jayne mccubbin has been finding out. she's been thrilling holidaymakers for 100 years. 100 years of making people go... they scream. blackpool�*s. big dipper is one of the oldest roller coasters in the world. oh, my days! i was screaming my head off. my legs are still shaking. amazing!

Has been a constant throughout all of their lives. jackson family, let's go. my son just asked me when i was last on this ride and i said probably about 50 years ago. ready? i came to blackpool with my- grandparents as an eight—year—old. nine—year—old, ten—year—old — i was on here every year. - but i'm going to go on it for old time's sake. - for old times' sake. i want to go again. go again, yeah. you want to go again? yes! the uk's oldest wooden roller coaster is this — margate scenic, which opened in 1920, three years before blackpool�*s big dipper. in 1932, great yarmouth...

So precious, they have protected heritage status. for many enthusiasts, the original bone—shaking wooden coasters are still the best. just don't dare call them rickety. you know, when you say the word rickety and roller coaster. i don't say that. we all say that. i say organic. organic. a wooden coaster will ride very differently to a modern steel coaster. you'll get a different kind of ride depending on what the weather's like, if it's raining or if the sun's out. you've been on roller coasters the world over. i have, yeah. but this one still does it for you? it's very special. it's the his...

Holidaymakers for 100 years. 100 years of making people go... they scream. blackpool's big dipper is one of the oldest roller coasters in the world. oh, my days! i was screaming my head off. my legs are still shaking. amazing! it's like really high. it was really scary, as well. you know that ride is 100 years old? i know, yeah. it feels it! there's a charm, isn't there, to the old rides? well, yes, because you hear the chain pulling you up and you hear everything cranking and the woods slightly talking to you, because it all is very flexible.

When you talk in Idaho about amusement parks, three get brought up frequently: Lagoon, Disneyland, and Silverwood.