| Drop the Dip | |
|---|---|
 Entrance to Drop the Dip on Coney Island Bowery | |
| Coney Island | |
| Location | Coney Island |
| Coordinates | 40°34′28″N 73°58′43″W / 40.5744°N 73.9786°W |
| Status | Removed |
| Opening date | June 6, 1907 |
| Closing date | In the 1930s |
| General statistics | |
| Manufacturer | Arthur Jarvis |
| Designer | Christopher Feucht, Welcome Mosley |
| Height | 60 ft (18 m) |
| Duration | 1 minute 30 seconds |
| Trains | a single car. Riders are arranged 2 across in 2 rows for a total of 4 riders per train. |
| Drop the Dip at RCDB | |
Drop the Dip, later known as Trip to the Moon,[1][2] was a wooden roller coaster that operated at several locations in Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York, in the early 20th century. The coaster is considered by some to have been the first truly high-speed roller coaster.[3]
- ^ "Drop the Dip". Coney Island History Project. July 6, 2016. Archived from the original on March 8, 2017. Retrieved June 26, 2017.
- ^ Marden, Duane. "Trip to the Moon (Luna Park)". Roller Coaster DataBase. Retrieved June 26, 2017.
- ^ Cartmell, Robert (1987). The Incredible Scream Machine: A History of the Roller Coaster. Fairview Park, OH and Bowling Green, OH: Amusement Park Books, Inc. and Bowling Green State University Popular Press. ISBN 0879723416.