Big Dipper vs Megafobia
card comparison
| Stat | Big Dipper | Megafobia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Height | 65 ft | 85 ft | |
| Speed | 40 mph | 48 mph | |
| Inversions | 0 | 0 | |
| Throughputest. | 900 rph | 850 rph | |
| Build Costest. | 0.1 $m | 2.7 $m | |
| Vintage | 1923 | 1996 |
Vintage is the reversed stat — the older ride wins. Every number here is the same one printed on the card; see /methodology for how Build Cost and Throughput are sourced.
The verdict
Megafobia shades it 3–2. Close enough that calling the wrong stat hands the round over.
Big Dipper is a wooden Classic wooden out-and-back coaster at Blackpool Pleasure Beach, GB, built by William H. Strickler & John A. Miller (extended 1936 by Charlie Paige & Joe Emberton). Megafobia is a wooden Wooden twister coaster at Oakwood Theme Park, GB, built by Custom Coasters International.
Both are in GB, which puts them in the same conversation for anyone planning a trip there.
Both are wooden-track, so nothing here is the usual steel-versus-wood argument in disguise.
Stat by stat
- Height goes to Megafobia at 85 ft against 65 ft — well clear.
- Speed goes to Megafobia at 48 mph against 40 mph — well clear.
- Inversions splits them not at all: both read 0.
- Throughput goes to Big Dipper at 900 rph against 850 rph — ahead by a whisker.
- Build Cost goes to Megafobia at 2.7 $m against 0.1 $m — in another class entirely.
- Big Dipper predates Megafobia by 73 years — 1923 against 1996 — and on the one stat where old beats new, that is decisive.