Blue Flyer

{{Short description|Wooden roller coaster at Pleasure Beach Resort}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{more citations needed|date=September 2014}} {{Infobox roller coaster |name=Blue Flyer |previousnames=Zipper Dipper (1934–2010) |image=PB-BL ZipperDipper-3.jpg  |location=Pleasure Beach Resort |section=Nickelodeon Land |type=Wooden |type2=  |type3=  |status=Operating |opened={{Start date|1934}} |year=2011 |manufacturer= |designer=Charles Paige |model= |track= |lift= |height_ft=15 |length_ft= |speed_mph= |inversions=0 |duration=1:00 |angle= |trains=1 |carspertrain=5 |rowspercar=2 |ridersperrow=2 |rcdb_number=797 |coordinates={{Coord|53.790236|-3.053884|display=it}} }} '''Blue Flyer''' (formerly '''Zipper Dipper''' and '''Warburtons Milk Roll-A-Coaster''') is a [[Wooden roller coaster|wooden]] [[roller coaster]] in the [[Nickelodeon Land]] section of [[Blackpool Pleasure Beach|Pleasure Beach Resort]] (better known as Blackpool Pleasure Beach) in [[Blackpool]], [[England]]. It is believed to have been built by Charles Paige, with assistance from [[Harry Traver]]. Blue Flyer is an [[ACE Coaster Classic]]. Additionally, the ride was designated as a Grade II [[Listed building#England and Wales|listed building]] on 19 April 2017.<ref>{{National Heritage List for England|num= 1436894|desc= Blue Flyer rollercoaster (originally the Zipper Dipper)|access-date= 21 April 2017|mode=cs2}}</ref>

== History == The ride originally opened in 1934 as Zipper Dipper. It retained this name until 2010, when [[Beaver Creek (Blackpool Pleasure Beach)|Beaver Creek's Children Park]], the section of the park the ride was located in, closed following the 2010 season. Zipper Dipper was rethemed and transformed into Blue Flyer with the opening of the new children's section, Nickelodeon Land, on 4 May 2011.

Blue Flyer was briefly sponsored by [[Warburtons]], and was known as the Warburtons Milk Roll-A-Coaster during this time. All in-park signage still read "Zipper Dipper" for the duration of the sponsorship.

==Ride experience== Blue Flyer begins with a 4.6 meter (15 foot) lift hill, followed by a drop into three small hills and a tunnel, the latter of which is placed inside the building where [[Astro Storm|Space Invader 2]] was previously located. The train exits the tunnel and travels along a slight decline before entering the brake run and returning to the station. One ride cycle lasts approximately one minute.

Blue Flyer operates with one train, which was built by [[Philadelphia Toboggan Coasters]]. The train consists of five cars. Each car has two rows, each row seating two riders, for a total of 20 riders per train.<ref>{{cite RCDB|coaster_name=Blue Flyer|location=Pleasure Beach, Blackpool|rcdb_number=797|accessdate=16 August 2014}}</ref> The trains also feature [[buzz bars]].

==See also== {{portal|Lancashire}} *[[Listed buildings in Blackpool]]

==Gallery== <gallery> File:PB-BL ZipperDipper-2.jpg|Train on track File:PB-BL ZipperDipper-1.jpg|Train in station </gallery>

==References== {{Reflist}}

[[Category:Blackpool Pleasure Beach]] [[Category:Roller coasters in the United Kingdom]] [[Category:Grade II listed buildings in Lancashire]] [[Category:2011 establishments in England]] [[Category:Buildings and structures in Blackpool]]