Big Dipper Landmark Status? Options

[TheSonofBeast]

Cedar Fair - (11/6/09) In an interesting move ACE voted to honor the closed Geauga Lake Big Dipper by giving it Landmark status. I'm not sure what the point is, unless they hope that by elevating it's status, it may attract a buyer with the intention of saving it.

I found this on screamscape Here, and thought it was interesting...

Also, see this excerpt from ACE. Big Dipper is already and Roller Coaster Classic, and to keep that you would have to not change the lapbar systems... But this doesnt apply to Landmark status either... I wonder if this really is a ploy to get a buyer?

To be eligible for ACE Coaster Classic status, the coaster must meet the following criteria:

• The coaster must use traditional lap bars that allow riders to experience so-called airtime, or negative G's (that sensation of floating above the seat!!). Individual, ratcheting lap bars do not meet this requirement.
• ACE Coaster Classics allow riders to slide from side-to-side. A coaster with any restraint or device that restricts this freedom is not eligible for ACE Coaster Classic status.
• ACE Coaster Classics allow riders to view the upcoming drops and thrills. Coasters with headrests on every seat, or the majority of seats, restrict this view and are not eligible for ACE Coaster Classic status.
• On ACE Coaster Classics, riders are free to choose where they sit. Some parks' operating procedures assign seating; these coasters are not eligible for ACE Coaster Classic status.