Belmont Park's iconic Giant Big Dipper Roller Coaster is unsafe, one resident told the Mission Beach Town Council this month.

Mission Beach is not just a place to kick back by the water. It is where laid back beach life collides with high energy thrills, and the roller coaster by the ocean is just the beginning.

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — Since Belmont Park first opened to the public in 1925, the historic Mission Beach amusement park and its iconic wooden roller coaster have become synonymous with San ...

Belmont Park sits beachside in the heart of bustling Mission Beach ... At the time it offered a wooden roller coaster and plunge pool — both still operate to this day. Compact in size, it ...

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — An iconic roller coaster that’s been a staple ... it immediately was alarming to me,” Mission Beach resident Kevin Payne said. Payne lives across from Belmont ...

including the Giant Dipper wooden roller coaster – a nearly 100-year-old National Historic Landmark. Mission Beach is also a great spot for beginner surfers (several surf schools offer lessons ...

and in 1925 Spreckels built the Mission Beach Amusement Center. The centerpiece of what we now know as Belmont Park was the 2,600-foot-long Giant Dipper roller coaster, which was built in less ...

but with a new spot in Mission Viejo, and the return of the Long Beach rink, summer 2025 is looking most excellent. Shayna Meikle, the owner of Pigeon's Roller Skate Shop and a Long Beach local ...

According to Bryan Batt and Katy Danos’ book “Pontchartrain Beach: A Family Affair,” the roller coaster was designed ... today and help us continue our mission ...

MISSION BEACH – Belmont Park’s iconic Giant Big Dipper Roller Coaster is unsafe, one Mission Beach resident says. Kevin Payne, a water-damage technician living near Belmont Park, made the ...