Pair Of Kiddieland Rides Stay Close

By Marcus Gilmer in Miscellaneous on Nov 26, 2009 6:30PM

Some good news for fans of Kiddieland who are still disappointed by the closing of the popular area amusement park: two of the park's rides are staying in the area. The Little Dipper roller coaster will be relocated to Six Flags Great America and the purchaser of the famed carousel hopes to get it up and running in the area. The rides were part of an auction earlier this week. Frank Zygmunt of Westmont paid a total of $420,000 for the carousel told the Proviso Herald:

"For now, we'll put it in storage. We may redo it. I already have contacted the person who has painted and done some work on the carousel before about doing some work on it for us...We own some property in the area around Interstate 55 and Cass Avenue. Maybe, we'll do something there with it. We haven't decided, yet."

A rep for Six Flags said the Little Dipper coaster was purchased for $34,000 and will be up and running in time for the 2010 season.