Bay Beach's Zippin Pippin off to great start

The coaster is located at the Bay Beach Amusement Park in Green Bay, Wisconsin. It's a 70-foot-tall attraction that is also a replica of a coaster operated in Memphis Tennessee, known to be Elvis Presley's favororite amusment park ride. The city of Green Bay paid around $3.8 million to Memphis to acquire the rights to build it.

Meant to have debuted May 21st it was delayed for full operation for a weeked until Memorial Day weekend due to some mechanical trouble but has since been getting great reviews. It saw over 14,000 riders over the weekend, more than double the level needed to meet the city's projections. These numbers will be added to the rest of the year's numbers to try and hit the goal of 200,000 throughout the season.

To see a few pictures of this wooden roller coaster head to the Green Bay Press Gazette.