Wild Chipmunk

This strange ride was made in the mid 1950s by the Miler Coaster Company.  The ride was marketed as a Wild Mouse coaster, but Lakeside's owners thought it would be more appropriate to name the coaster after a chipmunk because of the native animals around Denver.

Carl Miler built four Wild Mouse coasters:  Wonderland's Cyclone in Amarillo, Texas, Adventure City's Tree Top Racers in Anaheim, California, Playland's Castaway Cove's Wild Mouse in Ocean City, New Jersey, and the Wild Chipmunk shown here.  The Ocean City version moved to Funtown Pier in Seaside Park, New Jersey in 1996 and was called Mighty Mouse.  It was demolished in 2012.  The Californian Tree Top Racers was demolished in 2013.

©2018 Joel A. Rogers.