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SCENIC RAILWAY
1906-1919
Type: Side-Friction
Manufactured By:
Notes: A side-friction coaster much like Leap The Dips at Lakemont Park in Altoona, PA. Read more about Scenic Railway.
 
RACE THROUGH THE CLOUDS
1920-19__
Notes: This could either be a new name for the Scenic Railway or a completely different coaster altogether. If it is just a new name, it closed the same year it opened becuase the current Roller Coaster was built in about the area where the Scenic Railway was.
 
ROLLER COASTER
1921
Type: Wooden Double Out-And-Back
Max Speed: 50 mph
Max Height: 60 feet
Max Drop: 55 feet
Track Length: 2598 feet
Ride Time: 1 min 50 sec
Manufactured By: John Miller, Philadelphia Toboggan Co.
Notes: Read more about Roller Coaster.
 
KIDDIE COASTER
19__-19__
Notes: This is an Alan Herschell junior coaster which was where Puff The Little Fire Dragon is now. Read more about it here.
 
WILD MOUSE (ORIGINAL)
1965-1988
Type: Wooden Wild Mouse
Max Height: 40 feet
Manufactured By: Mack
Notes: Originally where the Jet Star 2 now resides. Later moved to where the steel Wild Mouse is now. Read more about the original Wild Mouse.
 
JET STAR 2
1976 (built 1974)
Type: Steel Spiral Lift
Max Speed: 45 mph
Max Height: 45 feet
Track Length: 1919 feet
Ride Time: 1 min 25 sec
Manufactured By: Anton Schwarzkopf Co.
Notes: Lagoon is very lucky to have 2 Anton Schwarzkopf. This was originally used in the 1974 World's Fair in Spokane, WA. Read more about Jet Star 2.
 
COLOSSUS FIRE DRAGON
1983 (built 1982)
Type: Steel Looper
Max Speed: 55 mph
Max Height: 87 feet
Track Length: 2850 feet
Ride Time: 1 min 45 sec
Loop Diameter: 65 feet
Manufactured By: Anton Schwarzkopf Co.
Notes: The Colossus was originally built in 1982 and used in a European traveling fair. Read more about Colossus Fire Dragon.
 
PUFF THE LITTLE FIRE DRAGON
1985
Type: Steel Junior
Max Speed: 16 mph
Max Height: 11 feet
Track Length: 197.5 feet
Ride Time: 50 sec
Manufactured By: Zierer
Notes: Read more about Puff The Little Fire Dragon.
 
WILD MOUSE
1998
Type: Steel Wild Mouse
Max Height: 50 feet
Manufactured By: Maurer-Sohne
Notes: A new steel version built where the original once stood. Read more about Wild Mouse.
 
THE SPIDER
2003
Type: Steel Spinning Wild Mouse
Max Speed: 38 mph
Track Length: 1,414 feet
Max Height: 53 feet
Manufactured By: Maurer-Sohne
Notes: This was the first of this particular model built in North America. Read more about The Spider.
 
THE BAT
2005
Type: Suspended Family Coaster
Max Speed: 26 mph
Max Height: 50 feet
Track Length: 1,122 feet
Ride Time: 1 min 30 sec
Manufactured By: Vekoma
 

 
LAGOON'S FASTEST COASTERS
1 Colossus Fire Dragon - 55 mph
2 Roller Coaster - 50 mph
3 Jet Star 2 - 45 mph
 
LAGOON'S TALLEST COASTERS
1 Colossus Fire Dragon - 87 feet
2 Roller Coaster - 60 feet
3 The Spider - 53 feet
 
LONGEST RIDE TIME
1 Roller Coaster - 1 min 50 sec
2 Colossus Fire Dragon - 1 min 45 sec
3 Jet Star 2 - 1 min 25 sec
 
LONGEST COASTER TRACK
1 Colossus Fire Dragon - 2850 feet
2 Roller Coaster - 2598 feet
3 Jet Star 2 - 1919 feet
 
Information based on known facts about the coasters.
 
If you have any other info to add about Lagoon's roller coasters, email me at farmingtonstar@hotmail.com.
 
 
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