Here's a short list of acts that have played Lagoon. The actual list is MUCH longer: Fats Domino Dave Brubeck Quartet Louis Armstrong Nat King Cole The Everly Brothers Johnny Cash Les Paul & Mary Ford Ella Fitzgerald Pat Boone Marty Robbins Bill Haley & The Comets Peter, Paul & Mary Ray Charles The Beach Boys The Smothers Brothers Paul Revere & The Raiders The Kingsmen The Righteous Brothers The Animals The Dave Clark Five The Rolling Stones The Association The Turtles Herman’s Hermits The Who Glen Campbell The Monkees The Doors The Grass Roots Jefferson Airplane Jimi Hendrix
The Beach Boys performed here quite a number of times. So much so that Lagoon was forever enshrined into the lyrics of their 1965 hit "Salt Lake City": "There's a park near the city, yeah All the kids dig the Lagoon now It's full of all kinds of girls And rides and we'll be flyin' there soon now"
The Association. Ahhhh the very first concert I ever went to. I was maybe 10, 11 years old. We got free tickets for credits buying back to school clothes in our little little downtown area. We were a small town at that time.. great memories! Seems like I saw the Grass Roots too.. @ the same location.. still in use, too! Going there to my grandsons football game tonight😍
Ah, my old stomping grounds! I got my first job at Lagoon in the games division. Couple years later, I came back and worked five seasons as a ride operator. Seeing your video made me all nostalgic. Hope you enjoyed! 💙
Loved this...they sure have updated the Terrorride 😂! You forgot to talk about the funhouse and dime toss! We won a lot of ashtrays back in the day! Lol
My grandparents met at Lagoon in the 1940's, so this park played an important part in our family. I got a chance to ride The Hammer when I was about 10 with my younger sister. I believe the whole park heard us scream "Mommy, get us off this ride!" LOL
OMG!! Chris so happy to see that you visited Lagoon!! We love this park and have season passes every year! Thank you for posting and sharing this video! We live within 25 miles of this park. Hope you had a blast !!
My husband proposed to me on that Ferris wheel 🎡 that spins around in the middle. He waited until it reached the tip top. Then broke the question❓❤️ Fond memories. It has been almost 25 years ago.
Hi Chris!! could you please consider coming to Northern California and vlogging from Great America? they recently announced the gradual closure of the park scheduled for 2032ish. it's a fun park full of personal memories with great coasters. have the best day ever! thanks!
I remember them building Great America around the mid-70s when I lived in Mountain View. The Demon and the Tidal Wave were my first experience riding a significant roller coaster.
Oh wow! Growing up we would visit family in Utah and our summer was not complete until we went to Lagoon! Once I had kids, we continued the summer tradition! They are all grown now and soon we will continue the tradition with my grandkids! Thanks for the blast from the past! Disney is losing it's shine and I am grateful we have such a amazing option!
I love Lagoon. In the summer, some large companies will rent one of the pavilions for their employees for the day. Then the employees get discount tickets. Lagoon is a magical place. My wife is always so worried that people will steal from her if she leaves things laying around. However, only at Lagoon, she has no issues leaving a cooler full of food and drinks sitting by itself all day long under a tree while we are having fun. Then we come back and eat a picnic dinner. Then leave the cooler there until we leave. No where else in the world will my wife leave an unattended cooler all day.
I grew up in salt lake and this was my childhood park. I've been going since the 1970s. What I love is how many of the original rides are still there including there terroride, Dracula's castle, and the roller coaster. Jetstar 2 was awesome when I was little.
Remember the Fun House? My kids don’t believe me when I tell them there was a ginormous disk that would spin kids around, and as it went faster and faster kids would fly off it. 😂 BTW we enjoyed seeing you all at Lagoon on Saturday.
I remember the fun house!!! I loved it as a kid with the spinning tunnel & the slide:) they should totally bring it back.. it’s like a concession stand now 😢
i live in southern utah and lagoon was my first trip with my now husband when we were dating! we go about once a year now. it’s so fun. the terror ride is actually terrifying. i kept my eyes open for the first time in it this last august and honestly wish i would’ve kept them closed. 🤣
23:00 You have no idea how much I needed to hear that today! Thank you. Also it’s called the cannibal because it eats other roller coasters at least that’s what they said in the brochure. Oh man I wish I could talk! I’ve got so much history in my brain bouncing around about this park.
I remember lagoon. My very first job was there back in 06 or 07 I think 🤔. I worked as a game attendant mostly on the ping pong ball game but I also did a few others. It was hot stressful hard work but overall it wasn't to bad a job compared to others I'd get later on. The worst part was counting the prizes at the end of the night you would get in so much trouble if the count was off by even 1 small prize so sometimes you'd be there counting and recounting for 2 or 3 hours past closing. Even the occasional violent or scammer guest wasn't that bad and there where more then a few of them. Like the guy they cought one time passing out counterfeit 20s. Or that time a dad pulled a knife on me because his kid lost at Jacobs ladder and I didn't just give him a prize anyway. Security dose a good job at keeping stuff like that to a minimum though and dealing with it when it dose happen. Overall though I'm glad I had that experience. It was a decent first job and like I said it was far better then a lot of others I'd get later on. Though I'd much rather be a guest then an employee.
Oh my goodness you were in my hometown 😁 I've lived in Utah my whole life, we would go to Lagoon every year , we would get season passports almost every year. Took me years to stop being chicken 🐔 and finally ride the coaster 😂🎢 Thanks for all you do 🤗
Lagoon has a special place in my heart. I grew up going there. The White Rollercoaster was my first coaster and the Colossus was my first inverted coaster. I love it there. And it's history is amazing. In addition to the things you mentioned... Lagoon is the largest family owned amusement park in the U.S. The carousel was built in the 1890s, it still has all its original hand carved, hand painted animals. In 1953 there was a huge fire that burned most of the park, the owners told the fire department to save the carousel. I have also read that the Jet Star 2 only has 3 left in operation and the one at Lagoon is the only one on the American Continent.
When I worked at Lagoon, we were always told the owner himself came to the park during the fire and personally kept hosing the carousel down to stop it from burning.
Thank you Chris and family..so fun to watch Miles reaction to these rides...I do not think Disney gets him that excited. I love old parks like this with the landscape and benches all around..lovely. I lived for a number of years in Santa Cruz,Ca and the Boardwalk there is very old like this one. It just looks inviting Chris Thank you all again
That looks really fun! When I go visit relatives in Ogden, I’ll have to make a trip over to this one and the other village you showed us.. this will make teenagers and me very happy!! Thanks guys!!
I haven't been there in over 20 years. I'd like to take my daughter. Google says it opened in 1886 but you say 1896. Was that just a goof? I didn't realize it was nearly 40 years older than Knott's Berry Farm.
Go!! You gotta go if your haven’t ever!! Unless your getting old like me & getting to be afraid of coasters… no but really they have a lot of awesome rides.. I would start with the swings & then go to the swinging pirate ship, then Bombora & then maybe then move up the chain.. they have new coasters; but the good old Colossas fire dragon with the double loop is my favorite; but then again I’m old 😂
The fact about how a Utah company made Wicked for Lagoon is false. Lagoon had their own engineering team that was led by an old Arrow Engineer Dal Freeman. Arrow shut down in 2002, and the current manufacturer in Utah is S&S Sansie in Logan. Wicked was actually contracted through Zierer, A German Manufacturer, to build the ride. The only ride Lagoon got from S&S is Rocket, and they had an Arrow Log Flume, but as you saw, that shut down unexpectedly in September. Lagoon confirmed they are removing it. Also, Jet Star 2 is the model name. It just always had the model name the manufacturer had for it. It was the second model of the Jet Star line. That's why it's called Jet Star 2. The big mountain coaster being built is going to be called Primordial. It's going to be a coaster and dark ride hybrid with some surprises inside the mountain. Should be opening in 2023. Cannibal is 116 degrees steep, and was the steepest in North America, but was surpassed. Still the tallest at 208 feet. Terroride got a heavy refurbishment in 2017. There's another classic dark ride just to the left of the entrance called Dracula's Castle. It was built in 1974 and is definitely dated. Hopefully Lagoon refurbishes it soon like they did with Terroride.
Thank you for introducing me to a new amusement park Provost family! I have never heard of anything like this in my life before. It's been nice seeing some fun activities to do in Utah and this is on my bucket list. I grew up going to amusement parks when I was a kid. The rides look so hey day and it's bringing back memories that I need to relive. Seeing the whole family reminiscing together is so lovely. Miles is getting so big and he is just the most adorable little thing on this planet!
Love the "pumpkin arch". Lagoon is a favorite of (ACE members) Very well kept park of both old/new attractions. Schwarzkopf built Colossus & Jet Star II (JS was designed to not have to use lap bars) Love the mini steam train (Silverwood in Idaho runs steam too) Miles had Chris/Amanda enthusiasm while riding a coaster! Terror Ride is what we called a (Kiss ride) Thanks for showcasing such a wonderful attraction! I got go go to AstroWorld as a lad for perfect school attendance one year from elementary school to high school graduation. 1978-1985. I missed 1 year when I was sick. My senior yr. I got a job there. So I gave away my '85 ticket.
Arrow used to be located in Clearfield but they actually went out of business several years ago. Wicked was manufactured by Zierer out of Germany. Utah does still have a lot of rollercoaster manufacturing though. S&S is located in Logan and built the Rocket at Lagoon. Also the largest track fabricator in the US is located in Springville. They did the track for Cannibal, Bombora and the new coaster...they also do a lot of stuff for Universal.
That was The Cliffhanger not the Samurai. Plus, there was never a JetStar 1. It was transplanted fron Washington state as JetStar 2. And that new coaster will be called Primordial.
you guys should play hide and seek on tom swayers island at Disney land me and my family always play it and go in to teams of 2 and have it boys vs girls or parents vs kids and its so fun you should try it also can you make another Disneyland hack video
I've been coming here since I was a kid, but my favorite time ever going was this most recent time. My work put on an event a couple of weekends ago, and I took my 15 month old, and was shocked just how much he could do. Seeing his reaction on those kid rides was priceless and the cutest thing ever. Also, Cannibal rocks haha
@@provostparkpass Thanks ! I was waiting on the line and boarded six or seven rockets behind you, but I could not find you at the exit. Greetings from Mexico
I could go on and on about this video. I am so stoked, you finally showed this. I have done both the extreme rides. The Catapult is awesome. Highly recommend. Cannibal is a lot of fun too. Love you guys!
At 5:47, that ride is actually called Cliffhanger! Samurai is a different ride at Lagoon. Cannibal is NOT meant to be "cannonball" because the promo for it is "It eats other rollercoasters." You missed Dracula's Castle which is Terroride but for wimps😂 Overall, loved the video! I would love for more videos at Lagoon for the kiddy rides and your reaction on other rides.☺️ Thank you for giving some light to our tiny theme park. (I had to write this like 4 times cause I kept accidentally leaving the video😭)
I haven't been to Lagoon in... well, years. I remember my first time. The Rocket had just opened that year and the advertising was EVERYWHERE in Utah. Still, have never ridden it. #Snap
Thanks for the video of the TerrRide mural! I loved that ride when I was a kid and I was fascinated by the mural. Obsessed with the octopus too! Later after reading some Cthulhu Mythos in college I wondered if someone was badly describing Cthulhu to the artist?
The hammer ride you mentioned that was next to Rockoplane was called Rolloplane. I miss that ride. I also miss the fun house. That arcade in the dance hall used to have my favorite video games: Frenzy(the sequel to Berzerk), Crystal Castles, and one I was really good at, Discs of Tron. The log flume has been permanently closed
I know you like history facts so here is some I just learned a few weeks ago. There was an amusement park on the coast of Oregon called Pixieland. It ended up closing mostly because it was built in what became a bird/wildlife preserve and because it was out in the middle of nowhere. As matter of fact, there are now no traces of this park left in it's original location. But before they closed, they sold two of their rides to Lagoon. They were the train and the log flume. These were the last two remnants of this park still in operation until Lagoon tore down the log flume (something I found out from a different video). Its sad to see it go but I can only hope lagoon sold it rather than just scrap it. Although I grew up in Sothern California, I currently live in Ogden Utah. I was in the Air Force based at Hill AFB and when I retired, I got a job in the area. I've been here for about 24 years now and I actually haven't been to lagoon in about 10+ years. This is in large part to something that either I missed in your video or something you skipped/avoided (anyone who's been going to lagoon for a large part of their lives would know). If you ride the train and only if you ride the train, you will see some animals in very small cages. Lagoon receives of criticism for the horrible living condition and treatment of these animals. There is no reason for these poor animals to be there especially as lagoon keeps them mostly hidden. The family who own and run lagoon just don't care. I know you like to keep your videos positive and upbeat but by avoiding this issue you ate basically saying that this is okay. And that is disappointing.
I regret to say you are sadly misinformed, PPP. The ride with Skeletons is Cliffhanger, not Samurai The Bat? A fun rollercoaster? There's only one person on that ride actually making any noise, for a reason. Actually, you're mostly correctly informed. Thanks for coming and visiting our little amusement park. Come back when Primordial is done.
The “white roller coaster” is what I always heard this called growing up in Utah.. some dude actually did stand up at the top of the first lift of it & fell to his death 😭 I think it was in the 60’s or 70’s I think.. but I could be wrong.. it’s such an old coaster that it’s so dang raggedy that we never even ride it anymore when we go because we end up with headaches
When Cannibal opened it was the steepest coaster in North America but in 2019 Shellraiser at Nickelodeon Universe at American Dream is now the steepest coaster in North America and the steepest coaster in the world so Cannibal is the second steepest in North America and the 4th in the world
We had a Jet Star coster here in Santa Cruz at the beach Boardwalk but sadly it was replaced by another coaster. You did sit like the matterhorn used to before they updated the cars. Fun Times and Great memories!
