Legendary coaster designer John Miller built Lagoon's Roller Coaster in 1921. Roller Coaster is one of the top five oldest operating coasters in the country.

It is commonly referred to as "The White Roller Coaster". The old postcard on the right called it "Giant Roller Coaster". According to a 1923 catalogue put out by John Miller, it was originally called "Pippin Dips". It's current official name is just plain "Roller Coaster".

Roller Coaster has a walkway through it to allow easy access from the Lagoon campground to the park entrance. While you are under there you may notice that sheep graze under it's structure.

In 1953 much of Lagoon, including Roller Coaster was damaged by fire. Luckily, Roller Coaster was quickly rebuilt.

Roller Coaster is still one of the best rides at Lagoon. It is also one of the very few that allows you to freely choose where you sit. I strongly suggest the very back seat.

Roller Coaster is 70 feet tall, 2500 feet long and has a top speed of 45 miles per hour. The coaster is known as a double out-and-back since it takes you out away from the station and back two times.

Colossus The Fire Dragon (Most people just call it Colossus) was built in 1981 by Anton Schwarzkopf and began operating in German traveling fairs. The coaster was purchased by Lagoon and moved to Utah in 1984.

Most people who ride Colossus never realize that it was designed to be taken apart, moved to a new location, and rebuilt in just a day or two. Although it is quite large, it is actually a mobile ride.

Colossus was intended to be "mass" produced, like the Jet Star 2 was. However, it never happened. There are a couple of very similar coasters, but those coasters are a little shorter and do not include the final curves in the track layout.

Unlike most new coasters with inversions, Colossus does not have large over the shoulder restraints. It uses simple individual lap bars, which makes the ride very exciting.

This is my favorite coaster at Lagoon. You cannot choose where you sit, but all the seats are great!

Colossus is a double inverting steel roller coaster that reaches 55 miles per hour and almost 5 Gs. The ride is 85 feet tall and 2850 feet long.

I believe that the "Fire Dragon" surname was added so there would be no legal troubles relating to the "Colossus" roller coaster at Magic Mountain.

photo © Schwarzkopf.coaster.net

Above: Colossus set up at a German travelling fair prior to being purchased by Lagoon. This brochure was intended to convince others to order copies of the coaster. Nobody ever did. Click for a larger image.

photo © linearinduction

The Jet Star 2 (built by Anton Schwarzkopf) was originally opened as the star midway attraction of the 1974 world fair in Spokane, WA. When the fair ended most of the midway was moved overseas, but the Jet star 2 found a home at Lagoon. It started operation in Utah in 1976.

Several identical Jet Star 2 coasters were built. It is not clear exactly how many, but this is the only one currently operating in the U.S. The coasters predecessor, the Jet Star, can be found at various parks around the country. There has never been a Jet Star at Lagoon.

The layout of the cars is not that of a standard coaster, but more like a log flume. Each car has two long seats that fit three people each, for a total of six per car. You sit single file, so the person in front of you is your restraint. It is required that at least two people sit in each seat. This setup makes it a little too easy to smack heads with the person in front of/behind you.

Lagoon was recently about to remove the coaster because of mechanical problems, but a Utah coaster company called Setpoint was able to rebuild it's control system.

Despite the fact I named my site after this coaster, it isn't really one of my favorite rides at Lagoon. I just think it has a cool name.

Lagoon's Wild Mouse was designed and built by Maurer Söhne of Germany in 1998. It is in the same location as the original Wooden Wild Mouse which was removed in the early 90's.

Wild Mouse starts off with several sharp turns, followed by high speed dips and hops, and a trip through a tunnel.

The rides cars have tow rows with two seats per car. A single lapbar is used for both seats, so two people of noticeably different sizes cannot share the same row.