LAGOON
Farmington, Utah
(Just North of Salt Lake City)
Park News - (10/26/2025) Sad news from Lagoon came out this week, as the park confirmed that at the end of this season they will be retiring the park’s classic Schwarzkopf built Jet Star 2 roller coaster that has been in operation at the park since 1976 (49 years!). The last day to ride Jet Star 2 is now listed as November 9th, 2025.
2026 - Nutcracker / New Flat Ride - (10/11/2025) Lagoon has confirmed that their new ride for 2026 will be called Nutcracker and is indeed an S&S Screamin’ Swing ride. (So my hunch was wrong… Oops… my bad…)
Nutcracker will actually feature a 50-foot tall Nutcracker statue to the side of the ride, with the ride itself standing at 105 feet in height when still, and able to swing riders up to 135 feet into the air when moving, hitting a top speed of 68MPH during those epic swings. (For those keeping track, this appears to be the same size as the large one added to SeaWorld San Antonio in 2022).
(10/8/2025) According to the local news Lagoon will be adding a new ride for the 2026 season. The park isn’t ready to say exactly what the new ride will be just yet, but they did say that it would be 135 feet tall, hit a top speed of 68mph, and deliver G-forces greater than “those experienced by astronauts during launch.” “This ride will offer a unique combination of speed, height, and extreme swing dynamics”.
On the surface the ride does almost sound like an S&S Screamin’ Swing, but historically Lagoon has never been a big customer of S&S, despite the two being located in the same state. As far as I can recall, Lagoon only purchased their Rocket tower ride from S&S in 1999 and nothing else.
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