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FARMINGTON — Utah theme park Lagoon recently gained national recognition for its new primordial ride, named 2024. Best new theme park attractions by USA Today’s panel of experts.
Lagoon’s new roller coaster took the top spot on the list of 10, beating out other attractions from theme park giants like SeaWorld and Hersheypark. Julie Freed, Lagoon Amusement Park’s director of special events, said the honor is well earned.
The quirky themed roller coaster, a uniquely designed “3-D interactive coaster” created especially for the lagoon, will be back in the spotlight when the new attraction begins its first full season of operation this March. Will collect. The project has been in the works for eight years and will open in September 2023.
Additionally, Fried told KSL that in addition to being a roller coaster made specifically for Lagoon Amusement Park, Lagoon primarily used local contractors and manufacturers to build the new coaster. That said, about 75% of the contractors and manufacturers used in the construction of Primordial, a fantasy forest-themed ride atop a gigantic mountain, are similar to Utah’s typical roller coaster. It feels like.
“Everything about this ride is state-of-the-art,” Freed said, explaining how every track element, screen, game system and narrative element serves the purpose of a highly immersive roller coaster experience for people around the world. We proudly say that our products have been thoroughly tested. The whole family.
Primordial isn’t the roller coaster ride your parents love. Inside and around his 80,000 square foot mountain, the coaster’s bones include many unique ride elements that set it apart from your average roller coaster. At 31 feet tall, it is a vertical drop track element, currently the tallest of its kind in the world.
Other unique features, such as interactive game elements, multiple story and track endings, and fantasy themes, set Primordial apart from other theme park attractions in Lagoon’s repertoire. Freed said.
“It’s different every time and it’s a thrill every time. You never know what you’re going to get. And you’re competing against other riders in your own car, so it’s always a competition,” Freed said of his own riding experience. He spoke while looking back on his positive experiences. In Primordial. She especially enjoyed the game elements of the rides and honing her skills to get a better score than before, she added.
With a minimum height requirement of 36 inches and a top speed of 40 mph, Primordial focuses on being a thrill ride that parents can ride with their kids, and will appeal to young roller coaster fans and thrill seekers alike. That’s what I mean. .
Fried said the coaster is designed to be a narrative experience that tells a story of “saving the good guys,” and that much interactive media involves shooting the bad guys, and Lagoon is introducing this new experience. He explained that he wanted to make the event approachable and fun for working adults. The whole family. Compared to Cannibal’s two-and-a-half minute running time, Primordial’s running time is noticeably longer at his five minutes, and is intended to facilitate gameplay and narrative elements that are key to the experience.
Reinforcing its interactive claim, Primordial boasts over 5,000 square feet of screen that riders use to play the game by pointing a built-in, custom-made laser pointer. Additionally, the coaster provides riders with a sense of adventure by incorporating multiple possible endings that differ from each other through track switching and various narrative elements.
Derek Perry, public relations director for the American Coaster Enthusiast Club, said he rode the attraction multiple times during the club’s fall conference held at the Lagoon last October. “It was,” he said.
Perry told KSL that Primordial seemed to appeal to roller coaster enthusiasts who were visiting the lagoon that day, with some of those who were with him going 10 times to experience as much as possible of what the ride had to offer. He added that some people also rode the coaster.
Perry praised the coaster’s detailed theming and interactive elements, saying it was “action-packed, unexpected, and really well-done.” “This is the perfect attraction for everyone, whether you’re a thrill seeker or a kid just starting to ride his roller coaster.”