Opened: 1973
Closed: Pre-1977
Location: North Midway
Manufactured By: Mack – Waldkirch, Germany
Ride Model: Zugspitze
Before Musik Express opened at Lagoon in 1982, there was a similar ride on the North Midway. Zugspitz opened in 1973 and was removed after just a few seasons. Information on this ride has been hard to come by. One mention of it in the Deseret News stated about half of the ride’s 10,000 light bulbs were blown out in strong winds before it even opened.
Most who remember the ride tend to recall it spinning in both directions like today’s Jumping Dragon. German manufacturer, Mack Rides, named this ride after Germany’s highest peak, Zugspitze, and it was decorated in an alpine theme. Boomerang opened in its place in April 1977.
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SOURCES
Lagoon newspaper ads, April 1973.
Snow and winds batter state. Deseret News, 2 Apr 1973.
Zugspitz forum. PointBuzz.com, accessed 21 Sep 2012.
RE: Musik Express. Email to author, 6 Jul 2005.
3 replies on “Zugspitz”
Musik Express goes both ways………
Musik Express originally went both ways, but that changed awhile ago and now only travels forwards.
I loved that ride! I wish I could show a few of my friends it! I also want to know, why did they get rid of it so early?