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America Screams…At Lagoon!
There’s an old documentary about amusement parks called America Screams which aired on PBS in 1978. It was an hour long, but was later whittled down to a half hour when it was released on…
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2016 Monthly Recap #7: October
The end of October brought the end of Frightmares as well as the end of an eventful 2016 season. Crowds showed no signs of slowing down, especially on Saturdays. Perhaps the mild weather had something…
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2016 Monthly Recap #6: September
Another month has flown by and we’re now in the final month of the 2016 season. September was a month of transition from daily summer operation to weekend operation, cooler weather and Frightmares! Here’s what…
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2016 Monthly Recap #5: August
August is over, kids are back in school and summer seems to have come to a complete stop. But there are still two months left before Lagoon closes for the year and there has still…
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2016 Monthly Recap #4: July
As we pass the halfway point of the 2016 season, there are still plenty of new updates and changes at Lagoon. At the beginning of the month, the billboard south of Lagoon off of I-15…
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14 Things That Are 140 Years Old
Lagoon has reached an impressive milestone this year. Fourteen decades have passed since it began as the Lake Park Bathing Resort on the eastern shore of the Great Salt Lake. In that time, Earth has…
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2016 Monthly Recap #3: June
Things warmed up in June with rising temperatures and the new night show Anyway You Want It! The show, set in the 1980s, follows a group of girls trying to save their roller skating rink…
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2016 Monthly Recap #2: May
The month of May at Lagoon began with 91-mph winds, causing the park to close all day on May 1st. Cleanup continued throughout the week in order to reopen the next weekend along with the…
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40 Years Of Pioneer Village At Lagoon
Pioneer Village began in the East Millcreek area of Salt Lake City in 1938. Furniture store owner Horace Sorenson collected pioneer-era buildings and artifacts as others were tearing them down or throwing them away. He…