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Opened: Jun 2007
Location: South Midway<\/a>
Designed By: Dal Freeman
Manufactured By: Zierer – Deggendorf, Germany
Ride Model: Tower Launch Coaster
Cost: $10,000,000
Launch Type: LSM
Max Speed: 55 mph
Max G-Forces: 4.85 G’s
Max Height: 110 ft
Ride Duration: 1 min, 5 sec
Track Length: 2,050 ft
Lift Angle: 90\u00b0
Angle Of Descent: 90\u00b0
Footprint: 404 x 112 ft
Number Of Cars: 5
Ride Capacity: 8 per car (2 rows of 4)
Hourly Capacity: 850<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lagoon’s first launch coaster was announced in November 2006. When it opened the following summer, it became Lagoon’s tallest roller coaster to date and the first to be designed by an in-house engineer at Lagoon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A more thorough history is in the works…<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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REFERENCES<\/h6>\n\n\n\n

Huge, New Roller Coaster Coming to Lagoon<\/a>. KSL.com<\/em>, 29 Nov 2006.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lagoon press kit, 2007.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MacDonald, Brady. Knoebels adding looping steel coaster to vintage ride lineup<\/a>. Los Angeles Times<\/em>, 23 Jul 2014.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wicked<\/a>. Lagoon Is Fun Wiki<\/em>, accessed 24 Mar 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tower Launch Coaster<\/a>. Zierer.com<\/em>, accessed 18 Apr 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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