{"id":18317,"date":"2025-07-23T18:26:07","date_gmt":"2025-07-24T00:26:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lagoonhistory.com\/project\/?p=18317"},"modified":"2025-07-23T18:26:07","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T00:26:07","slug":"turn-of-the-century-has-reopened","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lagoonhistory.com\/project\/turn-of-the-century-has-reopened\/","title":{"rendered":"Turn Of The Century has reopened"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>As of July 22nd, Lagoon&#8217;s Turn Of The Century has finally reopened. It had been down for the whole 2024 season. When it still wasn&#8217;t open by late May 2025, it seemed it might be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo?fbid=1087335940086480&amp;set=a.549222740564472\">gone forever<\/a>. Lagoon made a comment on Facebook saying they &#8220;tried to rebuild the internal structure but unfortunately it was unsuccessful&#8221; and that they are looking for a new swing ride to replace it with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A few weeks later, they responded again to a Facebook user claiming to have seen the ride testing during park hours and Lagoon said they were working on opening dates. Now it&#8217;s up and running again with new parts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/lagoonhistory.com\/project\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/totc2025bm.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18677\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lagoonhistory.com\/project\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/totc2025bm.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/lagoonhistory.com\/project\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/totc2025bm-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lagoonhistory.com\/project\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/totc2025bm-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Testing dummies remain in the swings as of June 2025. Photo: B. Miskin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lagoonhistory.com\/project\/attractions\/turn-of-the-century\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"2183\">Turn Of The Century<\/a> opened in 1987 as one of two rides added during the park&#8217;s centennial celebration. It last operated in 2023 and was waiting for parts through much of the 2024 season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lagoonhistory.com\/project\/attractions\/turn-of-the-century\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lagoonhistory.com\/project\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/totcbutton.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17481\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"468\" height=\"32\" src=\"https:\/\/lagoonhistory.com\/project\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/sectionseparator-copy.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3859\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lagoonhistory.com\/project\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/sectionseparator-copy.png 468w, https:\/\/lagoonhistory.com\/project\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/sectionseparator-copy-300x21.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 468px) 100vw, 468px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-top has-base-background-color has-background is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">PROJECT UPDATES<\/h5>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__list wp-block-latest-posts\"><li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lagoonhistory.com\/project\/a-brief-history-of-opening-day-at-lagoon\/\" aria-label=\"A Brief History Of Opening Day At Lagoon\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/lagoonhistory.com\/project\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/20260328-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width:225px;max-height:225px;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lagoonhistory.com\/project\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/20260328-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lagoonhistory.com\/project\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/20260328.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/lagoonhistory.com\/project\/a-brief-history-of-opening-day-at-lagoon\/\">A Brief History Of Opening Day At Lagoon<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">LAGOON TODAY<\/h5>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__list wp-block-latest-posts\"><li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lagoonhistory.com\/project\/bunny-boulevard-returns-this-easter-weekend\/\" aria-label=\"Bunny Boulevard returns this Easter Weekend\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"252\" src=\"https:\/\/lagoonhistory.com\/project\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/201704-Easter-by-Shane-Dustman-300x252.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width:225px;max-height:225px;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lagoonhistory.com\/project\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/201704-Easter-by-Shane-Dustman-300x252.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lagoonhistory.com\/project\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/201704-Easter-by-Shane-Dustman-768x644.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lagoonhistory.com\/project\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/201704-Easter-by-Shane-Dustman-e1744764923560.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/lagoonhistory.com\/project\/bunny-boulevard-returns-this-easter-weekend\/\">Bunny Boulevard returns this Easter Weekend<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"468\" height=\"32\" src=\"https:\/\/lagoonhistory.com\/project\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/sectionseparator-copy.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3859\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lagoonhistory.com\/project\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/sectionseparator-copy.png 468w, https:\/\/lagoonhistory.com\/project\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/sectionseparator-copy-300x21.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 468px) 100vw, 468px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As of July 22nd, Lagoon&#8217;s Turn Of The Century has finally reopened. It had been down for the whole 2024 season. When it still wasn&#8217;t open by late May 2025, it seemed it might be gone forever. Lagoon made a comment on Facebook saying they &#8220;tried to rebuild the internal structure but unfortunately it was [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13654,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[119],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18317","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lagoon-today"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lagoonhistory.com\/project\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18317","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lagoonhistory.com\/project\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lagoonhistory.com\/project\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lagoonhistory.com\/project\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lagoonhistory.com\/project\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18317"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/lagoonhistory.com\/project\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18317\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18920,"href":"https:\/\/lagoonhistory.com\/project\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18317\/revisions\/18920"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lagoonhistory.com\/project\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13654"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lagoonhistory.com\/project\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18317"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lagoonhistory.com\/project\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18317"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lagoonhistory.com\/project\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18317"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}