{"id":19116,"date":"2025-10-10T17:34:40","date_gmt":"2025-10-10T23:34:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lagoonhistory.com\/project\/?p=19116"},"modified":"2025-10-10T19:13:37","modified_gmt":"2025-10-11T01:13:37","slug":"nutcracker-announced-as-lagoons-next-big-attraction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lagoonhistory.com\/project\/nutcracker-announced-as-lagoons-next-big-attraction\/","title":{"rendered":"Nutcracker announced as Lagoon&#8217;s next big attraction"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a special event at Lagoon on Friday, Lagoon spokesperson Julie Freed announced the new attraction for 2026 will be Nutcracker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It will be the tallest ride on the South Midway and will reach up to 68 mph, second only to the top speed of Cannibal. It will also include a 50-foot tall nutcracker by a metal fabricator in Cincinnati. The Nutcracker will be the first new ride by S &amp; S of Logan, Utah at the park since The Rocket opened in 1999.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">More details will be added to the <a href=\"https:\/\/lagoonhistory.com\/project\/attractions\/nutcracker\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"19113\">ride page<\/a> as they become available.<\/p>\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-4805a82d 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 is-layout-flow wp-block-latest-posts-is-layout-flow\"><li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lagoonhistory.com\/project\/flying-aces-history-added\/\" aria-label=\"Flying Aces history added\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/lagoonhistory.com\/project\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/20260822flyingaces-300x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"1963 photo from The Children&#039;s Friend magazine.\" style=\"max-width:225px;max-height:225px;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lagoonhistory.com\/project\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/20260822flyingaces-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lagoonhistory.com\/project\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/20260822flyingaces-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/lagoonhistory.com\/project\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/20260822flyingaces.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/lagoonhistory.com\/project\/flying-aces-history-added\/\">Flying Aces history added<\/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 is-layout-flow wp-block-latest-posts-is-layout-flow\"><li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lagoonhistory.com\/project\/new-ride-for-2027-expected-to-be-announced-oct-3rd\/\" aria-label=\"New ride for 2027 to be announced Oct 3rd\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/lagoonhistory.com\/project\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/20260916-300x300.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\/09\/20260916-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lagoonhistory.com\/project\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/20260916-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/lagoonhistory.com\/project\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/20260916.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/lagoonhistory.com\/project\/new-ride-for-2027-expected-to-be-announced-oct-3rd\/\">New ride for 2027 to be announced Oct 3rd<\/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>In a special event at Lagoon on Friday, Lagoon spokesperson Julie Freed announced the new attraction for 2026 will be Nutcracker. It will be the tallest ride on the South Midway and will reach up to 68 mph, second only to the top speed of Cannibal. It will also include a 50-foot tall nutcracker by [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19129,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[119],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19116","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\/19116","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=19116"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/lagoonhistory.com\/project\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19116\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19131,"href":"https:\/\/lagoonhistory.com\/project\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19116\/revisions\/19131"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lagoonhistory.com\/project\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19129"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lagoonhistory.com\/project\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19116"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lagoonhistory.com\/project\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19116"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lagoonhistory.com\/project\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}