{"id":20789,"date":"2026-09-16T18:55:34","date_gmt":"2026-09-17T00:55:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lagoonhistory.com\/project\/?p=20789"},"modified":"2026-10-04T09:56:58","modified_gmt":"2026-10-04T15:56:58","slug":"new-ride-for-2027-expected-to-be-announced-oct-3rd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lagoonhistory.com\/project\/new-ride-for-2027-expected-to-be-announced-oct-3rd\/","title":{"rendered":"J3 Grand Prix announced as Lagoon&#8217;s new ride for 2027"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Saturday, October 3rd, Lagoon revealed their next ride,<a href=\"https:\/\/lagoonhistory.com\/project\/j3-grand-prix\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"20837\"> J3 Grand Prix<\/a>, at a special event at Hackenslash stage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Details include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Planned to open in July 2027<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Manufactured by Intamin<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Single rail coaster with two launches<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>First of its kind in the US<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Top speed of 40 mph<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Maximum height of 50 ft<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>10 riders per train, 1 per row<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is similar to the announcement of Nutcracker on October 10th last year. The location of the new ride is no secret. Banners teasing a new attraction have surrounded the former site of Jet Star 2 all season.<\/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=\"J3 Grand Prix announced as Lagoon&#8217;s new ride for 2027\"><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\/\">J3 Grand Prix announced as Lagoon&#8217;s new ride for 2027<\/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\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Saturday, October 3rd, Lagoon revealed their next ride, J3 Grand Prix, at a special event at Hackenslash stage. Details include: This is similar to the announcement of Nutcracker on October 10th last year. The location of the new ride is no secret. Banners teasing a new attraction have surrounded the former site of Jet [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20791,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[273,119],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20789","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lagoon-news","category-lagoon-today"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lagoonhistory.com\/project\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20789","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=20789"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/lagoonhistory.com\/project\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20789\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20853,"href":"https:\/\/lagoonhistory.com\/project\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20789\/revisions\/20853"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lagoonhistory.com\/project\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20791"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lagoonhistory.com\/project\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20789"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lagoonhistory.com\/project\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20789"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lagoonhistory.com\/project\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20789"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}