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A century-old John Miller wooden coaster — one of the oldest operating woodies in the country and a National Register landmark.
Specifications
Ride profile
Scaled against Lagoon's operating coasters
Park intensity
Speed
45 mph
#4 of 10 at Lagoon
Ride experience
Launches, airtime, layout style, and more
- Historic
- Out & back
- Wood
Specs from lagoonpark.com
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Out-and-back layouts
Leave the station, hit a big drop, return parallel — the classic speed hill formula.
Rocky Mountain hybrid coasters
Steel track on reinvented wooden structures — steep, twisted, and often relentless.
Track compliance — why wood feels alive
Wood flexes; steel is stiffer — the same forces feel different on each structure.
Twister layouts
Helixes and direction changes stacked in one direction — classic wooden feel.
History
Sourced timeline and background for Roller Coaster.
Timeline
1921
Roller Coaster opens
John Miller-designed wooden coaster opens — among the oldest operating wood coasters in the United States.
Background
Lagoon's Roller Coaster has carried guests since 1921, making it one of the few surviving John Miller layouts still running in the Mountain West. A 1953 fire destroyed the front of the structure; the ride was rebuilt the following year and sections are replaced on an ongoing basi…
Full ride history, design notes, and records are included with Coaster Pro.
Notable records
other · Country
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places
As of 2012
History primarily sourced from lagoonpark.com. See also our data policy.
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Sources & official links
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- Lagoon — official sitelagoonpark.com(opens in a new tab)
- Lagoon on Coaster AtlasPark page
- Ride specifications sourcelagoonpark.com(opens in a new tab)
- Philadelphia Toboggan Coasters — manufacturerptcoasters.com(opens in a new tab)
- Hero photo (Jeremy Thompson · CC BY 2.0)Image license & attribution(opens in a new tab)
- Lift hill photo (Jeremy Thompson · CC BY 2.0)Image license & attribution(opens in a new tab)
- Official POV — Licensed POVWatch on YouTube(opens in a new tab)
- History & background sourcelagoonpark.com(opens in a new tab)