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Park News - (3/3/08) Screamscape has been informed about a few technical changes that we can expect to see on Wicked this season. To help ease the power requirements needed by the ride’s launch system they are installing a flywheel power generator which they expect will cut back the power needed to run by the ride by 75%.
  (1/2/08) Over the last 24 hours, several anonymous sources have wrote in to say that as far as they know Lagoon has no plans to remove Colossus the Fire Dragon. The ride is actually expected to be getting some technical upgrades this off-season as well, so it doesn’t make sense to spend money on a ride you are trying to sell. It was also pointed out that the sales ad mentioned that the mystery ride is 93 feet tall while Colossus is only 85 feet tall, Laser on the other hand is exactly 93 feet tall. Long time readers may recall reading rumors more than once over the last few years about how the park was planning on repainting Laser only to have it cut from the budget. Sounds like this could have been the reason.
  (1/1/08) After uncovering a 1981 Schwarzkopf Double Looper listed for sale yesterday on Ital, I first thought it was the Laser at Dorney Park. Since them I did a little checking with Duane at RCDB who reports that to his knowledge, there are only three of these rides, all of which are in North America. There was a traveling one that was owned by Conklin shows and appears to also be for sale on Ital The third such ride is Lagoon’s own Colossus the Fire Dragon.
  There is a good chance that it is really Colossus for sale right now. According to RCDB, while Colossus opened at Lagoon in 1984, it actually started out in 1981 as a traveling coaster on the German fair circuit for three years with Bruch & Bobrahn before being sold to Lagoon. The coaster is said to be nearly identical to Laser with the addition of an extra helix near the end. It’s certainly thinkable that with the addition of three new coasters in the last 5 years (Wicked, Spider and Bat), Lagoon may have decided the time was right to removing one of their older steel coasters now.
  (3/21/07) You can see a whole batch of photos taken inside the park as they prepare to open for the season, as well as some up close shots of Wicked over at Lagoon Is Fun.

2008 - OdySea - (4/17/08) Lagoon Is Fun has posted a report from the opening weekend, including video footage of the new OdySea attraction.
  (3/6/08) While the new 2008 ride hasn’t been confirmed by the park’s website yet, the sign out in front of the park however has confirmed it along with the new unique spelling for OdySea. Thanks to LagoonIsFun for the photo.
  (1/11/08) One final bit of information about The Odyssey has surfaced. Apparently they didn’t need to remove the mini golf area to make room and instead the new ride will replace the Gas Light Terrace.
  (1/10/08) The latest buzz over Lagoon’s rumored The Odyssey flat ride is that the ride may actually turn out to be similar to One Fish, Two Fish at Islands of Adventure by adding a series of water fountains that will squirt at the riders as they go around. Riders can then dodge the streams of water by controlling their cars up and down movements.
  (1/8/08) Screamscape has been informed that the new family ride going in this year will be called The Odyssey. We don’t know much about it yet other than that it sounded like a standard “Dumbo” style ride around in a circle and go up and down ride. Right now we have no idea of the theme either since the name Odyssey doesn’t really give it away, unless they are referring to Homer’s epic. Anyone know more?
  (11/26/07) Rumor has it that Lagoon will be adding some kind of new kiddie ride from Zierer for the 2008 season.

2009/2010 - New Ride - Rumor - (5/7/08) The latest rumor for Lagoon indicates that the park may be looking at demolishing the outdoor Music USA stage after this season to make way for some kind of new ride. From what I’ve been told the theater sits between the park’s wooden coaster , the Spider and Cliffhanger and apparently they’ve had to shut down Cliffhanger for the last few years during show times to allow for a “scream free” performance. Don’t fret however, if this comes to pass we’ve heard that the park is looking for a new location to build a new stage for future shows. Anyone know more?

2010 - New Coaster - Rumor - (3/3/08) Screamscape sources have confirmed that Lagoon is indeed working on new coaster concepts for the 2010 season. The park is said to be in talks with both Maurer Sohne and Vekoma about possible concepts. This seems to confirm our last rumor that mentioned a Maurer X-Coaster concept, but I’ve got to wonder just what Lagoon may be looking at from Vekoma this time around. My suggestion is that Lagoon would actually be the perfect sized park a Vekoma Stingray, especially considering that the park seems to like adding compact coasters.
  (1/28/08) If the latest buzz is true, Lagoon is set to begin working with Maurer-Sohne for their next coaster creation, but it may not actually open until 2010. According to our sources they are looking to add a Maurer X-Coaster design to the park that may feature a Skyloop.

Future Plans - (4/14/05) I’ve been told that Lagoon has filed a new 5 year Masterplan with the city that included adding “two large coasters”, a large water ride and an indoor interactive dark ride.