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Park News - (9/25/08) It’s been rumored in the past, but a reader tells us that Lagoon may have actually started to remove their mini-golf course to make room for something new next year. Anyone know more?
  (7/25/08) The news from Lagoon has been very quiet this season so to break up the silence check out Ultimate Rollercoaster for a great review of Wicked, the parks unique new thrill coaster that was just added last season. I’ve also embedded a fun video clip that includes a complete POV experience of the ride in action below.

2009- Jumping Dragon - Confirmed - (4/16/09) A photo trip report with pictures of the new Jumping Dragon has been posted to LagoonIsFun.
  (4/6/09) While there is no photo of the ride itself, details about the new Jumping Dragon ride have been posted to the Lagoon website.
  (3/15/09) Lagoon currently is running a teaser showing off an animated fire-breathing Chinese dragon on their website right now, with the tag line claiming that “There is a Dragon in your future”. I can only assume the park will confirm the style of ride in the very near future, though for now I’m sticking to the previous rumor of a Roundabout style ride.
  (1/19/09) Today we’ve got a picture of that Jumping Dragon billboard outside Lagoon as well as information leaked to us indicating that the new ride may be a Zierer Roundabout with a Dragon theme. The surrounding area may also be rethemed to look like a Chinese Garden. You can see a few pictures of them here, just go to Carousel and select Roundabout.
  (1/15/09) Going back to the original rumor, it seems that the Jumping Dragon ride may simply be a new flat ride from Zierer for the 2009 season. The park’s next new coaster isn’t slated until 2010 or 2011. We’ve heard the park has some kind of teaser billboard with a Chinese Dragon on it near the park as well, anyone get a photo?
  (1/13/09) Again we’ve gotten a rumor about a new coaster project called the Jumping Dragon may be planned to take over Lagoon’s old mini-golf site. Given the timeline and input from other sources, I think this could be held back until 2010. Anyone know more?
  (10/6/08) After going with Zierer for the park’s last three years for new ride projects (OdySea, Wicked, Lady Bug Bop & Dinosaur Drop) Screamscape has heard that Lagoon will be using them again for an all new project in 2009. I don’t know much other than that the tentative name right now may be Jumping Dragon, and it wont be a large coaster project. Given the name I’d expect some kind of flat ride actually. Looking at the Zierer catalog, the name would be perfect for a Zierer Fireball, like the retired Tumbler rides that used to be at Knott’s Berry Farm and Camp Snoopy. These are perhaps one of the most underrated flat rides ever built, that never really got much exposure in the USA outside of those two parks. Anyone know more?

2011/2012 - New Coaster - Rumor - (1/15/09) According to an early rumor Lagoon has settled on using Maurer-Sohne for their next coaster and is looking at various X-Coaster style designs, most likely one with a Skyloop. The idea is to place it on the northern end of the park away from Wicked.
  (3/3/08) Screamscape sources have confirmed that Lagoon is indeed working on new coaster concepts for sometime after 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.