Themeparkfanatic | Roller Coaster at Lagoon Amusement Park @woodencoasterfan | Uploaded June 2016 | Updated October 2024, 1 week ago.
This is the Roller Coaster at Lagoon Park. This coaster has operated under several different names during its long history. It originally opened as the Lagoon Dips, then over the years operated under the names Pippen Dips, Giant Coaster, Silver Coaster, an Finally, Roller Coaster. The locals call it the White Coaster due to the fat that the coaster used to be painted white. This double out and back wooden roller coaster was given the Coaster Landmark Award by ACE (American Coaster Enthusiast) on July 30, 2005. It was designed by the famous John A Miller from the New York firm of Miller and Baker and opened on May 28, 1921 making it the sixth oldest operational roller coaster in the world. There are only 13 operational coasters left that Miller designed. During its history, it was flooded in 1923 which required new concrete footers to be installed and a new station and lift hill was built in November of 1953 after a massive fire that consumed park of the Roller Coaster and half of the midway was extinguished. The coaster is 2,500' long, 62' high, and has a top speed of about 45mph. The best seat on this coaster is anywhere in the first car (first three rows of the train).
This is the Roller Coaster at Lagoon Park. This coaster has operated under several different names during its long history. It originally opened as the Lagoon Dips, then over the years operated under the names Pippen Dips, Giant Coaster, Silver Coaster, an Finally, Roller Coaster. The locals call it the White Coaster due to the fat that the coaster used to be painted white. This double out and back wooden roller coaster was given the Coaster Landmark Award by ACE (American Coaster Enthusiast) on July 30, 2005. It was designed by the famous John A Miller from the New York firm of Miller and Baker and opened on May 28, 1921 making it the sixth oldest operational roller coaster in the world. There are only 13 operational coasters left that Miller designed. During its history, it was flooded in 1923 which required new concrete footers to be installed and a new station and lift hill was built in November of 1953 after a massive fire that consumed park of the Roller Coaster and half of the midway was extinguished. The coaster is 2,500' long, 62' high, and has a top speed of about 45mph. The best seat on this coaster is anywhere in the first car (first three rows of the train).
