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FARMINGTON — Lagoon amusement park announced Wednesday that its new interactive roller coaster will open in the spring.
Primordial will be a "one-of-a-kind interactive coaster" with a "ride experience like you have never seen," Lagoon said on social media.
Although all roller coasters are bound to have some parts in common, Lagoon spokesman Adam Leishman said Primordial is a roller coaster "unlike any other on earth."
"It's gonna be cool. I know everything about it and it's going to be pretty wild," Leishman said.
The amusement park posted a teaser for the ride and also announced a Black Friday season passport sale that ends Nov. 30.
The trailer and logo for Primordial hint at dragons, owls and flames being involved in the ride. Primordial will potentially be joining Colossus: The Fire Dragon and Puff the Little Fire Dragon as another dragon-themed roller coaster at Lagoon.
The new Primordial has been more than seven years in the making and is located at the north end of the park. Many Lagoon patrons have seen and watched the sometimes slow progress on the man-made mountain where the coaster is housed come to fruition.
Lagoon Amusement Park has announced Primordial, the one-of-a-kind interactive coaster scheduled to open in 2023. #LagoonAmusementPark#Primordialpic.twitter.com/ncwQwC0a2r
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Leishman said there has been a lot of buzz and talk about the ride — as it's hard to keep an entire mountain a secret — but Lagoon is hoping to keep most of the details about the ride a surprise. He is excited for guests to experience this distinctive attraction and be surprised when they ride it.
Lagoon officials said the park worked with an international team of designers and manufacturers, as well as local companies and vendors to produce "this incredible state-of-the-art attraction."
Lagoon has an on-site engineering team that collaborates with European designers to make unique rides. According to Leishman, designers and manufacturers from Spain, Germany and Canada worked with the Lagoon engineering team for years, to create Primordial.
Manufacturing the ride themselves has given Lagoon some advantages: They were able to make longer tracks since they didn't have to ship them from elsewhere, and repairs will be easier as almost all the pieces were made in Utah.
Lagoon partnered with several local companies such as Intermountain Lift, St. George Steel, Big-D Construction, Wadsworth Construction, K&L Acoustic and Drywall and more.
Primordial will have a 36-inch height requirement to ride alone, but riders under 48 inches tall will need to be accompanied by a supervising companion.
The ride is scheduled to open in 2023, but an official opening date for Primordial has not been announced.
Lagoon ticket prices are also increasing for the coming 2023 season, typically May through October. Single-day tickets will be $97.95 before tax, compared to the 2022 price of $84.95.
As part of the Black Friday sale, season passports cost $160.95 before tax and $207.95 normally. A regular season passport for 2022 was $180.95 before tax.
People have responded positively to the new ride on Instagram and Facebook, but many are also commenting with surprise and frustration at the price increases.
Leishman said the rise in price is largely due to increasing costs of shipping, materials, food and operational expenses. "Everything is more expensive and unfortunately, reflecting the trend we are seeing in every avenue," he said.
The pricing for season passports is tiered, he said, as it will slowly increase over the next few months until the park opens. But Leishman said now is the best time to get season tickets as it is the lowest price it will be.
