Howdy Folks,
Just figured I'd clarify some Information on Wicked, BomBora, and Cannibal at Lagoon.
Wicked's Concept and Design was Originally done by Lagoon's Vice President of Engineering, Dal Freeman, who formerly worked for Arrow Dynamics and Designed Coasters such as Magnum XL-200 and Many of Arrows Creations of the Early 90's. Lagoon originally wanted to manufacture the Ride themselves, subcontracting out the Fabrication of Components to Various Companies, like a Large Majority of Ride Manufacturers do. Lagoon simply needed a partner to make Wicked happen and that Partner was Zierer. Zierer took Dal Freeman's Design and sent that to Stengle for the Calculations and Plans for the Fabricator, Stakotra Manufacturing, to Produce. Lagoon wanted Zierer to have Intermountain Lift, Inc., of Springville, Utah, to Fabricate the Columns and Track, but Zierer refused. Once Wicked was Initially Erected, NDT Testing discovered nearly 90% of the Columns had Defective Weldments, requiring Lagoon to disassemble most of the Ride, Re-weld and Re-paint the Columns, and Re-Erect the Ride causing a 2 Month Delay in Opening.
After what happened with Wicked, Lagoon decided to build the coaster on their own. Dal Freeman and another Park Engineer, Dustin Allen, created the Concept and Design for BomBora. Lagoon had ART Engineering GmbH complete the Calculations and send the Plans to Intermountain Lift to Fabricate the Columns and Track, ART Engineering acted as the main Supplier for the Ride including Fabrication of the Trains and their On Board Audio and Lighting Effects, and Actemium Controlmatic GmbH provided the PLC Safety System. Lagoon acted as the General Contractor Driving All Piles for the Deep Foundation/Footings, Piers, and Erected the Ride. What Lagoon got was an Innovative Family Roller Coaster with Features found on Very Few Coasters and Built to Last.
Cannibal is being built in the same way as BomBora, and Lagoon has brought in even more Local Contractors to make Cannibal a Reality.
This is what Lagoon released Exclusively to Lagoonisfun.com Immediately after the Announcement:
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Farmington, UT (September 4, 2014): Lagoon unveiled plans to debut the most exciting roller coaster in the park’s history, Cannibal. According to Julie Freed, spokesperson for Lagoon, “We have named it Cannibal, because in our collective mind it will eat other roller coasters in their tracks!” Cannibal has been under construction for over two years and is set to open for the upcoming 2015 season. This steel roller coaster is one of a kind, and is primarily manufactured and constructed locally.
Cannibal will be the tallest attraction on the park with a height of 208 feet. This state of the art coaster will thrill riders with its unique elements unlike anything else at Lagoon. Riders will be lifted 208 feet on a vertical lift and then plunged into a free fall at a break-over angle of 116 degrees into an underground tunnel. The 12 rider vehicles travel up to 70 miles per hour through three inversions. Cannibal will be the most exciting thrill ride in Lagoon history and is unlike anything else in the country.
Stats as Released to Us By Lagoon:
Tower Height: 208 Feet
Track Length: 2,735 Feet
Ride Time: 2 ½ minutes
Maximum G Force: 4.2 G’s
Maximum Speed: 70 miles per hour
Maximum Inverted Loop: 140 Feet Tall
Riders Per Car: 12
Rider Capacity Per Hour: 1,200
Minimum Height to Ride: 46 to 48 inches, to be determined
Budget: $22 Million
Unique Ride Elements:
Vertical Lift
Inverted Loop
Diving Loop
Underground Tunnel
Exclusive thrill element to be announced at a later date.
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Manufactured and constructed locally
Over 75% of contractors and vendors are from Utah
Significant Local Contractors:
- Automotive & Industrial Supply
- Border States Electric
- Brundage-Bone
- Codale Electric Supply
- Colonial Building Supply
- Fastenal Company
- FOR-SHOR Company
- GEM Buildings
- Geneva Rock Inc.
- H&E Equipment Services
- HOJ Engineering & Sales
- Intermountain Concrete Specialties
- Intermountain Lift
- Lakeview Rock Products
- Marmon/Keystone, LLC
- Marz Precision Manufacturing
- Masco, Inc.
- Mountain Crane Services, LLC
- Pacific Steel
- Petersen Incorporated
- Pilot Freight Services
- Quality Fire Protection
- Richards Sheet Metal
- T.H.B. Inc.
- Wadsworth Brothers Construction
- Ward Engineering Group
- Wells Fargo Bank
- Wells Fargo Equipment Financing
- Wilson Brothers Trucking
Additionally, we know of the following info:
Name: Cannibal
Manufacturer: Lagoon Corporation, Inc., Farmington, Utah, USA
Type: Steel Roller Coaster with Vertical Elevator Lift
Concept and Design: Dal Freeman (Vice President of Engineering) and Dustin Allen (Engineer) of Lagoon Corporation, Inc., Farmington, Utah, USA
Engineering: ART Engineering GmbH, Oberried, Germany
General Contractor: Lagoon Corporation Maintenance and Construction, Farmington, Utah, USA
Trains:
5-6 Trains
3 Rows of 4 Persons. 12 Persons Per Train.
Overhead Lapbar Restraints
Notes:
Will Feature an Enclosed Dual Elevator Lift.
Inversions will Include an Inverting Loop (Immelman Loop), Diving Loop (Dive Loop), and a Third Unnamed Inversion which appears to be some type of Double Barrel Roll Element.
First Major Steel Roller Coaster to be Entirely Designed and Constructed "In House" outside of the Walt Disney Company.
Other Details:
Track and Column/Upright Fabricator:
Intermountain Lift, Inc.
Train Fabricator: ART Engineering GmbH, Oberried, Germany
Elevator Fabricator: ART Engineering GmbH, Oberride, Germany (Lift Platforms and Machinery) and Intermountain Lift, Inc., Springville, Utah (Elevator Track)
PLC Safety System:
Actemium Controlmatic GmbH, Frankfurt, Germany