Lagoon - It's what fun Is not

Apparently in Utah and surrounding states, the only theme park is Lagoon. I have always heard about Lagoon from people in Utah and they make it sound fun. After marrying Brad, a utahn, I finally got the opportunity to go (I believe this was in Oct. 2009). Well, let's just say that it was packed (and I hate crowds) and short rides were not worth the extremely long lines. And Brad did not enjoy it much either, even with all the halloween stuff.

A week ago, Brad suggested that we buy a book at Deseret Book so we could get discount Lagoon tickets. I'm all up for any reason to buy a book, so I agreed. So we went to Lagoon on a Saturday, when it first opened. Within 1.5 hours, we had ridden 8 rides. We then walked around pioneer village, got hungry and left after being there for a total of 3 hours. 3 hours for $32 per person. Lagoon is doing this bounce-back program where you can go back within 10 days of your initial visit, for only $10. Due to lack of other activities, we decided, why not? As we did all the rides, we decided to do all the water activities. However, after waiting for friends, who flaked out on us, we got there around noon. The park was packed. The lazy river was so packed, it was not moving. (Lagoon has a water park portion called Lagoon-a-beach). It was miserable. We went on the Ferris wheel, rattlesnake rapids, and then left because every other line was ridiculously long and lockers were expensive.

I have sworn to never go to Lagoon again. Now, growing up in NC and California, I had the opportunity to go to many other theme parks (Magic Mountain, marine world, universal studios, paramount great america, and busch gardens). These parks have decent rides that last longer than 30 seconds, safer rides, and are cheaper than Lagoon. So after wasting money on a ridiculous park that has been around since my grandparents were young kids, I will never go again.

On a side note, there was a rumor going around that Six Flags was going to buy Lagoon, and when I heard that, I laughed.