Jason's Lagoon Trip

I went to the Lagoon amusement park in SLC, Utah, on Friday with our junior class.  I rode the crazy rides and made some video of them.  I used our new little Flip video camera.  It was a good day. The lines weren't too long, the weather was nice, and it was free for me!  What more could you ask for?  

 The first video is of the Wicked roller coaster.  I'm not on it, I just wanted you to see what it looks like.  It is the best ride ever.  You climb to 110 feet, then drop down the other side!  There is a corkscrew, 50 feet off the ground, and some fast, high banking turns!    

The 2nd video is me riding it.  8 teachers went on the trip to help with the 150 kids we had.  We, as teachers, rode together for the first time.  I went on this one 4 or 5 times before we left.  I did less screaming each time I went on it.  This is the first time through and the drop down the other side was a little TENSE!  The bright, purplish dot that appears occasionally is the sun.  I held on to the camera and the cart for dear life the first few times through.  The last time through I left the camera in my pocket and rode the whole way without hands!

Not that you wanted to see the look on my face as I ride THE WICKED, but here is the same ride with a different view!  The corkscrew footage is pretty good.  

This next video is of me on the Colossus Fire Dragon roller coaster.  It has a double loop; fun and thrilling, but definately not WICKED!  Once again, the purplish, bright disk is the sun.   NOTICE HOW HIGH I AM BEFORE DROPPING INTO THE TWO LOOPS!

This last video is of the Blast Off ride. You go from the ground to 200 feet in 2 seconds, make a change in directions and then free fall 150 feet, only to be lifted again.  Supposedly you experience 4.5 G's (gravity=9.8 meters per second squared--multiplied by 4.5) on the initial drop from hitting the top.  I didn't realize it was possible to chew on your colon until I rode this thing!  The ride hurts, in a fun-kind-of-way; it'll make you giggle!  The video is made to show the acceleration of the ride up, and then the fall down.  So you are looking between my feet as I sit on the ride.   Watch the #5 on the ground.