The Problem with Lagoon & Why I Won't be Renewing my Season Pass

It was a very crowded Saturday at Lagoon park in Farmington, Utah, which meant long waits and busy midways! This unfortunately led to some issues...
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[@AirtimeThrills]

Congrats on graduating soon, before clicking I was thinking that may be the reason you weren't renewing anymore. Its amazing how every park is just a madhouse on weekends in October

[@kolbyhill8121]

Hi Chris how are you doing today

[@robmcdougalltravels5916]

Its Halloween Season! 😂

[@beanerboysk8r405]

Well it's due to our Frightmares time, frightmares is when the park hits it's peak, in october. I'm proud to say though we do our best during this time. I work in the games department so it's a homerun for us. Hope you come in 2021 and I get to catch you when I'm working airtime thrills. 👍

[@robmcdougalltravels5916]

@@beanerboysk8r405 when do you open next year?

[@beanerboysk8r405]

@@robmcdougalltravels5916 Great question. I'm not the person to ask about this. I assume it would be around early May late April, if not our highest bet would be late May like this year.

[@thegreatpacoasters3134]

i see you found the end of hagrids motor bike adventure line

[@maxhagenauer24]

At least they are not maintenance nightmares.

[@TheRealSweedie]

That cut from a girl chasing the peacock to fried chicken was... interesting, lol

[@CoasterStudios]

LOL

[@fawful7457]

@@CoasterStudios I like ya cut G

[@kingmike2976]

@@CoasterStudios I like the voyage background on your phone. Did you take that when you went to the top of the voyage

[@CoasterStudios]

Yes I did!

[@hudsonhibbs1251]

@insanity your moms house u

[@coleeichelberger8048]

"Why aren't you wearing a mask properly?" ICONIC

[@idekanymore6316]

LMAO

[@williambrown8249]

Shoulda been like "hey, nice chin guard" lol

[@Ceijonius]

I always get the response that they "have a condition"; I reply with yes you do, it's called stupidity!🙄

[@_-Tripster2011-_]

Masks don't work . You put ur hands to ur face to fix the mask all the time ( they tell u that's a no no ) when u take it off and back on germs are getting trapped in it so ur breathing in viruses also when it gets damp the virus sticks to it there was a study put into this and it's been proven that masks are useless !!!

[@crystalbeth420]

@@_-Tripster2011-_ the point of masks is protecting you from viruses coming from others and to protect others from germs coming from you. Specifically from your mouth and nose. Masks do work but they don't protect you from all germs as they're not meant to. Please wear a mask and social distance if you can. Thank you.

[@maxhagenauer24]

Wicked is running so fast, this park knows how to do operations. It is like a train just keeps coming out of the tunnel. Well done Lagoon.

[@ejectoraircoasters222]

day 3 of asking for silver tickets to come back

[@dillybob3248]

@@beau_thielen day one of supporting this that is supporting this

[@averynored6249]

@Matthew Sorg day one of supporting this that is supporting this that is supporting this that is supporting this that is supporting this

[@maxhagenauer24]

Congrats on graduating. Your channel is awesome and those cinematic shots are really great. You really got a great talent with off rides and on rides.

[@arjunski]

8:00 sarah.exe has stopped working... ;) Edit: Taylorrrrr, did you edit it outtt lol

[@xxbobsetsfirexx4269]

Wow man! done with college already? guess I've been watching these videos for a while now..Congrats Taylor.

[@StamfordBridge]

Seriously. Feels as if he left for BYU yesterday!

[@limitless.coasterdoc477]

@@StamfordBridge makes me feel so old

[@CoasterRoaster]

Just reading the title, I thought it would be like your La Ronde review lol

[@Ceijonius]

Dude, congrats on your last semester and upcoming commencement!🍾 🎉 I've always enjoyed your posts and look forward to many more creative and wonderful things that you do!✌🏾❤️😁 👊🏾

[@austintayloradt]

Congrats on graduating, brings back memories. My wife was a film major at BYU and I remember sitting in on her classes to watch movies with her when we were dating, good times.

[@DZstudios.]

I liked this Style of Park Reviews and would like to see more of them!

[@ianmiller9664]

Maybe my favorite video I've seen from you yet. Compliments on sharing a little bit more of yourself, taking a stance on a few important issues, and graduating!

[@Tylerhopkins3106]

Absolutely loved your video as someone who has a season pass I have only been three times this year, I have been there on days when the lines are spilling out onto the midways like you showed in your video (in passed years of course) I certainly don't think Lagoon's owners were prepared for a pandemic when they decided to have the lines spill out onto the midway, and to see that you waited an hour for Cannibal tells me they could use some room for improvement great video once again!!!

[@connorcoody3898]

This was a really cool style of video. It was pretty much a vlog with more cinematic shots. Definitely loved this style and think you should continue this!!!

[@willnutt01]

Congrats on almost graduating! I am a freshman in college this year. I remember watching you when you were just a college student doing this as a hobby. Its awesome seeing you come this far! Congrats again Taylor!

[@joelbolton7252]

Great vid and congrats Taylor! It is so frustrating to see parks like this not enforcing better crowd control plans and thus the public acts in a way that makes it seem as of Covid is gone, not enjoyable nor safe. Hoping they take heed of your observations and fix this, we are heading into an even more difficult phase soon. Be safe and enjoy yourself!

[@crowbarmark]

Wow, good job calling them out, too many people are saying "LiVe Ur LiFe" but the park should be responsible with the guests safety, and nice job telling the girls to wear mask properly!

[@TonyKimtheamusementparkfan]

You got to do it at times, you really do

[@kyleenke937]

I have never been to lagoon and love watching your footage of the parks I have not been too. You are amazing at getting those amazing shots.

[@nathanlamoreaux1272]

I'm a senior as well, so I probably won't be renewing my pass either. Thanks for meeting up over the years! Sucks that your last visit was so insanely busy but... low-key glad I wasn't there! lol

[@Cooe.]

Lots of not from Utah Mormon theme park enthusiasts it's seem. Guess it makes sense. Gotta get your kicks/thrills from something when you live in "Happy Valley" xD. I'd need constant shots of adrenaline if I had to live in Provo too.

[@pappaslivery]

We went to six flags NJ a few weeks ago. It was the only big park we could visit from MA without needing to get a test and/or quarantine before coming home. It. Was. Packed. Good thing we got there early. We got two rides on Nitro, one on El Toro, and two on kingda ka. We decided to leave the rest to a later visit, hopefully next year...

[@milesrose4778]

i always thought taylor was still like 17 XD thats how long ive watched this channel lol

[@coasterplusmusic1981]

Congrats Taylor on your last year of college. I see where you’re coming from when you talk about lines spilling out onto the queue. Iby and I just experienced the same exact thing at Knoebels when we went this past Saturday.

[@XscreamThrills]

Congrats on finishing college! Looking forward to whats in store next for you and the channel 👍

[@AirtimeProductions]

Day 2 of asking for a Lil Phantom review (Badger State Coasters told me to take over)

[@SkyrushFanboy]

I had a similar experience at Knoebels two weeks ago. In line for impulse, it spilled way out of the line, so I got footage while I was at it. However they were running ONE TRAIN on a low capacity ride, and the way they had to do distancing on the rides made it so there were sometimes 3 or 4 people in a train. 20 minutes later, an employee came out and said, “from the entrance it’s a 2 and a half hour wait,” so where I was the line would have likely taken almost 4 hours. No thanks lol

[@JMarieCAlove]

Congratulations on your upcoming graduation! I'm very happy for you and your accomplishments! My hubby and I love Utah, we went to Utah three years ago for the first time in early January 2018 and we have visited a few times since, a road trip to Utah and Wyoming, and to see Zion national park, we plan on going again next February during my husband's birthday and then driving to Colorado! At my age, grew up in the 80s! I still love a fun roller coaster! I grew up near Knott's Berry Farm and Disneyland, and went to Six Flags Magic Mountain and went on every ride. It's been a couple of years that I've been to an amusement park. Working, then I fought breast cancer, and I won! Just a busy life right now but I need a Disneyland fix but I heard they're closed still here in California. My hubby isn't into going on roller coasters, bummer! Lol...the other rides he'll go on with me. But I'm waiting to have my niece's visit us here with our family so I can take them to Disneyland, they live in Oklahoma and they love D-land! I would love to visit this amusement park, Lagoon, next time we go to Utah, we saw it when we stayed one night in Farmington, it looks like a fun place! Thank you for sharing! 😁

[@jdh6818]

Haven’t watched a CS vid lately. What’s up Taylor?

[@kentuckiancoasters]

It’s called COVID-19

[@al0742]

He meant Coaster Studios video

[@aperson4547]

College maybe

[@al0742]

@@aperson4547 ?

[@aperson4547]

@@al0742 he is in college rn so maybe he’s busy.

[@maxbuka7402]

It's nuts that you're graduating college man. I have been following you since I was in middle school and now a college freshman. Crazy to think where the time has gone. Hope you're doing well man and wishing you the best of luck.

[@markyoung8398]

I think Shawn at TPW will approve of your lunch choice of Chicken Tenders and Fries lol. On a serious note, it seems to me that as well as poor management of queue lines, they are letting far too many people into the park. I live close to Thorpe Park and I felt the same when they first opened after restrictions. However they have since decreased capacity and it has been better as well as closing queue lines when it is overfilled.

[@prakesh2904]

COngrats on graduating soon, I thought something was wrong with lagoon and i was pretty intrigued, but now I know that it's for a good reason.

[@_lucas_1k_]

Never thought id see a vid like this from you.

[@jessbian3385]

“why arent you wearing your mask properly” Y E E S H that was amazing.

[@dontheking33]

Taylor with a beard looks weird lol

[@shane9245]

BEAR DOWN!

[@jamestropicals8262]

Lol

[@zartig09]

Alton Towers are closing the queues so that they do not spill out, and they have clear social distancing markers. They reopen at random times, and will not open the queues if people are standing waiting for it to open. 8:02 love that there.

[@TheCoasterrus]

I'm liking these laid back vlogs

[@erin.kasper2735]

Impulse at Knoebels got lights on the new trains but I didn’t get to ride this past weekend which was really sad because the line was constantly insane, but it looked amazing at night

[@alantrotter2077]

Great call out about the lines spilling out onto the Midway. I thought it was nuts last year but after visiting a few parks this year I don't see this as a good option for the current environment.

[@jaromsadler]

Was this on Saturday? My family when there on Saturday and we came right as it opened and there were longlines ever were. I think the reason it was so crowded is there were some dance competitions going on.

[@deanos102]

what they have been doing at Alton Towers and Thorpe Park is closing the que once it gets to the start of the proper one, no spilling out then into the walkways

[@slytendencies2669]

Congrats on graduating soon! Good to hear you’re getting a degree in digital cinema. I’m a film major myself. But best of luck to you!

[@reedguzman3689]

Congrats on almost graduating and stuff that’s cool to hear

[@Jason_Maier]

I remember a couple of years ago you were doing those "How fast are operations at 'x' particular park", but I don't recall if you specifically did one for Lagoon?

[@savannahkillinger5406]

Lagoon as far as I know doesn’t have fast pass

[@deliciouszombies2807]

I will say for the most part my visit at kings island was pleasant when it came to masks and social distancing. The only thing is the lines are longer because the coasters are every other row closed. So it almost makes the lines less social distanced by doing it to the coasters. But the day I went when it wasn't too busy it was done well.

[@JamesonThomas24]

I too, grew up on the east coast, and went to Utah for school (BYU lol). Take it from me-enjoy Pizza Pie Cafe, and In-and-out while you can!

[@pproteinc]

Well sir we definitely see the progression from your early years to date with videography. Very dope

[@leareed3749]

SO WEIRD how I was watching content on Lagoon (was my first home park) earlier wondering if you or TPR had any recent footage on the park in pandemic and I now realize you uploaded this when I finished watching old content and took a nap earlier lmao

[@devanplayspiano]

I was at lagoon on Saturday too! It was insane how crowded it was.

[@coasterkeychain6852]

The People attack, The Lagoon Bird stays back, but most importantly, we all want a Mack. Lagoon Mack Hyper Coaster 2023??

[@mrquavers]

Yes But 2023 idk prob 2024/25

[@coasterkeychain6852]

Hopefully

[@utahcoasterenthusiasts]

Never as Lagoon does good at its own inhouse rides.

[@coasterhockygamingboy9549]

They can’t afford one :/

[@williammanthey6763]

Congrats on the upcoming degree! Perfectly suits your talents! Hard to believe I’ve been following you from your start. What year was that?

[@CoasterStudios]

Thank you! I started the channel at the end of 2012 and started posting in early 2013

[@williammanthey6763]

@@CoasterStudios Wow! Seven years already! What do you want to use your degree for? Are you going to keeping Coaster Studios going?

[@scottyjbd]

Hoping to get out to Lagoon before the season ends but only if there is a fast lane option. Once you go fast, you never go back! These lines spilling into the midway is a joke. Never seen anything like it, especially with the switchbacks blocked off.

[@eliasmertens9313]

Congratulations! I’m currently a multimedia production journalism and marketing double major! I’m a sophomore at Drury University in Springfield, Missouri!

[@anonymouscoasterenthusiast]

Your always there the day after I go!!!! I always go a Friday nights during frightmeres lol

[@maxhagenauer24]

11:55 I saw this with Invertigo at KI. They don't use the que line next to it because it brings people closer together. They may be 6 feet apart but only line 1 foot from the people next to them in the other line.

[@CoasterStudios]

This queue doesn’t bring people together though- there aren’t any switchbacks, plus there’s markers in place. Doesn’t make any sense

[@maxhagenauer24]

@@CoasterStudios Then what was the line next to you used for?

[@maxhagenauer24]

@@CoasterStudios Maybe they block it off sometimes so they can have people come out of the line because it makes it look busier. That was a big reason why there were so many people that day because lots of it was Cannibals line right?

[@eliiacovoni2451]

I have been watching since you were in high school and remember you used to be into theater I’m pretty sure. Do you still do that or is it all digital cinema stuff?

[@CoasterStudios]

I don't do anywhere near as much theater as I used to. I still enjoy it, but I don't put in the time into it as much I do other things.

[@kingmike2976]

3:19 a guy on rollercoaster had his phone out

[@more_bumps_ahead]

Curious if your action shots are shot native in 24fps or down converted from a higher sample rate (nerd time)

[@CoasterStudios]

everything in this video was filmed at 24fps

[@more_bumps_ahead]

@@CoasterStudios The only rate to go by imo. Love your footage - best in class!

[@clayson8378]

Revisiting this is crazy... started watching taylor when he was 16. Insane

[@gissneric]

A lot of Californians like me are going to Utah and Lagoon cause California theme parks won't open anytime soon.

[@Quincypoo11]

Hey coaster studios have you ever thought of getting a high speed camera to get higher frame rates. I think it would look amazing.

[@constable012]

I've actually experienced similar phone issues at Great America later in the season for fright fest. Between how busy fright fest gets and the crowds of pre Christmas shopping at gurnee mills I've had a lot of issues with 4G. Perhaps 5G will help this one day soon.

[@blazingfire6344]

Will you do your Prediction on lighting rod closing?

[@anonymouscoasterenthusiast]

During frightmeres they have various characters wandering all the paths and then characters by the haunted houses the clowns are my favorite so much to the point they know who I am

[@annetteslife]

Congratulations on graduating and your new future

[@uprlvl]

Great video and congratulations on your graduation! Also, I see why Utah is spiking with COVID....ridiculousness.

[@Crisyllis27]

Congrats on graduating! Where did you go to college in Utah?

[@markcrooks2455]

Taylor you may not think it now but you'll miss this park in the future. My brother still travels from Orlando to go to Lagoon.

[@Motionfeatures]

That line for cannibal was the same exact one for the day it OPENED

[@imgranth]

9:27 Haha my car was in this video! if I would have known about your channel earlier I would have given you some insider info 🤪

[@zoelunau1810]

Are you on KD's wesite? When i was looking at rides i saw you on Apple Zapple.

[@GameBoyJake]

Hello. How's it going?

[@605coasters]

I was there a little earlier that day with my mom, and we ended up leaving early. The plan was to go to Silverwood, but they got snowed out sadly, so we did Lagoon. And dang was that a horrendously terrible choice. I don't blame the park at all, but man it was just terrible. I don't think the park was designed to handle these kinds of crowds. We waited an hour for Cannibal. The longest I waited when I went back in September was about 15 minutes, it's crazy. I'm still disappointed about that day though. Payed almost $80 for a ticket just to barely do anything. I don't plan on Visiting Lagoon much in the future tbh, especially since I'll be heading to Ohio for college next year, so KI will be my home park. Also, congrats on graduating soon!

[@Cooe.]

Should have done even the basic amount of research before coming my dude... Basically NOBODY pays list price for Lagoon tickets. They are like ≈$50 at ALL local Costco's. And waiting an hour for a park's flagship roller coaster is totally normal at ANY large park during peak season... That doesn't sound particularly "horrendously terrible" at all. You haven't been to many major theme parks before, have you??? O_o

[@605coasters]

@@Cooe. 1. We don't live near the park, so getting ticket at a "local costco" isn't really a feasible option.. 2. Cannibal has better ops than most rides, so it usually only takes maybe 20 minutes max to get through from my experience. 3. I haven't been to any huge parks, but I know wait times are much longer in major parks. However, lagoon has never been an issue for me. And most people said it was more packed than they'd ever seen. So there's that.

[@openroadtravels181]

Congrats on College!!!! Really is very bitter sweet!

[@kareenhill1575]

Don’t think we don’t see that beard coming in Taylor, I SEE YOU !!

[@tooldtovlogwelch7221]

Really loved this video today

[@ThemeParkERT]

Heading there this Friday... Sigh... Hopefully we'll get at least 1 ride on Cannibal (need the cred)

[@ThemePark_Nerdo]

Will you still be riding the new shooting dark ride/roller coaster hybrid when it opens at Lagoon?

[@CoasterStudios]

I’m sure I will at some point!

[@mrknowhere6457]

Its been confirmed to not be a shooting dark ride

[@madihill5300]

An hour for Cannibal doesn’t sound that bad, once I waited 4 1/2 hours for Millennium Force

[@gdhyp3rsqu1d59]

Especially considering about 4 1/2 hours was the wait time when cannibal first opened

[@matthewsouthwell9653]

The pullout of the drop on Wicked looks forceful af 🤤!

[@ClaySilvia]

I haven't seen a line that long for Cannibal since the week it opened, lol.

[@_very]

I miss the magic carpet flat ride they had when I was a kid.

[@TopThrillDolphin]

The narrow queues and midways at Lagoon just aren't meant for social distancing. To get social distancing at a place like Lagoon, they'd have to limit attendance in a way where it's not profitable.

[@steelnole3847]

That was an amazing transition from the Coaster Studios intro to Wicked!! I couldn’t even tell when the cut happened! Congrats on graduating soon. Edit: Great job correcting the women who were wearing their masks wrong!

[@ghostridermax3617]

Jeez it’s freaking packed!!

[@prestigecoasters8067]

Congrats on the degree. That’s cool

[@nerikzniek5922]

Lagoon needs to not let people in the park if their line capacity can’t hold them. I used to work there and this really peeves me. I’m going to call and try to talk to Julie cause this is straight up not safe.

[@brendon9011]

I work at lagoon and Saturday’s there are no capacity limits but every other days there is a limit

[@SunshineStateCoasters]

So basically their saying that COVID-19 doesn’t strike on Saturday’s? That’s just irresponsible...

[@benahrens9062]

Only an hour for cannibal at prime working hours is honestly impressive. I’ve waited well over an hour when it’s pretty calm. But that was also right after its installation

[@anonymouscoasterenthusiast]

Saturdays are always busy I recommend going on Friday nights or weekday during the summer

[@NiminaeOld]

Your footage makes Lagoon look so pretty. I always thought it was a grubby park.

[@jamestropicals8262]

Because he’s an amazing videographer

[@kerricksasaki]

Schooling those girls was hilarious! Yes!!! Congratulations on finishing school!

[@tismejaytee]

Congrats on graduating soon!

[@reptidan]

Congrats on the degree Taylor!

[@chiefbd]

Wow, that place was packed

[@chefjed2897]

Looked like Cannibal had at least a 2.5-3 hour wait, wow. And it was barely an hour.

[@jamesoniris2647]

I would love to hang out with Taylor one of these days. I was gonna meet you when you were originally gonna come to Over Texas and that obviously never happened.

[@WatermelonSniper]

I go the the U, so this is my home park right now.

[@arkitect156]

It does suck that they won't social distance but is it just me or does it seam like lagoon is really upping theming on everything. Some of the rides and places to eat feel like a European park. Like toverland or somethong. Although that does seem to be a trend around the country rn. Like cedar fair and even six flags

[@aaronrumph3291]

Do you have any videos of the actual frightmare stuff that you can share?

[@CoasterStudios]

Here’s a video I did from Frightmares opening night in 2018! kzbin.info/www/bejne/fmTOlmilpdine7s

[@aaronrumph3291]

@@CoasterStudios I was hoping for this year, but I'm assuming they didn't really have much going this year