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The Puff The Little Dragon roller Coaster at Lagoon Amusement Park, Farmington, Utah

Deep in the heart of Lagoon's Kiddieland is a very rare ride...a kids coaster designed by the great Anton Schwarzkopf...Puff: The Little Fire Dragon.

Puff The Little Dragon roller Coaster at Lagoon Amusement Park, Farmington, Utah

Puff: The Little Fire Dragon was added to Lagoon in 1985 and the "little fire dragon" is a reference to Lagoon's big coaster at the time Colossus: The Fire Dragon. It was built by Zierer but Anton Schwarzkopf after his business went under (he was a better designer than businessman) did the design work on this cute little coaster for Zierer.

If you look at stuff like the wheel assemblies and the supports and compare them to some of Anton's designs then it becomes really obvious who designed Puff.

Puff has an oval layout with a nice little straightaway with a few little hills. Lagoon sends you around three times during your ride and it is a great little coaster for those "Dragon's" not big enough to handle the "Fire Dragon".

Beavertails at Lagoon Amusement Park, Farmington, Utah

One cannot exist on coasters and rides alone. Neither does a great day at a park exist without some sort of tasty morsel to keep the coaster enthusiast speed walking from ride to ride. Thankfully for us Lagoon is one of the very few locations of a very tasty Canadian treat: The Beavertail.

A Beavertail is a flat bread that is fried, then covered in cinnamon, topped with a Nutella like substance and then covered with your choice of additional toppings. Heavenly is an appropriate word to use to describe the taste. Please Beavertails your neighbors to the south desperately need more of your locations here.