Even though these plans were presented to the city council when asking for the necessary zone changes, there was no intention of installing the rides right away. The expanded flume appears to be about twice as long, so it’s possible that one or two drops may have been added to the ride. Part of what would later become Rattlesnake Rapids and the accompanying pond are also shown. Log Flume’s proposed ride extension based on plans for Pioneer Village’s eastward expansion from 1992. The proposed ride paths for the Log Flume and the ride that evolved into Rattlesnake Rapids are shown in blue along with the current ride paths, in purple. A representation of the plan, redrawn from a map provided by Destination Development, Inc.³, can be seen below. At least one version of the plan appears to have been an expansion of the existing Log Flume with a river rapids ride to the north. Plans for an updated Log Flume might have been on the drawing board as early as 1989, but the first specific reference I’ve found was in January 1991.
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News reports of the council meetings often mentioned the park’s master plan consisting of “a log flume, river rapids and mine train.” The obvious reason for an upgrade was that the current ride was “too small and crowded.” On numerous occasions from the late 1980s into the early ’90s, Lagoon approached the Farmington City Council to obtain approval of different uses for recently acquired land east of the park. Log Flume as it appeared on park maps in the ’90s.
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