Spider (roller coaster)

Spider
Lagoon
Coordinates	40°59′04″N 111°53′42″W / 40.98444°N 111.89500°W / 40.98444; -111.89500Coordinates: 40°59′04″N 111°53′42″W / 40.98444°N 111.89500°W / 40.98444; -111.89500
Status	Operating
Opening date	April 2003 (2003-04)
Cost	USD 3,000,000
General statistics
Type	Steel – Spinning
Manufacturer	Maurer Söhne
Model	Xtended SC 2000
Height	50.83 ft (15.49 m)
Length	1,391.08 ft (424.00 m)
Speed	37.3 mph (60.0 km/h)
Inversions	0
Duration	1:10
Max vertical angle	50°
Capacity	930 riders per hour
Height restriction	46 in (117 cm)
Trains	8 trains with a single car. Riders are arranged 2 across in 2 rows for a total of 4 riders per train.
Spider at RCDB Pictures of Spider at RCDB

The Spider is a steel spinning roller coaster made by Maurer Söhne of Germany. The ride is located at the Lagoon Amusement Park in Farmington, Utah. The Spider was installed at Lagoon in 2003,^[1] but shut down on opening day due to a wheel malfunction. The ride re-opened one week later and has been running regularly since.

The Spider features spinning ride vehicles that can seat two sets of two passengers, facing in opposite directions.^[1] The vehicles feature the name of "The Spider and the Fly" for that was what this coaster was going to be named. During development of this ride, the named was shortened to "The Spider" because of unknown reasons. The spinning vehicles were already painted before the name change, thus has the developing name.

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