Montana's Fantasyworld

Montana's Fantasyworld is an amusement park in Helena, Montana. Opened in 1981 by Larry K. Cooper's company, Looper Entertainment Company. It was billed as "Montana's largest amusement park". inspired by Walt Disney World in Florida.

Looper Entertainment Company era (1981-2001)
In the late 1970s, Designer, Larry K. Cooper got the idea of building Montana's Fantasyworld after a visit to Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, Florida. He hired a bunch of engineers to help build their own park.

And even build Montana's Fantasyworld Hotel, which was located right next to the park.

After a few years in the making, Montana's Fantasyworld was opened to the public along with the hotel in 1981.

When it opened in 1981, it featured four roller coasters:


 * The Shooting Star, a Schwarzkopf Shuttle Loop coaster with a flywheel launch,
 * The Black Hole, a Schwarzkopf Jumbo Jet coaster that was enclosed,
 * The Backyard Coaster, an Intamin Children's Roller Coaster model with Jr. Gemini (now Wilderness Run) layout, and
 * Montana's Thriller a William Cobb wooden coaster was a mirror-image version of the original Euclid Beach Park's Thriller.

In the same year when the park opened, the park officials watched the Princess Diana wedding on TV. They decided to create two new original characters for the new area of the park, the two original characters were, Princess Sharon and Prince Reginald.

The name of the new area of the park is Princess World, which was added two years later.

Carwardine Parks era (2001-2007)
In 2001, Carwardine purchased the park from LEC.

Kennywood Entertainment era (2007-present)
TBA

Areas

 * Entrance
 * Action World (formerly known as Amusement World) (1981)
 * Future World (added in 1992)
 * Kids World
 * Princess World (added in 1983)
 * Snow World (added in 1984)
 * Space World
 * Hollywood World (added in 1994)

Restaurants and food stands
TBA

Map
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Trivia
The park's main competitors are Billings' Wild Kingdom and Six Flags Columbia Gardens.