Montana's Fantasyworld

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

History
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.

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

When it opened in 1981, it features three roller coasters


 * The Shooting Star is a Schwarzkopf Shuttle Loop coaster with a flywheel launch,
 * The Backyard Coaster is 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.

Areas

 * Entrance
 * Action World
 * Future World (added in 1992)
 * Kids World
 * Princess World (added in 1983)
 * Snow World (added in 1984)
 * Space World
 * World of Hollywood (added in 1994)

Trivia
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