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". The park was mainly inspired by Walt Disney World in Florida.

The 1980s
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 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 on June 05, 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.

In 1982, Thunder Looper opened, and then the same year FreeFall opened.

In 1984, they added a new area Snow World. In the same year, Princess Sharon's Carousel opened.

In 1985, Icey Mountain Bobs opened.

In 1988, The Warrior and Monster opened, and then the same year, Thunder Looper closed down and later relocated to a traveling fair.

In 1989, Super Duper Double Looper opened. It was the replacement for Thunder Looper.

The 1990s
In 1992, the Future World area opened, along with Future Spin. The Warrior also closed that year and was scrapped.

In 1993, Boomerang opened, as the replacement for the Warrior.

In 1994, the Hollywood World Studios area opened.

In 1997, Hollywood Action Stunt Coaster opened.

In 1999, Super Duper Double Looper closed.

2000s
In 2000, Thunder Looper II opened as the replacement for the Super Duper Double Looper.

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

Kennywood Entertainment era (2007-2022)
TBA

Carwardine Parks second era (2023-present)
In 2023, Thriller II, Looper Animation Studios, and Looper Studios will be opened.

Areas

 * Entrance
 * Action World (formerly Amusement World) (1981)
 * Future World (added in 1992)
 * Kids World
 * Princess World (added in 1983)
 * Snow World (added in 1984)
 * Space World
 * Hollywood World Studios (formerly Hollywood World 2002-2022) (added in 1994)

Restaurants and food stands
TBA

Map
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Trivia

 * The park's main competitors are King Montana Park, and Six Flags Columbia Gardens.
 * On October 1st, 2022, After Larry K. Kooper's son Ronnie Cooper brought back his father's company, Carwardine Parks saw that opportunity and had plans to purchase the park for the second time at the end of the 2022 season, this time they owned part of Looper Entertainment Company, so that they would reopening of Looper Animation Studios and Looper Studios for the 2023 season, which was left untouched and abandoned when Kennywood Entertainment Company acquires the park in 2007, which is located at Hollywood World section of the park. and they gonna rename from Hollywood World back to Hollywood World Studios after the two studios reopened.
 * From 1989 to 1994, Sidewinder was relocated from closed-down Tuscondome (now known as Westerndome), but it was never set up here. The ride was later moved to an amusement park in India and now operates as The Cyclone Loop Coaster.