The One Park You Should Attend This Year
2024. A new year, a new start. To many coaster enthusiasts, a new year means a time to start planning their park visits for the year. Some 2024 trips are obvious--Cedar Point for Top Thrill 2, Dorney Park for Iron Menace. But what if I told you that the number one park you should not miss this year is a place you probably have never even heard of? Lost Island Theme Park is located in Waterloo, Iowa. This brand-new park--it opened in 2022--is full of immersive storytelling, unique rides, friendly employees, and offers a great value. It is not to be missed! Lost Island is the brainchild of the Bertch family. Since 2001, they have owned and operated the Lost Island Waterpark in Waterloo. The natural evolution after the sucess of the waterpark was to build an amusement park. Construction began in 2019, the park opened in 2022, and their star roller coaster, Matugani, opened in 2023. It's not often that a ground-up theme park is built in the United States. The big boom of America's