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I went to the park last Wednesday as a part of a family vacation, I wasn't expecting much (after reading some reviews I was almost scared to go), but the park wasn't as bad as I feared. Goliath is one hell of a ride. Just as good as Behemoth despite being 50 feet shorter. The turnaround had some nice lateral forces, and the last couple hills were pretty good too. The airtime was great. A solid 9 to 9.5 out of 10 for me. Vampire was pretty good as well, it was my first Batman clone, but I had an general idea of what to expect. It was a pretty good ride, the first three inversions were great. The mist at the end also felt pretty good. It was pretty intense, but I don't have many B&M Inverts to compare it to. Monster was something I wasn't expecting much out of. For the most part I was right, but there was one drop that had amazing airtime on it, right before the helix, on the right side of the track (not sure if the left side has it as well). I was not expecting it at all, but it was the one bright spot on the ride. As for the rest, eh. It wasn't painful for me, but it was uneventful. Fun, but not thrilling. 7/10. Boomerang was my third boomerang clone, and it was a bit better than the rest of them, but still, it was just a boomerang. Not too painful surprisingly. 6/10. Cobra was the most painful ride of the day. I think it has a decent layout, but there was quite a bit of head banging. Not to mention the whole ride feels isolated from the rest of the park, the queue line feels like its in an abandoned parking lot. 5/10, and that's being generous. The SLC and the Vekoma (either Vekoma or Arrow) Corkscrew was down for the day. I saw some trains running on the corkscrew, with some people in the line, but apparently it was closed. I didn't bother with Dragon or the Wild Mouse, both had long lines, and I didn't the rides warranted spending 45 minutes waiting for. I didn't get a flash pass, but I think I would have managed to get on all the closed coaster in one day without one, given the lines. Goliath, Vampire and one side of Monstre were running two trains, all the bigger rides were running one. The longest I waited for was 45 minutes on Vampire, but they added the second train when I was halfway through the line. The one thing that this park has going for it is it's amazing setting. The observation tower was down, but from Goliath and Monstre you could see Montreal very well and the old bridges as well. I saw a couple big boats go across the St. Lawerence, you're literally right on the water. The island located does make it a pain to get into though, (coupled with horrendous road construction), but it certainly is unique. Ride operations were bad as expected. The ride ops seemed to lack any enthusiasm for their job, and many rides were understaffed. The boomerang had 1 person running it at one point. It left a bit of a bad taste in my mouth at first, but you get used to it. The only 'nice' employee we met was the guy selling Beavertails (which are delicous BTW). I noticed a lot more arrogant teenagers here than in Canada's Wonderland, but not much line jumping (maybe 3 times in the whole day) or other rule breaking that I feared, but be warned. Overall, the park exceeded my expectations. If you're expecting a French Canada's Wonderland, you'll be disappointed, but La Ronde does have a decent coaster and flat ride selection given the space restrictions, but if the operations got stepped up a notch then the park would be much better. Hope you enjoyed reading my first trip report

Everyone flocks to Flightdeck/Time Warp first thing in the morning, deing at the front of the park and all, so you might want to avoid that section of the park when you get there. The lines die down for it later on in the day. Behemoth will have a decent sized queue most of the day, but it goes by very quickly. From past experiances, crowds die down a bit around closing, but most of the major rides aren't walk-ons. What I do first is head up to Thunder Run, get on The Bat, Shockwave and The Fly, go over to Vortex, then loop around the Children's area for the 2 credits. From there, head into the Medival Fair for Wild Beast, Drop Tower, Nightmares and everything else. From there, I'd go over to Minebuster, SkyRider, and Backlot, then do a loop around Action Zone and end with Time Warp and Flightdeck. The water rides (if you plan on doing them) will have a long line for the better part of the day, especially White Water Canyon, avoid them, unless you really feel the need to go on them. Hope this helped

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^ Thanks for that. I would like to try to get on atleast all the coasters, hopefully some of the flats.

I'm thinking about heading to La Ronde this summer, and I have heard it is a busy park. Would a flash pass be a must have to enjoy La Ronde and ride everything? Also: What is the difference between the Standerd and Gold Flash Passes?

Nice TR, I love the park. Good thing I got a season pass this year, can go whenever I want. Of course, Behemoth is amazing, but other than that, nothing stands out to much. Did you stay till 10, Vortex offers great night rides. I always enjoyed the flats, mainly the Mondial Triple Threat, but they always have such long lines...

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Montu has to be my favourite B&M Inverted ride, great theming, awesome ride, and I went on it in 5 minutes.