I just made this account because after reading all these comments I really want to post. I'm really dumbfounded by all the negative comments towards this ride. Being from Toronto, I'm totally excited that we're getting another ride. Yes it seems similar to Behemoth, but I'm more shocked that we're actually getting another amazing coaster so quickly! For years when it was under Paramount, all we would get would be another new ride like Sledgehammer, or Shockwave, other flat rides. The newest coasters being Italian Job and Tomb Raider were less than stellar. Both were fun rides, but compared to Cedar Point or other US parks, we had nothing that was mind blowing or incredibly tall.
It sounds like most people that are complaining about it being too similar aren't even from the Toronto area and are more just jealous that their local park didn't get it. What's all the nonsense about other parks meant to get it like Knotts but instead they gave it to Wonderland? CW has the highest attendance of any seasonal park in North America, even more than Cedar Point. Plus the Canadian economy is much better than the US's right now, just look at the dollar difference. It's a little insulting when people act like giving it to Wonderland was an afterthought. It's very clearly designed for CW, going out into the parking lot and all. Even if it was designed for another park and for some reason that fell through, wouldn't it make more sense to say "oh let's give it to XYZ park as we really need to boost attendance there?" versus "Oh lets give it to Wonderland which already has our highest attendance of any park?"
You also have to realize that 99% of the people on this forum are coaster enthusiasts. To most people, they don't even know what B&M or Intamin are. At work we found out about this because they keep talking about it on the radio with the season pass advertisements. Everyone was freaking out watching the videos of it when we found the site. Not one person complained or said it looks like Behemoth or that they were disappointed, but instead couldn't wait until next year when it's done and were excited that we were getting another huge coaster so soon.
It's also VERY easy for people here to say "Oh they should have went with Intamin" or "they could have spend that $28 million doing this this and this". You need to stop and realize that business doesn't really work like that. I'm sure they went to Intamin and got quotes as well, but maybe it was $30 million for the same coaster. You can't compare the pricing to others in the USA, as this is a different country so there may not be the same laws or supplier relations here.
Any coaster is better than no coaster. Sure I would have liked to see something different, like maybe a flying coaster that's even bigger than Tatsu, something different but I'm not going to complain as Wonderland is finally starting to become a really killer park.