shesaidboom Posted May 5, 2007 Share Posted May 5, 2007 shesaidboom and 307 go to Canada's Wonderland Season Passholder Preview Night, part one of one, because it would be pretty lame to have more than one part for a visit that lasted under three hours!!! Wonderland had it's season passholder night tonight [though I bet the title of the TR didn't give you a hint about that], and naturally - we were there, nitpicking every little thing and generally being nerdy coaster douchebags! And now, we're here to tell you all about it! There were surprisingly few changes to the park... although Nikki didn't expect anything to change, so I guess there were surprisingly many changes. The rumour of Cedar Fair taking over the park solely to cut down all of the trees proved to be partially true, as basically anywhere where there had been a large collection of trees was now semi-treeless. Also, there was an exorbant amount of garbage cans, I guess because so much trash enters the park on a daily basis. Before we begin, I would like to use this time to mourn a fallen comrade. Wild Beast, at one time I felt you were a great coaster, full of rough air and general whoopee. But now, you've been neutered as per the request, I can only assume, of Bob Barker! It's quite sad that one of my favourite coasters now runs worse than Minebuster, but I will always remember the good times we had, and never tarnish your memory further by riding you again. HUHUHU BAI One more picture of Vortex, because it's the best thing left in the park. The sky... THROUGH THE TREES. LOOK WHAT I CAN DO LOOK WHAT I CAN DO SNORETEX When Wonderland announced the addition of Coasters, I thought it would be a sit-down diner, not just another "pay at the counter and find your own damn seat" place. Weak! She is adamant that she was joking, and made it up to me with a TWO RATCAGE shot! True love! Nikki spent the whole time trying to get me to ride this piece of crap, but I had to PUT MY FOOT DOWN. Top Gun is a pretty photogenic ride, as we demonstrate here in this obviously overdone shot that everyone has a picture of. PARAMOUNT Theatre?! Put down the lazy! Dragon Fire got a semi-new paintjob, as the rails were painted yellow, and the track was a lighter [and more disgusting] shade of the green. Problem is, large chunks of the ride still had the old paint on it... and the colours clashed pretty bad. NITPICK. It must be awesome to be a squirrel at Wonderland, free park food all the time! Score! Hey dumbass, get with the times! Silver Streak is what Top Gun wishes it could be: Bananas!Q Well, to be quite frank, we don't care. Here's more nitpicky crap! Does it count as an oversight if Cedar Fair still has the Paramount license? Hmmm... isn't Cedar Fair aligned with Pepsi? Alert the press. Two new bone-chilling attractions for 2007! Fence: The Ride and Attack of the Garbage Cans! Check out that corroded track on the top of the hill! DUDE, GRODY. First crooked lift hill picture of the season!!! We decided to be annoying and take pictures of a bunch of things still branded as "Paramount". HERE IS ONE OF THEM. EWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW etc This is probably the best "randomly point your camera at something and click without looking" picture ever. We didn't go on SkyRider, because we were too busy buying rubies. Vortex is still awesome, even with giant clouds of mosquitos scattered throughout it's circuit! Wonder Mountain is still good - but apparently Cedar Fair has something against Canadian patriotism! The Canada flowers have been destroyed! THRILLS ARE PARAMOUNT. TRASH CANS ARE NOT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carnage Posted May 5, 2007 Share Posted May 5, 2007 Nice TR. Was Minebuster running any smoother? I thought I saw some fresh wood on it when I was there to process my pass. But couldn't see for sure. I don't put much faith in Cedar Fair fixing that jackhammering on the third hill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nitral Posted May 5, 2007 Share Posted May 5, 2007 You will see me working there soon. I'm working at the Go-Karts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mightypotato Posted May 5, 2007 Share Posted May 5, 2007 I feel your pain about Wild(e) Beast. The first time I went on it, I loved it and rode it over and over again. The years have passed since then and they have not been good to the old coaster. The last time I went on it on Hallowe'en, it was possibly the roughest coaster I had ever been on. Unless they do something to fix it, I probably won't be going back on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meteornotes Posted May 5, 2007 Share Posted May 5, 2007 Hearing about the tree removal is a bummer. I only visited the park once, and thought it had one of the largest collections of "ride once for the credit" coasters outside of PKI, but the park was really nice with lots of trees and good landscaping. It's a shame if that has to go away to make more room for concrete and trash cans. dt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IwantRevenge Posted May 5, 2007 Share Posted May 5, 2007 Great TR, It's pretty cool have they have an enterprise with 2 seast in each gondela...that pretty rare. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shockwave Posted May 5, 2007 Share Posted May 5, 2007 Great photos Nikki. Haha, I can't believe I'm gonna be at that place in less than 3 weeks! Hopefully there will still be a few trees left by then. I think I'll be hitting 300 on one of their coasters, so I better make it a really bad one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SharkTums Posted May 5, 2007 Share Posted May 5, 2007 ^Tom, that won't be hard at that park! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shockwave Posted May 5, 2007 Share Posted May 5, 2007 ^Womb Raider it is then! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hemmy Posted May 5, 2007 Share Posted May 5, 2007 At least that togo didn't take any lives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niiicolaaah Posted May 6, 2007 Share Posted May 6, 2007 God, I hate that path. It's so pointless. Great TR... no trip report from wonderland is complete without those disgusting mutant fish! BTW... I think they add the Canadian flag begonias in June or something... when I visited the park last May they had those same weird color flowers you guys saw, then later in the year they had the Canadian flag up. Oh well. And UGH to Dragon Fire's new paint job! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thecoasterkid Posted May 6, 2007 Share Posted May 6, 2007 ^ You're right, the flag is never up in time for opening...I have pictures if you really want proof, but I'm too lazy at the moment. I'm still debating at the moment whether I want to go on my own for opening day tomorrow or not. I usually head up there by myself for a few hours to get some early season rides in and take lots of pictures, but I left my camera at the office on friday. Plus, at only 14 degrees it won't be the warmest day. I may just wait a week. I'm surprised to see all the Paramount stuff still around. Other than the park logo change and all the trash cans there really doesn't seem to be any other changes. Coasters looks pretty neat though, I'll most likely check it out for lunch on my first visit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niiicolaaah Posted May 6, 2007 Share Posted May 6, 2007 I was thinking of heading to the park tomorrow after work, but nobody wants to go with me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coastrfreak2000 Posted May 6, 2007 Share Posted May 6, 2007 Did you notice the "Thrills are Paramount" store is now "Thrills are Wonderland"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
307 Posted May 6, 2007 Share Posted May 6, 2007 Nice TR. Was Minebuster running any smoother? I thought I saw some fresh wood on it when I was there to process my pass. But couldn't see for sure. I don't put much faith in Cedar Fair fixing that jackhammering on the third hill. It was certainly smoother than Wild Beast, but we also were sitting in the middle seat of the car so were shielded from the bone-jarring vibrating that we witnessed those in front of us dealing with. Based on those visuals, I'm going to go out on a limb and say "It's smoothER, but still not smooth enough to wear false teeth on." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
307 Posted May 6, 2007 Share Posted May 6, 2007 Did you notice the "Thrills are Paramount" store is now "Thrills are Wonderland"? Hahahaha no, I did not, but that is AWESOME. Oh yeah, one other thing we didn't mention: Dragon Fire and Vortex now have seatbelts. Talk about your BS moves!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyblackjack Posted May 6, 2007 Share Posted May 6, 2007 Carnage it will depend weather Cedar Fair plans on keeping the ride they are smoothing out Timberwolf at Worlds of Fun. I will let you all know how well that is coming along after Coaster Mayhem later this month when I get to ride it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coastercrazed49 Posted May 6, 2007 Share Posted May 6, 2007 Nice Trip report. Would that park be worth a side trip if i were near there, becasue it doesnt look like there are to many good rides. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c0@ster Posted May 6, 2007 Share Posted May 6, 2007 ILC! (i love Canada) Good trip review! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shesaidboom Posted May 6, 2007 Author Share Posted May 6, 2007 ^^ If you're already going to be in the area I'd say it's worth a stop. There's nothing really great, and some of it is truly horrible [like Tomb Raider], but there are a few okay roller coasters and some good flats, and we usually manage to have a good time when we're there I think it was Dave who said that it has one of the largest collections of 'ride once for the credit' coasters. This describes it pretty well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
307 Posted May 6, 2007 Share Posted May 6, 2007 ^^ If you're already going to be in the area I'd say it's worth a stop. There's nothing really great, and some of it is truly horrible [like Tomb Raider], but there are a few okay roller coasters and some good flats, and we usually manage to have a good time when we're there I think it was Dave who said that it has one of the largest collections of 'ride once for the credit' coasters. This describes it pretty well. I agree. It's good for a day stop and worth some credits... Vortex is definitely worth a spin! But it's not something that will probably leave you dying to return, unless you like mediocre rides, bad operations and tons of people. I got snubbed on the main page of TPR No mention of me! I did the report, too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asimowalk Posted May 6, 2007 Share Posted May 6, 2007 Minebuster's re-tracking will went well. The ride is re-ridable again... but then again, there's only like one airtime spot. And yeah, the flowers have always been like that. I think the flag is done by Victoria Day. Let's just hope this American company knows what a maple leaf looks like And I still find this kinda funny... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbalvey Posted May 6, 2007 Share Posted May 6, 2007 I got snubbed on the main page of TPR No mention of me! I did the report, too! Yeah, sorry. Didn't do it on purpose. Everyone will see both your names once they click on the link. Just be happy you guys made it on the front page! --Robb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingOfNynex2003 Posted May 6, 2007 Share Posted May 6, 2007 Cedarfair should really change a lot of the stuff in the park but it doesn't matter to me because I'll probably go to Wonderland when I have kids of my own. btw great photos! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
307 Posted May 6, 2007 Share Posted May 6, 2007 I got snubbed on the main page of TPR No mention of me! I did the report, too! Yeah, sorry. Didn't do it on purpose. Everyone will see both your names once they click on the link. Just be happy you guys made it on the front page! --Robb Oh hey I'm not unhappy about that! It's always cool to see something we wrote on the front page! Hopefully we'll make it there again before the year is through Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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