CoasterCanada Posted February 17, 2005 Posted February 17, 2005 8) Has anyone been to any Theme Parks in Canada? ( Paramount Canada's Wonderland Toronto ) - ( Six Flags La Round Montreal ) - ( GalaxyLand Edmonton ) - ( MarineLand Niagara Falls ) 8) I live near Toronto about a 40/min. drive from Paramount Canada's Wonderland. Home of the Great Canadian Mindbuster, The Cliff Hanger and the SledgeHammer. 8)
kenshinmac Posted February 17, 2005 Posted February 17, 2005 I'd love to go to any park... I would hate to think how short the season is for most parks there though.
CoasterCanada Posted February 17, 2005 Author Posted February 17, 2005 Hey CoasterBill... If you're planning to visit some new Theme Parks this year then heres some Canadian links you should visit. http://www.canadas-wonderland.com , http://www.marinelandcanada.com , http://www.laround.com 8)
SharkTums Posted February 17, 2005 Posted February 17, 2005 I've been to PCW and Marineland...I know Robb has also been to La Ronde. I was a little underwhelmed by those two parks, but we still had a great time! Â Elissa "the waterpark at PCW was really cool!" Alvey
CoasterCanada Posted February 17, 2005 Author Posted February 17, 2005 Hey Elissa... I saw your post on your website about your trip to Canada and Buffalo NY. I laffed my ass off. The photo with you guys after being on Cliff Hanger was priceless. That sure is a wet ride Eh? I hope to visit some of United States theme parks this season. 8)
Canobie Fan Posted February 17, 2005 Posted February 17, 2005 I have been to 2 canada parks.. MarineLand and UpperClements? MarineLand is cool but al the rides seem to take a 2 mile walk to get to.. The park has soooo much room yet nothing to do :-\
Rastuso Posted February 17, 2005 Posted February 17, 2005 I did a trip through Canada a few years ago. I haven't been to Marineland in 17 years (good Lord, I can't believe it was that long ago). I really liked Dragon Mountain. Not much else there. Â LaRonde was OK. It has a weird design since it was initially a World's Fair I believe. A few strange statues and fountains, and a very open layout. Â Le Monstre was quite good. One side was very good, the right, I believe. The bad thing about the park was the line jumping. It was atrocious. Tons and tons of teenagers with no respect at all. And the queues were filthy too. I had to line jump myself just to stay where I was supposed to be. We're not talking one or two jumpers, we're talking groups of 8 kids jumping into the line every few minutes. Â Their Dragon family coaster was mild but had neat theming in the dark. And they have a VERY long classic dark ride. I skipped their standup and inverted due to ridiculous lines and throughput. I think LeMonstre and their kiddie Arrow were their only original layout coasters. Everything else was a clone, perhaps the Dragon indoor coaster was unique too. Â Also in Toronto is Centreville park. No coaster, but a very good dark ride. Â Rastus O'Ginga
CoasterCanada Posted February 17, 2005 Author Posted February 17, 2005 Hey Rastuso... Â Ya, Centerville is on the Toronto Island and it has a coaster called the Island Monster but its just a family ride coaster but its a pretty fast ride with lots of fast turns. - La Round used to be the old Expo 67 located in the ride area so thats way there are weird looking statues and fountains. As for the Teenages line jumping, there are now signs posted everywhere that say in french "Not to line jump" with in small print "You Will Get Kicked Out if You Do This". - Your right about Marineland, it takes forever to walk to the good rides. All of the cool rides are way out in the back of the park. I think its beacues they dont want to scare the animals. The place is like a zoo with Bears, Deer & Whales and Fish. I wish they would add a mono-rail in that park. - Next time you visit Toronto, go visit Paramont Canada's Wonderland. Im sure you will like it there. They have over 13 Coasters there. 8)
Rastuso Posted February 17, 2005 Posted February 17, 2005 ^ The coaster at Centreville is powered, so it is notacoaster to me. Â I hit PCWo last around 1991, I think. I mistakenly went there once on Canada Day (D'oh). I also was there for a David Lee Roth concert on a VERY crowded day. I basically just went for the concert, but hoped ot ride something, but didn't. Â The one decent day I was there and got to rid eeverything, I liked the park. This was before the reprofiling of the out and back (Minebuster?), which was pretty good. I remember my excitement to ride my first boomerang too (I now have a permanent moratorium on riding them). I was saddened by the sign for the boomerang, as it looked just like the one for PKI's Bat, which I only ever got to look at. Â This was before Vortex, which I REALLY like. I love the mountain top turnaround. Â One other funky thing there is the log ride. It's the only one I think I've ridden that has true chain lifts like a coaster. Â I co-oped in Niagara Falls USA, so I hit Toronto quite a bit in teh late 80s early 90s. I even got to ride the woodie at the CNE before its destruction! Plus, I was at Crystal Beach on closing day : (. But never rode their dark ride (another D'oh). Â Â Rastus
spike Posted February 19, 2005 Posted February 19, 2005 I'm about 2 hrs. away from Canadas Wonderland ( Woodstock) my all time fav. is Wild beast!!!!!!!! and vortex. I could ride just those 2 all day.
SharkTums Posted February 19, 2005 Posted February 19, 2005 :shocked: Â Maybe it was having a bad day when we were there but Vortex beat the crap out of us! It also just didn't seem to deliver as good of a ride as the one at PKI. Â Elissa "it was cool how it used the mountain though!" Alvey
spike Posted February 19, 2005 Posted February 19, 2005 Its ok, we all have bad days :shock: , Can hamsters really type???
CoasterCanada Posted February 19, 2005 Author Posted February 19, 2005 Ya, the Vortex is a very fast ride but was alot smoooother when it first opened back in 1991. But its themed pretty good with the man made mountain and all. So how can a 23 year old hamster type messages On-Line Eh?
SharkTums Posted February 19, 2005 Posted February 19, 2005 The hamster is much smarter than most! Â Elissa "RatTums just ate a noodle!" Alvey
vertgforces Posted February 19, 2005 Posted February 19, 2005 ive done canada's wonderland- only problem? i was WAY too young and i my only memory was going down one of their slides ata playground there. ive also done marineland several times...but again- too young, only remember the whale show
CoasterCanada Posted February 19, 2005 Author Posted February 19, 2005 PCW - Canada's Wonderland is the only Giant Theme Park in Canada. All the rest of them and pretty small. The Six Flags La Round in Montreal ( The Old Expo 67 ) is pretty big, but not as big as PCW. Marineland in Niagara Falls is a big park but theres not many rides there. 8)
CoasterCanada Posted February 19, 2005 Author Posted February 19, 2005 Heres a cool picture of the Vortex At PCW The Vortex drops off the top on Wonder Mountain. In this photo its looks pretty close from hitting the ground.
BuffaloCoastin Posted February 19, 2005 Posted February 19, 2005 I've been to PCW and Marineland, too. Marineland has a lot of potential for rides, but they seem to only care about animals, which explains why it's been eons since they built a coaster (Dragon Mountain). PCW was a class trip last year, and the lines were pretty bad, I only got on I think 5 coasters, but luckily we're going again this year.
asimowalk Posted February 19, 2005 Posted February 19, 2005 Wow I can't believe I missed this thread. Â Of course I've been to PCW but I never really made it to any other parks around here. Here's one of my favourite picutres. Best picture ever,IMO!
pianojohn Posted February 19, 2005 Posted February 19, 2005 Went to the 1984 ACE Convention at Crystal Beach. Got to ride the Comet about 50 times.
timberterror Posted February 20, 2005 Posted February 20, 2005 I have been to Playland in Vancouver a few times. It's basically a glorified carnival but the Coaster has some killer airtime. There is also a corkscrew there that I believe is a VEKOMA but I'm not sure. It's at least somewhat smooth.
Carnage Posted February 20, 2005 Posted February 20, 2005 One other funky thing there is the log ride. It's the only one I think I've ridden that has true chain lifts like a coaster. Â That log flume has since been removed. I beleive it was removed when Top Gun was built in 1995. Â I live about an hour away from PCW. though in years past I really haven't gone much. Probably once in the last 3 years. But this year I've got a season pass seeing as I'll be hitting PKI later in the summer. So I'll get out there more. Â Vortex really beat me up the last time I rode it as well. Â I've also been to MArineland, but that was many years ago. Not really much to draw me back. Â And I've got tentative plans to get to La Ronde this summer. A freind of mine is going back to Ottawa for a work term, so I'm planning on going up there and then taking a road trip up to Montreal.
asimowalk Posted February 20, 2005 Posted February 20, 2005 People seem to have Vortex high on their Top 10's (well people that have only ridden PCW coasters) but I don't think it's that great. To be honest, Canada has no great coasters but the flats are really cool. Â My favorite coaster would be Wild Beast though it still beats you up (there was some crazy 'jack-hammering' at the bottom of the first drop. It looked like they tried to fix it but then the top of the lift hill was warped )
CoasterCanada Posted February 20, 2005 Author Posted February 20, 2005 PCWFreak... Â You make it sound like Canada has no good roller coasters. But just look at how many coasters Canada's Theme Parks have to offer. - PCW has over 13 Roller Coasters. - Six Flags La Ronde has 7 Coasters. - MarineLand Niagara Falls has 2 Coasters. - Galaxyland Edmonton has 3 Coasters. - PlayLand Vancouver has 3 Coasters. And Many, Many More Canadian Parks. 8) Â Your right about the flat rides. Canada has the coolest flat rides in North America. 8)
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