Canada's Wonderland Discussion Thread

[mightypotato]

I have to live up to my Geography degree somehow and maps are strictly Monday-Friday

 

You clearly don't spend enough time in the Magellan Lab (lol, UW geography).

 

I know I'm taking the day off work for the opening of Behemoth. A "sick day" if you will.

[Carnage]

I've never been to Pass Holders night, instead I always just wait until Opening Day. From what I've heard you get better crowds on opening day (or the following few sundays after that) than you do on the Passholder night.

 

I've been on the Sunday of opening weekend with little to no crowds.

 

Though if you feel like braving season pass preview, do yourself a favor and process your season pass a couple weeks before the park opens. If you plan on getting your pass processed on preview night, that line will be longer then Behemoth's.

[thecoasterkid]

^ I've done the same thing. I find Sundays (especially the morning) in May and June to be a great time to visit the park. I'll usually do a power trip around the park in 2-3 hours hitting anything that doesn't have a line and taking pictures as I go. It's nice and peacful and really reminds me of why I like theme parks.

[Screamomatic]

hey matt damon lol

 

 

Ya, I think the first friday it's open early in may i'm skipping school and me and my buddies will hit up behemoth.

 

I definatly want to see the trains arrive, and warm weather.

[clewis4u]

A train is now at CW. No pictures yet, however. No word on whether all trains are there or not, but one train is at the park.

[clewis4u]

No, this is not a picture of a train. This is a picture of the ride taken from a distance. I found it on flickr. http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2408/2275884541_fbf696d7fc_o.jpg

[jazzimm]

I'll probably also be skipping school for preview night.

I really hope it's not too freezing that night... that would suck, but knowing my friends and I it would be hillarious.

[clewis4u]

That's right Americans. It's 58.3 fahrenheit outside right now. Brrr, frigid Canadian winter. Mah iglooz' a meltin'! Just 52 days until Behemoth riding time! I really hope it's not cold too.

[kraken613]

I cant wait until someone gets pictures of the train! They are going to be pretty interesting!

[thecoasterkid]

^^ You pick the one nice day in over a month that we've had to make that post. I'll own up to the fact that we had the most snow for the month of february in Toronto on record this year. Atleast I'm pretty sure I heard that...could be wrong, probobly am. It was definitely -17 for 2 consecutive days last week though, plus add the wind chill on top of that.

[Brother Jay]

^^ You are correct. Not sure if that last snowfall put us over the 5 feet mark or not, but we were just shy of 5ft for just Feb. (waiting for the sun to come out again)

[clewis4u]

A train is NOW ON THE TRACK! Pictures should be coming soon.

[Cyber.Fiber]

I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR 4 DAYS NOW TO HEAR THIS!

[clewis4u]

Testing will begin next week. Hopefully pictures coming soon. I've been patiently waiting.

[Carnage]

^ Only if the weather improves I figure.

 

The pull through should start soon regardless though.

[clewis4u]

Thanks to "pcwnut" on CWMania!

 

An overview first:

 

http://i233.photobucket.com/albums/ee300/pcwnut/DSCN3126.jpg

 

Trains:

 

http://i233.photobucket.com/albums/ee300/pcwnut/DSCN3109.jpg

http://i233.photobucket.com/albums/ee300/pcwnut/DSCN3110.jpg

http://i233.photobucket.com/albums/ee300/pcwnut/DSCN3111.jpg

http://i233.photobucket.com/albums/ee300/pcwnut/DSCN3120.jpg

 

Closests shots he could get:

http://i233.photobucket.com/albums/ee300/pcwnut/DSCN3121.jpg

http://i233.photobucket.com/albums/ee300/pcwnut/DSCN3122.jpg

http://i233.photobucket.com/albums/ee300/pcwnut/DSCN3124.jpg

http://i233.photobucket.com/albums/ee300/pcwnut/DSCN3125.jpg

[clewis4u]

It does appear that the water dummies are in place. These pictures are great, however, hopefully soon we can get some that are closer.

[RBOrrell]

Yeah, but Florida is bigger than the bottom part of the Hudson Bay, so America wins for having a bigger penis than Canada

 

I never thought of that one!

 

 

 

I tend to skip season pass night on years when we get new coasters. When the Italian Job opened the lines were horrendous that night, breakdowns and undertrained staff made for a 2-3 hour line. Opening day is pretty good if you get there right when the gates open, or go on friday nights when the park is dead.

 

^Shawn I hope you are up for a mad dash to Behemoth on opening day!

(p.s I have to live up to my Geography degree somehow and maps are strictly Monday-Friday, don't make me change your address point to somewhere in the arctic!)

 

Try this.....

 

Take a map of Ontario and rotate it 90 degrees so that west is at the top (ie. Windsor/Detroit should be at the top). Now look at the map and you should see that the southern Ontario land-mass now looks like an elephant. Now find the city of Owen Sound on the shores of Georgian Bay at the base of the Bruce Peninsula (the elephant's tale). Proof positive that Owen Sound is an elephant's a$$hole. My wife is from that area, she hates this experiment.

[clewis4u]

FOLKS! The pull through HAS STARTED! Thanks to 'greghill' and 'Timghill' on CWMania!

 

Getting ready for the pull through:

http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii6/Greg_hill_photos/100_1070.jpg?t=1205265772

http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii6/Greg_hill_photos/100_1068.jpg?t=1205265944

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2334/2326590917_3b55ebc27d_o.jpg (what a SEXY train!)

 

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2180/2326591399_73cb073604_o.jpg (pic of the whole ride)

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3224/2326588843_34945198e2_o.jpg (workers on top of the lift hill)

[kraken613]

^

WOW those trains look awsome! Better than I expected!

[Guy T. Koepp]

Are those two dudes peeing off the edge of the track in that third picture?

[307]

Wow! Those trains sure do look like trains!

[dandaman]

Are those two dudes peeing off the edge of the track in that third picture?

 

"Think we needed that part?"

 

"Nah, they're Canadian. They'll adapt to it."

[clewis4u]

Wow! Those trains sure do look like trains!

It was just the first car, but you know what I meant anyways. Doesn't matter now, the car is once again reattached to the rest of the train.

[clewis4u]

Behemoth is now testing. The train is apparently going slow through the helix, but doesn't slowness happen with all first tests? Take Led Zeppelin: The Ride for example.