TR -Canada's Wonderland July 21

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Just a short TR - Sorry no photos.....

 

We arrived at the park at 9:55 - just before it opened to the public. I had my step-sister - a rollercoaster newbie ( at age 17 if you can imagine)) with me. As soon as they let us past a very sad version of a rope-drop, we headed right for the Italian Job. I don't know what it is, but I really enjoy this ride. It is not a record breaker, but just fun. The launch was okay, but the tunnel at the end rocked - it seemed that we were out of control. My sis - loved it! - not a bad first coaster experience.

 

We then headed to the Mighty Canadian Mine Buster. Not so mighty anymore. I have been on it a lot over that past 25 years and the re-tracking for the water park is just wrong. A lot of the air time moments of the past were wasted with flat sections - the only good part is that the ride was running fairly smooth and was not a Rib-Buster like I remembered (a little bouncing around is good though). At this point, I thought the park was going to be busy so we headed for Vortex (arrow - suspended). When we got there, we found a third ride that was virtually a walk-on. This is unheard of at PCW in July.

 

Vortex - What can I say- a great ride as usual. The only thing that gets me about this is that it hits the brake run at full tilt. I mean, this coaster could easily be double its length! Maybe they'll extend it in the future (yeah right, I wish). At this point my Sis had been on three pretty good rides for a coaster newbie. We then went to the Fly!

 

The Fly is a giant Wild Mouse. It was fun, but the ride ops couldn't keep up. At one point, all the cars were stacked *8 in total* and there was nothing running the track. All in all, an okay ride.

 

We then went to the vekoma kiddie-bashing machine - The Silver Streak. Again, the first suspended ride for her - kind of training for TOP GUN (SLC) - which she didn't ride and I couldn't be bothered either (I already had that credit).

 

We went to the ghoster coaster - a fun kiddie woodie. If you choose to ride this one, go for the back - it packs a surprising punch and you get a fair bit of pull over the hills (AIR Time!) I know its a kiddie coaster, but it is pretty good. I looked at my watch after this ride (5th of the day) and it was only noon! - I couldn't believe it. We then headed for my favourite ride - the Wild Beast!

 

The wild beast was incredibly smooth and again this year, they were not using the trim brakes. The curve above the station appeared to have a steeper bank than before (was it retracked?) and it was running incredibly fast. After the last turn, we spent more time out of our seats than sitting - the air time was incredible. Now I know this is not a huge coaster, but I believe it is the best we have - I still like it, even after some of the larger faster rides.....

 

We finished the day at Dragon Fire - an arrow double loop with a counter-clockwise double corkscrew - the only one in north america (or so I've been told). My sis was petrified, but she went anyway. Again I remember this as a rougher ride with a lot of head banging - but not this time. It seemed faster and smoother than the past. It was fun again!

 

So the day ended with a couple of hours in splashworks and we left the park at 4:00pm - only 6 hours later and a start to my sister's credit list. Thanks for reading and I'll hopefully have some pics from the Dells in a couple of weeks....

 

David "I have no quote" Taylor