La Ronde Trip Planning Questions

[CPFanBoy]

So I'm going to La Ronde next week. It's my first time at the park so I have some questions:

 

1. Is it popular? Will I have any lines?

2. What should I expect from the park? Good? Bad?

3. Is there a specific order I should do the rides? I'm thinking using the back entrance, riding Goliath first, and going from the back to the front of the park.

4. Do any coasters have single rider lines?

 

Thanks

[larrygator]

expect big crowds and horrendous operations.

[beatle11]

Get the flash pass.

[rcdude]

I've only been once, but from what I've heard my experience is pretty typical of La Ronde visits.

 

1. Absolutely. If you want to get on everything in one day, you MUST purchase a Flash Pass. On my visit, it took me about six hours just to get all 8 credits done (Boomerang was down and the kiddie requires a child), and that was with ERT on two of them and a Gold Flash Pass. Expect lines of 45 minutes to 2 hours for the headliners and lines of 30 to 45 minutes for everything else. Also, even with a Flash Pass expect a 30 minute wait once you've joined the queue (particularly for Monstre and Ednor).

 

2. Expect a good, but not great, mega coaster, a very good Batman, mediocre to awful coasters, an average collection of non-coaster rides, and some of the worst operations you will find at any park.

 

3. If you are not purchasing a Flash Pass, start at Ednor and go clockwise. If you are purchasing a Flash Pass, do everything that does not have a Flash Pass queue BEFORE you purchase it, especially Toboggan Nordique (on my visit, the line grew from 5 minutes to an hour in the amount of time it took to ride).

 

4. Not that I am aware of.

 

Honestly, go in with low expectations and expect long lines, then make the best of it. The park is not the worst out there, but even by Six Flags standards it's not very good.

[CPFanBoy]

Thanks for the honesty. Well I'm kind of bummed now and I'm definitely considering the flash pass idea.

Are the wait times long because there are a lot of people in the lines or because the operations are really bad?

[larrygator]

Are the wait times long because there are a lot of people in the lines or because the operations are really bad?

 

Both of these factors cause long waits.

[CPFanBoy]

Get the flash pass.

Thanks for the advice, man. The lines were incredibly long, so the $45 for the Gold flash pass was well worth it.