TR: La Ronde

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Here's a short trip report grona trip to La Ronde I took earlier last week.

 

We arrived at the park around opening, with crowds being fairly light, but getting worse as the day went on. The first ride we hopped on was Vol Ultime, a Funtime STarflyer, which although shorter and sketchier looking than the Mondual Windseeker at Csnada's Wonderland, was more enjoyable and intense than the ride installed in Toronto. After the Starglflyer, we headed to Vampire, a BTR clone, and also my first B&M invert. The ride didn't disappoint, and was intense and smooth, however dispute multiple trains running, the lines were about an hour long due to bad operations.

 

We then ride a few water rides to cool off from the heat, and then headed over to Orbit, an S&S space shot built over the lake in the center of the park, and was relocated from Action Park in NJ. The ride has a very forcefull launch, and hanging there literally floating above the lake was quite unnerving, especially considering that the ride had been located from a park where six people had died. Despite the ride's sketchy reputation, I enjoyed it, however by the time I'd gotten off the ride, the line had grown extremely long, and we passed on a second ride.

 

Finally, we headed over to the other side of the park, and rode Gioliath, a smaller, but still amazing B&M hyper that has some interesting elements, including a double down into the break run." Once again however, we were not able to get a second ride, this time due to a power blackout across the city that shut down the park, and ended our day at the park. Despite the long lines and the shutting of the park early, we managed to ride all we wanted, and overall had a good visit.