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Behemoth

Behemoth is a steel roller coaster at Canadas Wonderland in Vaughan, Ontario, Canada. It is a Hypercoaster designed and developed by Swiss manufacturer, Bolliger Mabillard. Behemoth was the tallest and fastest roller coaster in Canada until 2012 when Leviathan, a roller coaster also manufactured by Bolliger Mabillard, was built at the opposite side of Canadas Wonderland, claiming these titles. Behemoth is similar to Diamondback, Goliath and Nitro . After a year and a half of preparation and development, Behemoth premiered in May 2008. With its high speeds, tall heights and rapid changes in both direction and elevation, the attraction is one of the most aggressive thrill rides in the park. Behemoth also has a high hourly passenger throughput – making it one of the most efficient rides in the park. The ride features a prototype seating arrangement to ensure an unobstructed view for every rider – a first for a roller coaster of this type. The Behemoth experience lasts for approximately three minutes and subjects the rider to a maximum speed of 124 km/h achieved in less than 3.9 seconds followed by five air-time hills, a hammerhead turn and two helixes.

Dragon Fire

Dragon Fire is a steel roller coaster located at Canadas Wonderland in Vaughan, Ontario, Canada. It was manufactured in 1980, but it was opened when the park made its debut in 1981 under the name Dragon Fyre until it was later renamed. It was one of the four original coasters at Canadas Wonderland. The ride is built at the east end of the park in the Medieval Faire section. It is located adjacent to the parking lot, so it is one of the first coasters that is seen. The coaster has a green and yellow track with purple support poles. Since the removal of Drachen Fire from Busch Gardens Williamsburg, Dragon Fire is also the only Arrow Dynamics coaster in existence to have counter-clockwise turning corkscrews. Dragon Fire was designed to operated with three trains, which is made evident by the fact that the ride has a set of safety brakes following the corkscrews and before the helix. However, due to the rides short duration, it would be very difficult for the ride staff to load a train in the station without having one train stop in the middle of the ride. Because of this, Dragon Fire never used its third train. In 1987, the third train was modified for use on The Bat. Leviathan, which was constructed for 2012 season, towers just above Dragon Fire dwarfing it by 228 feet.

Flight Deck

Flight Deck is a steel inverted roller coaster located at Canadas Wonderland in Vaughan, Ontario, Canada. It originally opened in 1995 under the name Top Gun until it was renamed in 2008 to Flight Deck, after Paramount Parks sold Wonderland to Cedar Fair which necessitated the gradual removal of all Paramount names and trademarks from the theme park. The roller coaster is based on the 1986 film Top Gun, and the ride is meant to simulate the feeling of riding in an F-14 fighter jet. The ride is themed heavily after the movie with various props alongside the line-up including models of the F-14 aircraft, hangars, radar installations, army trucks, and informational posters about the making of the movie. Since its early inception, the ride has been known as the flagship ride in the park, finally losing that distinction to Behemoth in 2008. When Vekoma announced the Vekoma SLC 689m Standard, Paramount had cancelled their plans with Bolliger Mabillard to make an inverted coaster to go on the land where Behemeth currently stands on due to Cedar Points contract on having no BM inverted coaster in the 200 mile radius of a Cedar Fair park. Canadas Wonderland clocked to 198 miles from Cedar Point, so the custom invert was cancelled and the SLC was put in place. The ride was built where "Zumba Flume" was once located. The "Top Gun" movie theme was a shift in the design of the park. The ride no longer was themed to match the "land" in which it was situated. The ride has had many breakdowns which include seats and chain lift failure. There have been a couple of accounts where the train has been stuck on the lift hill with people on the ride.

Ghoster Coaster

Ghoster Coaster, is a junior wooden coaster located at Canadas Wonderland whose name was shortened to just "Ghoster Coaster" for the 2010 season, as part of the transition to Planet Snoopy. Ghoster Coaster opened, along with the entire park, on May 23, 1981. It was one of the four original roller coasters to open with the park. The other three were Dragon Fire, the Wild Beast, and the Mighty Canadian Minebuster. All three wooden coasters were designed by Curtis D. Summers and built in-house by the Taft Broadcasting Company. Some sources claim Philadelphia Toboggan Company built these coasters, but PTC stopped building coasters in 1979. Ghoster Coaster was awarded ACE Coaster Classic status, but that status has since been rescinded as a result of recent changes to the coaster. Planet Snoopy at Canadas Wonderland website. Retrieved on 2009-01-27. Baldwin, Timothy; Seifert, Jeffrey . Guide to Ride 2000. Mission, Kansas: American Coaster Enthusiasts. p. 27. ISBN 0-9703987-0-0.  Rutherford, Scott . The American Roller Coaster. Osceola, Wisconsin: MBI Publishing. p. 12. ISBN 0-7603-0689-3.  "ACE Coaster Classic". American Coaster Enthusiasts. Retrieved August 26, 2012.

International Street

International Street is a themed area at Canadas Wonderland theme park in Vaughan, Ontario. Similar to the Main Street, U.S.A. sections of Walt Disney Parks and Resorts, it acts as an entrance way to the park. The street ends at Wonder Mountain, a visual landmark for navigating through much of the park. A similar format is used in Kings Island and Kings Dominion theme parks. In each instance, the International Street section was created while the park was owned by Kings Entertainment Company, then transferred to Paramount Parks, and finally to the current owners, Cedar Fair Entertainment Company. The street features buildings with themes of alpine, Scandinavian, Latin American, and Mediterranean cultures. A long fountain stretches the full length of the street, leading to a man-made mountain that features dive shows called; Victoria Falls High Divers. An amphitheatre features regular shows with local casts and occasional guest performers. In early promotions, International Street was billed as "a feast of cultures, rich and satisfying", featuring foods not often found in theme parks, like shrimp, paella, and smoked sausage. Over the years, retail outlets have moved to more generic kinds of merchandise and well-known Canadian fast food formats.

Leviathan

Leviathan is a steel roller coaster in the Medieval Faire section of the park at Canadas Wonderland in Vaughan, Ontario, Canada. It is the first roller coaster made by Swiss manufacturer Bolliger Mabillard to exceed a height of 306 feet, putting it in a class of roller coasters commonly referred to as giga. At 5,486 feet long, 306 feet tall, and with a top speed of 92 miles per hour, Leviathan is the tallest and fastest roller coaster in Canada. As of 2015, Leviathan is ranked as the eighth-tallest, and the eighth-fastest roller coaster in the world, and the third-tallest traditional lift-style coaster in the world. It was the 16th roller coaster to be built at Canadas Wonderland, and the rides track was completed in February 2012, with the first test run being completed on 15 March 2012. The coaster opened to season pass holders on 27 April 2012, and to the general public on 6 May 2012.

Medieval Faire

Originally themed around the Middle Ages, Medieval Faire is a section of Canadas Wonderland, a theme park in Vaughan, Ontario, Canada. As such, early attractions created under Kings Entertainment Company were named after knights, Don Quixote, Vikings, dragons, bats, and beasts. Throughout the Paramount Parks era, the sections new attractions lacked appropriate theming. The introduction of the Leviathan roller coaster to Medieval Faire in 2012 was the first major investment in the section since 2000; the park is now under ownership of Cedar Fair. The section includes four roller coasters and six other rides. Over the years, atmosphere performers have disappeared from most sections of the park, including Medieval Faire. Two entertainment areas have remained constant in the section, a proscenium theatre and a stunt and acrobatic space surrounded by water. Currently named Wonderland Theatre, the indoor facility has hosted a variety of stage show revues, ice shows, and now an acrobatic production, Cirque Ambiente. A structure within Arthurs Baye initially featured a pirate diving and acrobatics show, which has changed now to have a more generic theme; it is currently branded Kinet–X. Food in the section was originally themed to the era, with a large indoor pub and rib stand. The food later took on a more traditional North American cuisine, like a buffet and subs. Private events are held in the Courtyard facility.

Mighty Canadian Minebuster

The Mighty Canadian Minebuster is one of the four roller coasters that debuted with Canadas Wonderland, an amusement park located in Vaughan, Ontario, Canada, in 1981, and is still operational today. It is one of two wooden roller coasters at the park that are modelled after rides that existed at Coney Island amusement park in Cincinnati, Ohio; Wild Beast is the other. Minebuster was originally intended to be the centrepiece of the never-built Frontier Canada section of the park. Minebuster is an out and back roller coaster, and uses two trains, with five cars holding six riders each. The ride was designed by Curtis D. Summers and built in-house. The coaster was not built by PTC despite a plaque at the operators booth and several published reports that claim it was. PTC stopped building coasters in 1979. It is likely however, that the construction crew consisted of workers who had previously built coasters for PTC. The two 30-passenger trains were supplied by the Philadelphia Toboggan Coasters. Canadas Wonderlands water park, Splash Works, has two sets of slides that pass over the Mighty Canadian Minebuster. The coaster in recent years has been hampered with some roughness, along with being modified several times for incoming Water Park additions, where some of the four hills have been joined together making them much longer with less of a peak therefore significantly reducing the amount of negative Gs experienced.

Wonder Mountain's Guardian

Wonder Mountains Guardian is a 4D, interactive dark ride roller coaster at the Canadas Wonderland amusement park located in Vaughan, Ontario, Canada. It is also the first ride part of Cedar Fairs Amusement Dark collection. Park management first proposed a dark ride located inside Wonder Mountain around 2004. Technology and budget limitations at the time delayed the projects planning and design stages until 2011. The steel track was manufactured by Art Engineering; it is approximately 1,000 feet long and has a maximum height of about 60 feet . The ride also has one of the largest drop tracks in the world. Triotech Amusement designed the rides interactive 3D animations, which are accompanied by other special effects such as wind, adding the fourth dimension. During the parks Halloween Haunt event in October, the animations are replaced with zombie-themed effects. Delays during construction delayed the rides opening until May 24, 2014; three weeks after the 2014 season began. Guardian was inspired by the dragon in Thunder Run—another roller coaster located in the mountain area of the park—and Starlight Spectacular—a nightly light-and-sound show focused on Wonder Mountain.

Kingswood Music Theatre

Kingswood Music Theatre is a 15,000 seat amphitheatre located at Canadas Wonderland in Vaughan, Ontario. Kingswood is open from May to September. Opened in 1983, Kingswood hosted many "big-name" concerts. Kingswood is an open-air theater with a covered bandshell and exposed lawn seats for the audience. On August 18, 1986 the reunion of Canadian folk duo Ian Sylvia was filmed at Kingswood by CBC Television, with guests Gordon Lightfoot, Judy Collins, Emmylou Harris and Murray McLaughlan. After the Molson Amphitheatre opened in 1995 and Air Canada Centre opened in 1999 the use of Kingswood as a music venue declined. Cultural festivals at the theatre became more prominent. The box office at the gates of Wonderland was removed because of the decline of the theatre as a music venue.

Thunder Run

Thunder Run is a powered roller coaster, themed after a runaway mine train, found at Canadas Wonderland, in Vaughan, Ontario, Canada. Rather than having a traditional chain lift hill, the train has an electric motor on board. The train flies directly into Wonder Mountain, the artificial mountain that is a trademark of the park. The coaster opened on May 23, 1981, and operated until 1985 as Blauer Enzian, but in 1986 it was relocated, extended, and incorporated into the mountain. The ride occupies the interior of Wonder Mountain, which was initially supposed to hold a "Bavarian Market". Instead, mechanical equipment was placed inside, which was later relocated to the "roof" of the mountain to make room for the ride. The relocation of mechanical equipment also resulted in the Wonder Mountain walkway to be closed. Riders on the Vortex can before the first drop still see remnants of the look-out terrace.

Wild Beast

Wild Beast is a wooden roller coaster located at Canadas Wonderland, in Vaughan, Ontario, Canada. Originally named "Wilde Beast", it is one of the four roller coasters that debuted with the park in 1981, and is one of two wooden coasters at Canadas Wonderland modelled after a ride at Coney Island amusement park in Cincinnati, Ohio; the other is the Mighty Canadian Minebuster. The rides fan curve was rebuilt in 1998. The ride is a double out-and-back coaster encompassing a figure 8 design. The ride was designed by Curtis D. Summers but is based on the original Coney Island Wildcat designed by Herbert Schmeck. It was constructed in-house under the direction of Summers. The coaster was not built by PTC despite a plaque at the operators booth and several published reports that claim it was. PTC stopped building coasters in 1979. It is likely however, that the construction crew consisted of workers who had previously built coasters for PTC. The two 28-passenger trains were supplied by the Philadelphia Toboggan Coasters. Unlike the PTC trains on the parks other wooden coaster these utilize a shorter 4-seat car that is designed to better negotiate turns. Curtis D. Summers continued to use this design at other Taft-owned parks including Kings Dominion in Virginia where the coaster, which opened in 1982, is known as Grizzly. Though similar in layout, the ride was tempered when reproduced as Bush Beast at Wonderland Sydney in 1985 and at Californias Great America as Grizzly in 1986.
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