Canada's Wonderland: General Discussion

[ItsAllGood]

The layout for this looks really cool!

Had my first trip to wonderland a few weeks ago and its a great park but only has 5/6 coasters that you would class as a highlight coaster.

Wonderland is very different to what we have in the uk, theres no themed music or any theming. Wonder if that might change with this new coaster?

 

[Danny]

What an intriguing ride; I was not expecting this at all!

The layout looks awesome, with some great-looking inversions and a few nice airtime moments in there! I think launching out of the mountain could be really cool; it almost looks like a modern-day resurrection of Volcano from Kings Dominion, in a sense (albeit not inverted, of course)!

I am curious, however, as to why they went with Premier Rides for this over someone like Mack, Intamin, Vekoma or even Gerstlauer. I honestly thought Premier had bowed out of building big, bespoke multi-launch coasters years ago in favour of primarily building Sky Rocket-type rides, so I’m very surprised to see them do something this substantial!

I wouldn't say Premier have dialed down on scale. They installed EpiQ Coaster in Doha a few years ago and that's certainly quite of note, albeit indoors. The same with West Coast Racers at SFMM - a bespoke multi-launch.

I would have thought they remain a solid competitor to the others in terms of budget, and manufacturing shipping costs will be cheaper given their US base.

 

[Maelstrom]

Also they have to take into account delivery time scales- many ride manufactures can be booked up for a number of years in advance such as Mack and depends how long a park has the ride in planning and when they want to open it, as such a park may choose a different manufacturer if can be delivered in the timescale the park want

 

[Benzin]

Premier - "So CW, how many Zero-G rolls would you like?"

CW - "Yes"


Bonkers layout.

 

[Zeock]

I really like the variety in the inversions of AlpenFury, and the pacing seems to be adequate.

 

[Benjsh]

Premier aren't the company id personally trust with this kind of investment though. They don't really have a great track record with major coasters like others do and their trains can be very uncomfortable. I imagine price had a lot to do with them going with them but I think sometimes it pays to go with more quality.

It's a very interesting project though and It's a park I have never visited and would definitely like to at some point. Direct flight from Manchester to Toronto in 7hrs so very easy as well.