LABERDOO'S PAGE OF ROLLERCOASTERS

This summer we have been spending a lot of time at Paramount
Canada's Wonderland. We have season passes this year so whenever we have free time we usually end up there.
Our favorite roller coaster there is the Mighty Canadian Minebuster. We think that it should be called the Mighty Canadian Mind Buster because it really does bash your brain around a lot.
Below I have rated my favorite rides at Paramount Canada's Wonderland in order from my very favorite to least favorite.

  1. The Mighty Canadian Minebuster
  2. The Bat
  3. Top Gun photo
  4. The Wilde Beast
  5. The Vortex
  6. Skyrider
  7. The Fly
  8. The Dragon Fyre
  9. DropZone photo
  10. Nightmares
  11. Sol Loco

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The Mighty Canadian Minebuster
The Minebuster is a single out and back wooden coaster. It was opened in 1981 and designed by Taft Attractions Group. It reaches a height of 27 meters and bashes you around at speeds as high as 99.8 km/h! It is pretty intense and can be a little painful when you crash down in the seat over and over. All in all, it is our favorite coaster at P.C.W.

The Bat
The Bat is a backwards looping steel boomerang coaster with one train. It opened in 1987. The best part is the first drop when you are cranked up a 37.5 meter hill and then suddenly dropped to go through the whole ride forwards. Then you are cranked up a second lift hill and suddenly dropped backwards to go back through the whole thing again.It is the most fun on either the very front or the very back and it is essential to keep your eyes open no matter what, for the whole ride. The track is 262.5 meters long and this coaster reaches a top speed of 77.2 km/h.

Top Gun
Top Gun is a great Steel double out and back inverted coaster with 2 trains, with 2 seats per car. It was opened in 1995 and was designed by Vekoma International. The track is 651.6 meters long. This coaster is pretty fast at 96.6 km/h. It is really the only coaster in the park that YOU REALLY KNOW YOU NEED THOSE SHOULDER RESTRAINTS. There are so many crazy loops and inversions that you really have no clue where you are headed until it's over. The fact that you feel your feet are going to crash into the supports really adds to the thrill of the ride. A couple weeks ago the shoulder restraint on the last car on one of the trains opened up at the top of the first hill, leaving only the little seat belt thinger to hold the rider in. When the train came back to the station, the girl was FREAKING OUT and the ride had to be closed while they called in some people and she told them her story etc. So they closed off the last seat on that train and ran the ride 2 times with no people. They found no reason that the restraint should have come open so they re-opened the ride, including the last seat and everything continued as normal. This also adds to the thrill element of the ride, I suppose. um. yikes.

The Dragon Fyre
The Dragon Fyre is a steel double out and back coaster with two loops and a corkscrew.It was opened in 1981 and it was designed by Arrow-Huss. Since it is close to the entrance of the park, it seems to have way shorter line up time. I guess no one wants to journey all the way back to the Dragon Fyre when most of the rides are more centralized in the park. The first drop is 20.7 meters and is the most fun if you are on the very front car. It is kind of bizarre how near the end the ride comes to a complete stop and then continues on through a mildly uncomfortable helix that joins you up with the station again. It's almost like the helix was an after thought-just kind of thrown in at the end. In general, though, this ride is great and it's especially great because the line ups are usually so short.

The Wilde Beast
This is a GREAT, "outta control" feeling wooden double out and back coaster that was opened in 1981.The first drop is 23.4 meters and is pretty scary because it is so close to the track beside it that it feels like you are going to fly out and right into the other track. This coaster is very intense and reaches speeds of 86.9 km/h. The line ups aren't usually too bad for this one. It's a good one to ride again and again. It used to be more scary before the orange lap bars were implemented but it's still pretty thrilling.

The Vortex
The Vortex was the first suspended coaster to be built at PCW. It is a steel, freeform coaster designed by Arrow Dynamics, Inc. and opened in 1991. It has a maximum drop of 25.8 meters and it reaches speeds of 90 km/h. On this suspended coaster your feet don't dangle like on Top Gun. My favorite thing about this ride is that you feel like you are going to hit both the support beams and also the water (it does come pretty close). The ride is pretty short and when the train comes to a stop, the whole station literally shakes...which is interesting.

Skyrider
Skyrider was built in 1985. It is a steel, double out and back stand up coaster that is showing a few signs of aging but is generally still a lot of fun to ride. The first hill, which drops 27.6 meters, is the best part. This coaster's maximum speed is 80.5 km/h. They don't allow any high heels or platform shoes so make sure you choose your footwear well if you are planning on going on this ride. You DONT want to have to wear the black Canada's Wonderland public running shoes that they provide you with! I have never worn them, but I can just imagine...

The Fly
This is the new coaster for 1999. It is the most surprizing of all the coasters at PCW. It is a steel twister Wild Mouse type compact coaster and each car holds 4 people. When you stand and watch this coaster run, it looks like a children's ride. At first, I thought it looked lame and there was no point in waiting in a huge line up for a coaster that only has one real hill and doesnt seem to do much else. After a few trips there, though, we decided we had to try it just to check it out. I got my mom to go on it because she is afraid of most coasters and this one looked tame enough for her. She agreed. As we got closer to station, I noticed that the people on the coaster were making faces that indicated that they were scared. I heard people screaming and I thought to myself "Why are these people screaming? Are they actors, just placed on this lame ride to make it seem more exciting?" Then we boarded the ride (we sat in the front 2 seats on the 4 seat car) -my mom was on a separate car with her husband and my brother. As we headed up the first hill, I realized that maybe I had been a little bit wrong. The fact that you are in such a small car gives you an entirely different-scarier- feeling than the other coasters. I said to my fiancee "uh oh..my mom is NOT going to like THIS." The first hill was great, even though it was only a 15 meter drop, and then the sharp turns at the top of the coaster seriously made us feel like we were going to fly right off the track!! IT was really great! My mom didn't enjoy it quite as much. She kept her eyes closed the whole time and just wished for it to be over. Sorry mom. I really honestly thought it wouldn't be scary.

DropZone
WOW. DropZone is scary. It is a 23 story tower that lifts you up to the top and leaves you up there for about 5 seconds or so with your feet dangling and then, without warning, drops you straight down at a speed that I am not sure of..but I know its so fast that you don't have the opportunity to scream. It is the wierdest feeling I have ever gotten from an amusement park ride. I don't think it is a pleasant feeling but I'm still not really sure. I imagine that if there was an "on ride photo" for this one, there would be some pretty interesting facial contortions going on in those photos. If the drop was any longer I think people would be going into cardiac arrest but, again, I'm not sure of that.

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