List of roller coasters at Canada's Wonderland

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This is a list of roller coasters at Canada's Wonderland in Vaughan, Ontario, Canada. The number beside each ride's description refers to its "Intensity Rating", a rating (between 1 – 4) given by the park to each ride to describe the intensity of the riding experience:

Mild Ride: A low-speed or shallow-water ride intended for toddlers and young children.
Mild Thrill Ride: A low-to-medium-speed and/or water depth up to 48 in (1.2 m) ride. Has smooth transitions and some speed and elevation changes.
Intermediate Thrill Ride: A medium-speed and/or water depth greater than 48 in ride. Riders may experience unexpected changes in speed or direction.
High Thrill Ride: A fast-paced ride and/or deep water attraction. Riders will experience changes in speed, elevation, direction and/or deep water, which may be unexpected.

Rides on this page are organized by park sub-section.

[edit] Grand World Exposition of 1890

[edit] Tomb Raider: The Ride

Tomb Raider: The Ride gets its name from the video game series Tomb Raider, and was opened to correspond with the second Tomb Raider movie, The Cradle of Life. It was the thirteenth roller coaster added to the park, and Canada's first "Flying Coaster", as riders lie flat on their stomachs in a car suspended from overhead, in order to take in the experience face-first. The ride has no vertical inversions, but contains two Heartline rolls.

The opening of Tomb Raider: The Ride displaced two older rides, The Fury and The Great Whale of China.

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Type: Steel - flying
Status: Open
Opened: 2004
Manufacturer: Zamperla
Engineering: Werner Stengel
Model: Volare
Lift/launch system: Spiral lift
Dimensions: 158 ft 6 in x 82 ft (48 x 25 m)
Height: 54 ft (15 m)
Length: 1,282 ft 10 in (391 m)
Max Speed: 41 km/h (25.7 mph)
Max G-force: 3.3
Duration: 1:04
Inversions: 2
Elements: Heartline roll
Trains: 6 cars. Riders are arranged 4 across in a single row for a total of 4 riders per car.
Restrictions: Riders must be 54 in (1.37 m) or taller to ride.

[edit] Top Gun

Main article: Top Gun (Paramount Canada's Wonderland)

Top Gun is a steel roller coaster, based on the film Top Gun, and has various movie-themed things along the long line-up for the ride, such as small airplane hangars for shade. Top Gun is Canada's first and only inverted looping Jet coaster, and has been cloned 24 times for many parks around the world. It was the ninth roller coaster added to the park, and its opening displaced the Zoomba Flume, a Log flume.

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Type: Steel - Inverted
Status: Open
Opened: 1995
Manufacturer: Vekoma
Model: SLC (689 m Standard)
Height: 109 ft 3 in (33 m)
Length: 2,260 ft 6 in (689 m)
Max Speed: 80 km/h (49.7 mph)
Max G-force:
Duration: 1:36
Capacity: 1040 riders per hour
Inversions: 5
Elements: Roll over, Sidewinder inversion, Double Inline twist (double spin)
Trains: 2 trains with 10 cars per train. Riders are arranged 2 across in a single row for a total of 20 riders per train.
Restrictions: Riders must be 54 in (1.37 m) or taller to ride.

[edit] Action Zone

[edit] The Italian Job: Stunt Track

Main article: Italian Job: Stunt Track

The Italian Job: Stunt Track, the fourteenth roller coaster added to the park, is unlike any other ride at Canada's Wonderland. Rather than starting with a traditional chain lift hill, this ride uses state-of-the-art linear induction motors (LIMs) to horizontally launch the train (made up of three ¾-scale Mini Cooper S cars) from zero to 60 km/h. The ride is themed after the MINI chase scene in the 2003 movie, The Italian Job.

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Type: Steel - sit down
Status: Open
Opened: May 1, 2005
Manufacturer: Premier Rides
Engineering: Werner Stengel
Lift/Launch System: LIM Launch track
Dimensions: 56,000 sq ft (5,200 m²)
Height: 45 ft (13.7 m)
Drop: 31 ft (9.4 m)
Length: 1,960 ft (597.4 m)
Max Speed: 40 mph (65 km/h)
Maximum degree of banked turns: 88°
Duration: 1:04
Capacity - 1,000 riders per hour approximately
Inversions: 0
Features: Three launch sections.
Trains: 3 trains, with 3 cars per train. Riders are arranged 2 across in 2 rows for a total of 12 riders per train.
Restrictions: Riders must be 48 in (1.12 m) or taller to ride.

[edit] The Mighty Canadian Minebuster

Main article: Mighty Canadian Minebuster

The Mighty Canadian Minebuster is one of the four roller coasters that debuted with the park in 1981, and is one of two wooden coasters at Canada's Wonderland modelled after a ride at Coney Island amusement park in Cincinnati, Ohio (the Shooting Star). Minebuster is the longest and largest wooden roller coaster in Canada.

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Type: Wood - sit down
Status: Open
Opened: 1981
Cost: $1.2M est.
Manufacturer: Philadelphia Toboggan Coasters
Designer: Curtis D. Summers
Track: Out and Back
Lift/launch system: Chain lift hill
Height: 90 ft (27.4 m)
Drop: 87 ft (26.5 m)
Length: 3,828 ft (1166.8 m)
Max Speed: 55.9 mph (90 km/h)
Duration: 2:02
Inversions: 0
Trains: Two trains with 5 cars. Riders are arranged 2 across in 3 rows for a total of 30 riders.Built by PTC
Restrictions: Riders must be 48 in (1.12 m) or taller to ride.

[edit] SkyRider

SkyRider is the park's fifth roller coaster, and the first roller coaster that was added after the original four. It was added one year after a near-identical coaster, King Cobra, was added to Paramount King's Island to be North America's first stand-up roller coaster. While both were temporarily shut down on August 25, 1999, after a man died at the King's Island incarnation (the ride at Canada's Wonderland was re-opened before the end of that season), SkyRider is still operating today whereas King Cobra shut down for good in 2002.

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Type: Steel - Stand-up roller coaster
Status: Open
Opened: 1985
Cost: $5M est.
Manufacturer: TOGO
Height: 88 ft (27 m)
Drop: 84 ft (26 m)
Length: 2,210 ft (674 m)
Max Speed: 51 mph (82 km/h,)
Duration: 2:25
Inversions: 1
Elements: Loop
Restrictions: Rider must be able to straddle seat comfortably, with both feet flat on the floor.

[edit] Kidzville

[edit] Silver Streak

Silver Streak, the park's twelfth roller coaster, debuted along with Runaway Reptar at Paramount's King's Island as the world's first inverted roller coasters geared towards children.

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Type: Steel - Junior Inverted
Status: Open
Opened: 2001
Manufacturer: Vekoma
Model: Suspended Family Coaster
Dimensions: 193 ft 7 in x 121' 5" (59 m x 37 m)
Height: 49 ft (14.8 m)
Length: 1121 ft (342 m)
Max Speed: 26 mph (41.8 km/h)
Max G-force: 2.2
Duration: 1:16
Capacity: 650 riders per hour
Inversions: 0
Restrictions: Riders must be between 44 in (1.12 m) and 77 in (1.95 m) tall

[edit] Taxi Jam

Taxi Jam opened as the tenth roller coaster, as a part of the brand-new Kidzville which opened in 1998. It provides an easier starting point for kids' roller coaster experiences, before moving on to the Ghoster Coaster. The ride consists of two circuits around the oval track.

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Type: Steel - Sit Down
Status: Open
Opened: 1998
Manufacturer: Miler Coaster, Inc.
Height: 8 ft (3 m)
Length: 205 ft (68 m)
Inversions: 0
Trains: 1 train of 6 cars, each holding 2 riders
Restrictions: Riders must be 36 in (0.91 m) or taller to ride

Cost=250,000

[edit] Hanna-Barbera Land

[edit] Scooby's Gasping Ghoster Coaster

Scooby's Gasping Ghoster Coaster is one of the four roller coasters that debuted with the park in 1981. Almost every Paramount amusement park features a Scooby-themed wooden roller coaster for kids. The Ghoster Coaster was awarded by the American Coaster Enthusiasts with the "ACE Coaster Classic" status, one of only 38 wooden coasters in the world that currently share this distinction.

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Type: Wood - Junior sit down
Status: Open
Opened: 1981
Manufacturer: Philadelphia Tobbogan Coasters
Model: Double Out and back
Height: 41 ft (12.5 m)
Drop: 39 ft (11.9 m)
Length: 1,356 ft (413.3 m)
Max Speed: 35 mph (56.3 km/h)
Duration: 1:20
Inversions: 0
Trains: Single train with 5 cars. Riders are arranged 2 across in 2 rows for a total of 20 riders.
Restrictions: Riders must be 40 in (1.02 m) or taller to ride. Riders shorter than 44 in (1.12 m) tall must ride with an adult.

[edit] International Festival

[edit] The Fly

The Fly is a custom designed wild mouse roller coaster added as the eleventh roller coaster in the park. Its layout has since been cloned for several other parks. Unlike normal wild mouse coasters, the ride begins with a 50 ft drop, then returns up to maximum height, followed by a quick series of hairpin turns and drops.

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Type: Steel - sit down
Status: Open
Opened: May 2, 1999
Manufacturer: Mack GmbH
Model: Wild Mouse (large park)
Height: 52 ft (16 m)
Drop: 50 ft (15 m)
Length: 1,312 ft (400 m)
Max Speed: 35 mph (56 km/h)
Inversions: 0
Trains: 10 Single car trains. Riders are arranged 2 across in 2 rows for a total of 4 riders per car.
Restrictions: Riders must be 44 in (1.12 m) or taller to ride. Riders shorter than 54 in (1.37 m) tall must ride with an adult.

[edit] Thunder Run

Main article: Thunder Run

Thunder Run, which was originally called Blauer Enzian, opened in its current incarnation in 1986, as the sixth roller coaster at the park. The ride is uniquely launched from the station using electromagnetic boosters, rather than a traditional lift. Thunder Run makes two passes through Wonder Mountain at the center of the park.

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Type: Steel - sit down
Status: Open
Opened: 23 May 1981 as Blauer Enzian, 1986 as Thunder Run
Cost: $2.7M est.
Manufacturer: Mack GbmH
Track layout: Mine Train
Lift/launch system: Electromagnetic boosters
Height: 33 ft (10.1 m)
Length: 1,083 ft (330.1 m)
Max Speed: 40 mph (64.4 km/h)
Duration: 1:24
Inversions: 0
Trains: Single train with 10 cars. Riders are arranged 2 across in 2 rows for a total of 40 riders. The first car of the Thunder Run only seats two riders due to the locomotive theme.
Restrictions: Riders must be 40 in (1.02 m) or taller to ride. Riders shorter than 48 in (1.22 m) tall must ride with an adult.

[edit] Vortex

Main article: Vortex (Canada's Wonderland)

Vortex, which was Canada's first suspended roller coaster when opened, was the eighth roller coaster added to Canada's Wonderland. It shares Wonder Mountain with Thunder Run for its lift and first drop, but the majority of the ride takes place over the open water behind the mountain. One section of the ride even passes above one of the main park thoroughfares; Vortex the only ride to do so in the park. Vortex reaches speeds of almost 90 km/h, and provides for a large range of sensation to the rider (including feeling like they are going to hit the water – the distance is actually much larger than it appears), due to the ability for trains, which are suspended from the track above, to swing freely through the curves.

In 2005, Vortex operated with one less car per train. It is unknown if this is a permanent change.

Type: Steel - Suspended
Status: Open
Opened: 1991
Manufacturer: Arrow Dynamics
Model: Suspended Coaster
Track layout: Terrain
Height: 91 ft (28 m)
Drop: 85 ft (26 m)
Length: 2,361 ft (720 m)
Max Speed: 55 mph (88.5 km/h)
Duration: 1:45
Inversions: 0
Trains: 6 cars per train. Riders are arranged 2 across in 2 rows for a total of 24 riders per train.

[edit] Medieval Faire

[edit] The Bat

Main article: The Bat (Canada's Wonderland)

The Bat was the seventh roller coaster added to the park. It is one of the most intense roller coasters at the park, as, being a Boomerang roller coaster, the trains run through the track, ending with a brief pause at the top of a steep incline, and then runs backwards through the track back to the station.

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Type: Steel - Shuttle
Status: Open
Opened: 1987
Manufacturer/Designer: Vekoma (Track and supports) and Arrow (Train)
Model: Boomerang
Cost: $3.7M est.
Lift/launch system: Chain lift hill
Height: 117 ft (35.7 m)
Length: 935 ft (285 m)
Max Speed: 47 mph (75.6 km/h)
Max G-force: 5.2
Duration: 1:48
Capacity: 760 riders per hour
Inversions: 6 (3×2)
Elements: Loop, Cobra Roll
Trains: Single train with 7 cars. Riders are arranged 2 across in 2 rows for a total of 28 riders.
Restrictions: Riders must be 48 in (1.22 m) or taller to ride.

[edit] Dragon Fire

Dragon Fire (original named Dragon Fyre) is one of the four roller coasters that debuted with the park in 1981. Uniquely, unlike the other roller coasters produced by Arrow that contain corkscrews, Dragon Fire's corkscrew runs counter-clockwise. Due to a decline in popularity, by the end of the day guests can literally step off the ride and right back on. While the ride came with 3 trains, only two are used for this ride, with the third being used for The Bat.

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Type: Steel - sit down
Status: Open
Opened: 1981
Manufacturer: Arrow Huss
Model: Custom Looping Coaster
Height: 78 ft (24 m)
Drop: 76 ft (23 m)
Length: 2,160 ft (658 m)
Max Speed: 80 km/h (50 mph)
Duration: 2:10
Inversions: 4
Elements: Double Loop, Double Corkscrew, Helix up
Trains: 2 trains with 7 cars per train. Riders are arranged 2 across in 2 rows for a total of 28 riders per train.
Restrictions: Riders must be 48 in (1.22 m) or taller to ride.

[edit] Wild Beast

Main article: Wild Beast

Wild Beast (originally named Wilde Beaste) is one of the four roller coasters that debuted with the park in 1981, and is one of two wooden coasters at Canada's Wonderland modelled after a ride at Coney Island amusement park in Cincinnati, Ohio (Wildcat). The fan curve was rebuilt in 1998.

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Type: Wood
Status: Open
Opened: 1981
Cost: $800K est.
Manufacturer: Philadelphia Toboggan Coasters
Designer: Curtis D. Summers
Track: Double Out and back Figure 8
Lift/launch system: Chain lift hill
Height: 82 ft (25 m)
Drop: 78 ft (24 m)
Length: 3,150 ft (960 m)
Max Speed: 90 km/h (56 mph)
Duration: 2:30
Inversions: 0
Trains: 2 trains with 7 cars per train. Riders are arranged 2 across in 2 rows for a total of 28 riders per train.
Restrictions: Riders must be 48 in (1.12 m) or taller to ride.

[edit] All roller coasters, by opening date

	Name	Year	Type of Roller Coaster	Intensity
1	Dragon Fire	1981	Steel	4
2	The Mighty Canadian Minebuster	1981	Wooden out & back	4
3	Scooby's Gasping Ghoster Coaster	1981	Wooden junior sit down	3
4	Wild Beast	1981	Wooden double out & back	4
5	SkyRider	1985	Steel stand up	4
6	Thunder Run	1986	Steel sit down	3
7	The Bat	1987	Steel shuttle/boomerang	4
8	Vortex	1991	Steel suspended	4
9	Top Gun	1995	Steel inverted	4
10	Taxi Jam	1998	Steel sit down	2
11	The Fly	1999	Steel wild mouse	3
12	Silver Streak	2001	Steel junior inverted	3
13	Tomb Raider: The Ride	2004	Steel flying	3
14	The Italian Job Stunt Track	2005	Steel sit down	3