Wonder Mountain's Guardian
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 Wonder Mountain's Guardian will be situated inside its namesake mountain (pictured) | |||||||||
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| Attraction type | 4D Interactive Dark Ride | ||||||||
| Manufacturer | Triotech Amusement | ||||||||
| Height | 60 ft (18 m) | ||||||||
| Length | 1,093 ft (333 m) | ||||||||
| Capacity | 640 riders per hour | ||||||||
| Vehicles | 5 | ||||||||
| Riders per vehicle | 8 | ||||||||
Wonder Mountain's Guardian is a 4D interactive dark ride currently under construction at the Canada's Wonderland amusement park located in Vaughan, Ontario, Canada. The ride, set to open in May 2014, will be created by Triotech Amusement, a Montreal-based company who have created dark rides for amusement parks across the world. Wonder Mountain's Guardian will be an interactive dark ride meaning each rider will have a gun to shoot at targets and earn points. Projected 3D imagery will be accompanied by other special effects such as wind on the 1,093-foot-long (333 m) ride.[1][2][3] The ride will be the second interactive dark ride at the park, following the installation of Sally Corporation's Scooby-Doo's Haunted Mansion (renamed Boo Blasters on Boo Hill since Cedar Fair's purchase of the park) in 2000.[4][5]
History
Speculation that Canada's Wonderland would be building a new attraction for the 2014 season began at the end of July 2013 when maintenance work was discovered on the west side Wonder Mountain.[6] The park officially announced Wonder Mountain's Guardian on August 30, 2013 on Breakfast Television Toronto, a morning news show for the area.[7]
Ride experience
After the train is dispatched from the station, it will climb a 60-foot (18 m) lift hill on the outside of the mountain. Once at the top, the train will drop inside the mountain entering the first of five interactive "layers" (including a forest, an underground lake, and a dragon lair; the other two "layers" are not known) in which riders will use their individual laser guns to shoot objects on a screen. Once the train has passed through all five scenes, the train will enter a finale which the park has not yet released details about.[1][2][3]
Throughout the ride, riders will be able to score points by hitting certain objects on the screen with their laser guns. At the end, each rider will be shown their score and the highest score out of the eight riders wins.[8] The ride will feature the longest interactive screen in the world, allowing the park to change projections to zombies during Halloween Haunt.[9]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Canada’s Wonderland to introduce dark, interactive ride for 2014". Toronto Star. 30 August 2013. Retrieved 31 August 2013.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Canada’s Wonderland’s new roller coaster a ‘4D dark ride’". CityNews Toronto. 30 August 2013. Archived from the original on September 2, 2013. Retrieved 31 August 2013.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Iconic Wonder Mountain Blasted Open to Reveal New Attraction: Wonder Mountain's Guardian" (Press release). Digital Journal. 30 August 2013. Archived from the original on September 1, 2013. Retrieved 31 August 2013.
- ↑ "Scooby Who? Cedar Fair Rethemes Dark Rides". Park World Magazine (Datateam Publishing LTD): 12. May 2010. ISSN 1462-4796. Retrieved 31 August 2013.
- ↑ "Life Without Scooby". Sally Corporation. 6 July 2012. Archived from the original on October 21, 2012. Retrieved 31 August 2013.
- ↑ "2014 At Canada's Wonderland". CW Mania. Retrieved August 31, 2013.
- ↑ Sih, Winston (August 30, 2013). "First Look: Wonder Mountain’s Guardian". Breakfast Television Toronto. Archived from the original on August 30, 2013.
- ↑ "Unveiling: Wonder Mountain's Guardian at Canada's Wonderland". citytvoffical/YouTube. August 30, 2013. Retrieved August 31, 2013.
- ↑ "Cedar Fair reports record third-quarter results" (Press release). Cedar Fair. 7 November 2013. Retrieved 10 November 2013.
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