Winterfest at Canada's Wonderland - November 16th, 2025

 On Sunday, November 16th, Scott and I hung out with our friend Amadeo and his friends Joseph and Sarah for a fun evening of Winterfest at Canada's Wonderland! ❄️🎄

We had a great time checking out the shows, lights, food, and some rides! It was a perfect way to kick-off the Christmas season! Be sure to enjoy the photos from our great evening at the park! 🙂

Scott and I arrived at the park just before 3pm for an evening of Winterfest.

Jack Frost and other Winterfest characters greeted guests as they entered through the gate!

International Street always looks so nice, especially during Winterfest once the sun goes down.

Many trees and lights were lining International Street at usual.

There are many Christmas decorations spread throughout the park.

Scott and I did a ride on Thunder Run followed by a ride on Taxi Jam! We were the only ones on it at the time!😂

Here are some Christmas carolers singing some classic Christmas songs in Charlie Brown's Christmas Town.

Here's Scott with Linus and Sally!

While in Charlie Brown's Christmas Town we took a ride no Boo Blasters. We then headed back over to North Pole (Action Zone and Grande World Exposition of 1890) to watch the Polar Party hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Tanenbaum. It is a fun interactive show that we enjoyed last year, so I made sure to see it again this year!

Part way through the show, they get guests to dance. I joined in! Sadly Scott didn't get a photo of me dancing to a Christmas themed song to the tune of the YMCA! 🤣

These trucks are always a nice touch.

These snowmen were having a good time despite there being no snow!

After the Polar Party, we headed over to see the Cool Yule show.

It is a nice sing and dance show featuring many Christmas songs.

Afterwards, we met up with Amadeo, Sarah, and Joseph at Lazy Bear Lodge for a meal. I forgot to take a photo of my turkey dinner when I got it, so here it is partway through! 🤣 I had a side of stuffing with my meal. It was very tasty as the turkey was very tender! 😋

After a delicious meal at Lazy Bear Lodge, we headed over to International Street to see the Tree Lighting Ceremony that happens every night of Winterfest at 5:30pm.

Here's a family plugging in the lights during the Tree Lighting Ceremony!

Once plugged in, International Street turns into a beautiful Christmassy sight!

In my opinion, this year's Tree Lighting Ceremony was better than last year's.

The performers did a great job!

International Street is just beautiful this time of year!

There's just so many dazzling lights!

Wonder Mountain always looks good with its twinkling waterfall lights!

We decided to all take a ride on Thunder Run followed by a couple of rides on Klockwerks!

Yuletide Village (Medieval Faire) is home to many lights, costumed characters, and some rides.

It is also home to the Christmas Market. Here is a look at the light tunnel that lines the path!

The light tunnel has many colour changing lights.

The Christmas Market is home to many vendors and is a great way to warm up!

Here's a look at the Christmas decorations on Canterbury Theatre where we caught the Tinker's Toy Factory show.

The show features many acrobatic stunts, singing, and dancing.

Tinker's Toy Factory always plays to a full house, so be sure to arrive before the show starts to get a seat!

At the end of the show, Santa arrives to celebrate the success of the elves.

The cast of Tinker's Toy Factory always does a great job!

Afterwards, Scott, Amadeo and I headed over to Candy Cane Lane and Charlie Brown's Christmas Town to see if Snoopy's Racing Railway was open as it was new for the event this year! Sadly it was down due to the cold weather.

The area is so beautiful with all of its colourful lights! We ended up taking another ride on Boo Blasters.

Lazy Bear Lodge always looks nice during Winterfest!

The former Tinsel Town lights were relocated to in front of Coasters Diner for this year's Winterfest.

While in the north Pole, we took two rides on Sledge Hammer, which was riding amazingly well in the cold weather!

We then took a ride on Psyclone, followed by a final ride of the night on Antique Carousel!

Antique Carousel always looks beautiful during Winterfest!

Here's Scott, Amadeo, and I on Antique Carousel!

The park always does a great job at decorating for Winterfest!

Here's a look at the quiet AlpenFury.

Here are a final shot of International Street before heading out for the night!

Here's Amadeo, Scott, and I on International Street!

And here is Sarah, Joseph, Amadeo, Scott, and I posing for one final photo before heading out!

It was a great evening for Winterfest at Canada's Wonderland! I hope to return again this season! Thanks for checking the photos of a great evening! 🙂❄️🎄

Canada's Wonderland - October 12th, 2025

 On Sunday, October 12th, my brother Scott and I spent the entire day at Canada's Wonderland from opening until close! It was a great day filled with many rides, followed by another evening of Halloween Haunt to enjoy! We were able to do The Conjuring Beyond Fear attraction once again! This time, I got to hold Annabelle and Scott got "taken" by one of the monsters! 😆I love how we got to experience different things on our second experience of The Conjuring Beyond Fear! We also got to do the Zombies edition of Wonder Mountain's Guardian, as well as the other mazes.

During the last hour of the night, we hung out with Amadeo and his friend Joseph! We rode Lumberjack and Shockwave together as the park was very busy!

Be sure to enjoy my photos of our day at Canada's Wonderland! 🎃💀

The day started off a bit cloudy and damp. But that didn't deter the crowds on this Sunday of the Canadian Thanksgiving long weekend!

The leaves on the trees along International Street are finally starting to change colours, making it feel more like Fall.

Scott and I started our day off in Action Zone with a ride on Behemoth.

We then took a spin on Sledge Hammer!

We then took a ride on Mighty Canadian Minebuster and Yukon Striker. Scott and I then took a quick rest in Frontier Canada. 😉

Here's Scott taking a quick rest. 😉

We then ventured through the daytime version of Trick Or Treat Street featuring friendly characters for Camp Spooky.

We then ventured through the daytime version of Spirit Manor and Corn Stalkers. I always enjoy looking at the details of both mazes! While inside Spirit Manor, one of the actors pointed at Scott's shirt while saying "Ooh, a family portrait"! 🤣

The daytime version of Corn Stalkers has friendly pumpkin heads on the scarecrows.

Afterwards, we headed to Kidzville for a ride on Silver Streak.

We then went to Planet Snoopy and took a ride on Ghoster Coaster!

I always like the Fall arrangements and displays the park does.

They definitely make for many photo opportunities!

Here's Scott and I enjoying the afternoon at the park! We then took a ride on Leviathan.

The line for Dragon Fire was still quite short, so we took a ride on it. It rode very well in the cooler weather!

The sun began to come out in the early afternoon!

The Grande World Eatery had reopened in late-September. It now features many Italian inspired dishes.

My first meal of the day was the parmesan chicken with a side of pasta and garlic bread. It was all very tasty and the serving portion was good!

After a good meal at Grande World Eatery, I decided to burn it off by taking a rest! Let's just say the bed wasn't very comfortable! 🤣

Antique Carousel and Swing of the Century operate during the daytime and close for Halloween Haunt. We took a spin on Swing of The Century. I did manage to capture this beautiful Fall photo of Antique Carousel.

As it was warmer in the afternoon, I enjoyed a GIANT cone of Toxic Waste soft serve Ice Cream from the Cookie Cafe. The cone was filled more than usual, so I had to eat it with a spoon to avoid getting it all over my face and in my beard!

No scaredy cats allowed on Yukon Striker! 😹

Tundra Twister was quite thrilling during our visits both times we rode it, during the day and at night!

The costumed characters for Camp Spooky were all dressed very nicely!

Before another ride on Sledge Hammer, I rode Shockwave and Scott joined me for a ride on Drop Tower. While in line for Sledge Hammer, we watched our friend Amadeo and his friend Joseph ride Sledge Hammer.

At 6pm, Wonder Mountain's Guardian transforms into Zombies! for Halloween Haunt. I had never experienced it as Zombies, so I was glad we joined the line when we did as it became very long afterwards! Scott and I really enjoyed Wonder Mountain's Guardian as Zombies! and actually kind of prefer it to the regular operation.

As the sun began to set, the flood lights came on and the monsters began to come out!

There was plenty fog around the park, unlike our visit on September 26th. Our first maze of the night was The Ruins, followed by Spirit Manor and Demons of The Deep.

Here's a silhouette of The Bat as the sun was setting!

The fog was very strong by Shockwave!

Wicked Hallow also had a bit of fog earlier in the evening.

Before Scott and I did The Conjuring Beyond Fear, we had our second meal of the day at lazy Bear Lodge. I had the smoked chicken wings with a side of chili. The chili was a bit spicy for my liking. Sadly the chickens were cold, despite being fully cooked!

There was tons of fog in CarnEvil!

International Street was looking rather spooky! With the Dark Ride Maze right there, we did it before doing The Conjuring Beyond Fear.

A lot of fog was blowing across the fountain, which was nice to see!

Here's Scott and I in the fog!

I love how ominous Wonder Mountain looks during Halloween Haunt!

We had an 8pm time slot booked for The Conjuring Beyond Fear! We had booked this time slot 7 hours earlier. Luckily we did, otherwise we may not have been able to experience it again as it was sold out for the night!

As I mentioned earlier, it was nice to be able to experience The Conjuring Beyond Fear once again as we got to experience different aspects of the attraction! I still highly recommend anyone to do it as it is just so amazing!

The lights and fog caused my camera not to focus a lot of the time, making for some spooky photos!

Trick or Treat Street looked eerie in this photo!

Some of the characters looked rather menacing while on our way over to Corn Stalkers.

I actually liked how this photo turned out!

We got to partake in the photoshoot at Corn Stalkers! It was too good not to buy! 🤣Corn Stalkers had tons of fog, making it quite disorienting! Thanks to our all-season Haunted Attractions Express Passes, we luckily were able to be the first in the 'groups' for all of the mazes, experiencing them at their finest! It was really quite fun being startled! On September 26th, we mostly saw people in the group ahead of us being startled, so it was a nice change to experience it all first hand! 

After Corn Stalkers, Scott and I did a night ride on Tundra Twister! The fog was very heavy by Yukon Striker and Mighty Canadian Minebuster!

Streets of the Undead was hard to see with all the fog! It was perfect for the opportunity to be jump scared!

There was a handful of zombies lurking in the fog!

Necropolis was feeling more eerie than on our previous visit thanks to the fog!

Many scare actors were greeting guests in Necropolis, telling them to "go away"!

Some were also rather peaceful and would stare you down as you walked by!

This scare actor was clanging her shovel.

The colourful lights and fog sure added to the experience. Luckily it was cool enough for the fog to run!

After walking through Necropolis, we joined Amadeo and his friend Joseph for a ride on Lumberjack and Shockwave!

Shockwave was surrounded by fog, making it more disorientating than usual!

Kingdom of Carnage in Medieval Faire was very busy! Before heading to the front of the park, Scott and I did another run through The Crypt.

Here I am with Scott, our friend Amadeo, and his friend Joseph before the park closed for the night! It was fun hanging out with them! Thanks to Amadeo for the photo!🙂

As the night was coming to an end, the monsters began making their way up to the front gate.

With just a few minutes left, Scott and I took one last walk through the Dark Ride maze for the night. The actors were still very enthusiastic during the last minutes of the night!

Here's Scott and I just as we were heading out. We had a really great time for our 10th visit of the season at Canada's Wonderland! Hopefully we can make it out to the park for a third time to Halloween Haunt before the season is over! Until next time! 🎃