Canada's Wonderland - August 30th, 2021

 Monday, August 30th marked my fourth visit of the season to Canada's Wonderland! While I went to the park solo, I did end up spending it with Amadeo and his friends, all fellow amusement park enthusiasts after coming across them at Behemoth once the park had opened. It was great riding rides together throughout the day! Below are some photos of my day at Canada's Wonderland!

The line to get into the park before opening was quite long as many had made reservations to visit the park during the final week of August.

Here is a view of the majestic Wonder Mountain and Royal Fountains. After entering the park, I ventured over towards Behemoth where I eventually met Amadeo and his friends.

After riding Behemoth twice in a row, we saw Sledge Hammer operating so we quickly joined the line to ride this one-of-a-kind ride. It was great to be able to ride Sledge Hammer again after nearly two years since my last ride on it! It provided a smoother ride than in previous seasons, but only operated at half capacity during my visit with three of the six gondolas blocked off. Here's hoping it becomes fully operational again next year.

The Bat was providing forwards and backwards thrills throughout the day. Amadeo and I would later make it our second last ride of the day!

Spinovator was filled with spinning fun as usual! Spinovator is a ride at Canada's Wonderland that always puts a smile on my face!

While I did not get on Wilde Beast during this visit, I did capture this rather hard to get shot of it!

Later in the day I headed into the Canada's Wonderland 40th Anniversary Shop to see what there was in terms of souvenirs.

The store is located in Grande World Exposition of 1890 and has 40th anniversary souvenir t-shirts, water bottles, sweaters, lanyards, pins, mugs, and magnets for sale. Quite the selection to choose from! I settled for a t-shirt and a shot glass.

The store also has a timeline mural displaying the park's history over the past forty years! It was a nice touch!

Also on display within the store were pieces from the Character Carousel when it was known as Hanna-Barbera-Go-Round from 1981 through 2009. Some of these pieces such as Fred Flintstone on this train car were stored in the depths of Wonder Mountain until recently.

Here is a Yogi Bear seat from the carousel.

And a Scooby-Doo seat too!

As the sun began to set, Amadeo and I started to get our final rides of the day in as the park closed at 8pm. Our final rides we took were on The Bat and Leviathan! Pictured is a train passing through the final inversion on Yukon Striker!

Here I am in line waiting for the last train of the day on Leviathan to dispatch with guests! It was quite the ride and worth the near hour long wait!

After Amadeo and I got our night ride on Leviathan, it was time to leave. Here is Wonder Mountain in all its nighttime glory as I was heading out for the night! I must say it was great hanging out with Amadeo and his friends for 10+ hours at the park! Hoping to do it again one day!

Thanks for checking out my photos from a great fourth visit of the season to Canada's Wonderland! :-)

Canada's Wonderland - August 12th, 2021

 Today marked my third visit of the season to Canada's Wonderland! The park was a bit busier than my last visit, but the waits for the rides were still quite minimal. 

The cleaning of the rides every so many cycles was more evident during my visit today which was nice to see. On another positive note, it looks like the Canada's Wonderland 40th Anniversary Store in Grande World Exposition of 1890 near Xtreme Skyflyer looks like it is almost ready to open! I look forward to seeing what merchandise they have in stock to celebrate the park's 40th anniversary! Also of interest, more attractions had reopened since our last visit including Wonder Mountain's Guardian, Speed City Raceway, and Slingshot. Having those attractions open again has helped spread more people around the park.

Be sure to check out the photos of this visit I made with my brother Scott and our Mom, below! :-)

The skies were quite overcast at the start of our day at the park.

After entering the park onto International Street Scott and I headed over to Yukon Striker, our first ride of the day.

Yukon Striker's trains zip along its twisted and loopy track!

Viking's Rage is celebrating 40 years of high-sea thrills this season!

Here's a 'flowery view' of Leviathan in Medieval Faire.

I hadn't rode Soaring Timbers since 2019, so I decided to ride it again today. While it provided a lot of swooping and diving, it just isn't as thrilling as it could be. The way it is operated is like that of a Eyerly Roll-O-Plane ride, just on a larger scale. There is nothing wrong with that, but knowing how it previously operated before arriving at Canada's Wonderland is still a bit of a let down even to this day, four years after it debuted at the park. Also it is in need of a fresh coat of paint as it looks quite faded on the boom now.

Sledge Hammer sat idle with no testing, unlike during our previous visit. Here's hoping it is able to operate with guests at least once this season!

The Immelmann inversion on Yukon Striker is quite photogenic, even from Action Zone!

It looks like the Canada's Wonderland 40th anniversary store will be opening soon! There was a lot of activity taking place inside during our visit.

Despite it being somewhat windy at times, Drop Tower was offering sky-high thrills all day long!

While we did not ride Thunder Run this visit, park guests were thundering through and into the depths of Wonder Mountain.

Here's a distanced view of the orange train navigating the turn around on Mighty Canadian Minebuster.

The figures atop the Antique Carousel's pavilion stood out against the wispy cloud-filled skies!

After a day of fun, excitement, and many rides it was time we headed home. Thanks for looking at photos from my third visit of the season to Canada's Wonderland! :-)