Canada's Wonderland - July 14th, 2025

My fifth visit of the season to Canada's Wonderland was all about AlpenFury!

It started off with Scott and I joining a long line for AlpenFury, the new for 2025 launched roller coaster, which just officially opened this past Saturday, July 12th! With it being the third day of operation for AlpenFury, the longest we waited was 1 hour and fifty minutes in the regular line, which kept moving!

It was well worth the wait as AlpenFury is an amazing launch coaster that launches you out of Wonder Mountain, into a series of 9 inversions spread throughout its layout that heads towards the front of the park and back towards the mountain! I really enjoyed how the train whips through the inversions, making for a really fun and  wild ride! 🔥❄

After riding AlpenFury we grabbed some lunch and then rode some other rides and roller coasters as the rest of the park wasn't very busy due to the heat. Also, AlpenFury took in a lot of the crowd!

I would rejoin the AlpenFury line again later in the day for a second ride before leaving for the day! It was a great day filled with two great rides on AlpenFury! I look forward to riding it again!

Be sure to enjoy the photos of AlpenFury from today's visit! 🙂

Scott, our mom, and I arrived in the parking lot just before 9am in anticipation of riding AlpenFury!

Many visitors were eager to ride AlpenFury!

A corporate buyout event had occurred during the morning, so it was interesting watching people ride AlpenFury before the park opened!

Here's a glimpse of the orange train launching out of Wonder Mountain into the first inversion, a top hat element!

Once the rope dropped, Scott and I joined the line for AlpenFury, as our mom waited in the shade. The line was very long, but continuously moved during our wait!

The downside to the queue was the lack of shade. Hopefully a shade structure gets added soon as quite a few guests were affected by the heat while waiting to ride AlpenFury. Two misting fans had been set up to offer some relief from the heat.

The queue is wedged between the AlpenFury station and The Fly in the reimagined AlpenFest.

The station is quite high above the ground!

Here's Scott and I in line for AlpenFury!

The top hat element is visible from the queue.

The underside of AlpenFury's brake run is the only shade in the queue. Hopefully some shade gets added to AlpenFury's queue soon!

When we got in line, we were out the queue, but for the remainder of the day, it was contained within the queue railings and not the temporary fencing seen on the far left side.

The station for AlpenFury is quite detailed, including the light fixtures that have an Alpen theme!

From the stairs, just before entering the station, you can get a great view of AlpenFury's trains being launched into Wonder Mountain!

AlpenFury was manufactured by premier Rides, who over the past 15 years have greatly improved their roller coasters! AlpenFury loads very quickly as the trains are very open and only feature a lap bar restraint!

Here's the blue train going into the depths of Wonder Mountain!

From the stairs leading into the station of AlpenFury, you can get some awesome views of Shockwave!

After an exhilarating ride on AlpenFury, I captured this photo of the station. You can see the small bin system that AlpenFury uses for loose articles.

Once you exit AlpenFury, you head into the Alpen Outfitters gift shop. It has many AlpenFury and Canada's Wonderland souvenirs. Eventually it will be home to on-ride photo sales too!

On the exterior of the store is this beautiful clock with Alpen-inspired figurines. The clock chimes every 15 minutes as the figurines spin around!

Here's a look at the entrance for AlpenFury. While formally the High Striker game building, the structure was originally used as the entrance for Blauer Enzian, before it was moved into Wonder Mountain as Thunder Run in 1986. It's an interesting piece of history and one that works so well!

Here's Scott and I after our first ride on AlpenFury!

For lunch I headed to Lazy Bear Lodge. I ordered the smoked hickory chicken with a side of smashed potatoes. They were really good this time!

After lunch, I captured more photos and a video of AlpenFury!

It is almost as fun to watch AlpenFury as it is to ride!

As for any new ride, they do experience temporary down time. AlpenFury had gone down for a little while in the early afternoon. Here is the blue train running along the track empty.

AlpenFury is quite photogenic, even under a hazy and smoky sky!

The trains gracefully pass through the track over the pathway to Grande World Exposition of 1890. Below is an off-ride video of AlpenFury I made during my visit!

After capturing some photos and a video of AlpenFury, it was finally time to ride some other rides! Scott and I took in a ride on Sledge Hammer, which didn't have much of a wait.

Up next was a lap on Behemoth. It's queue was under 25 minutes!

Afterwards, I took a ride on Tundra Twister which was practically a walk-on. It's hard to believe this majestic ride is two years old!

Afterwards, Scott and I took a ride on White Water Canyon. Unfortunately we didn't get wet while riding White Water Canyon on this hot day! After our ride on White Water Canyon, we tried getting soaked on Timberwolf Fall's bridge, but it went down as we got there! So there was no real cooling down for us during this visit!🤣

AlpenFury reopened, so I joined the queue as Scott and our mom found some shade. The queue was only half-full as AlpenFury had just reopened after being down for a bit.

Here's the orange train going through the top hat element after being launched out of Wonder Mountain!

Unfortunately during my wait in line, AlpenFury went temporarily down twice. With the small delays, I waited one hour and 20 minutes for my second ride on this amazing roller coaster! Here's a look towards Leviathan from the stairs of AlpenFury.

Here's a train full of passengers pulling into the station after an exhilarating ride! on AlpenFury!

Here's a look at the front of the station from the exit side.

After another ride on AlpenFury I headed back to Lazy Bear Lodge to cool off and to enjoy my second meal of the day. I had ribs and smashed potatoes. The ribs were a little over-cooked and a bit dry.

To finish our day at the park, Scott and I took a spin on Swing of the Century.

Here's a look at the blue train on AlpenFury zipping through the Skyflyer loop!

After a successful day at the park, it was time to head home as we were feeling exhausted from the heat! Hopefully more rides on AlpenFury are in my future! 🙂