Canada's Wonderland - October 12th, 2024

On October 12th, 2024, my brother Scott and I made a visit to Canada's Wonderland, making it my 9th visit of the 2024 season!

The day started out very cool and windy. Throughout the day, the breeze went down, allowing us to feel the warmth from the sun while riding rides! The park wasn't too busy today as it was only open until 5pm to only reopen at 7pm for Halloween Haunt. We had a very fun time riding rides and looking at the Halloween decorations.

Be sure to check out the photos of our great day at Canada's Wonderland! 🙂

The Fall/Halloween display on International Street were very vibrant under the bright morning sun!

I always enjoy the Fall decorations and displays that are set up around the park this time of year.

Over the past month or so, many trees had been removed around the park for the construction of AlpenFury, the new roller coaster coming in 2025.

Also, the opening for AlpenFury on Wonder Mountain has began to evolve.

Our first rides of the day were on Vortex and Wonder Mountain's Guardian.

The leaves on the trees have significantly changed colour over the past month since our previous visit.

The bright sun was greatly appreciated as the breeze was quite cool!

After riding a few rides, we ventured through the daytime versions of Trick-Or-Treat Street and Spirit Manor.

During the day, you can see the great detail put into these scare zones and attractions.

I had found a perfect place to rest for a quick moment between rides. 😂

Scott also took a quick rest! 😂

For my first meal of the day, I ate at the Lazy Bear Lodge. With the Fall season now here, the menu has changed. Today I ordered the 'Bear Bites' pulled chicken sandwich (almost like a breakfast sandwich), with a side of chili, and a potato roll. All were quite good. I just wish the biscuit for the sandwich wasn't quite as crumbly.

Just look at the beautiful Fall foliage as seen in Action Zone!

After lunch we took a spin on Sledge Hammer. Five out of six gondolas were operating again.

After Sledge Hammer and Behemoth, we waked through the Necropolis scare zone in front of Time Warp in Grande Worlde Exposition of 1890.

In front of the Grande World Eatery was a hearse with a coffin inside.

The Grande World globe was looking quite happy as a jack-o-lantern!

The Moroccan building is home to the Halloween Bootique store for the Halloween Haunt season.

It has many cool Halloween souvenirs inside. Too bad this store wasn't year round as this building sits vacant for most of the season.

Since our last visit in September, the large map display boards have been replaced with digital kiosks. They aren't operational as of yet, but I assume they will be powered on soon.

Scott found himself locked up in Medieval Faire. If he stayed there too long, he may look like some of the props used for Halloween Haunt! 💀

The new diving structure in Arthur's Baye in Medieval Faire mas decorated for the Inferno Halloween Haunt show.

Here's another festive Fall display in Medieval Faire near the arcade.

The Mums were quite vibrant at this display.

In the early afternoon Scott and I took a ride on Drop Tower. Here's a view of the cars in freefall as seen from the queue.

After taking a ride on Drop Tower, Spinovator, and Dragon Fyre, I took a spin on Shockwave.

After a ride on Shockwave, I got a Spooky Butter Ice Cream Cone from the Cookie Café. It was very purple and creamy!

Going through Spirit Manor and Cornstalkers during the day is always neat to see as you get to see all the details in the daylight.

This scarecrow looks a lot friendly than the ones that lurk around at night!

So many trees around the park were quite vibrant and colourful!

During the day, Camp Spooky, the Halloween Event for children was happening. Here is Snoopy wearing his costume.

More bales, cornstalks, pumpkins, and mums were on display in Planet Snoopy.

The display for Camp Spooky is very nice too.

Behemoth and vibrant Fall foliage! What more could you ask for?

The trees around Wonder Mountain near Thunder Run had also began to change.

Such displays are why I love the Fall season!

My second meal of the day was at the Grande World Eatery. I ordered a bacon cheese burger, with a side of rice, and flat bread. The burger was quite tasty!

My second last ride of the day was a re-ride on Tundra Twister. Scott captured this photo of me just as the ride began to spin.

I know I have said this many times, but Tundra Twister is a fun ride with many twists and flips, making each ride unique! Over a year later, some of its cycles still catch me by surprise!

Scott and I's final ride of the day was on Spinovator.

Here is Scott and I before heading out as it was after 5pm and people were heading to the exit. It was a really fun day! I cannot wait for next year!

Here is one final look at Wonder Mountain before heading out of the park. The view will look a bit different with AlpenFury sticking out on the south side of the mountain. I feel this is my final visit of the 2024 season! What a great season it was making a total of nine visits to the park this year and hanging out with some awesome friends along the way! I am looking forward to 2025! Thanks for checking out my photos of our day at Canada's Wonderland!😀

Canada's Wonderland - September 14th, 2024

On Saturday, September 14th I made my eighth visit of the season to Canada's Wonderland! My brother Scott and our mom joined me on this visit on this summer-like Saturday in mid-September!

We started our day with a ride on Leviathan just before the park opened for the day! Throughout the day, I managed to get on 13 different rides including classics like The Bat, Vortex, and Dragon Fyre, and other thrills like Drop Tower, Shockwave, Behemoth, and Tundra Twister, and Sledge Hammer just to name a few! Despite it being quite busy, we managed to have a great day!

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We arrived at the park around 9:15am. To my surprise, we were able to walk on in and head over to Leviathan for our first ride of the day!

Here's a very empty International Street as the park doesn't officially open until 10am.

In less than two weeks, Halloween Haunt will be over taking the park for another year of scares! Many skeletons and other decorations have been set up throughout the park in preparation of the Halloween Haunt season.

This weekend was one of three weekends for the Oktoberfest event at Canada's Wonderland. The courtyard in Medieval Faire had quite the German vibe!

This is the first time in a very long time that I can recall Spinovator having an unobstructed view! For years there was a snack/refreshment trailer parked in front of the ride. Part way through the season, a more sturdy structure replaced the trailer.

For the upcoming Halloween Haunt season, the new Thirsty Dragon building was moved from in front of Spinovator to in front of Riptide, which is now closed for the season.

A skeleton has even overtaken Leviathan!

Leviathan started taking passengers approximately 15 minutes before the park opened for the day. Scott and I were on the second train of the day!

After Leviathan, we then rode Drop Tower, followed by The Bat once the park opened for the day.

To our surprise, The Bat was surprisingly smooth during this visit!

After The Bat, I took a spin on Shockwave! Over the last two weeks, the trees around Shockwave have been removed. Sadly you'll never have the chance to kick the trees ever again, but it was fun while it lasted! 🤣 Scott and I then rode Vortex!

Over in Frontier Canada, the park was preparing for Trick of Treat Street scare zone.

While in Frontier Canada, I took a ride on Tundra Twister. Ever since it opened last year, I just love how every ride on it is different!

Scott and I then rode Behemoth and then eventually rode Sledge Hammer.

The jack o' lanterns where strung above the entrance of Grande World Exposition of 1890 again like that have been for several years. This view will look different as AlpenFury will be going over the globe!

For my first meal of the day, I had the hickory smoked chicken with a side of Spring mix salad from Lazy Bar Lodge. It was very good as usual. I then had a cone of blue ice cream from dessert from the Cookie Cafe.

The pirate skeletons have found a treasure chest hopefully filled with gold at the base of Wonder Mountain!

These skeletons are just hanging around over Tim Hortons on International Street!

In the afternoon, park guests were enjoying the Oktoberfest event taking place in the medieval Faire Courtyard!

Later in the day, we all took a spin on the Antique Carousel.

For some reason I decided to take a ride on Flight Deck. It wasn't too bad during this visit as I was able to 'staple' my restraint so I didn't get jostled throughout the ride as I sat in the last row of the train.

For my final meal of the day, I had the new Nacho Bowl at Grande World Eatery. It was okay, but I think next time I'll order it without the nacho cheese as it made the chips very soggy.

Our final ride of the day was a second spin of the day on Sledge Hammer. Unfortunately Sledge Hammer is operating at a reduced capacity of 32 passengers as two gondolas are currently closed. Despite the longer wait, it still provides a fun ride!

That concludes my eighth visit of the season to Canada's Wonderland! I plan to return once again during the Thanksgiving long weekend in mid-October! 🙂