Canada’s Wonderland: General Discussion

[Magic-Man]

Ride the world's wildest dive roller-coaster

MSN has leaked Canada’s Wonderland’s newest coaster: A B&M dive-coaster named Yukon Striker.

Stats (from the article, more will come tomorrow)

1. World’s tallest dive coaster
2. Most inversions on a dive-coaster (four)
3. First dive-coaster to feature a vertical loop

My thoughts? This looks awesome! The only weak spot (to me) is that break-run. It’s needlessly long and slow.

 

[Dhdhddh]

Looks great! I really like the unconventional first half.

 

[MakoMania]

Full POV:

 

[Disneyhead]

I like that it has a bit more coaster to it than the older dive machines.

 

[SkiBum]

I like that it has a bit more coaster to than the older dive machines.

Exactly. I have waited for B&M to develop a dive coaster with more traditional coaster elements to it than dive, immelman, heartline, brake, dive, heartline, and helix.

 

[Tobias]

I'm kinda' split on this, on one hand the first half of the ride looks awesome and it's great to see them putting in a vertical loop on a dive machine. (RCT finally comes true!)

Unfortunately, the awesomeness of the first half of the ride looks to come to a screeching halt at the mid-course breaks as it's rather plain looking afterwards. An' finally, vest restraints. I just don't like them on dive machines, I'll always prefer the older restraints for that more open/free feeling on the drops.

 

[universal_fanatic]

I've never been on a dive machine before so I'm pumped for this one! The most recent "big" coaster we received was a B&M giga but it was so similar to the hyper that they put in several years before that one that it didn't feel like a new ride. Looking forward to something a bit different!

 

[GAcoaster]

To me it looks short (in length) compared to Gryffon and Sheikra. I do like that it will dive through the suspended coaster and into the tunnel in the water though...

 

[Viator]

 

[universal_fanatic]

That's awesome! I've always felt kinda nervous leaving my bags in the bins there.

 

[saint.piss]

 

[kingcooger]

It's crazy that Canada's Wonderland got the spiritual successor to King's Dominion's Volcano...

 

[GAcoaster]

Interesting that despite being 1000' longer than Full Throttle that the ride time is 10 seconds shorter.

 

[Magic-Man]

Interesting that despite being 1000' longer than Full Throttle that the ride time is 10 seconds shorter.

No midcourse stop and it doesn't go backwards.

 

[Jake S]

This looks great. Love the layout and the pacing.

 

[SkiBum]

I'm just mad that CW is getting all the cool toys. While I understand why Kings Island is adding a short water coaster, the area where Vortex used to sit could really use a multi-launch coaster right now.

 

[GAcoaster]

CW is the number one park in the chain for attendance despite a shorter season than most of the others. Investments in CW seem to keep growing attendance faster than the others.

 

[SkiBum]

CW is the number one park in the chain for attendance despite a shorter season than most of the others. Investments in CW seem to keep growing attendance faster than the others.

I always thought that Cedar Point was the big dog but CW is leading the pace. Helps that it is in a suburb of a good-sized city. I recognize that Cleveland and Toledo (and places in-between) are close to Cedar Point but being in the suburbs of a city with a population of nearly 3 million and close to 10 million in the general area.

 

[Tobias]

That layout looks effin' weird in the best possible way, I'm totally down for that!

 

[GAcoaster]

I always thought that Cedar Point was the big dog but CW is leading the pace. Helps that it is in a suburb of a good-sized city. I recognize that Cleveland and Toledo (and places in-between) are close to Cedar Point but being in the suburbs of a city with a population of nearly 3 million and close to 10 million in the general area.

It's also really the ONLY theme park in Canada of any note.