La Ronde Review Montreal, Quebec, Canada 

We are pleased to provide a new UPDATED park review for La Ronde, following another visit 5 years after this one. Check out that video here! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-v5dWZRRqRrI.html

40% "la ronde is not that bad" 10% "lol yes it is" 50% "POUTINE IS A MEAL"

Trust me as a Canadian. Not even a Quebecois, but trust me. Poutine is a meal here in Canada.

Everyone’s focused about the poutine and not the six flags review lmao

3:15 On that day, middle schoolers had a field trip at La Ronde. EDIT : These were all of the teens with the orange and gray shirts.

Children playing in a literal human waste catcher: no comment Some cheezy friez: all the comments

I think you really need to understand the backstory to understand this park. It hasn't always been under Six Flags management, and they haven't put all that much money or effort into the park beyond Goliath. It was the amusement park left over from Expo '67, and has been added to little by little over the years. It was never intended to be a fully fledged regional park, much less a fully-fledged Six Flags park. The hope was that Six Flags would bring it closer to that goal, but they just haven't bothered. In fact, instead they took out some classic flat rides that gave the park character and had been there for quite some time. (Think: Six Flags Great America-style flat rides and you'll know what I mean.) The real point of the park is to be a wonderful afternoon diversion from Montreal, itself. A place to go before or after food and cultural festivals elsewhere on the mid-river islands, or to watch the summer fireworks festival. On those terms it works great, especially before Six Flags when the older classic rides were still around, and Le Monstre was still being operated as a racing coaster. Back then the park delivered because it didn't overpromise. Right now, Six Flags over promises and that's the problem. It really needs to be under better management. FWIW, It's Le Vampire because of licensing issues. It really was supposed to be Batman. On the other hand, you were in somebody else's city in somebody else's province in somebody else's country, so complaining that you hadn't bothered to learn a word of the local language--or bothered to learn that you were actually in an incredibly bilingual city and could easily have used English with anybody you encountered--that's really on you, not on the 2 million people who live in the Montreal region. Your cultural sensitivity in this video is essentially zero.

"I don't think I have ever waited so long to enter a park." I think Busch Gardens Tampa on Spring Break is a worthy contender for longest wait.

“There were these obnoxious lines to get on all the good rides” Yeah, that kinda happens at amusement parks.

3:33 says he isn't giving the park a hard time and then complains that he doesn't speak French

There's a very good chance that those French speakers knew English. Heck, even in France it's not all that unlikely. We anglophones are the only people who tend not to learn a second language. Also, I mean, it's a francophone region so obviously people will speak french

Being from montreal, La ronde used to be really good before six flags got involved, it had more of a local fare feel to it. Once they started to remove timeless rides and replace them with remnants of rides from other parks. For example for the 2020 season we are getting the 4d Greenlantern ride which has been deemed horrible by so many. It's as if la ronde has become six flags' dumping ground for stuff that doesn't work.

10:45 -- if the park made a 360° change ... It would be right back where it started. I think you meant 180°.

I like you Taylor, but some of your complaints were quite ignorant. First of all, poutine is a Canadian staple. It's a meal. It's not just fries with cheese or bacon, it is fries, cheese curds and gravy and it is really filling. Sure, a small portion could be considered a side, but in general, it is eaten as a meal. Secondly, you can't get mad at people for speaking French and English in a bilingual province. Not everyone in the world speaks English. If you were to go to China would you be mad that they were speaking Mandarin or Cantonese? I'm sure you didn't mean to offend, but judging a park because the patrons speak their native language isn't a valid complaint.

Getting annoyed because people are speaking french in a french speaking city , wow. You must be American.

The fact that a Vekoma boomerang is there logo is truly tragic

Sorry mate, but being from Quebec, I can say Poutine is one hell of a meal. Most popular meal in all of Quebec actually.

Buddy...hah...hah.... Did you say poutine can’t be dinner? Hmmmmmmmmmmmm...surrrrrreeeeeeeeeeeee

Lol it’s getting green lantern

Taylor: i hope it makes a 360 degree turn Me: 360 degrees is a full circle

The worst thing at la ronde is that the poutine is 11$ and usually it’s 5$

Taylor: poutine isn't a meal Canada: hold my beer... Edit *I didn’t see other comments I thought it was original sorry*

La ronde may not be the best park but poutine is a meal, you crossed the maple taffy stick now buckaroo

so it has been 2 years since this video was posted, and i think some rather large changes have been made: -they need to improve on up keeping of the rides. (still) -they still use the same entrance methods but it is way faster now. -i only spotted a few problems with fellow park goers (also all teens may i add) with jumping the lines, which staff was all over and made them go to the end of the line -the music was a reasonable volume (and i do agree it was oddly loud in 2017) -i believe the meals have been changed to things more filling. -it is still unaesthetic to look at (like most six flags) -the bathrooms were slightly unhygienic but like any other public bathroom. (said both genders.) -ques are still slow due to their loading process. -they have better employees -There's plenty of lost kids Tips to take with you to La Ronde, if anyone is looking to go: -line up to enter an hour early if you want to enter the fastest. -line up for the rides you want to go one first when you first get in. -scope out the park before going -study up on French, and English (most employees speak only french with minimal English) -security at the gates most often only speaks french (from my experience) -don't talk about vampire's name (it is a copy of batman, but had licensing issues) -just be a good park goer -HELP THE LOST KIDS (this happens too much) please keep in mind, this is my experience, and yours may be different. for reference i went on June 23rd, 2019, and they have improved since i last went in August 2017. this is not supposed to be a hate message, but instead informative, this is a note for recent park goers considering La Ronde i would like to congratulate you on making it to the bottom, thanks for reading

Actually as someone who lives in montreal I can guarantee you that poutine is an actually lunch/ dinner

im from quebec and i have to say that the lines are very long at La Ronde because it's the only one park that we have in quebec and because it's the only one , we have to appreciate it Edit: Wow, so many likes! Thanks!

You can only go in the The maison rouge the day of Halloween u are supposed to get spooked it’s not opened all year around🤦‍♀️

GP: "It can't be that bad." Taylor: "Hold my beer."

Hey. We speak English too.

La Ronde is not even close to my fav park but your review is way too biased against the other visitors and not really about the park itself.

Just went to Laronde. I went with very low expectations due to this review. I was pleasantly surprised. Low crowds, and Le Monstre is actually open now! Didn't expect to get that credit considering it's been closed since 2017, so that was nice. The meal plan worked out well for me and my group. I liked the flat ride selection as well. Titan is pretty insane. I will say though, the park needs shade for the queue lines. Much of the park looks very old and run down with overgrown weeds and old buildings that are empty. The park has potential to be very solid. Refurbish or tear down the old rides and scenery, get that Zac Spin up and going, RMC Le Monstre (unlikely), and get rid of that empty parking lot in the back beside Goliath. Throw a S&S free spin in there and maybe a dark ride, and you got a very solid park. One I'd gladly go back to.

Taylor in 2017: La Ronde sucks! Taylor in 2022: La Ronde is pretty lit!

Because you think when french people go to usa they speak french with us

is Canada dude they speak both languages specially in Quebec

you got to understand why the lines are so long, its one of the only major parks in canada

i dont remember having long lines for laronde tickets🤔

LA Regret

The reason why you can't go around the lake is that they're using that space to setup the bi-weekly fireworks. As you can imagine there would be certain risks to letting people anywhere near that. ;)

Back here after the most recent visit 😅

I'm American and Poutine is super yummy. I have a few Canadian friends too who love it.

Enthusiasts: You’re rude GP: Why?! Enthusiasts: You don’t let me get airtime

Steps to visiting La Ronde: 1. Don't 2. Go to Canada's Wonderland 3. Don't

1:40 Aged like milk

Oh poor you! The king that doesn't like to wait. Don't come back here and you'll be happy.

Canadas wonderland is the best canadian theme park in my oppinion

i went to that parc like a thousand times, it’s not as bad as he said, maybe like he went on a bad day but i always go and is never like that oh and i did the monster one u juste went on the wrong day! So like he should stop judging cuz he went only one time!!!!

I feel like a lot of people missed the point of the whole review. So many dislikes over poutine lol. Look, he said he was dissatisfied with the portion size. A cheeseburger is considered a meal in America. But if you got a small burger like a slider, you would be upset that that’s all you got. And then even more upset if you were to find out that a full size burger was NOT included on the meal plan. Meal is about portion, not the item itself in my opinion. But beyond that, his poor review what NOT centered around food. It was centered around long lines, bad aesthetics, rude employees and fellow guests, closed rides, and the ones that were open were only running one train and slowing things down further. That sounds like a horrible day if you’re spending the $60-$70 PLUS parking it takes to get into a typical Six Flags park lol. It’s $64.99 plus like $20 parking here at Six Flags St. Louis and it is considered one of the worst Six Flags. Get over yourselves, dislikers. He had a bad experience. He told you about it. Not up to you to tell him how HIS experience was.

hey coaster studios in the future I wanna start a themepark near Seattle that would have stuff like B&Ms later and RMCs. Would you invest in it? Wouldn't happen for 10 years or more tho.

I live in Montreal and I go to this park every year. This park is not for tourists. People do not come to Montreal to go to La Ronde, so it is predominately filled with locals. Oh, Quebec is French, so get over it! This park is crap because Six Flags doesn’t care. Yes, there are a few great rides, but it is run down and dirty. Broken rides like the Cobra and Le Pitoune are left there to rot. The employees are not pleasant either. There is also not enough employees at the front gates, and it takes forever for the baggage check. If Six Flags would hire better management, it could be a lot better. A coat of paint could help! I seriously believe Six Flags writes La Ronde off as a tax loss. This park has a great history which is lost by owners who don’t care! It’s a real shame, and considering there are no other amusements close by, we are stuck with this one. Please somebody buy this park and restore it to its glory days!

At least the park opened on time when you went. It opened 45 minutes late when I was there.

Guys, we understand you had a different experience, but acknowledge that this is not your experience, this is Taylor’s.

in 2023 the park is amaizing , people are nicer all rides are open , super manège got removed cobra got removed and Le monstre is reopened you should go there again in 5 years the park changed a lot

This guy is complaining that there's mixed languages? Wtf... You're in Canada lol in a French area!!

LaRonde is my local park. Poutine is considered a meal here in Quebec. It is still an amazing park. BTW Le Monstre had one track closed not all of it. Also I’m sorry for the experiences of the bad guests you had here. You should give it another try in a couple of years when it gets better things here. Sometimes of their operations can be slow but the Goliath and Vampire are the quickest.

Well, In My Opinion I Love It! Sorry That You Didn't... *La Ronde Army Joins The Chat*

There is a problem when LaRhonde has a hyper but Knotts doesn’t have one.

Should you visit LaRonde? No. Should you go if you have the chance? Yes. So which is it? 😂 as a side note, there were broken trains and stuff just lying around. I don’t think that’s guest friendly.

not to rant, but poutine is usually eaten as a lunch or dinner and not as a side

B.S. I was at this park and it was good. how much did you get paid to do this?

As someone who grew up in Montreal I can explain you why there is so many teenagers (and obnoxious ones) at La Ronde. The Thing is that La Ronde might be one of the few Six Flags that is closed to a subway Station. So makes it easy for young teenagers to go without having to rely on their parents. So every kids from Montreal , lets say age 12-17 will go with his group of friends in an unsupervised trip to La Ronde. Imagine your 14 and for the first time your going out with your friends without any parents to a theme park: you get the picture.

As a french Canadian, WE LEARN ENGLISH AT SCHOOL ! We can understand you. Just ask as simple it is: Can you stop your kids please... Or: Please, stop. French Canadians are not stupide and can understand at least the english basics. We fought so much back in the days for having the right to speak in french out loud in Quebec. It was almost a crime in 60's to 70's to speak french in public, french canadians were judged, cursed at... But we fought. And now, we have our rights, saying that we can speak our native tongue in public. Now we are accepted and then you juste come and say that french is one of the reasons why you don't like a freakin' theme park ? And then we still learn english at school better than you learn french at yours. Bro, sorry for going this far, but hearing you saying all those things about us make me so angry. I couldn't stay in front of my computer and hear what you say about us un this video, I had to write what was in my mind. + Poutine is a meal for us in Quebec ++The workers are amazing and well treated by their employers.

You can only really enjoy the park if you live in Montreal and can go every week or as much as possible if you have a season pass

6:00 I’ve seen that kind of thing happen before. When I first went to Cedar Point three years ago, they took a train off on Rougarou because one of the restraints wasn’t working properly. There were two trains left after that, so lines weren’t a problem.

Y’all gotta understand that us speaking French isn’t our fault and also most people speak English. Poutine IS a meal and u should be strategic about what day u plan on going because kids are usually there on weekends and the guy in the video went during a field trip.

Lol the people speaking french totally understand and speak English. They just didn't want to speak with you.

"if you like dirt you'll love this park" - Taylor 2017

Any day at a bad theme park is better than a good day at home

You’ve clearly never been to Southport PleasureLand

Living in Montreal, I used to go to La Ronde ALOT when I was a kid. There was a magical ambiance and I actually felt welcomed (and I'm pretty sure it's not childhood nostalgia). All the game stalls were open, rides were rarely closed, employees and people weren't rude. Having experienced it in the last 2-3 years, I've noticed how much Six Flags just didn't give a sh*t about this amusement park. They cut on everything. Everythings looks dead or on the edge of death/closure. Seriously, they don't even clean up after themselves: there's ride corpses EVERYWHERE. I really don't know what to tell you about the people though, I noticed that too. From what I gathered and figured out, most of them are from the south shore (450) and I felt everytime I entered La Ronde I was in a jungle with a bunch of primates. It is now a sh*tfest and I'm really sorry you had to experience this once magical park (at least to me) in it's current state. Your video hits way too close to home... except for poutine, I stand by it.

I went twice this summer and didn’t have a single problem. The maximum wait time was one hour (for the Titan and the Monster for example). A lot of nice rollercoasters took only 15 min of wait time. I think you went on a day where schools had organized events. Advice for everyone: if you want to go, go on a Tuesday/Wednesday. The other days are pretty busy. And for those who think Montrealers can’t talk in english, they can. Most of them fluently or at least, they’ll understand what you’re trying to say. Have fun guys! A review should never be a final decision for you! (: (Btw Poutine here in Quebec is definitely a meal. It’s like you can eat pizza, lasagna or poutine you know)

dude i live in montreal and here, our first language is french, so it’s normal if there’s a lot of people who speak french and a little bit whi speak english

“What dont you like about the LaRonde” “ There were kids having fun ”

La Ronde makes Darien Lake look like Cedar Point

I'm liking this side of Taylor, go ahead and call these parks out, people are paying good money to go to these places and it shouldn't be substandard.

Like, bro you probably went to La Ronde on a weekend. I actually waited no more than 7 minutes for the Goliath on a sunny wednesday. Also if you wanna complain about the kids and the adult that was using the frickin' stall for too long, you should actually blame it on them instead of making the park's reputation go down. Also we're in a bilingual region so you should understand that we speak another language than English. P.S. Le Monstre is a very 'fragile' coaster since it's made out of wood so it's super normal that they close it often to check if everything is OK. Like the roller coaster is almost a 100 years old so I suggest you just shut your mouth.

I had a good experience . There was this employee Violette (I think) at manitou and vol ultime that gave out a great ride experience. All the lines on my favorite rides were super short,the staff was cool and they took down Cobra. Staff at Vampire keeps saying other rides to joke XD and many new rides were added. I think the trains you saw will be the new 2020 ride,where Cobra was. Entry line : 3:45:12 minutes Monstre : open and fixed (I remember is breaking when I rode it) This was my experience at La Ronde. EDIT : one day Le Monstre’s personnel made us skip the line cause they needed 2 people at the back row (where we planned to go) Oh hey this comment from 10 months ago got 2 likes yay

La Ronde needs to be la GONE.

But poutine *IS* a dinner.

So I know that RMC is Rocky Mountain Construction so a roller coaster company but what does it mean exactly to RMC a rollercoaster?

Oh I’m sorry for your bad experience at La Ronde but if you actually have talk to french people in english they will understand because we are all have done english classes at school, no worries. And some of us are bilingual. Also you got a point about the “teenage immature pack” vibe that no one seems to care. It’s so annoying and frustrating. Absolute no respect on every rules, it’s a big shame.

As the French would say, sacre ew.

Themepark parody?

Verdict: we all feel like dirt

I have a question have you been to kings dominion? And if you have do you like twisted timbers? Cuz that was by RMC Plz make a video about it!

LaRonde is the closest park to my home, Canada’s wonderland is at 7 hours of car ;_;

Poutine is not a meal?!😂🤦🏾‍♂️try to finish a medium poutine

What did the man say? I can translate (i live near Montreal and i also speak french)

Is Six Flags Great America a good park for you, I rode every ride except Maxx force and Superman

you NEVER reviewed goliath

Are you from Canada? Cause if you are you wouldn’t be saying a poutine isn’t a lunch or dinner 😂

This review made me laugh so much 😆 sorry about your experience, of course. It's just too funny.

This review reeks of three things: entitlement, expecting everything to be catered to you specifically, and apples to oranges. I went for the first time in my life yesterday and had an amazing time. Rides were open, lines were not too long, AND every worker I spoke with spoke both English and French. And you went to Montréal without knowing anything about poutine, the rides and services offered at La Ronde, AND you're complaining about all the French? No, bad review from a bad reviewer.

La Ronde was better before "Six Flags".

The monster had to be fixed and the cobra wasn’t safe enough. The haunted house are opened during halloween or close to Halloween. Maybe sometimes the staff can be unpleasant but the whole park isn’t and i think you mistook people going line passing for people that had a flash pass to go in front of the line. Also there is the mini rail that you can go in to travel around the park whit out walking. Yes there are some bad food options but there are plenty that are good. There are not only 2 or 3 very good attractions there is the titan the goliath the vampire the monstre the orbite the slingshot a thing that they put you in the air and swing you down and plenty more. You probably just had bad luck and came in a busy day . if la ronde didn’t look good at this time it’s because of repairs and if you’re not bilingual it’s not our problem

Hello Coaster Studios, have you ever been to Bobbejaanland in Belgium?

I live close to Montreal and this is the only park I have so I'm grateful for it and I love it so much literally my favorite thing to do in the summer

This park doesn't need that haunted house because the park is way more scarier on its own.

No... it’s a Classic of Montreal in Québec, everyone have been there and even most of tourists appreciate it... It’s the only park we’ve got too... from sixflags (That is near of our houses) Maybe this guy didn’t have a great experience at this moment because everytime I go there, I’m always excited. (I just want to say that I’m excited to whatever park I go to too! :p) His experience doesn’t mean that this park is like how HE experienced at THIS moment. So his judgement is his. It’s not because he said this that everyone has to hate... Anyways still a Classic y’all hate won’t change anything... 😉🤩 Edit: Sorry for the faults, I don’t really use appropriate words to my sentences sometimes, lol.

There are a bunch of narcissists and ignorant people saying that Taylor complained about people speaking a different language than him. If you actually pay attention, you would realize that he actually said was "Look, I've never been one to hate on teenagers at parks because I know not all teenagers are like that, but it certainly felt that way at La Ronde. There was no respect for personal space, they didn't care, and it doesn't help that you get a weird mix of people speaking French and English so not only are they being obnoxious but you can't tell them to please stop because they speak a different language than you." This is a direct quote from the video that cannot be disputed. Time code: 3:17.

I learned about this place and had to do multiple work pages about it in French class. And now I see this