La Ronde Review, Only Canadian Six Flags Park | The Good, The Bad, The Ugly 

This is my home park. It's so miserable seeing all of the rides I adored as a kid being removed with nothing to fill the void. The management also really needs to get their game together. I adore this park with all my heart and it's such a shame to see it mistreated like this.

The fireworks show is actually the Montreal international fireworks competition, the most prestigious fireworks show in the world.

The Boomerang was meant to operate in an amusement park called Tivoli, in Gran Canaria (Canary Islands, Spain), but contruction was not completed and the park never opened to the public. Back in the early 80's it was painted in Yellow and spent quite some time standing, but not operating, until it was sold to Le Ronde. The ferris wheel comes from the same amusement park in Gran Canaria too. Since I never got a chance to ride any of them, I am extremely happy that both rides found a new owner and are still operating to this day. I wish I could travel to Canada and ride them, so I could have the chance that I never got when I was a kid. Thanks for the video!

My home park! One thing I'd strongly recommend is to not drive to this place. The metro doesn't drop you too far from the entrance, and it really is nice to avoid the traffic near the park

Went to La Ronde every weekend during summer vacations while in High School. The initial Six Flags investment did great things for the park but it's clear they lost interest at some point. I expect La Ronde to be one of the first parks they inevitably sell-off now that interest rates have skyrocketed and they have a lot of debt. I really hope someone good picks it up because what the park truly needs is incredibly innovative approaches to maximizing space, similar to how Phantasialand gets so much out of every square meter. Just a thought, move the parking lots and staff facilities off island or underground, get the Boring Company to build an underground transport system to get into the park.

Very good and balanced review. I like La Ronde, but the park's opportunities for improvement are noticeable. I also agree with your assessment that Montreal is a fantastic North American city to visit.

The reason the chain did not rename the attractions has to do with copyright law. They own the rights to the DC Franchise in the US, but would have to pay extra to get access to those names outside of the US.

This is incredibly helpful information about accessing this park. I’ve never heard anything about these issues before. You’re doing the Lord’s work!

As always, you nailed this review!! I totally got lost trying to park when I got there. The entrance was a mess of switchbacks and no one waiting in them, and no way to go around them. So stupid. Ednor was the worst steel I've ridden and Le Monstre desperately needs the RMC treatment!

They could use a Ferry boat that takes people from a parking lot accross the water, this would definitely cool off the congestion.

This place has great potential. I bet six flags will sell this place I wonder what company will buy it. Maybe gene staples would buy it. Move some of the older rides to his other parks and replace them with some newer ones.

Fun fact: ednor (the parks slc)was actually supposed to go to great escape, it had red track and blue supports so the name was obviously mind eraser, kinda glad that didn’t happen but still sad it got built :/

I went here and i didn't run into any problems on my visit (must of gone on a lucky day), got some rare coaster credits while i was here before the problems started setting in, great review anyway and see you next video!

Fun fact: this park has the original S&S drop tower in orbite, which was originally located in the infamous action park in New Jersey until when it was relocated to la ronde for the 1999 season

This is my local park that I've been going to for 20+ years. This review is 100% valid. I'm so sad that OG rides have been retired in the past few years.

The bridge is also closed because the fireworks occasionally collide with the bridge, so there are safety risks.

I've been to it quite a couple times and just a few days ago aswell. Going on weekends might honesly not be worth at all, the wait time is disgustingly long. It took be about 2 hrs to ride goliath due to high amount of ppl and the coaster malfunctioning here and there. If you wanna chill for a long time i would advise eating beforehand because food is obviously in expensive prices. Noticed alot of ppl skipping lines which was pretty annoying. Its less on more popular ones because they are more supervised ofcourse. They have gotten alot better at managing crowds, entering the park is like you said about 20-30 mins. 100% go right on entrance time or you will suffer. i came an hour after opening and wait times were already bad. I will soon go again on a weekday and very early and i hope it will be a better experience, however it is the summer vacation so it might not matter as much. Your review is very accurate, the only new thing i saw was the monster coaster had a new beast entrance to make it look cooler?! literally nothing lol. On the bright side, i dont think i have seen a single ride not working except for the ones that never did across years like monorail,tower, and horror place. 2 rides you can't miss on this place is the Titan and the Goliath for sure. These are actually worth the wait most of the time. Overall i like this park, my only critical issue is thw wait time. I hope six flags does something about this park as its lacking for sure.

Thanks for this very fair review of my home park! I believe we need much more investment here (a big coaster) and that would make it quite better. Little question about Gravitor, the flying carpet; it's been shut this entire year and no employee is willing to answer questions about it. One of them told me that all models of it were shut around the world before running off. Is this true to your knowledge? Because it's a really fun flat ride and I hope they're not going to scrap it

I can't stand this park! There always seems to be a different problem every time I visit. Last time I went in 2021 was the most frustrating. I have a six flags season pass (with La Ronde as the home park) and it was on one of the weekends where the free bring a friend tickets were valid. I also confirmed this by calling and emailing guest services prior to coming. Once we got there, we waited in line for 20 minutes to get to the gate, which was expected. Scan my pass and it was fine, scan the bring a friend ticket and the person said it's not valid it's on a different weekend. I then went on the website, confirmed the weekend was in fact the weekend we were there, showed the email from guest services confirming the ticket was valid for the weekend. The person then said it has been changed and it's not valid on this weekend!?!?!?! So, they have a ticket window by where they scan the tickets and I just bit the bullet and went to buy a day ticket. BUT, their machine was not working for payment and they couldn't take cash! THEN, they had no way for us to exit the park to get to the main ticket booths so we just stood there trying to get someone to help us and every employee just ignored us. So we decided to just leave and had to wait for security to not be busy (15 minutes) to walk us out through the exit. It was crazy! And believe it or not, that is not the first time something that dumb has happened there. WILL NEVER GO BACK AGAIN!

Bro Quebec Nor-Dee-K is the funnist mispronunciation I've ever heard

I have never been here but it sounds like a nightmare with the logistical issues, operations, etc.

They are dismantling the monorail, I don't know if they are gonna replace it. But yeah that park changed so much since 1967

I went to La Ronde last year. After 24 years without going there. My impression was so bad when I went there last year. Last I went was in 1998,il was always a fun day,at this time,it was City of Montreal,there was few years earlier the Aqua Parc,a water slides complex annexed to La Ronde. And price for a day in one park was 20$ and both was 27$. All rides and lot of animations,there was also an option to access the park by paying a lower fare,but rides wasn’t included,except for monorail and observation tower,there were also a cable car ride available on site. We were also welcomed to bring our own food and beverages. Last year when I get back To La Ronde,something was new. The fast pass,witch I doesn’t need cause due to a handicap,I can have a priority access,witch was not possible in 1998. That was the only good new things After all. Supermanège,the Cobra,the Pitoune,a log coaster and monorail and observation tower wasn’t anymore in operation and no more cable cars. All have been torn out,except for the tower,that we will probably see it disappear soon. Made a complete tour of all coasters. Le Montre was way much bumpy and the new trains are not confortable,seats are narrower and siting on wasn’t comfy. Was lucky that day cause no waiting queues anywhere. Many rides were still closed as the splash. Tried the mouse coaster that was new, find it bumpy,but funny. I ride Goliath,Ednor Vampire and the Chaos ,they were saying that was pretty new and that this ride never existed before. But back in the early 80’s Belmont park haved the exact same kind of ride. Dragon not worth the wait,it’s only a 30 seconds ride. The longest coaster are the Goliath,witch it take a bit less than 2 minutes for the entire ride. Also,absolutely no animation on site. Not even any music was playing Going there,with your own food? Forget about it,not even a water bottle from outside is allowed and there’s no self water fountain functional on site and they do all the necessary to prevent a visitor to be able to refill an empty water bottle. Witch are 5,50$ to buy. Having a meal will cost over 20$ for sure,as a very small portion of French fries are 8$ and there’s no restaurant around the site,you way need leave your food in the car and come out to eat before foi back in. Also,the best way to get there is by the subway and if there’s fireworks,you may need come by bike,cause it’s the only way to avoid heavy stand still traffic or overcrowded subway ride. Especially when there’s music events in the place near the subway station,also the parking is very expensive. Season pass allows and option to have parking included and also meals included,but it’s not guaranteed. You may be disappointed if parking is full cause there no reserved section and for the food supposedly included,it’s a minimal portion witch is pretty smaller than a smaller portion that you can buy at restaurants. Example,you want to eats a subway submarine combo,witch normally includes drink,12 inches sandwich and two cookies or chips. Normally it will cost around 20$ at every place you find a subway restaurant,but at La Ronde,it will cost 35$ and the submarine will be 6 inches,12 inches will bring you to 48$. If you use the seasonal pass with included meal,the submarine will be reduced to 5 inches and you will have a choice on a drink or a chips/cookie,you won’t have the complete combo. So for a family including 2 children’s and 2 adults,the day at La Ronde will not be possible under 300$ of spending. Need to pay for parking if it’s not included and fare are 27$ for a day.

Six Flags can only use WB names if the park is call Six Flags. In the contract with the city, it says that they need the city’s autorisation to change the name. Guess they never allowed it.

I really wish they took better care of this park 😢 so much potential

The SBNO monorail also has the cars parked over the pathways so guests can still see the advertisements!! 🤣🤣

When youre in this park, you can see that this park was a 5 stars excellent amusement park back then, maybe in 1990-2000? It looks like this park just lost his colors with the time and then because of the actual managment, they can upgrade the park like others 5 stars park

I went to Dark Nights recently, and I got stuck in the parking lot for over an hour. I stupidly went on a concert night. Ugh

This park, outside of its operations already sound like a headache for all those involved. People like to bash Six Flags here, but if they were to relinquish their lease to another company, I wouldn’t say anything. It just doesn’t seem like the most fitting park for them to run all things considered. Don’t get me wrong it looks like a beautiful park, but there’s a lot that could be done better.

Which Goliath coaster do you like more, Goliath at La Ronde or Goliath at Six Flags Over Georgia?

That Batman clone is HAWLINGGGG

Cool go to cedar point again and do a POV when you get a chance to do it

If at all possible, find a francophone to help you learn the proper pronunciation of the French named rides. Otherwise your video is quite enjoyable and I like your comments.

I’m glad I’m not a “credit” person because nothing about what you’re describing sounds worth it. I will happily skip this park (though I may check out the firework show if I’m in the area).

Good thing, the dining plan issues seem to have been resolved. Unfortunately most issues with the park come from systemic incompetent upper management. Here’s to hoping things get better with scrutiny from the Cedar Fair high and senior executives, who, admittedly, are better at what they do.

The location of this park is so good

Great informative video

If anyone sees this and decides to go to la ronde this year, i suggest to take the metro, when u get to the right station, you just take 1 bus wich takes about 8 mins and the bus takes you right to the entrance, so its very easier

I’ve heard some really bad things about the general clientele that go to La Ronde although I’ve heard some pretty nasty things about people who live in Montreal in general are the people who go to the park generally friendly or are they as bad as I’ve heard

Do you think this and Canada's Wonderland could both be done in the same trip despite being in different provinces are do you believe they're far enough away to the point where you'd have to do them on separate vacations?

I absolutely love la ronde, but that could be because I Was not the one who drove to it, La Ronde was my first Six flags park and my first park to do B&M's in, and I already want to go back, it was my favourite amusement park when I left, until 2 days later when I went to wonderland for the first time

The best time to visit the fall is during october if you can stand the cold 😊✨

Would you like to go again to la ronde? Goliath Vampire Ednor Boomerang

And would you like to ride again: Toboggan Nordique Boomerang Goliath Ednör Titan Vampire Gravitor Manitou

The park that looks some what underated but still horrible. This park does honestly seem better than SFSTL. But some of the decisions they made for rides like getting both a B&M Invert and Vekoma SLC. Those place could use some help with their rides.

If a ride is rough, the over the shoulder restraints

Which are some of your favorite S&S towers?

If you haven’t been to La Ronde again,they removed the monorail.

This is my home park... And its three hours away from me...

is le monstre actually pronounced Le Monst?

Nice park but Darien Lake is closer if I wanted to visit a Six Flags park. I'd rather visit Canada's Wonderland.

La ROW-nde, not La rah-nde. It was AMAZING and turned to shit when Six Flags bought it. The bridge is Jacques-Cartier, like the famous explorer, pronouned CAR-T-YAY not CAR-TEE-ER.

Would you like to go again to La Ronde?

tobogan nordique and titan has single rider lines

Burger king foot lettuce

The ugly is how they speak French😏

but is a good park

Americans will literally rather sit in a gridlocked parking lot for 4 hours that take a subway

into oblivion, what means?

Do you like all coasters at la Ronde?

If a ride is smooth, the over the shoulder restraints...

I don't think they will invest much in the near future for this park. Even if they retire more rides, the people are going to come anyway. It's the only park option for the biggest cities in the province (Montréal, Québec, Sherbrooke, Trois-Rivières and all of the surrounding of theses citites). So that's the only option for more than 5,000,000 people. And for those people willing to drive, the other possible parks are non french speaking. Its not that Quebecers can't speak english but some of them will prefer La Ronde for that reason alone.