actually La Ronde was founed in 1967 as part of the Expo 67 World Exposition and was operated by the AMARC (a sort of municipal corporation responsible of tourism and recreation in the Montréal area) up until 2000. The park was sold to Six Flags in 2001.
I think we, as Montrealers, regret to have done this. Six Flags just started to remove some historical coasters without replacing them with new others. We received an SLC in 2010 and a Zachspin in 2020. Every person that has gone to LaRonde will say that the old rides are better.
@@leoli462 In the early 2000's, Six Flags started to invest tons of money into all their parks, and buying tons of new parks. In that time, Six Flags gave us Vampire and Goliath which are pretty much the only 2 good coasters left at the park now. They planned to completely change La Ronde into an amazing theme park, they planned to add more terrain behind Le Monstre, etc. The problem is, they invested so much money into all their parks during that time, that they almost went bankrupt, and all of their plans for their parks were cancelled. This happened in the late 2000's. Ever since that time, Six Flags is VERY cheap in their investments. Since that time, we only got 2 coasters, all of which are relocated (SLC from AstroWorld in 2010, and ZacSpin from Magic Mountain this year). The problem isn't that we sold La Ronde. The problem is that we sold it to Six Flags, they did crazy shit and almost went bankrupt and are now playing it cheap. If we sold the park to Cedar Fair instead (or even Parc Astérix, which looked forward buying La Ronde in the early 2000's), it would have probably been a way less neglected park. Rant over.
@@Max-ro7sz just reading it makes me sad about the state of the park. I hadn't heard about LaRonde for a long time and was wondering what was new. Quite a bit of stuff is gone and pretty much nothing has been added since the last time I went. Cobra was one of my favorite coaster when I was young, I'd boost my seat a bit so that I could barely touch the floor, sad that it has been gone for 5 years. I was hoping to see new cool rides and go back to enjoy those and the old classics, but it's just so disappointing.
Going here for my birthday in 5 days, super excited as wooden rollercoasters are my favourite, 14th birthday going to be crazy fun for me, 2h drive there thought
+Yellott9 I only count them if they're different like Lighting Racer or the defunct Gwazi, they're distinctly different rides, I'd consider the same for these as one side is LONGER than the other (that's honestly a pretty big difference), but rides like Racer or the defunct Thunder Road I count as one. So for me it all depends on the ride itself.
It didn't actually jump off the track as that is impossible due to stopper wheels underneath the track, but with wooden roller coasters, when they are going very fast and there is a hill, the do raise up into the air a bit. When this happens, you often get the experience called 'airtime'. This is when you lift out of your seat and float in mid air between the seat and the lap bar for a few seconds until you get forced hard back into your seat when the coasters travels back down the hill.Its fun!
Have you ever been in theme parks in the US? Or in the other theme park in Canada that's on the same scale (and even bigger) as La Ronde (Canada's Wonderland)? Try to compare La Ronde with these... If you've only experienced La Ronde you don't know how bad of an amusement park it actually is...
Knotts just sucks. I remember when Ghost Rider first opened, it was such a great ride, it's painful (literally and figuratively) to watch the park let the ride decline. Protip though: the silver train is about 5x smoother than the gold train...
1:43 It's very fun when you jump from the car because of a bumpy track, but it seems less fun to me when this is the car itself which jumps from the track! OMG, that should hurt...
Worst coaster I have ever been on. It was so rough. I wanted to like it, but just couldn't. I had pain in several parts of my body after riding it. The coaster Goliath is so much better at La Ronde!
Dude, it is painful, you have a "mild concussion" upon exiting. You will be asking your girlfriend for some aspirin because your brain will have been jarred so much.
Camille Lapierre il ne craque pas, c'est seulement les chaînes qui sont bruyantes à cause que la technologie dans le temps ne permettais pas de mettre les chaînes ou les rails silencieux. je l'ai fait et j'ai bien aimé je te le conseille :)
Ça ne craque pas!! Parce que si le Monstre craquait vraiment, il ne serait pas encore de fonctionner, les employés du parc l'auraient fermé depuis longtemps. Et pour ton information, ils ont installé des nouveaux trains et ont faît des rénovations donc ils ont l'intention de le garder encore longtemps.
