AlpenFury is a steel launched roller coaster under construction at Canada's Wonderland in Vaughan, Ontario, Canada. It is being manufactured by Premier Rides with an expected opening in 2025. AlpenFury is also being marketed as the tallest, fastest, and longest launch coaster in Canada, in addition to featuring nine inversions and becoming the park's 19th roller coaster.[1]
| AlpenFury | |
|---|---|
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 A rendering of AlpenFury | |
| Canada’s Wonderland | |
| Location | Canada’s Wonderland |
| Park section | Alpenfest |
| Status | Under construction |
| Opening date | 2025 |
| Replaced | Xtreme Skyflyer |
| General statistics | |
| Type | Steel – Launched |
| Manufacturer | Premier Rides |
| Model | Sky Rocket |
| Track layout | Out and back |
| Lift/launch system | Linear synchronous motor |
| Height | 50 m (164 ft) |
| Drop | 47 m (154 ft) |
| Length | 1,000 m (3,281 ft) |
| Speed | 115 km/h (71 mph) |
| Inversions | 9 |
| Duration | 1:20 |
| Trains | 2 trains with 3 cars. Riders are arranged 2 across in 3 rows for a total of 18 riders per train. |
| Website | Official site |
| AlpenFury at RCDB | |
History
editIn July 2023, Canada's Wonderland released a survey asking guests about three future roller coaster concepts. The concepts were a "Blast Coaster", "Concert Coaster", and "Eureka Ridge Ghost Town" featuring a family wooden roller coaster, likely from Great Coasters International based on the concept design. The Blast Coaster concept was described as a winged car coaster that would be launched out of the top of Wonder Mountain and the coaster would likely be designed by Bolliger & Mabillard.[2] Canada's Wonderland had in actuality begun to develop the former in mid-2022, soliciting design bids from several manufacturers.[3] By the fall of 2023, Baltimore-based Premier Rides had been attached to the project; they had previously manufactured Backlot Stunt Coaster for the park in 2005, then known as Italian Job: Stunt Track.[4]
Canada's Wonderland removed Xtreme Skyflyer, a Skycoaster, in March 2024 and began teasing a new attraction near Wonder Mountain.[5] On July 20, 2024, Canada's Wonderland posted to its Instagram feed with the caption "Discover the legend within.... 8/8", indicating the date that the teased ride would be announced to the public.[6] Construction fences put up near the mountain during the 2024 season read "Something big is coming. Stay tuned".[7]
AlpenFury was announced as promised on August 8, 2024, with the name, specifications, and storyline behind it released to the press.[1][8] The first sections of steel track and supports arrived at the park on August 26.[9]
Characteristics
editAlpenFury will be the longest, tallest, and fastest launch roller coaster in Canada.[10] It is designed to reach a height of 50 metres (164 ft), span 1,000 metres (3,281 ft) around Wonder Mountain and the entrance to the Grand World Exposition of 1890 area with the station in the Alpenfest area and achieve speeds of 115 kilometres per hour (71 mph).[10] It will also feature nine inversions—the most of any launch coaster in the world.[10] It will be the only ride in the park to feature pyrotechnics and is designed such that fire discharges out from the top of Wonder Mountain timed to the coaster train's exit from the top of the mountain. However, AlpenFury would not be the first roller coaster at Canada's Wonderland to have pyrotechnics. Backlot Stunt Coaster formerly had pyrotechnics back when it was known as Italian Job: Stunt Track; it was removed upon de-theming and renaming as a result of Cedar Fair acquiring the park from CBS Corporation (successor of the original Viacom) in 2006 and Cedar Fair not having the license to use Paramount IPs.
References
edit- ^ a b "Guests will be launched out of Wonder Mountain" (Press release). Vaughan, ON: Canada's Wonderland. Canada's Wonderland. 8 August 2024. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
- ^ "New Coaster Concepts Surveyed at Canada's Wonderland". 12 July 2023.
- ^ Adventures With Parker (25 September 2024). "Roller Coasters Eh Q&A with Peter Switzer!". YouTube. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
- ^ Marden, Duane. "Backlot Stunt Coaster (Canada's Wonderland)". Roller Coaster DataBase.
- ^ Lamba, Abhiraj (20 March 2024). "Canada's Wonderland is retiring and removing this ride after 26 years". Toronto Star. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
- ^ @canadaswonderland (20 July 2024). "Discover the legend within.... 8/8" – via Instagram.
- ^ Knight, Phoebe (23 July 2024). "Canada's Wonderland teases huge new ride opening in 2025". BlogTO. Retrieved 11 August 2024.
- ^ Hussein, Ilyas (8 August 2024). "Canada's Wonderland reveals new rollercoaster slated to open in 2025". Toronto Star. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
- ^ @WonderlandNews (26 August 2024). "Well, hello there #AlpenFury steel! 😍" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ a b c "AlpenFury". Canada's Wonderland. Retrieved 8 August 2024.