History
In 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. The Blast Coaster concept was described as a Wing Coaster that would be launched out of the top of Wonder Mountain. [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 20 July 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, complete with a fire and ice theme. [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 8 August 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 26 August. [9]
Characteristics
AlpenFury 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 summit. 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 from CBS Corporation.
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