Canada's Wonderland is sharing the first on-track video of its new roller coaster, AlpenFury.
Note that this is not a full-speed POV of the new Premier Rides Sky Rocket. Instead, Canada's Wonderland is sharing a sped-up video of the ride's clearance test. Parks and coaster manufacturers will send a clearance-test crawler along the track after its completion to ensure that there is proper clearance for riders once the coaster is open. You've got to make sure that the tallest riders with their arms in the air will come off the ride with their hands intact, after all.
But today's video does provide a first look at what the on-track experience might be like when this coaster opens... well, Canada's Wonderland still has not told us that date. Watch this one along with the park's original, CGI POV video, released last year.
AlpenFury will feature a top speed of more than 71 mph when its trains start running in anger. It also will feature nine inversions, which is a record for launched coasters.
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We were there at the end of May, hoping it would be open, but obviously left disappointed. It looked great, but there was still a lot of work (station and landscaping) still to do. I think you'll be ok for July, Russell.
Despite no Alpenfury, we had a great 3 days at Canada's Wonderland. Definitely will revisit in a few years.
WOW - seems like there are Some Hulk vibes on this coaster..
BRAVO!!
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This coaster looks CRAZY!! The launch out of the mountain looks very much like Volcano: The Blast Coaster.
Fingers crossed that this will be open by the end of July when we're planning a visit to Canada's Wonderland.