La Ronde (amusement park)

























La Ronde
La Ronde Logo.svg
Location22, chemin MacDonald
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
H3C 6A3
Coordinates
45°31′21″N 73°32′06″W / 45.52250°N 73.53500°W / 45.52250; -73.53500Coordinates: 45°31′21″N 73°32′06″W / 45.52250°N 73.53500°W / 45.52250; -73.53500
Owner
Six Flags Entertainment Corporation (since 2001)
OpenedApril 1967
Operating seasonMay – October
Area146 acres (59 ha)
Rides
Total40
Roller coasters9
Water rides3
WebsiteLa Ronde

La Ronde (Round) is an amusement park in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, built as the entertainment complex for Expo 67, the 1967 world fair. Today, it is owned and operated by Six Flags. The park is under an emphyteutic lease with the City of Montreal, which expires in 2065. It is the largest amusement park in Quebec, and second largest in Canada.[1]


It is on 146 acres (59.1 ha) located on the Northern tip of Saint Helen's Island. This is a man-made extension to the island in the space where the small Ronde Island had been.[2] The park hosts L'International des Feux Loto-Québec, a highly regarded international fireworks competition. La Ronde is one of two Six Flags parks not to be officially branded as a Six Flags park (the other being Great Escape in Queensbury, New York).




Contents





  • 1 Park


  • 2 History


  • 3 Features

    • 3.1 Roller coasters


    • 3.2 Thrill rides


    • 3.3 Family and children


    • 3.4 Intermediates


    • 3.5 Panoramic


    • 3.6 Paid attractions


    • 3.7 Former rides and attractions



  • 4 See also


  • 5 References


  • 6 External links




Park


The park opens from mid-May to late October, with peak admissions in July. Toddlers aged 2 and under receive free admission. Family rides require a height of 36 in (0.91 m), while most intermediate rides require 44 in (1.12 m) and high-thrill rides require 52 or 54 inches (1.32 or 1.37 m).


La Ronde closes its season in the last weekend of October. To celebrate Halloween, in the month of October, the park hosts its annual La Ronde's Fright Fest. The festival has four haunted houses, and many costumed performers who roam the park.


The park has 40 rides, including ten roller coasters; among them is Le Monstre, a 40-metre (131 ft) high wooden double-tracked roller coaster which holds the record for highest double-tracked roller coaster in the world.[citation needed]



History






La Ronde during Expo 67. The amusement park was built as an entertainment complex for the world's fair.


La Ronde was the entertainment complex built for Expo 67, the world fair held in Montreal from April 27 to October 29, 1967.[1] The exposition was located on 400 hectares (ha) of man-made islands in the St Lawrence River adjacent to Montréal, and comprised six "theme" pavilions, 48 national pavilions, four provincial pavilions, 27 private-industry and institutional pavilions, and La Ronde – a 54-ha entertainment complex with theatres, midway attractions, drinking and dining.[3] Visitors could experience the rides, restaurants and beer halls of La Ronde until 2:30 a.m. nightly. The rest of the Expo site closed down at 10:30 p.m.[4] After Expo 67 World's Fair, the City of Montreal continued to run the amusement park for the next 34 years.[5]


The City of Montreal sold La Ronde to Six Flags, an American theme park chain, in a deal completed on May 4, 2001. It acquired all of the assets of the park for $20 million USD and has a long-term contract to lease the land from the city. Before the announcement of the Six Flags purchase, the city had considered offers from other bidders including Paramount Parks, Cedar Fair, and Parc Astérix. Since then, Six Flags has invested around $90 million in new rides and improvements,[6] such as Le Vampire, Splash, Le Goliath and Ednör - L'Attaque as well as a new main entrance.




First logo used by La Ronde after its acquisition from Six Flags, from 2001–2012.


The amusement park was used as a backdrop in the Are You Afraid of the Dark? episode "Laughing in the Dark" (season 1, episode 2) and was given the fictional name "Playland". The episode featured the park's iconic giant roller coaster, haunted house with a dragon on the front and its old-fashioned carousel.


La Ronde had a Nintendo-sponsored video game centre with the latest Nintendo video games and attractions. Since 2009, the former 3D theatre has housed Nintendo DS and Wii consoles, advertisements and a Nintendo Store.


In May 2002, La Ronde announced the installation of a Bolliger & Mabillard inverted roller coaster called Le Vampire, which was the first major investment by Six Flags.[7] It is a mirror image of the "Batman – The Ride" roller coasters found at many other Six Flags parks.


In May 2006, La Ronde opened its ninth roller coaster, Goliath, a 53-metre (174 ft) high Bolliger & Mabillard mega coaster. It reaches speeds of 110 km/h (68 mph), making it the third tallest and the third fastest roller coaster in Canada.
For the 2007 season, La Ronde painted its iconic observation tower bright orange to advertise Pizza Pizza, an Ontario pizza chain that, at the time, was just emerging into the Quebec market. All of the pizza stands inside the park were renamed from Pizza Ronde to Pizza Pizza.


2007 was La Ronde's 40th anniversary. The park celebrated with Expo 67 themed events commemorating the world fair.[8]


In January 2009, La Ronde announced its intention to become a Six Flags branded park, using the rights to Warner Bros. and DC Comics trademarks under the licensing agreement with Six Flags.[9] Le Vampire, a mirror image of Batman: The Ride constructed in 2002, carries no association to the Batman media franchise because the licence with Warner Bros. and DC Comics is not valid in unbranded Six Flags parks.[10] It is yet unknown if Le Vampire will be re-branded to Batman: The Ride once the branding of the park commences.




In 2010, Six Flags installed Ednör - L'Attaque, a Vekoma Suspended Looping Coaster at the park. This coaster was formerly located at Six Flags AstroWorld as "Serial Thriller".


The Serial Thriller, a Vekoma Suspended Looping Coaster that used to be located at the now defunct Six Flags AstroWorld, has been shipped to La Ronde from the Great Escape, another Six Flags property where it lay in storage since 2005. The roller coaster, which opened in 1999 at Six Flags AstroWorld, has been installed over the Lac des Dauphins at the park for the 2010 season and is named Ednör - L'Attaque.[11] It features special effects and theming from an alleged sea monster that was reported to have appeared in the Lac des Dauphins.[12]


On March 9, 2010, La Ronde announced that Terminator X: A Laser Battle for Salvation, an interactive laser-tag attraction themed around the Terminator series, will also be featured in the park for the 2010 season.[13]


On January 19, 2012, Six Flags announced Vol Ultime at La Ronde; it is similar to the SkyScreamers and it is 45-metre (148 ft) tall.[14][15]


In 2013, the park opened a water-themed attraction, Aqua Twist.


On August 29, 2013, Six Flags announced the addition of Demon, a top spin ride, for the 2014 season.[16] As a world premiere, Goliath was the first roller coaster equipped and exploited with virtual reality headset.


On August 28, 2014, Six Flags announced Maison Rouge, a haunted house, for the 2015 season.[17]


On September 3, 2015, Six Flags announced Avenue Aventure, a section of the park which includes Bateau Pirate, Condor and two new rides ; Phoenix, a Larson flying scooters and Gravitor, a Chance Falling Star from Six Flags St. Louis.[18]


On September 1, 2016 Six Flags announced Titan, a Zamperla Giant Discovery. It is the park's second pendulum ride. It is identical to the Riddler Revenge at Six Flags Over Texas.


On Saturday, May 19, 2018, Six Flags La Ronde has opened its newest ride—a spinning, rising-then-dipping platform thrill ride called Le Tourbillon, a Larson International GX5 model (Waltzer-style) Tilt-A-Whirl, residing along L'Avenue across from the Phoenix. This thrill ride addition was supposed to have been amongst the proposed featured rides for a new family section, called Carnaval En Folie (the newly-added ride was to have been named La Torsade).



Features



Roller coasters





Goliath is one of several roller coasters located at La Ronde.




















































Ride Name
Opened
Manufacturer
Model/Type
Notes
Boomerang
1984
Vekoma Rides
Boomerang

Dragon
1994
INTAMIN Worldwide
Indoor/Family Roller Coaster


Ednör – L'Attaque
2010
Vekoma Rides
SLC (689m Standard)
relocated from Six Flags Astroworld

Goliath
2006
Bolliger & Mabillard (B&M)
Hyper Coaster

Marche du Mille-pattes
1967
Arrow Dynamics
Mini Mine Train


Le Monstre
1985
William Cobb & Associates
Wooden Roller Coaster


Super Manège
1981
Vekoma Rides
MK-1200

Toboggan Nordique
2003
Zamperla
Zig Zag Coaster


Le Vampire
2002
Bolliger & Mabillard (B&M)
Inverted Coaster


Thrill rides





Vol Ultime is a star flyer located at La Ronde.














































Name
Installation Year
Manufacturer
Ride Type
Bateau pirate
1988

HUSS Maschinenfabrik

Pirate ship
Orbite
1999

S&S Power

Space Shot
Vertigo
2003

Zamperla

Kamikaze
Manitou
2003

Zamperla

Frisbee

Vol Ultime
2012

Funtime

Star Flyer
Demon
2014
Mondial

Roll Over[19]
Maison Rouge
2015
ACMÉ Immersif
Haunted House
Gravitor
2016

Chance
Falling Star
Titan
2017

Zamperla
Giant Discovery
Chaos
2019

Larson

Fire Ball


Family and children




Opened in 1967, Le Galophant carousel ride is among the oldest attractions at La Ronde.






























































Name
Installation Year
Manufacturer
Ride Type

Le Galopant
1967
Bairolle

Carousel
Joyeux moussaillons
1967

Arrow Dynamics

Boat ride
Tchou Tchou
1967

Arrow Dynamics

Train ride
La grande envolée
1990

Zamperla

Grand carrousel
2003

Chance Morgan

Carousel
Air papillon
2005

Zamperla

La danse des bestioles
2005

Zamperla

Monsieur l'arbre
2005

Zamperla

Marais enchanté
2005

Zamperla

Ourson Fripon
2005

Zamperla

Pommes d'Api
2005

Zamperla


Aqua Twist
2013

Mack Rides

Teacup ride
Phoenix
2016

Larson International

Flying Scooters
Tourbillon
2018
Larson International
Tilt-A-Whirl (GX5 open top podkarts model; a near copy of the Spinsanity ride at Six Flags Fiesta Texas)


Intermediates




Splash is a Shoot the Chute water ride at La Ronde.























Name
Installation Year
Manufacturer
Disco Ronde
1986

HUSS Maschinenfabrik

Condor
1990

HUSS Maschinenfabrik
Dragon
1995

Intamin
Autos tamponneuses (Bumper cars)
2003

RDC Bumper Cars
Tour de Ville
2003

Zamperla
Splash
2004

Intamin


Panoramic





Minirail is the park's automated monorail system. It opened in 1967 for the world's fair.














Name
Installation Year
Manufacturer

Minirail
1967

Von Roll Habegger
Spirale
1967

Von Roll
Grande Roue (Ferris wheel)
1984

Vekoma













Name
Installation Year
Price
Sling shot
2002
$20 per person

Catapulte
2008
$20 for 1 person, $15/person for 2 people, $10/person for 3 people


Former rides and attractions





































































































































































































Name
Manufacturer
Operating Years
Replaced by
Flitzer

1967–1974

Les Parachutes

1967–1980

Gyrotron

Von Roll
1967–1981
Le Monstre
Calypso

1967–1982

Traban

Chance Rides?
1967–1983

Turbo

1967–1984
Boomerang
Spider

1967–1985
Maelstrom
Grande roue

1967–1986
Condor
Sky Ride / Le Téléférique

1967–2000
Dragon
Mont Blanc
Reverchon
1967–2000

Les Bagnoles

Arrow
1967–2004
Air Papillon

Pitoune (Log flume)

Arrow Dynamics
1967–2016

Place 1967
Wild cat / Les Montagnes Russes
Schwartzkopf
1968–1984
Le Monstre
Le Moulin de la Sorcière

Pinfari
1969–2005

La Course

Zierer
1972–1976

Le Rotor

Chance Rides
1972-1984
Astronef
Zipper

Chance Rides?
1975–1982

Cinema 180

1978–1984

Mille et une nuits (Salem Aleikium)

1978–1985
Le Monstre
Le Mont Blanc
Reverchon
1978–2000


Troika / Le Diablo

HUSS Maschinenfabrik
1978–2003
Le Splash
Entreprise

HUSS Maschinenfabrik
1982–1988

Arc en ciel

HUSS Maschinenfabrik
1983–1987
Bateau pirate
Les Autos Tamponneuses
Reverchon
1983–2002
Le Toboggan Nordique
Carrousel Volant

Zierer
1983–?
Les Astrobolides

Sartori
1984–2004
Le Marais Enchanté
La Petite Roue

Sartori
1984–2004
Pommes D'api
Le Chat et la Souris

Sartori
1984–2004
La Danse des Bestioles
Astronef (Sky Flyer)

Vekoma
1985–2002
Le Manitou
Le Palais des Glaces

1985–2003
Le Splash
Le Twister
Heintz Fahtze
1985–2008
Phoenix
Maëlstrom

Mack
1985–2008
Zone du bonhier Coca-Cola
Aqua-parc

1985–?

Vampire
The Flying Carpet / Le Tapis Volant

Zierer
1986–2002
Les Autos Tamponneuses
OVNI

HUSS Maschinenfabrik
1986–2006
Démon
Mini Rallye

Sartori
1993–2004
Monsieur l'Arbre
Hydroid '94 (Sub-Oceanic Shuttle)

Iwerks
1994–1995
Volcanozor (Dino Island II)
Volcanozor (Dino Island II)

Iwerks
1995–2004
SpongeBob 3D

Cobra (La Ronde)

Intamin
1995–2016

La Tornade

HUSS Maschinenfabrik
1997–2010

Rock Wall

2001–2010

Aqua Twist
Eurobungy

2002–2011
Gravitor
Tasses Magiques

Zamperla
2003–2009

Ednör – L'Attaque
SpongeBob 3D

Iwerks
2004–2007
Experience Nintendo
Experience Nintendo (Cyberzone)

Ubisoft, Nintendo
2008–2011
Season pass processing center
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor

Sudden Impact! Entertainment Company (SIEC)
2009

Terminator X: A Laser Battle for Salvation

Terminator X: A Laser Battle for Salvation

Sudden Impact! Entertainment Company (SIEC)
2010

Le Marteau

?


See also



  • Belmont Park, Montreal

  • Dominion Park

  • Parc Jean-Drapeau

  • Six Flags

  • Incidents at Six Flags parks


References




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External links




  • La Ronde official website

  • L'International Des Feux Loto-Québec (fireworks competition)


  • La Ronde at the Roller Coaster DataBase


  • La Ronde on Guide-O-Parc

  • Six Flags Official web site

  • Expo 67 – La Ronde

  • Marina La Ronde










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