Canada's Wonderland in the Fall!

Last Saturday we took the girls to Canada’s Wonderland. It was our last visit for this year. The park closes in two weekends and with Halloween coming up and Eric going away to two conferences, this was it.

The weather was nice. Cool in the shade but the sun was nice. I definitely could have used a hat and gloves. Luckily the girls had their hats and mitts. The wind is cold this time of year on roller coasters. The nice thing is that there were no lineups! We justwalked onto rides. It was perfect. There was a small scavenger hunt set up for the kids. It had a pirate theme and the girls visited each of the 5 stations were they collected pirate treasure, bandanas, eye patches, coins and of course, candy. They also had a spooky barn set up. Alia’s didn’t really think it was that spooky, just a maze with decorations.

Some of the park was closed off for the Halloween Haunt. Canada’s Wonderland puts on this grand production each year and of course, admission is not included in gate price (that is – you need to buy another $25 ticket!). It is only open at night and not for the faint of heart. Definitely not for children! They have a mini taste of the attraction decorating the front courtyard and it confirmed that this attraction is not for kids like Alia and Kyra. It was a very elaborate graveyard scene that seemed to come directly from MJ’s Thriller video! I’ll give them thumbs up on the detail but would rather see it in the daylight!

One concession stand was offering pumpkin decorating and for $2 a pumpkin (decorations included), perfect! Alia had been asking to go to the store because she wanted to buy a small pumpkin for the house. This was a great solution and perfect souvenir. Although we could have glued on the decorations there, we chose to bring them home. It’s cold sitting on a picnic bench in October.

Kyra's favourite ride this year is the Jokey Jalopies. She loves driving us around in a Ford Model T car through the woods and over the bridge. It is always her first choice of ride after the mountain rollercoaster (Thunder Run). Alia wanted to go on the Wild Beast but it was too far out of our way. She and Eric did do the Fly and the Bat (this one goes upside down and backwards, just like the Boomerang at La Ronde). While Eric went to get his extra jacket at the car, the girls and I went on Thunder Run (one of the two larger roller coasters that Kyra can get on).

We also sat through the show involving fairy tales. Three characters, one of which included the witch of the equator, hosted the show! Of course in all these types of shows, volunteers are needed up on stage. Both girls were too shy to get up on stage to be one of three little pigs but were extremely keen to volunteer their papa. Yes, Eric became the brick house in the story of the Three Little Pigs.

Not bad for a couple of hours on a Saturday morning.