{"id":837810,"date":"2026-07-31T08:54:35","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T08:54:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/837810\/"},"modified":"2026-07-31T08:54:35","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T08:54:35","slug":"canadas-wonderland-milestone-amusement-park-welcome-one-billionth-rider-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/837810\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada’s Wonderland Milestone: Amusement park welcome one billionth rider"},"content":{"rendered":"

Canada\u2019s Wonderland is celebrating an \u201cincredible milestone\u201d: its one billionth rider.<\/p>\n

The Vaughan amusement park, which is also celebrating its 45th anniversary season in 2026, shared the news on Thursday.<\/p>\n

\u201cToday, July 30, Annabelle S., Kim S., John S. and John Jr. of Kingston, ON became part of Canada\u2019s Wonderland history when, at the Thunder Run coaster, Annabelle was welcomed as the park\u2019s one billionth rider,\u201d Canada\u2019s Wonderland said in a news release.<\/p>\n

President Christopher Mortensen made the announcement over the station\u2019s speaker, Wonderland said in a blog post<\/a>. Snoopy then greeted the family, which was presented with a Canada\u2019s Wonderland prize package that included park merchandise and a ticket package for a return visit as well as Fast Lane Plus vouchers.<\/p>\n

Canada\u2019s Wonderland said this milestone is a \u201ccelebration of how much (the amusement park has) has grown over the years.\u201d<\/p>\n

Currently, there are 200 attractions, including 18 roller coasters, two children\u2019s areas, and a water park.<\/p>\n

\u201cReaching one billion riders is an incredible moment in Canada\u2019s Wonderland\u2019s history. For more than four decades, our guests have trusted us to be part of their family traditions and most memorable moments,\u201d Mortensen said in a release.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re grateful to everyone who has visited the park over the years, and we\u2019re excited to continue creating unforgettable experiences for generations to come.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"\"CKTB – NEWS – Canada’s Wonderland-1.14467774 Vaughan, Ontario, Canada – June 11, 2019: Roller-coasters in Canada’s Wonderland in Vaughan, Ontario. Canada’s Wonderland is a 134-hectare theme park. <\/p>\n

Dragon Fyre<\/a>, which is made of steel and is one of the park\u2019s original four rollercoasters, has seen the most overall riders, totalling 45.7 million since the park opened. Canada\u2019s Wonderland said.<\/p>\n

Coming in second is Thunder Run<\/a>, which first opened in 1986 as Blauer Enzian in the International Festival but is now housed at Wonder Mountain. It has welcomed 36.6 million riders.<\/p>\n

When it comes to the most riders in one season, Behemoth<\/a>, Leviathan<\/a>, and Yukon Striker<\/a> topped the list in 2025, with 1.35 million, 1.48 million and 1.28 million riders respectively, while Psyclone<\/a> is the top flat ride. It welcomed 550,000 riders during that time frame.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Canada\u2019s Wonderland is celebrating an \u201cincredible milestone\u201d: its one billionth rider. The Vaughan amusement park, which is also…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":837524,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[712,49,48,44],"class_list":["post-837810","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-canada","tag-apple-news","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/837810","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=837810"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/837810\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/837524"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=837810"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=837810"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=837810"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}