Canada's Wonderland

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Late afternoon on · best after 8 PM

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≤ 100 min

Opens near 120 min and holds there into early afternoon, the worst rope-drop ride at the park. It eases to about 100 by mid-afternoon, then keeps softening to roughly 90 by 8 PM and 80 at close. Set an alert at 100 and don't join the queue before mid-afternoon.

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Rope drop · after 7 PM

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≤ 25 min

Biggest single-ride savings at the park: 10 min at open versus 45 in mid-afternoon. Sprint here at gate drop. It softens again after 7 PM, back to 25, and drops to 20 by close.

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Gate drop · 9 PM–close

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≤ 35 min

Peaks in early afternoon, not the morning: about 60 min from 1-3 PM. It's close to its daily low at open (30 min) and doesn't ease again until after 8 PM, dropping to 20 by close. Catch it at gate drop or during the evening comedown.

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Rope drop only

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≤ 25 min

15 min at open, up near 55 by mid-afternoon, and it keeps climbing, back to 55 again at close. This is the one ride at the park with no evening rescue. Second leg of the rope-drop sweep after Behemoth. Walk straight from Action Zone to Frontier Canada.

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Rope drop · light easing at close

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≤ 20 min

15 min at open, climbing to about 40 by mid-afternoon and staying there. Only a light dip to 30 right at closing time, not a real rescue. Third leg of the rope-drop sweep, adjacent to Yukon Striker in Frontier Canada.

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Afternoon plateau · real dip after 8 PM

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≤ 20 min

Plateau ride: around 30 at open, holds in the low 40s all afternoon, and doesn't really let go until after 8 PM, dropping to 15 by close. Good mid-day filler when the headliners are at their worst, and worth another look in the evening.