Paramount Canada's Wonderland is spread over 330 acres and houses over 200 attractions making it Canada's leading theme park. With every kind of ride imaginable, suitable for both adults and children, the park attracts more than three million visitors every year. In addition to the rides, visitors are also treated to dance shows, live music, dance shows, and other forms of entertainment. There are other special events too that are organized all through the season. Some of these events are the Magic School Bus Live Show, Canada Day, Victoria Day Fireworks celebration, and a Soap Opera Festival.
Once you step into Paramount Canada’s Wonderland, you are bound to go absolutely beserk trying to decide which of the stomach-churning rides to go in for first, or which theme to visit first. This is an absolutely fascinating place filled with rides, water slides, food joints, kids’ areas, and cartoon characters strutting around the place amusing all the visitors. Getting in may be slightly expensive, but you are guaranteed to have fun.
The park has been divided into eight themed areas. The original ones are the International Street, Action Zone, Medieval Faire, and Hanna-Barbera Land. International Street is the main street area of the amusement park. On both sides of the street there are shops galore from where you can pick up souvenirs, clothes, and candy. Initially, this street had food stores from different parts of Central Europe like Scandinavia, Latin America, and the Alpines, earning it the name of International Street. Now, there are more of fast food restaurants here.
The Splash Works is one area of the amusement park that is not to be missed. It is spread over 20-acres and it is a water park which houses the largest wave pool in Canada. This park has more than 2 million gallons of heated water, used in various rides and slides in this section. There are 16 water slides which provide a source of excitement and thrill to people of all ages. And if you are feeling too lazy to do anything, you can lounge about in the lazy river that flows through this area.
Of special interest to children would be the Hanna-Barbera Land, Kidzville and Nickelodeon Central. The Hanna-Barbera Land has attractions like the Scooby-Doo’s haunted mansion, an area where you can get a ride in plans styled after WWI planes, Jetson's Rocketport, and the Swan Lake. It is said that Hanna Barbera Land, Kidzville and the Nickelodeon Central are going to be replaced with the Snoopy Centre, and it will be open to use in the 2010 season.
Paramount Canada’s Wonderland has a total of 15 roller coaster rides, making it the second amusement park to have so many roller coasters in one place. With 200 attractions, 60 thrill rides, a water park, kid’s zone, shops, and restaurants, you may run out of time, but never things to do.
