La Ronde Review, Only Canadian Six Flags Park | The Good, The Bad, The Ugly
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- La Ronde is the only Six Flags park in Canada. Located in Montreal, this park is located on an island at the base of the Jacques Cartier Bridge. It's a unique setting for a theme park and while it isn't branded as a Six Flags park, it features a formidable lineup of thrill rides including 8 different roller coasters and some cool flat rides. Many call it the worst Six Flags park, but is that overblown?
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The fireworks show is actually the Montreal international fireworks competition, the most prestigious fireworks show in the world.
I can see why the show was so good then!
This is my home park. It's so miserable seeing all of the rides I adored as a kid being removed with nothing to fill the void. The management also really needs to get their game together. I adore this park with all my heart and it's such a shame to see it mistreated like this.
I wish it got more love.
Rip super manège, my first ever thrill coaster 😢
It's my home park as well and I know it wasn't the best ( as in not the best staff) a few years ago but I'm sad it gets so much hate cuz i love going and its amazing
The Boomerang was meant to operate in an amusement park called Tivoli, in Gran Canaria (Canary Islands, Spain), but contruction was not completed and the park never opened to the public.
Back in the early 80's it was painted in Yellow and spent quite some time standing, but not operating, until it was sold to Le Ronde.
The ferris wheel comes from the same amusement park in Gran Canaria too.
Since I never got a chance to ride any of them, I am extremely happy that both rides found a new owner and are still operating to this day.
I wish I could travel to Canada and ride them, so I could have the chance that I never got when I was a kid.
Thanks for the video!
Thanks for the relocation history!
My home park! One thing I'd strongly recommend is to not drive to this place. The metro doesn't drop you too far from the entrance, and it really is nice to avoid the traffic near the park
Next time, I think I'll stay downtown and take the metro, especially if it's fireworks night.
Went to La Ronde every weekend during summer vacations while in High School. The initial Six Flags investment did great things for the park but it's clear they lost interest at some point. I expect La Ronde to be one of the first parks they inevitably sell-off now that interest rates have skyrocketed and they have a lot of debt.
I really hope someone good picks it up because what the park truly needs is incredibly innovative approaches to maximizing space, similar to how Phantasialand gets so much out of every square meter.
Just a thought, move the parking lots and staff facilities off island or underground, get the Boring Company to build an underground transport system to get into the park.
I think public transit is the most efficient way, especially on the busy days.
This is incredibly helpful information about accessing this park. I’ve never heard anything about these issues before. You’re doing the Lord’s work!
You're welcome!
Very good and balanced review. I like La Ronde, but the park's opportunities for improvement are noticeable. I also agree with your assessment that Montreal is a fantastic North American city to visit.
With good ops, this would be a really nice park.
As always, you nailed this review!! I totally got lost trying to park when I got there. The entrance was a mess of switchbacks and no one waiting in them, and no way to go around them. So stupid. Ednor was the worst steel I've ridden and Le Monstre desperately needs the RMC treatment!
It's baffling how poor the entry experience is here.
Fun fact: this park has the original S&S drop tower in orbite, which was originally located in the infamous action park in New Jersey until when it was relocated to la ronde for the 1999 season
And it runs better than most of them.
The reason the chain did not rename the attractions has to do with copyright law. They own the rights to the DC Franchise in the US, but would have to pay extra to get access to those names outside of the US.
Actually, six flags only owns the rights on SIX FLAGS branded parks, so the great escape also does not have it also, you will notice.
@@jackfeldman3916 that makes sense, since Six Flags Mexico has DC theming
Same with Frontier City.
@@jackfeldman3916 I guess "Six Drapeaux" wouldn't count then.
@rkniner it's not china so it would not get translated and be called six-drapeaux.
They could use a Ferry boat that takes people from a parking lot accross the water, this would definitely cool off the congestion.
That would be neat!
They could build a dock for it!
I went here and i didn't run into any problems on my visit (must of gone on a lucky day), got some rare coaster credits while i was here before the problems started setting in, great review anyway and see you next video!
Thanks!
@@CanobieCoaster you're welcome!
Great informative video
Thanks!
This place has great potential. I bet six flags will sell this place I wonder what company will buy it. Maybe gene staples would buy it. Move some of the older rides to his other parks and replace them with some newer ones.
Not sure if they'll sell it. The park has had good attendance in my visits even with minimal investments over the past decade.
Six Flags only manage and operates LaRonde, the City of Quebec owns it.
I've been to it quite a couple times and just a few days ago aswell.
Going on weekends might honesly not be worth at all, the wait time is disgustingly long.
It took be about 2 hrs to ride goliath due to high amount of ppl and the coaster malfunctioning here and there.
If you wanna chill for a long time i would advise eating beforehand because food is obviously in expensive prices.
Noticed alot of ppl skipping lines which was pretty annoying. Its less on more popular ones because they are more supervised ofcourse.
They have gotten alot better at managing crowds, entering the park is like you said about 20-30 mins.
100% go right on entrance time or you will suffer. i came an hour after opening and wait times were already bad.
I will soon go again on a weekday and very early and i hope it will be a better experience, however it is the summer vacation so it might not matter as much.
Your review is very accurate, the only new thing i saw was the monster coaster had a new beast entrance to make it look cooler?! literally nothing lol.
On the bright side, i dont think i have seen a single ride not working except for the ones that never did across years like monorail,tower, and horror place.
2 rides you can't miss on this place is the Titan and the Goliath for sure. These are actually worth the wait most of the time.
Overall i like this park, my only critical issue is thw wait time.
I hope six flags does something about this park as its lacking for sure.
I agree lines can be an issue on weekends. That's good more rides have been open this year.
Thanks for this very fair review of my home park! I believe we need much more investment here (a big coaster) and that would make it quite better. Little question about Gravitor, the flying carpet; it's been shut this entire year and no employee is willing to answer questions about it. One of them told me that all models of it were shut around the world before running off. Is this true to your knowledge? Because it's a really fun flat ride and I hope they're not going to scrap it
I do not know. I know other falling stars have been removed through the years due to maintenance though.
The bridge is also closed because the fireworks occasionally collide with the bridge, so there are safety risks.
Odd they'd let people watch from there then!
Which Goliath coaster do you like more, Goliath at La Ronde or Goliath at Six Flags Over Georgia?
Over Georgia
The SBNO monorail also has the cars parked over the pathways so guests can still see the advertisements!! 🤣🤣
A brilliant move!
Bro Quebec Nor-Dee-K is the funnist mispronunciation I've ever heard
Sorry!
@@CanobieCoaster Nah it's bgd. French can very confusing and if you don't already know a lot of pronunciation it can definitely not be easy
I can't stand this park! There always seems to be a different problem every time I visit. Last time I went in 2021 was the most frustrating. I have a six flags season pass (with La Ronde as the home park) and it was on one of the weekends where the free bring a friend tickets were valid. I also confirmed this by calling and emailing guest services prior to coming. Once we got there, we waited in line for 20 minutes to get to the gate, which was expected. Scan my pass and it was fine, scan the bring a friend ticket and the person said it's not valid it's on a different weekend. I then went on the website, confirmed the weekend was in fact the weekend we were there, showed the email from guest services confirming the ticket was valid for the weekend. The person then said it has been changed and it's not valid on this weekend!?!?!?! So, they have a ticket window by where they scan the tickets and I just bit the bullet and went to buy a day ticket. BUT, their machine was not working for payment and they couldn't take cash! THEN, they had no way for us to exit the park to get to the main ticket booths so we just stood there trying to get someone to help us and every employee just ignored us. So we decided to just leave and had to wait for security to not be busy (15 minutes) to walk us out through the exit. It was crazy! And believe it or not, that is not the first time something that dumb has happened there. WILL NEVER GO BACK AGAIN!
Wow, that's awful! I have to say this park may be the most frustrating park in North America to actually get into between the lot, entry gates, and stories like that.
I'm not even surprise that they change the dates for the free tickets.
I bought the higher season pass for 2022 in febuary. Then they changed the entire season pass system around april. I was written on the website that all the perks of the previous season pass system would still work for those like me who bought it earlier. Then, when I got to the park during summer, they told me that my pass was only valid for entrance and free parking. No more free and discount tickets, rebates on food and merch, etc. I went back on the website and saw that they erased the part where it was mentionned that I would still be able to use all the bonus I had with my season pass. I'm still mad about that. I think and gonna skip 2023 season of La Ronde.
Do you think this and Canada's Wonderland could both be done in the same trip despite being in different provinces are do you believe they're far enough away to the point where you'd have to do them on separate vacations?
They’re only like 5 hours apart so yes more than doable
It's doable. I typically do them on separate trips though.
This is my local park that I've been going to for 20+ years. This review is 100% valid. I'm so sad that OG rides have been retired in the past few years.
I hope they get more investments rather than just leaving the old rides to rot.
Good thing, the dining plan issues seem to have been resolved.
Unfortunately most issues with the park come from systemic incompetent upper management. Here’s to hoping things get better with scrutiny from the Cedar Fair high and senior executives, who, admittedly, are better at what they do.
They are dismantling the monorail, I don't know if they are gonna replace it. But yeah that park changed so much since 1967
I doubt they'll replace it.
@@CanobieCoaster When I was in college we planned a gang of friends to go there on a Saturday and it was raining a lot in the morning but the forecast was calling for a sunny afternoon, so we went anyway. We got there before the opening and it was still raining on us as we were waiting to get in the park but like magic across the park entrance it was incredibly sunny while it was gray and rainy on our side. We pretty much had the place to ourselves for the most of the afternoon since so many people cancelled their day at la Ronde because it was pouring in the morning. We could get off a popular Coaster and get back on it right away, that was so fun.
@PRdeSO - There are no plans to replace it, they couldn't even afford to re-assemble the Green Lantern coaster that had been moved from Six Flags Magic Mountain! Installing new elevated tracks and trains would be quite a large financial investment! They're doing some kind of tribute though, I think they're preserving the two stations and one full train (I suspect something like what was done with La Pitoune, for display only).
I have never been here but it sounds like a nightmare with the logistical issues, operations, etc.
They can really derail your day.
I went to La Ronde last year. After 24 years without going there. My impression was so bad when I went there last year.
Last I went was in 1998,il was always a fun day,at this time,it was City of Montreal,there was few years earlier the Aqua Parc,a water slides complex annexed to La Ronde. And price for a day in one park was 20$ and both was 27$. All rides and lot of animations,there was also an option to access the park by paying a lower fare,but rides wasn’t included,except for monorail and observation tower,there were also a cable car ride available on site. We were also welcomed to bring our own food and beverages.
Last year when I get back To La Ronde,something was new. The fast pass,witch I doesn’t need cause due to a handicap,I can have a priority access,witch was not possible in 1998. That was the only good new things
After all. Supermanège,the Cobra,the Pitoune,a log coaster and monorail and observation tower wasn’t anymore in operation and no more cable cars. All have been torn out,except for the tower,that we will probably see it disappear soon.
Made a complete tour of all coasters. Le Montre was way much bumpy and the new trains are not confortable,seats are narrower and siting on wasn’t comfy.
Was lucky that day cause no waiting queues anywhere.
Many rides were still closed as the splash. Tried the mouse coaster that was new, find it bumpy,but funny. I ride Goliath,Ednor Vampire and the Chaos ,they were saying that was pretty new and that this ride never existed before. But back in the early 80’s Belmont park haved the exact same kind of ride.
Dragon not worth the wait,it’s only a 30 seconds ride. The longest coaster are the Goliath,witch it take a bit less than 2 minutes for the entire ride.
Also,absolutely no animation on site. Not even any music was playing
Going there,with your own food? Forget about it,not even a water bottle from outside is allowed and there’s no self water fountain functional on site and they do all the necessary to prevent a visitor to be able to refill an empty water bottle. Witch are 5,50$ to buy.
Having a meal will cost over 20$ for sure,as a very small portion of French fries are 8$ and there’s no restaurant around the site,you way need leave your food in the car and come out to eat before foi back in.
Also,the best way to get there is by the subway and if there’s fireworks,you may need come by bike,cause it’s the only way to avoid heavy stand still traffic or overcrowded subway ride. Especially when there’s music events in the place near the subway station,also the parking is very expensive. Season pass allows and option to have parking included and also meals included,but it’s not guaranteed. You may be disappointed if parking is full cause there no reserved section and for the food supposedly included,it’s a minimal portion witch is pretty smaller than a smaller portion that you can buy at restaurants. Example,you want to eats a subway submarine combo,witch normally includes drink,12 inches sandwich and two cookies or chips. Normally it will cost around 20$ at every place you find a subway restaurant,but at La Ronde,it will cost 35$ and the submarine will be 6 inches,12 inches will bring you to 48$.
If you use the seasonal pass with included meal,the submarine will be reduced to 5 inches and you will have a choice on a drink or a chips/cookie,you won’t have the complete combo.
So for a family including 2 children’s and 2 adults,the day at La Ronde will not be possible under 300$ of spending. Need to pay for parking if it’s not included and fare are 27$ for a day.
Closures and ride removals have been an issue with this park in recent years unfortunately. As for the food cost, I am used to it because of Six Flags as a whole.
Cool go to cedar point again and do a POV when you get a chance to do it
Cedar Point doesn't allow on-ride filming, sorry.
Six Flags can only use WB names if the park is call Six Flags. In the contract with the city, it says that they need the city’s autorisation to change the name. Guess they never allowed it.
Thanks for the info!
If anyone sees this and decides to go to la ronde this year, i suggest to take the metro, when u get to the right station, you just take 1 bus wich takes about 8 mins and the bus takes you right to the entrance, so its very easier
Good tip!
When youre in this park, you can see that this park was a 5 stars excellent amusement park back then, maybe in 1990-2000? It looks like this park just lost his colors with the time and then because of the actual managment, they can upgrade the park like others 5 stars park
This park has potential. It's flawed, but I enjoy it.
I really wish they took better care of this park 😢 so much potential
I wish the ops were better.
Which are some of your favorite S&S towers?
Sky Screamer at Marineland and Big Shot.
@@CanobieCoaster where is Big Shot located??
This park, outside of its operations already sound like a headache for all those involved. People like to bash Six Flags here, but if they were to relinquish their lease to another company, I wouldn’t say anything. It just doesn’t seem like the most fitting park for them to run all things considered.
Don’t get me wrong it looks like a beautiful park, but there’s a lot that could be done better.
The traffic situation will be bad regardless who owns it, but the operations could do with improvement.
That Batman clone is HAWLINGGGG
It's one of the best ones.
I absolutely love la ronde, but that could be because I Was not the one who drove to it, La Ronde was my first Six flags park and my first park to do B&M's in, and I already want to go back, it was my favourite amusement park when I left, until 2 days later when I went to wonderland for the first time
Glad you liked it!
@@CanobieCoaster I believe the park gets too much hate
Do you like all coasters at la Ronde?
No
The location of this park is so good
It's neat.
The best time to visit the fall is during october if you can stand the cold 😊✨
I can stand the cold no issue.
Best time to visit La Ronde**
Would you like to go again to la ronde?
Goliath
Vampire
Ednor
Boomerang
Yes I'd go back to the park.
I’ve heard some really bad things about the general clientele that go to La Ronde although I’ve heard some pretty nasty things about people who live in Montreal in general are the people who go to the park generally friendly or are they as bad as I’ve heard
The crowd here is about inline with other Six Flags parks in terms of behavior.
Would you like to go again to La Ronde?
Yes
I’m glad I’m not a “credit” person because nothing about what you’re describing sounds worth it. I will happily skip this park (though I may check out the firework show if I’m in the area).
Hell, I am a credit person, and I don't see myself ever visiting LaRonde LOL. It is total Clone City. The two most unique rides maybe is Dragon and Monstre. Plus with all of the logistical problems getting in and out of there, no thank you.
Goliath is awesome, as are the fireworks.
And would you like to ride again:
Toboggan Nordique
Boomerang
Goliath
Ednör
Titan
Vampire
Gravitor
Manitou
My top rides list covers that.
into oblivion, what means?
Infinity
If a ride is rough, the over the shoulder restraints
Cause headbanging
This is my home park... And its three hours away from me...
At least Goliath is nearby.
If you haven’t been to La Ronde again,they removed the monorail.
I heard.
If a ride is smooth, the over the shoulder restraints...
Aren't always an issue.
tobogan nordique and titan has single rider lines
Are they up the exits?
@@CanobieCoaster no, the single rider line for toboggan nordique is hidden, once you are in front of the entrance of the ride, go to the left then right to go under the sphash's turn, at this point, you should be in front of the stairs leeding to the kid's zone, turn right towards toboggan nordique's station and it should be there. And the single rider line for titan is right next to the stand by line. Both lines are marked as "passager seul", wich mean single rider
The park that looks some what underated but still horrible. This park does honestly seem better than SFSTL. But some of the decisions they made for rides like getting both a B&M Invert and Vekoma SLC. Those place could use some help with their rides.
I enjoy the park once I'm inside.
is le monstre actually pronounced Le Monst?
I used Google Translate's pronunciation, which I was told was incorrect.
Le mons-truh
If at all possible, find a francophone to help you learn the proper pronunciation of the French named rides. Otherwise your video is quite enjoyable and I like your comments.
Thanks! I tried to get pronunciations from Google Translate.
@@CanobieCoaster - I wouldn't worry about it, it's an insignificant part of the review (one can clearly see the actual rides you're reviewing) and no one is going to nitpick your pronunciation outside of this province. If you were doing the review exclusively in French, then yes, perhaps it would be an issue. Unfortunately language politics have consumed this province over all else, and likely why La Ronde is in the state it's in.
Nice park but Darien Lake is closer if I wanted to visit a Six Flags park. I'd rather visit Canada's Wonderland.
I prefer Canada's Wonderland for sure.
Burger king foot lettuce
What?
but is a good park
I enjoy it despite the warts.
No.
I don't think they will invest much in the near future for this park. Even if they retire more rides, the people are going to come anyway. It's the only park option for the biggest cities in the province (Montréal, Québec, Sherbrooke, Trois-Rivières and all of the surrounding of theses citites). So that's the only option for more than 5,000,000 people. And for those people willing to drive, the other possible parks are non french speaking. Its not that Quebecers can't speak english but some of them will prefer La Ronde for that reason alone.
I agree the park is poised to make money even with minimal investments.
La ROW-nde, not La rah-nde. It was AMAZING and turned to shit when Six Flags bought it. The bridge is Jacques-Cartier, like the famous explorer, pronouned CAR-T-YAY not CAR-TEE-ER.
Thanks! Sorry I don't speak French.
@@CanobieCoaster oh, no apologies needed but please know that this is how they are pronounced in English. In French they sound even more different.
Americans will literally rather sit in a gridlocked parking lot for 4 hours that take a subway
I would have taken the subway had I known it would be that brutal.
La Ronde is garbage.
The ugly is how they speak French😏
Sorry for my pronunciation.
@@CanobieCoaster No your French was great for an anglo, I’m just talking about how people from Quebec speak French. For most of the francophone world it’s considered the “wrong” way😂😂😂
@@jpf1978 Well kinda, like if a guy with a American Southern accent were to go to London his pronunciation would get ridiculed more so then someone with a American west coast accent. For some reason in the Francophobe world most French speakers outside of Quebec feel that way about Québec French.