La Ronde
Montréal, Québec, Canada
La Ronde opened in 1967 as part of "Expo 67". The park was managed by the city of Montréal until 2001 when Six Flags purchased it and entered into a long-term land
lease with the city. The 146-acre (590,000 square meter) park sits on the northern tip of Île Sainte-Hélène (Saint Helen's Island). The park hosts L'International des Feux Loto-Québec, one of the largest fireworks competitions
in the world. Six Flags announced in early 2009 that they intended to add the Six Flags brand to the park, but Six Flags was never added to the La Ronde name.
One coaster has been built since I visited the park: Ednör - L'Attaque opened in La Ronde in 2010. It is a Suspended Looping Coaster built by Vekoma. From
1999 to 2005, it operated as Serial Thriller at Six Flags AstroWorld. After
AstroWorld closed permanently, it was relocated and sat in pieces at Six Flags Great Escape in Queensbury,
New York, but it never was assembled there.
Five coasters have left the park:
- Cobra (1995-2016) was Stand-Up coaster built by Intamin. The ride started when it was Stand Up at Skara Sommarland in Sweden from 1988 to 1994.
It was ultimately destroyed in 2017. (See pictures below for details.)
- La Course operated here for a few years in the 1970s. It was a Flitzer model from Zierer. It went on to run as Flitzer at Jenkinson's Boardwalk in Point Pleasant Beach,
New Jersey from 1992 to 2018. Since 2019, it has been operating as Barracuda at the Jolly Roger Amusement Park.
- Montagnes Russes (late 1960s to early 1980s) was a Schwarzkopf Wildcat 65m model. It opened in 1985 as Montagnes Russes at the Old Indiana Fun-n-Water Park
in Thorntown, Indiana, but closed when that park closed in 1996. For the next two decades, it traveled to a variety of State Fairs in throughout the United States.
- Super Manège (1981-2019) was a Vekoma Corkscrew with Bayerncurve with two inversions. (See pictures below for details.)
- Vipère was an Intamin Zac Spin model that was sitting in pieces here from 2019 to 2022. Before moving to Canada, the coaster operated as
Green Lantern: First Flight at Six Flags Magic Mountain. The ride was expected to open in 2020,
but the Covid-19 pandemic pushed its debut to 2021. Site preparations had begun and concrete footers
were poured, but the ride was never erected. By early 2023, the pieces of the coaster had been removed from the park and the footings had been demolished. There is no indication that the coaster will be reassembled at a new location.
