YUKON STRIKER Canada’s Wonderland Bolliger & Mabillard Opening soon at Canada’s Wonderland in Onatrio, Yukon Striker is a record-breaking steel coaster that will hold records for wold’s tallest, longest and fastest dive coaster. It will also hold the record for most inversions on a dive coaster (with four) and the longest dive coaster drop at 75m (245 ft). With a 90-degree drop, it will also become the steepest rollercoaster in Canada. Created by B&M, the ride will become the third-tallest coaster in Canada upon its OPENING completion. Reaching speeds of APRIL 2019 up to 130kmph (80mph), Yukon Striker will become the secondfastest rollercoaster in the country. The ride’s launch will coincide with the official opening of Frontier Canada – a new gold rush-themed area at Canada’s Wonderland. Originally conceived of for the park’s opening in 1981 but never built, Frontier Canada will include two new rides – a pendulum swing and family ride – as well as its existing Mighty Canadian Minebuster, Flying Canoes, Vortex, Timberwolf Falls and White Water Canyon.
The launch of Yukon Striker coincides with the official opening of Frontier Canada
ANT-MAN AND THE WASP: NANO BATTLE! Hong Kong Disneyland Walt Disney Imagineering
OPENING 31 MARCH 2019
The latest Marvel addition to Disney’s parks, Ant-Man and The Wasp: Nano Battle! is an upcoming accelerated shooting dark ride set for the operator’s Hong Kong theme park. Replacing the existing Buzz Lightyear Astro Blasters dark ride, which uses an Omnimover system manufactured by Sansei Technologies, the new attraction will use the same infrastructure and ride system, with a retheming to the IP’s latest film Ant-Man and the Wasp. The ride’s story starts with a visit to the S.H.I.E.L.D. Science and Technology Pavilion – a newly opened facility at Stark Expo in the park’s Tomorrowland area. Set up to show the organisation’s new ©CYBERTREK 2018 AM 2 2018
OPENING 31 MARCH 2019
A number of new Marvel attractions are also set for Disney’s parks worldwide technologies, the visit is soon interrupted by Hydra, who attempt to steal a reactor from the top of Stark Tower in Hong Kong. Ant-Man and the Wasp call for help with the invading forces, with visitors using an “EMP Blaster” to disable a swarm of robots. The opening is part of a larger expansion of Hong Kong Disneyland, which
is undergoing a major 6-year expansion at a cost of HK$10.9bn (US$1.4bn). Working alongside the Hong Kong government, the proposed expansion includes a Frozen-themed area, a Marvelthemed land, a redesigned Sleeping Beauty Castle, multiple attractions, and new live entertainment. attractionsmanagement.com
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