History of Le Monstre at La Ronde

History of Le Monstre at La Ronde | Birth of a Monster

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Ай бұрын

A historical look at the history of Le Monstre at La Ronde [Six Flags] the largest and record breaking wooden roller coaster in Canada. #laronde

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@lornetyndale7974 11 күн бұрын

I can recall riding Le Monstre back in 1985 when Track 1 opened, and again in 1986 after Track 2 opened. Even though there are a lot of people who don't like it, the coaster has remained on my top 10 list of coasters. I am also one of the many who would hate to see this thing RMC'd - in my view wooden coasters generally become worse - not better - after the RMC "treatment" (or destruction as I think of it). I agree that the original trains were a lot better then the PTC's currently running on it. Also worth noting, the PTC's were not new - they came from The Texas Cyclone at Houston Astroworld after it was closed. Similarly, La Ronde's Vekoma SLC came from Houston Astroworld. Thanks for the video!

@1st_Drop 8 күн бұрын

It is a pleasure to hear of more memories and thankful you enjoyed the video!

@pyromontreal Ай бұрын

Well done on the voiceover work. The tone and delivery remind me of Stephen Boegert's work on the Canadian dub of Mayday on the Discovery Channel.

@1st_Drop Ай бұрын

I wish I had him for the narration - by far the most grueling aspect of this work for me!

@Roccodabest Ай бұрын

In order to build Le Monstre, they had to take larger land than available and filled part of the marina behind it. The aerial view of the marina during Expo67 and today are noticeably different with the land fill for le Monstre.

@1st_Drop Ай бұрын

I could see evidence of that from some of the photos but could not find any written document of it (details of the construction overall have been hard to find - however I feel some more information will come available before the 40th anniversary, where a new cut will likely drop).

@Roccodabest Ай бұрын

@@1st_Drop Actually, the "dumping" of earth into the marina was done illegally by the city of Montreal and they were stopped short by the minister of environment back in the day. There are some newspaper articles about it floating around. I should check them again. Thats why the shape of the coast around the marina is awkward nowadays, as the city could never complete the dumping they wanted. The portion near Goliath on the north part of the marina is actually very telling.