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Something happening to Time Warp at Canada's Wonderland? (Potential removal)

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Please read the new information (click me). Time Warp's absence from the Alpenfury animation is not confirmation of its removal as it was also not in the Yukon Striker video. However, the tweet concerning its closure can still be a point of conversation regarding this ride's future.

Time Warp is a flying coaster built by Zamperla infamous for being rough and uncomfortable with low capacity. Its removal has been rumoured for years.
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Located directly next to the Flight Deck inverted coaster, which has a similarly bad reputation.
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Alpenfury, their new for 2025 roller coaster, was unveiled on August 8. What seems to have flown under EVERYONE'S radar is that Time Warp is completely absent from the animation. It is supposed to be to the right of Flight Deck - it is not.
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Time Warp is still on the park's website.
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This tweet claims that Time Warp has closed forever, and was the post that brought my attention that the coaster was absent from the Alpenfury trailer.
https://twitter.com/x/status/1875206544771682720

What could this mean for Time Warp and the plot of land that it sits on?
Could Time Warp be finally finished after years upon years of rumours surrounding its downfall? What could potentially replace it, if anything is even planned for the future?
How has nobody noticed this for months on end?
 
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It could be true, but using Time Warp's absence from AlpenFury's rendering as pretty much the sole basis for it being removed seems like it could be clutching at straws a tad, in my view. It could be absent for all kinds of reasons; it's hardly the focus of the video, so it's not like anyone would notice its absence. I wouldn't be surprised if the rendering creator just put the biggest rides in to broadly cover the surrounding skyline; those Zamperla Volares are not big rides, so Time Warp won't exactly feature highly on Canada's Wonderland's skyline.

The Twitter post is admittedly interesting, and certainly, it would not surprise me with how ruthless Six Flags is being with coaster closures at present, but I'm not betting the house on it going just yet in the absence of more concrete evidence, personally. The word "allegedly" seems to be doing quite a bit of heavy lifting in the posted tweet.
 
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The rendering includes almost every other ride coaster in the park, even ones like Sledghammer and Minebuster that won't be particularly visible from Alpenfury. (Less visible than Time Warp would have been.)

I agree that a rendering is not the best judge of a park's plans, but the omission still feels noteworthy.
 
Upon further inspection, I may have jumped the gun and @Matt N 's suspicions may be correct.
In the Yukon Striker reveal, Time Warp was also absent from it.

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But why exclude Time Warp? Not sure.

So this animation thing may all mean nothing, but the tweet itself stays. If there is any truth to what he's saying, then there very well is still a possibility that Time Warp's demise is coming.
Only time will tell.
 
Steely Dan said:
And yet......... that's EXACTLY what happened, leading to this rumor of the ride's demise.
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In my defence, however, it took almost 5 months for anyone to notice its absence, and its absence was also never noticed in Yukon Striker’s rendering if the post from @Rob Coasters above is anything to go by. So it’s hardly like people were leaping all over it the second the video was released. If people had noticed that when the video was initially released in August, I highly doubt it would have been kept quiet.

I’m not saying Time Warp isn’t going by any means. I would not be overly surprised if it did, in fact; it’s evidently not a popular ride, so it would be an obvious candidate for the Six Flags purge list.

All I’m saying is that I would personally be seeking slightly more concrete evidence than its absence from an animated rendering before coming to any firm conclusion of it definitely being removed.
 
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RIP to the only flying coaster in Canada then it seems! Tbh Flight Deck is way worse and should have been chopped first.
 
Rob Coasters said:
Please read the new information (click me). Time Warp's absence from the Alpenfury animation is not confirmation of its removal as it was also not in the Yukon Striker video. However, the tweet concerning its closure can still be a point of conversation regarding this ride's future.

Time Warp is a flying coaster built by Zamperla infamous for being rough and uncomfortable with low capacity. Its removal has been rumoured for years.
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Located directly next to the Flight Deck inverted coaster, which has a similarly bad reputation.
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Alpenfury, their new for 2025 roller coaster, was unveiled on August 8. What seems to have flown under EVERYONE'S radar is that Time Warp is completely absent from the animation. It is supposed to be to the right of Flight Deck - it is not.
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Time Warp is still on the park's website.
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This tweet claims that Time Warp has closed forever, and was the post that brought my attention that the coaster was absent from the Alpenfury trailer.
https://twitter.com/x/status/1875206544771682720

What could this mean for Time Warp and the plot of land that it sits on?
Could Time Warp be finally finished after years upon years of rumours surrounding its downfall? What could potentially replace it, if anything is even planned for the future?
How has nobody noticed this for months on end?
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I'm a local, very not pleased about the social media tantrum.

Yes, Team Zimmerman is chopping rides left right and center. Yes, Time Warp is on its way out, think that's been fairly obvious for awhile and the purge could expedite it. Yes there are major incentives to remove it. It could very well go this year... or it could buy more time.

The person who initially posted it on Twitter has no connections with the park. He's an enthusiast who wanted to gage a reaction. Others like Amusement Insiders, who are not Insiders since their contacts moved on, have been pulling ride removal rumors out of their ass to the point that the park intervened. Others contributing to this mess are the likes of Theme Park Predictions. There are no knowledgable sources contributing to this. None at all.

The only intel we have is that long-term maintenance on Time Warp is over. See I posted it here back in April. That's presumably why the cars are still in the station, as they were never going to be rebuilt at the main shed this offseason. This predates the Zimmerman cuts and is the park acting on their own initiative.

Now on that note if CW was forced to remove rides right now, this is one of them. The other is Soaring Timbers, which gets the lowest ridership in the park, is down plenty, and is a modified fair ride that is both difficult to operate and like Time Warp doesn't fit in. But CW would be at pains to touch that because of an inexplicably strong partnership with Mondial. Same reasoning goes to their top spin, which is practically a seasonal offering at this point but still pulls numbers. And that's the takeaway from CW; they have a huge amount of rides where everything gets major ridership, and their goal right now is to have as many attractions as possible to spread out attendance. That's why stuff has been built in two's over the past decade. Even something like Time Warp does its job, and the park just doesn't remove rides unless a replacement is in mind.

I'm no insider, none at all, I've repeatedly clarified that. However it's become a major pet peeve of mine to see enthusiasts that have never visited a park trample over common sense and spew out bull**** like they're some official source to gain brownie points. I had someone message me in a hurry to say that it'd both been confirmed dead AND removed from the website, neither of which were true. Typically when a ride removal rumor is legitimate you see that conversation begin locally instead of from some asshole internet persona looking to capitalize on this enthusiast doomsday posting.

Wait and see. In the meantime, I spent the entirety of yesterday dealing with this nonsense and want nothing to do with it here.
 
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TPoseOnTantrum said:
I'm no insider, none at all, I've repeatedly clarified that. However it's become a major pet peeve of mine to see enthusiasts that have never visited a park trample over common sense and spew out bull**** like they're some official source to gain brownie points
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And yet...

TPoseOnTantrum said:
It’s fairly obvious to anyone who’s been paying attention, really. Not that it was originally meant for Paultons though, they just had an opportunity.
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Heth said:
And yet...
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Yea you’re right. Paultons is your territory and not mine. That was in poor taste. Actually, so was the first chunk of my rant and I should apologize to @Rob Coasters for it. But my critiques of the rumor mill still stand.

I’m no insider at Canada’s Wonderland or Paultons. That park specifically is one I’d become invested in from the continued local conversations about it on here over the years and started putting together pieces of what 2026 might be, plus a local friend who was doing work for them had more to say on the matter.

The line that I’ve drawn overtime for myself is as somewhat well informed but not an insider. I don’t have anything further to contribute about the British parks. CW on the other hand, does anyone?
 
I'm looking at the number of words that have been written about the potential removal of a ride nobody will miss.

This really is the silly season ;)
 
TPOT has apologized for his rant, so please stop reporting his post. We're all allowed to express our opinions here, even if it comes across as somewhat rude.
We're also allowed to discuss rumors, no matter how trivial or their source origin.
We don't tolerate personal attacks, harassment, bullying, racist comments, or similar behavior. Please report such posts.
 
Matt N said:
All I’m saying is that I would personally be seeking slightly more concrete evidence than its absence from an animated rendering before coming to any firm conclusion of it definitely being removed.
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We're in 100% agreement on that!

I was just pointing out that the ride's omission from an animation video of the park's newest coaster was specifically the original source of this "rumor".

Well, that, and the fact that Zamperla Volares are one of the most universally unpopular coaster types around, I guess.

If Time Warp really does end up getting removed soon, it's a classic example of addition by subtraction in most eyes, no?
 
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