WonderCoaster Contest 2006

Here are photos of the winning roller coasters and some of the notable finalists from the
2006 Paramount Canada's Wonderland Roller Coaster Building Contest - May 12, 2006.
There were about 100 roller coasters entered this year with 37 produced by grade 7/8 students.
Canada's Wonderland website - search "Wondercoaster Building Contest" Click here for info about building tips roller coasters for the contest
2005 Wondercoaster Winners
2007 Wondercoaster Winners
Josh Ramjist's Wondercoaster site



Technical Merit - First Place
Fun Park's Crop Circles
score = 27.8 million, 36 loops
St. Mary Catholic Secondary School
Technical Merit - Second Place
Blast Off
score = 27.4 million
(37 million but would not work fully)
St. Mary Catholic Secondary School

Technical Merit - Third Place
Sunken Treasure
score = 17 million
Richond Hill H.S.
Artistic Merit - First Place
Mine Ride
St. Joseph High School (Nepean)
(a neat detail at the back...)
Artistic Merit - Second Place
Bamboo Express
North Middlesex DHS
Artistic Merit - Third Place
Brainstorm
Gravenhurst High School
Junior - First Place
The Final Frontier
Bertie Elementary School

Junior - Second Place
The Bolt
Bertie P.S. (gr 8)
Junior - Third Place
Aqua Thriller
Palgrave P.S. (gr 8)


Park Engineer's Award
The Clash of the Armadas
Northern Secondary School
Can You Follow That Track?
Read the story here...
Park Engineer Runnerup

Grade 6 Lift Competition
Award Winners - Technical Merit and Structural Design
Grade 6 Lift Competition
Award Winners - Technical Merit and Structural Design
Grade 6 Lift Competition
Award Winners - Technical Merit and Structural Design
Other high TM scores
Ball lost, Ball found - but not working to the bottom
Other high TM scores
Didn't start, didn't finish
Other high TM scores
14 mil. recalc, as time was 20 s not 30 s
Journey of the One Ring
Jr coaster (4th place maybe?)

Las Vegas
The judges went for the minimalist look this year
?
Sorry I missed the title
Look at the integration of the track
Alice in Wonderland
from NSS down the street
Alice in Wonderland
from NTCI
another look at Alice

Other Coasters I liked

Other Coasters I liked
Other Coasters I liked

Other Coasters I liked

Other Coasters I liked
Other Coasters I liked

China Town from NTCI Charlie and the Chocolate Factory from NTCI Medieval Blunder from NTCI
from NTCI NT5 A second Coaster made by the Charlie group
TM score around 5 million



The judges consisted of teachers, engineering university students, and members of the American Coasters Enthusiasts.