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Thanks for the thoughtful reply, I’ll apologize if I sounded rude the first time responding to you. When we speak of the “junior spectator” eyes, it makes me question, in that era, where did the attractiveness of wanting to visit Ontario Place come from. Was it something the parents wanted to...

Bingo, at least that’s what I was kind of trying to articulate. Ontario Place wasn’t meant to be the successor to Hanlan’s Point or Sunnyside’s Amusement Park, it was as you said it’s own thing. However, what was actually on the West Island before the Wilderness Adventure Island and Ontario...

The last of the games in that series happened 10 years ago, and I can mention many reasons why that series was a flop, but that’s worthy of its own thread. You’d be surprised how popular the NFL is among the current demographics of Toronto. You’ve seen my age in the posts and I’m a student of...

As for my more personal thoughts on Therme now, I do like the concept of the park in theory, I'm sure most of us do, but I've always thought such an attraction, something I've floated back in my mind for many years would be better suited for Downsview Park, now especially since it's been said...

First thing, regarding Ontario Place, I do think what you are saying is rather offensive to those who experienced as "Millennials" who you are trying to vilify. Ontario Place clearly had a different vibe and approach in the 1990s then it did in the 20-aughts. Most Millennials who went as kids...

The point I was making, was the (supposed) extreme opposition to the project of an American company building an American theme park on Canadian soil, just look at how the council of King Township felt at the time, they were clearly extremely angry about it. With the amount of green roofing and...

That is true, but I’d like to mention like I did regarding Ontario Place on KI Central, that unlike a “theme park”, was that most of Ontario Place’s attractions at least until 2000 were more centred on “doing” rather than “riding”, yes while Ontario Place did have rides, like the water slides...

No assumptions here at all, this is the 2021 Theme Index, go to page 29, it has the 2019 numbers for reference, Wonderland clearly meets exactly what I said, nearly 4 million guests, and other than when the Jays are the hottest ticket in town, what other attraction sees 4 million people walk...

In its final years, yes it practically WAS a waterpark, remember the "Kids Just Wanna Have Fun" radio spots where they heavily emphasized Soak City as Toronto's only water park. Ontario Place may have had a sort of evolution over the years, it may have started being something more akin to a...

Just a question that’s somewhat off topic, the Ontario North Silos, what was the attraction like back then, as a millennial, I only remember the space as the “Megamaze”. Throughout much of the 1990s, two of the pods, ones that have the white over them and not the glass windows, they were...

According to the Sun, apparently Ford wants to move the Science Centre to Ontario Place, realistically speaking, how would this work, would this Science Centre just be in the pods? https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/ford-confirms-science-centre-moving-to-revamped-ontario-place Or will...

Regarding the Cinesphere, isn’t this technically its third renovation in a span of just over 10 years, correct me if I’m wrong. But I believe they did a renovation in 2011 or so, I remember seeing Avatar in 3D in there following the renovation. Then in 2018, perhaps it just reopened, but I...

I do wonder if we’ll finally get use of those pods again after the construction work is done, it’s such a shame really because the pods are arguably why the islands exist in the first place. But as far as I remember, most of the pods have basically been abandoned for almost 25 years now.

I’m not entirely sure if that’s the case, from what I remember hearing, Ontario Place was starting to rebound in the final years. Heck, they even built a new water ride that never actually opened at Ontario Place. They built it in the off-season before deciding to close. At least that ride was...

Well, I wouldn’t exactly say “loved” by the time we reached the 20-aughts, they made some very stupid moves in that decade like getting rid of the beloved Children’s Village. But many can speak of many fond memories in the 1980s and 1990s. Anyone remember the Sea Trek ride, for a no name...

That’s right, this is Ontario Place, but it seems like to many, it’s now Liberty Village Place, or CityPlace Place. The project is called a spa, but isn’t it somewhat of an indoor water park as well? (something I thought would work better than a rehash of the old Ontario Place water park) An...

I do wonder at times why people are so tied in knots over this whole thing. While I’d have to write a more detailed essay style rant on this subject, here is the main question. Prior to 2011, how did all of you view Ontario Place? I think most of us who visited at some point before it closed...

What we call York Region today follows the same concession “grid” for the most part, so the old Township of York, did it have a defined northern boundary at what we now call Steeles? As Township of Markham having clearly a continuation of York’s concession survey, why in their right mind would...

Not sure if this belongs here, it can be moved if necessary. Anyways, I’m aware that 16th Avenue derives from the Concession Road system, where in York County’s case, concessions were drawn 100 chains or 1.25 miles apart. This makes sense for the naming conventions of both 14th Avenue and 19th...

In a complex freeway, this behaviour is kind of encouraged but more spread out. A complex freeway with transfers encourages drivers to change lanes, that is first moving over to exit in a transfer, and then moving over 3 or 4 lanes in the collectors again to exit again. The HOV lanes also have...