Recent historyThe park's former connection to Hanna-Barbera productions was reduced after Paramount Pictures purchased the park. At that point the park was renamed Paramount Canada's Wonderland. After Viacom bought Paramount in 1994, a successful attempt was made to bring families back to the park by providing children with Nickelodeon cartoon characters that were familiar to a new generation. While the Nickelodeon channel (part of Viacom's MTV Networks) is not available in Canada, many of the network's shows air on YTV, making this decision logical. YTV had previously been involved in numerous projects at the park, including the 1992 direct-to-video Festival of Friends concert, raising money for Kids Help Phone.In 2005 the park introduced Fearfest, renamed Halloween Haunt in July 2007. Halloween Haunt is a Halloween event featuring various haunted house attractions in different themed areas of the park. The park continues running many of their thrill rides during the event, but the section of the park for smaller children is closed off. Thunder Run, where patrons ride a mine car like train through a mountain, is also themed for the event. During Halloween Haunt it is called Haunted Thunder Run, and patrons ride through a darker tunnel with more strobe lights, fog machines, and black light lit scenes featuring the skeletons of miners that might have died in the mine. In 2006, the park introduced Spooktacular, a Halloween event geared towards children. The event included children's rides, costume contests and a treasure hunt. Spooktacular was open on weekends during the daytime, while Fearfest remained open at night. Due to very low attendance, Spooktacular only lasted one season.On 14 May 2006, it was announced that Cedar Fair Entertainment Co. was interested in acquiring the five Paramount theme parks, including Canada's Wonderland. The acquisition was completed on 30 June 2006.As a result, in early January 2007, Cedar Fair began to drop the "Paramount" name from all of their former Paramount parks, and the park is currently referred to once again by its original name, "Canada's Wonderland". The 2007 season marked a transition year of removing "all things Paramount" throughout the park. By the start of the 2008 season, the Paramount logo and similar references will be removed.

Canada's Wonderland 2007 Season PassIn June 2007, an accident involving a thirteen-year-old girl at a theme park in Kentucky on a ride similar to the Drop Zone at Canada's Wonderland caused Cedar Fair to close all five similar rides in its theme parks. Drop Zone at Canada's Wonderland was reopened in July 2007.[citation needed]In August 2007, Cedar Fair announced that Fearfest would be renamed Halloween Haunt to remain consistent with other Cedar Fair parks. At this time Cedar Fair also announced that Spooktacular would be discontinued. In place of Spooktacular, the park extended its regular operating season until the last weekend in October. Thus, the park is open to the public during the day, and Halloween Haunt runs in the late evenings on October weekends. The park also announced its addition for 2008, a new hypercoaster called Behemoth, which will be the largest roller coaster in Canada, and will open in May 2008. Behemoth will also be the tallest ride in the park, reaching three feet taller than the park's ride Drop Zone.
AttractionsToday, Canada's Wonderland has over 200 attractions, including over 60 thrill rides. The park has North America's third most roller coasters with 14 in total, and North America's greatest variety. The park features eight themed areas on 330 acres (1.3 km²) of land which includes a 20 acre (81,000 m²) waterpark called Splash Works. Splash Works has over 2 million gallons (7,570 m³) of heated water, Canada's largest outdoor wave pool measuring 36,000 square feet (3,300 m²), a lazy river, and 16 water slides.

Flight Deck in actionIn 1983, Canada's Wonderland added the Kingswood Music Theatre, a 15,000 seat amphitheatre that hosted many "big-name" concerts. After the Molson Amphitheatre opened on the grounds of Ontario Place in 1995, cultural festivals at the theatre became more prominent. Splash Works is featured in the southwest quadrant; an artificial mountain forms the park's central feature.The park's themed areas are:
International Street
Medieval Faire
International Festival
Nickelodeon Central
Hanna-Barbera Land
Kidzville
White Water Canyon
Splash Works
Grande World Exposition of 1890
Action Zone
2007 shows
Endless Summer The Paramount Theatre stage returned to its roots and was transformed into a skating rink with a new ice show.
Twisting to the 60s, International Showplace hosted a live music show, with songs from the 1960s.
Dora's Sing-A-Long Adventure returned for the 2007 season in the Playhouse Theatre.
Sauter, High-diving and trampoline jumping show, located at Arthur's Bay.
Victoria Falls High Divers, High divers jumping from the top of Wonder Mountain, taking a plunge of over 66 feet (20 m).
Water slides
Black Hole
The Plunge
Super Soaker
Body Blast
Riptide Racer
Barracuda Blaster
Whirlwinds
Splash Island Waterways
Splash Island Kiddie Slides
Roller coasters
Main article: Rides at Canada's Wonderland

Behemoth, set to open May, 2008
The Bat - Steel shuttle coaster with a loop and cobra roll, built by Vekoma
Behemoth - Steel sit down coaster with a 70 metre drop and travels at 125km/h; scheduled to open in 2008, built by Bolliger & Mabillard
Dragon Fire - Steel double-loop, double-corkscrew with a downward helix, built by Arrow
The Fly - Wild Mouse roller coaster built by Mack Gmbh
Back Lot Stunt Coaster - (formerly Italian Job: Stunt Track) steel, powered launch, built by Premier Rides
Mighty Canadian Minebuster - Wooden coaster with modified out-and-back layout, built by Philadelphia Toboggan Company
SkyRider - steel stand-up, with one loop and a downward helix, built by Togo
Thunder Run - Steel mine train coaster with no lift, built by Mack Gmbh
Time Warp - (formerly Tomb Raider: The Ride) Steel flying roller coaster, built by Zamperla
Flight Deck - (formerly Top Gun) Steel inverted looping coaster, 5 inversions of various types, built by Vekoma
Vortex - Steel suspended coaster, built by Arrow Dynamics
Wild Beast - Wooden, modified Bearcat/Wildcat, built by Philadelphia Toboggan Company