Galaxyland, Indoor amusement park at West Edmonton Mall, Canada
Galaxyland is an amusement park inside West Edmonton Mall, offering 27 rides across approximately 37,000 square meters. The installations range from gentle children's swings to roller coasters for older visitors.
Fantasyland opened on 17 August 1983 as part of the mall's phase 2 expansion, built for $9 million with 100,000 square feet of space and a supervised daycare. A 1994 appellate court ruling found the name already in legal use by Disney's theme park lands, forcing a change; the park became Galaxyland on 1 July 1995 with a Space Age theme and mascot Cosmo. It reopened as Galaxyland Powered by Hasbro on 17 December 2022.
The park's mascot, Cosmo, arrived with the Space Age rebranding on 1 July 1995, when Fantasyland became Galaxyland. The Hasbro licensing deal was announced on 18 December 2019, and the park reopened as "Galaxyland Powered by Hasbro" on 17 December 2022 with the first renovation phase finished.
The building shelters visitors from rain and cold, allowing the rides to remain open year-round. Separate areas with gentler attractions are designated for younger children.
The Mindbender, a Schwarzkopf steel coaster with a triple loop, was the world's tallest (14 stories) and longest indoor roller coaster. On 14 June 1986 a wheel sheared off its last car and the train struck a concrete pillar, killing three riders; the ride then gained three emergency brake sections and stricter maintenance checks.
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