Time Warp, Steel roller coaster at Canada's Wonderland, Ontario, Canada
Time Warp was a steel flying roller coaster at Canada's Wonderland in Vaughan, Ontario. Riders sat in four-person cars that rotated face-down beneath a yellow tubular rail held by teal-blue columns, secured by over-the-shoulder restraints. The layout included two in-line twists and a spiral lift.
The ride opened in 2004 as Tomb Raider: The Ride, complete with themed decorations including Chinese warrior figures and torches. The theming was later stripped away and the attraction reopened under its current name.
Time Warp was themed to the 2003 film Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life. Its queue resembled an ancient tomb, with an entrance sign on bamboo sticks and stone columns topped by propane torches, a tent holding two motorcycles, and Chinese stone soldiers akin to the Terracotta Army. A stone wall with deity images remained until the 2024 closure, and bat sounds looped in the station.
Time Warp closed permanently on November 2, 2024, its last operating day of the season, and was demolished and scrapped in late March 2025 before the park reopened. Visitors to Canada's Wonderland in Vaughan, Ontario, will no longer find the ride or its queue. The stone mural in the former queue area was still standing at closure.
The lift hill on this ride is a spiral rather than a straight ramp, which means riders rotate as they climb before the ride even begins. By the time they reach the top, they are already facing downward, and that position holds for the entire journey.
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