Leviathan

Canada's Wonderland spent its first three decades building suspended, looping, and wooden coasters, but had never fielded a true giga-class ride — the 300-foot-plus category only a small number of parks worldwide had attempted — until Leviathan arrived in 2012.

Bolliger & Mabillard designed the layout to make the most of the park's open frontage along Highway 400, sending trains up a 306-foot lift before a 245-foot first drop unleashes 5,486 feet of sweeping turns and sustained floater airtime at speeds up to 92 mph. The ride instantly dethroned Behemoth, which had held the title of Canada's tallest and fastest coaster for barely four years, as the new benchmark for the entire country.

Leviathan's visibility from the highway made it an unmissable advertisement for the park even before most guests had ridden it, and its scale established Medieval Faire — previously home to only Dragon Fyre and Wilde Beast — as a legitimate home for a modern flagship attraction.

More than a decade later, Leviathan remains Canada's Wonderland's signature coaster and one of the most-ridden giga coasters anywhere in North America.