Behemoth Review, Canada's Wonderland Bolliger & Mabillard Hyper Coaster | Wonderland's Airtime King
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- Behemoth is the Bolliger & Mabillard hyper coaster at Canada's Wonderland. This was part of a trio of hyper coasters Cedar Fair added to recently purchased Paramount parks along with Intimidator at Carowinds and Diamondback at Kings Island. This coaster features a sea of camelbacks as it runs along the park's perimeter. Find out how it compares to other B&M hypers in this review!
Video Credits
Behemoth Off-Ride (Amusement Insiders)- • Canada's Wonderland Be...
Behemoth POV (Canada's Wonderland)- • Official POV - Behemot...
Background Music
Training Rock by Infraction [No Copyright Music] / Race For A Thrill- • Training Rock by Infra...
I first rode Behemoth in 2009 and I was in love and it was the coaster that got me into roller coasters and theme parks. I still love this roller coaster and it still gives great airtime. Now it does have a prominent rattle but I don’t mind it. This ride has excellent capacity and the line does move quickly and you don’t stay in the same spot for long. I love these trains since the back let’s you get yeeted over each drop. After 14 years I still love this ride over Leviathan. If you come back when it is a hot day and little wind, trust me this ride will fly.
This was my favorite coaster at one point when I first rode it.
I like that they did 2 of the 3 biblical feature names in Leviathan and Behemoth, but they haven’t used Ziz, the third name yet. Maybe the name is just too stupid. It would be a great returns for Flight Deck with new trains though.
I hope Ziz happens.
Ziz is not biblical as it is found nowhere in the Jewish Torah or Old Testament scriptures. It's a Jewish mythological creature, createdmany centuries after the Jewish Talmud. Behemoth? Nope. Leviathan is in the Greek Septuagint New Testament book of Revelation of John and is just a descriptor of Satan.
@@CanobieCoaster I was hoping you'd say review is on the way.
Leviathan and Behemoth actually come from actually from old Jewish folklore that preceded the bible and was part of the old testament. Golem and Gilgamesh come from the same place.
That’s why people rumoured the third B&M in the park to be named Ziz.
I love the entry & sign marque! I studied art/graphic design & worked in AstroWorlds sign shop + another shop before moving to food service. i did it because a fellow ACE member was a waiter & traveled the globe riding roller coasters. I've gotten my fair share of rides during the week taking random short vacations. Canada's Wonderland is truly a favorite of mine. Cedar put a lot of love in that park.
Cedar Fair knocks out the entrance plazas.
It's amazing that this is the most visited seasonal Cedar Fair park, and it's not even the flagship park, Cedar Point. Canada's Wonderland did 3.96 million visitors in 2019, which is nuts. Now Cedar Point's attendance for 2019 isn't known, but I'm sure Canada's Wonderland would still beat Cedar Point's attendance regardless. Cedar Fair just invests well into this park, and can't wait what they do in the future.
During an employee event, I rode behemoth 6 times in a row in the front seat. Not only was there ACTUALLY airtime, I started to feel "wrong" at the end and needed to ride the antique carousel to "slow my spinning stomach"
Wow!
Currently my favorite B&M hyper. I really enjoyed my recent rides on Diamondback but the floater that I experienced on Behemoth back in April blew my mind.
This one has better airtime than Diamondback.
@@CanobieCoaster makes me feel validated to hear you say that since I feel your opinion on coasters is much more refined than mine!
Diamondback is a glorified family coaster. ‘How to make a 200 foot colossal steel roller coaster feel as sterile & as neutral as possible’ -by Bollinger & Mabillard
@@bustersales6921 disagree - lol
Thank you for your Canada's Wonderland reviews. A couple friends of ours have season passes, and we're thinking of taking our son for the first time. I haven't been there myself since I was a teenager when Top Gun was the most-hyped coaster (Vortex was wayyyy better, and Wild Beast was fun because there was like no wait time -- nobody wanted to go on the old wooden coasters). I'd like to try Behemoth out, and check out the kiddie land with our little one. Thanks for helping us get hyped!
You're welcome!
I love Leviathan, but Behemoth was my 100th coaster. I think it’s in the top tier of B&M Hypers and it’s running much better than some others-I just rerode last month. I like it much more than some of the newer ones that everyone else seems obsessed with . . .
It has great airtime.
Good to see a youtuber actually review this coaster.
It’s the 6th year of me waiting for Taylor to do such.
You're welcome!
Taylor would make my head explode by saying 'it's fiiine.' Ryan & Uncle Nate loved it.
Behemoth really lives up to the name! That thing looks huge, even on video
Sure does!
Great review, thanks Mike.
You're welcome!
I didn't get to ride Behemoth on my last visit but I remember liking it better than Leviathan on previous visits. I was sat first row by complete chance once and while the forces aren't as crazy there's a visual thrill to being the first one over all those hills
That's fair. I prefer the extra intensity of the back myself.
My home park has got it all: Hot Thrills, Radical Coasters, Cool Eats, Sweet Surprises, Timeless Memories, and of course a whole park full of White-Knuckle Fun!
Sure is!
I love Leviathan, but on my visit I was riding Behemoth more. Both those and Yukon are amazing coasters IMHO.
It's a great top 3.
An absolute airtime king. More so than any other B&M Hyper, this has not 1, not 2, not 3, but 4 behemoth sidecamelbacks. That is absolute crazy. A normal B&M Hyper has 2 and maybe 3 but this throws in a 4th which is why it easily looks like the best B&M Hyper. It's kinda a shame that literally 3 of the 4 have trims but who cares cause Diamondbacks trims never hit and these extended train hypers have MUCH much stronger airtime. Also a great second half with a helix and yet again, nore airtime hills. This looks like it tops Leviathan if you want airtime but ylif you want speed and a good drop then maybe Leviathan but even th is drop was great. I didn't find Orions drop that much better than Diamondbacks cause it was already really good. Last thing is I find it kinda onward that Behemoth is themed to a land monster and is over water while Leviathan is themed to a sea monster and is over land.
The trims don't impact the ride for me. I just forgot how many there were until I rerode it.
I rode Behemoth in sleet before, and it was still hauling. I'm conflicted about which one's better with Behemoth & Levi, but Behemoth is definitely my favourite of the two.
Oh, this beauty when it's hot out is something else. Everything is even more pronounced too.
I prefer Leviathan, but they compliment each other well.
Yeah, even the rattle is more pronounced when it's hot out LOL
Behemoth is a really good ride. I've only rode it once but it was cool. Haven't ridden Leviathan yet.
It is.
this was my first hyper (I count goliath as a mega, not a complain about it though), i sat near the middle in a seat where you are right beside the other, and the airtime blew me away, i heard people complain about the roughness and the trims but honestly I did not notice it, though the trims did make a cool noise, I do find that this is an amazing coaster
It has so much airtime.
@@CanobieCoaster i spent most my time out of my seat and I loved it
Two awesome B&Ms in one park. Oh, im mistaken... 3 OF THE BEST
Yes
GhostRider at Knott's Berry Farm, which opening do you refer, the original or the refurbished?
I only rode it post refurb.
Two types of roller coaster roughness are the rattle or rattling and the shuffle or shuffling. What are the differences between rattling and shuffling? What do you think?
Shuffling is mostly a side-to-side roughness.
I’m in Michigan about an hour from the Canadian border, I might have to head up to here
It's well worth it.
What is the c0v1d protocol for entering/leaving Canada these days? Not long ago, there were fees and mandatory quarantines. Just curious, thx
I'm vaccinated. I just had to fill out a pre-arrival form and crossing the border felt similar to past years.
Great review! I’m a huge fan of Behemoth’s setting and sea of parabolic camelbacks. It’s the perfect example of what a hyper coaster should be, for me (though I admittedly prefer SFOG’s Goliath).
Which do you consider the top tier B&M hypers?
Shambhala is the best B&M hyper.
Put here the history Behemoth, the B&M hyper coaster at Canada's Wonderland.
Cedar Fair purchased Paramount's Canada's Wonderland in 2006, renaming it to just Canada's Wonderland.
Canada's Wonderland was a large theme park with many rides, but it had a not so liked, positive and received lineup that needed to be saved and improved, which one?
A) The kiddie rides
B) The flat rides
C) The roller coasters
C
Canobie Coaster would say:
One of those parks that come to mind was Elitch Gardens. During a period, for years, Elitch Gardens was a Six Flags/Premier park with...
A) a bad coaster lineup
B) a decent coaster lineup
C) a good coaster lineup
D) an incredible coaster lineup
B
I think you meant to say Leviathan @ 2:06 rather than Yukon Striker.
Intimidator doesn't have a camelback directly after its drop, then when it does it has a trim break on it, followed by another turnaround, followed by a hill with a trim on it before a hill without a trim on it. Now that doesn't mean that those early trim breaks will necessarily trim the speed of the trains, but there must be something to be said for coasters that don't even have trims until later in the ride (like Diamondback) rather than having (and often using) them right away (like Intimidator).
Behemoth is in between but at least it has an untrimmed camelback directly after the 1st drop and just looks like it has a better layout than Intimidator. I guess it depends on which trims where hitting when you rode it. When I rode it the trims only hit on the 1st camelback after the turnaround then not again until it lightly tapped the train on the MCBR. This is why my bucketlist B&M hyper after Fury 325 is Diamondback, even it has a rattle due to unstable ground.
I prefer Behemoth in any seat in the back car over any seat on Leviathan but every seat on Leviathan is excellent since the trains are shorter and the drop and elements are better in every car rather than the very front or very back like Behemoth. The front of Leviathan is almost as good as the back of Behemoth IMO because of how it feels to sit there for the speed hill with laterals that precedes the 1st camelback. Thanks for posting this great review!
You're welcome. I've found people head to both Leviathan and Yukon Striker at rope drop in my visits (including a recent one). I really like the layout on Behemoth.
By the way I know some people don't like the feeling of being lifted out of your seat but that's just airtime and it's fun cause it feels like flying and I suggest going on wild beast first if you wanna know what airtime is like cause wild beast has really great airtime
This definitely is the park's airtime king.
What ars the differences between the vibration and the rattle?
Interchangeable
I prefer Leviathan by a decent margin, but I enjoyed all my rides on Behemoth. It only had a minor rattle for me, even in the back. I do like Diamondback a little more, and after my great Intimidator rides last year, I may even slightly prefer it, but they're all very close. I found it quite strange that Behemoth put its helix right after the mid-course. If the mid-course didn't hit, that helix would pull some great force.
The shake on this one seemed worse than Diamondback.
Then they'd have no choice but to stack trains..
Canada's Wonderland had many rides, but it had a not so liked and positive roller coaster lineup that needed to be upgraded.
A) Dragon Fyre, the park's Arrow looping coaster, was considered to be the park's best ride
B) Vortex, the park's Arrow suspended coaster, was considered to be the park's best ride
C) Wilde Beast, one of the park's wooden coasters, was considered to be the park's best ride
B
The other thing that will really satisfy me when I go on Behemoth is the hammerhead turn that's definitely very special it's just like vortexs element after it goes down the drop
I prefer the airtime hills to hammerhead turn.
I would like to know types of roughness in a coaster ride, and also video about that
You can try making a video.
If I ask you, do you like the airtime and the rattle on Behemoth?
Canobie Coaster would say:
It has great and strong airtime. Just wish...
I definitely like the airtime. I'd prefer no rattle.
See Behemoth, Dragon Fyre, and Flight Deck, three coasters at Canada's Wonderland. So how would you compare between those three to ride again?
I have a countdown ranking them.
Just rode this today and it was super fun got good amount of room too for the airtime personally though I prefer the front I felt like every element hit better up there, minus the first drop same with Leviathan
The ride is good in both the front and back for sure.
@@CanobieCoaster can confirm better up front literally just rode it 5 minutes ago
I’d love to know what’s in your top tier hypers if this isn’t one of them
Shambhala by a long shot. Then Candymonium, Silver Star, and Mako. The Goliaths and Behemoth are probably next.
Can someone help me get front row on this ride? I asked nicely and yet the ride op became rude to me and my cousin.
They have usually let me wait for the front if I ask nicely. Were there too many people already queueing for it?
@@CanobieCoaster It was only a stair wait to half a tent full, short line
What do you think about Behemoth at Canada's Wonderland, Diamondback at Kings Island, Intimidator at Carowinds, and Shambhala at Port Aventura?
All fun
What do you think about the first drop on Behemoth? Does it have airtime?
Great drop, plenty of airtime.
Behemoth opened at Canada's Wonderland in 2008 with a more acclaimed and positive reception...
A) Like the park's previous coasters
B) Unlike the park's previous coasters
B
What are the differences between an 8 out of 10, an 8.5 out of 10, and a 9 out of 10? What do you think?
Great to fantastic.
I think behemoth is fun but I don't know if I'm gonna be able to do it cause I don't know why but I always seem to chicken out everytime I try to go on big roller coasters
It's safe and fun.
@@CanobieCoaster ok I think I'll start with the small rides first and then work my way up to the big ones that way they won't be as scary as I thought
@@aldodaci9055 Go big or go home.
Being scared is part of the FUN :)
It's over so quick that waiting in line is the scariest part...
@@yukonstriker1703 that doesn't help
I think many enthusiasts love Behemoth because of the airtime and the staggered seating trains
The airtime is great.
Of the roller coasters you've ridden in the world with rattling, what's the one that rattled you the most, the one with the most noticeable rattling you've ever got?
Coaster Express is the roughest ride I've ridden.
What do you think about Behemoth at canada's wonderland, smooth or rough?
Mostly smooth.
Behemoth at Canada's Wonderland
Goliath at La Ronde
Superman Krypton Coaster at Six Flags Fiesta Texas
How many other roller coasters in the Six Flags chain, in the Cedar Fair chain, and/or from other properties, opened as vast improvements and/or upgrades to their park's previously not well received coaster lineup? What do you think? Examples:
Superman at Six Flags New England and GhostRider at Knott’s are two more examples.
My home park and I've been on both Leviathan and Behemoth more times to count. For me, Levi is better, and sometimes challenged by Yukon Striker. Behemoth is 3rd in the park for me. I love the finale, but the rattles through all the valleys just puts it last.
I prefer Leviathan too.
The rattle on EVERY valley makes it un-rideable more than twice a day IMO.
I'm 53 and can't ride 'em like I used to lol
@@yukonstriker1703 i was at canadas wonderland 2 days ago and i went on behemoth 6 times lol, its my home park and this ride is my favourite
So, ride Behemoth at Canada's Wonderland. What do you think about the smoothness or the roughness of Behemoth?
It's mostly smooth. A few valleys have a vibration.
Vortex was considered to be their best ride. That was because what happened to the park's other coasters?
Dragon Fyre
SkyRider
Mighty Canadian Minebuster
Wilde Beast
Bat
Flight Deck
Time Warp
Many find their other rides rough.
The first drop was your favorite drop on a B&M coaster?
Excluding the gigas, it is.
But I would like to know more about types of roughness
I plan to prioritize other videos.
Behemoth at Canada's Wonderland
Lost Gravity at Walibi Holland
How many other roller coasters did you find shaky enough to cause a headache?
It can be for a variety of things- rattle, headbanging, or lack of sleep so no one answer.
For you, is Behemoth at Canada's Wonderland smooth? Has it rattle?
It has a bit of a rattle, especially towards the back.
So B&M helped to improve the Canada's Wonderland coaster lineup with building a hyper coaster. The B&M hyper coaster would be named Behemoth. Behemoth opened at Canada's Wonderland in...
A) 2006
B) 2007
C) 2008
D) 2009
C
Do you like shaking feelings and smooth feelings? What do you think?
Like both shaking and smooth
Prefer shaking
Prefer smooth
I prefer smooth.
If I ask you about the staggered seating trains, there are four B&M hyper coasters with them: Behemoth at Canada's Wonderland, Diamondback at Kings Island, Intimidator at Carowinds, and Shambhala at PortAventura. Canobie Coaster would say: Yes, those four.
If I ask you: So how would you think between Behemoth and Shambhala, to ride, and how do you think between the two in terms of smoothness or roughness?
What would you say, Canobie Coaster?
Shambhala is glass smooth. Behemoth rattles at points.
What do you think about all roller coasters at Canada's Wonderland?
I talk about them in my countdown and park review.
Sweet
Thanks!
What does the drop feel like?
Also what does 4.5 G's feel like?
The drop feels like you're being pulled to the ground while levitating.
@@CanobieCoaster Great analogy!
First time I rode Behemoth and cresting the drop I yelled out something like "OMG Holy SH*T!" LOL
Imagine going to ride again Behemoth at Canada's Wonderland and Shambhala at Port Aventura. What would you think about the two?
Really like both rides, but I prefer Shambhala
Many who went to ride all B&M hyper coasters (excluding gigas) in the world, found one to be easily the best and an exceptional airtime machine, what do you think about the exceptional B&M hyper coaster, compared to Behemoth?
A) Better airtime, better views, and equally as smooth
B) Better airtime, better views, and smoother
C) Similar airtime, but with a better layout
B
Never been on one of the elongated B&M trains; seems so strange as it crawls over the hills.
That B&M train style looks weird but still rides great. It offers a loophole where you can sit in the second row with no additional first-row wait, but still get a ride experience in the second row that's almost identical to the first row, i.e. you can see the track in front of you just like you can in the front row.
It still has good airtime.
@Sean you've obviously never been on it...
"crawls over the hills" LMAO
Second 'outside' row of each train are the best no matter which row you're in...
My fave is left outside seat on the 5th train... best of front/back rows :P
@@Thuggysmurf ...or the 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th rows haha ;)
@@yukonstriker1703 yup, hence the first part of my reply. The trains are twice as long as any B&M hyper I've been on.
I rode Behemoth in 2019 and honestly I don't remember any rattle, but tbh my memory isn't the best.
I think it had a shimmy back then when I rode it too.
I actually like the rattle. It gives the coaster more character.
I prefer smooth rides, but to each their own.
Having a helix to get back to ground level after an MCBR just seems dumb
It is odd. I'd prefer a drop.
Canobie coaster you're probably not gonna like what I'm about to say but I think it's good that they made flight deck a vekoma slc cause from what I heard flight deck was gonna be a b&m invert and go where Behemoth currently is but if they did that then there wouldn't have been enough room to put behemoth and lots of people enjoy Behemoth so it's kind of good that they made flight deck a vekoma slc
I'm glad they got Behemoth, but I imagine they could have found a way to cram a ride this narrow if they wanted to.
Do you like all of Behemoth, the airtime, the rattle, etc.?
I love the airtime.
Of Behemoth at Canada's Wonderland, do you like all, or do you like all minus...?
I wish some valleys didn't have a rattle.
Imagine going to ride again two B&M hyper coasters in the world, one is Behemoth at Canada's Wonderland and one is your favorite B&M hyper in the world for airtime. How do you compare your favorite B&M hyper to Behemoth, with both being airtime based coasters?
Canobie Coaster would say:
Better airtime, better pacing, better views, and...
How do you compare the two B&M airtime based hyper coasters in smoothness?
Shambhala doesn't have any rattle like Behemoth.
Was this the best coaster you've ridden at Canada's Wonderland? Was Wilde Beast the worst you've ever been on?
Leviathan is the best there.
You know it seems like behemoth looks scary when you look at it in action zone but its really not it does look fun and it seems like a nice warm up to Leviathan and yukon
All 3 are fun.
I might be off but why dose behemoth look like nitro
It sort of does.
The three hills on the way back would be awesome but the trims kill it.
I got good air.
@@CanobieCoaster It just depends for me in the days when its running fast or not
Four B&M hyper coasters have a B&M long staggered seating train, with two seats with riders right next to each other and edge outer seats with one rider in each seat, a V. Put here the four B&M hyper coasters with the staggered seating train:
Shambhala, Behemoth, Intimidator, Diamondback
This was my first B&M, I don’t know how GP me rode this thing
A great one.
@@CanobieCoaster it is still one of my favorites, I do prefer Mako and Shambhala
Only Shambala is a better hyper IMO
Shambhala is my favorite B&M hyper.
Was the first drop on Behemoth the best drop for you in the world?
No
2:22 Not in 2021. Double stacking defined Leviathan and Behemoth.
Yikes! Leviathan had a good crew in 2022 for me.
@@CanobieCoaster 2021 was a horrible year for the park compared to normally but hey at least it opened
To ride, what do you think about Behemoth at Canada's Wonderland?
Like it.
Bumpy, what means?
What's the bumpiest coaster you've ever ridden in the world?
Coaster Express
Put here the meaning of those types of roughness:
Jackhammering
Shimmying:
Shuffling:
Rattling:
Vibration:
I've defined those in other comments.
whats the best wii game
Not exactly the best video to be asking that question.
But Galaxy 2
Smash Bros
My personal favorite is Super Mario Galaxy, which is my second favorite game of all time
@@athenaclark2567 Tis one of the greats, but I think the sequel's even better!
@@lucasmcdonald6847 Both games are really great!
I Find This Coaster To Be A Middle Tier Hyper And The Only B&M Hyper I Wouldn't Consider Top Or Bottom Tier
To each their own.
I think Behemoth is better than Leviathan and Yukon Striker because it has superior ending than compare the two b&m coasters at the park.
I agree Behemoth has the best ending of the 3.
Behemoth is a front row ride I'll die on this hill. or. camelback I guess.
I see what you did.
In your video of top 100 roller coasters in the world in 2021, Goliath at La Ronde was in number 80 and Behemoth at Canada's Wonderland was in number 79. But in your video of top 100 roller coasters in the world in 2022, Behemoth at Canada's Wonderland was in number 98 and Goliath at La Ronde in number 53. So if I ask you, why?
I rerode both in 2022. Goliath moved up since every hill had great floater airtime and it was smooth. Behemoth moved down since the valleys had a noticeable rattle.
I’m waiting for him to say “number 15,, Burger King foot lettuce”
Never
Disturbing lack of quality, what means?
Poor options
The coaster with the most rattle you've ever ridden in the world was...
Coaster Express. That ride offers all types of roughness in one trashy package.
So lemme get this straight, Canada's Wonderland named their 2 best coasters after Biblical monsters, and yet put one in a Medieval area and the other in a generic thrill zone. 🙃
Yes
(sigh), Way to Six Fl- oh sorry, force of habit. Way to go Cedar Fair!
@@lucasmcdonald6847same difference now lol