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The main stage at Captain Carnival Pizza Theatre in Windsor, Ontario. Animatronics fans rejoice. Footage of the elusive Captain Carnival, the homegrown Canadian response to Chuck E. Cheese's, has been found. For the uninitiated, Captain Carnival Pizza Theatre was a short lived chain of family entertainment centres that operated in Southwestern Ontario for only 18 months. Founded in 1983 by Joe Sorgi and Phil Jakobi, the chain only expanded to two locations, the original in Windsor and a second location in London, Ontario. There were ambitious plans to expand into American markets, with planned locations in Atlanta, Pittsburg, New Jersey, two in Massachusetts, and five more Canadian stores; two in Toronto and three in Vancouver. Despite these ambitious plans, the 1984 over-saturation of animatronic pizza restaurants caused a market crash from which not even Chuck E. Cheese's was safe (their original company folded in 1984), resulting in Captain Carnival topping out at the two locations before falling into obscurity. Davey Jones and the Beach Bones, a wisecracking skeleton band, occupied half of the stage left of the Captain's pirate ship. The animatronics for the stores were provided by Elnicky Enterprises, who also provided the rare " Family Album " human band animatronic shows to a small handful of Chuck E. Cheese's Pizza Time Theaters in the early 80's, as well as " The Hot Fudge Show " to the Clawson, Michigan location, which was based on characters from a local children's TV show. The stage consisted of Captain Carnival's ship containing the Captain at the helm, his parrot named Pinza, and a pizza chef (who it turns out sounded more like the Swedish Chef than a stereotypical Italian chef). Located to the left of the boat was a small island containing Davey Jones and the Beach Bones , a loudmouthed, surf-rock skeleton band that served as the comic relief. After the chain's abrupt closure, The Beach Bones from the Windsor location ended up at legendary local arcade Fast Eddy's on Riverside Dr., where they spent their final days. The characters had a gimmick that set them apart from other animatronic pizza chains at the time, that being that they could be controlled/voiced live like puppets from backstage to actually interact with guests on special occasions. The Captain himself. The discovery of this clip is quite interesting, as lost media has surrounded this restaurant for years. Aside from all footage and show tapes of the show being lost, there was also a 1983 TV commercial known to have been filmed at the Windsor location. This unearthed footage is not the missing ad however, instead appearing to be part of a local children's show involving a wizard (calling on you Windsor locals for help ID'ing it). It was uploaded to YouTube by the channel " CPRWindsorsub ", who allegedly had it recorded due to a family member providing the voices to some of Captain Carnival's animatronics. After allegedly seeing that footage of the show was lost in showbizpizza.com 's fantastic research video on the chain, they uploaded their footage to the internet. The segment is a good chunk of advertising for the restaurants, showing a good chunk of the show, some closeups on food and merchandise, and some great early 80's arcade footage. We can spot Super Pacman, Galaga, Millipede, Baby Pacman and classic Skee Ball machines amongst the games. Shot of the ticket redemption counter. In the background, two leather-clad guests play Bally/Midway's pinball-video hybrid "Baby Pacman", while the side art of Atari's "Millipede" can be seen behind it. All things considered, the fact this footage surfaced at all is incredible. While birthday party footage from the place may still surface in the future, seeing nearly seven minutes of professionally shot footage we didn't even know existed is probably a greater discovery than the lost commercial, and probably had a slimmer chance of resurfacing as well. Unlike the commercial, which may reside on a dusty VHS tape somewhere containing any Southern Ontario commercial break from 1983-1984, this likely only aired once or twice as a segment on this obscure local show. Huge thank you to CPRWindsorsub for this footage. With it, an entry in the Lost Media section of the website can be checked off. Video can be found below:

The "Wizard" as he appears in Feartek's catalog (left), or "Merlin" (right) as he was better known in West Edmonton Mall's now-walled-off and abandoned "Merlin's Haunted Laboratory" attraction. Feartek productions was not a Canadian company, rather being based in New York City, however they supplied theming to some of Canada's most famous haunted attractions.  Feartek was founded sometime in the late 70's by James and Earle Goodman, two brothers who had worked under the legendary Fred Mahana along the amusement-rich Jersey Shore.  Mahana's attractions were so creative and successful that he garnered the nickname "Fast Buck Freddy" amongst amusement operators for how fast his attractions could return a profit.  Mahana was a visionary with a keen eye for horror specifically, creating an iconic, cartoonish art style that came to define East Coast amusement piers and attractions. "Blackbeard" figure created by Mahana for Brigantine Castle in Brigantine, NJ. The coffin hallway in Mahana's "Morbid Manor" attraction in Ocean City, Maryland. The Goodmans would combine this art style with a more modern take on prop design and digital technology to create high tech attractions with Feartek.  Their most high-profile and well known attraction on Canadian soil, which you can still visit today, is The Haunted House on Clifton Hill, which opened in 1984 in a former section of what was once the World's Largest Gift Shop underneath the Honeymoon City Motel (now Travelodge).  Speculation flew for years around the true creators of this attraction.  Early theories included Freddy Mahana himself, as well as his cousins' company, due to the identical art style found on the attraction's facade to several of the Mahanas' other attractions. Fred Mahana's famous Haunted House attraction on Morey's Pier in Wildwood, NJ. The clear influence on Feartek's "The Haunted House" on Clifton Hill is striking. Clifton Hill's Haunted House prior to minor renovations in the mid-2010's. It wasn't until a Feartek ghost identical to one that can be found in The Haunted House was found in Waldameer Park's legendary Wacky Shack, that the full story became clear.  Several ghouls from The Haunted House can be seen in this newly surfaced 1981 Feartek prop catalog courtesy of Reddit user Ok-storage3530 .  Bits and pieces of this catalog have been floating around the internet the past year, but seeing the full product line tells us a lot more about Feartek, and The Haunted House, than was previously known. The ghost figure seen in both the Wacky Shack and The Haunted House that finally tied the mystery together. In The Haunted House, two identical copies of this figure appear and disappear on either side of guests via a mirror trick. The "Wheel of Death", "Apparition" and several more of the prop skeletons, skulls, creatures and even background sets are all longtime mainstays of The Haunted House.  There's also speculation this company designed The Fun House next door, which also took up a portion of the former gift shop space and opened the same year under the same owners.  The Fun House originally contained a wide variety of murals and artwork that matched the cartoonish style, and there's even unconfirmed claims that at one point, the attraction featured a skeleton scene at the end despite not being a haunted attraction.  All these signs definitely point towards Feartek designing the attraction, however concrete evidence is yet to surface.  Skeleton props matching the style of ghouls hanging around The Haunted House. Background set components that can be found throughout The Haunted House. "The Wheel of Death" in Feartek's catalog. The "Wheel of Death" in The Haunted House. Several of The Haunted House's props have slight cosmetic difference to the versions shown in the catalog. This is likely due to the fact the attraction opened 3 years after this catalog was printed, implying these are early versions. Feartek's 80's polish, high-tech (for the early 80's) motion detection technology, and larger-than life sets and props created a middle ground between the classic boardwalk haunts of the 70's and the modern props we see in the haunted attraction industry today.  Tributes to Mahana can be found throughout The Haunted House, but this cartoonish art style crossed with a clear 80's dark fantasy influence, create a style unique to Feartek that resembles an 80's Saturday morning cartoon (the likes of He-Man, Dungeons and Dragons, and the short-lived series based on the Dragon's Lair arcade game come to mind.) Feartek's rare and impressive "Troll King". Speaking of the fantasy genre, a much more obscure, but much more infamous Canadian Feartek attraction lives on in the memories, and nightmares, of Edmonton-area locals.  West Edmonton Mall's Fantasyland amusement park once featured a little-known haunted attraction named "Merlin's Haunted Laboratory"; a labyrinth of twisting caves housed inside a faux rock cliff face.  The attraction took guests past baby dragons, dungeon-dwelling creatures, and most infamously, Merlin himself.  The animatronic wizard reportedly became a legendary piece of nightmare-fuel amongst young visitors due to his sudden appearance, towering stature, and close proximity to guests.  Most inexplicably, the attraction was located in the children's area of the park, only adding fuel to the warped memories and trauma the attraction left in it's wake. West Edmonton Mall's Fantasyland in 1983. Merlin's Haunted Laboratory was located just out of shot near the dominoes on the right. While obviously meant to be an all-ages attraction with a cute and lighthearted tone, the low ceilings, lack of lighting, and median age of the audience who experienced it made this attraction go down in history as an obscure but haunting part of West Edmonton Mall history.  The attraction closed in 1995 when the park renovated, and for years only lived on as whispers on Edmonton schoolyards, mentions on old park maps, and lost internet users posting into the online void in an attempt to find anyone else who survived the attraction without repressing the memory. That is until Best Edmonton Mall's documentary series "From Fantasy to Galaxy" uncovered the first images of inside the attraction's walls ever found, but these were not 30 year old, historical photographs, these were of the attraction as it looks today.  In a horrifying turn of events that only adds fuel to the nightmarish legend of this attraction, it turns out after the attraction closed in 1995, it wasn't demolished, but walled off and abandoned for nearly three decades, where it remains rotting away to this day.  These horrifying photos not only show just how eerie this attraction would have been when it was operational, but also the decrepit state its in today.  An incredibly sad end for such a legendary attraction, but perhaps a fitting one, as it has only helped further its secretive and legendary status.  While the aforementioned baby dragons aren't included in this photo set, if they even still exist (part of the attraction may have been demolished, as despite these developments, there's still a lot that isn't known about what else this attraction contained), photos of the dungeon creatures as well as Merlin himself surfaced, sitting in their rotted and melting state. Merlin behind glass, his white beard now dark grey with dust. Dungeon-dwelling creatures peer out from their nest in a small cave in the rock walls. This brings us back to Feartek.  Going through the catalog, we find the exact Merlin animatronic that sists abandoned at West Edmonton Mall.  It also turns out that Fantasyland's dungeon critters were actually referred to as "Nerfs" by Feartek.  These connections, as well as the fantasy theme which Feartek specialized in (their logo even contained a dragon), no doubt place Feartek as the true wizards behind this mythical Canadian attraction.   Merlin as he would have looked before three decades of dust. This is also where the catalog and the photos of Merlin's Haunted Laboratory start to fill in gaps for each other.  The catalog gives a name to these creatures, and also describes what their animation would have been (the catalog states their heads bobbed up and down as well as side to side), going on to describe that "an amusing soundtrack has a nest of Nerfs talking about the viewers, sniffling and coughing and wheezing in alarm".  The catalog states however that the heads pictured are unfinished props, and that each would be attached to a "furry, baggy body" and situated in a nest.  These bodies as well as the nest can be seen in the photos of the abandoned figures at WEM, giving a strong sense of what this scene would have appeared like, albeit with a little melted latex that's deteriorated over time and given the Nerfs long snouts. Feartek's catalog page for the Nerfs. The Fantasy Excursion Railway (later renamed "Fantasyland Express"), the original train ride which took guests through the park, contained a horror themed section inside a tunnel as the train passed through the same rock cliff facade which housed Merlin's.  Even less is known about this area than Merlin's, as the darkness of the tunnel combined with poor home video recording capabilities at the time has left nothing but questions.  Several people remember a Werewolf, severed heads, and Frankenstein's Monster.  If Feartek supplied the theming for Merlin's, it stands to reason that this area's props would be their handywork as well, and sure enough, all of the props so far remembered as being in this haunted tunnel identically match ones found in this catalog. Could this be the Werewolf that once hunted the guests aboard Fantasyland's train? Hanging severed heads offered by Feartek. Feartek eventually disappeared sometime around the mid-late 80's shortly after these attractions opened, leaving little paper trail.  Fortunately, their props, which seem to have been more popular sold individually rather than as part of entire attractions like these, can still be found littered around North America in haunted attractions, dark rides, and carnival spook houses.  They were an early innovator in a new age of haunted attraction theming that would fully form by the dawn of the 90's with companies like Distortions Unlimited, Lifeformations, and Scarefactory.  Perhaps they just existed in too much of an in-between for their own good, with their over-the-top props being a little too ahead of their time, yet being a little too early to catch the wave that later companies would in the latter half of the 80's. Feartek's 7-foot-tall "Frankenstein Jr." prop.

The store's chase light adorned sign that also contains the last mentions of the sorely missed Rock Legends Wax Museum, which closed in 2019. December 1st will be a sad day for both heavy metal fans and the Niagara Falls tourism landscape. Rockworld, the souvenir and merchandise store that has sat on Centre Street half a block past where it becomes Clifton Hill for nearly half a century, will close permanently. The store has been a staple of the top of Clifton Hill since it opened in 1983, and is predeceased by the iconic Rock Legends Wax Museum which the same owners operated upstairs from 1997-2019. The wax museum's collection had been sculpted entirely by the owner, Pasquale Ramunno, who coincidentally wasn't even a rock music fan and allegedly had an ear for opera. Thankfully, he had an eye for art, and apparently for business as well, as Rockworld became a legendary pit stop for Ontario metalheads, punk rockers, and classic rock fans alike for generations. A section of the store named the "Niagara Souvenir Centre" offered more generic Canada and Niagara Falls themed items. When the wax museum was added upstairs in 1997, it greatly helped further the identity of the more thematically darker attractions in the up and coming "top of the Hill" area that was becoming popular with teenagers and young adults, joining Alien Encounter, The Criminals Hall of Fame, and the Screamers haunted attraction chain (Rockworld was actually neighbors with the short-lived 3rd Screamers location named "Horror Manor"). The museum's giant neon guitar and wall of musician's faces on the front of the building became a staple sight of the area. Rockworld, Rock Legends Wax Museum, and the iconic neon guitar. After years of success, the wax museum's visitor numbers unfortunately started slowing down in the mid-2010's as the Niagara Falls tourism landscape (and greater amusement industry as a whole) went through a turbulent period. By 2014, all the attractions I listed above that used to rub elbows with Rockworld were gone. With mounting pressure from record labels and their exorbitant licensing fees, the decision was made to close the museum in October 2019, allegedly (according to a conversation I had with the owners some years ago) due in part to YouTube's infamous copyright algorithm flagging vlogs of the museum for use of music, thus alerting media companies to the museum's existence. With the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic less than 4 months later essentially halting the entire tourism industry for two years, it appears the decision may have been the right one. The incredible and impressive Locomoland, a model train attraction that replaced the wax museum upstairs and was operated by a third party, also unfortunately closed down this past summer (stay tuned for more on that). This also decreased traffic through the store as the wax museum formerly let out into Rockworld, therefore Locomoland did as well after it. The store was carried on for years by Ramunno's children Nick and Maria, but they've decided it's finally time to retire. I was a regular at the store, not for the reasons I'm a regular at most Clifton Hill area attractions, but as a heavy metal fan. The store was well known in the metal scene (allegedly even "back in the day") as a place to get rare and imported merchandise, and as Ontario's other rock stores, headshops, and other headbanger hangouts closed throughout the 2000's and 2010's, the king of them all stood strong. Nowadays, you have essentially three options to buy music merchandise. If you're looking for merchandise from an A-list band (Metallica, AC/DC, Iron Maiden, etc.) you might be lucky enough to find something at a run of the mill mall store like Hot Topic or Spencer's, but don't expect them to be quality, or anything other than the most basic designs. If you're a fan of more obscure bands like me, you could order them online directly from the band or an online merchandise store, but as a Canadian, expect shipping costs as high as the price of the item you're buying. The third option is buying merchandise at a band's concert, if you're willing to pay an arm and a leg, and if you're willing to wait for the band to roll through a city near you, which is especially problematic if a band usually only tours Europe or even worse, no longer exists. Rockworld was the only place left you could buy an officially licensed Razor, Destruction, or Mercyful Fate shirt in person and for a decent price, examples I use because this is probably the only excuse I'm going to have to mention those names on this website. Not only that, they carried a variety of items you simply don't see anywhere anymore like patches, flags, pins, and a variety of spiked/studded accessories. The best part? The store didn't charge the city's infamous "tourist tax", and proudly displayed that above the door. It'll be sad to see the store go, but the owners definitely deserve a good rest after everything they've done for both the Niagara Falls and metal communities. The store is currently on massive discount and getting more and more picked over by the day, so if you were a regular here or even want to squeeze in your first visit before it's too late, I suggest you make the voyage as soon as you're able. For die-hard rock fans or attraction operators, the museum's impressive collection of over 70 figures hand sculpted by Pasquale Ramunno (including the ones that were relocated to the store after the museum's closure), are in storage and still up for grabs, but expect to pay what these works of art are worth. If you've ever wanted an identical replica of Alice Cooper in your living room, Gene Simmons in your basement, or Iron Maiden's mascot Eddie in your Halloween display, now is the time to act.

Waxattract/Enter-Tech Headquarters: Niagara Falls, Ontario Years Operational: 1960?-1985 Number of Confirmed Projects: 30+ Mid-70's business card featuring the only documented instance of the company's logo. Waxattract was the leading wax figure and animatronics design firm in Canada, and were fittingly based in Niagara Falls, ON. The company was owned by (and entirely comprised of) the Dunham family, with Robert Dunham founding the company sometime in the early 60's. His wife Betty as well as their eight children would all go on to become involved in the family business in some way as the company grew. Together they achieved several firsts and milestones in the amusement industry, including the first programmable animatronics outside of Disneyland, the first entirely horror-themed wax museum, the first programmable stand-alone animatronic band, and the first modern haunted attraction, today an over $300 Million USD a year indusrty. By the 70's the business had evolved to an entire studio, officially taking the name Waxattract and setting up shop in a warehouse on Portage Rd., where the company produced some of the most iconic Niagara Falls attractions to ever exist, including The House of Frankenstein, Castle Dracula, and Circus World, as well as working on several attractions in the U.S. and across wider Canada. As their animatronic technology began to advance, the company moved to Thorold Stone Rd. and rebranded as Enter-Tech - "Entertainment Technology in Motion" (a division of Waxattract) at the dawn of the 1980's, as animatronic entertainment became the new revolution in the amusement industry due largely in part to the company's own innovations. Early-80's Enter-Tech Brochure The company's most popular attractions, and most groundbreaking, were their revolutionary haunted attractions which redefined the industry not just in Niagara but as a whole, and become an integral part of Clifton Hill's development and growth. The company disbanded in 1985 following the unfortunate death of Robert Dunham that year, a huge blow to the Niagara Falls amusement industry. He was working on the planning stages of an interactive, horror-themed blacklight indoor miniature golf attraction which would unfortunately never be completed, but would have been perhaps the first blacklight mini golf course in the world, and certainly the fist with a horror theme or interactive props. Who knows what else Dunham and Enter-Tech would have invented and come up with more time. One thing is for certain, his legacy, and the joy he brought to millions in his short time, will live on forever in Niagara Falls and the amusement industry as a whole, even if people may not know him by name. Fred (left) and Jeff (right) Dunham build a figure for "The All Star Mouse Revue" animatronic show, 1980. The full story of Waxattract and their incredible technological innovations in the industry is a tale far too long to tell on this page, which is why Canadian Amusement History is proud to present the special feature article "Scultping Memories: The Waxattract Story " , a deep dive into the company's attractions and legacy written with information sourced directly from the Dunham family. To learn more about perhaps one of the most important companies in the history of this industry, click the link above. Confirmed Projects Fantasy Land - Crystal Beach Amusement Park, Crystal Beach (1960?) Waltzing Waters - Niagara Falls (1962) Burning Springs Wax Museum - Niagara Falls (1966) Boris Karloff Wax Museum/Niagara Wax Museum of Fantasy - Niagara Falls (1967) Movieland Wax Museum - Niagara Falls (late 60's/early 70's) Louis Tussaud's Wax Museum - Niagara Falls (late 60's/early 70's) Niagara Belle (tourist paddlewheel ferry boat, non-amusement attraction) - Niagara Falls (1970) Royal London Wax Museum - Niagara Falls (1970?) The House of Frankenstein - Niagara Falls (1971) The House of Frankenstein - Lake George, NY (1973) Castle Dracula - Niagara Falls (1974) Myrtle Beach Speedway (NASCAR track, non-amusement attraction) - Myrtle Beach, SC (1974) Castle Dracula - Myrtle Beach, SC (1975) Magic Harbor - Myrtle Beach, SC (1975) Hound Dog Revue/Country Hound Jamboree - Magic Harbor, Myrtle Beach, SC (1975) Haunted Shooting Gallery - Magic Harbor, Myrtle Beach, SC (1975) Castle Dracula - Panama City Beach, FL (1976) Tower of London Wax Museum (figures/props only, relocated from Royal London Wax Museum) - Niagara Falls (1976) Jungleland Miniature Golf - Niagara Falls (1978?) Many Worlds of Jules Verne (concept work only, never developed) - Niagara Falls (1979) Circus World - Niagara Falls (1979) Legend Niagara/Great White Water Picture Show - Pyramid Place, Niagara Falls (1979) Dare Devil Gallery - Niagara Falls (1979?) Portable Walkthrough Haunted Attractions (produced for travelling fairs and small amusement parks) - (Late 70's?) W.C. Fields Display (Unknown Themed Bar) - (Unknown American City), (la te 70's?) Ocean World - Niagara Falls (late 70's/early 1980's?) All Star Mouse Revue - Produced but never installed (see "Sculpting Memories: The Waxattract Story "), (early 80's) Hillbilly Bear Jamboree - Maple Leaf Village, Niagara Falls (1981/1982?) Animatronic Salmon Puppet (T ravelling e ducational p rop) - Ontario Ministry of the Environment (early 80's?) Animal Krackers - Huckleberry Junction Playhouse Theater, Genesee, Michigan (early 80's) Meet Mr. Lincoln - Maple Leaf Village, Niagara Falls (1984) Pioneer Museum (Name Unconfirmed) - (Exact Location Unknown), P.E.I. Suspected/Possible Projects Crystal Beach Wax Museum - Crystal Beach Amusement Park, Crystal Beach (early 60's - early 70's) National Marine Aquarium of Canada - Niagara Falls (1970) Dark Ride - Magic Harbor, Myrtle Beach, SC (1975) Boris Karloff Wax Museum - Sportland Pier, Wildwood, NJ (late 70's?) Movieworld Wax Museum (involvement likely minimal, if at all) - Lake George, NY (1977/1978?) Castle Dracula (involvement unlikely) - Lake George, NY (1982) Circus Time Pizza - Flint, Michigan (1983) Pizza Planet - Buffalo, New York (1983)

Alberta Home to two of Canada's largest cities and several other medium-sized ones, as well as popular tourist areas in Banff/the Rocky Mountains and Drumheller. Drumheller's Dinosaur Valley contains a large amount of fossils, leading to several dinosaur-themed attractions in the area. The largest contributor to Alberta's amusement industry however is Edmonton, containing a variety of attractions, most importantly the sprawling West Edmonton Mall which was once the largest in the world. Amusement and Theme Parks Barney's Adventure Park - Drumheller Calaway Park - Calgary Fantasyland/Galaxyland - West Edmonton Mall, Edmonton Funland Amusement Park - Drumheller Heritage Park - Calgary 1920s Midway & Exhibition - Fort Edmonton Park, Edmonton Whitemud Amusement Park - Edmonton Arcades, Mini Golf and F.E.C.s Apple Creek Arcade - Rocky View Ardmore Golf Mini Putt - Ardmore Golf & Country Club, Ardmore Bullwinkle's Family Food 'n Fun - Edmonton Bullwinkle's Family Food 'n Fun - Macleod Trail S., Calgary Cactus Coulee Fun Park - Drumheller Canada Golf Card Mini Golf - Canada Golf Card Driving Range & Mini Golf, Edmonton Century Billiards - Edmonton Chalks Billiards - Bannister Rd. SE, Calgary Chill Billiards - Macleod Trail SE, Calgary Chuck E. Cheese's - Macleod Trail, Calgary Chuck E. Cheese's - 19th Ave. NW, Edmonton Chuck E. Cheese's - 137th Ave., Edmonton Chuck E. Cheese's - 32nd Ave., Calgary Chuck E. Cheese's Pizza Time Theater - 34th Ave., Edmonton Chuck E. Cheese's Pizza Time Theater - 20th Ave., Calgary Circuit Circus/Newplay - West Edmonton Mall, Edmonton Circus Circus - Capilano Mall, Edmonton Circus Circus - Kingsway Garden Mall, Edmonton Circus Circus - Northgate Mall, Edmonton Circus Circus - Southgate Mall, Edmonton Command HQ - Calgary The Corner Pocket - 50th Ave., Red Deer Cosmic Corral - North Hill Mall, Calgary Crystal Ridge Mini Golf - Crystal Ridge Golf Club, Okotoks The Cutoff - Edmonton CyberMind V.R. Centre - Calgary Deb's Greenhouse Mini Golf - Deb's Greenhouse, Morinville Delta Billiards - Edmonton DINOS Centre - Innisfail Discovery Zone - Gateway Blvd., Edmonton Dragon's Tale - West Edmonton Mall, Edmonton Easy Street - Chinook Center, Calgary Easy Street - Sunridge Mall, Calgary Electronic Avenue - Whyte Ave., Edmonton Evergreen Golf Centre - Lethbridge Fantasyland/Galaxyland Arcade - Fantasyland/Galaxyland, West Edmonton Mall, Edmonton Fort Edmonton Park Mini Golf - Fort Edmonton Park, Edmonton Fuddrucker's - Gateway Blvd., Edmonton Game World - Calgary Ganges - Northmount Dr., Calgary Golfuture - Calgary Golf World - Peace River Gravity Zone - Calgary Hi-Spot - Edmonton Hooplas Family Entertainment Centre - Medicine Hat Hornbrook Hollow's Funhouse - Grande Prairie Huggy Bear Arcade - Market Mall, Calgary Infinity Play - Fort Rd. NW, Edmonton Lakeside Go Karts & Mini Golf - Sylvan Lake Laser Illusions - Calgary Eaton Center, Calgary Laser Illusions - 8th Ave. Mall, Calgary Laser Illusions - Londonderry Mall , Edmonton Laser Illusions - Marlborough Mall, Calgary Laser Illusions - Southcenter, Calgary Lil' Jay's Family Arcade - Canal Ave., Strathmore Metropolitan Billiards - Stony Plain Rd., Edmonton Mikes Billiards and Arcade - McKnight/Edmonton Trail, Calgary Mike's Family Billiards - 32nd Ave. NE, Calgary Miniature Golf/Arcade - Whitemud Amusement Park, Edmonton Mini Golf - Elkwater Mini Golf - Rocky Meadows Country Getaway, Bonnyville Mini Links - Grande Prairie Monster Mini Golf - Calgary Monster Mini Golf Edmonton - Edmonton Mo's Billiards - 102nd Ave., Lac la Biche Mulligans Island Mini Golf - Calaway Park, Calgary Oasis Greens Golf Centre - De Winton Par 57 - Calgary Playdium - West Edmonton Mall, Edmonton Pockets 96 - 4th Ave., Wainwright Power Players - Center St., Calgary Professor WEM's Adventure Golf - West Edmonton Mall, Edmonton Puttz Miniature Golf - Lethbridge Pysanka Putt Putt - Vegreville Red's/Ed's/Rec Room - West Edmonton Mall, Edmonton Rundle Mini Golf & Paddle Boats - Rundle Park, Edmonton River Bend Mini Golf - River Bend Golf & Recreation, Red Deer Sexsmith Mini Golf Course - Sexsmith Sharks Billiards - 100th St., Peace River Sharks Club - South Ave., Spruce Grove Southern Fun - 7th Ave., Calgary Starcade - 118th/97th., Edmonton The Sticks - 44th St., Lloydminster Stone Creek Adventure Golf - Calgary Tee to Green - Calgary Three Ring Circus - 8th Ave. Mall, Calgary Top Shots Billiards - 66th St. N., Edmonton WinSport Mini Golf - Calgary Wizard's Castle - Bower Mall, Red Deer Wizard's Castle - Capilano Mall, Edmonton Wizard's Castle - Chinook Centre, Calgary Wizard's Castle - Circle Park Mall, Calgary Wizard's Castle - Deer Valley Centre, Calgary Wizard's Castle - Heritage Place Mall, Edmonton Wizard's Castle - Kingsway Garden Mall, Edmonton Wizard's Castle - Lloyd Mall, Lloydminster Wizard's Castle - Londonderry Mall. Edmonton Wizard's Castle - Market Mall, Calgary Wizard's Castle - Marlborough Mall, Calgary Wizard's Castle - Millwoods Town Centre, Edmonton Wizard's Castle/Newplay - West Edmonton Mall, Edmonton Wizard's Castle - Northgate Mall, Edmonton Wizard's Castle - Park Place Mall, Lethbridge Wizard's Castle - Red Deer Wizard's Castle - Southcentre Mall, Calgary Wizard's Castle - St. Albert Centre, St. Albert Wizard's Castle - Sunridge Mall, Calgary Wizard's Castle - University of Alberta Hub International Marketplace, Edmonton Video Gym - Southgate Shopping Centre, Edmonton Arcade (Name Unknown) - Bonaventure/ 94th, Calgary Arcade (Name Unknown) - Bonnie Doon Mall, Edmonton Arcade (Name Unknown) - 8th Ave SW, Calgary Arcade (Name Unknown) - 82nd St., Edmonton Arcade (Name Unknown) - 82nd/132nd Ave., Edmonton Arcade (Name Unknown) - Milbourne Mall, Edmonton Arcade (Name Unknown) - Northwoods Mall, Edmonton Arcade (Name Unknown) - 90th/132nd, Edmonton Arcade (Name Unknown) - 118th Ave., Edmonton Arcade (Name Unknown) - 127th Ave., Edmonton Arcade (Name Unknown) - Stephen Ave. , Calgary Arcade (separate from above, Name Unknown) - Stephen Ave. , Calgary Arcade (Name Unknown) - Stony Plain Rd./151st, Edmonton Arcade (Name Unknown) - TD Square/The Core, Calgary Arcade (Name Unknown) - Thorncliffe Shopping Centre, Edmonton Arcade (Name Unknown) - Westmount Mall, Edmonton Mini Golf (Name Unknown) - Nose Hill/Stoney Trail NW, Calgary Dark Attractions, Wax Museums and Exhibits Canadian Wax Gallery - Banff Crystal Labyrinth - Dragon's Tale, West Edmonton Mall, Edmonton Fantasyland/Galaxyland Express/Monopoly Railroad - Fantasyland/Galaxyland, West Edmonton Mall, Edmonton Fort Edmonton Park Funhouse - 1920's Midway & Exhibition, Fort Edmonton Park, Edmonton Haunted Hotel - Calaway Park, Calgary Lazer Maze - West Edmonton Mall, Edmonton Merlin's Haunted Laboratory - Fantasyland/Galaxyland, West Edmonton Mall, Edmonton Museum of Fear and Wonder - Bergen Quirks in the Works - Fantasyland/Galaxyland, West Edmonton Mall, Edmonton Sea Life Caverns - Marine Life, West Edmonton Mall, Edmonton Specialty Hotels and Gift Shops Best Western Plus Port O'Call - Calgary Deerfoot Inn & Casino - Calgary Douglas Fir Resort - Banff Dino's RV Nest/Dinosaur RV Park & Cabins - Drumheller Fantasyland Hotel - West Edmonton Mall, Edmonton Holiday Inn Lethbridge - Lethbridge Theatres, Bowling Alleys and Miscellaneous The Alley - Fort McMurray Ambassador Bowling Centre - Lacombe The Banquet - Edmonton The Banquet - Fort McMurray Ben's Bowling & Billiards - Brooks Blue Star Bowling Lanes - Peace River Bonnie Doon Bowling Lanes - Edmonton The Bowl 5 Pin 10 Pin House - Olds The Bowling Alley - Valleyview Bowling Depot - Calgary Bowling Stones Ten Pin Entertainment Centre - Grande Prairie Bowl Valley - Banff Bronx Bowl - Edmonton Chinook Bowladrome - Calgary Chinook Lanes - Pincher Creek Cochrane Lanes - Cochrane Deep Sea Adventure - West Edmonton Mall, Edmonton Ed's Bowling - West Edmonton Mall, Edmonton Edson Bowl - Edson Enilda Bowl - High Prairie Fatboys Bowling - Hythe Fort Lanes Bowling - Fort Saskatchewan Galaxy Bowling & Pizza - Park Meadows Mall, Lethbridge Gateway Lanes - Edmonton The Gutter - Red Deer Heartland Bowling - Stettler Heritage Lanes - Red Deer High River Sunset Drive In - High River High Rollers Bowling - Banff Hillside Lanes - Three Hills HJ's 5 Pin Bowling - Grande Prairie Holiday Bowl - Lethbridge House of Skate - Calgary Innisfail Bowling Lanes - Innisfail Jurassic Laser Tag & Arcades - Drumheller King Pins Bowling & Game Room - Bonnyville K-J Bowl - Edmonton Laser City - Calgary Laser City - Edmonton Laser City South Calgary - Calgary LaZer Runner - Edmonton Leduc Lanes - Leduc Leisure Lanes - Ponoka Lloyd Lanes - Lloydminster Lucky Strike Bowling - Lac la Biche Marina Bowling Center - Cold Lake Millennium Lanes - Okotoks Motor Nights Edmonton - Beaumont Panorama Lanes - Medicine Hat Paradise Lanes - Calgary Parellel Lanes - St. Paul The Pin - Taber Planet Lazer - Edmonton Plaza Bowling - Edmonton Railside Bowl - Red Deer Railside Bowl - Sylvan Lake The Rocket - Viking Rocky Lanes - Rocky Mountain House Rollers Roller Rink - Edmonton Scotiabank Theatre - West Edmonton Mall, Edmonton Shamrock Lanes - Airdrie Sherwood Bowl - Sherwood Park (Edmonton) Silver City - West Edmonton Mall, Edmonton Smoky Lanes - Girouxville Splitsville Glamorgan - Calgary Splitsville Highfield - Calgary Splitsville Meridian - Calgary SR2 Motion Simulator - Fantasyland/Galaxyland, West Edmonton Mall, Edmonton St. Albert Bowling Centre - St. Albert Striker Lanes - Vermilion Striker's Alley - Rimbey Tabb Lanes & Lounge - Camrose Town of Raymond Drive-In - Raymond Turbo Ride Theatre/Galaxy Quest - Fantasyland/Galaxyland, West Edmonton Mall, Edmonton Unchaga Lanes - Fairview Underground Bowling & Rec Room - Hinton Uptown Alley - Fort McMurray Vegreville Bowling Lanes - Vegreville Wainwright Bowling Centre - Wainwright Western Lanes - Wetaskiwin World's Largest Dinosaur - Drumheller Themed Restaurants, Bars and Stores Cafe Orleans - Bourbon Street, West Edmonton Mall, Edmonton The Disney Store - CrossIron Mills, Rocky View The Disney Store - Kingsway Mall, Edmonton The Disney Store - Market Mall, Calgary The Disney Store - South Centre Mall, Calgary The Disney Store - West Edmonton Mall, Edmonton Fantasyland Nightclub - West Edmonton Mall, Edmonton The Fossil Shop - Drumheller Hard Rock Cafe - Bourbon Street, West Edmonton Mall, Edmonton Hard Rock Cafe - Calgary Julio's Barrio - Calgary Julio's Barrio (82nd Ave. NW location) - Edmonton Julio's Barrio (WEM location) - Bourbon Street, West Edmonton Mall, Edmonton Jungle Jim's - Bourbon Street, West Edmonton Mall, Edmonton The Old Spaghetti Factory - Bourbon Street, West Edmonton Mall, Edmonton Planet Hollywood - West Edmonton Mall, Edmonton Water Parks and Attractions Bonzai Waterslide Park - Calgary Discovery Canyon - River Bend Golf & Recreation Area, Red Deer Douglas Fir Water Park - Douglas Fir Resort, Banff Londonderry Fitness and Leisure Centre - Edmonton Mariner's Cove Water Park - Holiday Inn Lethbridge, Lethbridge Mill Woods Rec Centre - Edmonton Oasis River Country Water Park - Sheraton Cavalier Calgary Hotel, Calgary Riverside Waterslide - Medicine Hat Southland Leisure Centre - Calgary Village Square Leisure Centre - Calgary Wild Rapids - Sylvan Lake Wild Waters - Edmonton World Waterpark - West Edmonton Mall, Edmonton

British Columbia (and Northern Canada) This page specifically covers British Columbia, however the Northern provinces of Yukon and the Northwest Territories are included on this page as well due to their extremely small number of attractions. All attractions are/were located in B.C. unless otherwise stated. Amusement and Theme Parks Bedrock City/Dinotown - Chilliwack Bedrock City - Kelowna Cultus Lake Adventure Park - Cultus Lake Dyck's Dinosaur Park - Maple Ridge Fantasy Gardens/Fantasy Garden World - Richmond Happyland/Playland at the PNE - Vancouver Rattlesnake Canyon - Osoyoos Arcades, Mini Golf and F.E.C.s The Adventure Zone - Granville Island Kids Market, Vancouver Ballie Bear Amusement - Parker Place Mall, Richmond Bear Creek Park Mini Golf - Bear Creek Park, Surrey Bonker's - Vancouver Bumble Bee - Scott Rd., Surrey Captain George's - Springer/Lougheed, Burnaby Central City Fun Park - Surrey Choice Billiards - Surrey CHQ - Metrotown Mall, Burnaby Chuck E. Cheese's - Langley Crossing Shopping Centre, Langley Chuck E. Cheese's Pizza Time Theater - Burnaby Circus Circus (Circuit Circus?) - Vancouver City Centre Park Mini Golf - City Centre Park, Victoria Coin City Arcade - Vancouver Creston Mini Golf - Creston Cue's Game Room - Penticton The Den Arcade - Robson St., Vancouver District Billiards - Kelowna Doc's Golf Centre - Penticton East End Billiards - Vancouver Electrafun - Cameron St., Burnaby Energyplex Entertainment Centre - Kelowna eSpot - Richmond Family Adventure Zone - Whistler The Family Fun Centre - Kingsway St., Burnaby Flintstone Mini Golf - Bedrock City, Kelowna Flintstone/Dinotown Mini Golf - Bedrock City/Dinotown, Chilliwack Fraser Valley Billiards - Abbotsford The Fun Centre - Harewood Mall, Nanaimo The Fun Factor Centre - Kamloops Funtasia Family Fun Park - Fairmont Hot Springs The Games Room - Victoria Giggle Ridge Mini Golf - Cultus Lake Adventure Park, Cultus Lake The Goose - Yates St., Victoria Gull's - Yates St., Victoria Hi-Knoll Driving Range & Minigolf - Surrey House of Pool - New Westminster (Burnaby) Huggie Bear's Pizza Circus - Hillside/Quadra, Victoria James Street Billiards - Duncan James Street Game Room - Nanaimo Johnny Zee's - Capitol 6, Victoria Johnny Zee's - Esquimalt (Victoria) Johnny Zee's - Langford (Victoria) Johnny Zee's/Hugo's/King Kade - Shelbourne St., Victoria Johnny Zee's - University Heights Mall, Victoria Jonhhy Zee's - Station Square Metrotown, Burnaby Kamloops Billiard Club - Kamloops Kelowna Driving Range and Mini Golf - Kelowna Ladner Arcade - Vancouver Laser Illusions - - Brentwood Town Centre/The Amazing Brentwood, Burnaby Laser Illusions - Richmond Centre, Richmond Lester's - Kingsway St., Burnaby Lion's Lair - Vancouver LocoLanding Adventure Park - Penticton Long Beach Golf Course Mini Putt - Long Beach Golf Course, Tofino Lord Nelson's Arcade - Lansdowne Centre, Richmond Lukie's Mini Golf - Sicamour Master Billiards - Coquitlam Marsten Billiards & Snooker Club - Vancouver Metro Cafe Billiards - Vancouver McArthur Island Mini Golf - McArthur Island Park, Kamloops Mini Golf - Christina Lake Miracle Beach Adventure Golf - Black Creek Movieland Arcade - Granville St., Vancouver Mr. Tubbs Ice Cream Parlor - Tillicum Rd., Victoria Pacific Adventure Golf - Vancouver Paradise Mini Golf and Fun Park - Parksville Pacific Pool and Snooker Club - Surrey Peacock Billiards - Victoria Pie in the Sky - Kingsway St., Burnaby Play Abby - Abbotsford Playdium - Metropolis at Metrotown, Burnaby Playland Arcade/Fun Centre - Playland at the PNE, Vancouver Porter Creek Billiards - Whitehorse, Yukon Putters Mini Golf Course - Powell River Q1 Billiards - Richmond Quazar's - Government St., Victoria Raceway Go-Karts & Mini Golf - Prince George Rack & Rally Social Club - Port Alberni Rattles nake Canyon Arcade - Rattles nake Canyon, Osoyoos Rattlesnake Canyon Mini Golf - Rattles nake Canyon, Osoyoos Riptide Lagoon Adventure Golf - Parksville Rollerland - Vancouver Roll 'N Stones Fun Centre - Penticton Rusty's Sports Lounge - Kelowna Salmon Arm Go-Karts & Mini-Golf - Canoe Salmon Arm Waterslides Mini Golf - Salmon Arm Scandia Golf & Games - Kelowna Scotch Creek Family Fun Centre - Scotch Creek Sneaky Pete's Pool Cafe - Vancouver Soho Bar & Billiards - Vancouver Star Snooker Club - Richmond Strike Zone Mini Golf - Strike Zone Bowling & Mini Golf Centre, Prince George Stargate 5 - Richmond Square Mall/Richmond Centre, Richmond Sweet Escape Mini Golf - Playland at the PNE, Vancouver Top 147 Snooker - Richmond West Coast Mini Putt - Richmond Wizard's Castle - Richmond Square Mall/Richmond Centre, Richmond Wizard's Castle - Rutherford Village, Nanaimo Wonderland/Castle Fun Park - Abbotsford Arcade (Name Unknown) - Craigflower/Dominion, Victoria Arcade (Name Unknown) - Douglas/Boleskine, Victoria Arcade (Name Unknown) - Northbrook Mall/Brooks Landing, Nanaimo Dark Attractions, Wax Museums and Exhibits Gastown Wax Museum - Vancouver Glass House - Playland at the PNE, Vancouver Haunted House - Playland at the PNE, Vancouver Haunted Mansion - Playland at the PNE, Vancouver Jurassic Exhibit - Bedrock City/Dinotown, Chilliwack Royal London Wax Museum - Victoria Specialty Hotels and Gift Shops Theatres, Bowling Alleys and Miscellaneous Best Western Coquitlam Inn - Coquitlam Alder Alley - Aldergrove Beaver Valley Lanes - Fruitvale Big Country Lanes - 100 Mile House Black Diamond Bowl & Billiards - Prince George Brechin Lanes - Nainamo Canyon Lanes - Boston Bar Capri Valley Lanes - Capri Centre, Kelowna Cariboo Bowl - Williams Lake Castle Bowl - Castlegar Chillibowl Lanes and Pool Hall - Chilliwack Codes Country Lanes - Courtenay Commodore Lanes - Vancouver Copperhill Lanes - Princeton CR Bowling - Campbell River Dell Lanes - Surrey Duncan Drive-In - Duncan Duncan Lanes Bowling Centre - Duncan Falcon Lanes - Kamloops Galaxy Bowl - Abbotsford Glenmerry Bowl - Trail Golden Bowling - Golden Grandview Recreations/Grandview Lanes - Vancouver Kingpin Bowling Centre - Yellowknife, Northwest Territories Kingpin Lounge - Hope King Pins Bowling - North Vancouver (Vancouver) Kobau Lanes - Osoyoos Lakeside Bowling - Salmon Arm Langford Lanes - Langford Laser City Fun Centre - Victoria Laserdome Plus - North Vancouver (Vancouver) Legacy Drive-In - Victoria Lincoln Lanes - Vernon Mackenzie Bowling - Mackenzie McCurdy Bowling Centre - Kelowna Merrit Bowling Centre - Merrit Miracle Lanes - Sidney Park Drive-In Theatre - Prince George Pinheads Bowling - Grand Forks Planet Lazer - Kelowna Planet Lazer - New Westminster (Burnaby) Planet Lazer - Richmond Planet Lazer - Surrey Pleasant Valley Plaza - Houston PoCo Bowl - Port Coquitlam (Coquitlam) Rev Bowling Lanes - Quesnel Revs Bowling - Burnaby Revs Maple Ridge - Maple Ridge Rainbow Lanes - Port Alberni Romano's Runaway Lanes - Creston Sandcastle Bowl - Surrey Scottsdale Bowling Lanes - Surrey SilverCity Riverport Cinemas - Richmond SilverCity Victoria Cinemas - Victoria Smithers Bowl - Smithers Splitsville Nanaimo - Nanaimo Splitsville Riverport - Richmond Stardust Roller Rink - Richmond Starlight Drive-In Theatre - Enderby Strike Zone Bowling - Strike Zone Bowling & Mini Golf Centre Sunset Lanes - Parksville Terrace Bowling Centre - Terrace Twilight Drive-In Theatre - Langley Township Valley Alley Bowling Centre - Invermere Village Lanes Fun Centre - Chase West Kelowna Lanes (and Whiski Jack's Pins & Pints) - Kelowna Zone Bowling - Coquitlam Themed Restaurants, Bars and Stores The Disney Store - Guildford Town Centre, Surrey The Disney Store - Metropolis at Metrotown, Burnaby The Disney Store - Pacific Centre, Vancouver Hard Rock Cafe - Hard Rock Casino, Coquitlam Hard Rock Cafe - Vancouver Hard Rock Cafe - Victoria Hard Rock Cafe - Whistler Planet Hollywood - Vancouver Rainforest Cafe - Metropolis at Metrotown, Burnaby White Spot Dinersaurus - Bedrock City/Dinotown, Chilliwack Water Parks and Attractions Big Splash Water Slide Park - Tsawwassen Bridal Falls Waterpark - Bridal Falls Chilliwack Landing Leisure Centre - Chilliwack Cultus Lake Waterpark - Cultus Lake H20 Adventure Centre - Kelowna Salmon Arm Waterslides - Salmon Arm Splashdown Vernon - Vernon