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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)

Artists and Developers Here you'll find the most important page on this site, the names and stories of the incredible artists and developers who have helped bring Canada's amusement industry to life. This list includes individual artists, design studios, and business owners who specialized in the amusement industry. The majority of these artists/companies are naturally Canadian, but several talented artists from around the globe have lent their hand to the industry here and are therefore also included on this page. Each section of this list is ordered by number of . The number of attractions in Canada either created or owned (sometimes both) by each party it's stated they were involved in on this page simply refers to confirmed projects discussed on this website, and they may have been involved in more that have gone undocumented. These often unsung heroes shaped and sculpted lifelong memories, brought joy to millions using pencil and paper, and lent their creativities and imaginations to the spirit of having fun. Artists/Designers Advanced Animations (USA) - (2 attractions) Amusement Products (USA) - (4 attractions) Armando Tamignini (Italy) - (4 attractions) Art Attack FX - (2000+ attractions globally) AVG (USA) - (2 attractions) Bill Tracy/Outdoor Dimensional Display/This Is, Inc. (USA) - (4 attractions) Blacklight Attractions (USA) - (3 attractions) Bruce Randall/Universal Android - (7+ attractions) Costello Productions (Derek Costello) - (20+ attractions) Distortions Unlimited (USA) Dorfman Studios (USA) Enlicky Enterprises (USA) - (2 attractions) Eric McMillan Feartek Inc. (USA) - (2 attractions) Forrec Inc. Funni-Frite Inc. (division of Philadelphia Toboggan Co., USA) Gianfranco Avignoni - (1 attraction) Josephine Tussaud's Wax Studios/King's Cross Waxworks (England) - (3 attractions) Louis Tussaud's Wax Studios (England) - (1 attraction) Mack Rides (Germany) - (4 attractions) Nick Dyck - (2 attractions) Pasquale Ramunno - (1 attraction) Pretzel Rides Co. (USA) - (3 attractions) Proslide Technology Inc. Robert (Bobber) Gibbs - (5 attractions) Rockscapes Canada Rolly Crump (USA) Sally Corporation (USA) - (3 attractions) Sawatzky's Imagination Corporation Stubergh Wax Models/Stubergh-Keller Wax Studios/Ripley's Wax Studios Studio Enterprises Travers Engineering Co. (USA) - (1 attraction) Waxattract/Enter-Tech (Dunham family) - (30+attractions) White-Hutchinson Leisure Learning Group (WHLLG, USA) WhiteWater West Owners/Developers Arthur White Beefeater Inc./Niagara Clifton Group (Burland family) Charlie Lavey IPCO (Ian Paul Company) Falls Ave. Company Ghermezian family Harry Riley Herbert (Herb) Cowan Janda Products/New Way Sales Joe Camisa Little Joe Malcom Howe Ricci family Walt Wang Welland Securities/HOCO (Harry Oakes Company)

Greater Toronto Area Amusement and Theme Parks The most densely populated metro area in Canada has understandably been home to a massive number of amusement attractions over the years, simply due to the sheer number of consumers. This area includes Toronto, Pickering, Ajax, Whitby, Oshawa, Markham, Richmond Hill, Vaughn, Brampton, Mississauga, Oakville and Burlington. Canada's Wonderland - Vaughn Centreville Amusement Park - Toronto Cullen Gardens and Miniature Village - Whitby Fantasy Fair - Woodbine Centre, Etobicoke (Toronto) Ontario Place - Toronto Sunnyside Amusement Park - Toronto Arcades, Mini Golf and F.E.C.s Amuse-O-Matic Centre - Union Station, Toronto Annex Billiards - Toronto Arcadia - Square One Shopping Centre, Mississauga Arcadium - Canada's Wonderland, Vaughn Bathgate Golf Centre Mini Putt - Bathgate Golf Centre, Mississauga Big Slick Bar & Billiards - Mississauga Bijou Club - Bayview Village Shopping Centre, North York (Toronto) Break & Play Billiards and Bar - Brampton Bridlewood Mall Games (Mall run game area) - Bridlewood Mall, Scarborough (Toronto) Captains Snooker Club - 966 Dundas Plaza, Mississauga Centennial Park Golf Centre Mini Golf - Centennial Park Golf Centre, Mississauga Central Billiards Pool Hall - Mississauga Centreville Miniature Golf - Centreville Amusement Park, Toronto Century Billiards - Brampton Chuck E. Cheese's - Mississauga Chuck E. Cheese's - Vaughn Chuck E. Cheese's - Whitby Chuck E. Cheese's Pizza Time Theatre - Burlington Chuck E. Cheese's Pizza Time Theatre (Jane/Wilson location) - North York (Toronto) Chuck E. Cheese's Pizza Time Theatre - Kennedy Square, Brampton Chuck E. Cheese's Pizza Time Theatre (Victoria Park/Sheppard location) - North York (Toronto) Claw World - Woodside Square, Toronto Club Kennedy - Scarborough (Toronto) Club 33 Teen Lounge - Chelsea Hotel, Toronto The Crooked Cue - Etobicoke (Toronto) The Crooked Cue - Port Credit (Mississauga) Crystal Palace Arcade - Canada's Wonderland, Vaughn CyberMind V.R. Centre (CN Tower location)- CN Tower, Toronto CyberMind V.R. Centre (Yonge St. location) - Toronto Dave & Buster's - Oakville Dave & Buster's - Vaughn Diamonds Billiards and Lounge - Pickering Electronic Playworld - Yonge/Grenville, Toronto Embassy Billiards - Bloor/Bellair, Toronto Endless Fun - Ajax Epic Planet Fun - Eglington Town Centre, Scarborough (Toronto) Fantasy Station Arcade - Woodbine Centre, Etobicoke (Toronto) Fairtee Golf Centre - Markham Fun & Games - Bramalea City Centre, Brampton Fun & Games - Sherway Gardens, Missi ssauga Fun & Games - Shopper's World, Brampton Fun City - North York Centre Station, North York (Toronto) Funland Arcade (Yonge/Breadalbane location) - Toronto Funland Arcade (Yonge/Dundas location AKA "Pinball Games We Are Open Just For Fun") - Toronto Funland Arcade ( Yonge/Elm location AKA "Prizes Prizes Prizes" ) - Toronto Funland Arcade (Yonge/Gould location) - Toronto Funstation Mini Golf - Jane/Finch, North York (Toronto) Fun Time - Pacific Mall, Markham Futureworld/Space World - Shopper's World, Brampton The Games - Erin Mills Town Centre, Mississauga GameTime Social - Burlington GJ's Arcade - Lakeshore/Kerr, Oakville GlowZone 360 (Eglington/Dixie location) - Mississauga GlowZone 360 (McLaughlin Rd. location) - Mississauga Guidion's Pinball and Billiard Arcade - Finch West Mall, North York (Toronto) Hangout Lounge - Whitby Happy Kingdom - York (Toronto) Happy Landing Putt Putt/Peanuts Putt Putt - Canada's Wonderland, Vaughn Harry Putter Golf Academy - Woodbridge (Vaughn) JJQ's Billiards and Lounge - Mississauga John's Arcade - Victoria Park/O'Connor, Scarborough (Toronto) Kart Town - Parkway Mall, Scarborough (Toronto) Kerr St. Billiards/Arnold's Funland - Kerr St. (later moved to multiple locations on Speers Rd., then 485 Morden Rd.), Oakville The Last Cue Billiard Club - Brampton Le Cue Lounge - Markham Le Spot Billiards - 4531 Sheppard Plaza, Scarborough (Toronto) Mad Hatter - Scarborough (Toronto) Marina Arcade - Ontario Place, Toronto Master Q Snooker, Billiards and Lounge - Markham Mickey's Arcade - Dundas St., Mississauga Michelle's Billiards and Lounge - Whitby Minigolf - Ontario Place, Toronto Mini Greens - Ontario Place, Toronto Mister 8 Billiards - Toronto Monte Carlo Billiards - Missis sauga Mystery Billiards - Vaughn Nascar Speedpark - Vaughn Mills, Vaughn NEB's Fun World - Oshawa Ninth Line Family Golf Academy - Oakville Oshawa Creek Family Golf - Oshawa Orbit - Pacific Mall, Markham Petrina Billiards - Pickering Pickering Playing Fields - Pickering Pinball Arcade - Yonge/Isabella, Toronto The Pin Ball Spot - Yonge/Gould, Toronto Pro Putt - Canada's Wonderland, Vaughn Putting Edge - Etobicoke (Toronto) Putting Edge - Oakville Putting Edge - Richmond Hill Putting Edge - Scarborough (Toronto) Putting Edge - Vaughn Putting Edge - Whitby The Q - Bloor/Yonge Station, Toronto QB Sports Bar Grill Games - Appleview Square Plaza, Burlington Quater Land - Morningside Mall, Scarborough (Toronto) Rock Chapel Mini Putt - Rock Chapel Golf Centre, Burlington Rivoli Pool Hall - Toronto Sega City/Playdium - Mississauga Shooterville Billiards Bar & Grill - Burlington Shoxs Billiard Lounge - York (Toronto) Sky Games - Fairview Mall, North York (Toronto) Skygames - Markville Shopping Centre, Markham Splitsville - Burlington Splitsville - Richmond Hill The Sting - Yonge/Major Mackenzie Dr., Richmond Hill Striker's Pool and Bar - Brampton Studio 81 - Yonge/Cummer, North York (Toronto) Super Computer Hour - Malvern Mall, Scarborough (Toronto) Times Square Billiards - Yonge/Elm, Toronto Undercurrent - CN Tower, Toronto United Billiards - Yonge/Temperance, Toronto Vegas Room - Finch Ave., North York (Toronto) Video Funland - 2654 Eglington Plaza, Scarborough (Toronto) Video Invasion (Wilson Heights Blvd. location) - North York (Toronto) Video Invasion (Bathurst St. location) - North York (Toronto) Video Pinball Amusement Arcade - Knob Hill Plaza, Scarborough (Toronto) V.I.P. Billiards (North York location) - North York (Toronto) V.I.P. Billiards (Scarborough location) - Scarborough (Toronto) V.I.P. Billiards (Yonge/Gerrard location) - Yonge St., Toronto Vinnie's Midway - Adelaide/John, Toronto Wedgewood Golf Centre - Burlington The Wizard - Centerpoint Mall, North York (Toronto) Wizard's Castle - Agincourt Mall, Scarborough (Toronto) Wizard's Castle - Bramalea City Centre, Brampton Wizard's Castle - Cloverdale Mall, Etobicoke (Toronto) Wizard's Castle - Dufferin Mall, Toronto Wizard's Castle - Fairview Mall, North York (Toronto) Wizard's Castle - Meadowvale Town Centre, Mississauga Wizard's Castle - Westdale Mall, Brampton Wizard's Castle/Fx5 - Pickering Town Centre, Pickering Wizard's Castle/Games Maximus - Scarborough Town Centre, Scarborough (Toronto) Wizard's Castle/Sky Games - Woodbine Centre, Etobicoke (Toronto) Wizard's Enchanted Castle - Yorkdale Mall, North York (Toronto) Woodie Woodchuck's - Mississauga Woodie Woodchuck's - Scarborough (Toronto) Woodlands Mini-Putt Golf - Cullen Gardens and Miniature World, Whitby World Cup - North York Sheridan Mall, North York (Toronto) Zodiac - Eglington Town Centre, Scarborough (Toronto) Arcade (Name Unknown) - Burlington Centre, Burlington Arcade (Name Unknown) - Cedarbrae Mall, Scarborough (Toronto) Arcade (Name Unknown) - Dundas St., Mississauga Arcade (Name Unknown) - Erindale Plaza, Mississauga Arcade (Name Unknown) - Hillcrest Mall, Richmond Hill Arcade (Name Unknown) - Hopedale Mall, Oakville Arcade (Name Unknown) - Honeydale Mall, Etobicoke (Toronto) Arcade (Name Unkkown) - Lawrence Plaza, North York (Toronto) Arcade (Name Unknown) - Royal York Hotel PATH System, Toronto Arcade (Name Unknown) - Trafalgar Village, Oakville Arcade (Name Unknown) - Whitby Mall, Whitby Arcade (Name Unknown) - Yonge/Finch, North York (Toronto) Arcade (Name Unknown) - Yonge/Queen, Toronto Mini Golf (Name Unknown) - Sunshine Beach/Wild Water Kingdom/Wet 'n Wild, Brampton Dark Attractions, Wax Museums and Exhibits The Haunted Barrel Works - Centreville Amusement Park, Toronto Laff In The Dark - Canadian National Exhibition grounds (permanent structure), Toronto Ontario North Now/Mirror Maze - Ontario Place, Toronto Ripley's Aquarium of Canada - Bremmer Blvd., Toronto Scooby Doo's Haunted Mansion/Boo Blasters on Boo Hill - Canada's Wonderland, Vaughn Fun Land/Fun House/Spook Castle - Sunnyside Amusement Park, Toronto 13 Rooms of Terror - Warden/Steeles, Markham Toronto Wax Museum - Yonge/Gerrard, Toronto Wonder Mountain Walkway - Canada's Wonderland, Vaughn Wilderness Adventure Ride - Ontario Place, Toronto Yogi's Cave/Smurf Cave/Treasure Cave - Canada's Wonderland, Vaughn Specialty Hotels and Gift Shops Chelsea Hotel - Toronto Delta Toronto East - Scarborough (Toronto) Theatres, Bowling Alleys and Miscellaneous AMC Interchange 30 - Vaughn Bowlerama - Bathurst St., North York (Toronto) Bowlerama - Cedarbrae Mall, Scarborough (Toronto) Bowlerama - Dundas St., Etobicoke (Toronto) Bowlerama - Yonge St., North York (Toronto) Bowlerama - Jane Park Plaza, North York (Toronto) Bowlerama/Kennedy Bowl - Scarborough (Toronto) Bowlerama/Parkway Bowl - Parkway Mall, Scarborough (Toronto) Bowlerama - Overlea Blvd., East York (Toronto) Bowlerama - Rexdale Blvd., Etobicoke (Toronto) Bowlerama - Trafalgar Village, Oakville Bowlero - Brampton Burlington Bowl - Burlington C4 Centre - Eastown Plaza, Scarborough (Toronto) Cinesphere - Ontario Place, Toronto Danforth Bowl - East York (Toronto) Don Mills Bowl - Don Mills Centre, North York (Toronto) Famous Players/Rainbow/SilverCity/Cineplex Cinema - Fairview Mall, North York (Toronto) The 5 Drive-In - Oakville FX Adventure Theatre - Ontario Place, Toronto Laser Quest - Mississauga Laser Quest - Richmond Hill Laser Quest - Scarborough Markham Bowl - Markham O'Connor Bowl - Scarborough (Toronto) Planet Laser - Oakville Playtime Bowl - York (Toronto) The Roller Palace - Warden/Finch, Scarborough (Toronto) Rollerpony - Etobicoke (Toronto) Roller World - Glen Watford/Sheppard, Scarborough (Toronto) Richmond Hill Pro Bowl - Richmond Hill Scooter's Roller Palace - Mississauga SilverCity Cinemas - Brampton SilverCity Cinemas - Mississauga SilverCity Cinemas - Richmond Hill SilverCity/Cineplex Colossus - Vaughn SuSO Skate - Brampton Tour of the Universe/Ride Theatre - CN Tower, Toronto Ultimate Laser Tag - Oakville Webb Bowl - Royal York Plaza, Etobicoke (Toronto) Ride Theatre (Name Unknown) - Sega City/Playdium, Mississauga Themed Restaurants, Bars and Stores The Disney Store - Eaton Centre, Toronto The Disney Store - Fairview Mall, North York (Toronto) The Disney Store - Scarborough Town Centre, Scarborough (Toronto) The Disney Store - Square One Shopping Centre, Mississauga The Disney Store - Vaughn Mills, Vaughn The Disney Store - Yorkdale Shopping Centre, North York (Toronto) Frankie Tomatto's - Markham Hard Rock Cafe - Toronto Lime Rickey's - Eaton Centre, Toronto Lime Rickey's - Sussex Centre, Mississauga Lime Rickey's - Yonge/Eglington, Toronto The Old Spaghetti Factory - Toronto The Organ Grinder - Toronto Planet Hollywood - Toronto Rainforest Cafe - Scarborough Town Centre, Scarborough (Toronto) Rainforest Cafe - Yorkdale Mall, North York (Toronto) Water Parks and Attractions Children's Village Waterpark/Soak City - Ontario Place, Toronto Splash Works - Canada's Wonderland, Toronto Sunshine Beach/Wild Water Kingdom/Wet 'n Wild - Brampton White Water - Shopper's World, Brampton