when does canada's wonderland close?
Émilie Heymans Blythe Hartley
entailment
 Speculation about a new roller coaster at Canada 's Wonderland began in early 2011 , when construction work started around the Dragon Fire ride and the Go Karts . On 3 July 2011 , Canada 's Wonderland launched a teaser website featuring a countdown clock to 18 August 2011 , 7 : 00 am. accessible through the park 's Facebook page . The website also featured quotations from online theme park reporters and Cedar Fair 's CEO . 

entailment
 While performing a test run prior to the park opening on July 9 , 2013 , one of the roller coaster trains became stuck near the top of the lift hill . The train was eventually brought down a week later , and the ride remained closed indefinitely . Kings Dominion later explained the closure through a statement released on their official Facebook page on August 28 , 2013 , which stated that a problem with the weight distribution on the gearbox caused a part to warp and fail . The replacement part had to be custom @-@ built in another country causing the extended closure . The ride eventually reopened on September 14 , 2013 . 

contradiction
 On August 14 , 2015 , Universal announced that the coaster would undergo major enhancement and refurbishment work . The ride closed on September 8 , 2015 , and is expected to reopen in the summer of 2016 . 

contradiction
 Additional problems were discovered when the ride opened to the public . The WindSeeker at Canada 's Wonderland underwent repairs for just over a week when it was discovered that one of the 32 pairs of seats had been removed for an unstated reason . They were replaced and testing began shortly after . In another case at the same installation , riders were stuck at the top of the WindSeeker tower for 20 minutes when the swings did not come down . Since these incidents , ride operations are suspended during high winds or heavy rain . 

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 Canada 's Wonderland was the first of the four parks to open its WindSeeker in 2011 . On May 24 , 2011 , the ride was only open for a brief time before problems caused it to be closed for repairs ; it re @-@ opened the week of June 10 . The second WindSeeker was opened to the public at Cedar Point on June 14 , 2011 , the third on June 21 , 2011 , at Kings Island , the fourth in mid @-@ August 2011 at Knott 's Berry Farm , the fifth WindSeeker to open was Carowinds ' model which soft @-@ opened on March 30 , 2012 and officially opened to the public on March 31 , 2012 and the latest one to open was the sixth WindSeeker at Kings Dominion which officially opened to the public on April 6 , 2012 . 
