Ghoster Coaster (Canada's Wonderland)

Ghoster Coaster (formerly Scooby’s Gasping Ghoster Coaster), is a junior wooden roller coaster located at Canada's Wonderland whose name was shortened to just "Ghoster Coaster" for the 2010 season, as part of the transition to Planet Snoopy.^[1]

Ghoster Coaster
Previously known as Scooby's Gasping Ghoster Coaster
Canada's Wonderland
Location	Canada's Wonderland
Park section	Planet Snoopy
Coordinates	43.843794°N 79.546033°W / 43.843794; -79.546033
Status	Operating
Opening date	May 23, 1981
General statistics
Type	Wood
Manufacturer	Taft Broadcasting
Designer	Curtis D. Summers
Lift/launch system	Chain lift hill
Height	12.5 m (41 ft)
Drop	12 m (39 ft)
Length	413.3 m (1,356 ft)
Speed	56 km/h (35 mph)
Duration	1:20
Height restriction	102 cm (3 ft 4 in)
Trains	Single train with 5 cars. Riders are arranged 2 across in 2 rows for a total of 20 riders per train.
Ghoster Coaster at RCDB

Ghoster Coaster opened, along with the entire park, on May 23, 1981, as one of the five original roller coasters to open with the park. The other four were Dragon Fyre, Thunder Run, the Wilde Beast, and the Mighty Canadian Minebuster. All three wooden coasters were designed by Curtis D. Summers and built in-house by the Taft Broadcasting Company.^[2] Some sources claim Philadelphia Toboggan Company (PTC) built these coasters, but PTC stopped building coasters in 1979.^[3]

Ghoster Coaster was awarded ACE Coaster Classic status, but that status has since been rescinded as a result of recent changes to the coaster.^[4]