Yukon Striker • Canada's Wonderland

First Drop Capacity Hangtime Too short Pointless Layout

This ride is certainly overrated. Sheikra is significantly better as a dive coaster. The ride is mostly pointless in the back. If you're in the front, the first drop is tremendous. After that, the elements are very uninspired and there's almost no airtime or whippiness. Much more could have been done with this ride to make it memorable.

First Drop Inversions Intensity Too short

the first drop was amazing, wish I could experience it in front row but the wait was at least 40 min longer for the front row. 2nd row gave me a little tilt downward at the hold before the drop. inversions are very intense but on the downside don't offer any hangtime like Valravn. still a great expiernce and i would recomend. 2nd fav coaster at canadas

First Drop Nice surprise! Layout Dead spots

FINALLY, a dive coaster that has memorable elements besides the drops! Other divers have fairly boring layouts, but Striker's layout is really creative. The first drop is awesome, the full-360 loop is cool, and I love the whip on the Immelmann. The second half loses a little steam, but overall it's a great ride. With every other dive coaster, I'm happy with one and done, but this is the first diver I've actually wanted to ride multiple times. (Thank you single rider line!)

Theming Masterpiece Hangtime

I would die for Yukon Striker. The theming is absolutely adorable, and the baggage transport system? Chef's kiss!! There is absolutely no reason why they had to make it as creative as they did, but they did it. And it's so cute. When you line up to get into a train, you place your bags into these boxes that travel along a track, reminiscent of a mine transport system, and the bags travel along the track, and meet you at the exit on the other side of the station!! It's brilliant and makes it so that guests getting off aren't pushing through guests getting on to grab their bags, and vice versa. And I haven't even talked about the actual coaster yet!! I genuinely appreciate the over-the-shoulder restraints, just don't clench your arms too hard on the first drop, or you WILL push the restraint down into your body too hard and it will hurt when you pull back into the station and have to wait until you're released. Speaking from personal experience. I love how you hang right over the edge of the drop for, not five, not ten, but SEVEN seconds! It makes it so unexpected when you finally drop down! I love how it goes "into" the water and comes out the other side into a loop. The layout is so nice. The tail end of the ride is a little lacking, but I wouldn't want it to be so extremely intense the entire ride, or that would be overwhelming. I also just adore the look of the coaster. It is so worth visiting. She's still a world record holding dive coaster!

Theming Hangtime Too short Harness

Great ride, debating giving it a 4 star as I had a really bad ride on it last time I went, but the single rider line is great and that hangtime you get on the first drop is amazing.

First Drop Inversions Harness

The harness was pretty uncomfortable on my shoulders. This was my first dive coaster and I thoroughly enjoyed it. The front row was the best. This ride was super smooth and has a really cool baggage system.

After years of criticising B&M's efforts to try and get wide and wider trains to do a snappy turn, Yukon (finally) proves it's possible. Think of this as a looping coaster first - consider Canada's Wonderland best looper before Yukon was Dragon Fyre - and dive coaster elements as a bonus. The restraints will be an endless source of debate; for the looping portions they are better; for the drop they aren't quite so good as a conventional OTSR. Looks great both off-and-on ride, and the route is well thought out to interact with other rides. The main drop of course, really does look the part from on-ride; just wish it were possible to get clean air (as opposed to restrained air) on the way down... Someone go on, I dare you, do a dive machine with the clamshell restraints instead.

First Drop Comfort Smoothness Reliability

Yukon striker is an absolute masterpiece of a coaster. Everything for how the coaster looks to how it rides was taken into consideration on this thing. absolute 10/10 recommended

First Drop Intensity Smoothness

Got to ride this beaut 7x in a row in late August. Finally! a dive coaster that is worthy. The vest restraints aren't as tight as Valravn and you get airtime on this ride. Loop and second Immelmann are the most intense part of the ride, and you get a pop of airtime during the straightaway. The last 7/8th of the ride is okay, yes you get a little bit of airtime on the airtime hill, but great complete ride nonetheless.

First Drop Fun

Really fun ride. Rode it on the same train as Amusement Insiders. Awesome getting to meet those guys. Awesome drop. Around #16 in my rankings currently.

First Drop Inversions Pace Harness

While I don't love vests, these are a huge improvement over the ones on Valravn, Banshee, and the wings. They're not constricting, and give a lot of leeway for the body to move. Because of this, I was able to get my elusive back row first drop airtime on this ride that I've enjoyed on Griffon and SheiKra. The drop into the tunnel through Vortex's helix is awesome, and the location of this ride is amazing for spectating. It leaves a huge impression and makes you want to ride. The inversions are excellent, and in a very unique sequence. The last third leaves a lot to be desired, but it's still fun with a good helix and mild floater airtime. This is my second favorite dive behind SheiKra, and if it weren't for the latter's beautiful landscaping this would likely be my favorite.

First Drop Inversions Nice surprise!

Great drop, but would be better with the vests. The inversions are also quite snappy and intense. Very nice light theming, and a great loading procedure, seat arrangements, and flying bin system, although it sadly no longer does the 35 second operations that it was doing back in May 2019.

First Drop Inversions Smoothness

I quite like this ride. I don't actually see the concern with the harness system (I found it quite comfortable) but perhaps I just haven't experienced enough dive coasters to compare...

Inversions Fun Intensity Harness

Why is this ride SO GOOD!! Definitely the best dive coaster I've ridden so far, every single element before the MCBR is great! I don't even think that the drop is the best part. In the back row, the last 3 inversions are super whippy, and the last immelmann reminded me of classic B&M! The stuff after the MCBR is okay, but still; the ride up until then is a fantastic ride.

First Drop Comfort Layout Harness

Fantastic B&M Dive that definitely has the coolest drop and layout of the entire model. The drop into the tunnel in the middle of the pond is wild, and layout after is actually pretty cool instead of the ride just kinda dying after the dive, an issue that's plagued the model literally since the very first Dive install. While not the most intense, the ride still offers some pretty nice forces; however, while very comfortable, the harness restraints kill any airtime you may have gotten from the neat layout, which really bites. Also, while not really part of the ride experience, the ops on this ride are some of the best that I've ever seen. They're incredibly skilled and organized, and get some crazy quick dispatches.

First Drop Theming Layout Too short

9.1 out of 10! the longest of the dive coasters for me. Smooth and the dive is outstanding.

First Drop Pace Hangtime Too short

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