[JasonParis]

Does anyone know who's behind CKTL & Co – opening soon at 330 Bay Street.

CKTL & Co.

www.cktl.ca

Where are they getting this 'record' from?

In the 70s annual attendance was well over 3,000,000

Today's Ex is shorter by about a week which would cause one to expect lower attendance; still, even if you expanded this year's number by 50% you don't get anywhere near the numbers in the 70s.

Largest Crowd This Year, so far - 275,500 - at the CNE yesterday, brought total attendance to 3,344,500, with one day to go. And this aerial photo of (...)

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The CNE was historically a 20-day fair. It was chopped to 18 days maybe a decade back.

 

[Northern Light]

The CNE was historically a 20-day fair. It was chopped to 18 days maybe a decade back.

Good info; still doesn't equate with 1.6M being record attendance though; when we know the actual record is well over 3M.

 

[A 6264]

Gosh, nobody posted anything on this page for last year, and none so far this year? Hope to see activity here since the CNE opens in less than 2 weeks.

For as far back as I can remember, the CNE has always had about 60 rides: 30 in the adult section, 30 in the kids section. They used to advertise the count of 60 at one time.
I've gone to it nearly every year since the mid 1980s, and my parents took me often, back to the early 1960s, but I didn't go last year. But I believe they still advertised 60 rides on their website.

This year, their site shows about 30 rides in the kids section, but only 12 in the adult section. Can anyone verify that's what it's going to be? If so, it will be a huge disappointment.

 

[Monarch Butterfly]

The Flyer was a wooden roller coaster at the Canadian National Exhibition (CNE) in Toronto, operating from 1953 to 1992. It was designed by Joe McKee, also known as Mile-A-Minute McKee, and built by Conklin Shows. At its debut in 1953, it was celebrated as the world's fastest (up to 104 km/h) and highest (19 m) wooden roller coaster. It thrilled over 9 million riders during its 39-year run.

Shorter run than the life of Canada's Wonderland, that opened in 1981.

 

[A 6264]

The Flyer was a wooden roller coaster at the Canadian National Exhibition (CNE) in Toronto, operating from 1953 to 1992. It was designed by Joe McKee, also known as Mile-A-Minute McKee, and built by Conklin Shows. At its debut in 1953, it was celebrated as the world's fastest (up to 104 km/h) and highest (19 m) wooden roller coaster. It thrilled over 9 million riders during its 39-year run.

Shorter run than the life of Canada's Wonderland, that opened in 1981.

Thanks for that, I remember the Flyer. I also remember a similar coaster at Crystal Beach (my Dad worked at Goodyear, and they held an annual company picnic at Crystal Beach amusement park on Lake Erie). As I recall, the Crystal Beach coaster had minimal restraits, so nothing to stop people from standing up, though of course that was against the rules. They had a sign over top of the first hill, saying REMAIN SEATED, and some kids would stand up and slap the sign as they went under it.

Regarding the 12 adult section rides in the CNE list this year, none of them are coasters.

 

[A 6264]

This year, their site shows about 30 rides in the kids section, but only 12 in the adult section. Can anyone verify that's what it's going to be? If so, it will be a huge disappointment.

Good news, the CNE website has been updated, and is now showing 36 rides in the adult section, 27 in the kids section.

 

[christiesplits]

Former Health Minister Mark Holland is the new CEO of the CNE.

Former health minister Mark Holland named new CEO of CNE

'The CNE is more than a fair — it’s a celebration of culture, creativity, community and Canada,' writes Mark Holland in his announcement

www.torontotoday.ca

 

[AlbertC]

Attended the CNE during daytime for the first time in many years

 

[Monarch Butterfly]

The CNE used to be bigger. Until parts of it broke off to create their own "trade" shows. The Automotive Building was used to show off new cars, until they staged the separate Canadian International AutoShow. The Better Living Centre was used to show off the latest in televisions, home appliances, and building improvements, until they staged the separate National Home Show and Toronto Fall Home Show. And so on.

 

[Richard White]

Attended the CNE during daytime for the first time in many years

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I found it to be severely lacklustre this year.

The Queen Elizabeth Building and Enercare Centre were devoid of vendors this year. Alot of long time vendors were no longer there. I also noted that the midway seemed alot smaller this year compared to previous years

My only guess is that they jacked up the rent to force out vendors.

 

[Towered]

I didn't even see the usual CAF display. When did they ever miss showing up at the CNE?

But yeah, it did feel underwhelming, but it does that every year

 

[Richard White]

I didn't even see the usual CAF display. When did they ever miss showing up at the CNE?

I got the impression it was dated. It got smaller and smaller over the years and I suspect the logistics of setting it up took a toll.

 

[Towered]

I got the impression it was dated. It got smaller and smaller over the years and I suspect the logistics of setting it up took a toll.

It's not anymore dated than anything else at the CNE, and what better way to generate interest and potential recruiting than setting up at a huge annual event for exposure? I found it always provided an interesting contrast to all the cheap junk the CNE is awash in. And would the logistics really be that complex when there's an army base a block down the street?

 

[lead82]

I took the family there yesterday. The air show was great, especially the Snowbirds. The rides were meh and the line ups were way too long and the price of rides and admission and food was extortionate. Everything was like $17-20! Only pizza was still ok at $7/slice. Water or pop was $5. The vendors and exhibits at Enercare were awful as was the gaming arcade.

The GO service to the event was great with 15min LW service. The TTC service was as always pretty terrible with too much dwell time allowed for the streetcars and sheer stupidity of not just having the trams come and go to move people around quickly. The TTC seems to have forgotten its purpose which is to move people not to keep them on a vehicle as long as possible.