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The ride is the second interactive dark ride at the park, following the installation of Sally Corporation's Scooby-Doo's Haunted Mansion (renamed Boo Blasters on Boo Hill since Cedar Fair's purchase of the park) in 2000. Guardian was inspired by the dragon present in Thunder Run (another roller coaster located in the mountain).

Wonder Mountain's Guardian (also known as Guardian; during Halloween Haunt known as Zombies 4D) is a 4D interactive dark ride roller coaster at the Canada's Wonderland amusement park located in Vaughan, Ontario, Canada. The idea of having a dark ride located inside Wonder Mountain was first proposed around 2004. Due to technology and budget limitations at the time, the project did not enter the planning and design stages until 2011. Manufactured by Art Engineering, the steel track is approximately 1000 ft long and reaches a maximum height of about 60 ft. It also features one of the largest drop tracks in the world. The interactive 3D animations were designed by Triotech Amusement. These animations are accompanied by other special effects such as wind. During the park's Halloween Haunt event in October, the animations will be replaced with a zombie theme. Due to delays during construction, the ride opened on May 24, 2014; three weeks after the 2014 season began.

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Cheetah Hunt is a steel launched roller coaster currently open and operating at Busch Gardens Tampa Bay in Tampa, Florida. It opened to the public on May 27, 2011 alongside a new cheetah exhibit - Cheetah Run.

History
http://attractionsmagazine.com/blog/2011/01/28/photo-finds-construction-update-for-cheetah-hunt-roller-coaster-at-busch-gardens/ http://www.nationalpost.com/Tour+Central+Florida+roller+coasters+dizzying+results/3435719/story.html http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2010-10-21/travel/os-bevil-busch-gardens-cheetah-hunt-c20101021_1_cheetah-run-rhino-rally-roller-coaster https://www.facebook.com/events/131492183567901/?ref=22 http://www.google.ca/search?q=cheetaka&aq=f&oq=cheetaka&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8#q=cheetaka&hl=en&tbo=d&tbm=nws&source=lnt&tbs=ar:1&sa=X&ei=OyAUUdjjJJSw0QHz0oGgCg&ved=0CCAQpwUoBQ&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.&bvm=bv.42080656,d.dmQ&fp=1757f9b41b3e9e4d&biw=1280&bih=709

Planning
Cheetah Hunt was designed by Mark Rose, vice president of design and engineering at Busch Gardens Tampa Bay, along with the parks executives. Rose was inspired by a forest scene in the Star Wars series where Ewoks are driving fast vehicles. He initially thought of using a lift hill to reach the speed he wanted but after realizing the height of the lift would be too tall, he incorparted the design to include and LSM system.

Rumors of a new roller coaster being built at Busch Gardens Tampa Bay began in January 2010 when several survey markers were found between the Skyride and Rhino Rally attractions.

In the early planning and construction stages, the roller coaster was initially to be called "Cheetaka" as a trademark was filed on April 18, 2010 for the name by SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment. However, after the park realized that the name was to hard to pronounce and didn't describe the ride, the trademark was abandoned as the park searched for a new name. On October 12, 2010, the day prior to the announcement of the ride, a second trademark was filed under the name of "Cheetah Hunt". After the original name of the roller coaster was changed, many enthusist's complained saying the "Cheetha Hunt" did not fit the roller coaster, pressing Busch Gardens to revert back to "Cheetaka". However, Busch Gardens responded saying that the name would not be changed.

Campaign & Announcement
In the months leading up to the announcement of the ride, Busch Gardens Tampa Bay launched a website where visitors would have to search for five clues located around the internet to unlock five teaser videos which each featured a part of the roller coaster's point of view video. The attraction was officially announced on October 13, 2010 by park president, Jim Dean. Construction of the ride began almost immediately. By November 18, some supports for the ride were already in place. By mid December, the supports for the 102 ft tall figure 8 element were complete with some pieces of track also installed. Cheetah Hunt was named the 2nd Best New Ride for 2011 by the Golden Ticket Awards.

Construction & Opening
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The final piece of track was placed in the evening of March 14, 2011.

Ride experience


After departing from the station, the train moves straight for a few seconds before stopping in front of the first of three launch sections. Then, the train then is launched 30 mph into an slight upward left turn, coming to a near stop at the top, before dropping back down into the second, 60 mph, launch section. At the end of the launch, the train rises into a 102 ft figure-eight element (also known as a Windcatcher Tower ) where the train makes a right turn, followed by a left turn which leads to a 130 ft drop into a trench before rising back up and making a slight right turn followed by a banked left turn. Next, the train enters a second trench before making a right turn leading into a heartline roll. After passing through the mid-course brake run, the train makes a downward left turn which flattens out over a water. Then, the train makes several s-bends before entering the final launch section which propels the train to a speed of 40 mph. Following the launch, the train immediately enters airtime hill. After the hill, the train makes several more banked turns and enters another trench before reaching the final brake run. The train then makes a right turn back into the station where the trains are loaded and unloaded.

Trains
Cheetah Hunt operates with five trains that each have four cars with two rows of two seats for a total of 16 per train.

Cheetah Run
This ride is inspired by cheetahs. To go alongside Cheetah Hunt, Busch Gardens Tampa Bay also opened an animal exhibit called Cheetah Run. The exhibit features glass-paneled viewing areas which allow visitors to watch the world's fastest land animal sprinting across plains. In late January 2011, five cheetahs arrived on site in preparation for the opening of the exhibit. Educational touch screen panels complete the exhibit.

Reception
Cheetah Hunt was mostly well-received from the public and critics. Sean Daly from the Tampa Bay Times said that Cheetah Hunt isn't that scary and compared it to SheiKra and Montu as a, "fuzzy wittle kitten". He was also surprised that the train slowed down at times, "Despite having three head-snapping launches, the ride gets curiously slow at times", but still praised the ride for its final launch, "[It] sends you over a seemingly small parabola, a stomach-flipping surprise ending".