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Winterfest at Canada's Wonderland
Winterfest is a Christmas event at Canada's Wonderland located in Vaughan, Ontario, Canada. It runs after the park's regular operating season on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday evenings in November and December. It runs every day during the Christmas break other than Christmas Eve and Christmas Day - which remains closed. On Fridays, it operates from 5-10pm and Saturdays, Sundays, and the Christmas break from 3-9pm. Winterfest features nine areas, seven locations to shop, 25 locations to eat, 12 entertainment locations (11 shows, 1 listing of roving characters), ten activities, and 17 rides. During its operation, the grounds are transformed via more than 5 million lights, Christmas music, and decorations to further create its merry atmosphere.

This is updated to reflect the 2019 season and will be constantly updated to reflect future seasons.

Areas
There are eight themed areas total. They are:


 * Candy Cane Lane (Rainbow Bridge)
 * Charlie Brown's Christmas Town (Planet Snoopy and KidZville)
 * Christmas Market (local vendors)
 * Elf Village (Medieval Faire)
 * Frontier Canada (running by Vortex to the entrance of KidZville. Frontier Canada and the walkway to Splashworks was closed)
 * International Street (both sides by the main entrance)
 * North Pole (Action Zone or Grande World Expo of 1980. Ended by North Pole Treats (Backlot Café) before Swings of the Century)
 * Season of Lights (just before the Globe in Action Zone or Grande World Expo of 1980)
 * Tinsel Town (Alpenfest and behind the mountain)

Shopping
There are seven locations to shop at Winterfest with 6 being Canada's Wonderland operated locations and one area (two buildings) with local vendors (not Canada's Wonderland run). The Canada's Wonderland run stores accept the Season Pass discount, not applicable on consumable items and cannot be combined with other discounts and/or offers.

The Mistletoe (CW Store)

 * A bit of merchandise from every other store

North Pole Mercantile (Locker Room)

 * Blue theming, as well as blue merchandise

Yuletide Gift Boutique (Dulce)

 * Home decor, theming is silver and gold

Sugar Plum Sweets (Sweet Shoppe)

 * The candy store

Sleigh Bells Stocking Stuffers (Fun Shoppe)

 * Pop culture themed merchandise

Peanuts Holiday Gifts (Snoopy Boutique)

 * Peanuts themed merchandise

Local vendors
Local vendors filled two buildings in the Courtyards as the vendors sold their product, hosted by Mama's Locally. They were rotating around each week; there were different vendors each day/week.

Stuff to eat
There are a total of 25 locations to eat.

Alpen Cheesery

 * An assortment of mac and cheese and grilled cheese.

Alpen Poutinerie

 * An assortment of poutine.

Candy Cane Café

 * An assortment of French toast.

Festive Funnel Cakes and Churros locations

 * An assortment of funnel cakes and churros.

Holiday Craft Burger & Beer Bar

 * An assortment of holiday-themed burgers.

Hot Chocolate Refill Stations

 * An assortment of hot chocolate and coffee options, can be found Parkwide.

Ice Wine Garden

 * An assortment of alcohol options.

International Hot Dog

 * An assortment of classic hotdogs and holiday themed hotdogs.

KidZ Hot Potato

 * An assortment of fries and poutine options.

KidZville Pizza Pizza

 * Your classic Pizza Pizza.

Manchu Wok

 * Your classic Manchu Wok.

Merry Mountainside Bakery and Café

 * An assortment of holiday themed desserts.

Ristorante Pizza Pizza

 * Your classic Pizza Pizza - one pizza has a holiday twist.

Snoopy's Suppertime

 * An assortment of classic kid-friendly foods such as mac and cheese and chicken fingers.

Subway

 * Your classic Subway.

Sugar Bush Waffle and Dairy Bar

 * An assortment of maple taffy on a stick - the classic and different flavours.

The Cider House

 * An assortment of alcohol options.

Tim Horton's

 * Your classic Tim Horton's.

Tiny Tom's

 * Your classic Tiny Tom's - mini donuts.

Christmas Market

 * An assortment of soups and classic holiday sandwiches.

Marketplace Festive Feast

 * A classic buffet with holiday favourites.

North Pole Treats

 * An assortment of holiday classics.

Starbucks

 * Your classic Starbucks.

King's Feast

 * An assortment of burgers and chicken fingers.

Planet Snoopy Pizza Pizza

 * Your classic Pizza Pizza

Entertainment
There are 12 Entertainment attractions at Winterfest.

Outdoor Shows
==== A Peanuts Holiday Guide To Christmas ====


 * A holiday sing along show with Sally Brown, Lucy van Pelt, Charlie Brown, and Linus van Pelt.

Cool Yule Christmas

 * Sings all holiday pop songs.

Four Drummers Drumming

 * Drummers who drum all the Christmas classics.

Holly Jolly Trolley

 * A sing-along show with a classic cable car of the 20th century.

Jingle Jazz

 * The Christmass classics, with a handbells twist and jazzy voices.

Merry Marionettes

 * Winter themed marionettes show with all the classic fairy tales, with a holiday theme.

The Mistletones

 * Classic Christmas tunes in the style of the 1950s.

Tree Lighting Ceremony

 * Every night Winterfest operating night, there is a tree lighting ceremony where they light the two 50 ft. tall Christmas trees and all of International Street. Snoopy will be inviting special Guests each night.

What The Dickens?

 * The cast performs their version of "A Christmas Carol" with a lucky volunteer.

Indoor Shows
==== Tinker's Toy Factory ====


 * A show about Santa's elves preparing for Christmas Eve, the modern way. Tinker tries to help out with her oldschool ways, with some unintended consequences. This is a mashup between a musical and acrobatics. This show accepts the Boarding Pass.

Midway Merriment

 * A bunch of characters on International Street and all throughout the Park. Some of them include:
 * Jack Frost
 * Jack Frost's nieces, Snowflake and Tinsel
 * Mr. and Mrs. Tannenbaum
 * Holly, Jolly, and Lolly, Santa's elves
 * Belsnickels
 * Ginny Gingerbread and the Gingerbread Man
 * Candy Cane
 * Mister Twister
 * The Sugar Plum Fairy
 * Christmas Carol and Jingle Bell
 * Ice Prince and Ice Princess
 * Scrooge

Roaming Brass Band

 * A roaming brass band playing Christmas classics.

Activities
There are 10 activities total around the Park.

Candy Cane Lane

 * A walkthrough, photo opportunity

Candy Cane's Candy Castle

 * A walkthrough, indoors "maze"

Charlie Brown's Christmas Tree Lot

 * Charlie Brown story, with a photo opportunity with some characters and the Charlie Brown Christmas Tree

North Pole Post Office

 * Before Christmas, kids (and adults) can write letters to Santa asking what they want for Christmas. After the 26th of December, you can write a Thank You letter.

Polar Party

 * A silent disco

Sally Brown's Christmas Crafts

 * Assortment of Christmas crafts for children 12 and under

Season of Lights

 * Walkthrough area celebrating holidays in December

St. Nick's Pics

 * A meet and greet with Santa. Although this attraction is free, purchasing photos is an additional charge. This attraction accepts the Boarding Pass.

Mrs. Claus' Kitchen

 * For $19.99 + tax, you get four jumbo sized cookies to decorate and take home, along side Mrs. Claus. You can pay ahead online or purchase at the Park. This attraction accepts the Boarding Pass.

==== Snowflake Lake Ice Skating ====


 * For $10 + tax, you can skate for a 30 minute session on Snow Flake Lake. You can reserve ahead of time online for a fee (which includes the skate rental, even if you decide to bring your own skates) or for free when you show up to the park with your own skates. You can pay $10 for the rental, whether you reserve a time online or book a time in-person. Everyone who is going on the ice must reserve a time and sign a waiver. They can be filled out online and printed off, or in-person. This attraction accepts the Boarding Pass.

Rides
There were 17 rides running total during the 2019 season of Winterfest. The rides all accept the Boarding Pass.

Adult rides

 * Klockwerks
 * The Polar Express (Thunder Run) (replaced Krachenwagen)
 * Viking's Rage
 * Spinovator (replaced Wilde Knight Mares)

Kids rides

 * Boo Blasters on Boo Hill
 * Character Carrousel
 * Flying Eagles
 * Lucy's Tugboat
 * Peanuts 500
 * Sally's Love Buggies
 * Snoopy Vs. Red Baron
 * Snoopy's Revolution
 * Snoopy's Space Race
 * Swing Time
 * Taxi Jam
 * The Pumpkin Patch
 * Woodstock Whirlybirds